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**bridgegaurd** · 07-06-2009, 07:21 PM

quote:Originally posted by Anne F. Goodman

When i was running dirt cars we used to sit around and talk about taking an old claimer or demo derby car out on the road and rub some of the rude folks that on the road.

I still think it would be fun today, with a big cell phone painted on the side.

**Mark57** · 07-06-2009, 07:23 PM

When bozo's like that come up behind you, you wish you had a 2 Ton HD Transtar/Diesel with an insecure load of bricks on board.[B)]

<h5>Mark
'57 Transtar Deluxe
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**tim87114** · 07-06-2009, 08:33 PM

What is it with people today? It blows me away when you are doing 55-60 and people have enough, well, lack of brains to pull a stunt like that. I completely agree, since when do people think that being in a hurry is worth more than me and my families life. It is sad, and I see it every day on the roads around california.

**barnlark** · 07-06-2009, 08:50 PM

Then again, there's always the chance he went over the cliff and is having to suck moisture out of cactus for three days until someone finds him. [}

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**BRUCESTUDE** · 07-06-2009, 09:02 PM

Nothing gets my goat more than when some idiot HAS to pass or tailgate just because I'm in an old car!!!!JERKS!!! When someone smiles and waves,tho, it can make everything all better.[8D]

**Thomas63R2** · 07-06-2009, 09:44 PM

The years go by and some things never change - do any of you remember some of the old driver's ed movies like Disney's "Mr Wheeler", or some of the awful ones like "Blood on the Highway"?

There always seems to be a certain percentage subset of drivers who may otherwise be nice good people who become the proverbial horse's ass once behind the wheel - power does that to some people.

Just the other day I was driving by a local trio of schools, two elementary and one middle school. Posted 35 mph speed limit which I was doing, and one legal lane in each direction. A Lexus fills up my rear view mirror - then passes me IN THE BICYCLE LANE! Good grief. This actually happens too often, this time I really lay on my horn and get the digit salute in return. This person got exactly one car length ahead of where they were as they pull in behind the car that I was following. That is a lot of trouble for little gain. At the stop light I blare my horn and get more fist waving in return. Finally, a lady (well, not really) gets out of the Lexus and starts screaming at me that I am a bad driver - I tell her she doesn't own the road - she tells me I am a slow driver - its useless but I point out how little she gained with her driving stunt. Then she unleashes 100 lbs of fury on my car and actually dented it with her fists. She took off and I filed a police report - but apparently I didn't get the license plate number correct. Yeah I know its not smart to provoke a nut driver into a confrontation, but I also feel that is exactly why some people will drive as if the road really is theirs, and theirs alone - because no one ever tells them they are wrong. I'll probably still toot my horn at self centered driver's, but not continue to blare the horn after that.

Thomas

Long time hot rodder
Packrat junk collector
'63 Avanti R2 4 speed

**kmul221** · 07-07-2009, 04:25 AM

In Ontario,Canada we have a "hot line" phone number to call the police & report the vehicle licence plate & offence.The owner gets a letter from the authorities.If reported again (he-she) gets a visit from the police & has to take driver classes & is reported to their insurance company.No matter how fast you go it's never good enough for some drivers.

**Johnnywiffer** · 07-07-2009, 05:31 AM

**tutone63** · 07-07-2009, 06:33 AM

It is always nice to hear of a moron driver getting his car squashed due to his stupidity. I have had the misfortune of folks who think that because I am in an old car I must be slow, I mean, I usually drive 5-10 miles an hour over the speed limit, and they will have been going about the same, but as soon as I get near them, either an on ramp or a turn, they think they have to floor it to get around me. At first I just thought they were actually maintaining a speed faster than me...but no, most pass and slow down...sometimes slower than I was driving in the first place... So now when I see one of those and they floor it to get around me...I floor it too. Usually at around 85 they give up. but some don't and I usually call it quits at around 90..cause after that it isn't worth it...but as soon as the pass me, they slow back down to the speed they were at before...and sometimes I catch up with them...oh well...

1963 Lark, 259 V8, two-tone paint, Twin Traction. Driven often, always noticed!

**Swifster** · 07-07-2009, 07:53 AM

quote:Originally posted by tutone63

So now when I see one of those and they floor it to get around me...I floor it too. Usually at around 85 they give up. but some don't and I usually call it quits at around 90..cause after that it isn't worth it...but as soon as the pass me, they slow back down to the speed they were at before...and sometimes I catch up with them...oh well...

I'm sorry, but I have to say it. You are a horse's rear end. You don't drag race a car passing you. This is just as dangerous as anything Anne mentioned. I have seen this now and then and if someone drag races me while trying to get around them, I start drifting to the right until he backs down or I hit them (I haven't hit them yet). This is how bad accidents happen. Those cars that do get by you probably slow down on purpose because of your antics.

This is the reason I don't get a motorcycle. I've seen everything down here from passing on double yellow lines and passing on the bicycle lane, to motorcycles passing between the lanes and between cars at freeway speeds.

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Tom - Mulberry, FL

1964 Studebaker Daytona - 289 4V, 4-Speed (Cost To Date: $2125.60)

1964 Studebaker Commander 170-1V, 3-speed w/OD (Cost to Date: $623.67)

**r1lark** · 07-07-2009, 08:06 AM

Tom,

I'm not sure I understand how less dangerous it is to "....start drifting to the right until he backs down or I hit them...". This also seems like how bad accidents happen.

Paul
Winston-Salem, NC
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**Swifster** · 07-07-2009, 09:07 AM

quote:Originally posted by r1lark

Tom,

I'm not sure I understand how less dangerous it is to "....start drifting to the right until he backs down or I hit them...". This also seems like how bad accidents happen.

If I'm going to hit somebody, I'd rather hit the idiot drag racing me than the innocent person coming at me in the oncoming lane.

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Tom - Mulberry, FL

1964 Studebaker Daytona - 289 4V, 4-Speed (Cost To Date: $2125.60)

1964 Studebaker Commander 170-1V, 3-speed w/OD (Cost to Date: $623.67)

**mausersmth** · 07-07-2009, 09:30 AM

met a nut last Sunday coming home from Carroll County with my girlfriend and two other passengers in the Cruiser.

Posted limit was 60, I was averaging 70, in the left lane as there was slower traffic on the road. Saw a late model 4x4 pickup coming up fast behind me as I was approaching yet another slower car. The 4x moves to the right lane and tries to pass, but we reach the slower car too soon and he had to back off.

Once we pass the car, the 4x again moves to the right lane, but this time pulls alongside me and comes about a foot over the line towards the Cruiser! [:0]

As he pulled away I'm afraid we were a bit too shaken to get the tag number.

A. Charles Eck, Jr.
Essex, MD

Studebakers were made to drive! (Besides, they don't get lost as easy in the Wal-Mart parking lot!)

'64 Cruiser 'Louise'
'57 Commander 4 door sedan 'Bluebird'
'66 Ford F-250
'66 Ford F-100
'53 John Deere 50
'41 John Deere H All-Fuel
'41 John Deere B All-Fuel

**raprice** · 07-07-2009, 09:31 AM

Anne, it's a fact that too many morons drive on our roads. It's unfortunate that these same morons reproduce and live among us. It's not in a particular state of our union, but it's all over. I see these jerks all the time. I really try to get out of their way, hoping they'll run into a tree or something, just not some other innocent driver.
I'm glad that you survived.
Rog

'59 Lark VI Regal Hardtop
Smithtown,NY

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