Punishment or Penalties?

[mattm04]

Done it several times. I've also done the slow down with the jerk flashing their headlights at you on the interstate.

One time I was headed to college and was on I55 on the southeast side of Springfield. This part of the interstate is two lanes NB, two lanes SB. I was in the left hand SB lane passing a semi. Idiot behind me thought I wasn't going fast enough. Well, it took me just a little long to pass that semi as the semi driver laughed his ass off at the lady. I took the south split to Toronto Road, idiot took the north split into town just cussing me. :-p

I usually drive about 5 over the speed limit OR keep up with the speed of traffic, which ever is better in the particular situation. If I get ass hole behind me in a BMW, Lexus, etc on their phone wanting me to go faster they can be sure that I will set the cruise at exactly the speed limit, nothing faster. I did that once and the guy behind me got pulled over for tailgating.

[AKWalMartCartGuy]

I thought that I was the only one who did that!

I don't like tailgaters - I've driven in cars that have been hit in the back twice, I don't want another. I go 5 over, if someone tailgates me, it's speed limit and below until they get the hint.

when I was in drivers ed the douchebag instructor made me go 5 under(because I was inexperienced, ok douchebag I think I can handle 20) and then someone got behind me on the expressway, and I don't think they were all that close, but the guy made me coast til they just passed. I wanted to kill that motherfucker, i'm so glad i never had to finish that


I usually go about 25 over, but that's just me

EDIT:that is also only on empty roads, I only tailgate the asshats going 10 under until I can get around them, which doesn't take much if they're going 10 under. Takes alot to pass the ones going 70 down the parks though LOL

[AKWalMartCartGuy]

Dear heavens I know that feeling, unfortunately my hubby is one of the ones that pulls out dead center of the lane, I just know he is going to hit one of these days, but he will never listen to me. He wont let me drive either because I am such a wimpy driver, because I wait for lights, instead of gunning it.

you are supposed to pull out in the middle and wait for a break in the traffic, assuming it's where you have a green to go straight and the traffic parallel to you does too and you're turning left. then when the light turns red, if no one blows the light you have time to get through while it's red, and if you have to wait for someone blowing it and someone has their head up their ass far enough to hit you it's not your fault, and they won't hit you hard enough to hurt.... much

[vonkarolinas]

If it's a driver who's old enough (30s, 40s, 50s) to know better I'll blast metal or techno.

Uuuh...I'm in my 30's and I like metal and techno. How old are you?

[wolfie]

I thought that I was the only one who did that!

I don't like tailgaters - I've driven in cars that have been hit in the back twice, I don't want another. I go 5 over, if someone tailgates me, it's speed limit and below until they get the hint.

I'd like to get one of those scrolling message things for my rear window, and tie it into the speedometer and a laser/radar/sylph with a tape measure distance measuring unit. When one of those clowns comes up, I'd hit a button on the dash and the following message would scroll past:

Keep 2 seconds back for safety. Minimum safe following distance at current speed is xx feet. Maximum safe speed at current following distance is yy MPH. Will you change the distance, or do I have to change the speed?

[FlamingSickle]

OH! Here's my favorite- right on red is legal in most places in the US. However, the law states you MUST come to a full stop and look for oncoming traffic before turning. Duh.

Okay, so when I make my stop to check traffic if you're a jackass and start honking/yelling at me to GO! before I have fully stopped even- you just earned yourself the chance to sit through the ENTIRE light. That's right I'll roll up my window, crank up the music and you can honk, call me names and scream your fool head off and I'm not gonna move. Why? 'Cause you're an asshat.

Hey, it's legal NOT mandatory.

The way people drive around here, I thought I was the only one who actually read the driver's manual back at age 15 and saw that a complete stop was necessary. It's nice to know there are others out there who know the same! And I must admit I do the exact same thing. Honking results in my waiting until green. (Only if they pull some other idiotic move like trying to turn around me in the next lane over will I go, then. They're not getting in front of me when they're being a jerk!)

[Bagga]

You need to add another sentence:

NB, at your current distance, I need to be going at 8 mph, are you happy with that?

[yomiko]

OH! Here's my favorite- right on red is legal in most places in the US. However, the law states you MUST come to a full stop and look for oncoming traffic before turning. Duh.

Okay, so when I make my stop to check traffic if you're a jackass and start honking/yelling at me to GO! before I have fully stopped even- you just earned yourself the chance to sit through the ENTIRE light. That's right I'll roll up my window, crank up the music and you can honk, call me names and scream your fool head off and I'm not gonna move. Why? 'Cause you're an asshat.

We got that beat here. Our lovely province was the only one which didn't allow right turn on red for the longest while. When they FINALLY allowed it, the first day was all matter of nightmares. The honking and what not would be bad enough. But with our extra special SC's, they drove up on sidewalks and LAWNS to bypass the car(s) in front of them in order to exercise their newfound 'rights'. It was utter chaos.

[Alpha Strike]

When I'm driving, I usually drive the speed limit or five miles over. There's a whole breed of assholes that like to tailgate with their brights on as a way of telling me to speed up. It has an opposite effect on me. Whenever put in that situation, my speedometer drops. Like a rock. One time, the guy behind me couldn't get the hint to the point where I was barely drifting by as fast as my idling engine would coast me. I swear I could hear the guy's blood vessels popping over his mindless screaming.

I don't like tailgaters - I've driven in cars that have been hit in the back twice, I don't want another. I go 5 over, if someone tailgates me, it's speed limit and below until they get the hint.

Heh - amusing to see others use the same tricks as me. My "rules" are that if I'm in the fast lane, you're coming up on me AND I can safely get over, I will. But if the person is a douchebag (brights me and tailgates me the whole time) or wants me to move over when I can't, then they get the slow treatment.

