why do you care if someone gives you the finger ?

[oz]

Why do you get angry or worse "get even" when another driver cuts you off on the road ? Why do we care ? Why do I care if someone on this board disagree with me ?

why ? why ? why ?

Anyone got good answers, please advise. thanks.

peace

[Tersname]

I dont care. I usually think it's kinda funny, unless they hit me. Which happened once and I still thought it was kinda funny, seeing as how she stopped at a stop sign and then preceeded to run into the side of my car.
They need to test senior citizens yearly, instead of mail-order renewals.

[Moreta]

{she says in a shocked tone of voice}

Why would anyone get upset or object to being told they are Number 1??????

:D

[beerguy]

I thought it was just a greeting.

[SBGRAD24]

Originally posted by Tersname
They need to test senior citizens yearly, instead of mail-order renewals.
Amen to that. My grandpa continues to have his license renewed every year and you couldn't pay me to ride in a car with him.

[chipmunk]

I usually don't.

But in an attempt to answer your question:

Perhaps the same reason why you would be upset if you saw someone say "F-You" to your spouse, parents, grandparents, child, girlfriend, the Girl Scout selling cookies, etc."

[oz]

I got to learn to be cool and not give a crap. Someone cut me off, give me the finger, I shouldn't try to get back at him. Its not costing me anything. May be I should try to do like George's dad in Sienfeld.

Serenity now... serenity now....

hehe

[latazyo]

as a guy, if its another guy, we have to make sure that he doesnt get away with dishonoring us...guys are macho

[clutchcargo]

Sometimes the horn and high beams just isn't enough.
Sometimes you gotta let the arsenal go and flip the bird.
It's theraputic.

[dc]

I usually laugh, especially if it's their own fault. Living so close to Utah and in Morman land, we call it the Morman salute!:D Even my Morman friends call it that.

[chipmunk]

I used to pull out my SplatMaster and paintball them (if it was their fault). But we're talking a decade+ ago when I was but a silly minor.

[dc]

You'd get shot in this day and age. There are some really cranky drivers out there.

[Wilafur]

depends on my mood, at times i don't care at times i get mad.

now i know why there is a constant breeze blowing across LA, its the constant stream of people whipping up their hands and flipping the bird. :)

[chipmunk]

Originally posted by dc
You'd get shot in this day and age. There are some really cranky drivers out there. I also kept a 12 gauge flare gun in my car, foolishly thinking that a cop wouldn't care about me having a safety device. Young & dumb. :rolleyes:

[Q-ball]

Well, it usually doesn't matter to me much at all to be honest. I usually smile & wave...sometimes I return the gesture...I mean, if it meant that much to them to send their very best, it's the least I can do;)

Q!!!

[Wilafur]

Originally posted by chipmunk
I also kept a 12 gauge flare gun in my car, foolishly thinking that a cop wouldn't care about me having a safety device. Young & dumb. :rolleyes:

watch out, they can prob take you downtown for that. hell, cops can get ornery if they see a bat in your backseat.

[chipmunk]

Originally posted by Emperator
watch out, they can prob take you downtown for that. hell, cops can get ornery if they see a bat in your backseat. No worries, that was when I was a kid. Nowadays, I just rely on my Jedi mind powers to ignore stupid people.

[oz]

Sometimes I return the favor. Sometimes they get away with it.
Sometimes I'm able to get even. And sometimes I forget that I have a 3 year old son sitting in the back.

Now that I think about it. It just ain't worth it. Really.

Serenity NOW! :)

[Zepplin]

Dan and myself are both hot heads. It certainly doesn't help in traffic. Someone will give us the finger, and Dan will say let's ride his bumper real close. Of course, I'll reciprocate and say "Yeah!real, REAL close!" This has only resulted in someone getting out of thier car to scream profanity at us once. :rolleyes:

-Meg

[dc]

LOL, boy you guys are looking for trouble too! Most I ever do is cuss a little then laugh at them and myself. I usually slow down when people ride my bumper trying to speed me up.:D

[wishmaster]

I'm like the poster child of road rage, I'm in no hurry what so ever but when I drive I just want people to get outta my freakin way. Is that so wrong?

