idiots on freeways

[brad15]

I have only had my vy ss for only 3 months so i took it for its first long run on the weekend down to Canberra and it went like a dream. Three things happened that made me laugh or shake head. Just outside Sydney an ss ute comes flying past me followed by a xr6 turbo ute racing each other. The ss turns off and I endup catching up to the xr6. About ten minutes later I go to overtake him and as I get beside him he looks at my car, then me, then he floors it so I shake my head and laugh.

Coming home I came up behind a green p plater in the fast lane who doesnt move over. I get in the left lane to overtake her and shake my head telling her to get in the left lane. 5 minutes later she comes flying past me while giving me the finger.

Now to the last one. Just outside Sydney I came up behind a BMW. He starts speeding up then slowing down. He did this for awhile until he finally gets in left lane. I look at him as I go past him and again I shake my head and laugh. He then starts tailgating me for a few ks then he backs off. The whole time I sat between 115 and 120kms the whole time only seen 1 cop so thats my rant for the week.

[Jonah 101]

Welcome to owning a commodore - Haters gone hate.

I noticed when I first got mine, ricers overtaking you for no reason. People pushing past when to lanes merge, getting the finger when you overtake people. There is a real bad stereo-type out there for commodore owners

[nathanVY]

Happens to me 5 days a week from melbourne to geelong and back. Does my head in, sooo many morons.

I refuse to forced to speed, if I'm legally in the right hand lane (ie, overtaking people) then the knob behind me who wants to speed can't suck it up and wait til I can merge to the left hand land.

[HERONVY]

I get the occasional subaru/Nissan ricer boy trying to give me a run in newcastle driving home from work.
Never ceases to.amaze me why these small n/a 4 cylinder 1800/2.0 motor ricer fan owners want to take on a light, very quick cammed v6...
I enjoy driving my car , I dont thrash it, nor race it on the street, have a bigger motor, the car looks nicer and sounds nicer than theirs... I dont need to prove anything lol or risk getting a fine on the police filled roads in the afternoon.

I lol hard when they rev the guts out of their cars, hit the next red light to stop and I come cruising by at normal legal speed, not thrashing or revving the guts out of it and catch up to them hahahaha

Al

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[HERONVY]

Oh and yesterday getting the occasional slu7bag screaming out in a ratty voice "oh f%&?ing holden mate , aussie aussie aussie!"

..yeah you sure make Australia look good sweetheart...

Yuck.

Al

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[nathanVY]

^ I like this guy. Haha.

[Drawnnite]

Happens to me 5 days a week from melbourne to geelong and back. Does my head in, sooo many morons.

I refuse to forced to speed, if I'm legally in the right hand lane (ie, overtaking people) then the knob behind me who wants to speed can't suck it up and wait til I can merge to the left hand land.

cannot agree more.
i drive on average 1000kms a week with about 950kms of that purely on highways/freeways.
damn some stupid stuff happens.

eg those people who decide to change lanes to get ahead of everyone then merge back in (where a lane joins from left, people dive down it, then stuff up flow of traffic)

however coming home during the week. (still unsure who's fault it is and i always thought front gets right of way?)
i overtake a truck on the monash, while doing the speed limit (i refuse to speed)
i look in all mirrors to pull back over infront of truck after leaving plenty of space. also did headcheck and everything. multiple times
so i remember a car was next to truck (doing same speed as truck) when i passed it. turns out he was exactly in the blind spot (in the split second i have looked back forward) that i couldnt see when i go to change back.
i had indicatored to change lanes, which i started moving before him (was in the lane before he was)
so he then decides to tailgate me, and overtake without indicating, then come back infront of me, without indicating and pretty much brake, while sticking up the finger and everything.
im like seriously -.- i made a simple mistake, but obviously i cannot see everywhere at all times and obviously people cannot tell what you (other person) are doing when you do not use things like indicators.
no need to have some massive hissy fit and road rage over it... (mind you he did have the full CFMEU sticker on the back on the car =P... *sigh*)

[nathanVY]

cannot agree more.
i drive on average 1000kms a week with about 950kms of that purely on highways/freeways.
damn some stupid stuff happens.

however coming home during the week.
i overtake a truck on the monash, while doing the speed limit (i refuse to speed)
i look in all mirrors to pull back over infront of truck after leaving plenty of space. also did headcheck and everything. multiple times
so i remember a car was next to truck (doing same speed as truck) when i passed it. turns out he was exactly in the blind spot that i couldnt see when i go to change back.
i had indicatored to change lanes, which i started moving before him (was in the lane before he was)
so he then decides to tailgate me, and overtake without indicating, then come back infront of me, without indicating and pretty much brake, while sticking up the finger and everything.
im like seriously -.- i made a simple mistake, but obviously i cannot see everywhere and obviously people cannot tell what you (other person) are doing when you do not use things like indicators.
no need to have some massive hissy fit and road rage over it... (mind you he did have the full CFMEU sticker on the back on the car =P... *sigh*)

ha yeah, i've had someone do that to me. he was being an absolute dick, tailgating everyone accelerating literally as fast as his car would go, swearing at people, i'm in the right hand land, overtaking, doing the limit - almost slams into me, the proceeds to narrowly miss the cars to the left of me and overtake without indicating (we all thought we were gonna get swiped)

at which point i was over him and gave him the tossa sign lol. that was a bit too much for his ego to handle, he decided to brake test (he was barely 20m in front ) to ZERO at 100km/h , how I didn't rear end him I don't know. Several cars had to swerve and there was a collision because of it , two other cars nicked each other, then he decides to get out of his car - on the freeway and come towards me, my fiancee was in the car so i was like ' bugger that' and swerved out and took off.

