Road Rage

#27
#27
Well I've put up with mine for 18 yrs and she hasn't run me off yet so it's all good.
 
#28
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(volmanjr @ Feb 28 said:
to the subject of road rage....

What's with people who can't turn their blinker off and they drive 40 miles down the road with it on? Can't they here that annoying "clicking"? Do they sit there driving thinking to themselves "What's that clickin' noise?"

And have you ever seen this? 2 lane rd with turning lane and the vehicle in front of you needs to turn left and what do they do? Bow up in the righthand lane with their signal on and when it is clear they cross both the turning lane and the left hand lane to get where they are going ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!! Where do these chowder heads come from?
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Was it George Carlin who said that these people were taking a trip around the World and making a right hand turn?
 
#29
#29
This always happens to me when I'm pulling a loaded trailer (you can't stop on a dime), someone pulls out from a side road at 100 miles an hr right in front of me just to slow down to 5 miles below the speed limit , drives less than a mile and turns off!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
#32
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(volmanjr @ Mar 1 said:
This always happens to me when I'm pulling a loaded trailer (you can't stop on a dime), someone pulls out from a side road at 100 miles an hr right in front of me just to slow down to 5 miles below the speed limit , drives less than a mile and turns off!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Pulling a loaded trailer and having someone pull out in front of you ought to be required in driver's-ed. My poor horses. I swear I do not know how they do not have scars on their heads from my having to hit the brakes to avoid some dumbazz. Most of the time in a teeny sports car that I could more than likely just run over and keep on going.
 
#34
#34
(surrealvol @ Mar 8 said:
Following the school bus down a long and winding country road...!
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When all the kids on the bus live on that long and winding country road, a quarter mile apart. :banghead:
 
#35
#35
And I hate it when a small sized town has redlights at every little intersection with a side street nobody ever uses and the lights change periodically anyway.
 
#36
#36
I was riding my bicycle on a pathway that runs beside a major multi lane road. A new 7 mile stretch of it recently opened, making its total length worth riding, so I thought I’d check it out.

I’m approaching a business driveway that crosses the path. A woman is sitting in her running car, stopped before the pathway crossing. The way for her to turn onto the road is clear, so I deduce that she’s waiting for me to cross. I accelerate to cross. She’s watching me approach, then pulls up to block the pathway, forcing me to brake hard. She waits to pull out onto the roadway. Rage? Or just mean spirited?

Later, down the pathway a few miles, another driver is leaving a fast food place. Traffic on the road will not allow him to enter, yet he pulls up to block the pathway, shouting at me to get a [effing] car. I replied, learn to be [effing] polite. He squealed his tires entering the road. I ride on once the way is clear.

Later still, I’m crossing a clear drive when a vehicle accelerates hard towards me. I manage to get across without being hit, and the driver shouts, “I’ll get you next time!”

A motor vehicle is a deadly weapon that will get you where you’re going quickly enough. Such rage towards cyclists is unwarranted. Being at fault in striking a cyclist with a vehicle is a criminal offense. The civil litigation could cost you everything. The stupidity of threatening a cyclist with your vehicle should be obvious to everyone.

While riding, I obey the laws of the road and salute every driver who shows me proper consideration.
 
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Tin Man said:
I was riding my bicycle on a pathway that runs beside a major multi lane road. A new 7 mile stretch of it recently opened, making its total length worth riding, so I thought I’d check it out.

I’m approaching a business driveway that crosses the path. A woman is sitting in her running car, stopped before the pathway crossing. The way for her to turn onto the road is clear, so I deduce that she’s waiting for me to cross. I accelerate to cross. She’s watching me approach, then pulls up to block the pathway, forcing me to brake hard. She waits to pull out onto the roadway. Rage? Or just mean spirited?

Later, down the pathway a few miles, another driver is leaving a fast food place. Traffic on the road will not allow him to enter, yet he pulls up to block the pathway, shouting at me to get a [effing] car. I replied, learn to be [effing] polite. He squealed his tires entering the road. I ride on once the way is clear.

