What's with people and their windshield wipers?

Well they're doing a better job than I am, afraid to say; my car doesn't even have windshield wipers.

12345AGNST1 wrote:

Dude, don't even get me started with bad drivers on the road. I have pretty horrible road rage. So many things bug me out when I'm driving. Two things I can't STAND is people who

A) don't signal

feel the need to jump ahead of a bunch of cars before a lane ends. Anytime I see a car trying to do that behind me I just quickly cut to the right. Lik c'mon, do you really fucking think your going to get to point B faster by getting ahead of one car?

I so HATE it when someone takes advantage of the shoulder during an upcoming merge! I deliberately lean my car to the right too! For me, it's no different than someone cutting in line at the grocery store, no?

It's childish and stupid to try and cut ahead that way unless you're a cop and it's an emergency (which is a good reason to leave the shoulder clear).

Another beef of mine is tail-gaiting in general. Okay, so you're gonna climb up my ass while I'm stuck behind someone else....that will get you real far.

Bu2 wrote:

...Alf, you need those thingies. They come in handy when the rain comes.

Yes. Things are a little tight right now so I'm saving. I was going try to pick up a pair when I bought a new windshield.

Alf Alpha wrote:

Yes. Things are a little tight right now so I'm saving. I was going try to pick up a pair when I bought a new windshield.

Well, that makes a lot of sense. Why have wipers for a non-existant windshield?

May I ask....is your car make of a cardboard box on top of tricycle wheels? If so, I hope you at least have an Obama sticker on your, um, bumper.

Alf Alpha wrote:

No, it's an old Camry. And you bet I have an Obama sticker on the bumper. It's the only thing holding it on.

...I think I'm in love with you.

Byrnzie wrote:

Similar deal with people and their umbrellas up even after the rain has stopped. Or with people walking through tunnels with their umbrellas up.
I also love it when people get onto trains and place their umbrellas upside down on the floor just inside the train door, still fully open, and leave them there so that we can trip over them.

I think I know the answer to that.

It's called "Preoccupation". So many people are preoccupied while traveling these days that I sometimes wish they would just stop traveling and sit at home on their cell phones, with their umbrellas, with their windshield wipers on.....

Too many people don't think.

i've stopped driving to work which i think has helped bolster my love of humanity. level still isn't all that high, but it's a bit better lol

although it's fun to see stupidity even when one isn't behind the wheel. yesterday on the way home, the bus was turning right and this stupid bitch runs out in FRONT of the bus. bus honks, then continues on....and then we all hear this moron scream. it was really windy and apparently she lost her damn hat and the back tire of the bus ran it over.

it was awesome was some little hat, not some elaborate expensive top hat or something. although that would have made it funnier to me.

RolandTD20Kdrummer wrote:

I get that merge thing all the time, and in the same place. People desperately break out into a lane that merges 50 feet ahead anyway into solid traffic only to waste gas, cut people off, and save a whole 5 seconds.

Saw it again tonight actually, the guy almost got nailed by an oncoming car in the lane he was cutting into....buddy just wailed on the horn and brakes, and barely missed him...almost saved 5 sacred seconds to risk a messy accident. Nice.

I may never understand the wiper thing...

The other day I was at a red light and up ahead is of course a 2 lane into one. So the light turns green and we all go. Last time I checked your supposed to alternate. So one car goes ahead of me and of course I let them, then I see the next car on my left trying to get ahead of me, so it pissed me off and I sped up. He still wouldn't let me through and it to where a point where I was cornered (there are these stupid orange cones by the cross walks to prevent cars from driving by it, so i was stuck behind it with this guy that wouldn't let me through) Anyway so I honk at him and give him the finger and just forced myself to get ahead of him (works every time). Then he gets all pissed that god forbid I didn't let him get ahead of me, so he starts tailgating and high beaming me. So I drop my speed from 40 to 25-30 the entire road to piss him off. Then I finally brake checked him and sped up. THEN we get to a red light and he purposely stops alongside me even though he could've pulled up more. I just waved at him telling him to move ahead and gave him a look.

Yes, I have road rage.

There's a guy I work with during the summer that when he drives, leaves his right turn signal on for at least 10 minutes every time he uses it. He turns off the left one immediately every time, but the right is left on every single time. It blows my mind. I've spent so much time trying to figure out why

i've been known to do this, all spaced out i am.

it rains so much that i have burned up the "high" setting on the windshield wiper switch, it no longer works on high....

edit..i stop at green lights too