Official idiot driver thread

[Apertureguy]

I only terrorized a few cagers...and one bicyclist on the way in this morning.


I'll try to do better on the way home.

[baltimorebayside]

I was driving down this lonely country road.....No traffic at all. Its' surrounded by corn fields. I was going about 45 - 50 mph and I see this green mini-van to my left coming out of a driveway.

He slows, but continues to come out on the road. I have my lightbar on and my head light on, so I hit the high beams and start to downshift.......

He see's me and stops, I slow down as I drive past, look at him and shake my head.......the woman sitting next to him looked fine!!!

Driving home from work yesterday, I was in the middle lane on Rt. 50 east bound going 61 mph.....all of a sudden this squid on a crotch rocket blasts past me in the HOV lane doing over 100 + mph!!! the bike was backfiring and he seem to have a hard time keeping it in the center lane.....he road the left line in hte laft HOV lane near the Jersey wall??

I thought he was going to loose it, but in about 2-3 seconds I lost sight of him.

People are just plain stupid. Every year the Gubment closes the Woodrow Wilson Bridge for the 4th of July....why? because people are so dumb, when they cross the bridge they stop to watch the fireworks!!! no kidding

This year they announced they will keep the bridge open because of traffic problems. I'm sure someon will get creamed watching fireworks on it......


dan

[Mavman]

Me and the little one were on our way to Lowes the other day. I'm behind this guy that can't seem to drive for shizzle.....anyway we're about to follow this troll through a green left turn arrow--(no tailgaiting involved-SWEAR!).....for no reason at all he hits the brakes, stops dead, THEN the light turns red...

..of course, I shouldn't have.......I got the kid with me, I'm on painkillers-(not recently taken, but still), still healin' from surgery....well, I couldn't help myself.....I honk, flip him off, then back up, so's he can back up and get his front end out the intersection.

Well........he catches up with me in the lowes parking lot, the stores 3 businesses-sp? away from the intersection......and goes onto tell me that if he ever see's me in traffic again, I flip him off....it won't matter where, he's gonna kick the %%%% outa' me! I look at him with a half cocked smile-(pepper spray is accessable) and tell him to explain why he did what he did in said trafffic and that for the life of me I can't understand why in the "F" you'd do that.....he just looks at me, says shut up and walks off.

I wouldn't have fought him.....not worth it! BUT STILL, he "F's" up in traffic and it's MY FAULT......whata' moron!!

[tricker]

I actually went 22 years of my life w/o flipping off anyone while driving either vehicle of mine. Now following someone down the interstate at 100mph cause they were being asshats and I had to make a point? Yeah i've done that..

Now in my car I was following this sedan that was all over hell on the road. Looked at the clock. 7pm. Ok maybe hit up a happy hour? So I gun it with all the power of my 2.4 in my CRV to get past. I think there was a cell phone being used, eating some food, digging in the purse for something. OH did I mention her child which was all of maybe 2 was in the car too? I looked at her, shook my head and all she could do was give me a sheepish smile. About a 3 miles later she blew past me doing probably 85.

[Trigger1985]

Its bad enough in my town that there are giant 40 foot long signs with the START SEEING MOTORCYCLES in bright red all over town. Most of the guys in pick ups see me, and give room, etc. But its the morons in the yuppie cars, (most of whom work for State Farm oddly enough) will ride my fender, cut me off, come into my lane on a constant basis. I was heading to my house (with Taco Bell in the saddle bags...mmmm nacho cheese....) This moron in a VW gets on me so hard I'm waiting to hear the rear wheel buzz off his bumper and stays there for a couple miles. Cant go faster, road is horrible, lots of potholes, raised tars and cracks and a double yellow keeping him behind me, finally hit a patch that I know is clear, so I fake a wobble, couple of quick tight shifts make him think I'm losing it. He finally gets the idea that something could happen, and relizing I might hurt his car, backs way off.

[fbrown]

I had one today was coming home after a visit at the bike shop (had to order parts) when this woman rolls up to the stop sign and keeps going, right turn into my path. Now mind you I am going 55 down the highway and she was only 20-30 yards in front when she did this. I had just enough time to lean hard left then hard right and I was past her (thank GOD for chicken lanes) or I would have been splitten hairs.

[JmalB]

I'm driving home in the car from a movie with a wife. This woman in a white subcompact is pulling out of gas station. It's obvious her intent is to get in the left hand turn lane that across three lanes of traffic. There are too many cars in the turn lane for her to get there safely. Initially it looks like she's going to do the smart thing and wait for traffic... Nope she begins to creep - as in automatic transmission creep - across the 3 lanes of traffic as I and the rest of the traffic approaches at the standard for traffic flow 50mph. Fortunately she was going slow enough that I have ample time to apply the brakes with plenty of room to spare...

[MOTOHOLIC!]

We have a real unsavory character in the neighborhood. He is always trying to run us off the roads cause we got him in trouble with the cops... he almost knocked 2 of my sisters off the road into a neighbor's yard. Then he came flying up the road the other day and literally brushed my sister's hip as he went past.... and I mean he had all the room in the world to get past fine. He's tried to run my brothers & sisters off several times. He's dangerous.. a drug dealer.. He came speeding past the other day, spitting beer out all over his chest too. CRAZY.

[omegajim]

I see crazy people.

Driving into Milwaukee, I don't even notice most of the craziness anymore.

I've come to accept it as a way of life and that some people will just drive like they're in bumper cars at the amusement park.

