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snarky · 07-16-2017, 06:10 PM

you have too much time on your hands

OHIOSS · 07-16-2017, 09:31 PM

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Originally Posted by MjrStfy

Friday night coming home from work the car next to me decides he/her wants to have the lane that I'm in after we both made a right turn the Honda goes into the lane next to the yellow divider, I turn into the lane closet to the curb which I believe is the legal and safetest way to make a right turn. The Honda slows down I'm speeding up. We are pretty much side by side and the Honda starts to veer into my lane I gun it to pass the (p.o.s.) blue Honda that the clear coat was faded and flaking off. Look back into the rear view mirror and they make an illegal U turn. 😭 I feel pretty lucky I wasn't hit as they probably didn't have insurance by the looks of the car.

Yesterday drove over to my dad's house on the way back home I get into the left turn lane, the lights green and some douche bag decides they got to have the lane, no turn signal at all, I'm slightly next to their rear bumper in the left turn lane. I had to slam onto the brakes locking the wheels up avoiding an accident. I miss the light that they made and continue on their merry old way. I sit at the light cursing and shaking my head. Again I feel lucky but pissed I almost got into another accident from a careless driver.

You weren't targeted......I was targeted by police. I was stopped 6 times by different police for no front plate. My wife hasn't had a plate on her car ever and she has had it for 6+ and NEVER been stopped for no front plate.

The last time I got stopped the cop told me it was a $325 fine for no front plate and he gave me a warning. I finally gave in and just put the front plate on.

jrhagen · 07-16-2017, 09:49 PM

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Originally Posted by OHIOSS

You weren't targeted......I was targeted by police. I was stopped 6 times by different police for no front plate. My wife hasn't had a plate on her car ever and she has had it for 6+ and NEVER been stopped for no front plate.

The last time I got stopped the cop told me it was a $325 fine for no front plate and he gave me a warning. I finally gave in and just put the front plate on.

Since when is being stopped for breaking the law targeting?

Gunmetal Speedster · 07-16-2017, 09:57 PM

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Originally Posted by OHIOSS

You weren't targeted......I was targeted by police. I was stopped 6 times by different police for no front plate. My wife hasn't had a plate on her car ever and she has had it for 6+ and NEVER been stopped for no front plate.

The last time I got stopped the cop told me it was a $325 fine for no front plate and he gave me a warning. I finally gave in and just put the front plate on.

What part of Ohio are you from? I'm just north of Cinci and I've never ran a front plate on my Mustang GT, 350z, or the Camaro and I've never been hassled about it

rontammy0 · 07-17-2017, 01:35 AM

This thread is funny...4 years of driving a bright orange camaro with white stripes and hella loud exhaust. I dont break the law and guess what ? Not one problem with police. I dont know what else to say...if you break the law well you deserve what you get.

CamaroFred · 07-17-2017, 02:15 AM

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Originally Posted by OHIOSS

You weren't targeted......I was targeted by police. I was stopped 6 times by different police for no front plate. My wife hasn't had a plate on her car ever and she has had it for 6+ and NEVER been stopped for no front plate.

The last time I got stopped the cop told me it was a $325 fine for no front plate and he gave me a warning. I finally gave in and just put the front plate on.

I can tell you right now. When the police do that it is a friendly reminder that they know who you are and they are watching you.

I have no specific clue how you brought this on yourself. It could be the way you look, the way your car looks, the way you drive, your driving record, the loud stereo...
The way you interact with them when they pull you. That circulates among the LEOs.

That is what that is.

Welker2 · 07-17-2017, 02:25 AM

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Originally Posted by MjrStfy

Friday night coming home from work the car next to me decides he/her wants to have the lane that I'm in after we both made a right turn the Honda goes into the lane next to the yellow divider, I turn into the lane closet to the curb which I believe is the legal and safetest way to make a right turn. The Honda slows down I'm speeding up. We are pretty much side by side and the Honda starts to veer into my lane I gun it to pass the (p.o.s.) blue Honda that the clear coat was faded and flaking off. Look back into the rear view mirror and they make an illegal U turn. 😭 I feel pretty lucky I wasn't hit as they probably didn't have insurance by the looks of the car.

