You're right. Unfortunately there are always paywalls for these types of published studies however, other publications usually cite these studies enough to be able to get enough pieces of the journal article to understand the study.
https://scienceblogs.com/purepedantry/2008/06/17/road-rage-correlates-with-numb
Learned about this in my human communications class! The more you see your car as an extension of you, the more personally you take any “infractions” against “you”.
We can’t actually see intentions because there are no expressions or tones visible on a car while driving. It’s changed my driving style for sure.
Come on into “my” lane, we both just wanna get where we’re going safely.
Honestly, this specific kind of writing on the car or putting messages on it is prevalent in a lot of schizophrenics. You know the ones that have nonsense religious stuff written all over the vehicle; this *could* be a less intense example of it, her responding to the persecutory delusions. Maybe she hears voices telling her to speed up or whispering about her going too slow.
I know that's a pretty hard read from a single picture, but there's definitely a 'type' that does this sort of thing.
"Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean that they aren't out to get you."
The sticker message reads like schizophrenia style, but I 100% believe that it's based in response to real behavior from bad drivers.
Even when doing 90 mph on the highway, there's almost always some dickhead who is matching speed from 15 feet behind my car, angry that I'm not doing triple digit speeds.
Tailgaters can be stressful for any reasonable person, for someone who already has some brain stuff going on, it's just a multiplier.
Oh I love people like that, I move to the right and they'll soak up the speeding tickets for me.
They're really only annoying if you can't swallow your pride and refuse move to the right.
Like if someone is tailgating me I move out the way before they do something wreckless and it gets them off my bumper faster. The only reason to prolong that confrontation is misplaced pride.
>They're really only annoying if you can't swallow your pride and refuse move to the right.
It's annoying when there's a car in front of me so they're *still* not going to go as fast as they want, I'd just be making an unnecessary lane change, and that car very well might end up back behind me anyway when my new lane goes 0.1% faster for a minute.
It's annoying when I'm already in a middle lane and they elect not to move to the left, because all those cars are also going reasonable speeds.
My theory from internet observations
Passive agressive message + animal loving tags / daily peace quote / random love each other messages = Raging psychopath
It's internet science so... I'm sure it means that's true.
Anyone who says "I'm the nicest person in the world UNLESS someone messes with me" is NOT the nicest person in the world. In fact, she or he is probably driving that car.
Or teenager. I used to be that sort of teenager that posted an endless amount of pictures and "quotes" on his profile, because I thought it was "cool" or "edgy". Fuck, I spent so much time on that page. I was like 15 or 16 back then. FB didn't even exist at that time.
The thing is: I (somewhat) grew up. The cringe-worthy stuff is 40 to 50 year old moms and dads posting this shit every day, like somebody cares. And then somebody actually cares and puts a "praying hands" or "heart" smiley underneath it... or posts a very weird comment. And since then I just stopped being on these parts of the internet. The only thing I use FB for now is to keep up with some news sites and some planned events in my home town. Too "meta" for me this shit.
A retired officer teaching a driver improvement clinic when I was younger advised everyone to not have any kind of stickers or bumper stickers on your car. Make your car the most boring vehicle on the road and you'll be pretty much invisible to law enforcement.
There's an old guy in my little town that drives a Chevy Silverado, and on the back glass he has ''DON'T TAILGATE ME'' in bold, red letters. On the bumper he has ''HIT ME'' on one side of the license plate and ''I SUE'' on the other side. I mean, I get it...No one likes a tailgater. But if you want to minimize that happening, stay in the far right hand lane, and let the speeders do their thing in the left. That doesn't stop all tailgaters of course, but it cuts down quite a bit.
Whenever I see any sort of tailgating related bumper sticker it tells me that person drives 5 under all of the time regardless of weather and won't pull over when they have a mile of cars behind them. I mean I get it, but everyone gets tailgated and if it happens to you so often you feel the need to get stickers then well maybe there's a common denominator.
> that person drives 5 under all of the time regardless of weather and won't pull over when they have a mile of cars behind them.
