Suicidal MFFYs?

On 2010-05-26, Scott in SoCal > wrote:
> Last time on rec.autos.driving, Brent
> said:
>
>>On 2010-05-25, Scott in SoCal > wrote:
>>> Last time on rec.autos.driving, Brent
> said:
>>>
>>>>Ultimately I see them as control freaks. MFFY is too broad a brush.
>>>>There are many MFFY drivers who don't care how fast other people drive
>>>>but LLBs in large part do.
>>
>>> Do they care how fast you drive, or do they just not want to be
>>> passed?
>>
>>"reasonable speed". Their's is, that of the drivers catching up to them
>>isn't.
>
> If they speed up drastically in order to block your pass, as in your
> example, then they aren't interested in "reasonable speed" - they are
> interested in maintaining "pole position."

The why don't they pass the next clump or at the very least go to the
front of it?

"Scott in SoCal" > wrote in message
...
> To anyone out there who tries to "teach a lesson" to LLBs: I hope this
> thread has shown the utterly futility of any such education attempt.
> If complete USENET posts with full explanations fail to get through to
> these MFFYs, what chance do you have of getting a meaningful message
> across you're sealed in your car and they're sealed up in theirs?
>
> My advice to would-be Road Teachers is: don't waste your time
> tailgating, flashing your brights, swooping in front and
> brake-checking, tossing pennies out your sunroof, or the like. Just
> pass these assholes at the first opportunity and get the **** outta
> there.

Just as the MFFY speeders don't want LLB's de-facto regulating their speed,
it is not the responsibility of the MFFY speeder to teach the driver in
front of them anything.

Flash-to-pass usage of the bright lights is a function built into many
vehicles but it is still a request, so a single two-blink sequence is
enough, and more than that is a form of road rage. Honking the horn is a
form of road rage unless used according to the vehicle code to warn of a
hazard or passing on a two lane road with blind turns. Yelling at the driver
while passing is a form of road rage. Gesturing at the driver is also a form
of road rage if the gesture is one intended to annoy or upset the driver
being passed.

One other thing--the very idea of tossing pennies out the sunroof translates
to real damage/vandalism if the penny hits the car body, the windshield, or
a window. If a penny hits a vehicle occupant by entering through an open
window--or in the case of a convertible car, via the open car roof--then it
could injure them as well. One would hope a law enforcement officer busting
a driver who tossed pennies out the sunroof would seek to arrest them and
charge them to the fullest extent allowed by law.

On 2010-05-27, Daniel W. Rouse Jr. > wrote:

> Flash-to-pass usage of the bright lights is a function built into many
> vehicles but it is still a request, so a single two-blink sequence is
> enough, and more than that is a form of road rage. Honking the horn is a
> form of road rage unless used according to the vehicle code to warn of a
> hazard or passing on a two lane road with blind turns. Yelling at the driver
> while passing is a form of road rage. Gesturing at the driver is also a form
> of road rage if the gesture is one intended to annoy or upset the driver
> being passed.

The term "road rage" is a form of blaming the victim for reacting to the
rudeness of someone else. Everyone has a limit. Even you. Your
ass-backwards view is one designed by a bunch of self-rightous fools who
think that not having infinite tolerance greater than that of Jesus
Christ is some sort of personal weakness or get off on frustrating and
annoying other motorists there by wishing to protect themselves from the
obvious results of such behavior.

On 2010-05-27, Scott in SoCal > wrote:
> Last time on rec.autos.driving, Brent
> said:
>
>>> If they speed up drastically in order to block your pass, as in your
>>> example, then they aren't interested in "reasonable speed" - they are
>>> interested in maintaining "pole position."
>>
>>The why don't they pass the next clump or at the very least go to the
>>front of it?
>
> Because you have somehow attracted their attention and raised their
> ire.

> Now it's personal, and they're focused on blocking YOU. This is why
> you should never EVER let them get back in front of you once you have
> passed them. Pass every LLB with overwhelming force; don't give them
> an opportunity to play their little games. If you do it right, you'll
> be past them and gone before they even notice you were there. If,
> OTOH, you ride their ass, or flash your brights, or sit there behind
> them with your left turn signal blinking, they will only dig their
> heels in and fight you harder.

In other words, they are control freaks concerned about controlling
other people instead of being first.

I've never seen anyone who was concerned about being first exhibit such
behavior. Only those interested in control. Those interested in being
first react by putting their right foot down to the floor.

On 2010-05-28, Scott in SoCal > wrote:
> Last time on rec.autos.driving, Brent
> said:
>
>
>>In other words, they are control freaks concerned about controlling
>>other people instead of being first.
>
> Clearly it is both. If the control freak is not first in line, and
> therefore in front of you, he cannot control you.

But there are other people in front of him... the first in line boy
racers just keep passing.