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6/1/2010 11:44:19 AM

for the second time in a few days I have been behind someone doing the speed limit in the slow lane (about 30 secs from my exit) only for them to randomly decide to get into the fast lane and slow down with an 18wheeler coming up behind them. Minivan, no lights on while raining.

I have been trying all morning to figure out the logic that drove them to make that decision.

6/1/2010 11:44:59 AM

6/1/2010 11:47:56 AM

you cannot pass me either to the right or to the left if there is only one fucking lane

6/1/2010 11:52:03 AM

Half the time I drive into the mutual yield circle on Hillsborough St. I almost get beamed by someone who doesn't realize some people don't get off at the first exit.

6/11/2010 6:50:01 PM

^^^ LOL! Pathetic bitches

6/12/2010 8:14:02 AM

I know that this is a long shot, but has anyone ever driven in Doha, Qatar? It's home of what have to be some of the worst drivers on the planet. I've driven in Europe-particularly Italy--where people drive rather aggressively and there's a little more of an "anything goes, as long as you don't hit anyone" mentality than in the States, but I've never seen anything like Doha.

First of all, there's kind of a caste system...more specifically, Qataris only make up 10% of the population, but they have the attitude of being able to do whatever they want, with it being their country and all (I think the cops are foreign nationals, so the Qataris just tell them to get fucked if they get hassled). They will fly past you at, like, double the speed limit, weaving through traffic, beeping the horn, and flashing their lights, haha.

Nobody cares too much about lanes, and stoplights are kind of a grey area, hahaha. People routinely (I mean even more routinely than in the States) will just pull out in front of you without ever even looking to see what's coming...or sometimes, they'll look right at you, judge that if you brake hard, you won't hit them, and then pull out in front of you.

By far the worst of all, though, are the roundabouts throughout all the main thoroughfares in the city. I actually like roundabouts in general, but these are 3 lanes wide. Well, actually, there are 3 lanes in the entrance and 3 lanes at all of the exits. They are 3 lanes wide inside the roundabout, but they aren't actually marked...which is just as well, because nobody would care, anyway. They will enter the fucking roundabout in the leftmost (inside) lane, then--often without looking, and always without caring--dart across all 3 lanes of heavy traffic in the roundabout into one of the exits. I'm convinced that sometimes they must just close their eyes and say "Insha'Allah" as they do it.


It's not really the aggressive driving that's the worst thing...it's the COMPLETE lack of SA and the willingness to pull out in front of people or change lanes directly into them, just assuming that they'll take evasive action and somehow manage not to hit you.

America has a ridiculously stodgy, overconservative driving culture. I think I've been to about a dozen countries now, and the only one I've been to where people drive in a manner that wouldn't get you thrown in JAIL in America is Canada...but this place is crazy.

[Edited on June 12, 2010 at 10:16 AM. Reason : ]

[Edited on June 12, 2010 at 10:20 AM. Reason : I've seen people holding babies up through the sunroof.]

6/12/2010 10:14:06 AM

Never been to Qatar, but lots of ajummas (middle-aged women) in South Korea love to pull out at snail speed, drive real slow, or change lanes for about 10 minutes -- the kinds of things that tell you they're scared to death to be behind the wheel of a car and seem to forget that everybody else on the road is a confident (and usually competent) driver.

Taxis here, too... they honk at everything, know how to get past all the speed cameras (apparently in some cases driving in the emergency lane gets you out of the realm of the speed camera), and/or constantly pump the pedal (it'll make you motion sick)

Oh...and did I ever tell you the story of the driver (of a bike) who ran into my big red Wolfline bus when I was a driver back in the day (oh, this was maybe 2003)? Oh yeah... I was on Hillsborough, making that right (you know at the belltower, back before that all got mixed up with roundabouts), and you know, buses had to take that turn reeeeal slow (well, within reason). And they're big buses, and RED. And some girl on a bike (not very fast, mind you) just rams right into the side of my bus.

And then confusedly looks ahead of her like, "oh, that's a bus."

I'm telling you, everybody on the bus cracked up. It was hilarious. I loved that job.

6/12/2010 10:56:45 AM

when you are blocking an ambulance that is trying to respond to a wreck, do not continue waiting to make your left turn

6/20/2010 7:40:41 PM

Cunt in a gold Mercedes at HT trying to hit me, and blowing her horn at me when I'm already 3/4 of the way backed out of my parking space

Oh yeah, she was on her cell phone, too.

6/25/2010 4:29:03 PM

Pulled out this morning into traffic and you'd have thought I kicked this guy's kitten into a wood chipper. There was a good 100 yds between his tan s10 4x4 and the truck in front of him and traffic was crawling at about 25 or so. So no biggie, right?