[Ace]

Originally posted by wishmaster
I'm like the poster child of road rage, I'm in no hurry what so ever but when I drive I just want people to get outta my freakin way. Is that so wrong?

That's exactly the way I feel. I am an animal when I am behind the wheel. When I am sitting in the the passenger seat I am a different person.

One of my fantasies is to have a ray gun mounted on my hood. This way if anyone irritates me on the road I can vaporize them. I swear there would be no one left if that came true. :)

Ace

[oz]

Originally posted by wishmaster
I'm like the poster child of road rage, I'm in no hurry what so ever but when I drive I just want people to get outta my freakin way. Is that so wrong?

Let me guess, you drive an SUV.
You hi beam a lot too, right ? hehe

[oz]

ANyone ever try disconnecting their brake lights ?

[sammystingray]

I think the thing that infuriates me the most in situations such as a message board flame, rude phone call, or disrespect behind the wheel of a car is 100%, without a doubt, the cowardly actions involved. These people often would act completely different if not "protected" safely behind a monitor or 2000 pounds of metal. I can't remember ANYONE ever getting impatient waiting in a standing line and cutting ahead of me......but these WEAK people feel powerful when hiding like cowards behind some form of protection. It is the VERY noticable difference in peoples actions when protected like this that makes it pathetic to me........this is why rude drivers **** me off so bad.......they are cowards.

[Wilafur]

Originally posted by oz
ANyone ever try disconnecting their brake lights ?

why would you want to do that? it is freaking unsafe. i almost rear ended a person whose brake lights were not working the other week during rush hour on the freeway. yes, i gave them the 3sec leeway but you cannot tell if they are braking until the last sec. GRRR!

now about the ray gun, i was thinking more along the lines of missiles like 007's cars.

[Wilafur]

Originally posted by sammystingray
I think the thing that infuriates me the most in situations such as a message board flame, rude phone call, or disrespect behind the wheel of a car is 100%, without a doubt, the cowardly actions involved. These people often would act completely different if not "protected" safely behind a monitor or 2000 pounds of metal.

i totally agree. the lot of them are yellow bellied punks. :rollface:

the simple fact is: if you will not do it face to face, then you better not do it at all

[wishmaster]

Originally posted by oz
Let me guess, you drive an SUV.
You hi beam a lot too, right ? hehe
Nope, a ford escort, funny thing, suv drivers are the ones I'm usually hollering at.

[dc]

LOL, I'll be sure to run you over next time I see you. I do drive a SUV!:D

[oz]

OK, I got an idea. From now on, when ever you feel the urge to flip, stick your tounge out instead. That's more acceptable, right ?
Gets your point across and people are less likely to be very angry at you. hehe

Originally posted by sammystingray
These people often would act completely different if not "protected" safely behind a monitor or 2000 pounds of metal

I think some of these people don't feel protected enough so they drive SUVs. Growing in size and popularity with every new model. Heck, they would drive a tank if it was possible.

According to New York Times reporter Keith Bradsher's new book, High and Mighty, the connection between the two isn't a coincidence. Unlike any other vehicle before it, the SUV is the car of choice for the nation's most self-centered people; and the bigger the SUV, the more of a jerk its driver is likely to be. (http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=14839)

Phone in hand, golden retriever panting nearby, scores of SUV-driving louts straddle two lanes at once, often cluelessly weaving the road, gesticulating wildly, blabbing into a cell phone. Safe in their steel $45,000 cages, they are not above inadvertently pinning a family of eight creeping along in a tiny Honda to a Jersey barrier. As emergency vehicles cart bloodied bodies away, the driver hums a Hootie and the Blowfish tune on his CD player, a*s warmed by a heated seat. "I didn't see that little car, officer. I was too busy sealing the deal with a client!"

I hate to generalize so let me also say that NOT every SUV driver is a bad driver who likes to flip people off. If you're a good driver and don't flip people off while driving your SUV then this doesn't apply to you. cheers.

