Dumbass drivers - From dumbass dodge drivers to wannabe street racers in Honda Civics

[POWER IN MISERY]

there is a pretty high amount of ricers and truck fuckers where i live and while people mostly don't drive bad enough to tell a story there are some real goofy fucks out there. fart cans everywhere, someone had a civic that was so loud i heard it a mile away. it'd possibly be impressive if it didn't sound like fucking mario kart 64.
anybody that stances their wheels is king of the clowns. saw a beaten, shit-green LS400 with all 20 inch wheels out at a 45 degree angle and i didn't know whether to laugh or vomit.
funniest thing i've seen was a five foot manlet that had to basically parachute out of his f450.

 

[Maxliam]

Don't be silly, you don't need to reduce your speed. It's your rate of acceleration and deceleration that suffer, so you've got to allow yourself more time to do them, but outside of emergency braking you should be absolutely fine to stop in an inch of water. If you have to hit the brakes so hard you'll hydroplane as part of a normal stop you are stopping too hard. So really all you have to do is allow yourself more spacing in case the guy in front of you comes to a sudden stop.

On the highway, as long as visibility is ok, you should be driving the speed limit regardless of how wet the road is. On sidestreets you do have to be a bit more careful cornering, but why are you slamming your brakes in the first place?

If you're gonna drive slow in the rain you better get out of the way.

Not sure where your from but your average Austin driver is retarded. I'm also talking like heavy rain where visibility is limited.

Ironic we saw some snowfall that didn't accumulate on sidewalks or the streets but did on grass.as soon as it started falling people were coming to a near dead standstill. I was almost late to work.

 

[The_MmmBop_Gang]

Any californian that comes up here. Seems none of them actually know how to drive in the rain and from fall through spring we get heavy, vision obscuring storms. The fuckers will still tailgate you in that weather. Fuck them.

From Central CA and folks don't k ow how to drive in the shit even when they live here. Second the pavement gets wet it's like a goddamn Roland Emmerich movie.

Used to drive all over the state for work and have seen too many horrible let drivers but Bay Area/Central Valley drivers are just atrocious. Drive for any length of time on a major freeway and you'll see countless lane changing without signalling, tailgating to the point where nobody can get a car length between them because people merge into any space you try and give yourself and speeding, swerving maniacs everywhere.

Had a coworker who'd worked all over the country tell me that my city/region had the worst driver's he had ever seen and he'd driven from NYC to Seattle and Miami.

 

[Corbin Dallas Multipass]

Not sure where your from but your average Austin driver is exceptional. I'm also talking like heavy rain where visibility is limited.

Ironic we saw some snowfall that didn't accumulate on sidewalks or the streets but did on grass.as soon as it started falling people were coming to a near dead standstill. I was almost late to work.

Yeah, if visibility is limited you gotta slow down. How are you gonna stop before you hit something if you can't see it in time? Ironically though the most dangerous rain is right when it starts, and it's just enough to get a slick coating of oil and water on the road. Once it gets heavy that coating is pretty much washed away and it's not so bad.

Snow is funny, I live in New England so we're used to it, but even still people react really weirdly to it. Like you said, some people seem to think the only proper response to snow or heavy rain is to randomly slam on their brakes. But when there's serious snowfall you get the whole range, the idiots who drive so slow they drive you crazy, the morons who think the appropriate response to lowered friction is MOAR TORQUE! as they furiously spin their tires trying to get unstuck, when if they just let the car idle or gave it just a little gas they'd be fine, and the people who just pretend it doesn't exist, then slide off the road and make me even later for work...

 

[Maxliam]

Yeah, if visibility is limited you gotta slow down. How are you gonna stop before you hit something if you can't see it in time? Ironically though the most dangerous rain is right when it starts, and it's just enough to get a slick coating of oil and water on the road. Once it gets heavy that coating is pretty much washed away and it's not so bad.

Snow is funny, I live in New England so we're used to it, but even still people react really weirdly to it. Like you said, some people seem to think the only proper response to snow or heavy rain is to randomly slam on their brakes. But when there's serious snowfall you get the whole range, the idiots who drive so slow they drive you crazy, the morons who think the appropriate response to lowered friction is MOAR TORQUE! as they furiously spin their tires trying to get unstuck, when if they just let the car idle or gave it just a little gas they'd be fine, and the people who just pretend it doesn't exist, then slide off the road and make me even later for work...

