Sunday, February 7, 2010

D-bags of the road: Part 6 - I'm going to run you off the road

No-signaler
As of late, it's been hard to determine whether this person is more annoying or less annoying than the infinite turn signaler. These people will casually careen into your lane and then out of your lane. Usually I'm okay with this, but the frequency of occurrance has increased recently, automatically qualifying for douchebaggery. That and cars are getting a little too close for comfort when they pull it off.

Aggressively Slow Driver
"Oxymoron," you say? Well hah! There are no oxymorons when it comes to driving, only morons. Just like this example.

On my way back from a trip this weekend, I was driving down a semi-large road that randomly went through sparsely populated towns. Top speed limit I saw was 55 and the lowest 35. At this point in the trip, I'm about a mile away from an exit for a major highway and the road speed limit is either 45 or 50. I'm in the right lane because, duh, that's where my exit will be. I tell the truth: I was going the speed limit. This car that I eventually approached was not. The car originally behind him passed him in a fury, but I thought since my exit was coming up, there would be no point in passing right now. Eventually I end up right behind him with a quarter mile left.

At first I thought maybe he was going to take the first for the highway going north. False statement. He did however brake jerkily (haha, double entendre) right before the exit, causing me to brake suddenly, causing the huge line of cars that want to exit onto this major highways to brake suddenly as well. He then repeats said jerky brakes while now going 35 mph on this 45-50 mph road. And let me tell you, the last 400 feet before this exit was some of the most painful in my life. Horns were a blarin' from a tremendous amount of cars (including my own). And this guy has the balls to slow down even more, until finally I can exit.

What an effing turd.

The guy behind me decided it would be a good idea to have a final flash of high beams at this douche after I moved over. So at least other cars knew the fault was not my own.

Yes, I am going to say this was not my fault. Aggressively slow driver, this is all on you. You're not even a passive-aggressive slow driver. It's one thing if you're in the left (fast) lane going only 5 mph over the speed limit. It's completely different when you are going 10 mph under the speed limit, brake like a jerk, and NOT take an exit.

Congratulations, ass hat. You've topped my list so far.

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