He immediately rides my ass and starts flipping me off and raging on his steering wheel.

I politely waved and closed the distance, what little there was between the f150 in front of me to show him that I couldn't get out of his way any faster, and besides, where was he gonna go?

He stays right there for a mile and a half until you can merge onto 440.. I saw the traffic on the belt line so I continued straight to the stoplight. He immediately stops beside me, yelling "DO IT AGAIN MOTHERFUCKER! DO IT AGAIN!" All and shit. I laughed and said "where are ya gonna go?", pointing to the blocked path in front of us both.

I"ll probably see him every morning now, so I'll be sure to smile and wave. You'll probably read about me getting shot on the news, because that was one angry white man.

6/28/2010 7:29:48 PM

who: guy in the purple subaru
where: 1 inch off my back bumper on trailwood

you need to back the fuck off

7/1/2010 3:34:17 PM

Where: Inner beltline exit @ Wade Ave.
I'm turning left onto Wade Ave. I'm the front car sitting at the red light. 55ish year old woman pulls up behind me in a mini van and stops about 10' back. I am watching her in the rear view and see her upper body disappear below the dash as she tries to reach something on the passenger side floorboard. Then the van starts moving. It's creeping closer and closer. I lay on the horn, but she can't hear it since she is behind me. She gets a couple feet away and I pull my car 5' or so into the intersection. The van continues to creep. As it gets closer I decide I can't afford to pull out any further so I just sit there holding down my horn and waiting for the bump. She looks up just before we hit and slams on the brake. She probably stopped within 1'-2' of me. I know it wouldn't have done any damage, but that's just an idiot mistake.

7/1/2010 3:49:20 PM

all mini-cooper drivers

7/1/2010 3:54:18 PM

^signed

and

Quote :

"I know that this is a long shot, but has anyone ever driven in Doha, Qatar? It's home of what have to be some of the worst drivers on the planet. I've driven in Europe-particularly Italy--where people drive rather aggressively and there's a little more of an "anything goes, as long as you don't hit anyone" mentality than in the States, but I've never seen anything like Doha. "

yes and signed.

7/1/2010 3:59:42 PM

every single stupid fucker that drives in the rain without their headlights on.

and obligatory stupid fucker that wrecks on I40/wade ave near harrison (or the beltline), completely fucking up traffic.

7/1/2010 4:02:49 PM

Two lane highway each direction - going south, the right lane becomes right turn only. Left lane continues on to a big bridge. Traffic is always heavy, and always 50-55. Vast majority of traffic wants to get on the bridge.

There are signs that the right lane drops starting 1/2 mile back. If you do not use your turn signal, I do not know that you want to merge, you are telling me you want to turn right, and therefore you are not getting in. No, I'm not a dick. You're a moron.

[Edited on July 12, 2010 at 9:51 PM. Reason : ]

7/12/2010 9:50:44 PM

Had a women driving down a road the opposite direction from me. She was talking on her cell phone. It was in a residential neighborhood, and I was going about 20 MPH, no rush.

She's right in front of me, I see her looking over the the right, and suddenly, she turns the car to the right and then right in front of me. Fortunately, I was paying attention, jammed on my brakes. As she's turning in, she FINALLY sees me and just stops, blocking both fucking lanes! And she just keeps on talking on her fucking phone as she pulls up the driveway. I wanted to stop and yell at her to pay attention, but there is no changing dumb bitches like her, and I wanted Bojangles!

7/16/2010 8:35:25 PM

You fuckers were all over the place. Wrong way on exit ramps non speedlimit illeagal u turnin sum bitches. Get a fucking clue

[Edited on July 16, 2010 at 10:39 PM. Reason : H8R if you didnt have a turn signal, theres your sign]

7/16/2010 10:33:09 PM

Wrong way on a exit ramp???????????

7/16/2010 10:34:26 PM

Yes. This gook in a camry(go figure) was comin down an exit ramp on rock quary rd while I was geting off the highway. I was on the horn so long that the horn died out in the car I was in.

7/16/2010 10:42:15 PM

BTTT. Call some bitches out!

8/20/2010 1:10:30 AM

I'd like to call out all the southern pussy ass drivers who are too afraid to use their horn when some jackass in front of them is just wasting their time blocking the road, deciding what to do, not noticing the green light, etc.

GTFO of my way bean dick!

8/31/2010 11:44:34 PM

LOOK MOTHER FUCKERS, WHEN TURNING YOU DON'T NEED TO SWING YOUR SHIT WIDE

ALSO USE A FUCKING SIGNAL WHILE CHANGING LANES.

10/6/2010 4:29:26 PM

I know you guys have some holiday rage built up!

