Topic: Don't flash your brights on me on the highway

[EasyCure]

Especially if its dark, the roads are wet and we're the only two people on the road fo miles
cuz you'll most likely catch me on a bad day and i will harass you.

I'm doing 60 on a 50mph zone, in the right lane minding my own business when this jerk catches up to me and starts flashing his lights at me instead of doing the simple thing and switching lanes and speeding off as fast as he likes. Why should i move?

Know what i love to do (and did in this situation)? Speed up to make them think i'm doing what they want, then trap them behind me. So i go from 60 to about 80, no more flashing lights but i'm not satisfied. I drive until theres another car next to me (this is a two lane highway by the way) and i let that prick do 50 right behind me and the other guy, using him as a sheild of sorts. He starts honking, i put the music up. Too bad the other driver i was using to block the prick off with had to take an exit or else that SOB wouldnt of got by me until i LET him go by me.

Turned the tables on him when he passed cuz now im the one riding his ass flashing my lights. He got off at an exit i could of took took but i was tired of playing my game. I made it look like i was going to follow him off the exit and turned back into my lane  last minute.

I know, i should of let it go it was a stupid and dangerous thing to do. Oh well

[vudu]

... but what you didn't know the man was trying to warn you!  WARN YOU OF THE ESCAPED LUNATIC WITH A HOOK FOR A HAND IN YOUR BACKSEAT!!

[ShyGuy]

I remember when I played road shenanigans as a teenager. It ended with me loading a shotgun and waiting for the drunk man to try and open the door...

[Shift Key]

I drive until theres another car next to me (this is a two lane highway by the way) and i let that prick do 50 right behind me and the other guy, using him as a sheild of sorts.

This is even funnier when your mates are in the car alongside you.

Start at the speed limit. Then slow down (at the same time). And slow down some more. And before you know its walking pace, and you're all in tears of laughter, except for the irate driver.

be careful who you piss off while doing this

[Pale]

I bet he was just going over bumps as he pulled up behind you.

You're a jerk.

[Ian Sane]

I had some guy do this to me a few months back.  He started riding my ass even though I was already exceeding the speed limit and the other lane was completely free and he could have just gone around.  He might not have been brighting me but he was in a truck and I drive a car so if a taller vehicle is right behind me the headlights reflect directly off the rearview mirror.

Although I wasn't in the wrong at all I decided it just wasn't worth the hassle so I moved over to the free lane he could easily pass me on and let him by.  But he barely went by.  I moved back in the fast lane behind him and now he was going too slow and I wanted to get by.  It was like I was going 110 and he wanted to go 111.  To maintain our ideal speeds we would have to be beside each other with his car just being a little bit ahead.

EasyCure's reaction sounds like my brother's though.  He once rode in the middle of two lanes to prevent people from passing him because he felt they were being jerks.  And I sided with the other people because he was going like 30 in a 50 zone.

[UltimatePartyBear]

I had some guy do this to me a few months back.  He started riding my ass even though I was already exceeding the speed limit and the other lane was completely free and he could have just gone around.  He might not have been brighting me but he was in a truck and I drive a car so if a taller vehicle is right behind me the headlights reflect directly off the rearview mirror.

Although I wasn't in the wrong at all I decided it just wasn't worth the hassle so I moved over to the free lane he could easily pass me on and let him by.  But he barely went by.  I moved back in the fast lane behind him and now he was going too slow and I wanted to get by.  It was like I was going 110 and he wanted to go 111.  To maintain our ideal speeds we would have to be beside each other with his car just being a little bit ahead.

I can't count the times someone has passed me on the freeway only to slow down to just a hair slower than I've got my cruise control set.  It has occurred to me that this might be caused by their slipstream pulling me along, but shouldn't cruise control compensate for that?

[decoyman]

Road rage is bad you guys. Stop it.

And dang it, "SLOWER TRAFFIC KEEP RIGHT." It's called a passing lane for a reason.

[Pale]

These people aren't riding your butt to be a jerk.  I really hate it when people call tailgating rude.

Chances are they were just following close in the case of the open lane because they didn't want to pass you and speed even more.  Worrying about speeding tickets, they just settled in behind you.

Also, I hate it when people flip me off for tailgating on normal roads.  I only ride close behind people if I am prepping to pass, as it will be a safer pass when the oncoming lane frees up.

[Plugabugz]

50? 100? What's that?