Yesterday drove over to my dad's house on the way back home I get into the left turn lane, the lights green and some douche bag decides they got to have the lane, no turn signal at all, I'm slightly next to their rear bumper in the left turn lane. I had to slam onto the brakes locking the wheels up avoiding an accident. I miss the light that they made and continue on their merry old way. I sit at the light cursing and shaking my head. Again I feel lucky but pissed I almost got into another accident from a careless driver.

You aren't being 'targeted', you are just the victim of idiot drivers. Unfortunately, it happens to all of us regardless of what we drive, I have three vehicles and what you've described has happened to me too many times to count whether I'm driving my Camaro, Corvette or CUV.

CamaroFred · 07-17-2017, 03:26 AM

Back on topic.

As far as idiot drivers go, they have no specific targets. Everyone is a target.
They are more important than anyone else in the world and they are out to prove it. If they can save one second by cutting someone off they do it.
The thought never enters their mind that they have to do this 60 times to save one minute.

Now if one minute a day making better time in traffic means something to them I would advise them to get out of bed five minutes earlier than they do and just get in line. But that somehow doesn't make it to their consciousness so I just try to stay out of the way.

The really cool part, and I have seen this many times, is they will eventually take themselves out. Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, but sooner instead of later, it will happen. People with a bit more common sense make it happen later, and for people with a lot of common sense it can take years, if ever.

Now one guy, one time, you never know. Maybe he is rushing to the hospital with blood spurting from an artery or a wife in labor. Give them a break.
But the idiots who put themselves into this situation almost every time they drive, they get no sympathy from me.

Cool story:
So I am leaving the city one afternoon on the expressway. Same drive everyday. Bumper to bumper. I spot a vehicle that must have been 30-40 lengths back. Driving lights behind the grill aimed at rear view mirrors. And I think, "Yeah, that will get everyone out of your way."

As we get farther from the city traffic gradually loosens up and we pick up speed. The dude is gaining on me.
Well, there are still all these entrances and exits and I have a ways to go so I stick to the left lane and maintain my interval. Every time there is an exit he moves to the center lane, passes another car, the entrance comes, he jumps back into the left.

Now I drive this route every day, so I know the next interchange is convoluted so the entrance is ~1/4 mile past the exit. So people have a chance to jump to the right lane for a few seconds.
By now we are tripping along at 70 in a 55, I'm still in the left maintaining my interval. He winds up right behind me as we approach this exchange.

Like a foot off my bumper (not really, but you know what I mean).
So I wait for the exact right moment when the right opens up, the center lane lightens up, everyone stays left because when we get to the entrance there will be a sh$tload of traffic coming on.
I completely and suddenly lift my foot off the throttle.

The guy has no choice but to smack the brakes. At least a dozen cars that he had passed jump to the center lane without missing a beat and fly by us moving right back into the left lane. By the time this ahole had a break to move right the traffic was entering. As he pulled up next to me I acted like I must have dropped a cigarette in my lap. Four men in black suits. By then I had found the imaginary cigarette and sped back up while he disappeared in the swarm.

Never did see that guy again.

Moral of the story. Get in line, relax, you will get there the same as everybody else.

DonM · 07-18-2017, 02:02 PM

I purposely leave WAY early to get to work, just to avoid as many asshats as I possibly can in the mornings. On the way home, I don't have much choice but to drive as defensively (or aggressively) as needed to stay out of/get out of their way.

kmarshall2121 · 07-18-2017, 05:10 PM

Ive lived in Iowa, Chicago, Louisville KY, St Louis MO, and have to say, that Iowa was the worst (also documented by news) - Louisville was the best, with San Diego a close second.

MyLocalDJ · 07-21-2017, 07:48 AM

OMG - I-4! I have a custom show car built by Chip Foose. Was driving I-4 in the Orlando area in stop and go traffic. I literally was at a dead stop and had a guy in a Dodge SUV run up my back end. Hit so hard he pushed me into the car in front of me. (Witness said he was texting) When we got out, he yelled that he did not have time for this and then had the nerve to say, well its just a car why was I so upset! Urge to kill... and they wonder why there are incidents of road rage!

The guy refused to provide any information so my passenger started taking pictures of him and his vehicle and license plate. He was furious! Police arrived and escorted him off.

