Clever man
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Honestly the act of driving just makes people mad. They know they can go fast, so they are entitled to. Anything that gets in the way of them going fast induces anger.
Biking on the other hand...
Aslo people pay like 80k for their plus size vehicle then cry about everyone else using the same roads.
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Idk why, but hearing kids say things can hurt the most. There was a kid that said a racial slur to me (I was also a minor at the time, but I was older), and I momentarily felt like as if my soul left the country.
It can be because it's unfiltered truth
But it can also be learned bigotry
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I give a giant smile and enthusiastic wave. Confuses the hell out of them.
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I personally feel far less rage biking. It's probably because most of the time I'm out of breath. Plus it's hard to be too mad when you're exercising.
I just feel fear cycling. Like when a 53' long semi passes a foot away from me. Ironically most of my near-miss brushes with death have involved school buses - it's ironic because I'm a school bus driver. One time I even got smacked in the leg by a school bus' crossing arm.
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Honking is like the most not overkill thing ever when a car isn't moving at a green light
Cars really need a variety of horns. Like one that politely says "pardon me, do you happen to have any grey poupon?" and one that says "move or I'll rip yer fucken eyeballs out!"
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I'm in. Thumbs down from now on.
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Idk why, but hearing kids say things can hurt the most. There was a kid that said a racial slur to me (I was also a minor at the time, but I was older), and I momentarily felt like as if my soul left the country.
wrote last edited by [email protected]I'm a school bus driver and one time a kid said "excuse me mister bus driver, I don't mean to hurt your feelings but your ears stick out like an elf's." I said "well that's because I am an elf."
"No you're not ... you're a bus driver!"
"I only drive a bus in the off-season."
"Wow, so you know Santa Claus?"
"There is no Santa Claus."
"That's not true! If there's no Santa, why does he bring me presents on Christmas?"
"That's your parents."My favorite thing about this story is that when hearing it, most people react like I killed the kid and ate his liver. When all I did was destroy his Christmas illusions - as payback for saying I have fucking elf ears.
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And it's legal! Where iam living, flipping someone off, can be a big fine.
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leave lots of space between you and an aggressive driver.
This is great advice and a great way of looking at it. I use to tell people that you can control how close other drivers are to you when they are in front of you. A crazy fast tailgater behind you might be hard to deal with, but let them get in front of you and you can have a better safety buffer zone.
Even when your tailgater can't pass you because of traffic, you should still slow down. Not to piss them off, but because they're more likely to run into you and you want as much distance as possible between you and the car in front of you when they do hit you. This is even a question on the CDL exam.
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I drive a Miata. I have to pretty much drive like I’m invisible. I’ve had people try and merge right over top of me. I don’t understand the mentality of trying to ‘win’ on the road. I let anyone I can around me as politely as possible.
I drive a Z3 and it is indeed some scary shit. I hate driving next to those monster fucking pickup trucks and realizing they can't see me AT ALL.
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This is real!
I have the thumbs up to a cybertruck driver, locked eyes with him and slowly turned it to a thumbs down.His soul died.
My favorite thing is cybertruck drivers telling themselves the hate is due to jealousy. Like no dude, I could probably name 50 cars that cost as much or more than your stupid box and I don't hate them at all.
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I gave someone a thumbs down while driving probably 10 years ago and they got so upset they had a mild case of road rage. Not to the point where they caused an accident, but I saw them yell and scream then speed off around me. Hands flailing the entire time.
I once pointed to my crotch and made the blowjob motion to one dude who was tailgating me as he was exiting the highway. He went ballistic like his head was exploding and got right back on via the next onramp. Traffic was heavy but I could see him trying like crazy to catch up to me, weaving in and out of lanes and even driving on the shoulders sometimes. He never caught up and I exited after a sharp turn and he didn't see me. I was pretty amused after making him drive so far out of his way just to rage, but after a while I realized that I had just exposed myself to legitimate danger for no particular reason.
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I liken it to a
parentsaying they’re not mad, just disappointedRoman emperor
As I understand it, we don't actually know whether Romans did a thumbs up or thumbs down to indicate whether a gladiator should be killed or not.
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Cars really need a variety of horns. Like one that politely says "pardon me, do you happen to have any grey poupon?" and one that says "move or I'll rip yer fucken eyeballs out!"