The speed limit in most of London is 20. A WHOPPING TWENTY.

[EasyCure]

1. I would only call in shenanigans if i was the one starting trouble, but in this case i was being egged on. I'm not fortunate to have a shotgun but whenever i drive alone i keep a crowbar in the passanger seat.

2. He was definately flashing his lights, and hoking. I believed i mentioned that in my original post. There are times when SUVs are behind me and it looks like their flashing their brights but i've learned to tell the difference. Besides when you see it happening rapid fire and you havent felt a single bump, its easy to tell their being dicks.

3. i've never rode in the middle of two lanes to keep someone from passing. Even when i do stuipid things like what i did, i try to be cautious. I know that if i were to ride the line and the wrong person was behind me they could try to get around somehow and cause a crash. I'm not down with that. I have my limits ya know. If im following a guy and we get to even the slightest bit of traffic and he's dodging in and out of cars, i'm stopping. I HATE people that weave around like that on the roads with a passion.


4. Ians brothers situation wasn't like mine. I was already going over the speed limit and the other guy wanted to go faster than that, he was just too lazy to go around me.

5. Shifkey's little prank is funny but i've never been in a situation where i've had a friends car along side me on the road. Even still, i would only do that if the other guy "started it". I know it sounds childish but i just hate these idiots that think they can go 80+ and everyone going the limit should just get out of their way. Sometimes i wish i was a cop just so i could bust them.

6. I knew the first reply to this thread would be something stupid. Thanks vudu

7. Ever see Shoot 'Em Up? The scene when the guy changes lanes and cuts Clive owen off and he goes on one of his (many) "know what i hate?" rants about how the guy could of just easily signaled? My gf says im just like that; if ONLY i could be  in a stolen car and i didnt care about damaging it.. sigh

Pale i see what you mean in the last post, but it is rude when you're already going over the speed limit and they literally come out of no where and are imiddiately on your bumper. If i'm driving and i see the car ahead of me appear to get closer and closer, and i know i dont wanna be behind them ya know what i do? I move into the other lane BEFORE i come close to them. As i mentioned in the original post there were no other cars on the high way the time of night this happened he could of easily maintained his speed (over 60mph on a 50mph road) and passed me well before he ever caught up to me. We were on a straightway too if that helps you imagine the situation. No curvers, no hills, just straight road with no one ahead of us and no one behind us.

[Ian Sane]

These people aren't riding your butt to be a jerk.  I really hate it when people call tailgating rude.

Maybe they're not being jerks on purpose but they're being inconsiderate.  Tailgaiting makes most people uncomfortable because if for some reason one has to jam on the brake the tailgater likely doesn't have enough time to avoid creaming into you.  There's a reason why they teach you to stay one car length back in driving lessons.

And in the case where the taller vehicle's lights are blinding me how is that not rude?

A good driver has to take into account the safety of everyone around them.  Every time I meet someone who's a maniac driver that speeds excessively and passes on double lines and drives drunk they all have this supreme confidence in their own driving ability.  They can take the risk because they're so awesome.  But it's not just them that gets affected.  A few months back some idiot in a sports car crashed through a brick wall of a townhouse complex near my house and died.  The idiot took a big risk on the road and paid for it.  But he landed in someone's backyard.  What if their kids were playing in the yard at the time?  He would have killed them.  That's why I have a low tolerance for inconsiderate drivers.

[vudu]

It was like I was going 110 and he wanted to go 111.

It took me a few seconds before I realized you were most likely talking about KPH.  I was like, !!!

[Nick DiMola]

Especially if its dark, the roads are wet and we're the only two people on the road fo miles
cuz you'll most likely catch me on a bad day and i will harass you.

I'm doing 60 on a 50mph zone, in the right lane minding my own business when this jerk catches up to me and starts flashing his lights at me instead of doing the simple thing and switching lanes and speeding off as fast as he likes. Why should i move?

Know what i love to do (and did in this situation)? Speed up to make them think i'm doing what they want, then trap them behind me. So i go from 60 to about 80, no more flashing lights but i'm not satisfied. I drive until theres another car next to me (this is a two lane highway by the way) and i let that prick do 50 right behind me and the other guy, using him as a sheild of sorts. He starts honking, i put the music up. Too bad the other driver i was using to block the prick off with had to take an exit or else that SOB wouldnt of got by me until i LET him go by me.

