You Know What Really Grinds My Gears....The Sequel!

[Anduril]

There should be a standardized method for that. Never know if I should expect both at the same time, palm up, pick it up, etc. etc. or separate or whatnot.

RGMG when you're trying to talk work out details for a kijiji deal but it consists of you asking questions, and pulling out your hair wondering why they didn't mention specific deals before hand. Every time I feel like I won't go deal with kijiji anymore and next thing you know I've already replied to another ad.

[Wormius]

Originally Posted by flameswin

It needs to be stated again; Cashiers that place the coins on top of the cash and then awkwardly hand it to you.

The guy today literally had the cash in one hand and the change in the other to start with. It would have been so easy to pass the change for me to throw in my pocket and then the bills for my wallet.

But nope, it's got be passed over in one awkward motion, with the coins spilling out as I try to get my second hand under the first to catch the falling coins.

The new bills make it even worse.. and I hate the new bills. It feels like folding them in half will destroy them.

[Temporary_User]

Cash is for pubs and paying friends back.
Debit is for getting that money out.
Credit cards are used for all other purchases.

[ken0042]

Originally Posted by flameswin

And then both times just as they got comfortable at their speed, I just gunned it and blew by them. It works really well, and it's great seeing their stupid faces as they feel defeated at something there was no reason to feel defeated about.

Yeah, but you shouldn't have to burn a bunch of extra gas to be able to pull ahead of somebody. The other day I ended up having to gun it to 130 on Deerfoot to get by somebody that was varying their speed between 90-110. When I did finally get past him at 130, he must have been doing at least 120.

It makes me wonder, are people doing this intentionally? Or is it a case of them just going with the flow of traffic?

[Red John]

People do it intentionally. They think that if they get passed it means they were driving too slow before, so if they can keep you from passing it's like they've justified that they weren't doing anything wrong.

These are the same people who freak out when you use the horn. For anything. It's like getting honked at is a personal disrespect that requires drastic measures to be used.

[jayswin]

Originally Posted by ken0042

Yeah, but you shouldn't have to burn a bunch of extra gas to be able to pull ahead of somebody. The other day I ended up having to gun it to 130 on Deerfoot to get by somebody that was varying their speed between 90-110. When I did finally get past him at 130, he must have been doing at least 120.

It makes me wonder, are people doing this intentionally? Or is it a case of them just going with the flow of traffic?

I think it's a combination of intentional and unintentional. There's some guys that are heroes and just can't stand the thought of another guy passing them, and give you the stare and the old "oh no you don't!".

But I think there's also a natural tendency among guys to close that gap, due to a competitive nature, similar to how you're racing for a puck in hockey, then you see the guy beating you, so your adrenaline kicks in and you find another gear.

I think this happens a bit on the road, as even I've found myself doing it unintentionally and then have had to pull back and let them in.

[Wormius]

Originally Posted by ken0042

Yeah, but you shouldn't have to burn a bunch of extra gas to be able to pull ahead of somebody. The other day I ended up having to gun it to 130 on Deerfoot to get by somebody that was varying their speed between 90-110. When I did finally get past him at 130, he must have been doing at least 120.

It makes me wonder, are people doing this intentionally? Or is it a case of them just going with the flow of traffic?

Why would you have to gun it to get past someone on Deerfoot? I am trying to think of where on Deerfoot you wouldn't be able to just change lanes; it's not like a single lane hwy where you get the occasional passing lane or opportunity to pass and have to gun it when somebody decides to be a jerk and speed up.

[Wormius]

Originally Posted by Red John

People do it intentionally. They think that if they get passed it means they were driving too slow before, so if they can keep you from passing it's like they've justified that they weren't doing anything wrong.

These are the same people who freak out when you use the horn. For anything. It's like getting honked at is a personal disrespect that requires drastic measures to be used.

I think it's ignorance. They see the passing lane and then are awakened to the fact that they were driving too slow...

[jayswin]

Originally Posted by Wormius

Why would you have to gun it to get past someone on Deerfoot? I am trying to think of where on Deerfoot you wouldn't be able to just change lanes; it's not like a single lane hwy where you get the occasional passing lane or opportunity to pass and have to gun it when somebody decides to be a jerk and speed up.

I feel like we don't drive on the same Deerfoot.

Deerfoot is typically very congested, and almost always has left lane strugglers on it (many of whom have posted in this thread that they are in fact left lane ######s who won't move over).

If you're driving about 110km's, you'll be in the situation ken002 described quite often.

[Red Potato Standing By]

Originally Posted by Wormius

I think it's ignorance. They see the passing lane and then are awakened to the fact that they were driving too slow...

It could be but more often then not, as soon as the passing lane ends said person slows down again. Probably just an ego thing

[Wormius]

Originally Posted by flameswin

I feel like we don't drive on the same Deerfoot.

Deerfoot is typically very congested, and almost always has left lane strugglers on it (many of whom have posted in this thread that they are in fact left lane ######s who won't move over).

If you're driving about 110km's, you'll be in the situation ken002 described quite often.

Maybe. My experiences on Deerfoot are mainly during rush hour, and there are really no opportunities to even get up to 80kph let alone 100kph.