Yeah no that's what I meant. I give people a bit more room because of dumb ass things like brake checking and shit. I've hydroplaned before and it's not fun. Granted I give myself some room anyway but that's just because people are retarded.

Literally the second the flurry started, I was on the road when it happened at 6pm, people immediately slowed down on the highway like it was attacking their car. People here don't realize that the concrete is too hot, hence why the only place it accumulated was the grassy areas. It was cool to see entire fields covered like a winter wonder land. It wasn't much but for us it was a lot. Back in 04 Victoria got hit with 18 inches on Christmas. Not a lot for people used to snow but for south Texans, that's a shitload. I also discovered why shoveling snow sucks and why people have heart attacks doing it.

We had to do it for a long driveway with just regular shovels because no one owns snow shovels here.

 

[John Titor]

Anybody who attaches race fins onto cars tend to be retarded. Oh, you asked for correlations, not confirmed facts. Nevermind.

I once saw a car that had an exhaust sound like a gunshot. I don't know about ricer culture but do people do that on purpose?

 

[Maxliam]

Anybody who attaches race fins onto cars tend to be exceptional. Oh, you asked for correlations, not confirmed facts. Nevermind.

I once saw a car that had an exhaust sound like a gunshot. I don't know about ricer culture but do people do that on purpose?

Just had a wheel bearing hub replaced by my mechanic friend and we joked about putting the RX-7 exhaust he had on my car just for shit's and giggles. The thing is huge and would be loud and obnoxious on a Saturn.

 

[Corbin Dallas Multipass]

It's pretty funny to see people driving their little economy cars around with a HUGE FUCKING WING on the back. I know it's been a thing forever, but it doesn't stop being funny. I suppose that just makes them dumbass car owners though.

People who make their cars louder should be forced to only drive a smartcar for a year until they learn to stop acting like a moron. Motorcyclists... mufflers are not just for cars, dickheads.

 

[Maxliam]

It's pretty funny to see people driving their little economy cars around with a HUGE FUCKING WING on the back. I know it's been a thing forever, but it doesn't stop being funny. I suppose that just makes them dumbass car owners though.

People who make their cars louder should be forced to only drive a smartcar for a year until they learn to stop acting like a moron. Motorcyclists... mufflers are not just for cars, dickheads.

Yeah I hate that "Loud pipes save lives!" attitude bikers have. Frankly I would never ride one. They're just retarded dangerous. Also bikers tend to be some of the most annoying people in the road. They act like you're an asshole for passing them and then you should adapt to their retarded riding habits.

I drive a 2001 Saturn SL. I have no illusions she's a speedster. She can pick up and go given that she's light and it's funny seeing people in SUV's get shocked I can pass them on the highway. Then again it's a manual and only a 100 HP. I also know how to drive it.

 

[The Great Citracett]

I had a neighbor who thinks he's a badass biker. The guy's in his late 40's, and he's maybe 5' tall and 90lbs if he's lucky. He watched a bit too much Sons of Anarchy and now thinks he's one of them or something.
This dude, right here:

That's a Honda Rebel 250, with dual straight pipes. It sounds like an excessively loud pushmower and he'd rev it at all hours whenever he felt like it. He didn't rejet and adjust the carbs when he put on the loud pipes, so it's constantly popping and backfiring. Also, the carbs are fucked up to where gas is always leaking onto the engine and the only way it will stay running is to have the throttle wide open the whole time. It's a deathtrap, and a fireball waiting to happen. And he's going top speed nonstop or else the bike dies.

He can be usually heard screaming down the road banging through the gears as fast as he can, and seen in town weaving in and out of traffic like a maniac, doing 50+ in a 25 zone and holding the throttle wide open at stoplights (if he stops at all). He's not a fan of turn signals, and doesn't ever wear a helmet. To top it off, he doesn't even have his motorcycle license. Just never bothered to get it. You always know it's him because it sounds like this, except somehow more high pitched:

In my state, to ride without a helmet you have to be over 21, have the proper (higher than normal) insurance level, and must have had your motorcycle license for over 2 years. So legally I can ride without one, but I always wear it because I'm not a dumbass. Some guys are determined not to wear it even though legally required to, so they came up with a sovereign citizen-esque way to get around the law. They strap the helmet to their knee and ride like that "because the law doesn't say I have to wear it on my HEAD!" Fucking idiots.