Oh, and the police officer that showed up told me that he did not know how I had kept my cool.

Scalded Dog · 07-21-2017, 08:25 AM

And not only are California drivers abysmally poor, one out of three have no insurance. I suspect that a pretty sizable number also have no license (LAPD even gives "special privilege" to illegals who are caught driving, privileges that do not apply to licensed, legal citizens)... but no matter who plows into you, right away, you have a one in three chance that he's not insured!

CCMADONNA · 07-21-2017, 10:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Scalded Dog

And not only are California drivers abysmally poor, one out of three have no insurance. I suspect that a pretty sizable number also have no license (LAPD even gives "special privilege" to illegals who are caught driving, privileges that do not apply to licensed, legal citizens)... but no matter who plows into you, right away, you have a one in three chance that he's not insured!

Hey, I have a brother in blue and NO, the police don't do that. Just stop it.

OlePhu · 07-21-2017, 08:16 PM

Chattanooga, Atlanta, Orlando, West Palm Beach to Miami all suck. I can't tell you how many times I've wished I was driving my old beat up F350 just so I could bounce their a__ when they cut me off.

Used to live in Orlando and can't tell you how many times some Disney crazed/glazed tourist almost put me in the ditch on the 528 from the airport to Disney World. Any time you get on I4, it's like playing Russian Roulette, especially around the Fairbanks curve. It's not safe in dry weather, much less when it's been raining.

I moved to a small city off I95 and I was on my way back from WPB a couple weeks ago, pouring rain, and a gal in an Audi decided she was going to squeeze in front of me. The only reason she did was because I like my car too much and hit the brakes. Karma kicked in a few miles down the road though. She was off to the side in some trees and I just rolled on by.

Bottom line, I don't think muscle cars are targeted ... there's just a lot of stupidity out there and, unfortunately, we get involved. Now, I admit, I do drive a little aggressively (spirited) but I'll yield to the idiots most every time. I guess that's what defensive driving is supposed to be about.

07-16-2017, 06:10 PM	#15
snarky ultracrepidarianism Drives: '14 1SS/RS/1LE/NPP '18 Accord Sport Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: where folks drive like shit Posts: 1,297	you have too much time on your hands __________________

07-17-2017, 03:26 AM	#22
CamaroFred Drives: Miss Con Ception Join Date: Aug 2016 Location: Chicagoland Posts: 2,998	Back on topic. As far as idiot drivers go, they have no specific targets. Everyone is a target. They are more important than anyone else in the world and they are out to prove it. If they can save one second by cutting someone off they do it. The thought never enters their mind that they have to do this 60 times to save one minute. Now if one minute a day making better time in traffic means something to them I would advise them to get out of bed five minutes earlier than they do and just get in line. But that somehow doesn't make it to their consciousness so I just try to stay out of the way. The really cool part, and I have seen this many times, is they will eventually take themselves out. Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, but sooner instead of later, it will happen. People with a bit more common sense make it happen later, and for people with a lot of common sense it can take years, if ever. Now one guy, one time, you never know. Maybe he is rushing to the hospital with blood spurting from an artery or a wife in labor. Give them a break. But the idiots who put themselves into this situation almost every time they drive, they get no sympathy from me. Cool story: So I am leaving the city one afternoon on the expressway. Same drive everyday. Bumper to bumper. I spot a vehicle that must have been 30-40 lengths back. Driving lights behind the grill aimed at rear view mirrors. And I think, "Yeah, that will get everyone out of your way." As we get farther from the city traffic gradually loosens up and we pick up speed. The dude is gaining on me. Well, there are still all these entrances and exits and I have a ways to go so I stick to the left lane and maintain my interval. Every time there is an exit he moves to the center lane, passes another car, the entrance comes, he jumps back into the left. Now I drive this route every day, so I know the next interchange is convoluted so the entrance is ~1/4 mile past the exit. So people have a chance to jump to the right lane for a few seconds. By now we are tripping along at 70 in a 55, I'm still in the left maintaining my interval. He winds up right behind me as we approach this exchange. Like a foot off my bumper (not really, but you know what I mean). So I wait for the exact right moment when the right opens up, the center lane lightens up, everyone stays left because when we get to the entrance there will be a sh$tload of traffic coming on. I completely and suddenly lift my foot off the throttle. The guy has no choice but to smack the brakes. At least a dozen cars that he had passed jump to the center lane without missing a beat and fly by us moving right back into the left lane. By the time this ahole had a break to move right the traffic was entering. As he pulled up next to me I acted like I must have dropped a cigarette in my lap. Four men in black suits. By then I had found the imaginary cigarette and sped back up while he disappeared in the swarm. Never did see that guy again. Moral of the story. Get in line, relax, you will get there the same as everybody else. __________________ 2011 1SS/RS LS3 CGM

