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Author:  Ugueth Will Shiv You [ Fri Oct 04, 2013 8:20 am ]
Post subject:  Road Etiquette

My drive into the office usually includes a short stint on I-88 before exiting on Highland Ave. near Oakbrook. As with most exits, I had to merge onto Highland to continue my commute. Like the good Christian driver I am, I checked my blind spot, turned on my blinker and merged when the coast was clear.

Suddenly, seemingly out of now where, a white Acura comes racing up behind me having just swept across multiple lanes of traffic and clearly going 20 mph faster than the speed limit. He almost collides with my back bumper as I finish merging into my lane. I could not tell if the driver was from Elmhurst.

The driver then changed lanes again, sped up along side me just long enough to flip me off as if I did something wrong.

In situations like this I try to take a step back and wonder why this heathen was in such a hurry. Perhaps he had just gotten word of a family emergency, or a sale at the nearby Jos. A Bank. Surely a man of his obvious social status -- although it was not a Dodge Stratus, mind you -- would possess the intellectual capacity to realize that he was speeding and driving erratically.

What say you?

Author:  Don Tiny [ Fri Oct 04, 2013 8:21 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Road Etiquette

Was he wearing a suit and tie?

Author:  Terry's Peeps [ Fri Oct 04, 2013 8:22 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Road Etiquette

I think Tiger had just a good year.

Author:  Ugueth Will Shiv You [ Fri Oct 04, 2013 8:22 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Road Etiquette

Don Tiny wrote:
Was he wearing a suit and tie?


No. It appeared to be a polo and aviator sunglasses.

Author:  sjboyd0137 [ Fri Oct 04, 2013 8:24 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Road Etiquette

Ugueth Will Shiv You wrote:
Don Tiny wrote:
Was he wearing a suit and tie?


No. It appeared to be a polo and aviator sunglasses.

Then he's just a giant douche.

Author:  Terry's Peeps [ Fri Oct 04, 2013 8:25 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Road Etiquette

sjboyd0137 wrote:
Ugueth Will Shiv You wrote:
Don Tiny wrote:
Was he wearing a suit and tie?


No. It appeared to be a polo and aviator sunglasses.

Then he's just a giant douche.


No. He's a turd sandwich.

Author:  Brick [ Fri Oct 04, 2013 8:27 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Road Etiquette

If the car came out of nowhere how do you know what it was doing prior to getting in your lane?

Author:  Hatchetman [ Fri Oct 04, 2013 8:30 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Road Etiquette

next time take your eyes off the iPhone and pay attention!

Author:  Ugueth Will Shiv You [ Fri Oct 04, 2013 8:45 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Road Etiquette

Boilermaker Rick wrote:
If the car came out of nowhere how do you know what it was doing prior to getting in your lane?


I'm sorry I cut-off your Acura.

Author:  Douchebag [ Fri Oct 04, 2013 8:46 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Road Etiquette

I would murder him.

Author:  sjboyd0137 [ Fri Oct 04, 2013 8:48 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Road Etiquette

Terry's Peeps wrote:
sjboyd0137 wrote:
Ugueth Will Shiv You wrote:
Don Tiny wrote:
Was he wearing a suit and tie?


No. It appeared to be a polo and aviator sunglasses.

Then he's just a giant douche.


No. He's a turd sandwich.

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Author:  Frank Coztansa [ Fri Oct 04, 2013 8:56 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Road Etiquette

In that situation when I know the other guy was the asshole, I just smile and wave back. That seems to piss people off more than anything else in the world.

Author:  Brick [ Fri Oct 04, 2013 8:57 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Road Etiquette

Ugueth Will Shiv You wrote:
Boilermaker Rick wrote:
If the car came out of nowhere how do you know what it was doing prior to getting in your lane?


I'm sorry I cut-off your Acura.
I demand an answer.

Author:  Urlacher's missing neck [ Fri Oct 04, 2013 8:58 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Road Etiquette

Frank Coztansa wrote:
In that situation when I know the other guy was the asshole, I just smile and wave back. That seems to piss people off more than anything else in the world.

:cheers: Hell yes. They get so much more pissed off at that than anything.

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