WTF, Ricky-Racer?!

[brymax]

So, this is just a rant but maybe someone can answer this question.

You folks out there that race in and out of traffic, and you know who you are.

Where are you going?How much time do you really think you're gaining?

I just want to see if anyone has the balls to admit they're one of these types of drivers and explain themselves.

I like to leave plenty of space between me and the car in front. But I drive 80 or at least a little above the limit always.

Why does it bother you so much that there is enough space in front of me to have another car there, and why do you think you gotta be there?

I don't know about other areas of the US, but in LA, these guys are everywhere.

And seriously, do you really think your ****ing Honda, Saturn, Toyota whatever the F, is faster than my Q?

It's LA for crying out loud! The whole freeway is a gad damn parking lot! Where are you going? What did you gain by getting around me into that spot and then braking?

That's my rant!

I dare you Ricky Racer Mother F'er's to explain yourself!

[1990QOwner]

Some people intrupret the speed limit as the "minimum speed". I speed not because it saves time but because it is fun (that would explain why I have 2 speeding tickets at age 16).

[brymax]

Some people intrupret the speed limit as the "minimum speed". I speed not because it saves time but because it is fun (that would explain why I have 2 speeding tickets at age 16).

Hey, speeding is a different story. I don't care about speeding.

I speed, everyone speeds.

I'm talking about that guy that's behind me, and just punches it to take that spot in front of me, while in MAJOR traffic.

Or the people weaving in and out, trying to gain 100 yards in 5 miles of traveling distance.

Is it worth risking other peoples lives?

Not everyone is cool and in control like me.

You startle that old lady clutching the wheel for dear life, as you scream by could cause anything to happen.

[Mopar]

It's part of driving. I don't really know why, but when I am driving I have to be in the front. It bothers me when stopped at a red light I am the 2nd or the 3rd car. I have to be the first one to have the "space".

[1unar3clipse]

I like my space, although I dont race in and out of traffic I always attempt to get a spot away from the lady on the phone in the SUV behind me, or the guy swerving as he reads a map in front of me.

[AlabamaDan]

I usually just pic a lane, listen to the radio or something and let those people go. It used to bother me, but now it doesn't. Mellow out dude.

[brymax]

I usually just pic a lane, listen to the radio or something and let those people go. It used to bother me, but now it doesn't. Mellow out dude.

Nope!

Not gonna mello! Not gonna do it!

[DrewQ45]

Nope!

Not gonna mello! Not gonna do it!

It takes maturity to realize a few things...

1. No matter how early you wake up or fast you go, there is always someone ahead of you.

2. There is always an idiot right behind the next one, therefore you will have an endless supply of frustration.

3. Think about all the times you've been cut a break by other drivers who let you squeeze in at the last minute... do the same for others and don't worry about it.... even if you don't think they deserve it. They'll get their due eventually.

4. Remember steps 1-3 and you'll live longer. The living longer part works on many levels... from avoiding road rage, accidents, hypertension and heart stress. I yawn at the fools killing themselves.

....Drew....

[Romeo5k]

Welll.. i dont know.... i guess im in for it, but ahh well. If you are driving on the freeway, and we are in traffic, and its a 5 lane thing, and u steady let people get in front of you, then i get upset, swerve around and cut in front of you. Just cause you dont feel like u have somewhere to go doesnt mean others dont. Its okay to be courteous and let one or two ppl ahead of you, but dam when u start letting the whole dam freeway, "HOUSTON WE HAVE A PROBLEM"

If speed limit is 60 and you are doing 60, im going to speed up and cut infront, if theres traffic ahead of me and i have to push breaks, then my bad, oh well, you shoulda been doing 65. Just dont honk your horn, because that starts violence.

Next if you are driving and not paying attn to what you are doing, and cut me off and dont show any remorse for it, Or throw me the middle finger when i blow my horn, then im speeding up, and im going to try to tap your bumper and run u off the road, otherwise if i dont succeed, ill get in fron t and push breaks and dare you to hit me so i can get out shooting... So what if you call the police, you better hope u get a hold to them before i get a hold to you. BTW, i always keep me a grenade in the car, im waiting for a day to use it and get away with it. Call me young and dumb, but guess what, everyone is dumb in their own ways.