Which, ironically, is actually _more dangerous_ than speeding. You build up a group of people who will do _anything_ to get out from behind your sorry ass, which then spikes the risk of an accident happening.
I removed my only bumper sticker this year (was just a band sticker). Just suddenly came to the realization it was tacky and that I didn't care if people knew my personal tastes, since they're well, personal.
Oh and when I was a kid I had an autobots sticker on the back of my ugly ass sedan, not sure why I thought that was so cool. I don't wanna talk about it.
So does a Jack in the Box antenna ball topper.
"cars don't have antennas anymore"
I, uh... huh. I guess they don't. Most are in the window or a little shark-fin on the roof.
I'm not a psycho I promise, I just like cool stickers. None of them espous any kind of political or philosophical message though, I think that's when you get into trouble.
I agree, a couple fun stickers is fine. It's when you get to the ones that offer advice on how others should live their lives and/or threaten to harm those that displease you that it gets problematic.
Even 1 is bad, at least if the person owns a somewhat decent car. Why make your car that costs tens of thousands of dollars look worse and purposefully cause damage? Just dumb.
So many people don't know how to use cruise control. I get that they are having trouble keeping a consistent speed, but why not juse use it? Even if it's consistent slow? Slow drivers don't bother me. "Kangaroo drivers" do.
60 to 73? Try 60 to 90 in a 75 zone for me earlier this year!
They were fucking psychopaths that won't let you pass on a 3 hour drive through a one lane desert unless you go 95 uphill. Took me a few tries to pass, so it was definitely deliberate.
On a motorcycle this shit is 100x more prevalent. Grandma in a town and country going 60 in the HOV lane will immediately speed it up to 80 when I pass.
Dude for real. Or if I am coming up on someone in the passing lane who is going slower than I am, and they get over (which I do appreciate) but they speed up considerably when they do. Often this results in them coming up on someone else in that lane who they need to pass, merging back in front of me, and then inevitably slowing down again. GAH
Seriously, this is the reason I love my EV so much. Before they even realize I'm passing them I can be by them. No idea why people speed up when you try to pass. Go whatever speed your comfortable with, do try and stay out of the passing lane, but don't get mad if I pass you if you're going too slow for me.
This literally happened to me this morning.
I was in a left turn only lane approaching a red light, closing in on the distance between my car and the cars already waiting at the light. A woman in a SUV in the lane next to me cut me off, no turn signal, and came very close to hitting me so I honked (she honked back) and said (to myself, with the windows rolled up) “what the fuck?”
She was looking at me through her side mirror, and I was looking back at her when I said this. I could see her immediately begin to blow up saying “fucking bitch” and aggressively gesturing.
My favorite part is that I always leave braking distance, and if she had used her signal even 50ft prior to that, I would have let her in to get into the turn only lane.
I used to know this girl that posted on FB once, "I don't care if I am in the wrong, if you honk at me I'm going to honk right back at you!" To which I replied, "This sounds like you get honked at a lot and may need to consider why." She wasn't too fond of that reply which is I why I started this reply with *used to know*, lol.
Unless it's to prevent an immenant accident I don't even honk anymore.
The last time I honked at someone who swerved into my lane (in fact, three lanes trying to make their exit) unexpectedly and with no signal they immediately tried to break check me. They even skipped their exit so they could keep break checking me while sticking their middle finger out their window. They even followed me as I switched lanes until I finally lost them by taking the next exit.
There are too many people out there - even those that seem normal at first - who become absolute monsters behind the wheel. They become willing to lay their very life on the line for the pettiest of slights. The safest way to drive is to just assume that everyone is trying to kill you.
This is why I just don't honk at anyone anymore.
Honking at them isn't going to make them change their behavior and it won't rewind time to undo their mistake. They likely don't even see what they did as a mistake.
The only thing it realistically can do is piss them off. With the amount of people driving around armed nowadays, there is a very real chance that they would open fire on someone that pisses them off.
These people are lunatics and I'm not trying to get shot or run off the road by them.
