How do you feel when someone cuts you off in traffic & doesn't give a basic "I'm sorry" hand-wave?"

Orrex

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Wed Jun-15-11 10:52 PM
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Poll question: How do you feel when someone cuts you off in traffic & doesn't give a basic "I'm sorry" hand-wave?"

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Swede

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Wed Jun-15-11 10:53 PM
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1. It all depends on my mood.

Usually I don't let something like that bother me. Other times it does piss me off.

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struggle4progress

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Wed Jun-15-11 10:57 PM
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2. It makes me want to go home and subscribe to a whole bunch of guns and ammo magazines

so I can flip thru them thinking about how fucked up my life is and how rude people are to me until I finally decide to buy a lotta guns and ammo and spend my time on the target range thinking about how fucked up my life is and how rude people are to me and how I'm not gonna take it any more

But by the time I get home I usually just make myself an iced coffee, and I read a math book for a while, and I figure driving is dangerous, and I'm glad I got home safely, and I completely forget all about the guns and ammo stuff

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petronius

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Wed Jun-15-11 10:58 PM
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3. There's a line in a science fiction story, I believe by Howard Waldrop, that has vaguely stuck

in my mind. Paraphrasing, it goes something like this: "Driving in Dallas is a test of manhood; if another driver gets in front of you he clearly has a bigger dick than you do. Rather than let that happen, it's better that both of you die."

That's my 'Other'.

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Kat45

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Wed Jun-15-11 11:46 PM
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4. I'm in Boston. It's par for the course. n/t

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edbermac

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Thu Jun-16-11 12:02 AM
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5. I give them 'half the peace sign'

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pacalo

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Thu Jun-16-11 12:44 AM
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6. These days turn signals are regarded as optional equipment & a safe two-car distance

beween two cars is regarded as an opportunity for a third car to squeeze in. So, I'm used to it & have conditioned myself to drive defensively & to assume that I'm surrounded by idiot drivers that need watching.

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saras

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Thu Jun-16-11 02:32 AM
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7. Gleeful, vengeful, and adamantine of resolve

But that's because I have a two-ton truck with steel I-beam front and rear bumpers, about forty dents already, and a big sign I hold up when I come after them, saying "no license, no insurance, no money, no regrets".

They never cut me off in traffic again except when they run their wheelchair out into a crosswalk. Muhahahaha!

and when I'm not being Walter Mitty on crack, I don't even notice. It's utterly normal. I probably wouldn't notice the hand-wave if it did happen.

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HopeHoops

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Thu Jun-16-11 06:53 AM
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8. It depends. Sometimes mellow, other times I want to relocate their exhaust pipe up their ass.

Muffler and all.

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RSillsbee

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Thu Jun-16-11 11:47 AM
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9. One of my favorite experiences

Was driving a military (PLS) truck through Denver, during rush hour, loaded w/ 155mm artillery rounds.

Per Colorado law I was required to have " Explosives" placards prominently displayed on all 4 sides of the truck.

It was like driving in a bubble w/ traffic jam all around me. People would pull up, look at those signs and go away

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struggle4progress

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Thu Jun-16-11 04:43 PM
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12. Whoa. Now I'm gonna hafta find out if it's illegal to slap DOT Explosives stickers all over my car

if I'm not actually hauling explosives

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RSillsbee

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Thu Jun-16-11 04:48 PM
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13. I asked on the return trip. The answer is " No." NT

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Enrique

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Thu Jun-16-11 01:40 PM
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10. part of me is glad they're keeping their hands on the wheel n/t

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bigwillq

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Thu Jun-16-11 01:40 PM
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11. Sometimes it bothers me, sometimes it doesn't.

Depends on what kind of mood I am in that day.

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