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Kevin 05-12-2010 01:13 PM
You're an asshole, not a genius
 
http://i.imgur.com/Gu0AH.png

AOII Angel 05-12-2010 01:15 PM
Love it!

33girl 05-12-2010 01:17 PM
And the other side of that coin - the guy who speeds up the right side and then tries to get over and doesn't understand why people aren't slamming on their brakes to let him in.

MysticCat 05-12-2010 01:18 PM
Wisdom and Truth!

honeychile 05-12-2010 01:32 PM
I used to carpool with that guy - and yet people wondered why I always had a few spare pair of panties in my desk drawer!

epchick 05-12-2010 03:17 PM
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Originally Posted by 33girl (Post 1927907)
And the other side of that coin - the guy who speeds up the right side and then tries to get over and doesn't understand why people aren't slamming on their brakes to let him in.
Or worse....the guy who knows it's not a turn lane, but gets up to the intersection and makes the right turn anyways.


People do that here all the time at the intersection by my house (lots of construction, so it's 2 lanes, the left lane is the left turn only, but people in the right lane are ALWAYS turning left).

AOII Angel 05-12-2010 03:25 PM
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Originally Posted by DrPhil (Post 1927995)
I think almost everyone has been that asshole for whatever reason. This includes speeding up so you can get past everyone else when you have to merge into one lane. None of that has anything to do with "genius," though.

But, I swear this thread has interesting GC timing. LOL.
There are always going to be times when you end up "that guy" because you didn't know the lane was ending or didn't pay attention, but I think we all see those people who purposefully pull out of the right lane traffic to cut around with signs clearly showing that the lane is merging, ending or not turning. I used to get this every morning on 295 South just outside Baltimore, and I saw the same cars do it every single day.

AOII Angel 05-12-2010 03:29 PM
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Originally Posted by DrPhil (Post 1928027)
That annoys me because traffic will go a lot more quickly if they stayed where they are, everyone else merged early, and we DROVE.

I often wonder how hard it is for some people to DRIVE. Are you texting or doing something else instead of paying attention? Are you rubber necking and being nosy? Get out of my way, dammit!
You sound like me after driving at least an hour to work everyday for the past 3 years!

Kevin 05-12-2010 04:14 PM
I've been known to block the passing lane when it's been at all possible -- pulling halfway into the left lane, securing my spot in line, but blocking those who think their time is more valuable than everyone else's.

If everyone did this, this wouldn't be a problem.

AOII Angel 05-12-2010 04:42 PM
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Originally Posted by Kevin (Post 1928063)
I've been known to block the passing lane when it's been at all possible -- pulling halfway into the left lane, securing my spot in line, but blocking those who think their time is more valuable than everyone else's.

If everyone did this, this wouldn't be a problem.
Ha...sometimes I do things like that. My husband loves to slow down when someone is tailgating him just to annoy them. It's even funnier when the car next to you does it, too.

Kevin 05-12-2010 04:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Jen (Post 1928075)
In Spokane last summer a group of us were driving across town and the traffic was backed up. The left highway lane was empty. We couldn't figure out what was up, no one was in the left lane, yet it wasn't blocked off ahead of us that we could see. So our driver got into the lane and proceeded to drive for TWO MILES until the lane was finally blocked and we had to get back in the right lane.

We still can't figure out why everyone hadn't just waited to merge at the block. Saved us time though lol.
You can usually tell the difference between asshole drivers and the legitimately lost.

DEVODUDE 05-12-2010 05:04 PM
[QUOTKevin;1927901]http://i.imgur.com/Gu0AH.png

COOL!!!!:D I LOVE THIS......It reminds me of New Jersey!!!!

Kevin 05-12-2010 05:23 PM
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Originally Posted by DEVODUDE (Post 1928088)
COOL!!!!:D I LOVE THIS......It reminds me of New Jersey!!!!
The asshole part or the picture part?

starang21 05-12-2010 05:35 PM
is the guy cutting in a congested line and blocking traffic or just cutting into an opening left by a slow driver?

starang21 05-12-2010 05:37 PM
asshole or genius, he gets to make the turn before you do.

LMAO.

DEVODUDE 05-12-2010 07:47 PM
Kevin:The asshole part or the picture part?

To answer your question...BOTH.

LucyKKG 05-13-2010 01:28 AM
Ugh, I hate it when people do this when pulling into a school parking lot!!! Jerks used to do this at my high school, and I've gotten to see it again a few times from subbing. It was totally deliberate.

navane 05-13-2010 08:37 PM
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Originally Posted by starang21 (Post 1928122)
asshole or genius, he gets to make the turn before you do.

LMAO.
Not if I have anything to say about it. I usually ride the bumper of the person in front of me so close that the "merger" doesn't get a chance to get in. Otherwise, like Kevin, I'll actually pull over a bit so that they can't get around the lane to the outside of me.

.....Kelly :)

starang21 05-13-2010 10:08 PM
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Originally Posted by navane (Post 1928963)
Not if I have anything to say about it. I usually ride the bumper of the person in front of me so close that the "merger" doesn't get a chance to get in. Otherwise, like Kevin, I'll actually pull over a bit so that they can't get around the lane to the outside of me.

.....Kelly :)
and you'll watch them sneak in front of someone ahead of you. and while you're half in the lane, they'll still go around you.

RU OX Alum 05-13-2010 10:23 PM
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Originally Posted by starang21 (Post 1929000)
and you'll watch them sneak in front of someone ahead of you. and while you're half in the lane, they'll still go around you.

That's true.

navane 05-13-2010 10:46 PM
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Originally Posted by starang21 (Post 1929000)
and you'll watch them sneak in front of someone ahead of you. and while you're half in the lane, they'll still go around you.
I don't think we're thinking about the same type of scenario. This is what I mean. No love for I-won't-merge-like-I'm-supposed-to guy:

http://img36.imageshack.us/img36/6998/onramps41a.jpg

.....Kelly :)

bostongreek 05-13-2010 11:34 PM
ngl, i'm totally that asshole. luckily for everyone, i only drive two weeks out of the year

starang21 05-14-2010 07:19 AM
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Originally Posted by navane (Post 1929016)
I don't think we're thinking about the same type of scenario. This is what I mean. No love for I-won't-merge-like-I'm-supposed-to guy:

http://img36.imageshack.us/img36/6998/onramps41a.jpg

.....Kelly :)
ahh, from a merging lane into a driving lane. not from a driving lane into a driving lane. either way, unless there's a concrete median.....they might drive on the shoulder to get around you.

DaemonSeid 05-14-2010 07:33 AM
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Originally Posted by starang21 (Post 1928121)
is the guy cutting in a congested line and blocking traffic or just cutting into an opening left by a slow driver?

Looking at that picture, there is an exit on 495 S that gets congested at Waldorf because MOST people who are getting off are heading to the RIGHT.

I am usually the guy cutting in because I am that one guy who wants to head left and 9 times out of 10 MOST of those clowns are 'that slow driver' leaving gaps and holding everyone else up.

starang21 05-14-2010 11:36 AM
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Originally Posted by DaemonSeid (Post 1929095)
I am usually the guy cutting in because I am that one guy who wants to head left and 9 times out of 10 MOST of those clowns are 'that slow driver' leaving gaps and holding everyone else up.
exactly. don't blame the genius, blame slow sucker.


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