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74. You've got to be careful these days. Challenging someone like that could end up with a gun pointed

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Fri Oct 13, 2023, 01:45 PM

Oct 2023

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What the hell is going on with drivers out there? [View all] LuckyCharms Oct 2023 OP

a lot of folks do seem to be pretty hostile and pushy on the roads Attilatheblond Oct 2023 #1

You should live in Denver DENVERPOPS Oct 2023 #44

I'll take your drivers Attilatheblond Oct 2023 #94

I know and have known hundreds of Mr. Mustard 2023 Oct 2023 #120

They're idiots. Niagara Oct 2023 #2

I've had the same experience cyclonefence Oct 2023 #3

Cyclonefence You are from West Virginia Duncanpup Oct 2023 #5

You'd be surpriseD cyclonefence Oct 2023 #6

You can hit me with insults all you want I was joking with you Duncanpup Oct 2023 #8

Gimme a break cyclonefence Oct 2023 #13

Duncanpup, western PA driver here. Are you from this part? I don't like following cars that don't debm55 Oct 2023 #104

Yesterday a woman driving one of those mini school buses came to a rolling stop and pulled Lonestarblue Oct 2023 #4

Here is your theme song! MLAA Oct 2023 #7

I like it! LuckyCharms Oct 2023 #12

I don't think you can safely merge anywhere in this damn country. CousinIT Oct 2023 #9

And phones - seems like folks think they are in their living rooms rurallib Oct 2023 #10

I recommend having a dash cam teach1st Oct 2023 #11

I got one about 4 years ago. FoxNewsSucks Oct 2023 #31

Mine saved my bacon in a minor accident. He said it was my fault. I showed the vid to the mitch96 Oct 2023 #40

I got one ArkansasDemocrat1 Oct 2023 #36

I always assume the people around me are deranged. GreenWave Oct 2023 #14

BTW - had a really close one the other day rurallib Oct 2023 #15

I agree, merging into highway traffic has become insane. Diamond_Dog Oct 2023 #16

I agree. It is impossible to merge. My husband tells me not to stop at a merge.But drivers seem to debm55 Oct 2023 #106

What state did this happen in? infullview Oct 2023 #17

New York. LuckyCharms Oct 2023 #20

I haven't driven in every state but for me nothing compares to S Florida - INSANE. NoMoreRepugs Oct 2023 #18

After living there for over 40 years I tend to agree. People drive by the rules of their native mitch96 Oct 2023 #42

The first rule of Italian driving ArkansasDemocrat1 Oct 2023 #62

Exactly what I was alluding to. NoMoreRepugs Oct 2023 #95

It all went to shit after Andrew JoseBalow Oct 2023 #57

A friend who is out on the highways frequently reports seeing Sky Jewels Oct 2023 #19

I don't drive much anymore either. LuckyCharms Oct 2023 #23

That's probably a good idea (practicing)! Sky Jewels Oct 2023 #28

We're going through a thing now where my wife wants to sell one of the cars. LuckyCharms Oct 2023 #30

Well if you are gonna sell now is the time. Used car prices are at all time high. mitch96 Oct 2023 #46

Doing that keeps your car healthier, too ArkansasDemocrat1 Oct 2023 #64

We haven't had a car in 8 years. Old Crank Oct 2023 #82

It's easy to be a safe driver. LudwigPastorius Oct 2023 #21

Perfect:"You just have to assume that everyone else on the road is always trying to kill you." housecat Oct 2023 #25

That was my mindset when I rode motorcycles ArkansasDemocrat1 Oct 2023 #38

THAT saved my ass on a few occasions. Ride like you are invisible, assume they are trying to mitch96 Oct 2023 #50

I'd be happy riding a Honda Monkey or Trail if it was only for a ArkansasDemocrat1 Oct 2023 #60

I'm looking at the Royal Enfield 350's. Not fast but puts a smile on your face. Relatively mitch96 Oct 2023 #91

Seems like Rebl2 Oct 2023 #22

I agree. It's worsened since Covid. LuckyCharms Oct 2023 #33

Pedestrians have it bad. I am usually one. LisaM Oct 2023 #35

Pedestrians get ignored like they're being molestered near Gym Jordan-(R)Ohio ArkansasDemocrat1 Oct 2023 #54

Sometimes the only way to avoid an accident is to notice a car and predict what some idiot is housecat Oct 2023 #24

After the second incident today, I started thinking that LuckyCharms Oct 2023 #27

Plenty of aggressive driving and accidents here too IronLionZion Oct 2023 #26

oh, aggressive driving is now known as Assertive Driving in Reddit threads where Captain Zero Oct 2023 #103

I view assertive driving as being a "predictable" driver. LuckyCharms Oct 2023 #121

Let's start with NO DRIVER'S ED. LisaM Oct 2023 #29

Wow. No driver's Ed anymore? LuckyCharms Oct 2023 #32

No, and it shows. LisaM Oct 2023 #41

This 👆 (we really do need driver's ED back!) bamagal62 Oct 2023 #34

Time to have a 'bloody highway' marathon for the kiddies again! ArkansasDemocrat1 Oct 2023 #58

