Idot Drivers (I think he means Idiot)

[jolinar of malkshor]

Well....for the second time in two days....the entire city comes to a crawl because a few idiots cannot drive in winter conditions. Not to mention my biggest **** off is when all the main roads are jammed with cars....some people merging into the main artery think they can drive right to the front of the merge lane and then bud in 1/4 of a mile down the merge lane.....if you don't let them in they get ****ed off and think they have a right since they have there signal on.....yet most people merge properly getting in line in an open space.....not flying to the front and then ramming their car into the main lane.....learn how to merge people.....if any of you do this....STOP IT.

[rubecube]

What's an Idot?

Sorry, someone had to do it.

[jolinar of malkshor]

I'm ######ed.

[jolinar of malkshor]

Can a mod please change the spelling of the thread before the entire CP community see's how much of an idiot I am.

[Looger]

i think an old roomate of mine had it figured out.

he's from a town of <2000 people, like many calgarians, and would commute from the very east side of the city to downtown every day.

he figured out over the years to leave at a certain time before the traffic got real bad on highway #1, and through careful study and contemplation his theory is that when weather's bad, people ALL try to get to work earlier and thus rush hour shrinks from 7:00->8:30 to 6:45->7:45 or something - can't quite remember.

so the same number of commuters are on the roads for a smaller amount of time, thus jamming them up. tailgating, accidents, tempers, etc. all get worse, conditions of course exacerbating things.

interesting theory.

according to him, if everyone simply left at the same time and didn't try to 'beat the traffic because today's going to be bad on the roads' that most of this insanity would go away.

perhaps he's onto something.

[rubecube]

Anyways I agree. People in this city cannot merge or yield to save their lives.

[Frank the Tank]

Originally Posted by jolinar of malkshor

Can a mod please change the spelling of the thread before the entire CP community see's how much of an idot I am.

Fixed it for ya!

[Bobblehead]

Well Jolinar, you could just change your post to a rant about the Idaho Department Of Transportation.

[jolinar of malkshor]

Originally Posted by Frank the Tank

Fixed it for ya!

I see that....thanks a lot.....

[Frank the Tank]

Originally Posted by Bobblehead

Well Jolinar, you could just change your post to a rant about the Idaho Department Of Transportation.

Hahahaa!! Awesome! Sorry Jolinar, we just can't let this one sneak by.....

[fredr123]

Originally Posted by jolinar of malkshor

Not to mention my biggest **** off is when when all the main roads are jammed with cars....some people merging into the main artery think they can drive right to the front of the merge lane and then bud in 1/4 of a mile down the merge lane.....if you don't let them in they get ****ed off and think they have a right since they have there signal on.

This kind of thing angers me to no end. I've found myself retaliating by almost initiating an accident rather than let that ******* into my lane. It worked a lot better when I drove a crappy car.

It happens a lot when one lane on the road is shut down for construction or something. The City gives plenty of warning with signs for a few km before the lane ends. People move over into one of the other lanes that remain open and they, naturally, get a bit backed up. It never fails but some idot or idots will always race down the soon-to-be closed lane past this giant lineup of cars and then do their best to butt in at the front of the line. ****es. Me. Off.

[TheyCallMeBruce]

It's like a Ipod...only Idot

[Maritime Q-Scout]

ugh, last December we had the first snowfall of the year. It took my roomate to drive from downtown Halifax to our apartment 4 hours and 17 minutes... generally it's about 17 minutes (no traffic, about 25-30 at rush hour).

For those framiliar with Halifax, it took me 1 hour and 20 minutes to get from one end of Kempt Road to the other. People were skidding, coming to a stop then saying "**** it" leaving their car in the middle of the road and walking.

Like seriously who just abandons their car in the middle of the road, pull over, make some attempt, put your hazard lights on, or SOMETHING. Not like it was just one person, people were doing it all over the city.

Frankly, if you don't have winter tires on in December you should be taken out back and shot.

Well here's to there being clear roads this evening between Halifax and Sydney (making the trek this weekend as opposed to last).

edit: idot, isn't that Iqualit in Nunivut? Like Toronto being the T-Dot, Iqualit is the I-Dot yo!

[jolinar of malkshor]

Originally Posted by fredr123

This kind of thing angers me to no end. I've found myself retaliating by almost initiating an accident rather than let that ******* into my lane. It worked a lot better when I drove a crappy car.

It happens a lot when one lane on the road is shut down for construction or something. The City gives plenty of warning with signs for a few km before the lane ends. People move over into one of the other lanes that remain open and they, naturally, get a bit backed up. It never fails but some idot or idots will always race down the soon-to-be closed lane past this giant lineup of cars and then do their best to butt in at the front of the line. ****es. Me. Off.

