[speedrye]

So...

Now who wants to start the poll: Is @NC Michael an A*hole when not in the SS?
:wink
:grin

I know I'm more of an A*hole when not in the SS since I don't worry about body damage as much. Then again, my other vehicle is a lifted 4x4 with more steel and skid plates than some armored cars. People don't mess with me in it since people equate lifted 4x4s to gun ownership for some reason.

 

[oitdmser]

Coming into work this morning, I go through a traffic light intersection with two lanes going in my direction: once we're through the rather large intersection, the left lane ends after about 100 yards as the road becomes an on-ramp for the highway (65 MPH limit).



I'm in the right lane. The lane that doesn't end. The one with the right of way. Everyone knows this. If you're driving through this intersection at 6:30 AM, you're a local and you know this. The Honda pulls up next to me. The light is still red.



It's a CRV. 140 horsepower of Japanese efficiency, wrapped up in a cheap imitation mini-SUV because they couldn't afford a proper Suburban. :eek I jest.



The light turns green. I get the jump, and I proceed forward through the intersection at my usual mature adult pace. The CRV starts to grow in my left side mirror, and I can hear the mighty inline 4 roaring, so I give it (the Impalabu) a bit more gas. Why should I yield? I have the right of way.



So now we're doing probably 40 or 50, neck and neck it is, because I... well, this is where I fear that I may have been exhibiting a-hold tendencies. Obviously I could have easily smoked them, and as I hear the fevered pitch of the straining little I-wish-I-was-a-real-car next to me, I give it a smidgen more gas to inch in front of the mighty Honda. Their lane is ending, so they have no choice but to fall back, at which point she lays on the horn to give me a meager "meeeeeeeeeeeeep" to display her displeasure with me, my car, my children and anyone I've ever known.



And she stays on the horn, bleeping at me for about a 1/4 mile until she rockets past me at 71 MPH, probably giving me the finger (I don't want to make eye contact) as she falls into the lane, and then has to slam on the brakes because she wasn't paying any attention to how fast traffic was moving.



I found her to be rather amusing, I must confess, with that angry horn that I could barely hear through the window glass. But later I thought, really, should I have done that? Must I be such a pr*ck? Can't I just let these people be, even though 9 times out of 10 if I let them get in front of me, they end up going slower than I'd like? Or should I have just romped down on the throttle and left in her my dust, leaving no doubt that I have a more powerful car and have obvious insecurities about certain body parts?



Road rage is a real thing these days, and with so many people immediately flying off the handle and doing stupid things on the road, I really should be dialing back this kind of behavior.



FWIW, apropos of nothing, I'm not the only one who does this and it's been done to me on the occasional time when I'm in the left lane. Although, when it happens to me, you know I don't lose. :grin



What thinks the community?

Most hilarious narrative. Thumbs up!

 

[Brad02ss]

Side by side at a red light, other lane ends and yours continues, I don't think I would have intentionally matched speed just to block them, I would have driven normally and its up to them to merge into the continuing lane, whether by speeding up enough to get in front of me (not likely) or slowing down and following behind.
Odds are if there is any question to who should get that space, I'll hit the gas and it clarifies the situation.
If there is traffic and they are trying to jump the lane, yes I'll block and I do that all the time. Pisses me off when someone thinks they are special and tries to jump around.

 

[Spaz]

Thankfully that question is not being asked about me. Hint.. the answer is yes, I am always an ass..... hooooole. (In the best Focker's tone)

Persons (took a few backspaces to change that from the words I want to use) who do the whole "Get out of my way, my lane is ending, so move away so i can get in" are so flippin' annoying. And dangerous.

Things to worry about:
1) They are really stupid, and will move over anyway, resulting in damage to your car. Doesn't matter if they are found 100% at fault, it's still YOUR car that is no longer cherry.

2) They could do some additional road rage post merge. Something my wife also likes to mention. "Illinois now has Concealed Carry, so anyone could have a gun". Yes, I've tried to point out the issues with her words to her, but she's... you know... a woman.

Which is why I support the rule of "If you got it, floor it". Teach those little Fockers a lesson. You don't buy a house with an awesome kitchen, and only eat take out! Nope. You've got 400+ N/A horses. Use them!

Isn't that why we have sun-roofs? 1) Get butt wiper behind you. 2) Open sunroof. 3) Extend finger

However, on the other side of that pancake... my folks went with the rule "Who ever is bigger goes first".. i.e., they will do more damage to you than you would to them. Since moving to Central IL, I extended the rule to include :

* Who ever has the crappiest car goes first - A **** box with a few extra dents is still a **** box. A nice car with a few extra dents is sad.