 

[SadClownMan]

I had a neighbor who thinks he's a badass biker. The guy's in his late 40's, and he's maybe 5' tall and 90lbs if he's lucky. He watched a bit too much Sons of Anarchy and now thinks he's one of them or something.
This dude, right here:View attachment 495570
That's a Honda Rebel 250, with dual straight pipes. It sounds like an excessively loud pushmower and he'd rev it at all hours whenever he felt like it. He didn't rejet and adjust the carbs when he put on the loud pipes, so it's constantly popping and backfiring. Also, the carbs are fucked up to where gas is always leaking onto the engine and the only way it will stay running is to have the throttle wide open the whole time. It's a deathtrap, and a fireball waiting to happen. And he's going top speed nonstop or else the bike dies.

He can be usually heard screaming down the road banging through the gears as fast as he can, and seen in town weaving in and out of traffic like a maniac, doing 50+ in a 25 zone and holding the throttle wide open at stoplights (if he stops at all). He's not a fan of turn signals, and doesn't ever wear a helmet. To top it off, he doesn't even have his motorcycle license. Just never bothered to get it. You always know it's him because it sounds like this, except somehow more high pitched:
https://youtube.com/watch?v=dBAc2W-imtg
In my state, to ride without a helmet you have to be over 21, have the proper (higher than normal) insurance level, and must have had your motorcycle license for over 2 years. So legally I can ride without one, but I always wear it because I'm not a dumbass. Some guys are determined not to wear it even though legally required to, so they came up with a sovereign citizen-esque way to get around the law. They strap the helmet to their knee and ride like that "because the law doesn't say I have to wear it on my HEAD!" Fucking idiots.

God, asshats like those are why bikers are hated. I mean I'll ride my dual sport Suzuki around every once in a while because those things are fun as fuck to ride, but I drive as if I where driving a really small car. Hes the reason why South Park made an episode about bikers being bigger fags than faggots, and why the general public hates them. Not to mention the asshats on their street bikes (Kawasaki Ninja) that try to act like a badass and act like a dumbass in traffic

 

[neverendingmidi]

People who are afraid to pass semis so they sit in the passing lane, just off the bumper of the semi, and stay there as traffic builds up behind them.

Bonus if they match their speed to the semi when it starts from a stop light.


Times when I wish I had bumper mounted missles...

Edit: Then there was the funniest and most enraging stoplight I ever stopped at. It was a cross street that went across a busier, 6 lane road. Since this road had periods where it was never busy, there were sensors under the patch of road where you’re supposed to stop. Well I pull up, and the motherfucker in front of me stopped a car length back. Where the sensor wasn’t. And so did “I’m with Stupid” in the other lane. Now we went through about three cycles of lights, with ours staying red, because nobody was on the sensor this way. The opposite side kept getting green lights, out side kept getting left turn signals because people would get in the turn and sit on the sensor because they weren’t sister fucking inbreds, like the guy in front of me.

I finally lost it and started honking the shit out of my horn and waving my arms, trying to convey “Move up one space you fucking sped!” Imbecile in front of me apparently found this frightening, and drove through a red light to get away from me. I finally pulled into position, the car in the other lane still staying one length back, and got all of us a green light. I think both of those idiots would still be sitting there now if I hadn’t lost it.

 

[Corbin Dallas Multipass]

Yeah, I know them feels! People who think you're supposed to form a 3 car wide blockade to make sure everyone behind you is going the speed limit on the highway piss me off too. Like, what, 65 wasn't good enough, you had to change lanes so you could go 65.5? Even worse when they move to the passing lane, don't speed up at all, then after a while just give up and move back.

There needs to be a special lane for people who haven't gotten in an accident in X amount of time, with a higher speed limit and more lax rules. Let the morons who can't go a month without crashing drive with eachother...