I'm tired of the assholes who leave 20 car lengths in front of them in traffic! FUCKING GO! Or when there's bumper to bumper traffic and I'm in a lane that has no cars and the guy in front of me decides to go 15 mph! Are you just TRYING to let as many cars as you can get in front of you?

Or what about when the people in front of you are braking, but we're going 10 MPH and we're 100 feet back and YOU BRAKE TOO! Come on!? Really!? Sorry asshole, but I had to honk my horn at you to get you to move your ass forward. Stop causing me to wear out my brakes, cock breath!

And why is it that traffic slows to 20 mph for no fucking reason? I know that as a lane ends and there are an ass load of cars on the road that we're going to slow down where the bottleneck is. But when there's no accident, no lane ending, but just an ass load of cars, why do you guys suddenly decide to go from 65 MPH to 20 MPH in a quarter of a mile?

[Edited on November 28, 2010 at 10:48 PM. Reason : .]

11/28/2010 10:44:21 PM

Last time I checked the ati drivers for linux were pretty bad

11/29/2010 6:30:19 PM

Oh god the funniest shit ever happened the day before Thanksgiving and I didn't even tell TWW about it. So mad at myself.

I'm on my way to class and I'm stopped behind a F150 for a red light on Gorman at the intersection with Avent Ferry. So the light turns green, and the truck ain't moving. I can see the guy with his head down (probably texting). After a 20 seconds of green light I give him a honk. He immediately bolts his head up and floooooors the gas.

It was like he was trying to make up for not paying attention by proving he's totally a fast driver or something. He takes off up Gorman and I'm following. He's a good distance ahead of me and he's about to turn out of my site when I see him bump the new curb median. He overcompensates and ends up on the sidewalk. That fucker is just lucky there was no one around walking. I think he might has screwed up his front bumper a little (he didn't hit any cars, but looked like he took a weird angle or something), and he was parked partially onto the sidewalk. As I drive by I stopped and asked if he needed any help. He waves me off telling me it's fine.

Don't text and drive.

11/29/2010 6:49:00 PM

That reminds me of when I lived on kent road. This shit box civic pulled out in front of me so I swerved around him and kept going. I guess he had some ricer pride cause as I pulled up to the stop light @ western I see him come barreling up to me. However I guess his brakes went out cause he swerved in the left lane, hopped a curb, and hit a light pole. Funniest shit I had ever seen.

12/5/2010 6:15:10 PM

^^^truth. video looks like shit when i ran linux with my ati card.

on the way home from taco bell, this ass fuck decides to slam on the brakes for no reason approaching a stale green light, forcing me to come to a near stop, he then speeds through a yellow light and i have to stop and not go through the light. he doesn't touch his brakes and we both make it through easy.

12/5/2010 6:22:34 PM

I love when I am at a stop light and the person behond me honks 0.03 seconds after the light turns greens....instead of hitting the gas I keep my vehicle stopped and turn around to look at them while throwing my hands up in the air

12/5/2010 6:51:30 PM

Since I can't have rockets on my car to kill bad drivers, I wish I had a loudspeaker so I could call people out.

There really needs to be a graded licensing system where you can't drive on bigger roads if you don't earn it. The tests should be hard, too. They should also teach more than legal driving. Just because you drive legally doesn't mean you drive well. I think that's a big gap in driving education. Maintaining traffic flow and driving conscientiously should be part of licensing tests.

Old people and many others don't need to be on highways, period. Stick to local roads.

12/5/2010 7:09:34 PM

I had the best post ITT

12/5/2010 8:13:36 PM

your certificate of achievement is on its way from TWW Corporate

12/5/2010 8:14:59 PM

well it's about fucking time someone realized my great contributions to this site.

12/5/2010 8:16:14 PM

amen

12/5/2010 8:16:42 PM

i'm about tired of fuckers who drag the brake every time they meet a car on a 2 lane road

they're usually old fucks who have no business with a license anyway

i think driver's ed really needs to be revamped and the tests that you have to take should be a lot harder.

12/5/2010 8:42:11 PM

I was going thru the traffic circle on hillsboro and pullen and this bitch is flying straight at me and I swear to god she almost T-boned me. If I hadn't swerved into the other lane and held down the horn I may not be alive today. I was soooooo mad my adrenaline went way up and my heart felt like it was gonna explode.

SOMEONE TEACH THESE RETARDS HOW TO USE A GODDAMN TRAFFIC CIRCLE PLEASE!

12/5/2010 10:33:30 PM

HEY ASSHOLES! YOUR CAR ISN'T A BUS! DON'T STOP ON THE FUCKING ROAD WITH SOMEONE BEHIND YOU AND LET 3 PEOPLE OUT OF YOUR 95' MERCEDES WHILE MAKING SMALL TALK AS THEY'RE WALKING AWAY, AND THEN JUST WATCH THEM!