* Who ever has a pick-up with an exhaust stack the size of a semi-truck goes first. Dat Dem Dere ******** and their coal-rollers don't give a crap about anything except themselves. And they don't get much damage, as they are riding on 40" wheels and need a rope-ladder to get in their truck.

* Who ever is rushing to get to Walmart goes first - because you know they don't have good judgement.

* Who ever is on their phone... should go to jail. You don't want them behind you, because come the next set of lights, or the next slow down in traffic, they may find they are entering your trunk, with their junky car. Some junk in the trunk is ok, but c'mon, there are limits. You don't want them next to you, because that urgent FaceSpace post they are reading, or InstantGrammy may (I've been told) just cause them to not pay full attention to those big painted lines on the road that are supposed to assist in the forward flow of traffic. They only place that is good for them, is to be in front of you, so you can control the distance between your cherished transportation device and their wheels of death. OR... (and this is what I go with), use that pedal with no sparing, and get them WAY behind you.

9/10... actually, probably closer to 19/20 times, I would have done my part to ensure the oil companies stay rich, by squashing my go-fast pedal to be in front.

 

[my bandit]

Crazy....I've said it before and I'll say it again. You can't fix stupid.

On a different note, being that you are so close, why don't you join us at the next C&C at the Avenues!? The more the merrier I always say! I always enjoy meeting other SS Owners!

I'm there almost every month! This past weekend I brought my SS (PBM, Black Wheels, Procharged) and other months I bring my white Holden Ute

 

[Sleeper Sport]

TL;DR: I actively stayed just ahead of someone until their lane ended, so I could maintain a position that ensured I got to dicate road speed to that other driver... No dude, that doesn't make you an A-hole.:sarcasm:

The light turns green. I get the jump, and I proceed forward through the intersection at my usual mature adult pace. The CRV starts to grow in my left side mirror, and I can hear the mighty inline 4 roaring, so I give it (the Impalabu) a bit more gas. Why should I yield? I have the right of way.

So, you open with a sedentary acceleration rate that suggests you may be related to the migratory Blue-Haired Laneblocker so often seen wintering in the Phoenix valley, famous for merging on the 101 at a brisk walk, and the other driver realizes that she may not want to be stuck behind you trying to merge when you decide to pace the inevitable semi at the end of the ramp...

the road becomes an on-ramp for the highway (65 MPH limit).

And she stays on the horn, bleeping at me for about a 1/4 mile until she rockets past me at 71 MPH, probably giving me the finger (I don't want to make eye contact) as she falls into the lane, and then has to slam on the brakes because she wasn't paying any attention to how fast traffic was moving.

She's "rocketing" at 71, or that's how fast you're going? Doesn't matter, your speed is the 'correct' speed, and she's a maniac. She should have been paying more attention, but people like you create situations where bad things happen as you sit there with your nose held high, knowing you had every right to divert her attention and potentially cause a pileup!

I found her to be rather amusing, I must confess, with that angry horn that I could barely hear through the window glass. But later I thought, really, should I have done that? Must I be such a pr*ck?

No, and no. Doing it to amuse yourself, well that kinda sounds like sociopath territory...

Or should I have just romped down on the throttle and left in her my dust, leaving no doubt that I have a more powerful car and have obvious insecurities about certain body parts?

Go fast, go slow- whatever, just be consistent. On the other hand, driving slow to prove you don't have a small unit amounts to the same thing... And buying a car with real power and balance and keeping both in reserve except when it's least helpful to other drivers? Well, that makes you a BMW owner! Probably a bit harsh, but my daily commute can be more than a little taxing.:crying

NOW, if they'd sped past you to the single lane, then slammed on the brakes and merged at 14 MPH, you should have the legal right to slash one of their tires! (Just one though, and only after they've exited the freeway- I'm not a monster!):wink

 

[KWBaraka]

You're an @sshole........and I would've done the same thing! :devil:
KW

 

[RRWorker96]

Coming into work this morning, I go through a traffic light intersection with two lanes going in my direction: once we're through the rather large intersection, the left lane ends after about 100 yards as the road becomes an on-ramp for the highway (65 MPH limit).

I'm in the right lane. The lane that doesn't end. The one with the right of way. Everyone knows this. If you're driving through this intersection at 6:30 AM, you're a local and you know this. The Honda pulls up next to me. The light is still red.

It's a CRV. 140 horsepower of Japanese efficiency, wrapped up in a cheap imitation mini-SUV because they couldn't afford a proper Suburban. :eek I jest.

The light turns green. I get the jump, and I proceed forward through the intersection at my usual mature adult pace. The CRV starts to grow in my left side mirror, and I can hear the mighty inline 4 roaring, so I give it (the Impalabu) a bit more gas. Why should I yield? I have the right of way.

