A Prius was being a screaming selfish self appointed traffic mercenary ass yesterday morning. I forgot an item at home and had to drive back for about three miles and of course I was in a hurry. Not shit for traffic because everyone is still living off the government in the stuck up suburb after I enter Hennepin County (the county that contains Murderapolis) adjacent to the RED County where I live. But sure, got behind one (not in my Hellcat or this BS would have been over in 50 yards, fuck the no passing on two lanes, I would have spit rubber all over that asshole), that bastard was 30 mph in a 50, gleefully watching his rear mirror. He was so happy that I could not afford to go around because the vehicles coming the other way we’re about spread out enough to prohibit my pig Chev Tahoe from getting around him. Oh, until I got adjacent to my own long yard and the beginning of the shoulder leading to the turn lane. Then the bastard ate dirt and dust big time! WTF kind of attitude is that? And I mean his attitude not mine!
It's getting worse everywhere ! Not only do you have these sanctimonious hyper-miler types but there are the self-important jerks on their cell phones weaving back & forth like a drunk and maintaining an erratic speed. I have started taking great pleasure in passing them with my horn blaring the entire time.
When I first moved to Calif, I thought no one knew how to use a blinker. But then I learned......no one uses them because when you do, people will close you out so you can't get infront of them. People there zombie drive until they see that blinker, then it's the Douchebag 500 to make sure you don't get over.
What really gets me is all of the lane changing people do to move up one spot.....until the next lane starts to move....then they kill themselves to get back over. Being able to use the car pool lane made having a motorcycle so much nicer.
FL is like that too. When I 1st moved here from Mich I always signaled but I quickly learned it's like waving a red flag @ a bull and ppl here will do everything they can to cut you off.
Other FL favorites encountered frequently - ppl that:
old ppl in huge cars/trucks they can't handle and drive around @ 10 mph under the limit to save gas
come to a complete stop before turning off a main road
pull out in front of you & then go under the limit where there was no traffic behind you
cut you off & brake hard to turn when there was no traffic behind you
are in the left lane & decide they need to turn HERE, stop, wait for traffic in the right lane to clear so they can cut across (and get pissed when they see traffic going around them)
driving endlessly with their signal going
going for blocks & blocks, signal on, stopping to read every street sign (don't know where they are going & can't read the signs
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flinging cig butts, fast food containers, food out the window as they drive