# Oh, the irony of mixed messages **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 14, 2012, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-the-irony-of-mixed-messages/644017 "2012-12-14T12:47:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Sodalite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@Sodalite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sodalite)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2012, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-the-irony-of-mixed-messages/644017/21 "2012-12-15T07:58:33Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > Drivers are idiots. Not me of course. Just everyone else. Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac? —George Carlin ---
**Author:** ![pwmeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/da6949/32.png) [@pwmeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pwmeek)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2012, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-the-irony-of-mixed-messages/644017/22 "2012-12-15T08:12:20Z")
> [@Sodalite](#): > > Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac? —George Carlin Thanks for saving me the effort of looking up that Carlin line. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2012, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-the-irony-of-mixed-messages/644017/23 "2012-12-15T08:13:18Z")
> [@NitroPress](#): > > No snark intended, but a little chrome fishy always reads to me - and proves out to be - a LOOK OUT SELFISH ASSHOLE DRIVER emblem. Yeah, Puddy was a selfish asshole! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Becky2844](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2012, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-the-irony-of-mixed-messages/644017/24 "2012-12-15T12:05:52Z")
Reminds me of an old joke: a guy has a Honk If You Love Jesus bumper sticker so the car behind him honks the horn, to which the first guy leans his head out the window and yells “The light’s still red, dammit!” ---
**Author:** ![Lok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e8c25b/32.png) [@Lok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lok)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2012, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-the-irony-of-mixed-messages/644017/25 "2012-12-16T02:01:05Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > Just in case I haven’t mentioned it often enough here, I drive a hundred miles to work (and then a hundred more home) every work day. This is one of the most annoying things that happens almost every day. I have my cruise control set. Please do not pass me and then go slower than me. > > There are a half dozen or so passing lane spots on this highway, where it opens up to two lanes for a mile or so, and the second most annoying thing is people who speed up when they get to the passing lane, and then slow back down again afterwards. > > Drivers are idiots. Not me of course. Just everyone else. > [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > I drive 110 miles to work, and 110 miles home – but only twice a week. Between 12/2 and 12/14, I drove 6,029 miles. From OH to NJ to OH to FL to OH to ME to OH to IL to OH. My truck is governed at 60 miles an hour when using cruise control to I am constantly passed. And people are constantly zipping past me, pulling into my lane and slowing down to 58. (My truck has a radar/braking system in it. I actually get a readout of the distance they are in front of me and their speed. Why do people think that 40 feet is far enough ahead of a semi when getting in front of them?) ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2012, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-the-irony-of-mixed-messages/644017/26 "2012-12-16T02:57:31Z")
> [@Lok](#): > > Between 12/2 and 12/14, I drove 6,029 miles. From OH to NJ to OH to FL to OH to ME to OH to IL to OH. I see your problem here - you keep returning to Ohio! Have you considered omitting that part? ---
**Author:** ![Lok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e8c25b/32.png) [@Lok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lok)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2012, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-the-irony-of-mixed-messages/644017/27 "2012-12-16T10:46:37Z")
Not necessarily a bad idea, but since I both live here and pick up my loads here, not really practical. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2012, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-the-irony-of-mixed-messages/644017/28 "2012-12-17T22:07:19Z")
1. Technically, if she had waxed the old man, he would not have ceased to exist; 2. As was mentioned previously, he had a walker, not a motorcycle; and 3. The third sticker did not say to share the road successfully or equally. I don’t see the issue. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-the-irony-of-mixed-messages/644017.md?page=1)