[Jiggyfry]

lol at your reply. I keep a grenade in my car. Yeah, that'll teach everyone in a 25 foot radius a lesson.

[ScottJackson]

You're young and dumb. Vengeance is the refuge of the weak. I like to speed every now and then, and only for the fun of it. However, it's out on the open highway in good weather with no traffic. There's lots of bad drivers. I don't let their idiocy bother me. If they don't actually cause me to have an accident, they're fine by me. No harm, no foul. I've pulled out in front of a few cars in my 12 years of driving and it wasn't intentional. No one got hurt and I was reminded to pay more attention. If someone pulls out in front of me, I'm pretty sure it wasn't just because they wanted to be an a$$hole. **** happens, life goes on, don't be offended if you don't want to be.

[1990QOwner]

In driving school than they teach you to drive as if everyone around you is an idiot...but to do that in LA... LOL

[Fridge]

When I am in my big ol sprinter work van everyone drives nice I just listen to the radio I rarely go more than 5 miles over the speed limit people get in front of me but oh well I`m just going to my next call and 20 seconds isn`t going to make a lot of diff.

Now I get in to the Q. Where the H@ll did all these A$$h@ses come don`t they have somewhere else to be than in front of me? Stop tailgating me you idiot and oh no your not getting in front of me sucker! Hmm is it just me or does the sight of the Q bring it out in them?

Oh by the way I have a ak and 2 full clips not worried about that little grenade.

[Romeo5k]

When I am in my big ol sprinter work van everyone drives nice I just listen to the radio I rarely go more than 5 miles over the speed limit people get in front of me but oh well I`m just going to my next call and 20 seconds isn`t going to make a lot of diff.

Now I get in to the Q. Where the H@ll did all these A$$h@ses come don`t they have somewhere else to be than in front of me? Stop tailgating me you idiot and oh no your not getting in front of me sucker! Hmm is it just me or does the sight of the Q bring it out in them?

Oh by the way I have a ak and 2 full clips not worried about that little grenade.

HAHAHAHAHAHHHHAHA.... Look what city u driving in .. HAHAHAHAAHA.. dam... Lemme get that off your hands.

[pito11213]

Well, as a former wreckless driver and still speedy driver sometimes let me say this. Honestly, I used to cut through anything in the streets. I have driven up and down driveways on a couple of blocks to get through traffic. I did it because of one thing, I felt like I was good enough to do it. I think that for alot of drivers this IGNORANT thinking comes into play. I drove fast and cut through traffic at amazing speeds, because I could. If you are in the left lane, and alot of traffic is passing you by, then you are in the wrong damn lane to begin with. Just because your car is faster, dont think u cant lose a race, I am sure you wont do everything I would to win a race.

[brymax]

Jeez, what a bunch of knuckle-heads!

I guess I get all these stupid reasons for zooming in and out of traffic, cuz I used to be a punk-*** too. Back when I had a Trans-Am and a 67 Camaro.

I guess I'ze just all grow'd up now and you whipper-snappers just freakin piss me off.

The biggest reason I get so pissed and which is also the big reason L.A. is so much different than some of these cities you all are posting from is this;

When you rush in and out of traffic in L.A.?????????

YOU'RE STILL NOT PH.U.C.K.I.N.G GOING ANYWHERE!!!!!!!!

Oh, and here's something some o' you knuckle-heads may not have thought of....

There's guys like me out there that may not have AK's or grenade's in the car.

But what I do have is LOTS OF MONEY! GREAT INSURANCE!And no fear of colliding with your punk-***, cuz I can write a check and replace everything.

BWAH-HA-HA-HA

[pito11213]

Good to hear that you dont correspond with the stereotype of an LA resident man, makes me smile to know that because you have money you'd be willing to be involved in a wreck and possibly injure others......yeah maybe the used to be a punk part is a little inaccurate.

All I can say is bottom line you cant change people, all you can do is stay an aware driver. Be careful, if you see some guy come flying, just prepare yourself for the worst and do not entice anyone. Good luck on them there streets!!

[yodawill2000]

I like to come across peeps like that when I'm driving my 63 GMC 4x4 full length bed pickup.

It will destroy anything it hits.

[brymax]

Good to hear that you dont correspond with the stereotype of an LA resident man, makes me smile to know that because you have money you'd be willing to be involved in a wreck and possibly injure others......yeah maybe the used to be a punk part is a little inaccurate.

