Driving rant

**smokey the elder** · 07-11-2008, 08:25 AM

I thought we were supposed to be driving slower to conserve gas; it worked in 1973. I guess if you're driving the speed limit you're driving too slow. Basically everyone is on vacation EXCEPT the tailgaters. I must have pulled over 10 times this week to let someone pass who was so close I could see their nose hair (sorry, TMI!)

**RedHedd** · 07-11-2008, 12:22 PM

Originally Posted by smokey the elder

I thought we were supposed to be driving slower to conserve gas; it worked in 1973. I guess if you're driving the speed limit you're driving too slow. Basically everyone is on vacation EXCEPT the tailgaters. I must have pulled over 10 times this week to let someone pass who was so close I could see their nose hair (sorry, TMI!)

I want a bumpersticker that says "Please go tailgate somebody else!"

**Jessika** · 07-11-2008, 04:07 PM

Originally Posted by RedHedd

I want a bumpersticker that says "Please go tailgate somebody else!"

Heck, I want one of those scrollers to put in my back window and when someone zooms up on me I can change the message or something, haha.

I love/hate though when morning traffic comes to an IMMEDIATE STOP out of nowhere, you know the slam-on-your-brakes stop, and the people behind me countless times have had to swerve onto the shoulder to avoid rear-ending me... oddly enough after that, they back waaaaay far away when we start moving again!!!

But tailgating scares the living **** out of me in rain... even when I left enough room (in my opinion lol) between me and a person in front of me, on wet pavement I had to slam on my brakes and skid for a good... oh 30 or so feet and stopped literally centimeters from their back bumper... and I was a lot farther from the person in front of me than the person behind me was to me!!!! Its just scary. I'd rather someone rear-end me though and have to pay for me to get a new car than me be the cause...

**Karen** · 07-11-2008, 04:54 PM

Every time I have noticed odd, careless behavior from a driver lately - and I am talking months here, that person has been talking on a cell phone.

It is sad, and scary. People don't even pay attention to where they WALK when on a cell phone, why do they think they should do so while behind the wheel of a ton of steel?

**Catty1** · 07-11-2008, 05:09 PM

1. Granny on board. (or, to not sexually discriminate, grandpa on board)

2. If you can read this, you're tailgating me because you're pissed off at my lousy driving.

3. How's My Driving? Dial 1-800- I Already know it sucks a$$.

4. Pedestrians make great speed bumps.

5. Caution: I may or may not be blonde, but I drive like one.

6. I'm Sorry. (ya, we wish they'd apologise for their terrible driving)

7. I'm not cutting you off, I'm just getting your attention.

8. Road Rage, Fear, Aggravation - My work here is done.

9. Lost your kid? Try looking under my tires.

10. Don't Honk: Driver yappin' on cell phone.

11. No I'm not a tourist, I'm just a really bad driver.

12. I stopped to think... and never got started again.

13. Warning: driver armed with lipstick and may use it.

14. Seeing over the steering wheel is for suckers.

15. Honk all you want, I'm deaf. Highbeam all you want, I'm blind, too.

16. Pardon my driving, I'm commutally challenged.

17. Why are you the only person on earth who knows how to drive?

18. I brake for no apparent reason.

19. I'm the reason the middle finger was created.

**sasvermont** · 07-11-2008, 05:38 PM

I just returned from a mini vacation. I drove to Lancaster County PA and returned several days later. On my way to PA I took major highways for the most part and tried to stick to 55 mph! Well, everyone passed me, regardless the speed limit. No one, I mean no one did the limit. I stayed in the right lane and did speed up when necessary. Not one car travelled at 55 except me, when the limit was 65. What is with these folks. It is common knowledge that the most efficient speed is 55, saving gobs of gas not to mention the gentleness on our environment. On my way home I travelled 65 when appropriate for the limit, not the 55 as when I travelled to PA and everyone still passed me. What gives? I suspect our government will step in some time soon and drop the maximum speed limit like they did years ago. I think it makes sense, all things considered. Fewer accidents, less fuel usage. I think the trucks were worse than any car or driver. Everyone needs to slow down. Ugh.