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Do you have a driving habit that irritates other drivers? When I see a red light ahead, I release the gas pedal and cruise to a stop.

Some people get so angry, they changes lanes, floor it, and speed to the light, slamming on their brakes. Then I slowly cruise along side, look over and give them a smile.

Posted - January 27, 2022

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  • 10635
    Yes.  Several of them - 

    I drive the speed limit.
    I stop at red lights.
    I don't pass over double lines.
    I come to a complete stop at stop signs (and then look both ways before proceeding).
    I don't "go" the very instant a light changes to green.
    I slow down when the light turns yellow.




      January 27, 2022 12:32 PM MST
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  • 13277
    The vast majority of people stop at red lights and stop signs, so you're not unique. If they didn't, there would be a lot more accidents.
      January 27, 2022 12:37 PM MST
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  • 10635
    Not around here they don't.  Before 6 am, stop signs are ignored completely, and red lights (or flashing red lights), are merely suggestions.
    Between the crazy drivers and the loonies taking off their clothes in the middle of a highway or freeway, we get LOTS of accidents.
      January 27, 2022 2:12 PM MST
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  • 53504

     

      Wait, Shuhak, I need addresses, cross streets or the coordinates, the latitude and longitude, something! Hurry, man, this is a matter of utmost importance! Grrrrrrrr.


    ~

      January 27, 2022 8:18 PM MST
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  • 10635
    Although most offenders are female, trust me, they are NOT that cute.  
      January 29, 2022 11:09 AM MST
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  • 53504

     

      Dude, you’re probably holding out on me so that you can keep the best ones all to yourself. Grrrrrrr.






     




    Reported. 

    :(

      January 29, 2022 1:25 PM MST
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  • 10635
    More like...


      January 29, 2022 3:20 PM MST
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  • 53504

     

      I don’t know him her him her . . . I don’t know who that is.

    :|

     

     

      January 30, 2022 7:37 AM MST
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  • 10635
    Neither do I.  However, this is what many of our "road strippers" used to look like back in their "prime" (if you know what I mean).
      January 30, 2022 10:41 AM MST
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  • 44603
    For God's sake, why do people here keep posting pics of my ex?
      January 30, 2022 11:19 AM MST
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  • 10635
    They keep getting into trouble.
      January 30, 2022 12:46 PM MST
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  • 53504

     

      (They keep She keeps)

      January 30, 2022 4:03 PM MST
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  • 10635
    YOu never know, the ex might be a he (and there might be more than one).
      January 30, 2022 9:50 PM MST
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  • 53504

     

     Then it would have to be written that way. Also, he’s written many times about his ex, and she is a she.
    ~

      January 30, 2022 10:23 PM MST
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  • 44603
    That is a recipe for a lot of road-rage. You might get shot.
      January 27, 2022 2:28 PM MST
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  • 53504

     


      (road rage)

    No hyphen.


      January 30, 2022 3:59 PM MST
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  • 13277
    changes change lanes
    along side alongside

    You should write as carefully as you drive. Grrrrrrr.

      January 27, 2022 12:41 PM MST
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  • 44603
    Thanks occifer. I am lazy today.
      January 27, 2022 2:29 PM MST
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  • 1817
    yes
    It takes me a quarter of a second to move my foot from the break to the gas pedal when the light turns green and people are very unhappy about that 
      January 27, 2022 12:42 PM MST
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  • 19937
    That is the definition of a "split second."
      January 27, 2022 1:30 PM MST
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  • 44603
    There were a few times that would have gotten me t-boned.
      January 27, 2022 2:30 PM MST
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  • 19937
    No matter how fast I'm driving, if I leave too much space between me and the car in front of me, there's always someone who has to squeak in.
      January 27, 2022 1:32 PM MST
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  • 44603
    That's not on you, it's them.
      January 27, 2022 2:30 PM MST
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  • 19937
    True, but when they slip into a space that's too close to both of us, it can be nerve-jangling.
      January 27, 2022 2:33 PM MST
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