All I can say is bottom line you cant change people, all you can do is stay an aware driver. Be careful, if you see some guy come flying, just prepare yourself for the worst and do not entice anyone. Good luck on them there streets!!

Hey man, can I just play out my little "deliberately crash into Ricky-Racer and ruin him financially" fantasy, without you busting it up with morality?

Damn it! It was playing out so nicely in my head too!

Here he comes, zippin through traffic. Cuts me off. I run a P.I.T. manuever on him. Throw him into the wall and total his car. I walk a way with my car fixed and the insurance up $20 a month. Ricky walks away broke with no car.

Then here you come with others injured.

It was all good when it was just me and Ricky.

[1unar3clipse]

I actually had a rich ******* cut me off and slam on his brakes so he could financially gain from me, its funny when rich people think money will always save them.

you know whats even funnier? beating up a 36 year old man in a Porsche and having the cops side with you.

[Romeo5k]

ok.. look, everyone in this world doesnt think bad, and doesnt mean bad. I mean in some cases, yes i am wrong, but no one is perfect, neither are you. There are people today who dont know how to drive, but have drivers licenses.. Thats the worst one. Yea, you may have money and a damn good insurance, but to hell with risking someone elses life, what about yours??You die in that wreck, and all that is out the window. And you leave your family in tears. Sometimes, its really not worth it. I do stoopid **** too, but that doesnt really mean im stoopid, it just means im throwed off in the brain!!. :-P If your on the left lane and someone is coming at gr8 speeds and you can get over, Then get over... Left is tha fast lane, if you cant drive fast let others. Another thing, be carefull for those on the phone and driving, some people cannot drive and talk and pay attn at the same time. The last thing i have to say is, i have dam goot insurance, and i dodge alot of accidents, not really because im scared of my life, but really, Does this focker have insurance??? Most of us have G50s, and the insurance would love to total it out for 2500$ to 3000$ and call it a day. For most of us in here, 3000$ is only the begining of what we put into our car. So unless its something like an 18wheeler or something ( someone i can sue for at least 40grand, id rather you dont touch my car.

[96Qowner]

Ricky-Racer is a moron, one of millions. I compensate for jackasses like him and then get as far away from them as possible. As you say, he ain' goin' nowhere. Usually, because I'm a smarter driver, I end up ahead of him in traffic anyway. He'll eventually learn (before or after the traffic violations and insane insurance rates) that it's just as much fun to solve the traffic puzzle as it is to try to gain a car length at every opportunity. I'll always beat Ricky to where we're going.

Reminds me of a story. This summer, I was leaving town at 5:30 for the lakes country. It gets crowded at that time of day, and there was a line of cars in the left lane doing the speed limit. So, since I'm a patient old guy, I just drove placidly along, waiting for the jam to free up. But after a couple minutes, it hadn't. Pissed me off, so I peeked around the line of cars to see a guy in the left lane next to a semi, refusing to actually pass - just keeping pace. Not only that, he was hitting his brakes to make the guy behind him fall back This was 6 cars ahead of me. Jerk. But as I'm watching, I saw that when he hit the brakes he lost ground against the semi, and two cars behind him a guy squirts into the right lane and floors it to make the gap .... So I did too 60-110 mph in a Q happens pretty fast. The jackass was closing the gap on me, but I managed to squeeze through. I fly on down the road for a piece to be sure I've escaped the jam, and as I'm slowing down, I see the a-hole coming up fast behind me. He pulls in behind me, shaking his fist and shouting. Oops. He takes my exit and follows me, writing something down on a piece of paper. This is now a two lane road and as we come to some cars I floor it, pass three of them and lose the guy. Fine. BUT ... two weeks later this guy finds me on that same stretch of road and follows again, shaking his fist, shouting and writing again. I finally just pulled into a side road and drove in a circle until he caught on and took off, still shouting and flipping me off.

So ... aggressive driving often causes more problems that it's worth, eh? I guess I made him mad. I don' know who made the worst move - him for holding up traffic and slamming on his brakes, or me for threading the needle on him.