12/5/2010 10:48:25 PM

attn TRUCK DRIVERS. there is a reason there are not semis allowed in the fast lane on 40. i will cut in front of you and slow you the fuck down

12/5/2010 11:55:11 PM

ATTENTION TINY INDIAN MAN IN THE BEAT UP TOYOTA PREVIA:


It's okay for you to drive past scooters on a two lane motherfucking road. Especially when they're only going 20mph and are hugging the shoulder. This offense happened on Lineberry this morning and my horn blaring did nothing to change the situation

fucking idiots, how the fuck do they get a driver's license?!

12/13/2010 1:51:14 PM

ATTENTION ENGINEER WHO DESIGNED THE WESTERN BLVD EXIT OFF 440. GOOD JOB.


ALSO

ATTENTION CARS ON WESTERN COMING FROM CARY. DONT GET OVER OR ANYTHING WHEN IM TRYING TO GET OFF THE HIGHWAY. I MEAN THERES NOT LIKE A COMPLETELY FREE LANE OR ANYTHING. YEAH ILL JUST STOP AND WAIT FOR ALL 6 OF YOU TO GO BY OR MAYBE ILL JUST GET BACK THE FUCK ON 440 SINCE I LIKE TO DRIVE IN CIRCLES AND WOULD HATE TO INCONVENIENCE YOU

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12/13/2010 1:53:26 PM

^the one shaped like an S? I love that ramp when there's nobody in front of me. 65-70 mph = Weeeeeee

12/13/2010 1:55:04 PM

NO THE ONE THATS SHAPED LIKE A P WHERE THE LINE IS 440 AND THE CIRCLE IS THE EXIT AND YOU ARE GOING TOWARDS 64/Cary

YOU KNOW THE RAMP THATS ABOUT LIKE 2 AND A HALF FEET WIDE AND MOST PEOPLE WHO DONT GET OFF THERE NORMALLY FORGET WHERE IT IS, DONT SIGNAL, AND SLAM ON BREAKS FUCKING SHIT UP FOR EVERYBODY ELSE

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12/13/2010 1:56:33 PM

That probably belongs in the "bad city street planners" thread.

12/13/2010 2:00:58 PM

sure provide me with a link

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12/13/2010 2:02:18 PM

The scene: Intersection of Glenwood Avenue and Creedmoor Road heading towards Crabtree mall. Idiot in minivan is in lane of traffic going straight. Behind them is an 18-wheeler. Light turns green, they start going straight, then slam on their brakes and without turning on their turn signal, cut right to make the turn onto Creedmoor. They're lucky as hell that 18-wheeler didn't slam into them.

12/13/2010 2:21:25 PM

Driving up Weston Parkway on my way to work, someone in a white SUV had apparently passed the complex into which they wanted to turn. So instead of doing a U-turn and trying again, they stopped in the middle of the road and were proceeding to back up (in the left lane) so they could get back far enough to turn into it (on the right).

They were stationed right after a curve in the road, and even as cars were coming around the bend they just kept on backing up.

1/5/2011 9:18:14 AM

I bet it was an asian woman.

1/5/2011 9:26:46 AM

^^ Yeah. I work off Weston too. I also despise how people on that road slow down nearly to a crawl a 1/2 mile before their up coming turn on the right.....in the middle of the rush to work.....so I can't even get in the left lane to pass.

I also hate the people that feel it is necessary to put on the breaks at EVERY street they pass as if some horrible monster is going to pop out from every one and eat them!

1/5/2011 10:31:39 AM

Ha. Lot's of good ones.

Swinging wide to make a turn. I guess these people feel like their car is an 18 wheeler.

On a road that is two or more lanes in the same direction - the people that hit the breaks not because of something in front of them but because someone applied the breaks in an adjacent lane.

Slow people that feel like they absolutely have to merge on the highway the instant the merge lane meets the highway... even though that merge lane goes on for miles and miles. I usually give them a pass and assume that they aren't familiar with the road in question.

People that slow down because their turn off is coming up, but their turn off isn't for a few more miles. One place I regularly see this is the Cary Parkway exit on US1 south. The exit lane is over a mile long, and the speed limit is 65, but people will slow down to 45 because that's their exit, even though they've got a mile to go before they actually get to the exit. These people will inevitably be going right on Cary Parkway and feel the need to come to a complete stop instead of merging - granted that merging lane ends rather quickly.

It's pretty easy to look past all the little stuff but the one thing that I have to learn is patience for the guy that goes under the speed limit in the left lane and refuses to merge over. Not raging in that situation is a work in progress.

[Edited on January 5, 2011 at 11:45 AM. Reason : -]

1/5/2011 11:41:25 AM