Big City Drivers

That happens to me all of the time! I keep swearing there's a sign on both my car and my truck that says "Idiots...pull in front of me please"! It's so aggravating. And like you, I worry about the drivers behind me not being able to slow down in time, especially when I'm in my little car. I feel like they might barrel over the top of me or something.

This happens to my husband and I often. We have a saying, "We must be invisable." I saw the other way around the other day, a canary yellow small car was cut off by an SUV and I thought I was going to be a witness to an accident. The person in the SUV looked like she was looking past the car instead of down, like where she wanted to be. Rainy day, too, sometimes you can't even stop on those days. People are nuts.

I have that problem sometimes too and that drives me nuts. Those people can get rearended if someone does not have very good brakes or paying close attention. Then you have to crawl like a turtle behind them if you cannot pass them. I hate when I have the cruise control set also and have to adjust it because of their slowness and cutting me off. They act like they are in such a hurry when they pull out in front of you and then they just crawl like it is a Sunday drive or something.

Not just big city drivers but also small town drivers do this crap. My pet peeve with drivers is they pass you up, cut back over in front of you only to slow down to make a turn. I'm like...ummmmmmmmmm..couldn't u just stayed behind me and make the turn w/o being so rude to me.Happens all the time and I won't slow down till I'm on their tail and then brake.

I live in Baltimore, where both drivers a pedestrians are insane. People will cut you off then ride the break for 10 miles. Its not uncommon to see someone on "the beltway" driving 45mph with their blinker on the entire time. When you are in the city, I work in Downtown, the pedestrians will just jump out into the middle of the road to get across the street. They know that they have the right of way, and that you have to stop for them.. This actually happened to me the other day when I was driving past Johns Hopkins University. All I could thing was wow, this is one of the most elite medical schools in the country, you figure they would have more sense. And they will probably one day be treating JHU studens that didnt make it across the street.

YES and I wonder the same thing! Like on an off street too..why do they pull in front of you so you have to slow down...then they turn at the next corner!!!! I think some people just don't have good judgement or they shouldn't be behind the wheel!

Yes it happens to us all I think. We have a bright red car and people act like they don't see it either.

Wow. I don't have a license. Driving is really difficult for me. I can't hardly stand driving in the small town I live in. I can't imagine being in a big town or a big city and having to deal with all sorts of crazy erratic drivers!

You are not alone carolbee! Living in a big city, I can totally relate to this situation. I live in Miami which I just found out was the #1 place for road rage, and the kind of drivers you discuss is a big reason why. I have learned though to take a deep breath, smile and not let it get to me. I don't wanna beep at them and have them shoot me! It is frustrating, but just let it go.... It's not worth your frustrating or grief. Happy travels!

Yes, it's annoying as hell.