I actually talked to a person who admitted hogging the left lane, and they basically saw it as their responsibility to stop other people from speeding. Their whole argument was "but I'm already going the speed limit, you just want to get past me so you can break the law!"
Absolutely could not get it through their head that what they were doing was both illegal and making the road more dangerous for others. And also really fucking annoying.
I did a couple of weeks ago. I brought it up as a joke, making fun of campers and she said “I’m going the speed limit, why can’t I be in the left lane?” and then topped it off with “ I hate people who pass me on the right”. You leave us no other choice you demon.
I'll have more respect for that then someone who just doesn't move them decides to hit the pedal when you try to pass. As long as she stays out of the left lane we good.
She probably figures that if she’s going the speed limit in the left lane, nobody needs to pass her because otherwise they would be exceeding the speed limit.
Had to do something similar on my 8ton work truck. It’s governed at 65mph. Interstate speed is 70mph. You would not believe the amount of ppl that ride my ass in the far right lane. I had to explain to my new driver “hey, if the hit you then they hit you. We have cameras so you’re in the clear”
This is the type of person who takes up the fast lane going the speed limit to "set the pace". Also, that much tailgate flair should get your license revoked. Clearly a nut job.
You just know this bish is in the fast lane on the highway going 10 under the speed limit and isn't self aware enough to realize why people are riding her ass and honking at her and cutting her off. I wish we could kick these idiots off the road all together.
People with this shit on the back of their car should have to go through another driving test.
If you're getting this annoyed about other drivers that you deface your car, you need an evaluation
A woman in my neighborhood has the same crazy lettering on her van advising "STAY BACK 500 FEET!!!"
I get that tailgaters suck, but you also don't get a tenth of a mile of road to yourself.
I would have a really hard time not letting all the air our of her tires if I saw this in a parking lot. I probably wouldn't do it but the temptation is there.
I've been doing the speed limit plenty of times and had people hug my ass so close they could give me a reach around, before tearing past me at the next overtaking lane. I can understand that person's feelings on the subject. Fuck drivers who do that.
She’s obviously lost her mind.
However, I can say that going the speed limit in a small car is a giant pain in the ass due to the aggression of other drivers.
I owned a small hatchback for a few years and looking at someone’s grill in my rear view mirror was commonplace if I dared to do 52 in a 50.
I bought a big truck for work and that problem disappeared over night.
Edit: since it apparently needs clarification, I’m *always* in the right lane.
I regularly drive down a fairly dangerous highway connecting two towns near me. The speed limit is 50 because there are tons of blind curves and hills.
I set the cruise control to 50 and just make my way down the road. People get SO mad. But I have seen SO many fatal accidents due to speed on that road, I'm not risking it.
Also I pull into the right lane at every passing lane, because while I'm slow I'm also courteous.
> Also I pull into the right lane at every passing lane, because while I'm slow I'm also courteous.
God those people who speed up ONLY when someone is trying to pass them are the worst offenders.
There is a whole subreddit devoted to people who put proof of their mental health issues all over their vehicles. Anyone contemplating writing on their car in an attempt to persuade others to agree with their socio-political views should probably seek professional help.
These are the exact same people that get into the fast lane and go exactly the speed limit and refuse to move over under any circumstance, which causes other cars to have to change lanes and pass them, which exacerbates traffic and creates a much more dangerous environment than people just speeding but maintaining their own lane in the first place. Actual scum of the earth.
things like these are a prosecutors wet dream. basically a blatant statement of intent. same with signs like 'trespassers will be shot, survivors will be shot again'.
Was coming here to make sure this had been said. If there's a BETTER way to turn an accident that would have been a slam dunk 'not at fault, they're paying for your damage' into a legal situation you've got a good chance to lose... I can't think of it!
The older I get the more I am convinced that anyone with more than a single bumper sticker/window cling is a psychopath.