Some times I feel like driving half in one lane and half in the other....just to prevent those idiots from being idiots.

[Bobblehead]

Originally Posted by jolinar of malkshor

Some times I feel like driving half in one lane and half in the other....just to prevent those idiots from being idiots.

On occasion I'll signal and then just stay in the lane that's about to close but also stay right beside the car in the other lane.

I saw this a lot when I had to drive through TO regularly. If a lane was closed up ahead a couple of transports would get side by side and just stay there. It would prevent people from "jumping the line".

[fanforever1986]

True Story: Yesterday I saw a cop come up behind me, put his lights on, go through a red light, then turn off his lights and turn into the tim hortons a block past the intersection.

I called 9-1-1 and reported a suspected stolen police car based on what I saw.

EDIT: I just realized that was wed. night...my bad.

[rubecube]

Originally Posted by fanforever1986

I called 9-1-1 and reported a suspected stolen police car based on what I saw.

LMAO!

[Bobblehead]

Originally Posted by fanforever1986

True Story: Yesterday I saw a cop come up behind me, put his lights on, go through a red light, then turn off his lights and turn into the tim hortons a block past the intersection.

I called 9-1-1 and reported a suspected stolen police car based on what I saw.

I've seen police do that here in Calgary, in TO, Hamilton, London...

[kipperfan]

Dont even get me started on this topic. Fact of the matter is, like my father always told me, people are stupid. And that fact holds more and more validity every time I get into my truck.

Things that really **** me off on the road:

-Jolinar's is one that gets me as well.....and where I live in Mississauga is right of the QEW(main highway) so I have to use the road everyday and it is literally permanent rush hour. It is bumper tp bumper 12-13 hours everyday, and when the weather is bad it is a friggen parking lot. And with all this traffic, every fool and his brother get onto these on ramps and race like their in the Indy 500 down to the end of the merge lane...just so they can get in front of 10-12 cars. I wont allow it to happen anymore, I wait for them in my side mirror and just wait till they come up beside me at which point I speed up and get right on vehicle in front of mines bumper and even if the little turd just starts to move in.....i hold course....then smile at the prick as I drive by. A move I almost never saw in Calgary that is common out here is a car being in the right lane....waiting for a merge lane from an off ramp..at which point they switch lanes and race up...again maybe getting ahead of 10 cars before they cut off someone to get back into the same dam lane.

-How about those peoples exact opposites....the "merge lane stopper". This ****es me off just as much as the above...people are just two dim witted or maybe just too scared to get up to speed in the merge lane and find a place to make a lane change...so they stop with their signal on in the merge lane!!! Dear god people...almost every road that has a merge has a fairly high speed limit...thus the concept of the merge lane allowing cars to get up to speed and make a seamless transition into the regular flow of traffic. Using what sideways, lame brained logic is it a good idea to just stop in the merge lane?

-People that wont use their signal lights. Again....just shows what society has come to when people cant expend the effort of flicking a shift chanage lever.....I really hate it when I am waiting to turn left, see a car coming....no signal so I wait, he ends up turning right and I am stuck waiting for another opening for 5 minutes because some guy couldnt use his signal lights.

-People turning left on red light. I have noticed this to be a MUCH bigger problem here in TO then in Calgary...or frankly anywhere else that I have ever driven in or to. It is amazing....one car will be in the intersection waiting to turn....another also in the intersection behind him, which of course is illegal to begin with. Then the light turns yellow and the first car goes...fine, second car goes....illegal, but so common now I can let that pass, third car goes....now this is just dumb, 4th car goes......this guy should be arrested. I am being dead seroius, I see the above situation transpire everyday...I have even see 5 cars go after the yellow a couple of times. Again just a stupid, lazy thing to do...instead of waiting people decide to go straight though a red light and risk an accident.

-Last but certainly not least....the little punk kids(and some others) that think it is a good idea to get right up on my a** and tailgate me all the way down some road. To make it even worse this is happening in the right lane, and I am always going 5+km over the speed limit so these little punks cant expect to have me go faster. It makes me so angry...what do they think tailgating me is going to do for them? Make me scared of them? Yeah I would love to see how tough these little punks are outside their vehicles. So what are they trying to do then...I dont get it...but what I do get is a real big kick everytime this happens as I first give em a little break tap...then if they continue to stay on me...I SLAM on the brakes.

[Reggie Dunlop]

I-Dot.

Isn't that Islington, Ontario?