07-18-2017, 02:02 PM	#23
DonM Camaro #4 Drives: 2017-Hyper Blue Metallic-2LTmanual Join Date: Dec 2015 Location: NE Ohio (Akron) Posts: 1,256	I purposely leave WAY early to get to work, just to avoid as many asshats as I possibly can in the mornings. On the way home, I don't have much choice but to drive as defensively (or aggressively) as needed to stay out of/get out of their way. __________________ Don M Supercharged LGX + 6 speed manual = FUN!!

07-21-2017, 07:48 AM	#25
MyLocalDJ Drives: 2015 2LS Join Date: Mar 2016 Location: Atlanta Posts: 238	OMG - I-4! I have a custom show car built by Chip Foose. Was driving I-4 in the Orlando area in stop and go traffic. I literally was at a dead stop and had a guy in a Dodge SUV run up my back end. Hit so hard he pushed me into the car in front of me. (Witness said he was texting) When we got out, he yelled that he did not have time for this and then had the nerve to say, well its just a car why was I so upset! Urge to kill... and they wonder why there are incidents of road rage! The guy refused to provide any information so my passenger started taking pictures of him and his vehicle and license plate. He was furious! Police arrived and escorted him off. Oh, and the police officer that showed up told me that he did not know how I had kept my cool. __________________

07-21-2017, 08:16 PM	#28
OlePhu Oldskool Drives: 2013 Camaro LS Join Date: Feb 2017 Location: Treasure Coast FL Posts: 166 View My Garage	Chattanooga, Atlanta, Orlando, West Palm Beach to Miami all suck. I can't tell you how many times I've wished I was driving my old beat up F350 just so I could bounce their a__ when they cut me off. Used to live in Orlando and can't tell you how many times some Disney crazed/glazed tourist almost put me in the ditch on the 528 from the airport to Disney World. Any time you get on I4, it's like playing Russian Roulette, especially around the Fairbanks curve. It's not safe in dry weather, much less when it's been raining. I moved to a small city off I95 and I was on my way back from WPB a couple weeks ago, pouring rain, and a gal in an Audi decided she was going to squeeze in front of me. The only reason she did was because I like my car too much and hit the brakes. Karma kicked in a few miles down the road though. She was off to the side in some trees and I just rolled on by. Bottom line, I don't think muscle cars are targeted ... there's just a lot of stupidity out there and, unfortunately, we get involved. Now, I admit, I do drive a little aggressively (spirited) but I'll yield to the idiots most every time. I guess that's what defensive driving is supposed to be about. __________________

07-17-2017, 01:35 AM	#19
rontammy0 Account Suspended Drives: 2011 2SS/ RS INFERNO ORANGE L99 Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Alliston Ontario Canada Posts: 9,057 View My Garage	This thread is funny...4 years of driving a bright orange camaro with white stripes and hella loud exhaust. I dont break the law and guess what ? Not one problem with police. I dont know what else to say...if you break the law well you deserve what you get.

07-18-2017, 05:10 PM	#24
kmarshall2121 Drives: 2012 45th Anniversary Edition Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 1,618 View My Garage	Ive lived in Iowa, Chicago, Louisville KY, St Louis MO, and have to say, that Iowa was the worst (also documented by news) - Louisville was the best, with San Diego a close second.

07-21-2017, 08:25 AM	#26
Scalded Dog Drives: 2011 1LT Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Crestline, CA Posts: 3,029	And not only are California drivers abysmally poor, one out of three have no insurance. I suspect that a pretty sizable number also have no license (LAPD even gives "special privilege" to illegals who are caught driving, privileges that do not apply to licensed, legal citizens)... but no matter who plows into you, right away, you have a one in three chance that he's not insured!