To the bitch who thought you could just cut in front of me in morning traffic by plowing your piece of shit van next to my car while we were stopped: a big ol’ FUCK YOU! I love how you didn’t even have the balls to look over at me while you were trying so hard to get in front of me. I also love the fact that I made damn sure you didn’t get in. Next time, pull your head out of your ass and don’t act so entitled! Wait in traffic just like everyone else has to do, and you’ll find things go a lot smoother for everyone involved. —Bluetooth doesn’t make you a better driver
This article appears in Jan 27 – Feb 2, 2011.
No shit eh? You know what gets me? Hundreds of the same people drive up Quinpool everyday, they all know that the right lane turns into parking @9am, and yet they insist on scooting up the right lane as far as cross-walk by gaudet optical and try to squeeze in after that. Fuck you, I tells ’em (when I’m driving, that is. When I’m on a bike I just laffs at ’em)
I don’t see what the harm is in letting someone in. The 102 was JAMMED yesterday morning on my way in to work and people were switching lanes like mad — and you know what? MOST people are courteous about it and let others in. You really need to learn how to share the road, OP!
Also: sometimes you HAVE to be aggressive in order to get in a lane you need to get into, especially in heavy traffic.
Completely agree with pk on this. It would have been NOTHING for the ob to let the person in. It’s not like the van just magically appeared. You say the other driver thinks they are entitled. You sound like you are the only one allowed on the road. Have some courtesy, you might have an aneurism when you drive
Is the tag an indication that the offending driver was using a hands-free wireless device?
The have been a number of studies published that indicate that cell phone use is distracting whether the phone is hand-held or hands-free.
It isn’t the act of holding the phone that impairs driving, it’s the act of carrying on a phone conversation that distracts drivers from vital clues in front of them.
This means that the province’s ban on hand-held devices doesn’t really address the problem.
I agree to always be courteous and let people in…but at the same time there’s always that 1 asshole who rides up the side bus lane while all of us are patiently sitting in traffic and then tries to cut in at the end. If we were all to do this then no one would get anywhere. I always let people out or in…but those assholes piss me off just a little.
What about when you signal (rare I know) and the dick behind/beside still won’t let you in? Last week I was coming off the Mackay and was moving left to the macpass lane (signaling all the way), a guy came roaring up behind me and laid on his horn even though he had the far left macpass booth and nobody was behind him. I had to stop and then move over. not a big deal, but his move made no sense at all.
UHHH I haaaaaaate that with a passion, CS! It takes them two seconds to let you in, yet they just drive on by.
If everyone drove like OP, traffic would be at a complete standstill at the Fairview overpass/Windsor st exchange….and we all know how fucked that area is during rush hours to begin with.
Who the FUCK designed that anyway? Whomever it was should have their engineering license taken away from them.
it does connect quite a few sections of the city though….
I don’t mind it so much… just not sure why that one lane disappears so quickly and you scuttle into the joe howe exit lane.
Sorry ladies, just having your signal light on doesn’t automatically give you the right of way. How can you be sure that the other inattentive driver is aware of your intentions?
I never trust other drivers, shoulder checks and eye contact is what I go for. Lane jumpers, cutters and road bullies, suck.
I know it doesn’t, but it’s just the courteous thing to do, Hugo!
What sucks BALLS, zed is when you need to get into the lane going onto Windsor and you can see it’s almost empty, but you’re stuck in the lane in the middle…it’s like seeing your bus stop but being stuck in traffic for five hours and they won’t let you off the bus.
THAT, right there, is why morning express routes can’t stay on schedule.
Hugo,
I never assume that they’ll let you in. it’s enraging when you’re trying to merge (while doing everything possible to signal your intentions) and 3 or 4 cars still creep by. And I’m not one of those assholes who head to the front and then try to cut in – they can rot, especially on a Hwy construction zone.
I have a rule – no signal, no cut in; signal, be my guest!
Letting people in when they’re coming in from driveways or sidestreets is nice and fine. But, don’t stop to let a left turning car turn in front of you (if you have a lane to your left or right going the same direction as you) and don’t let people in who speed past you and try to merge in at the last minute. Not butting allowed!
I love it when people let me out of my street… there’s a red light just ahead and people will let me pop out… for some reason though it infuriates me when the person can see the red light ahead, but insist on filling in the area of my one ways street instead of letting me out. It’s a frickin’ red light douchtard, you aren’t going anywhere but taking up the 7 feet I need to get out!
Every time I see the title of this post I start singing “Just another manic Monday”…
…wish it was sunday…
Hooray OP! 🙂 I love drivers like you. NEVER give those fucktards a chance to cut in. They can wait like everyone else. Silly bitch was probably busy playing with herself while trying to cut in so she didn’t notice you.
And how, exactly, sebastard, are people supposed to get into the flow of traffic without merging in in front of someone?
You’re really not the brightest crayon in the box.
Fucking loser.
There’s eventually a break in traffic flow, you snooze you lose.
I agree – some people pretty well hug the yellow line, thinking it’s two lane and gt pissy when others don’t share a single lane with another car trying to get pass you. Good on ya OP!
i love it when you are going 100 on the hiway,and some ass tries to get in front of you, while you are already passing someone in the inner slow lane. i kept one guy on the opposite side of the road for about 5 miles, and just as a big frucking tuck had come up over hill, i let him in, behind me. it was close tho.
Yikes PityKitty, your mood has definitely turned. Is it that time of the month already? May I suggest you buy midol in advance? It’ll ease those cramps. For someone who sits on a bus watching the bus driver handle the roads of HRM, you sure know a lot of nothing about how to properly merge into traffic without pissing off other drivers. The OP is referring to drivers who try to cut ahead from other lanes hoping to push their way in ahead of those who are in the correct lane and have waited their turn. Stick to your bus and shelter because I wouldn’t let you merge in either.
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a pox on sebastard….
and not the avian variety either.
Courtesy for drivers is a two way street. There are so many asshole drivers in this province who cannot see farther ahead than their own bumpers. I find my fathers insistence on taking all three available drivers Ed courses and the police driving course he taught to be a blessing. It helped me see where I as a driver can both hinder and help if the rules and laws aren’t respected as well as being or not being courteous to other drivers. Better to be right yet gracious and considerate than to be in an accident or ” dead right”