Why are some drivers so impatient?

[Deleted User]

Hate having my 10 minute commute work dragged out to 20 minutes because I'm stuck behind a scrappage scheme Fiat Panda. Who won't drive above 25mph even in the 40 zone and slows right down to 20 to go past the Gatso on the other side of the road.

Norman_Castle

cubegame wrote: »

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.

You appear to consider yourself more capable than other drivers and think that driving "fast" demonstrates your "alpha driving" :rotfl:. The 98% of drivers who don't act like an overexcited child running around a supermarket drive like they do because they've got nothing to prove. Good drivers go unnoticed, they're neither to fast or too slow, they simply fit in with other traffic.
You see yourself as the Alpha male, others see a kid in a car.

James2k

Norman_Castle wrote: »

You appear to consider yourself more capable than other drivers and think that driving "fast" demonstrates your "alpha driving" :rotfl:. The 98% of drivers who don't act like an overexcited child running around a supermarket drive like they do because they've got nothing to prove. Good drivers go unnoticed, they're neither to fast or too slow, they simply fit in with other traffic.
You see yourself as the Alpha male, others see a kid in a car.

You are jumping to some conclusions, he didn't say he drives 'fast'

he is right though, in that a lot of drivers are not especially skilled at driving, its what they do to get from A to B, not thinking about it, just doing it.

Whereas people like cube, (i would imagine) take pride in their driving, being as efficient as possible, but quite frankly, its hard with the 'drones' around.

Sometimes it can get frustrating, that others don't seem to be as adept as they could be (most people like i said, are not interested in driving, nor improving their standard thereof). We're only human after all.

Ultimately though, there aren't separate roads for the differing ability levels, and as such a big part of the skillset of drivers is the 'patience' category, in some ways, the hardest to learn.

cubegame

Norman_Castle wrote: »

You appear to consider yourself more capable than other drivers and think that driving "fast" demonstrates your "alpha driving" :rotfl:. The 98% of drivers who don't act like an overexcited child running around a supermarket drive like they do because they've got nothing to prove. Good drivers go unnoticed, they're neither to fast or too slow, they simply fit in with other traffic.
You see yourself as the Alpha male, others see a kid in a car.

As the post below your states I never mentioned driving fast. I generally stick to the limit.

I just don't do queuing and waiting if I don't have to. I'll be the guy who safely merges in at the last minute (you'll call it cutting in - it isn't).

Car_54

cubegame wrote: »

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.

Would that be A for Arrogant, or A for A***hole? Or both?

Norman_Castle

cubegame wrote: »

As the post below your states I never mentioned driving fast. I generally stick to the limit.

I just don't do queuing and waiting if I don't have to. I'll be the guy who safely merges in at the last minute (you'll call it cutting in [would I?] - it isn't).

I'm generally 10mph either side of the speed limit along with the majority of other drivers and rarely find other drivers lacking confidence, not sure where these 98% of drivers are.

I don't think merging at the last minute is particularly safe. Merging in turn is more considerate and likely to be safer.

Norman_Castle

James2k wrote: »

You are jumping to some conclusions, he didn't say he drives 'fast'

Of course he does, he's the Alpha male.

cubegame

Norman_Castle wrote: »

I'm generally 10mph either side of the speed limit along with the majority of other drivers and rarely find other drivers lacking confidence, not sure where these 98% of drivers are.

I don't think merging at the last minute is particularly safe. Merging in turn is more considerate and likely to be safer.

You've defeated your own argument.

I would happy to merge in turn. Its the most efficient way of preventing traffic. But no one in the UK can do it. If they could, decent drivers wouldn't be able to merge in safety at the last minute.

Alanp

I’ve never really understood the phrase an accident waiting to happen, until I read these posts

Norman_Castle

cubegame wrote: »

You've defeated your own argument.

I would happy to merge in turn. Its the most efficient way of preventing traffic. But no one in the UK can do it. If they could, decent drivers wouldn't be able to merge in safety at the last minute.

Merging in turn prevents traffic? I'm pleased that you're happy to merge in turn but merging at the last minute is unlikely to be the safest, but what do I know, you're the Alpha male.