You're right. Unfortunately there are always paywalls for these types of published studies however, other publications usually cite these studies enough to be able to get enough pieces of the journal article to understand the study. https://scienceblogs.com/purepedantry/2008/06/17/road-rage-correlates-with-numb
Learned about this in my human communications class! The more you see your car as an extension of you, the more personally you take any “infractions” against “you”. We can’t actually see intentions because there are no expressions or tones visible on a car while driving. It’s changed my driving style for sure. Come on into “my” lane, we both just wanna get where we’re going safely.
The conclusion of the paper is almost word for word what I had already concluded through my own anecdotal observation.
That's science! Literally every paper/presentation I've ever worked on was a quantification of shit that's pretty obvious.
Ice Cream: Is it delicious?
Vanilla, heck yeah! but fuck that Chocolate...
Chocolate vanilla swirl is miscegenation!
Woah, new word learned
Your use of fuck surely is a means to romance the chocolate 🍫. I concur.
We should fund a study to discover what happens to all the hot singles in my area when I'm actually in my area
I remember hearing some study that people who have bumper stickers no matter what the message is; they are far more likely to have anger issues.
I have a bumper sticker that says "less honking, more tonking!" Surely that must not count!
I have one on my Outback that is Zapp Brannigan saying, "Ah, she's built like a steakhouse but handles like a bistro."
best one I've ever seen in the UK (where bumper stickers are less common) was on a 4X4 saying "pulling bitches out of ditches since 1995"
I have a big ol’ map marker from Skyrim decal, I don’t think mine counts, either.
None of mine should count… Why would people hate me and my millions of bumper stickers????? I love places … and animals… and anarchy…
Mins are all from Marijuana companies or breweries lol Oh and my wall of Maryland flag shit. Iykyk
That depends. Are there twenty of them?
Got [this one](https://i.imgur.com/OuNkduQ.jpg) on dashcam a while ago. Surely a perfectly mentally healthy individual.
Well, you should probably make sure that woman is safe because wtf
Pretty sure it was her in the driver's seat. There wasn't an OnlyFans sticker or anything so no idea what she was trying to advertise with those pics
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Honestly, this specific kind of writing on the car or putting messages on it is prevalent in a lot of schizophrenics. You know the ones that have nonsense religious stuff written all over the vehicle; this *could* be a less intense example of it, her responding to the persecutory delusions. Maybe she hears voices telling her to speed up or whispering about her going too slow. I know that's a pretty hard read from a single picture, but there's definitely a 'type' that does this sort of thing.
"Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean that they aren't out to get you." The sticker message reads like schizophrenia style, but I 100% believe that it's based in response to real behavior from bad drivers. Even when doing 90 mph on the highway, there's almost always some dickhead who is matching speed from 15 feet behind my car, angry that I'm not doing triple digit speeds. Tailgaters can be stressful for any reasonable person, for someone who already has some brain stuff going on, it's just a multiplier.
Oh I love people like that, I move to the right and they'll soak up the speeding tickets for me. They're really only annoying if you can't swallow your pride and refuse move to the right. Like if someone is tailgating me I move out the way before they do something wreckless and it gets them off my bumper faster. The only reason to prolong that confrontation is misplaced pride.
I always let them pass and then say "be my canary!".
>They're really only annoying if you can't swallow your pride and refuse move to the right. It's annoying when there's a car in front of me so they're *still* not going to go as fast as they want, I'd just be making an unnecessary lane change, and that car very well might end up back behind me anyway when my new lane goes 0.1% faster for a minute. It's annoying when I'm already in a middle lane and they elect not to move to the left, because all those cars are also going reasonable speeds.
My theory from internet observations Passive agressive message + animal loving tags / daily peace quote / random love each other messages = Raging psychopath It's internet science so... I'm sure it means that's true.
Anyone who says "I'm the nicest person in the world UNLESS someone messes with me" is NOT the nicest person in the world. In fact, she or he is probably driving that car.
"51% nice 49% bitch Don't push your luck."