Couldn't believe how many lives he put in danger, if only someone cleaned him up

[Drawnnite]

ha yeah, i've had someone do that to me. he was being an absolute dick, tailgating everyone accelerating literally as fast as his car would go, swearing at people, i'm in the right hand land, overtaking, doing the limit - almost slams into me, the proceeds to narrowly miss the cars to the left of me and overtake without indicating (we all thought we were gonna get swiped)

at which point i was over him and gave him the tossa sign lol. that was a bit too much for his ego to handle, he decided to brake test (he was barely 20m in front ) to ZERO at 100km/h , how I didn't rear end him I don't know. Several cars had to swerve and there was a collision because of it , two other cars nicked each other, then he decides to get out of his car - on the freeway and come towards me, my fiancee was in the car so i was like ' bugger that' and swerved out and took off.

Couldn't believe how many lives he put in danger, if only someone cleaned him up

talking about putting lives in danger.
driving at 5:45 in the morn (thats right... in the morning =P)
on freeway, cyclist with all lights and reflective gear is in the emergency lane which is legal on this particular road.
person in i would presume stolen car, otherwise they are the dumbest green p plater ive ever seen.
dives down into the emergency lane while speeding (doing atleast 130+) narrowly missing the cyclist (which would have been an instant fatality)
just to consider hooning off at 130+ (no it wasnt a commodore ok)
i have no idea why they did it, but im spewing there were no police around....

[c2105026]

Funny; the above has never happened to me. However, the VX is pretty inconspicous (white equipe, no mods or loud stickers), the VB just *commands* respect lol.......probably when they see the VB they expect to see a grizzly old bugger pottering along, by the time they see youthful me its too late.

[ClairBear]

OP: Wall of text + no punctuation makes it hard to read.

Because it is a slow day at work I took the liberty of editing it for you

That is my rant for the week.

[drewVHSS]

Here's mine from last saturday night.
Took the VB over to wyoming to see my missus and daughter.
Watched a movie, had dinner etc... had a pleasant night.
On my way back home via brisbane water drive all was fine untill I got to Point Clare.
At 30m approach from the traffic lights opposite the station I see in my rear view mirror bright headlights, spotties and driving lights coming up behind me very fast from about 500 ish metres away.
I first thought, ok xr6 shaped lights, going real fast, maybe Hwy patrol in a hurry.....
Nope, a BA XR6 turbo come flying up behind me with high beams on, driving lights and spotties and sits 1m off my arse.
They kinda annoyed me with the bright lights tailgating me so i "brake light" warned them.
They got closer.
I brake tested them
They got 1 ft off my arse.
I slammed my brakes on (i'm in a 33 yr old car, it dont stop fast)
They locked up their brakes and then kept tailgating me but with the added torture of them flashing their high beams (not a disco fan so the strobe effect wasn't really to my liking)
We get to the dual lane section approaching Tascott when this massive turkey in a white shirt get's up alongside, pulls across into my lane, yell's out his window abusing me while slapping his hand on my passenger window.
I ignore the fat f&*k and keep at the speed limit.
He then pulls back and lines his headlight to shine into my left wing mirror and starts the strobe effect again.
His trick was quite effective as i couldn't see a damn thing, so i said "####it, it's only a $300 car, I've had enough"
So i gave what i intended to be a "warning swerve" to get him to back off.... 1 problem, he was still 1-1.5 ft in my lane......
Got the bastard with the side edge of my rear bar! (minor graze on the rubber and broke off the plastic end cap trim on the bar)
Nice gouge up the side of his XR6 though.
He pulls back behind me and gives the disco lights all the way to woy woy, along the way, I rang up 000 and was told to head to woy wou LAC.
They followed me almost all the way to the cop shop but detoured for 5 mins and reappeard later with someone else behind the wheel with the original driver in the front passenger seat.......

Cops took my story and went to confront them, dunno what they were on about but half way thru their turn, one of the officers walked away saying "I've heard enough".
Cops sent them on their way and told me I can go, but I'd be best hanging around for 5 mins in case they're waiting round the corner for me.

Turns out even if i was in the wrong, it didn't matter as they kept changing their story, refused to give their details or submit to a breath test, denied that the big bloke was driving but insisted the sheila was instead.
Guy's keep an eye out for a BA in copper/bronze colour with Vic plates around woy woy, he's a agro, road raging tool!
Shame i wasn't in my work tuck with 10 tonne of ice.... coulda really taught him a lesson in that!!!!

