Stupid Driver Tricks

[stickmaker]

I'm trying to figure out if this was deliberate, or simply someone completely unaware of the consequences of their actions.

I was on the way to work this morning, half a block from a cross street I needed to get on, and signaling a left lane change so I could be ready for the upcoming left turn. The moment I put my turn signal on, the woman in the car behind me swerved into the left lane and pulled up beside me, and "flew formation" so I couldn't complete the lane change. I had to hit the brakes and slow to 15 MPH in a 35 zone to get far enough behind her to safely move over. Fortunately, there was no traffic behind us.

Whether that was planned or accidental, the result was incredibly rude. I suspect she meant to do it, because when I pulled up beside her two lights later she refused to look at me.

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Stupid driver tricks..

[(Anonymous)]

She could've been mostly asleep,if it was early in the morning..sort of driving on autopilot. I wonder how many stupid driver tricks are the result of being unfamiliar with a particular vehicle,rather than rudeness? I've wondered if this is why SUV drivers get a reputation for being rude..going from the Honda Civic to a Cadillac Escalade or some such is a change-maybe they're just unfamiliar with how a larger vehicle handles.
Two jobs ago, I got elected to drive a 2 ton truck with about 4000 pounds of scrap iron in it solely because I knew how to drive a standard shift..I had a VW Bug. The largest thing I'd driven up to that point was a Caprice. I don't recommend learining to drive large trucks this way-overloaded with scrap iron,and down narrow streets to the junkyard. I no doubt scared other people,(I scared myself driving it),and probably got quite a few cussings as well..Scott

[cafiorello.livejournal.com]

When I first moved to Kentucky, I actually called the State Police and asked what the state law on signaling a lane change was! I *never* saw anyone else signal a lane change, and whenever we did signal, we got cut off.

Cathy