Turned the tables on him when he passed cuz now im the one riding his ass flashing my lights. He got off at an exit i could of took took but i was tired of playing my game. I made it look like i was going to follow him off the exit and turned back into my lane  last minute.

I know, i should of let it go it was a stupid and dangerous thing to do. Oh well

LOL. I seriously feel for you man. NY drivers are the freakin worst. I've lived in Brooklyn NY, Rockland County NY, Albany NY and Rochester NY, and every single place everyone seems to drive like a jerk. I tend to get a bit of Road Rage myself and tend to do some obnoxious stuff when people make me angry.

One time over by my college campus, some guy cut me off really bad almost causing a serious accident, and laughed while he did it. I proceeded to lay on my horn the entire time he was in front of me until he left the road, at which point I flipped him the bird.

[decoyman]

Sometimes i wish i was a cop just so i could bust them.

Citizen's arrest.

[Bloodworth]

Yeah, I hate those idiots and the other idiots that come up behind you and leave their brights on.

[Pale]

The next important question is, what kind of car do you drive EasyCure and what kind of car was the person behind you driving?

I often get people trying to street race me based solely on the type of car I drive.  It cracks me up when a 300 hp STI pulls up next to me and wants to race my 160 hp 4 cylinder...

I know my car looks fast, but come on.  =P

[EasyCure]

Especially if its dark, the roads are wet and we're the only two people on the road fo miles
cuz you'll most likely catch me on a bad day and i will harass you.

I'm doing 60 on a 50mph zone, in the right lane minding my own business when this jerk catches up to me and starts flashing his lights at me instead of doing the simple thing and switching lanes and speeding off as fast as he likes. Why should i move?

Know what i love to do (and did in this situation)? Speed up to make them think i'm doing what they want, then trap them behind me. So i go from 60 to about 80, no more flashing lights but i'm not satisfied. I drive until theres another car next to me (this is a two lane highway by the way) and i let that prick do 50 right behind me and the other guy, using him as a sheild of sorts. He starts honking, i put the music up. Too bad the other driver i was using to block the prick off with had to take an exit or else that SOB wouldnt of got by me until i LET him go by me.

Turned the tables on him when he passed cuz now im the one riding his ass flashing my lights. He got off at an exit i could of took took but i was tired of playing my game. I made it look like i was going to follow him off the exit and turned back into my lane  last minute.

I know, i should of let it go it was a stupid and dangerous thing to do. Oh well

LOL. I seriously feel for you man. NY drivers are the freakin worst. I've lived in Brooklyn NY, Rockland County NY, Albany NY and Rochester NY, and every single place everyone seems to drive like a jerk. I tend to get a bit of Road Rage myself and tend to do some obnoxious stuff when people make me angry.

One time over by my college campus, some guy cut me off really bad almost causing a serious accident, and laughed while he did it. I proceeded to lay on my horn the entire time he was in front of me until he left the road, at which point I flipped him the bird.

I live in Westchester County and the highway im talking about was the Saw Mill River Parkway. A comedian, Nick Depallo (sp?) had a show on then-92.3fm-talk-but-now-back-to-rock-radio and he was complaining about his commute to and from work about how everyone on the Saw Mill is some crazed grandma in an SUV going 20 miles over the limit and cut you off w/o a warning. Once a comdian rants about the highway you take daily on the radio, you know its full of awful drivers lol

[EasyCure]

The next important question is, what kind of car do you drive EasyCure and what kind of car was the person behind you driving?

I often get people trying to street race me based solely on the type of car I drive.  It cracks me up when a 300 hp STI pulls up next to me and wants to race my 160 hp 4 cylinder...

I know my car looks fast, but come on.  =P

i drive a '98 mitsu-galant and thats all i know about it. i dont know what it has under the hood but i love it cuz its never really given me any serious problems in the 4 years i've had it. the car the other guy was driving was.. i dunno what kind but it looked like a 160 hp 4 cylinder...

pale, were you by chance passing thru westchester from rochester?!?!?!?!?!

[Plugabugz]

This thread makes me laugh. All of these stunts wouldn't be possible down any road here (including the A2, and quite a few motorways) coz you would have hit a car or something much larger.

Either that or be slapped with a speeding ticket or five: there's more speeding cameras in london than there is in the entire north american continent. run down the road and you get a ticket!

[EasyCure]

wow that SUCKS. If there were that many speeding cameras, or patrol cars even, around here i'd never be at work on time and i'd owe millions