I can’t tell you how many times I’ve gave the finger too after passing a left lane slow driver (on the right) and then literally tried to cut them off a little. Talk about road rage. It is so inconsiderate to be in the left lane and not do at least 5 mph over the speed limit. Selfish people. I hope you all get flat tires ....
Skip the finger and the attempted vehicular homicide and you have a point.
You do know that if your timing's a bit off, or if the target of your rage happens to get a bit ticked off in return and guns it, your cut-off can result in smoking ruin for you, the other guy, and probably a bunch of other people who were unfortunate enough to be on the same road as you, right?
Just make the pass and go about your business already. Personally I move over if someone faster comes along, unless doing so is going to seriously impair my ability to, say, pass the slow semi I'm approaching.
Crude example:
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[-grr80-] [-me73-]
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[{SEMI}][{65mph}][]
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(speed limit 70 - distances compressed for space)
This is not the right time for me to merge right; I'm not going to brake hard to under the speed limit so 'grr' can drive his preferred speed. It is, however, a good time for me to plan to pass quickly so I can eventually let 'grr' by. Some people get nervous at this point and drive 68, which is both annoying and dangerous.
Did you know that many vehicles are calibrated wrong? Thanks to those annoying roadside display-radars that are placed in order to scare people into driving the limit, I've found that 30 on the speedo often means 27 or even 25. The slow guy you pass may think he's already speeding :)
Do you and your car want separate burials after I peel you off my front grille guard? :)
Fawn: I can’t tell you how many times I’ve gave the finger too after passing a left lane slow driver (on the right) and then literally tried to cut them off a little.
Point made.
Personally, I think it's inconsiderate to go 20-30 mph above the posted speed limit and then expect everybody to get out of your way.
Breaking the law and expecting others to accomodate you on the highway is no different, morally, from an illegal alien breaking the law and expecting others to accomodate him in his lawlessness.
“I can’t tell you how many times I’ve gave the finger too after passing a left lane slow driver (on the right) and then literally tried to cut them off a little.”
If you really do this then you’re actually one of the most dangerous types of drivers on the road. One day we’ll probably read about you being scraped off the road or somebody you killed being scraped off.