So now we're doing probably 40 or 50, neck and neck it is, because I... well, this is where I fear that I may have been exhibiting a-hold tendencies. Obviously I could have easily smoked them, and as I hear the fevered pitch of the straining little I-wish-I-was-a-real-car next to me, I give it a smidgen more gas to inch in front of the mighty Honda. Their lane is ending, so they have no choice but to fall back, at which point she lays on the horn to give me a meager "meeeeeeeeeeeeep" to display her displeasure with me, my car, my children and anyone I've ever known.

And she stays on the horn, bleeping at me for about a 1/4 mile until she rockets past me at 71 MPH, probably giving me the finger (I don't want to make eye contact) as she falls into the lane, and then has to slam on the brakes because she wasn't paying any attention to how fast traffic was moving.

I found her to be rather amusing, I must confess, with that angry horn that I could barely hear through the window glass. But later I thought, really, should I have done that? Must I be such a pr*ck? Can't I just let these people be, even though 9 times out of 10 if I let them get in front of me, they end up going slower than I'd like? Or should I have just romped down on the throttle and left in her my dust, leaving no doubt that I have a more powerful car and have obvious insecurities about certain body parts?

Road rage is a real thing these days, and with so many people immediately flying off the handle and doing stupid things on the road, I really should be dialing back this kind of behavior.

FWIW, apropos of nothing, I'm not the only one who does this and it's been done to me on the occasional time when I'm in the left lane. Although, when it happens to me, you know I don't lose. :grin

What thinks the community?

I think you should have done the right thing: put her in the rearview mirror right away and sealed your position in line, then there would have been no dispute. Always get away from the crowd as fast as possible when you’re already starting out in the lead.

 

[Smirnoff67]

I'm there almost every month! This past weekend I brought my SS (PBM, Black Wheels, Procharged) and other months I bring my white Holden Ute

Right on! Just made the connection. We actually talked for a bit when you got there. Glad I made the connection.

 

[RedHawtSS]

Since everyone is sharing, I go the limit through my complex. (You never know who might be around the corner) on two occasions I have been harassed by other drivers who failed to leave with enough time to make it to their destination on time. I confront them for being idiots, both occasions when they tried flying around me at the exits to avoid eye contact. I usually speed up and matched their speed just so I can see their reactions and give them a piece of my mind. /end rant


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[Smirnoff67]

OK so I had the same though about myself yesterday, I'm getting on the Interstate the car in front of me is doing 45 speed limit on the interstate is 70. He moves into the right travel lane a tractor trailer has to brake to avoid hitting him that leaves no room for me.
I know the merge lane is long so I use quite a bit of my available HP & Blow by on his right...ahole well maybe.
How do people expect to merge onto a highway with a speed limit of 70 doing 45.

Exact same thing happened to me a few weeks ago. The guy ahead of me was in a Nissan Altima. My 81 year old Mother has one and that car is so slow I feel like I want to get out and push when getting on the freeway. Anyway, I could see this moron's head looking down at his cellphone if you can believe that! Merging onto a 70mph freeway going 45-50mph with semi-trucks all around is downright dangerous. I was mega-pissed. When things like that happen I wish I owned a big ole' Bubba-Truck with iron bumpers so I could ram away and wake them up. So I got next to him and leaned on the horn a bit and the idiot had no idea why....grrrr...I mean honestly; how stupid can someone be to be texting while getting on the freeway??? Its got to stop!!!!!

 

[Spaz]

So many posts, and no one else thought to post this:

 

[Topcat]

Yes, I run into this situation fairly often.


I am generally a "easy going" type guy and do cut people some slack way more than I probably should.


My strategy is to not let myself get put in the situation and just put them in my rearview quickly.

 

[72SBC]

You peasants don't know my war against foreign drivers in the Bay Area. You don't know bad driving until you seen a new 5000lb suv with the windows down screaming for her life while going 60mph down the wrong side of a 45mph street honking at the oncoming traffic.


Not once I've seen this..... but 3 times on the same street!

 

[stealthmode]

Hey I thought that was what TRACK MODE was for! Last weekend, a little white ricer with red strips tries to cut in front of me from the right lane like in the OP. I did not let him. At the next light he pulls up directly behind me. The light turns green and he honks his horn after 1 millisecond. TRACK MODE ON. I move away from the light very quickly but not burning rubber, and move through traffic away from this idiot with wife and kid in the car, and leave him in the dust. He roars up behind me on the Queensboro Bridge on my left, cuts me off and then jams on his brakes. Wife and child now totally awake and audibly upset. I double downshift, go around him in 1 millisecond and then I hit the brakes. Now wife and daughter very audibly upset. He disappears behind me so I assume his passengers were wondering if I had a gun and if I was going to use it.

