What really grinds your gears

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DetailKitty said:
Those drivers around me tend to act like they own the road....
But there are other bad drivers as well.... The slow drivers (you know who you are Honda-nation), the Prius drivers who ride in the left lane, yet won't go over 55?????
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But back to turn signals.... I'd rather have someone use their signal, then pull in front of me and cause me to hit the brakes, then to just pull in front of me. At least I had some warning that they were coming over, even if they shouldn't have.

Not using a turn signal pisses me off, so it would affect me if we were on the same highway.

I promise you though, you would never have to hit your brakes if I pulled in front of you :rolleyes:

Not saying you are slow... I'm saying I drive fast.

FYI: this is a great back and forth debate folks :dblthumb2:
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LOL you aren't as fast as me!!!!!!! Im the MAN

Seriously though, what I am saying and maybe it got lost in the fun is I don't see the use of a blinker for every situation. I am on the freeway, nobody next to me, guy behind me is 50 yards back, not using the blinker. In stop and go traffic and I need to get over. I use the blinker, not to ask to get over but to let the person in that lane that may be about to speed up to close the gap that I am getting over. Yesterday I saw a guy on an off ramp that happens to go right turning his right blinker on. It's a one lane off ramp. You have no choice but to follow it to the right and there is no cross traffic. That is stupid to me.

Plus you have the "cry wolf factor". Guy has his blinker on, people slow down to let him over but it turns out he just forgot to turn it off. So he is causing traffic to slow. And on a crowded freeway, one person lighting their brake lights up causes a reaction all the way back. So even if you use your blinker in front of me, I am not changing what I am doing because I don't know if you are serious.

I honestly think it's the "safe" drivers that are in more of the fender benders because they are over reactors. I see it all the time. Two people starting to move into the same lane and they panic, whip the wheel back the other way and all hell breaks lose. Most people change lanes slowly, if I see them come over as I am, I wait a sec to see if they give the lane up then I will slowly go back to the other lane. Simple

Really everybody should have to ride a motorcycle for a few years. You learn to see things without looking. You get a spacial awareness you can just about change lanes without even looking. On a bike it's more life or death so you figure these things out quickly.
 
OCD Detailing said:
LOL you aren't as fast as me!!!!!!! Im the MAN

Seriously though, what I am saying and maybe it got lost in the fun is I don't see the use of a blinker for every situation. I am on the freeway, nobody next to me, guy behind me is 50 yards back, not using the blinker. In stop and go traffic and I need to get over. I use the blinker, not to ask to get over but to let the person in that lane that may be about to speed up to close the gap that I am getting over. Yesterday I saw a guy on an off ramp that happens to go right turning his right blinker on. It's a one lane off ramp. You have no choice but to follow it to the right and there is no cross traffic. That is stupid to me.

Plus you have the "cry wolf factor". Guy has his blinker on, people slow down to let him over but it turns out he just forgot to turn it off. So he is causing traffic to slow. And on a crowded freeway, one person lighting their brake lights up causes a reaction all the way back. So even if you use your blinker in front of me, I am not changing what I am doing because I don't know if you are serious.

I honestly think it's the "safe" drivers that are in more of the fender benders because they are over reactors. I see it all the time. Two people starting to move into the same lane and they panic, whip the wheel back the other way and all hell breaks lose. Most people change lanes slowly, if I see them come over as I am, I wait a sec to see if they give the lane up then I will slowly go back to the other lane. Simple

Really everybody should have to ride a motorcycle for a few years. You learn to see things without looking. You get a spacial awareness you can just about change lanes without even looking. On a bike it's more life or death so you figure these things out quickly.
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HAHA! Nice :cruisin:

Well, here's my take on things.... if you get used to not using it, you get lazy and then don't anymore at all.

And example from today:
Was driving in the left lane thru traffic. A car in the right lane turned it's signal on that it was coming over into my lane. There wasn't really room for the car AND I was going faster than them. So I got ready, and sure enough they came over. Since I was ready for it I was easily able to break and not have it become an issue.

So to me, the turn signal worked. Maybe they should have waited, but regardless, the signal was a heads up to me and possibly prevented an accident.
 
Brake lights should change brightness based on how much the pedal is depressed. That way the random brake tappers won't cause everyone else to brake. Also, it would be a clue to having to brake hard if necessary considering most people don't use their hazards to indicate that.
 