[ken0042]

Originally Posted by Wormius

Why would you have to gun it to get past someone on Deerfoot?

I was wanting to go about 105, so I was in and out of the left lane from Southland to Peigan. Every time I went into the middle lane to let somebody pass, I was behind the same car and he would slow down. I would pull into the passing lane to pass, and he would speed up to match my speed. Then somebody wanting to go faster than 110 and I'd have to pull over to let him pass.

There was nobody in front of him; I just wanted to get past him to keep a nice constant speed.

Edit- this was around 10:00 am.

[DuffMan]

Originally Posted by ken0042

I was wanting to go about 105, so I was in and out of the left lane from Southland to Peigan. Every time I went into the middle lane to let somebody pass, I was behind the same car and he would slow down. I would pull into the passing lane to pass, and he would speed up to match my speed. Then somebody wanting to go faster than 110 and I'd have to pull over to let him pass.

There was nobody in front of him; I just wanted to get past him to keep a nice constant speed.

Edit- this was around 10:00 am.

Why wouldn't you go 120 for a minute and pass him and put some distance between you and him like you wanted, and then do 110?

[Table 5]

Originally Posted by DuffMan

Another reason I use debit everywhere.

Curious, why debit and not credit?

Credit cards offer you security in case of fraud, and often give you points/airmiles/cashback. I don't believe most debit cards give you either of those.

[DuffMan]

Originally Posted by Table 5

Curious, why debit and not credit?

Credit cards offer you security in case of fraud, and often give you points/airmiles/cashback. I don't believe most debit cards give you either of those.

I don't know, but now that I think about it, I probably use debit for under $50.

It sounded like flameswin, had the old, buy a couple things at the store, comes out to 10.08 and alls you have is a 20

[ken0042]

Originally Posted by DuffMan

Why wouldn't you go 120 for a minute and pass him and put some distance between you and him like you wanted, and then do 110?

I did. He sped up to 120. I never got past his blind spot. As I said, the only thing that worked was going from just under 100 to 130 by stomping on the gas. Even then- the only reason I was able to out accelerate him was the element of surpise.

[strombad]

Since this thread seems often traffic related:
What RGMG is when other drivers aren't aware enough to notice the ending of a lane (or that they're in a lane that is turning off) and go to move over at the last second.

When there the space is clear, fine, you just look like an idiot, but the sheer amount of times I see a vehicle almost plow into another (causing the vehicle in the proper lane to have to swerve out of the way) because some idiot doesn't know what lane he's supposed to be in is ridiculous.

Just the other day I was driving eastbound on Glenmore, in the middle left lane as the two right lanes were about to turn off. Some guy in a Mercedes in the lane beside me decide at the VERY last second to throw on his signal light and move over. The problem? The lane wasn't clear, I was almost entirely right beside him (my front bumper was about equal to his front tire). I, of course, got a little heated and decided just to gun it (instead of slamming on my breaks, and the other lane was full), give him the bare minimum of space needed, and plant myself in front of him (if there's one thing I don't do, it's make a habit of sitting behind reckless drivers). So what does he do? Throws on his high beams (another move the RGMG) like I'm the only guy who was a dick. Guy almost hits my car, but IM the bad dude.

[Brannigans Law]

Sounds like equal blame to me. You both saw the lane was ending and you clearly didn't want him in front of you. He was a knob for not speeding up or slowing down but you also knew what was coming and didn't want him in front of you so you didn't make way for him.

Just my .02

edit: as I read that out loud it sounds more like 80% his fault but still reserving 20% for you just not wanting him ahead of you.

[strombad]

While I don't deny I have partial blame, he quite literally turned on his signal less than a second before starting to come over. We were both going the speed limit with the flow of traffic, no indication prior that he would be coming over, and he started coming over with about 2 meters left before his lane turned off.

[Brannigans Law]

Originally Posted by strombad

While I don't deny I have partial blame, he quite literally turned on his signal less than a second before starting to come over. We were both going the speed limit with the flow of traffic, no indication prior that he would be coming over, and he started coming over with about 2 meters left before his lane turned off.

Ya sounds like he wasn't paying attention.

Originally Posted by fotze

Nope. You are the problem if you think that. I have driven that spot many times (if this where glenmore turns off to 14th). Buddy's lane was not ending, he could have just safely kept going. When YOU make a mistake, YOU and YOU only should be the one to be inconvenienced, you act like a decent human being and go past the turnoff and make your way back.

If you put other people at risk for serious injury, you deserve violence because you don't want to be 2 minutes later.

These types of moves should carry HEAVY fines and major demerits.

That turnoff is one of the worst in the city.

People that force others to take evasive actions because they made a mistake deserve to die of cancer. Such a selfish, selfish mindset.

Buddy was in no risk of harm and he put countless others in harms way.

Ya as I said I assign 80% blame to him but an accident could still have happened with grave harm to those involved just because someone felt they were in the right. When some D-hammer is doing 140 on deerfoot in the left lane, do you keep doing 110 or 120 in the lane, or do you get out of the way and make sure everyone stays safe? Sometimes you have to concede space to a-holes or risk an accident.