I’m whichever one it takes to pi$$ off the drivers around me the greatest! : )
I drive a concrete mixer that fully loaded to its maximum capacity is close to 80,000lbs.
I believe I am near the top of the food chain so to speak, not much on the roads can argue with me, bigger is better in my books.
Oh and I drive a Silverado dually to work.
Ping for later
I’m not sure whats happened in the last ten years but people have no clue what to do in a merge anymore. At least twice a month someone tries to pass me at the last second going into a merge and then decides not to and ends up forcing me to either floor it or slam on my brakes. People are freaking idiots.
I’m the kind that drives 0 to 5 miles per hour over the speed limit, give others the right-of-way, and slows for idiots who think an on-ramp is their personal invitation to cut-in.
My driving technique seems to annoy quite a few. But no tickets, no accidents, and I get there roughly the same time as they do.
lol I always drive the speed limit or maybe 5 miles over. My pet peeve is tailgaters and real slow drivers
Which one is the guy who charges through a red left turn arrow at the last moment even though oncoming traffic has already entered the intersection?
I have my own, somewhat less cutesy, names for these, and other types I encounter on the highway —
I’d share ‘em with the class, but they’d be sure to get me banned (and probably drawn, quartered, and burned-at-the-stake) by the Mods.....
When conditions are good, I tend to drive a bit dangerously, but I’m highly cautious when conditions aren’t the best.
I used to follow a guy into work who was so cautious he was dangerous. He would acutally stop in the road to let people come out of side streets. We had to cross over a highway that had a good half-mile view in either direction and he wouldn’t go if he could even see anyone coming.
I tried seaking to him once and tell him that by stopping when people weren’t expecting anyone to stop he was actually increasing his chances of getting rear-ended but he just started going off on how safe he was so I walked away. It got to a point that as soon as I saw him I would go around him.
Freewayphobia - Classic Disney with Goofy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YI2rFZOBSUw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qv68cGB44bs
Careful Cletus or Parade Patty- This driver has control issues in combination with cluelessness. He/she on a four lane highway with high truck volume will drive in lane 1 and match the traffic on lane 2 to within 2 mph, effectively blocking the entire highway if trucks are jockeying for position in lanes 3 and 4.
The danger : after 5 miles of this, even drivers not on the list will be at wits end and try one or more of the really stupid things described just to get around this special type of jerkoff.
I hate drivers that slow down on the freeway before they get to the exit... They start braking on the freeway instead of the off ramp...
And I agree, the skill of getting up to freeway speed and merging from an on ramp seems to be a lost art to many these days...
The biggest problem I sense these days with driving is the
problem that is part of a larger societal problem. Basically
it’s attention span. Before things got so digital and
multitasking I think people had no problem concentrating
on the task at hand. These days it’s just not possible for
many people and they need to be talking on the phone, texting, fiddling with the radio, eating, or doing whatever - just not focusing. I don’t think we as a society have the
attention span that we once had - and it shows.
At any given time I am one of each of these or a composite. The only one I’ve never been is Nervous Nick.
Also, to always be a Smart Suzie, you would have to be an incurable neurotic.
I’m pushing 80 in more ways than one ... my driving record is perfect ... and my insurance cost is incredibly low.
Meanwhile, there is one life-saving driving technique that I’d recommend.
If you drive an automatic transmission vehicle, train yourself to brake with your left foot. Given that, you will often find yourself close to riding the brake, and ... your emergency braking response time will be MUCH faster.
They totally ignore Drunk Davy or Stoned Susie, Illegal Ignacio, Glacial Granny and my personal favorite, the guy who speeds up and passes you on the left just so they can cut in front of you to take the next highway exit on the right.
They left out “Defender of the speed limit” Dan. He drives exactly the speed limit in the Left Lane that everyone drive 10 over in. He always gets next to a Semi Truck going the speed limit so he can back up the lanes behind him. He will normally have an Obama sticker and thinks he is helping to save the planet.