Why are some drivers so impatient?

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I love the "And he/she aggressively followed me right on my rear bumper for 147 miles, making me fear for the safety of my CHILDREN" anecdotes, as if simply pulling over to let him/her crash into the back of someone else isn't an option.

misterbarlow

Exiting my estate there is one long lane out, that turns into two just before the lights, with a straight on in left lane and right only in right lane, and the straight on goes green while the right stays red for a while, then the right filter comes on..

I have lost count of the cars that will go around the queue half up onto the central island and drive along the island half on it and back down, to get past the queue and into the right turn lane, then drive down to the lights, where they then sit at red, then the straight on lane goes green and everybody drives past them including the car they were originally just behind!!
If they had sat in the queue they would still be in the same place at the same time, just totally impatient, happens every morning!!!

James2k

Ganga wrote: »

As soon as the flashing lights and hooting the horn started i would have been out of my car and asked them what was their problem,to many impatiant drivers on the roads these days.:(

Ganga wrote: »

I would have sped up a little bit then hit the brakes as hard as i could,i know this is not really a safe thing to do but would love to see her face when she hit the back of my car and i called the police and reminded her her insurance would go thru the roof.:eek:

iltisman

It may be possible for the op to adjust the route they take to avoid this issue. Perhaps taking a later turn and returning to take an easy left.

Ganga

Richard53 wrote: »

Sorry, but this is an unbelievably stupid thing to suggest.



Obviously.



So you're prepared to damage your own car and risk injury to yourself and any bystanders just to prove a point to a stranger?


You're just as bad.

No i am not but will not be intimidated by a d..k head who thinks they own the road.

James2k

Careful Richard, don't make him angry, you wouldn't like him when hes angry.

Car_54

Ganga wrote: »

No i am not but will not be intimidated by a d..k head who thinks they own the road.

Is that any worse than a d..khead who takes the law into his own hands, and is prepared to commit offences in so doing?

[Deleted User]

It's usually people who crawl to a red light on an incline hoping it changes in time before they reach the line because they didn't learn hill starts while learning to drive. Funny how they don't do this at the next set of lights and the set after. I'll usually just under take them.

Richard53

Ganga wrote: »

No i am not but will not be intimidated by a d..k head who thinks they own the road.

I won't let myself be intimidated either, but I won't cause an accident just to prove a point. Let them past (to have their accident elsewhere), slow down or even stop. Wave them through. Even smile. That isn't being intimidated or giving in; it's being the adult in the situation.

cubegame

I'll bite because I'm the kind of driver that your rant is aimed at.

Let's not call it impatient driving - Let's call it alpha-driving.

An alpha-driver will not understand why a 30 minute journey should take 45 mins because other people on the road cannot drive. Therefore they are forced to compensate for your ineptitude by attempting to take your road position at every point.

Unfortunately, you (and your kindred - the other 98% of UK drivers) have no confidence, do not know the width of your car and are utterly incapable of driving at the speed limit. Your natural habitat will be the middle lane of a motorway or crawling tractor like along a road which would otherwise be a useful rat run. You probably own a inverse tardis car (ie. massive on the outside, tiny on the inside) to try and compensate for the primeval fear that overwhelms you every time you have to drive above 15 mph.

The main lesson is that you need to recognise the alpha-driver and pull out of the way. However, it would be better if you quit driving as you probably don't have the skill set.