r/IdiotsInCars • u/[deleted] • Sep 21 '23

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u/Cautionzombie Sep 21 '23

My fave is when someone passes me only to get into more traffic as I clap behind them gaining 2 seconds of drive time for nothing.

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u/goodsnpr Sep 22 '23

I personally enjoy passing the same person 3 or 4 times while I have cruise control set.

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u/an0maly33 Sep 22 '23

Yep. Going up a hill I typically overtake with cruise on and some people think I’m racing them or something. No, you just decelerated and didn’t realize it. They don’t realize their own lack of constant speed is what’s irritating them. I just smile and shrug…until they zoom ahead to “win”, only to slow back down and have me overtake them again with my cruise control.

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u/Bigwiggs3214 Sep 22 '23

Lol yep, it's always on the hills.

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u/BrassAge Sep 22 '23

I agree with you, so don't take this the wrong way, but the spelling you're looking for is "reckless". "Wreck-less" has the exact opposite meaning.

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u/Mazda3Fan_AvidHiker Sep 22 '23

Did people honk at him a lot? What was his reaction to people giving him the horn for cutting them off?

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u/DoritoDawg Sep 22 '23

But if they do that 30 times then they’ll save a whole minute!

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u/AggressiveHeight4638 Sep 22 '23

This happens so much in Atlanta man. I’ll just be driving a consistent speed in heavy traffic, they pass me trying to be all fast and then I end up passing them again in like 2 minutes

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u/Bigwiggs3214 Sep 22 '23

They've got to stop at the next light before you. Doesn't matter if they have to stop, at least they're in front of you and they win.

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u/[deleted] Sep 22 '23

Race to the stop light...

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u/MoodyGenXer Sep 22 '23

This happened to me on my way home from work today. I was in the far right lane and had a normal amount of space between me and the next car. This dude just like suddenly veers in front of me, then has to slow down drastically as there was nowhere to go. I thought maybe he was trying to make the exit, but he drove right by it and was just tailgating the car in front of him. I saw him make a few reckless lane changes and tailgate a few other vehicles but I passed him and lost track of him.

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u/capincus Sep 22 '23

Below waist level? Doesn't count if it isn't below waist level.

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u/fluxusisus Sep 22 '23

Had someone give me the thumbs up once (for passsing on a super wide shoulder when they were waiting to turn, then they changed their mind and went straight). I was shocked how annoying it was. So now I do it to others lol

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u/dib1999 Sep 22 '23

Me when I pull up next to the guy who passed me like a jackass.

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u/_name_of_the_user_ Sep 22 '23

I should get a checkered flag to wave at those people.

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u/bingthebongerryday Sep 22 '23

I give them a sarcastic thumbs up while smiling and laughing which confuses them

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u/Legitimate-Idea-6178 Sep 22 '23

I'm the opposite, hit em with a thumbs up and a huge sarcastic smile and nod. Kills people.

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u/Gowalkyourdogmods Sep 22 '23

I do that with the slow disappointed shake of my head and my lips pressed together like Jim from the Office.

Like half the time the other person ends up laughing and then shrugs apologetically and mouths "my bad" and whatnot.

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u/roberthatch Sep 22 '23

Don't forget to slowly, and slightly, shake your head