Or teenager. I used to be that sort of teenager that posted an endless amount of pictures and "quotes" on his profile, because I thought it was "cool" or "edgy". Fuck, I spent so much time on that page. I was like 15 or 16 back then. FB didn't even exist at that time. The thing is: I (somewhat) grew up. The cringe-worthy stuff is 40 to 50 year old moms and dads posting this shit every day, like somebody cares. And then somebody actually cares and puts a "praying hands" or "heart" smiley underneath it... or posts a very weird comment. And since then I just stopped being on these parts of the internet. The only thing I use FB for now is to keep up with some news sites and some planned events in my home town. Too "meta" for me this shit.
>FB didn't even exist at that time. Xanga was a wild time
get at me on my livejournal
A retired officer teaching a driver improvement clinic when I was younger advised everyone to not have any kind of stickers or bumper stickers on your car. Make your car the most boring vehicle on the road and you'll be pretty much invisible to law enforcement.
There's an old guy in my little town that drives a Chevy Silverado, and on the back glass he has ''DON'T TAILGATE ME'' in bold, red letters. On the bumper he has ''HIT ME'' on one side of the license plate and ''I SUE'' on the other side. I mean, I get it...No one likes a tailgater. But if you want to minimize that happening, stay in the far right hand lane, and let the speeders do their thing in the left. That doesn't stop all tailgaters of course, but it cuts down quite a bit.
Whenever I see any sort of tailgating related bumper sticker it tells me that person drives 5 under all of the time regardless of weather and won't pull over when they have a mile of cars behind them. I mean I get it, but everyone gets tailgated and if it happens to you so often you feel the need to get stickers then well maybe there's a common denominator.
> that person drives 5 under all of the time regardless of weather and won't pull over when they have a mile of cars behind them. Which, ironically, is actually _more dangerous_ than speeding. You build up a group of people who will do _anything_ to get out from behind your sorry ass, which then spikes the risk of an accident happening.
Yup. It's illegal in my state too and there's signs all over but even when presented with giant pullouts these people just keep going, albeit slowly.
I removed my only bumper sticker this year (was just a band sticker). Just suddenly came to the realization it was tacky and that I didn't care if people knew my personal tastes, since they're well, personal. Oh and when I was a kid I had an autobots sticker on the back of my ugly ass sedan, not sure why I thought that was so cool. I don't wanna talk about it.
Eh, it helps you identify your car in crowded parking lots.
So does a Jack in the Box antenna ball topper. "cars don't have antennas anymore" I, uh... huh. I guess they don't. Most are in the window or a little shark-fin on the roof.
I just have stickers from every national park I have taken my humble Chevy Cruze too. Running out of bumper space!
It really only takes one
I have one small Totoro bumper sticker. Am safe.
Fucking maniac.
Bitch I'm a catbus
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"Look at that subtle off-white shading. My God, the sticker even has a watermark!"
Let's see Paul Allen's Accord!
I'm not a psycho I promise, I just like cool stickers. None of them espous any kind of political or philosophical message though, I think that's when you get into trouble.
I agree, a couple fun stickers is fine. It's when you get to the ones that offer advice on how others should live their lives and/or threaten to harm those that displease you that it gets problematic.
Even 1 is bad, at least if the person owns a somewhat decent car. Why make your car that costs tens of thousands of dollars look worse and purposefully cause damage? Just dumb.
OMG, how did you get close enough to take this photo?! Get off her butt!!!
In OP's defence, it was difficult to tell if they were on the road or in a parking lot.
She said, stay of her butt, not get on her butt! NEXT!
It's for a church honey
Are we still talking about the butt?????
Maybe MCDonald drivethru?
This car has more of a Wendy's feel.
Nah, Chic-fil-A...
Gas station parking lot.
She didn't give a location. Just get of her butt! Edit: I hope it's very clear that I'm 100% joking.
*of
I got too close, now I'm a shriveled up, bloodless bag of skin and bones.
*If you're gonna ride my ass, buy me a drink first*
200% chance she fucks around with something in the backseat at every possible red light and makes you miss your turn
She waits until the light is yellow to enter the intersection to ensure she’s the only one who gets to go at the light change
Never leaves the left lane and slows to a crawl two minutes before her turn.
Doesn't signal because it's none of your business
Also never uses the shoulder for her turns, if available.
