Giving line cutters what they deserve

On Fri, 9 Dec 2005 09:37:09 -0500, "JohnH" >
wrote:

>> turning right) honked my horn and showed one of my fingers to the
>> cutter..
>
>Out of curiousity, has anyone in your life ever suggested you take some
>anger management courses?

IMHO, the best way to "manage" your anger is to let it out
immediately. Once it's out of your system it evaporates and is gone.
If you gunnysack it, all it does it build up inside you and eat away
at your mind until you explode - and then it's ten times worse.

That's why if someone ****es me off while I'm driving, I'll
immediately vent at them (usually at the top of my lungs); 5 seconds
later the incident is forgotten.

> Now, what these line cutting assholes really deserve is a bullet in
> the gut, but that's frowned upon by the police, and it might impede
> the flow of traffic if they die immediately.

Wow - that is a serious response to a guy slowed your trip down by
maybe a 1/10 second? I hope for your sake and other drivers you don't
carry a loaded gun or other weapon in your car. Next time someone
like that tries to cut you off, instead of wimping out by just flipping
him the bird, why not floor it and cut him off.

John S. wrote:
>>Now, what these line cutting assholes really deserve is a bullet in
>>the gut, but that's frowned upon by the police, and it might impede
>>the flow of traffic if they die immediately.
>
>
> Wow - that is a serious response to a guy slowed your trip down by
> maybe a 1/10 second? I hope for your sake and other drivers you don't
> carry a loaded gun or other weapon in your car. Next time someone
> like that tries to cut you off, instead of wimping out by just flipping
> him the bird, why not floor it and cut him off.
>

Well, why don't we ALL just drive around cutting people off, I mean
we're only holding them up by 1/10 of a second...

nate

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Doug Warner said this:
>
> Tonight: The highway is jammed solid, so I get off onto the access
> road with many others.
>

-lane jumping story cut-

> The screws won't deflate their tire(s) immediately, but will require
> that they be replaced, so they hopefully won't block traffic during
> the remainder of the commute.
>
> I wonder if this activity would be illegal as well?

Better yet, sentence them to live with "Laura Bush murdered her
boyfriend," for a year. That will cure them of their habits.

Doug Warner wrote:
> Tonight: The highway is jammed solid, so I get off onto the access
> road with many others.
>
> Tonight, I watched one of the many Atlanta assholes drive up the left
> turn only lane, passing about 50 cars, to stop at the light with right
> signal on. As soon as the light turned green, the asshole barged into
> the line, in front of everyone.
>
> At the next light, I passed the jumper in the right turn lane, (I was
> turning right) honked my horn and showed one of my fingers to the
> cutter.. He/she then pulled out into the right turn lane, (to pick a
> fight?), moved up to 2 cars before the light, and stopped again,
> waiting to cut into the line again. It probably did this just to get
> me upset...
>
> Now, what these line cutting assholes really deserve is a bullet in
> the gut, but that's frowned upon by the police, and it might impede
> the flow of traffic if they die immediately.
>
> So, as a non-lethal alternative, when conditions are right, I'd park
> nearby and stand near the intersection wearing a long black hooded
> robe and a Michelin man mask. I'd have a pole with a cordless screw
> gun on the end, and a 4" drywall screw mounted on the bit. Around the
> shank of the screw is a 2" metal or plastic disc.
>
> When an asshole starts to cut into the through lane, I'd run out and
> drive screws into as many of the offender's tire sidewalls as I can.
> The discs around the screws will contain the text: "Screw YOU,
> asshole linecutter!" or something similar, to let them know why it
> happened.
>
> The screws won't deflate their tire(s) immediately, but will require
> that they be replaced, so they hopefully won't block traffic during
> the remainder of the commute.
>
> I wonder if this activity would be illegal as well?
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My digital camera has a fully-auto mode, where I just hold the shutter
button and it takes 3 pictures/second. I've been, for the past two
weeks, been taking series of pictures of bad drivers in action,
espescially if they have any kind of employer ID on the vehicle.