No seatbelt. PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 2023 #65

Ohio enacted the first seatbelt law in 1986 ArkansasDemocrat1 Oct 2023 #97

1986!?! Some twenty years earlier there was a strong push to seat belts. PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 2023 #113

Drivers ed is only required here in MA... druidity33 Oct 2023 #99

She knew you were trouble when you walked in. mwb970 Oct 2023 #37

We've spoken casually before, but just polite small talk. LuckyCharms Oct 2023 #39

Get a dash cam PuppyBismark Oct 2023 #43

But it shouldn't have to be that way. LisaM Oct 2023 #59

Yep...front and back... Chakaconcarne Oct 2023 #87

I consider any good driver without one to be nuts. It has been a godsend to us and helped us in Wonder Why Oct 2023 #118

Mine plugs right into my power port ArkansasDemocrat1 Oct 2023 #119

There is so much anger AND cell phone distraction on the road vapor2 Oct 2023 #45

Yikes! Joinfortmill Oct 2023 #47

Hate, ignorance Traildogbob Oct 2023 #48

It's been crazy out there for at least 20 years. It Emile Oct 2023 #49

Holy shit!!! LuckyCharms Oct 2023 #53

I've seen that failure to yield for awhile and the opposite IbogaProject Oct 2023 #51

I'm about the same age. The codgeriness seems to be arriving early, doesn't it? ArkansasDemocrat1 Oct 2023 #68

the Pandemic alienated us from our fellow humans. maxsolomon Oct 2023 #52

You must be from here. That's my towns drivers too. Red-light-runners galore. czarjak Oct 2023 #55

After the Pandemic shut down the drivers were more aggressive in the part of the SF Bay I live in kimbutgar Oct 2023 #56

Agreed...but Curtis Oct 2023 #61

I drive the speed limit XanaDUer2 Oct 2023 #63

When that happens ArkansasDemocrat1 Oct 2023 #69

The worse is when I turn right into my apt driveway XanaDUer2 Oct 2023 #71

Happened to me this morning.. Roc2020 Oct 2023 #66

It seems to be getting worse. BootinUp Oct 2023 #67

Been that way for a couple weeks... 2naSalit Oct 2023 #70

Sorry you ran into a total jerk Warpy Oct 2023 #72

The more I think about this... LuckyCharms Oct 2023 #77

My mother always looked at them and said "I hope the seat's down" Warpy Oct 2023 #80

Does this behavior fall into the mental health crisis purview? SleeplessinSoCal Oct 2023 #73

You've got to be careful these days. Challenging someone like that could end up with a gun pointed Fla Dem Oct 2023 #74

During the pandemic, a lot of people stayed home, and those drivers found wide open roads 4lbs Oct 2023 #75

90 is the new 45 bucolic_frolic Oct 2023 #76

A lot of anger in the world at this point in time and space LiberalArkie Oct 2023 #78

It is Thunderdome out there dalton99a Oct 2023 #79

Had a similar experience to the first one you describe in Nashville last month. sybylla Oct 2023 #81

Pet peeve: People turning right on red in front of me when I have a green light. CaptainTruth Oct 2023 #83

sme ole stuff that has been going on for years . AllaN01Bear Oct 2023 #84

I'm going to blame social media and lack of enforcement... Chakaconcarne Oct 2023 #85

I'm a cyclist Old Crank Oct 2023 #86

I been ran off the road on my bicycle several times all by distracted Emile Oct 2023 #105

Stop lights are mere suggestions now...... SergeStorms Oct 2023 #88

Glad to see I'm not the only one to notice. I thought I was just getting crotchety in my old age. Midnight Writer Oct 2023 #89

Here in the SF Bay Area it depends which stretch of highway you're on. 80 from Oakland to diane in sf Oct 2023 #90

Speedsters, they are a menace Beringia Oct 2023 #92

These days, for new cars Old Crank Oct 2023 #109

I live in Lexington, KY. Mr. Evil Oct 2023 #93

Same here. I've had to stop just as I accelerated ArkansasDemocrat1 Oct 2023 #98

I lived in Sault Ste Marie, Ontario for awhile... canuckledragger Oct 2023 #96

Well, depending on how fast the traffic on the freeway is going, gristy Oct 2023 #100

This was a secondary two lane highway which exited left LuckyCharms Oct 2023 #101

5 mph is easy. nt BidenRocks Oct 2023 #111

Too many people in an area produce...... NGeorgian Oct 2023 #102

It's going to be interesting catchnrelease Oct 2023 #107

Normally 20 is plenty Old Crank Oct 2023 #108

Friday the 13th? Aristus Oct 2023 #110

This is why we can't have flying cars. tclambert Oct 2023 #112

They give anyone RocRizzo55 Oct 2023 #114

We have stupid drivers. Drive smart. twodogsbarking Oct 2023 #115

I read somewhere that our state Delaware has the most polite drivers in the country. Walleye Oct 2023 #116

I live and drive in st petersburg floriDUH and onethatcares Oct 2023 #117