Billy Bobs in their pick-um-up trucks

[yotogi]

For as many of them that are terrible drivers, there are 2 that will pull over if they are holding you up to help you pass. To be honest, give me the country road drivers over the city commuters putting on makeup, while texting, while shaving, while taking notes on the dashboard, while flying down the highway at 80MPH.

YMMV...

[Porsche Monkey]

Well sure you are.  Just look at your sig!   

  You stay out of this

[Scotzman]

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Commoners!  Poor Muffy almost spilled her G&T in shock upon hearing your tale of roadside barbarism.  If you keep having these unpleasant interactions, you *really* should talk to your driver about the routes he takes to the marina.  <sigh>  Good help is so hard to find.

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[corndog67]

I was on my way to the polo matches when........


Hey, lighten up on NASCAR, I used to work in a NASCAR support machine shop, and there is a heck of a lot of money to be made there. 

[dutchy73]

Not sure about the 'redneck' thing or NASCAR...

However, I just chalk it up as most people are total shitheads, until proven otherwise. Sure, I'm super bitter, but since I have been back in the saddle the last month or so, I am finding that people are driving worse then ever. I am also going to go out on a limb and say that people in Massachusetts are driving exceptionally douchy lately. It's getting so bad around here, that I hate even leaving the house to go anywhere because I know that someone is going to pull some super frustrating bullshit. The most common thing of late, is people cutting me off, then realizing they cut me off, then hitting the brakes in the middle of them cutting me off! Leaving the "Did I just cut you off?" 'stand off' thing in the middle of road, stopping traffic in all directions. Then looking at me, like I am the asshole.

Just this morning, some guy blows the stop sign as I approach the intersection and I need to slam on the brakes. I give him a universal hand gesture while blowing the horn and he curses me out. "Um, I didn't have a stop sign, asshole? No, YOU did and you know it." Did I mention that I was on the bike this morning? And not to feed to much into the original theme of the tread, but he was driving a new Ford F350. OK, so maybe I fed into it a little...

Anyway, I think it might be time to do less commuting on the bike and more riding on the track. It's just getting nuts out there...and it's bumming me out. It's becoming more stress then fun.

[Privateer]

i love how people get so offended so easily.

[invisible monster]

I'm riding on a back road in  which I never rode on before.

Obviously the bike and truck that passed you HAVE ridden/driven that road before and were comfortable going faster than you.  Try not to get your panties in a bunch next time you venture out of the suburbs.

[tankerbutt]

i love how people get so offended so easily.

+1

[Rob Hilding]

i love how people get so offended so easily.

Your comments, sir, are offensive

How dare you...........

[ungeheuer]

Your comments, sir, are offensive

How dare you...........

I love how people get so offended so easily... 

[hooligan machinist]

Lets not go bashing NASCAR. Ill give that a good portion of the following may be in-bread, but there is also quite a few law abiding citizens who enjoy the sport. Yes sport.

Who you callin a sammich? Huh?

[Pedro-bot]

Pfft. Sounds like a standard day on Houston freeways.

Now now Doc, that's no way to talk about your people. 

[psycledelic]

Hey, If I'm cruisin 55mph on a back road that I don't know and a monster truck passes me at 90, I am considering it my fullback.  Follow him through the hole.  Let him get the ticket.  I would gamble in the corners that if he can make it, I can make it (how many times will that thought get you in trouble). 

[somegirl]

Hey, If I'm cruisin 55mph on a back road that I don't know and a monster truck passes me at 90, I am considering it my fullback.  Follow him through the hole.  Let him get the ticket.  I would gamble in the corners that if he can make it, I can make it (how many times will that thought get you in trouble). 

Usually they go that fast because they are driving straight through the corners, double yellow be damned.

[the_Journeyman]

Billy Bob with his big bad pick-up truck thinks I'm going too slow for him, even though I'm at least 10mph over the limit,  so he gets into the oncoming lane to pass me up while rocks and dirt is flying off his truck are hitting me and takes off doing what had to be 80-90mph.

Then some kid on his street legal dirt bike passes me up and rides through a red light while I patiently sat at the light waiting it to change like any civilized person.

Friggin hicks need to grow up.   Small town bubbas are more dangerous than city people, because there is a lack of of authority in those areas.

Everytime I see these guys, I imagine them squealing like a pig and pretending they are in a NASCAR race.

Oddly enough, here in the mountains I live in Billy-Bob in his big bad pick-up truck is the first to see if you need help when you're sitting on the side of the road broken down, flat tire, out of gas etc..  You might also wanna take a closer look at who's driving the pickup.  True, most of the locals in the mountains here drive work trucks and any manner of truck, BUT they're usually not the ones driving like a maniac.  Lack of authority?  Whatever.  You wanna see something REALLY dangerous?  How about that H2 from the city that doesn't understand what happens when you're on the brakes in a heavy SUV constantly while descending one of the long, twisty mountain roads.

FWIW - I live in the mountains, drive a pickup truck too.  Probably faster than most people think I should too. 

JM