[Anemone]

I try to keep in mind that I carry a gun when I'm driving, and the other guy might too (especially in LA), AND, the other guy might not have my self-control.

Most of the time I'm successful.....

Kevin

[dc]

Hey now, you're next on my run over list! :D Besides I don't even speed, besides I wouldn't want my car scratched over some jerk. And I don't have heated seats, but boy are they nice!

[chipmunk]

Originally posted by oz
I think some of these people don't feel protected enough so they drive SUVs. Growing in size and popularity with every new model. Heck, they would drive a tank if it was possible. That's why I drive my SUV. I drive an X5 now and am thinking about trading it in for a Hummer H2.

The H2 is made of cheaper materials, less luxurious, less handling, not as well built. Why then? Cuz it's built like a friggin tank!

I drive my 2 year old daughter around and feel the need to maximize her protection from these crazy Rice Rockets racing around town. You always see them totalled all around the City. The next day, you usually see a shrine with flowers and candles and the picture is always a teenage boy.

[wishmaster]

Originally posted by dc
LOL, I'll be sure to run you over next time I see you. I do drive a SUV!:D
I think my little gremlin could drive right underneith some of the suv's out there :lol:

[Wilafur]

Originally posted by chipmunk
am thinking about trading it in for a Hummer H2.

The H2 is made of cheaper materials, less luxurious, less handling, not as well built. Why then? Cuz it's built like a friggin tank!

you too eh? what scares me is that the h2 was never really tested by the epa for gas mileage as it is out of regulated fleet requirements. i take this to mean you get about 10mpg. ouch.

[chipmunk]

Originally posted by Emperator
10mpg. ouch. That's okay. You can't expect a tank to get gas good mileage. Better to be alive & few bucks poorer than dead & a few bucks richer.

Imagine a riced-out Honda Civic riding inches off the road slamming into an H2 with a height of 6 1/2 feet. I want to be in the tank, not the self-decapitator mobile.

[wizardgus®]

I was driving in Dallas, not good for a country boy. This well-dressed lady in a BMW was tailgating me, then passed and swerved in front cutting me off. I flipped her off. She then let go of the wheel and flipped me off with BOTH hands! I started laughing so hard I had to pull over.

My wife gets upset at me when I flip someone off. (only when well deserved)

"You don't know what kind of dangerous people are out there" she says.

I always reply, "Do too! I'm one of them." :lol:

[oz]

What about the people who hi beam you from behind.

Some do it on purpose, but some are just dumb and don't know they have it on.

And ofcourse, we have the SUVs and trucks; because of the height of the vehicle their beam is always high. :p

[Zacrifice]

I can't stand people who cut me off, if there soo desperat on getting infront of my put your blinker on and i'll let you in.

Stick your finger up at me and i'll let you go, but I'll know that one day, you will **** of the wrong person and your in trouble hehehe

I can't stand big cars that look like tanks, I'm kinda thinking of the cost of running it and the amount of polution they create it doesn't matter how clean they are, it still polluts more then normal cars.

In australia we don't have to worrie about guns since there illegal and rightfully so.

If someone drives up my arse i slow down hahaha I once went 40ks in a 70 zone hehehe they got soo ****ed and then they pulled back to try and get in behind someone who was over taking me, I speed up and kept pace with the guy next to me, he was fumming :D

[iCam]

I was walking to the an ice cream/coffee place near my house, and this car of poser ghetto people drove up next to me and rolled the windowns and started spouting royal crap to me. I almost threw my cafe mocha into the car window and ran. Unfortunately, I just stood there and laughed. When people give me the finger, I don't care, I just lazily give it back.

[iCam]

And by the way....I still have my learner's permit, but I have been driving for a few months, and I was turning at an intersection because I had the right of way..so I checked, it was all safe, then this jackass in a parking lot xoomed out in front of me, and almost hit me. Come one, I'm only nearly 16. It would have been MY fault naturally :rolleye1:

[Wilafur]

Originally posted by oz
What about the people who hi beam you from behind.

Some do it on purpose, but some are just dumb and don't know they have it on.

i do it. hell, if you are driving 60mph in the fast lane with no one in front of you for 2 miles, you bet i am going to high beam your butt until you move out of my way.

