Random Thought Thread

Nathan the Machinist said:
Random thought



I'm driving down the road right now. There's a cop that has somebody pulled over on a side street giving somebody a speeding ticket


The car in front of me has slowed way down


There's no need to slow down except some people slow down when they see a cop

This cop is clearly busy, this is not a speed trap

And now we're going 35 and a 45

You could go 50 in a 45 in front of a cop and they're not going to come get you

Ever want to pull somebody out of their car and shake them?
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I see that ALL the time. People are oblivious AND stupid.

Divided highway, 3 lanes.

I spot the state trooper’s patrol car sitting in the median from ~3/4 of a mile away, because it’s broad daylight, and the stretch of road is straight and flat.

I always like watching to see just how close the oblivious idiots get before they notice the car I saw from waaaayyyy off. Most of the time, some daydreaming dumbass who’s driving the speed limit in the middle lane, will get to within 3-4 car lengths before they notice the cop car, and hit their brakes.

1) how friggin unobservant do you have to be, to not notice the patrol car until you’re that close?

2) how do people not know what speed they’re cruising at? “Hey DUMBASS, you were already going the speed limit. WTF are you braking to 10mph below the limit for?!”
 
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toker said:
My biggest pet peeve is when someone pulls out in front of you and proceeds to go really slow.

Especially when they could have waited to pull out since there were no cars behind you.
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Oh no. That’s not even close to being the worst.

The ones that make me wish I had a roof-mounted remote controlled .50, are what I call the “Fragile-ego’ed f###sticks”.

I tend to prefer using cruise control on long highway drives, especially with the newer Adaptive Cruise Control. Set my preferred speed, and it’ll maintain that to within 0.5mph of the set speed, even with gentler, rolling hills.

I’ll see vehicles, again from almost a mile away, that are obviously cruising slower than my set speed, as I slowly close in on them over several miles/minutes.

Then when I finally reach these FEFs, either they notice me in their mirrors when I’m about 1-2 car lengths behind and coming up to pass, and they speed up, or THE ABSOLUTE DUMBEST behavior possible; I pass them, they immediately speed up and pass me back, and then the moment they get ahead of me, immediately let off the gas and slow back down below my cruising speed.

WTF is the point of this moronic behavior? If someone’s going faster than I am, I let them pass and continue on their way. If they’re going slower, I pass them and continue on my way.

Why do some people do this shit? They’ve been driving at a slower speed for who knows how long? At least the last ~10 minutes since I spotted them ahead. Why the need to speed up just because they were passed? And WTF is the point of speeding up to pass someone who just passed them, only to immediately slow back down again? 🤬
 
bluemax_1 said:
Oh no. That’s not even close to being the worst.

The ones that make me wish I had a roof-mounted remote controlled .50, are what I call the “Fragile-ego’ed f###sticks”.

I tend to prefer using cruise control on long highway drives, especially with the newer Adaptive Cruise Control. Set my preferred speed, and it’ll maintain that to within 0.5mph of the set speed, even with gentler, rolling hills.

I’ll see vehicles, again from almost a mile away, that are obviously cruising slower than my set speed, as I slowly close in on them over several miles/minutes.

Then when I finally reach these FEFs, either they notice me in their mirrors when I’m about 1-2 car lengths behind and coming up to pass, and they speed up, or THE ABSOLUTE DUMBEST behavior possible; I pass them, they immediately speed up and pass me back, and then the moment they get ahead of me, immediately let off the gas and slow back down below my cruising speed.

WTF is the point of this moronic behavior? If someone’s going faster than I am, I let them pass and continue on their way. If they’re going slower, I pass them and continue on my way.

Why do some people do this shit? They’ve been driving at a slower speed for who knows how long? At least the last ~10 minutes since I spotted them ahead. Why the need to speed up just because they were passed? And WTF is the point of speeding up to pass someone who just passed them, only to immediately slow back down again? 🤬
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You have found my biggest pet peeve


I don't mind if somebody cuts me off. They must have been in a hurry. I'm glad to slow down and let somebody in.

But somebody who cuts me off and then goes slow. That drives me nuts.

But these people on the interstate that get butt hurt if you pass them. I just can't wrap my head around that
 
bluemax_1 said:
Oh no. That’s not even close to being the worst.

The ones that make me wish I had a roof-mounted remote controlled .50, are what I call the “Fragile-ego’ed f###sticks”.

I tend to prefer using cruise control on long highway drives, especially with the newer Adaptive Cruise Control. Set my preferred speed, and it’ll maintain that to within 0.5mph of the set speed, even with gentler, rolling hills.

I’ll see vehicles, again from almost a mile away, that are obviously cruising slower than my set speed, as I slowly close in on them over several miles/minutes.

Then when I finally reach these FEFs, either they notice me in their mirrors when I’m about 1-2 car lengths behind and coming up to pass, and they speed up, or THE ABSOLUTE DUMBEST behavior possible; I pass them, they immediately speed up and pass me back, and then the moment they get ahead of me, immediately let off the gas and slow back down below my cruising speed.

WTF is the point of this moronic behavior? If someone’s going faster than I am, I let them pass and continue on their way. If they’re going slower, I pass them and continue on my way.

Why do some people do this shit? They’ve been driving at a slower speed for who knows how long? At least the last ~10 minutes since I spotted them ahead. Why the need to speed up just because they were passed? And WTF is the point of speeding up to pass someone who just passed them, only to immediately slow back down again? 🤬
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Nathan the Machinist said:
You have found my biggest pet peeve


I don't mind if somebody cuts me off. They must have been in a hurry. I'm glad to slow down and let somebody in.

But somebody who cuts me off and then goes slow. That drives me nuts.

But these people on the interstate that get butt hurt if you pass them. I just can't wrap my head around that
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Similar to Nathan, what I hate on the highway is people driving slower than me in another lane, that randomly decide to change into my lane in front of me (but far enough ahead that it's not really cutting me off) for no f'ing reason, other than to make me slow down and piss me off apparently. You couldn't wait a few more seconds for me to pass you and then come into my lane?
 
jlauffer said:
Similar to Nathan, what I hate on the highway is people driving slower than me in another lane, that randomly decide to change into my lane in front of me (but far enough ahead that it's not really cutting me off) for no f'ing reason, other than to make me slow down and piss me off apparently. You couldn't wait a few more seconds for me to pass you and then come into my lane?
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Ugh.

This happens to me every winter when it snows.

I'll see a slow conga line of vehicles a mile ahead, going 45 in the right lane, all following a slow semi in the lead. I'm going the speed limit in the left lane.

Inevitably, after following this semi at 45mph for however long, at least one of these damned idiots will see me in their mirror coming up to pass all of them going 60 - 65 mph in the left lane, and the idiot will go, "Huh... imma do dat, too" and pull into the left lane in front of me when I'm ~3 cars away.

After who knows how many minutes following the semi at 45mph, the idiot can't wait FIVE damned seconds until I'm past, before moving to the left lane. Nope. Gotta cut me off and make me slam on my brakes (in the snow), while they then take their time passing the semi at 45.5mph. 🤬
 
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