I think the SS is a little like having a loaded gun with you at the Saloon and your A$$-whole tolerance is way way down.

 

[Smirnoff67]

People cannot drive says the person that of course drives perfectly What I have caught myself doing that I actively try to avoid is downplaying a car/person because of the car. They are in their situation and within their means etc etc. It doesnt excuse dumb-ss drivers from being dumb though.

We need a feedback mechanism other than a horn / middle finger for cars.

Since there are so few SS's on the road and I have badges swapped, I do try to temper my road manners more and more.

I think people instinctively match speeds as well. I find if I am trying to pass someone and I just match their speed for a moment i can then zoom away as they stop accelerating.

Fun with drivers.

A remote control, roof-mounted mini-gun would be nice to have....

 

[6SpdManualSilver]

@Smirnoff67

When I wait my turn in the right lane, I'll be darned if someone is gonna go blowing by in the left lane which is ending, with signs every so many yards saying it's ending, and then cut in front of me. Not a chance. No way, no how, uh-uh, not happening.


LMAO~! STOP! You are killing me. So much alike its very odd

 

[6SpdManualSilver]

I tried this and ......

Side by side at a red light, other lane ends and yours continues, I don't think I would have intentionally matched speed just to block them, I would have driven normally and its up to them to merge into the continuing lane, whether by speeding up enough to get in front of me (not likely) or slowing down and following behind.
Odds are if there is any question to who should get that space, I'll hit the gas and it clarifies the situation.
If there is traffic and they are trying to jump the lane, yes I'll block and I do that all the time. Pisses me off when someone thinks they are special and tries to jump around.

I have this similar situation in the neighborhood I live and and grew up in (the general same area) all my 54 years but 3.
I mean it is off the beaten path of highways and such that I would say 98 to 99% of EVERYONE who comes upon this light with the left lane ending just past it with MANY signs upon approaching saying it will do so know it is like this. I doubt many "tourists" find this road on the daily. So this is mind boggling.


NORMALLY or with NORMAL people, you would think this would WORK BUT......

A street /road in my area where I live:

Let me just say, if I am not the FIRST car in the line of the right lane which has the right of way or let us just say I am the 4th car because I KNOW the lane ends and their are already a couple of cars that are in the left lane and someones gonna play dodge car.

If and when this has occurred and now over the many decades if you do NOT LET THEM IN, they will just MOVE OVER ANYWAY AND WILL LITERALLY RUN YOU OFF THE ROAD! I have HONKED CUSSED AND NEAR DIED BATTLING THIS SAME ROAD FOR MY ENTIRE DRIVING LIFE! ( playing the game of well, they will YIELD TO ME and slow down, OH NO NO NO, not anymore!!!!

LOLOLOL~ It only gets worse each decade. They just seem to think " WELP THE ROAD ENDS SO I MUST MOVE OVER COME **** OR HIGH WATER OR KILL THE OTHER PERSON." And all those WARNING SIGNS that were posted...well hey meant nothing duhhhhhh

Funny thing is the lane really does not end and I have been guilty of this. If you continue forward you just drive thru dashed lines from the other side for them to begin their turn lane and NO ONE EVER is in it. (if that makes any sense). So, I have in the past had many cars in including some not so fast ones. I got myself caught were that guy in the right could beat me down. So, I just drive on thru the dashes until I can squeeze in.
So I have been the other person but I succumb to the situation and back down to them for they have the RIGHT of WAY. usually I say to myself something like (F@#K)or S#I%, I could not beat em. LOL

Fun thread only because this is so relateable and I deal with it weekly


( YEP, I kinda repeated myself but I am not deleting or correcting it. )

 

[wilkin4]

58 days

Until I retire, and the main reason I can't wait, no more driving a company vehicle on service calls.
I currently drive a new Nissan MV200, slowest vehicle on the planet.... So when I drive the SS it feels like a rocket.

In Miami just too many people, not enough roads, and a lot people here that should not be driving.

My pet peeve, drivers in the left lane driving way below the speed limit.......

And merge lanes, way too many drivers take advantage.

 

[JewaliciouSS]

I find it funny when out in the M1 (sans any appreciable horsepower) and I tangle with someone in the A category , I go to grab the handle of the 'horsepower gun' and uh oh.... wrong car !! (...its like that scene in Indiana Jones when his holster is empty......)

gulp.


than I have to get by on smiles and blowing them kisses .....or something.....something scary.