Later still, I’m crossing a clear drive when a vehicle accelerates hard towards me. I manage to get across without being hit, and the driver shouts, “I’ll get you next time!”

A motor vehicle is a deadly weapon that will get you where you’re going quickly enough. Such rage towards cyclists is unwarranted. Being at fault in striking a cyclist with a vehicle is a criminal offense. The civil litigation could cost you everything. The stupidity of threatening a cyclist with your vehicle should be obvious to everyone.

While riding, I obey the laws of the road and salute every driver who shows me proper consideration.
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Maybe it's just the way people react to traning wheels and handle bar tassles.
 
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Tin Man said:
I was riding my bicycle on a pathway that runs beside a major multi lane road. A new 7 mile stretch of it recently opened, making its total length worth riding, so I thought I’d check it out.

I’m approaching a business driveway that crosses the path. A woman is sitting in her running car, stopped before the pathway crossing. The way for her to turn onto the road is clear, so I deduce that she’s waiting for me to cross. I accelerate to cross. She’s watching me approach, then pulls up to block the pathway, forcing me to brake hard. She waits to pull out onto the roadway. Rage? Or just mean spirited?

Later, down the pathway a few miles, another driver is leaving a fast food place. Traffic on the road will not allow him to enter, yet he pulls up to block the pathway, shouting at me to get a [effing] car. I replied, learn to be [effing] polite. He squealed his tires entering the road. I ride on once the way is clear.

Later still, I’m crossing a clear drive when a vehicle accelerates hard towards me. I manage to get across without being hit, and the driver shouts, “I’ll get you next time!”

A motor vehicle is a deadly weapon that will get you where you’re going quickly enough. Such rage towards cyclists is unwarranted. Being at fault in striking a cyclist with a vehicle is a criminal offense. The civil litigation could cost you everything. The stupidity of threatening a cyclist with your vehicle should be obvious to everyone.

While riding, I obey the laws of the road and salute every driver who shows me proper consideration.
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Stay safe buddy.
 
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Tin Man said:
I was riding my bicycle on a pathway that runs beside a major multi lane road. A new 7 mile stretch of it recently opened, making its total length worth riding, so I thought I’d check it out.

I’m approaching a business driveway that crosses the path. A woman is sitting in her running car, stopped before the pathway crossing. The way for her to turn onto the road is clear, so I deduce that she’s waiting for me to cross. I accelerate to cross. She’s watching me approach, then pulls up to block the pathway, forcing me to brake hard. She waits to pull out onto the roadway. Rage? Or just mean spirited?

Later, down the pathway a few miles, another driver is leaving a fast food place. Traffic on the road will not allow him to enter, yet he pulls up to block the pathway, shouting at me to get a [effing] car. I replied, learn to be [effing] polite. He squealed his tires entering the road. I ride on once the way is clear.

Later still, I’m crossing a clear drive when a vehicle accelerates hard towards me. I manage to get across without being hit, and the driver shouts, “I’ll get you next time!”

A motor vehicle is a deadly weapon that will get you where you’re going quickly enough. Such rage towards cyclists is unwarranted. Being at fault in striking a cyclist with a vehicle is a criminal offense. The civil litigation could cost you everything. The stupidity of threatening a cyclist with your vehicle should be obvious to everyone.

While riding, I obey the laws of the road and salute every driver who shows me proper consideration.
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Anyone over the age of 12 on a bike isn't going to get consideration from most.
 
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Tin Man said:
I was riding my bicycle on a pathway that runs beside a major multi lane road. A new 7 mile stretch of it recently opened, making its total length worth riding, so I thought I’d check it out.

I’m approaching a business driveway that crosses the path. A woman is sitting in her running car, stopped before the pathway crossing. The way for her to turn onto the road is clear, so I deduce that she’s waiting for me to cross. I accelerate to cross. She’s watching me approach, then pulls up to block the pathway, forcing me to brake hard. She waits to pull out onto the roadway. Rage? Or just mean spirited?