[1990QOwner]

Next time you see his car put this bumper sticker on it to sooth the people behind him: (see the link)

http://www.tronitek.com/94.jpg

[Fridge]

Some people should not have a licence. I drive everyday all day long and I really dread when work lets out and all the amatures get out on the road. Weekends and holidays are the worst. I have a Ihra licence and my little japanese pickup will run 135+ in the 1/4 so thats where I really get my speed fix. That being said the Q will blow most cars on the road away except for those new dodges watch out for them

[Haitian_King]

Uh. There's something in me that absolutely HATES being behind someone. I guess NJ state law adds to my condition. If you rear end someone even if they are an idiot, you're 100% responsible/guilty. I try to keep everyone behind me as a result. I just can't deal with it.

I especially hate someone who drives slow as hell and they have at least 1/2 a mile of open road in front of them. I pass the hell out of them everytime.

Slow people in the left lane too. I hate that.

I used to think that I was one of the best drivers at my college (and one of the craziest) back when I had my Grand Cherokee. I used to do the craziest stuff and make record time. My friend killed that for me. The things he did in a Jetta with a possible bad injector and broken speedometer were amazing and scary. I like to begin a pass at half a car length (MINIMUM). This guy almost kisses the bumper of the car ahead of us, and then switches lanes and passes him. I'm in the passenger seat half giddy with joy and obscenely terrified, combined with a sense of impending doom. Suffice it to say, we made it in one piece.
Modified by Haitian_King at 5:08 PM 11/7/2007

[T45]

Todays homework assignment is to take a trip to Puerto Rico and drive down there for a month. When you come back everything will be in slow motion and everyone around you will be more courteous and psycologically stabilized than you have ever realized.

Or better yet, try Mexico City!!! It irks me when my fellow americans whine about stuff like this when all you have to do is realize that you have it about 1 billion times better than the rest of the world AND YOU"RE STILL WHINING!

[1unar3clipse]

Or better yet, try Mexico City!!! It irks me when my fellow americans whine about stuff like this when all you have to do is realize that you have it about 1 billion times better than the rest of the world AND YOU"RE STILL WHINING!

the DF is nothing my friend, thats Mexican New York if anything of driving.

Ive been to worse.

El Avenida de Nueve de Julio en Argentina, Widest street in the world the traffic their SUCKS! people don't stop at stop lights if their aren't cars waiting, People tend to use blinkers but the actions of the car never match the blinkers direction, their are +100k Fiats, Berlinger, two to every lane driving, cutting each other off every ten seconds.

I actually think most of Baja California Sur has better drivers than California, Not to mention they pull you over for being in the left lane while towing, or if your cruising, left lane PASS ONLY. its straight up the law in Mexico, yet everyone says the DF is a terrible place to drive, but I always get around just fine down there.

[1990QOwner]

I've been to a place right the border of Mexico, it is called "Mexicalli" or something like that. They have the stupidest driver's in the world and the stupidest cops in the world.

The line to get out of the border is usu. about 4 hours long . and if you are new and just get in line where there is an opening than the cops will come and tell you to get out of line and right you a ticket for pigging into the line . The cop said that he would settle for a $60 bribe .

An uncle of mine got tired of paying the $60 bribes all the time so he told the cop to just give him the ticket and he went to the police station and the ticket was a $5 ticket . So when you pay the bribe than the rest is a conveinance fee I guess.

[1unar3clipse]

I've been to a place right the border of Mexico, it is called "Mexicalli" or something like that. They have the stupidest driver's in the world and the stupidest cops in the world.

Thats a huge claim, but no Mexicalli does not have the worlds "stupidest" drivers, the reality is that a border city like such has ample amounts of both U.S. citizens driving (without knowing the laws or how to read KPH sometimes both, hell Everytime I'm down there I need to translate speeds, road signs, and help people exchange their money because 50% of Americans can't count) and Native Mexican citizens. your observation = Fail.

The line to get out of the border is usu. about 4 hours long . and if you are new and just get in line where there is an opening than the cops will come and tell you to get out of line and right you a ticket for pigging into the line . The cop said that he would settle for a $60 bribe .

Its a border crossing, 4 hours is puppy nuts. Obey the law or pay the price Minutemen love to use this saying against Mexicans but it applies to everyone.

to observe is opinion/experience , to study is to have fact/proof

[Romeo5k]

are we still talking about this??????????? arrgghhhbrymax.. see what u started..??lol