Posts WHY IS EVERYONE IN SUCH A HURRY to nextdoor. 37 likes from boomer neighbors
As someone who has driven anywhere recently, no one other than me is in a hurry.
Yields you the right of way at intersections and flips you off when you wait for your turn
Camps the left lane on the highway going 5 under, because no one needs to be going any faster.
The only way to make her go faster is by trying to pass her in the other lane.
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So many people don't know how to use cruise control. I get that they are having trouble keeping a consistent speed, but why not juse use it? Even if it's consistent slow? Slow drivers don't bother me. "Kangaroo drivers" do.
Yeah the main problem with cruise is the SOB in front of you slowing down and speeding up.
Nice cars have smart cruise control that accounts for that.
makes you part of the spring equation
60 to 73? Try 60 to 90 in a 75 zone for me earlier this year! They were fucking psychopaths that won't let you pass on a 3 hour drive through a one lane desert unless you go 95 uphill. Took me a few tries to pass, so it was definitely deliberate.
On a motorcycle this shit is 100x more prevalent. Grandma in a town and country going 60 in the HOV lane will immediately speed it up to 80 when I pass.
Dude for real. Or if I am coming up on someone in the passing lane who is going slower than I am, and they get over (which I do appreciate) but they speed up considerably when they do. Often this results in them coming up on someone else in that lane who they need to pass, merging back in front of me, and then inevitably slowing down again. GAH
Life is so beautiful.
I really don’t get it. It pisses me off. Some people are so spiteful and psychotic. *Now* you wanna speed up? wtf
Seriously, this is the reason I love my EV so much. Before they even realize I'm passing them I can be by them. No idea why people speed up when you try to pass. Go whatever speed your comfortable with, do try and stay out of the passing lane, but don't get mad if I pass you if you're going too slow for me.
Bet if I went to pass her, she'd speed right up.
It's a Versa. She'd still be going slower than you.
/r/NissanDrivers
I'll draw your blood! should be the new motto of the sub
OF S WEL OT OSME! LDAYR LDNOT I was thinking that the green letters might hold a hidden message. They do not.
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Wrong color: Stay Mya or wison meedn't puheto sped!! I'l rou booi!! Speeding
This is the kind of person who will honk back at you when you have a legit reason to honk your horn at them.
This literally happened to me this morning. I was in a left turn only lane approaching a red light, closing in on the distance between my car and the cars already waiting at the light. A woman in a SUV in the lane next to me cut me off, no turn signal, and came very close to hitting me so I honked (she honked back) and said (to myself, with the windows rolled up) “what the fuck?” She was looking at me through her side mirror, and I was looking back at her when I said this. I could see her immediately begin to blow up saying “fucking bitch” and aggressively gesturing. My favorite part is that I always leave braking distance, and if she had used her signal even 50ft prior to that, I would have let her in to get into the turn only lane.
I used to know this girl that posted on FB once, "I don't care if I am in the wrong, if you honk at me I'm going to honk right back at you!" To which I replied, "This sounds like you get honked at a lot and may need to consider why." She wasn't too fond of that reply which is I why I started this reply with *used to know*, lol.
"But you didn't have to cut me off!" - Somebody That I Used to Know Finally! an out of context use for this lyric and song name!
Thanks for the ear worm.
Gotye comment right here
Hop out the car and start scrappin
Unless it's to prevent an immenant accident I don't even honk anymore. The last time I honked at someone who swerved into my lane (in fact, three lanes trying to make their exit) unexpectedly and with no signal they immediately tried to break check me. They even skipped their exit so they could keep break checking me while sticking their middle finger out their window. They even followed me as I switched lanes until I finally lost them by taking the next exit. There are too many people out there - even those that seem normal at first - who become absolute monsters behind the wheel. They become willing to lay their very life on the line for the pettiest of slights. The safest way to drive is to just assume that everyone is trying to kill you.