One long hold — aggressive
A gentle “beep beep”, seems more friendly. At least, to me, and I hope that’s how it’s perceived.I do the beep beep at red-turn green lights, but try to wait a little. It’s midly annoying if a driver doesn’t react quick enough but driving is a frustrating enough experience as it is. No need to add fuel to the fire, so to speak. I’ve been beeped at the moment the lights turned green, and at the time, my foot was already pressing the gas. I felt embarrassed… my car does not react that quickly!
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My favorite thing is cybertruck drivers telling themselves the hate is due to jealousy. Like no dude, I could probably name 50 cars that cost as much or more than your stupid box and I don't hate them at all.
Ikr??
Watch. That one downvote I got is from the one cybertruck nerd on this site -
It's good that you feel that way. I'd wish that was the case for the local bicyclers too.
Cars are obviously expected to slow down and keep behind the biker till able to pass (that's the law, though drivers often attempt too close passes anyway), that said, when walking on narrow pathways in the woods, cyclists will often come cycling way too fast and ring - without slowing down any significant amount - and apparently expecting me to jump to the side to not be hit.
I've had multiple close-hits, and they'll start screaming and be abusive if you don't give way (you know, since they're faster than you, and it's inconvenient for them to slow down just because of you). And no, the forest road is not a mountain biking path. Contrary, the paths are usually footpaths that are destroyed by the bicycles plowing up the loose dirt - the good side being, that the small roads often change and stay exciting.
There are a lot of good bicyclers out there, but I generally feel that the (locally) worst cyclers are the sporty ones and those who freely disregard the law. It's almost like "I'm not in a car but still faster than the walking plebians, so I can do whatever I like without real consequences".
I very much wish for proper, separated, biking paths, though that's mostly for my own comfort as it won't keep me from running into the two types of bicyclers described above.
Edit: Sorry, this got wayy too long. Good night. x)
I think you might just be describing the fact that humans suck and lack empathy rather than a specific mode of transit sucking. Everyone seems to expect that the burden of “paying attention and being empathetic” belongs on others. Sure, there might be some negligible affinity for one mode or another among the biggest assholes, but I’m a firm believer in the fact that 90% of people are just petulant asses who will pay zero attention the moment they get into their car/boat/bike/scooter/moped and then turn around and winge about the injustice of it when someone does it to them the next time they’re on foot. I don’t expect decency from other humans because I’ve seen what they do to public restrooms and places when they think nobody is watching. Immediate reversion to their inner goblin.
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I just feel fear cycling. Like when a 53' long semi passes a foot away from me. Ironically most of my near-miss brushes with death have involved school buses - it's ironic because I'm a school bus driver. One time I even got smacked in the leg by a school bus' crossing arm.
Yikes. Hope you get better biking infrastructure!
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I don't understand how, but somehow drivers seem to be the biggest whinny cunts on the planet. I feel like 80% of drivers rage from the smallest of inconveniences, if you inconvenience them for even a few seconds they'll yell at you or flip you off. God forbid someone not notice the bonus right-turn green arrow. I feel like every time I see that everyone behind them wants to bring hell down upon them and curse their entire lineage for even existing. Even people I know personally that are typically very nice and aren't prone to getting angry get irrationally mad at people they see on the street for such trivial things. It's amazing.
Nothing to do with "drivers" as such. People on public transit are the same. There's this one guy who yelled at the top of his lungs "GET THE FUCK OUT OF THE WAAAAAY!" when people didn't let people off the metro first. That's not an inconvenience as much as a brain failure in the other people, but...
(I'm avoiding that station until people forget what I look like.)
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I'm a school bus driver and one time a kid said "excuse me mister bus driver, I don't mean to hurt your feelings but your ears stick out like an elf's." I said "well that's because I am an elf."
"No you're not ... you're a bus driver!"
"I only drive a bus in the off-season."
"Wow, so you know Santa Claus?"
"There is no Santa Claus."
"That's not true! If there's no Santa, why does he bring me presents on Christmas?"
"That's your parents."My favorite thing about this story is that when hearing it, most people react like I killed the kid and ate his liver. When all I did was destroy his Christmas illusions - as payback for saying I have fucking elf ears.
maybe it's because they think elf ears look cool. by they i meant me
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I give a thumbs down to any Teslas I see. Whether or not they notice I have no idea, but it’s satisfying for sure!
what about those who bought them for the "better than a gas-guggler" reason )plus some tech optimism and design allure maybe)?