[azkwazere]

I have only had my vy ss for only 3 months so i took it for its first long run on the weekend down to Canberra and it went like a dream. The three main things that happened, which made me laugh or shake my head, all occured just out side sydney.

1. A ss ute comes flying past me followed by a xr6 turbo ute racing each other. The ss turns off and i endup catching up to the xr6 about ten minutes later go to over take him get beside him and he looks at my car, then me, then he floors it leaving me shaking my head and laughing.

2. Comming home come up behind green p plater, in the fast lane and he doesnt move over. So i get in the left lane, over take her and then shake my head and tell her to get in left lane. 5 minutes later she comes flying past me while giving me the finger!

3. Just out side sydney, coming up behind a bmw, he starts speeding up then slowing down. This happened for awhile untill finally gets in the left hand lane. I look at him as i go past him again and I shake my head and laugh. Then he starts tailgateing me for a few km's and then he backs off. The whole time I sat between 115-120kms the whole time I only saw 1 cop.

So thats my rant for the week.



^^ For those who couldn't understand a single bit of the OP.

[ozz]

Im out of a commodore at the moment. I'm driving a patrol and do quite a bit of driving.

Every intersection i go through, as many people as possibly overtake me because they cant bare to accelerate at my speed, then sit 10+ks under.
I go down the peninsula probably 2-3 times a week and i would say 3/4 of the time i get stuck behind some joker doing 30-40km under the limit on a single lane road; often having recently overtaken me because i dont take off fast enough.

People going below the limit at the bottom of hills, especially in the right lane. Believe it or not those big 'slow' cars that everyone needs to get in front of will actually make it up most hills at the speed limit if they dont have to slam on their brakes at the bottom because someone is too incompetent to drive their car properly.

On 2 lane roads where the lanes move about eg roundabouts i face a whole new problem. Mercedes drivers seem to be the worst at this, but so often am i taking evasive action because some retard needs to cut the corner and swerve into my lane. If my 3 tonne+ lifted 4wd on mud tires, which has no swaybars can comfortable corner at a speed, surely a brand new merc sedan can do the same speed and stay in their own lane. I've had to mount roundabouts, lock up the brakes, to avoid hitting them. Sitting in a sedan driving like a fool, there is about 4mm of glass seperating my bullbar from their face.

Going 10ks over the limit isnt killing people, its these people who put their whole families as well as ours at risk on the roads

[Jonah 101]

All those are reasons why i dont mess will trucks either.

[juzzyx]

Your a crazy mofo lol. Playing games with the XR6 turbo. You should of performed the Pit maneuver of the bast@rd!! I have felt the rage before and just dumped the brakes, its so satisfying to hear the other person tyres lockup.

When you go for your RED P plates they give you a book to study and it says if someone is tailgating you (traveling close behind) you must slow down.

[Jonah 101]

Spraying your windshield is good too, the water gets on theirs and sometimes they pull back.

[juzzyx]

All those are reasons why i dont mess will trucks either.

1+ for not messing with trucks. I always give way to the bastards. I do especially hate it when Your cruising just over the speed limit (say 5kms over) and you look it your rearview mirror and see "MACK" 1/2 a meter off your bumper bar........

[Jonno]

People that sit in the right lane.
###ing shits me.

Nuff said

[drewVHSS]

Your a crazy mofo lol. Playing games with the XR6 turbo. You should of performed the Pit maneuver of the bast@rd!! I have felt the rage before and just dumped the brakes, its so satisfying to hear the other person tyres lockup.

When you go for your RED P plates they give you a book to study and it says if someone is tailgating you (traveling close behind) you must slow down.

Been 10 years since i was on my P's, didn't know i was supposed to slow down, What set him off was I stuck to the speed limit and kept warning him!!!! Then again, I'm bloody stubborn.

[juzzyx]

Spraying your windshield is good too, the water gets on theirs and sometimes they pull back.

[Jonah 101]

1+ for not messing with trucks. I always give way to the bastards. I do especially hate it when Your cruising just over the speed limit (say 5kms over) and you look it your rearview mirror and see "MACK" 1/2 a meter off your bumper bar........

Chop into 3rd

[Drawnnite]

People that sit in the right lane.
###ing shits me.

Nuff said

or those that sit in the middle on a 3 lane highway?
when there is not 1 other person on the road either...
and your comfortably in the left lane....

[Munz]

A few years back I was driving in the 'slow lane' doing the speed limit when all of sudden this Hyundai excel swerves in front of me so close to my VN's front quarter (one of those had to brake moments or we're both screwed) and I was thinking what a friggin tool but then there was a slight righthand bend in the road and the douche just ran off the road smashing the guard rail on the right which sent him into a spin and somehow landed on top of the guard rail on the left hand side of the road. Jumped out to ask WTF...turns out he fell asleep. Told him suck shit and bad luck and he's lucky that me and my wife wasn't hurt...deadshi7

I know my story has nothing really to with road rage as I've read from other posts but the majority of people think they own the road or at least the lane they drive in,

no common sense and no common courtesy at all left in this country

[Jonah 101]

no common sense and no common courtesy at all left in this country

Pretty much the new world order right there.