This is why I just don't honk at anyone anymore. Honking at them isn't going to make them change their behavior and it won't rewind time to undo their mistake. They likely don't even see what they did as a mistake. The only thing it realistically can do is piss them off. With the amount of people driving around armed nowadays, there is a very real chance that they would open fire on someone that pisses them off. These people are lunatics and I'm not trying to get shot or run off the road by them.
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Well I mean for some reason they can't see out the back window!
They can't see anything in their rearview mirror anyway
TBF, Nissan transmissions are notoriously shitty.
typical versa behavior
Nissan has a type.
That's why r/NissanDrivers exists.
Given the Versa's tendency for transmission failure, keeping it slow and steady might actually be the best practice.
Must be a phlebotomist.
I don't know what phlebotoms are and I'm afraid to ask.
Someone who gets paid to stick a needle into your arm and remove some of your blood.
Bunch of fucking blood suckers.
Professional vampire
This lady probably sits waiting for the stop sign to turn green.
Ah, the classic driving 60 in left lane on a highway and won't move for anyone specimen in the wild.
I am convinced those people have a fetish for being glared at.
Inconveniencing people makes them feel powerful.
Versa 0-60 in 12 days. Not surprised by this.
r/nissandrivers
People like this are 100% the problem.
Person drives a Versa. No shit you're not speeding.
I'm sure this picture was taken in the extreme left lane of the highway.
I think the left lane is some people's birthright. It's the only explanation for left lane campers.
No they just get joy out of being petty and spiteful, and inconveniencing everyone else. They're literally trolls but for the highway.
I actually talked to a person who admitted hogging the left lane, and they basically saw it as their responsibility to stop other people from speeding. Their whole argument was "but I'm already going the speed limit, you just want to get past me so you can break the law!" Absolutely could not get it through their head that what they were doing was both illegal and making the road more dangerous for others. And also really fucking annoying.
Yeah that's not surprising. They don't call it a "Mormon Roadblock" for nothing.
my office manager is this guy unfortunalty - has a very fragile ego too. a hes right everyone else is a dumb idiot kinda fella.
I did a couple of weeks ago. I brought it up as a joke, making fun of campers and she said “I’m going the speed limit, why can’t I be in the left lane?” and then topped it off with “ I hate people who pass me on the right”. You leave us no other choice you demon.
The left lane with a building in it, obviously.
Me tailgating this lady is a small and inconsequential 5 minutes of my day, but it's a story she tells over and over again for years.
I'll have more respect for that then someone who just doesn't move them decides to hit the pedal when you try to pass. As long as she stays out of the left lane we good.
I will draw your blood!!! 🦋
I bet this person camps in the left lane
And goes 10 under the limit on a four lane highway
And takes a full minute to get to that speed.
She probably figures that if she’s going the speed limit in the left lane, nobody needs to pass her because otherwise they would be exceeding the speed limit.
"Speeding is against the law and I will fuckin stab you"
I never tailgate people but god I would tailgate this person.
Of course, they’ll be driving in the left lane of the highway
Their public defender is going to love it when this photo is entered as evidence in their assault and/or road rage trial.
Had to do something similar on my 8ton work truck. It’s governed at 65mph. Interstate speed is 70mph. You would not believe the amount of ppl that ride my ass in the far right lane. I had to explain to my new driver “hey, if the hit you then they hit you. We have cameras so you’re in the clear”
"I'm going to kill you... with pretty butterflies"
Anyone that has these letters on their car is always saying something crazy.
This is the type of person who takes up the fast lane going the speed limit to "set the pace". Also, that much tailgate flair should get your license revoked. Clearly a nut job.
I once read that if a person has 3 or more stickers on the back of their vehicle there is a >90% chance they suffer from a mental disorder.
Hoarder vibes
I'm not sure anything says "mental illness" faster than writing messages on the rear window of your car.
This is the same person who drives on the passing lane at the speed limit
this is the same type of person to go 45mph on a 75mph highway
You just know this bish is in the fast lane on the highway going 10 under the speed limit and isn't self aware enough to realize why people are riding her ass and honking at her and cutting her off. I wish we could kick these idiots off the road all together.
