Unfair, but whatever...

[kfoote]

From the "everyone wants to race the car with the big wing" file...

Well, I was on my way down the road minding my own business in the STi, when I noticed a soccer mom in a late 90's Dodge Caravan tailgaiting me. The road is two lanes wide, and I'm in the right lane cruising along at the flow of traffic. The soccer mom pulls up alongside of me at the last light before the two into one lane merge. The light turns gerrn and I pull away normally, and soccer mom floors it. Soccer mom pulls me by about 1/2 car length, so after I shift into second, I go to about 3/4 throttle and blow by her. I look in the rearview and see a disgusted look on soccer mom's face. After a bit more tailgaiting, I figure a little brake check is in order after I put my directional to go into the gas station that was my original destination. It got her to lock up the front brakes. Sometimes I just don't know what people are thinking.

[Underground_Killah]

simple, it's a soccer mom... they are all alike (and i'm not speaking out of my ass, it's been proven) they all drive gigantic suv's and drive like maniacs because they know if they get in a wreck, the car will not crush them. I hate those people... A soccer mom caused my only other wreck by running a stop sign and trying to blame me for it when i was in my 88 crown vic... thankfully i have a good lawyer and got the insurance instead of her...

[JekylandHyde]

What am I missing?
She got into the left lane to pass you at the light
... she obviously wanted to get on her way and you held her up ... why not just let her go?
Why gun it to get in front of her if you prefered to travel at a slower pace?

[-Josh-]

Because people with fast cars are all the same, they all drive normally until someone my hurt their ego by getting by them a little faster than normal so they have to cut people off(it's been proven)

[kfoote]

Originally Posted by JekylandHyde

What am I missing?
She got into the left lane to pass you at the light
... she obviously wanted to get on her way and you held her up ... why not just let her go?
Why gun it to get in front of her if you prefered to travel at a slower pace?

First off, there was ample opportunity for her to pass me in the 1.5 miles of two lane road prior to the last light.

Second, traffic was heavy enough that by the time I pulled off, I had caught up to the line of traffic ahead of us, and there was nothing to be gained/lost for either of us as far as time arrived at our final destination goes. I don't have a lot of tolerance for people when they have no idea what's going on around them and are not able to assess traffic flow patterns.

The primary reason I don't like being behind minvans and SUV's is I would much rather be ahead of a vehicle I can't see around when I'm behind.

There was no cutting off involved, I was 2 car lengths ahead at the point of the merge.

[Sleepr awd]

ahhh yeah i hate those people, i merge like nothing and everyone i ride w/ is all liek...oh...who's there!? ne one there *move head side to side backwards and doesn't see car stopped in front * crash BURN BOOM we all die...because they're too stupid to drive...

i have a similar story w/ an s10 but my lane ended in 200ft. and i just like to drive fast...i bogged and barely made it but import rules domestic once again

[kman10587]

but import rules domestic once again

Alright, try out-gunning a 'Vette in 200 ft.

[tha_new_guy]

Ehh stop bitching man....in the end you drive an STi home while she drives a minivan home, so you still win.


...if I drove a minivan I'd be a bitch driver too, i think.

[Sleepr awd]

Originally Posted by kman10587

Alright, try out-gunning a 'Vette in 200 ft.

i'm waitin' for the turbo kit i'll take a V6 Camaro though ...stock of course

[crunchymilk55]

I would have NEVER brake-checked in a STI. If she would have hit you, yeah it would have been ur fault, but u would be out of the STI for a few weeks. Why o why would u risk it????

[Sleepr awd]

i was under the impression that almost always if someone hits you in the rear that it is their fault for following too closely? ne ways...how would it be his fault??? he saw a dog/deer/moose/antelope/cat and had to brake to not hit it :P

[nissanfanatic]

^Thats what I thought too.

[Mediocrity]

If you get rear-ended - it's the other person's fault for following too close for conditions.

[PearlGT]

the guy probably mistyped and meant 'her fault' or something. I hate people like this, just recently a stereotypical crazy redneck driver guy was driving a talon tsi down the road very wrecklessly so i got in front of him and in pulled even with a slow ass pepsi truck in a 2 lane road. I felt odd, im 16 and this guy might have been in his mid 20's and im trying to keep HIS ass from killing people.

When he managed to get in front he couldn't resist passing all kinds of traffic in a one lane road, the guy was a lunatic.

[nissanfanatic]

Some people just shouldn't drive. I believe driving tests should be harder.