Later, down the pathway a few miles, another driver is leaving a fast food place. Traffic on the road will not allow him to enter, yet he pulls up to block the pathway, shouting at me to get a [effing] car. I replied, learn to be [effing] polite. He squealed his tires entering the road. I ride on once the way is clear.

Later still, I’m crossing a clear drive when a vehicle accelerates hard towards me. I manage to get across without being hit, and the driver shouts, “I’ll get you next time!”

A motor vehicle is a deadly weapon that will get you where you’re going quickly enough. Such rage towards cyclists is unwarranted. Being at fault in striking a cyclist with a vehicle is a criminal offense. The civil litigation could cost you everything. The stupidity of threatening a cyclist with your vehicle should be obvious to everyone.

While riding, I obey the laws of the road and salute every driver who shows me proper consideration.
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Sounds like you started it all
 
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Tin Man said:
I was riding my bicycle on a pathway that runs beside a major multi lane road. A new 7 mile stretch of it recently opened, making its total length worth riding, so I thought I’d check it out.

I’m approaching a business driveway that crosses the path. A woman is sitting in her running car, stopped before the pathway crossing. The way for her to turn onto the road is clear, so I deduce that she’s waiting for me to cross. I accelerate to cross. She’s watching me approach, then pulls up to block the pathway, forcing me to brake hard. She waits to pull out onto the roadway. Rage? Or just mean spirited?

Later, down the pathway a few miles, another driver is leaving a fast food place. Traffic on the road will not allow him to enter, yet he pulls up to block the pathway, shouting at me to get a [effing] car. I replied, learn to be [effing] polite. He squealed his tires entering the road. I ride on once the way is clear.

Later still, I’m crossing a clear drive when a vehicle accelerates hard towards me. I manage to get across without being hit, and the driver shouts, “I’ll get you next time!”

A motor vehicle is a deadly weapon that will get you where you’re going quickly enough. Such rage towards cyclists is unwarranted. Being at fault in striking a cyclist with a vehicle is a criminal offense. The civil litigation could cost you everything. The stupidity of threatening a cyclist with your vehicle should be obvious to everyone.

While riding, I obey the laws of the road and salute every driver who shows me proper consideration.
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Insane Bump!
 
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#43
In my experience, the (pedal) "bikers" are the cause of most of the issues. Y'all think you own the road. ESPECIALLY when there isn't a "gay lane" (sorry, I meant bike lane).
 
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YankeeVol said:
In my experience, the (pedal) "bikers" are the cause of most of the issues. Y'all think you own the road. ESPECIALLY when there isn't a "gay lane" (sorry, I meant bike lane).
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That’s the privileged belligerence of someone cocooned in the cabin of their powered killing machine talking.
 
#48
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YankeeVol said:
In my experience, the (pedal) "bikers" are the cause of most of the issues. Y'all think you own the road. ESPECIALLY when there isn't a "gay lane" (sorry, I meant bike lane).
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I experience bikers every day and generally speaking you are correct. Their arrogance is so annoying and dangerous.

It's like "okay Mr bicyclists, you had the right of way, you were right and you won the lawsuit, but I honestly didnt see you and if you had just looked first you wouldn't be paralyzed for the rest of your life."

I tried riding several years ago before I decided running was better for me. There are idiots driving both cars and bicycles, but to have the attitude and stubbornness of most of the people on bicycles is dangerous for both.
 
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Behr said:
I experience bikers every day and generally speaking you are correct. Their arrogance is so annoying and dangerous.

It's like "okay Mr bicyclists, you had the right of way, you were right and you won the lawsuit, but I honestly didnt see you and if you had just looked first you wouldn't be paralyzed for the rest of your life."

I tried riding several years ago before I decided running was better for me. There are idiots driving both cars and bicycles, but to have the attitude and stubbornness of most of the people on bicycles is dangerous for both.
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We always awarded one beer for a stationary target, two if moving.
 
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