lol...
heres another two -- symptoms of living in Los Angeles, CA:
First:
I'm on the freeway in my camaro - cutout open so you can hear the car, people know that Camaros are not made to go slow, but of course there is always some idiot who is out for a sunday drive...
The majority of the time I am in the carpool lane when this person appears... of course I can't get over due to the double yellow line. And then I spot the opening. Of course the person going slow does too, and when the opening happens several cars dart out to get around the person. But here in LA people are fucking crazy - so what does the person in the lead do? they floor it.
You heard me, they try to speed up enough to keep people from passing them cause they are obviously upset and will cut the person off and make a dangerous situation for them. nevermind that speeding up makes the other drivers irate and make them speed up more and cut the person off or just cause some road-rage incident. i have had this happen to me, and unfortunately on a few occasions (when there are enough cars between myself and the person in question, i and a few people behind me usually lose out on the opportunity to pass.
Second:
People who talk to their friends while driving. And I mean in another car! I've had this happen on more than one occasion. Someone (most recent) will realize that the person driving next to them is someone they havent seen in like a year and will roll their windows down and the two people will proceed to talk -- mind you this is mostly (read 99%) women drivers. Now its not like they will talk and then decide to pull off the road.. oh no.
They talk...and they talk...and as they are talking, they arent paying attention, so their speed slowly drops - 75 - 60 - 55- 45... It's quite annoying. The last time it happened I even honked my horn a few times to which i only got a nasty look, and then revved my engine a little to which i got a nasty look from the other woman...then they went back to talking, so as soon as i got a free space i passed them on a shoulder, only to have the person i was trying to pass speed up and try to race me! (fortunately I have modded my car and could get around her). but she seriously was flooring it. if a cop had happened by I'm sure he would have thought we were street racing. (wasnt my intention, my intention was only to get around her quickly.)
Suffice to say i put a lot of distance between this person and myself.
It's just mind-boggling that people think they can hold conversations while driving down a major highway or a four-lane road without a median.
/rant
heres another two -- symptoms of living in Los Angeles, CA:
First:
I'm on the freeway in my camaro - cutout open so you can hear the car, people know that Camaros are not made to go slow, but of course there is always some idiot who is out for a sunday drive...
The majority of the time I am in the carpool lane when this person appears... of course I can't get over due to the double yellow line. And then I spot the opening. Of course the person going slow does too, and when the opening happens several cars dart out to get around the person. But here in LA people are fucking crazy - so what does the person in the lead do? they floor it.
You heard me, they try to speed up enough to keep people from passing them cause they are obviously upset and will cut the person off and make a dangerous situation for them. nevermind that speeding up makes the other drivers irate and make them speed up more and cut the person off or just cause some road-rage incident. i have had this happen to me, and unfortunately on a few occasions (when there are enough cars between myself and the person in question, i and a few people behind me usually lose out on the opportunity to pass.
Second:
People who talk to their friends while driving. And I mean in another car! I've had this happen on more than one occasion. Someone (most recent) will realize that the person driving next to them is someone they havent seen in like a year and will roll their windows down and the two people will proceed to talk -- mind you this is mostly (read 99%) women drivers. Now its not like they will talk and then decide to pull off the road.. oh no.
They talk...and they talk...and as they are talking, they arent paying attention, so their speed slowly drops - 75 - 60 - 55- 45... It's quite annoying. The last time it happened I even honked my horn a few times to which i only got a nasty look, and then revved my engine a little to which i got a nasty look from the other woman...then they went back to talking, so as soon as i got a free space i passed them on a shoulder, only to have the person i was trying to pass speed up and try to race me! (fortunately I have modded my car and could get around her). but she seriously was flooring it. if a cop had happened by I'm sure he would have thought we were street racing. (wasnt my intention, my intention was only to get around her quickly.)
Suffice to say i put a lot of distance between this person and myself.
It's just mind-boggling that people think they can hold conversations while driving down a major highway or a four-lane road without a median.
/rant
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