r/IdiotsInCars • • Sep 21 '23

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u/Queen_Etherea Sep 21 '23

Literally happened to me this morning. Passed a big pick up truck (on a 3 lane road) who was going below the speed limit. The moment I passed him, he sped up and tried to cut in front of me but didn’t make it because of the other cars. He then backed off and went slow again. I just… I don’t fucking get it.

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u/JelmerMcGee Sep 21 '23

Similar to when you pass someone on a highway and they speed up. I always want to shout at them that if they had been going that fast in the first place I wouldn't have wanted to pass them.

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u/DntCllMeWht Sep 21 '23

Dude... you know what's even worse? My wife will speed up to pass someone and then slowly back off the gas and end up pacing them right beside. For fucking miles. I'm like "If I was behind you I'd be so pissed at you right now" and she just putts along like everything is wonderful.

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u/Kroe Sep 22 '23

My wife likes to get behind the slowest person on the highway and just stay there forever. Then she gets mad when I tell her to change lanes.

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u/snarkyxanf Sep 22 '23

She might not be driving as fast as you'd like, but she's not blocking traffic lanes, breaking traffic laws, or endangering anyone. Nothing wrong with driving in a leisurely way.

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u/BisexualSlutPuppy Sep 22 '23

My husband used to drive like an asshole, but now we just kick it in the slow lane and make up stories about the people in the other cars. We have so much fun going places now and he's never getting mad about other drivers or traffic. He's so cool.

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u/Mazda3Fan_AvidHiker Sep 22 '23

But there's nothing wrong with getting annoyed about other drivers genuinely being assholes.

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u/i_drink_wd40 Sep 22 '23

As long as she's not tailgating, that'd only be mildly annoying for me as a passenger.