jf951

well driving on a crowded interstate i'm in fast lane at about 80 then merge over tothe right lane slowing to exit. an idiot who was trying to catch up to me follows me over and is inches from my rear bumper i just kept slowing down, then exit to another freeway which is flat and straight for miles but a double fine zone so i just slowed down and let him go but what else do you do if someone want's to prove that their shiny new SUV is faster and handles better than a little foreign car?
btw way anyone see that thing on tv about super speeders, ferraris, lambos and vipers weaving through traffic at triple digit speeds?

special tool

You did the right thing. Maybe he was just in a rush.

bearone

who was aggressive, you for doing 80 on a crowded interstate or him tailgating?

87951

RolexNJ

Bump, you did do the right thing by letting him go. I would have done that too.

You should ST drive when we leave his Race Shop, he drives like an old lady and lets everyone pass him. He's not into that macho/testosterone thing at all on the roads, actually quite boring but safe.

special tool

Absolute 100% truth.

Joe Anstett

Yeah, you did the right thing. Ease off. Nothing to prove.

On the way home Friday night I had a pair of a**holes. I was doing around 60 in a 55 in the fast lane. Two idiots -- a Jeep Cherokee and a Volkwagen Jetta -- weave in and out of traffic chasing each other. A few lights later, the opportunity came to go into the right hand lane even with the Jeep; this is wise because I peel off on a traffic ciricle coming up and taking the inside lane, though legal, is more dangerous.

I make a "spirited" launch, no more than 3500 rpm, but the Jeep is flooring it. OK, fine, I let him go, what, do I have to prove I'm faster than a Jeep Cherokee?. Eventually the two lanes merge and I'm very far ahead of the VW, but as the lanes run out I see him flooring it to pass me at the last possible moment. In fact there was no room if I kept my present speed and he kept going at his last rate, we'd both be occupying the same space at the same time, which my insurance company doesn't like. So when he gets to my rear bumper I am in the right gear and high revs enough to dust him (and hit the brakes hard because the Jeep is ahead).

When you drive sports cars every idiot is trying to race you for some reason, even when you are gracious in traffic.

Mike1982

Yea, there are MANY dumb drivers out there, one good point why I do what I do, paramedic. Everyone has a story like this, "Some *** driving around so fast...etc". I guess it is a part of life, just makes us (hopefully all of us) better drivers to see these people and get out of the way. I can tell you story, after story, after story of this kind of mind set, but truefully it really isn't worth it.

RKD in OKC

I've driven more aggressively than that when I was trying to make it to the closest available clean restroom.

ehall

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^singin to the choir brother.

Ryan in SD

Tell me about the stupid drivers!!! Yesterday I as doing a drive trying to keep up with some rather fast cars and this idiot in a pickup truck was driving like a madman through traffic cutting me off and just being an *** to try and get picks of Fayenc's CGT. Its people like that who cause major accidents. I couldnt beleive this guy, everytime we would speed up after passing a group of traffic this lamer hauls *** and tops out his truck at like 100 then trys to maneuver like our group of sports cars.....STUPID

watch out guys...theyre out there!

bearone

let me get this straight.

you were driving fast to keep up with the "rather fast cars" but the truck was driven by an" idiot" who wanted to take pics of one of "rather fast cars".

who's the hazard, the idiots or you?

87951

Ryan in SD

I was part of the group going up, we used turn signals and had concerns for traffic......the idiot was the guy in the truck. Maybe I didnt word it properly.

azmi951

I was cruzing on the freeway doing 75 one night and some MR2 ricer had something to prove, he sat in my blind spot for miles then comes no more than a few inches from my rear bumper twice at hig speeds.

I never feared for an accident more than that. It was like he was going to convince me to race in city highway traffic. Right.

I keep a few pennies in my center console so if that **** happens I discreatly flick a few out the roof, it usually wakes a tailgaiter up.

Also I would rather be the guy contorlling the following distance than the guy on the phone behind me.

SchnellerUmsetzer

Guy,
Dip****s are a dime a dozen! Honestly, if I feel live I am driving is dip****ville I will pull over, turn on the emergency flashers, and let em pass! My car, can and will out run street bikes. " What ever"!!
I like my car to much to waste time proving that it will blow the ***** off the typical dip**** with a "DR Lic" and a Phychotic mood swing!

LFA951

Seems like Bearone is having difficulties understanding who's who in all these stories, either that or he is being judge and jury...