It seems after 2-3 seconds most LLBs or other bad drivers calm down and
stop doing the offending action, since they realize what you're doing.

And no, I don't hold the camera to my face, just use my right hand to
blindly point it at them and hold the trigger down. It's less
distracting than adjusting the volume on the radio.

The call to FedEx where I explained I had pictures of one of their
drivers tailgating and almost hitting a subcompact was quite fun. I
love having spare time, and a great hatred for people who are too
stupid to drive.

Dave

Dave, > was motivated to say this in
rec.autos.driving on 10 Dec 2005 21:27:10 -0800:
> My digital camera has a fully-auto mode, where I just hold the shutter
> button and it takes 3 pictures/second. I've been, for the past two
> weeks, been taking series of pictures of bad drivers in action,
> espescially if they have any kind of employer ID on the vehicle.
>

You will, I hope, be in someway making these pics available for us to
view and discuss? ;-)

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Nate Nagel wrote:
> John S. wrote:
> >>Now, what these line cutting assholes really deserve is a bullet in
> >>the gut, but that's frowned upon by the police, and it might impede
> >>the flow of traffic if they die immediately.
> >
> >
> > Wow - that is a serious response to a guy slowed your trip down by
> > maybe a 1/10 second? I hope for your sake and other drivers you don't
> > carry a loaded gun or other weapon in your car. Next time someone
> > like that tries to cut you off, instead of wimping out by just flipping
> > him the bird, why not floor it and cut him off.
> >
>
> Well, why don't we ALL just drive around cutting people off, I mean
> we're only holding them up by 1/10 of a second...
>
It is difficult to be snide online when the Post Message icon is pushed
too quickly. I meant to add in the next sentence some comment like:
And in the process you can damage both your car and his and possibly
injure one or more innocent drivers too. But you could then sue the
guy for causing you to become so enraged that you had to give chase and
get the upper hand. Or similar.

(I think the OP was acting in a highly immature way that put others at
risk)

"Dave" > wrote in news:1134278830.416135.263140
@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com:

>
>
> My digital camera has a fully-auto mode, where I just hold the shutter
> button and it takes 3 pictures/second. I've been, for the past two
> weeks, been taking series of pictures of bad drivers in action,
> espescially if they have any kind of employer ID on the vehicle.
>
> It seems after 2-3 seconds most LLBs or other bad drivers calm down and
> stop doing the offending action, since they realize what you're doing.
>
> And no, I don't hold the camera to my face, just use my right hand to
> blindly point it at them and hold the trigger down. It's less
> distracting than adjusting the volume on the radio.
>
> The call to FedEx where I explained I had pictures of one of their
> drivers tailgating and almost hitting a subcompact was quite fun. I
> love having spare time, and a great hatred for people who are too
> stupid to drive.
>
> Dave
>

Dave, I commend your calling FedEx. Whether you have pictures or not,
calling to comment on a driver's actions does get noticed.

Doug

Doug Warner wrote:
> Tonight: The highway is jammed solid, so I get off onto the access
> road with many others.
>
> Tonight, I watched one of the many Atlanta assholes drive up the left
> turn only lane, passing about 50 cars, to stop at the light with right
> signal on. As soon as the light turned green, the asshole barged into
> the line, in front of everyone.


Sometimes people are in a hurry and cut in line. Other times they are
not in a hurry and stay in line.

Let it go.

John S. wrote:

>> Now, what these line cutting assholes really deserve is a bullet in
>> the gut, but that's frowned upon by the police, and it might impede
>> the flow of traffic if they die immediately.
>
> Wow - that is a serious response to a guy slowed your trip down by
> maybe a 1/10 second? I hope for your sake and other drivers you don't
> carry a loaded gun or other weapon in your car. Next time someone
> like that tries to cut you off, instead of wimping out by just flipping
> him the bird, why not floor it and cut him off.

Because that's stupid, he might have a gun. Better to just blow his head off
yourself before he has a chance to cause more trouble.

OTOH, a gut shot will probably give him time to get off the freeway, or at
least over to the side out of everyone's way.

Some problems are easy.

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