Yes he is a jerk, and the type of driver that typically drives a BMW or Mercedes, but what were you going to do, cause an accident? You lost what, 10 seconds of time, where an accident would have cost you hours, maybe more.
I deal with this in NYC getting into one of the tunnels, all the time. You do all you can to shut the door, but Im not getting my car damaged because of some a-hole.
As for “revenge” I’d advise against that too. One time in NJ my buddy cut off a woman like the BMW did, so at the next opportunity she went into the shoulder, and cut him off in return and got her spot back. My buddy flipped out, and started FOLLOWING HER down the Turnpike until we talked him down. Im not sure what his intentions were, but Im glad we were in the car to talk sense to him.
Another time this car was tailgating us, it finally passed us, so my buddy does what you did, high beamed them for the next ten miles. At the next intersection the other car stopped, and the next thing you know we had four Puerto Ricans dressed like gang members trying to drag us out of the car.
I DID see a situation like this once in Boston where the driver actually went as far as to have their mirror torn off in order to shut the door on a merger. Im sure it was worth it.
I drop back and let them in. Who gives a shit? It’s mere seconds of difference in time you get where you want to get, and who wants to scrape a bumper and have to wait 1/2 hour for the insurance people [READ: police] while you’re in the company of some hothead?
Hope to enjoy some schadenfreude down the road. A spin out is nice, but the guy pulled over by a cop is even better. I’ve seen both, but they are too rare. About once in 25 times, I would guess.
I cant tell you how many times I’ve dealt with an aggressive driver and said to myself, “where’s a cop when you need one?”
The only two Kharma satisfiers Ive seen was a few times when I saw Mr. “Drive Down the Shoulder to Beat Everyone Else in the Traffic Jam Guy” get pulled over, and another time when there was some sort of dispute between two drivers and one of the offended parties pulled up to the other car, rolled own his windrow, and started jabber jawing with him, and there went the bubble gum machine, yes, justice sweetly served!
Wont make you look too good to the jury on the gas station video.
OR, if being tailgated, drive on the rumble strip, that will shoot all sorts onto the tailgaters car; OR, turn on your windshield wiper fluid. Then watch the fun as the other driver runs you off the road, shoots at you, or kills another driver in their rage!
I’m sure the OP will be a fine addition to this MB. I look forward to viewing his full oeuvre of youtube videos. Up next… how I smack my kid to make him learn who’s boss (the beast part is at 4:34 where I land a clean one on his cheek).
Depends what I’m driving and how much I’ve had to drink.
(Sorry. I thought this was "What to do when some bully tries to bust into your home, and lost interest in posting a real answer before reading the rest of the thread)
By the way, I drive a '65 Ford F-250 sometimes. Don’t wanna mess with that.
I haven’t read this thread, but I’m confident I’m supporting the consensus when I say you were being a petulant, dangerous ass. Coming here seeking affirmation was a bad move.
Petulant, yes, but nothing dangerous. She left a bit of extra space and another car squeezed in causing her to lose 4 seconds of time. Pretty exciting, isn’t it?
Ok, maybe “dangerous” was an overstatement. But, look, OP, we’ve all been in a situation where we suddenly notice we have to merge and rely on the kindness of others to let us do so. What if you had to merge and someone like you wouldn’t let you do so because they perceived you were trying to gain an advantage when in fact that was not true?
I have several, but my favorite was when I had just got my license. I was driving down a single-lane on-ramp leading to a road with a 45 mile per hour speed limit. About halfway up the ramp, I was at 35 miles per hour (driving dad’s old truck, which was a major gas guzzler, so I’ll admit I was taking it easy on the accelerator), when a guy went around me on the left shoulder of the ramp and almost took my dad’s mirror off. Little did he know that the car behind him was an unmarked police cruiser, but it sure didn’t take him long to find out.
A bully forced his way into my lane today. Well, not the lane so much as coming from an on-ramp to the tollway. I stupid thought he’d speed up when he got himself comfortable in the lane but no, he kept driving at 60 in a 110 zone. Finally got to pass him and honked, which made me feel a bit better. What a tosser.
Ordinarily, I just let lane bullies in. Not worth dinging my car but this bloke really pissed me off, so I wish I hadn’t.
Ok, I watched the video starting at 2:18. You left too much room. If you want to be the dude that doesn’t let people in (or in this case, too many people in), you need to close it up. You left space for people to nose in. You let the Silverado in (who took waaaaaay too friggin’ long to merge in) but then you left room for the BMW to do it too. Now, yeah, that guy/chick should have waited his/her turn and slipped in behind you, but it’s reasonable to assume that the people behind you were being asses and locking it up so no one could get in. Or maybe the driver saw their chance and they took it. Either way, close it up and that doesn’t happen. You didn’t “shut the door”, once they get a nose in it’s over for you. (In my opinion the BMW should have angled in harder at the start to get it over with.) Cab/bus drivers will eat you alive.
You are raging way too hard about this. This is city driving 101 and not a big deal.
This is exactly what I’m trying to say. If traffic is backed up to hell, then please drive up to the end and zipper merge. That is exactly what I do myself in those circumstances. I’m even one to leave a congested lane in favor a less congested merging lane and merge at the end. The difference is, those lanes allow for proper zipper merging. In this particular case, however, the middle lane is for merging left and the right lane was not even too congested at the time. The middle lane also ended abruptly due to cones. The only reason both lanes became congested was because of the few people driving up to the cones and making a mess out of the situation. I merged early expecting it to go quickly, but these few people slowed it down. I would also not be too happy if I wanted to merge left and these people were blocking me.
I guess I did leave too much room, but I wasn’t expecting someone to just nose in like that. I drive in heavy traffic pretty frequently and have never experienced this. I also didn’t want to freak out my passengers since my sister is a whiny backseat driver.
I didn’t care as much about the “delay” as about how unexpectedly rude it was. I’m not really that upset (though I was pretty peeved when it happened), just thought I’d get it out and get some opinions and experiences. Maybe even learn a thing or two, which I am.
How on earth did that poster up there know what city this was in??
Btw, are BMW drivers still assholes if they wrong another BMW driver?