:uzi: slow driver in fast lane

[oz]

Soup Nazi, I mean Emperator,

I don't drive slow on the fast lane but still do get hi beam every now and then. I just turn down my mirror and slow down.
Then they sometimes want to ride my bumper. That was the reason why I want to install a switch to turn off my brake lights.
hehe

[Q-ball]

Originally posted by oz
That was the reason why I want to install a switch to turn off my brake lights.
hehe


Just a note...you use something like this, and you get hit, and they find it...I can pretty much guarantee you that you'll be going for a visit with Bubba. Just a thought.

Q!!!

[lllosingit]

You people in your BIG OL SUV's better watch out for people like me that drive tiny little fully loaded 30 TON TRUCKS :D
I'm an agressive driver by nature and nothing ****es me off more than getting cut off by hooty tooty people in SUV's.
If they cut in front of me they better be on the gas cause I'm not letting up.
I would love to see the look on there face when they look in the rear view mirror and they only see a chrome bumper!
and I only get to see the finger come out the window after they check to make sure they didn't pee themselves!
That gap between a big truck and the car in front of them is there for a reason and to many people think its there for them "WRONG"
When my truck is loaded I can't stop when some A-Hole cuts in front of me and hits the brakes and tries to make a right turn.
Its true that trucks make up a good portion of fatal accidents but its usually a car/suv that caused the accident in the first place.
I can only hope it was the idiot in the car/SUV was the person killed rather than someone that was just in the wrong place at the wrong time!

[oz]

My lawnmower is named Bubba. Yeah, yeah, I know, that's not whom you mean. I live in Washington, D.C. area, can't help but know top lawyers up the yin yang. Bubba would never see my behind.

[oz]

lllosingit,

I think I ran into you once! I entered the beltway with my honda and stayed on the slow lane ofcourse. I was going 55-60 since I'm taking the next exit.

Anyway this 18 wheeler must have been mad perhaps he had to slow down or whatever the reasons, I'm not sure.

He honk his horn real loud and as you said I looked back all I could see was chrome bumper. I didn't waver. I made sure my speed didn't change, neither faster nor slower. Finally, after like riding my behind for a long couple of minutes, he passed me and fliped me off then cut in fron of me and sped up.

I then sped up to get his license plate number.

When I got home I called the VA state police, the minute I told the officer the plate number, he said, "Oh yeah, many people called already about this guy. We'll get him off the road".

[Stormbringer22]

This is my version, when I don't want to send the very best!!

[absolut]

If you listen to any rap a good song to listen to when you on the interstate by Ludacris...

MOVE BIT*H GET OUT THE WAY

Just to get me in the right mood for ragein on some punk driving slow in the fast lane. :D

Serenity now...

naw, how bout

Hootchie Mama.... Hootchie Mama....

[Wilafur]

Originally posted by absolut
MOVE BIT*H GET OUT THE WAY

my thoughts exactly when i am on the freeway. :)

oz, if you get high beamed in the fast lane, YOU ARE GOING TOO SLOW! :):lmao:

[oz]

You see what I mean folks.

We're all trigger happy, middle finger on a hair trigger, ready to flip at a moment's notice.

Whatever happen to NICE, common courtesy, letting the others go first, being a gentleman, etc.

Forget PE, put Humanity back in the class room.

Dan Quale is an idiot but he had a point about family values.

[Stormbringer22]

Being "polite & courteous" can sometimes be a moot point depending on the initial actions of others, the only way I gould get an idiot off of my tailgate once, was to hit the skids, and, after nearly tasting the bumper on a 1965 GMC 4x4, the guy got up next to my drivers side talkin' all kinds of crap, trying to force my truck to the side of the road (in a honda no less!). Got him to back off quick like, by showing a selected portian of a chrome handled ratchet, making the idiot think he was fixin' to meet his maker via firepower! Some people just don't know when to quit!

[absolut]

I'd a loved to see the look on his face change from pi$$ed to pi$$ing his pants.:D