I normally go 10-15 over (on highways) so most folks aren't passing me but those that are seem to confuse the highway with Daytona and believe themselves to be the next Jeff Gordon.

From time to time, I'd have to ask someone to hold a moment, before giving me their order. Usually if someone was being difficult at the window(adding to or changing their existing order was the biggest culprit). It happened a lot that after telling someone I'd be with them in just a moment, they'd just begin ordering. If they ignored my request, and just started ordering, I "didn't hear them" I was focusing on the person at the window, which is the reason I asked them to wait initially. I felt a certain happiness in their reactions when I thanked them for their patience, and asked for their order.

I worked for McDonalds many years ago and was frequently put into drive-thru, especially for Lunch/Dinner rushes.

If someone came through and immediately starting barking their order out or ordered even when I told them to wait I'd do the same thing: just tune out the order and concentrate on the customer I was assisting. And of course I'd always make sure to be very thankful that the other customer "waited" to place his order.

Other things I can remember: If a customer were an assclown about having to wait an extra 15-30 seconds, I would get their food out quickly and not bother trying to get fresh fries in the order. If they ordered extra condiments I would charge for them, when typically I didn't bother. If there were ways to combine food items and get the same for less (like value meals) I wouldn't "waste" their time explaining it or doing it.

Same can be said for my current job. SCs get the absolute bare minimum required while everyone else gets extra effort from me.

[blas]

This used to piss customers off to no end.

If the previous customer had paid in all change or I had to staple a lotto ticket and redemption slip together, whatever may take a few seconds, and the next customer came up and started barking "MARBOREDSBOX!!!!" I'd ignore them until I was done with the task at hand, then look up and sweetly say "What can I get ya?"

Or we had a few customers who just couldn't wait 10 farking seconds. I mean, it was mid-day rush, everyone's off work at 3:00, and all the pumps are taken. Everyone comes in to pay at once. Someone has $10 or $20 even. They are too good to wait in line, so they WALTZ up and budge next to my current customer and try to shove a $10 or $20 in my face. Or a customer would come in to just get a paper and would try to shove $1 or 50 cents in my face. I would totally ignore them and ignore the money in my face. That actually ended up backfiring more often than not, they'd get so pissed they'd just slam the money down on the counter and walk off.

[Record Store Tough Guy]

The only criticism I have on the "Honk and I'll wait for the green" is this:

Some lights only turn green if there is a car waiting to turn left and is actually on the sensor plate. If there is no car waiting to turn left, the light will NEVER turn green. Not only would I honk the horn in such a situation (Especially if it has been clear for you to turn for the past minute), I will likely get out of the car at some point to explain the situation to you, and I might not be very nice about it. Barring that, I may just go around you and let you sit there.

(Yes, it happened to me, only this woman apparently thought you couldn't turn right on red, period.)

[Painted_Lady]

I used to love driving on the interstates in my big pickup...with the CB! It was always easy to find a few "helpful" truckers to assist a nice young woman in blocking in some a$$h@le tailgating and flashing his brights.....for MILES (We once continued 30 miles out of our way just to irritate one "gentleman" and his vette who was tailgating, flashing his lights, honking, flipping us off, etc., all while chatting on his cell).

For the other bad drivers, I always wanted to develop a paintball gun that could spell out phrases on impact, such as; "a$$h@le driver", "tailgater", "excuse me officer, I pass on the shoulder", "drunk driver", and the ever-popular "I park in handicap spaces" (with no tag). Washable paint, but until they get to a carwash everyone on the road can see what kind of person they are and react accordingly.

[Alpha Strike]

I used to love driving on the interstates in my big pickup...with the CB! It was always easy to find a few "helpful" truckers to assist a nice young woman in blocking in some a$$h@le tailgating and flashing his brights.....for MILES (We once continued 30 miles out of our way just to irritate one "gentleman" and his vette who was tailgating, flashing his lights, honking, flipping us off, etc., all while chatting on his cell).

Painted Lady: Having no idea how the CB systems, how did you get the "right" truckers to help you? Did you just announce you were on X highway going Y direction and ask for truckers to give you a hand?

[Painted_Lady]

Thae vast majority of truckers (at least in Midwest and Colorado where I usually drove the truck) are very helpful and cool (I worked as a truckstop waitress at times in 3 states, and have been impressed with the decency and friendliness of 99% of truckers out there). You only have so far of a clear range (without static) to contact them, and would identify yourself kinda like "Breaker (channel, usually 19), this is (your CB name) looking for somebody on (interstate) around exit XX or milemarker XXX, come back (which means anybody out there, please respond)? When/if they do (and they almost always do, they're often bored in the midwest), they'd almost always be delighted to assist a young lady in teaching another driver some manners.
Remember, these drivers are the ones that make their lives hell out there, cutting them off, passing them unsafely, etc., while they're just trying to make a living. So they were happy to just hold steady and let me pull up to them, or switch over to the right lane and slow down a bit and let me up beside them and we'd just chat on the radio while we cruised down the interstate with idiot trapped behind us.

Note: this was a few years ago, before the newer regulations, so they weren't as concerned about making it to point B within a 30-60 minute window and had a bit of time to "play". I haven't ran with a CB in a number of years now (dang, I'll have to go install one in the new truck, now) and I've heard that in alot of areas the CB chat had been taken over with drug dealers, etc., so I wouldn't recommend anyone start chatting away with someone strange and tell them your exact location/ vehicle description.

[blas]

That reminds me of how much I miss driving around with my little brother and his CB. We talked to truckers all the time. I called myself "HotToTrot" (stole it from That 70s show).

I have my beef with semis pulling out in front of me every once in a while, but at the same time, they can be your best friend and good protection on the highway.