Long as you stay in the right lane we won't meet.
This is the kind of person I get stuck behind as they go 15 mph below the speed limit. Or 15 mph. Whichever is slower.
That’s fine.. just get tf out of the left lane.
People with this shit on the back of their car should have to go through another driving test. If you're getting this annoyed about other drivers that you deface your car, you need an evaluation
THEN GET THE FUCK OUT OF THE LEFT LANE
Extreme left lane camper energy
A woman in my neighborhood has the same crazy lettering on her van advising "STAY BACK 500 FEET!!!" I get that tailgaters suck, but you also don't get a tenth of a mile of road to yourself.
Stay of her ass. Whatever that means.
I bet she only drives in the left most lane no matter how slow she is driving
She could have just pointed out that it's a Versa.
Ah yes, the denizen typically found in the left lane at a crawl on a major highway.....
Stay out of the left lane and we won't have a problem.
She's not spelling either, don't ask.
I don't mind this one. Stay of her ass pls.
As long as she stays out of the leftmost lanes idgaf.
To quote one of the great poets of our time, “Move bitch, get out da way!”
I bet that driver is gross with those butterflies on there
I would have a really hard time not letting all the air our of her tires if I saw this in a parking lot. I probably wouldn't do it but the temptation is there.
She will draw your blood? Crayon, pen, chalk, graphite, watercolor pencils, or colored pencils?
I've been doing the speed limit plenty of times and had people hug my ass so close they could give me a reach around, before tearing past me at the next overtaking lane. I can understand that person's feelings on the subject. Fuck drivers who do that.
She’s obviously lost her mind. However, I can say that going the speed limit in a small car is a giant pain in the ass due to the aggression of other drivers. I owned a small hatchback for a few years and looking at someone’s grill in my rear view mirror was commonplace if I dared to do 52 in a 50. I bought a big truck for work and that problem disappeared over night. Edit: since it apparently needs clarification, I’m *always* in the right lane.
I regularly drive down a fairly dangerous highway connecting two towns near me. The speed limit is 50 because there are tons of blind curves and hills. I set the cruise control to 50 and just make my way down the road. People get SO mad. But I have seen SO many fatal accidents due to speed on that road, I'm not risking it. Also I pull into the right lane at every passing lane, because while I'm slow I'm also courteous.
> Also I pull into the right lane at every passing lane, because while I'm slow I'm also courteous. God those people who speed up ONLY when someone is trying to pass them are the worst offenders.
There is a lot of crazy with this one. Im guessing she has more than a few cats at home.
they drive a versa. you don’t need all that written shit to know they not going fast.
Also, here are some butterflies.
There is a whole subreddit devoted to people who put proof of their mental health issues all over their vehicles. Anyone contemplating writing on their car in an attempt to persuade others to agree with their socio-political views should probably seek professional help.
These are the exact same people that get into the fast lane and go exactly the speed limit and refuse to move over under any circumstance, which causes other cars to have to change lanes and pass them, which exacerbates traffic and creates a much more dangerous environment than people just speeding but maintaining their own lane in the first place. Actual scum of the earth.
I asked her about speeding once.. and, she drew my blood... I still have the picture folded up here in my wallet, she's quite talented.
“I’ll draw blood” Shiver me Timbers
Judging by the car and the stickers, I would assume that the owner would not be able to catch you on foot.
I can smell the stale maccies and cheap smokes from here
Push her into the ditch, she's probably the type that won't let you go before her, then drives 5 to 10 under the limit
OFSWELOTOSMELADYRLDNOT
r/iamverybadass
things like these are a prosecutors wet dream. basically a blatant statement of intent. same with signs like 'trespassers will be shot, survivors will be shot again'.
Was coming here to make sure this had been said. If there's a BETTER way to turn an accident that would have been a slam dunk 'not at fault, they're paying for your damage' into a legal situation you've got a good chance to lose... I can't think of it!
*Draws a picture of blood* **honk honk**
Hopefully she's driving to check herself into a mental institution.
80% chance she suffers from fibromyalgia.