How about the people who drive with two feet with one foot always resting on the brake peddle. Nothing like their brake lights being ON the whole way.
 
TTGMG:

People that say their dog is friendly...and won't bite you...
all the while they're gnawing the flesh from your fibula.

The Dirty Barkstards!!!

Bob
 
OCD Detailing said:
... I use the blinker, not to ask to get over but to let the person in that lane that may be about to speed up to close the gap that I am getting over....

..... So even if you use your blinker in front of me, I am not changing what I am doing because I don't know if you are serious.
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So you charge into a lane when signaling, but won't let someone over if they try the same?

And +1 on riding. Huge eye opener.
 
TTGMG:

Friends/Family members that say they are tired of seeing me having a grin or smile on my face all of the time...that they just want to haul off and slap me sometimes.

I say:
Too bad...it's true: I've never been so happy;
SO WHAT!! :)


Bob
 
Was getting out of my Pathy last night at Wawa and a pretty hot women was fumbling around trying to figure out how to open the hood of her Volvo. So, I just kept walking and minding my own business...

Then she stopped me and asked if I could help her open the hood because the car needs oil. So, I went over and opened the hood and showed her where to put the oil.

Then she said "Thank You Sir". Oh man..."Sir" makes me feel old.
 
FUNX725 said:
TTGMG:

Friends/Family members that say they are tired of seeing me having a grin or smile on my face all of the time...that they just want to haul off and slap me sometimes.

I say:
Too bad...it's true: I've never been so happy;
SO WHAT!! :)

That's pathetic they are tired of you being happy!!!!!! :mad:

Bob
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swanicyouth said:
Was getting out of my Pathy last night at Wawa and a pretty hot women was fumbling around trying to figure out how to open the hood of her Volvo. So, I just kept walking and minding my own business...

Then she stopped me and asked if I could help her open the hood because the car needs oil. So, I went over and opened the hood and showed her where to put the oil.

Then she said "Thank You Sir". Oh man..."Sir" makes me feel old.
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LOL.... what if she wasn't hot????? :D


So I was in Philly yesterday and I was walking out of a building... guy holds the door open for the guy in front of me. He says thank you to the guy who held it for him as he lets it close in MY face!!! :mad:

And people who don't share the sidewalk... what the F? It's not YOUR sidewalk!!!!! Don't walk 4 wide with other people coming in the opposite direction!!!!!!!
 
Christmas gift exchanges:

Where people have the unmitigated gall to ask only for money. Whats the point?

OK...I'll give you $XX.00 cash; and you can go buy me a present for $XX.00: Simply Stupid!

Hey...
If all I wanted was the thrill of exchanging money for goods and services rendered...I'd just go visit one of my local Ladies-of-the-Evening!


Bob
 
When you are driving down the road just after you detailed your car and you come to a spot where there is a spring or water runoff from a hill side that runs across the road instead of running in the ditch along side and then going under the road and into the stream on the other side. This happens a lot in PA. because of the terrain and our great Penn Dot.
 
WAXOFF said:
When you are driving down the road just after you detailed your car and you come to a spot where there is a spring or water runoff from a hill side that runs across the road instead of running in the ditch along side and then going under the road and into the stream on the other side. This happens a lot in PA. because of the terrain and our great Penn Dot.
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Lol this pisses me off too. There's always a runoff on Carson st heading towards glass run rd
 
WAXOFF said:
When you are driving down the road just after you detailed your car and you come to a spot where there is a spring or water runoff from a hill side that runs across the road instead of running in the ditch along side and then going under the road and into the stream on the other side. This happens a lot in PA. because of the terrain and our great Penn Dot.
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frankprozzoly said:
Lol this pisses me off too. There's always a runoff on Carson st heading towards glass run rd
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AH HA...
Now I know what happened with some of our so-called ODOT engineers. Please feel free to keep them. :D

Bob
 
FUNX725 said:
Christmas gift exchanges:

Where people have the unmitigated gall to ask only for money. Whats the point?

OK...I'll give you .00 cash; and you can go buy me a present for .00: Simply Stupid!

Hey...
If all I wanted was the thrill of exchanging money for goods and services rendered...I'd just go visit one of my local Ladies-of-the-Evening!


Bob
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And that right there is gear grinder for sure! :iagree:
 
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