Although my favorite is when the far left lane is moving the same speed or slower than the other two right lanes for no perceptible reason (aka traffic, or in this case lack thereof).

[Apertureguy]

I'm on the way to lunch today. I see a guy on a nice old 82 Yamaha...in great condition.

I watched this guy follow a car turning into a parking lot from a main road.

There's traffic coming & room for 1 car to enter the parking lot. This guy follows that car, and makes the guy in the on-coming lane break to avoid hitting him for crossing in front of him.

So, we all get into the store...and I start a conversation with the guy..."So is that an 82?" "Yes", he says. He found it "on-line" and has been riding it for almost 2 weeks now.

I then asked if he took an MSF course? He answers No...and I suggest that he should consider one...it would be a big help.

To which he replies...."I've been riding for a couple of weeks already...I'm doing great".

So, I mention how I thought he was going to get run over pulling into the parking lot because he was following a car too closely.

To which he waves his hand in the air...either to brush me off or wave the smell away (jury is out on that one) and says..."I Think I'll Be Just Fine!"

I give him the Thumbs Up...and head off on my way.

It's a shame I couldn't find a more tactful way to warn him.

[tricker]

Yeesh... I didn't even touch a bike till after my MSF class

[ORBrit]

Originally Posted by Apertureguy

I'm on the way to lunch today. I see a guy on a nice old 82 Yamaha...in great condition.

I watched this guy follow a car turning into a parking lot from a main road.

There's traffic coming & room for 1 car to enter the parking lot. This guy follows that car, and makes the guy in the on-coming lane break to avoid hitting him for crossing in front of him.

So, we all get into the store...and I start a conversation with the guy..."So is that an 82?" "Yes", he says. He found it "on-line" and has been riding it for almost 2 weeks now.

I then asked if he took an MSF course? He answers No...and I suggest that he should consider one...it would be a big help.

To which he replies...."I've been riding for a couple of weeks already...I'm doing great".

So, I mention how I thought he was going to get run over pulling into the parking lot because he was following a car too closely.

To which he waves his hand in the air...either to brush me off or wave the smell away (jury is out on that one) and says..."I Think I'll Be Just Fine!"

I give him the Thumbs Up...and head off on my way.

It's a shame I couldn't find a more tactful way to warn him.

He just really wants to be a statistic, I guess!

[MikeHump]

Originally Posted by MOTOHOLIC!

We have a real unsavory character in the neighborhood. He is always trying to run us off the roads cause we got him in trouble with the cops... he almost knocked 2 of my sisters off the road into a neighbor's yard. Then he came flying up the road the other day and literally brushed my sister's hip as he went past.... and I mean he had all the room in the world to get past fine. He's tried to run my brothers & sisters off several times. He's dangerous.. a drug dealer.. He came speeding past the other day, spitting beer out all over his chest too. CRAZY.

Seems like an anonymous nail behind the tires or maybe a pinched fuel line (vice grips work great) is in store for that guy. If you can get under his hood, popcorn in the oil works quite well also.

[koolbreeze25]

I just got my father's truck, he passed away last year, a couple months ago. Its a Dodge Ram has a hugh grill guard, duel exhaust, and of course a HEMI. Anyways I have to say (knock on wood) in that time I have only had one person pull out in front of me, so far.

I know there are bad drivers everywhere, but living in Florida they come here for vacation. So today coming home from work I am on a two lane road that dead ends at a light onto a four lane road. Having one of our typical thunderstorm I pull up to the light that is out. Well, you are supposed to treat this has a four or in this case a three way stop. The south bound traffic keeps going and going. When it finally clears a little I had a nice suprise...two people in the north bound lanes stopped and let me make my left. I don't know who they are but heres to you.

[womper]

Originally Posted by inspiron

So, I finally finished editing it ... check out the cars that come around the bend at about 4:45 ...

Shot in the southern Black Forest, L148, on May 2, 2008. SFW.

YouTube - Wehra L148, Black Forest, Germany

1) is that where the ham comes from?
2) i do not posses the skill to ride that rode
3) what an f'ing idiot... good thing you have skills...
4) i hate minivans...

[KD57]

Yesterday going home, the road changes from a 3 lane to a 2 lane. There is always somebody going to try and pass at the end of the 3 lane. Small black Mitsi decides to do just that. His adversary was a Dodge 1 ton dually that wasn't going to play w/ this moron. Said moron got next to the Dodge, and NEVER touched the brakes to fall back behind the truck. There was no one behind the Dodge except me, and I was 100 feet behind him. Third lane ends. Moron goes over the curb, thru a median, across another road, and over that median, and slides up to a dusty stop shortly before going off the cliff into the lake. Bets are being taken that he will try the same thing tomorrow evening. They never learn. Is it worth their life to shave off 3 seconds to reach their destination? Apparently it is, happens nearly every day.

[JmalB]

That's a wow. We have plenty of 3 into 2s around here but I haven't seen anyone push the issue like that yet. Of course ours end in concrete more often than not...

[womper]

i think texas has crazier drivers than around here... i've seen a fender bender once or twice but never a big accident over the years.

[MOTOHOLIC!]

Originally Posted by MikeHump

Seems like an anonymous nail behind the tires or maybe a pinched fuel line (vice grips work great) is in store for that guy. If you can get under his hood, popcorn in the oil works quite well also.

Thanks for the suggestion.... you just gave me an idea

[womper]

if that guy was up here, i'd put a spike strip down the next time he would pass...
down there though... hat moron probably has a gun or two on him...