Munumbis · 46-50, M
They sure don't have any reason to be.
My question is why are people so angry and entitled on the roads?
Most times I can't drive without being tailgated. Now I'm not talking about highways, I'm talking about a 35 or 45mph road. What's the hurry? I was taught when I began driving that speed kills. I guess no one cares about that fact but still feel like they have to do 55-60+ on these roads with lower posted speeds.
And the police are nowhere anymore. I see vehicles with headlights out, running yield signs, running stop signs and running red lights.
What I would say to these dangerous drivers, relax. There's no reason to drive an inch from my bumper because I'm not going to go any faster, in fact I will drive slower because now you are impacting both my safety and yours on the road. It's no different than being licensed to drive fork lift with an employer. If you violate the rules with fork lift, you lose the license, it should be no different with a vehicle on public roads in my opinion.
Maryland got smart and put up speed cameras and stop sign cameras.
Most times I can't drive without being tailgated. Now I'm not talking about highways, I'm talking about a 35 or 45mph road. What's the hurry? I was taught when I began driving that speed kills. I guess no one cares about that fact but still feel like they have to do 55-60+ on these roads with lower posted speeds.
And the police are nowhere anymore. I see vehicles with headlights out, running yield signs, running stop signs and running red lights.
What I would say to these dangerous drivers, relax. There's no reason to drive an inch from my bumper because I'm not going to go any faster, in fact I will drive slower because now you are impacting both my safety and yours on the road. It's no different than being licensed to drive fork lift with an employer. If you violate the rules with fork lift, you lose the license, it should be no different with a vehicle on public roads in my opinion.
Maryland got smart and put up speed cameras and stop sign cameras.
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BrandNewMan · 61-69, M
BrandNewMan · 61-69, M
@Nimbus Yeah .. but not all.
My son bought an older BMW for a project car for SCCA racing events. Durable, easy to swap out parts, etc made the E36 M3 series a good fit in his budget.
His daily is a 2016 GMC 2500 Diesel and he listens to old school country music. Go figure. 😎
My son bought an older BMW for a project car for SCCA racing events. Durable, easy to swap out parts, etc made the E36 M3 series a good fit in his budget.
His daily is a 2016 GMC 2500 Diesel and he listens to old school country music. Go figure. 😎
cherokeepatti · 70-79, F
My friend bought a BMW (red of course) a few months after she got hired where we both worked. It was a 7-year loan for that car, I didn’t even know they gave 7-year loans for cars back then. Anyway every single day she would work that car into conversations, she was so damned proud of it. And this went on for years and years. Right after it was paid off her husband came home and drove it somewhere. It started sleeting and someone ran into it. The insurance company totaled it and gave them about half of what it was worth. Then she bought a Mercedes. Her entire wages for that job went to pay for those cars and the insurance and tags etc. She worked a second part time at night to have “pocket” money. I just don’t understand some people. She could have bought Toyotas and not been so squeezed in her budget. And not been a ticket-magnet for the cops.
ArishMell · 70-79, M
It applies to the owners of many vehicles, including those big building-site pick-ups that seem to have become popular with the arrogant types.
I believe those vehicles are called "Sports Utility". Utility for a builder or farmer; but not especially useful as a family car unless perhaps in a remote area liable to very harsh weather. "Sports"? Well, they can tow heavy trailers; carrying e.g. the boat to the coast, or horse to gymkhana.
(The Range-Rover, with its towing capability, luxury and exclusive price, appealed to the UK's yachts-and-horses nouveau-riche so much that it became nick-named "The Chelsea Tractor", after the obscenely over-priced suburb of London where such costly cars were common. There are of course equivalents in many other countries.)
These mini-lorries are bought by the arrogant ones only because they (both car and driver) can intimidate other road users.
Some of the luxury saloon cars like the bigger BMWs, are company or lease cars, so the bad driving may be more due to their drivers being are less likely to care as it not their property.
I believe those vehicles are called "Sports Utility". Utility for a builder or farmer; but not especially useful as a family car unless perhaps in a remote area liable to very harsh weather. "Sports"? Well, they can tow heavy trailers; carrying e.g. the boat to the coast, or horse to gymkhana.
(The Range-Rover, with its towing capability, luxury and exclusive price, appealed to the UK's yachts-and-horses nouveau-riche so much that it became nick-named "The Chelsea Tractor", after the obscenely over-priced suburb of London where such costly cars were common. There are of course equivalents in many other countries.)
These mini-lorries are bought by the arrogant ones only because they (both car and driver) can intimidate other road users.
Some of the luxury saloon cars like the bigger BMWs, are company or lease cars, so the bad driving may be more due to their drivers being are less likely to care as it not their property.
ArishMell · 70-79, M
It's not the make of car. It's more that a lot of the people who buy very expensive cars are arrogant.
I wonder if this is more so if they have made their money from some relatively low-skilled, quick-buck trade like money-selling. Those who are highly-paid as a reward for sheer hard work and dedication (doctors, professional engineers, etc.) must have considerably more patience.
I wonder if this is more so if they have made their money from some relatively low-skilled, quick-buck trade like money-selling. Those who are highly-paid as a reward for sheer hard work and dedication (doctors, professional engineers, etc.) must have considerably more patience.
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Oneofthestormboys · 56-60, M
@0uijaFinger I concur - I think there’s a slot on the outside lane that they get stuck in.
eMortal · M
It's the fast reaction and breaking system. If you have a car like that, resistance towards defensive driving is futile. Even a grandma would smash that gas pedal from time to time.
ArishMell · 70-79, M
@eMortal And risk smashing someone else's car.....
The brakes are as powerful as necessary but any properly roadworthy car has a fairly definite braking distance depending on its speed and mass, even on a good road in good conditions.
The car has NO stopping "reaction" at all. No vehicle does.
The driver does the reacting, creating a critical but unavoidable delay hence distance depending on speed, between seeing the hazard and depressing the brake pedal. Published braking distances include that - but the human reaction time is highly individual, highly variable and seriously reduced by simple tiredness, illness, many prescription medicines, alcohol and illicit drugs.
NO car has any "resistance" to the style of driving. That is down to the driver and a good driver drives defensively, may drive steadily at or just under the speed-limit but only where possible and safe; and is aware of the hazards including the aggressive fools
Aggressive driving of any vehicle is bad driving, by impatient people who take no pride in skill.
The brakes are as powerful as necessary but any properly roadworthy car has a fairly definite braking distance depending on its speed and mass, even on a good road in good conditions.
The car has NO stopping "reaction" at all. No vehicle does.
The driver does the reacting, creating a critical but unavoidable delay hence distance depending on speed, between seeing the hazard and depressing the brake pedal. Published braking distances include that - but the human reaction time is highly individual, highly variable and seriously reduced by simple tiredness, illness, many prescription medicines, alcohol and illicit drugs.
NO car has any "resistance" to the style of driving. That is down to the driver and a good driver drives defensively, may drive steadily at or just under the speed-limit but only where possible and safe; and is aware of the hazards including the aggressive fools
Aggressive driving of any vehicle is bad driving, by impatient people who take no pride in skill.
ArishMell · 70-79, M
