Last Friday I was stuck on the Northeast Extension for an hour as an accident had blocked both lanes for two hours. I listen to the Preston & Steve Show on WMMR as I drive to work. Preston lives up near me and was also stuck in this traffic jam, making him late for his morning show. Yesterday he received a call on air from the guy who caused the accident to apologize for making him late. He was driving a tractor trailer at 5:00 am going South on the Extension. Traffic had come to a stop up ahead due to a minor fender bender further down the road. This guy said he was distracted and looked down. When he looked up again it was too late. He crushed an SUV that had stopped in front of him. Here is some advice for assholes across the land. Don’t get distracted when you are driving a lethal vehicle at 70 mph. Don’t look down. Don’t text. Don’t talk on the phone. Don’t be an asshole.
Besides seeing idiots all over the road being distracted by their gadgets, I’ve noticed something else in the last few weeks. Extremely aggressive, angry, ignorant drivers seem to be proliferating on all roads. I’ve been cut off by dickheads at least three times in the last week. I’ve seen pricks barreling up the shoulder of the highway with traffic stopped, as if cutting off drivers following the rules will get them to their destination sooner. I’ve seen dozens of idiots flying by in turning lanes and then stopping completely to cut into the non-turning lane. Then there are just the general jerk-offs who are zigging and zagging on the Schulykill, cutting off anyone that slows them down.
I don’t know if it’s just me, but most of the aggressive motherfuckers seem to be driving BMWs or other expensive cars. I don’t know if this proves anything, but I wonder if this is another example of the deteriorating mood in this country that goes along with the Fourth Turning. People are growing increasingly angry and lashing out, especially the people who have bought into the lies spun by those running the show. Most of those BMW driving assholes are probably leasing them and are in debt up to their eyeballs. They are terminally pissed off because their life built upon delusions and debt is crumbling. Buying shit on credit did not make them rich. Their techno-gadgets, leased luxury automobiles, and underwater McMansions are an anchor around their necks. They take out their frustrations on the world by driving like maniacs on a suicide mission. I expect to see further aggression when the economy really implodes over the next two years.
I’ve said this before and I’ll say it again, if one of these assholes ever has an accident with me and fails to kill me, I will get out of my car, grab a tire iron and beat them to death.
But meanwhile Philly went directly from Winter to Summer, with no Spring. It will be 82 degrees today. Have you ever been on a college campus when it is 82 degrees? It is hard to be in a bad mood.
Admin,
I could write on this all day, my 32 mile trek from the south shore to Burlington has taken me 1.5 hours each of the last two days. I have been traveling up and down route 128 for nearly 25 years and it only gets worse each year. The best part is that there are sections where you can drive in the breakdown lane legally, its like a game of chicken to see who gets out of the way first. The one rule driving around Boston is to show no fear. They can smell the fear and see it in your eyes.
Bob.
Bob
My local paper today had a story about Phase 2 of the Northeast Extension construction project. They have been working on the lower six miles for the last four years. Now they are holding an open house to show people Phase 2, the six miles closest to me. It will last until 2020 and cost $195 million. The Northeast Extension will be a pleasure to drive, just as I reach retirement age.
@Admin – For me its been texters. In the past week I’ve almost been backed into, sideswiped, T-boned and everything else thanks to people texting and driving. Sadly its been all ages texting as well.
….and don’t even get me started on how much time I’ve spent sitting at a green light waiting for the person in front to finish their text so we can all get on with our lives.
“But meanwhile Philly went directly from Winter to Summer, with no Spring. ”
We got that last year, except we skipped the 70s and 80s and got straight to the upper 90s and 100s.
This year is going to be nice. Massive chance of severe t-storms today!
My boyfriend and I have both always noticed that BMW drivers are extraordinarily aggressive and arrogant.
I believe that this car draws more such drivers. Not only is it very expensive, but it has the reputation for being extremely maneuverable in tight situations. I’ll say this for Beamers: nothing behaves better in really horrible driving conditions, like slick, warm, wet ice all over the roads. But there is no question that the power and maneuverability encourage aggressive driving and lure the type of people who drive that way.
Last weekend I got cut off by the same type of person you seem to be having a hard time dealing with. Much to my enjoyment the asshole turned into the same fuel station that i had planned on visiting. I pulled behind his pump and enjoyed the sight of a skinny little 30 something dbag with a shirt open to the navel and hair greased back like fonzy. The back of the car was covered in OBAMA stickers. Time to have some fun.
” Hey nice X-Drive man ” I said. He nodded at me like I was actually below him noticing. ” to bad about the vandalism to the rear “. He stops the pump and walks around to the rear of the car. ” whut vandalism ” he huffed.
” Well some asshole put OBAMA stickers all over the rear of the car”
” O YOU THINK THAT’S FUNNY ASSHOLE? ”
” No funny is those stickers on the back of a $75,000 car driven by a Jersey Shore wannabe.”
( At this point I would like to tell admin to fuck off for me even knowing what that show is )
So now dude is turning purple and the guy on the other side of my pump is flat laughing his ass off. Little due finishes his fueling and peels all 4 out the lot.
My dad owned 3 BMWs in his lifetime. Occasionally he would let me borrow them. During these times I. myself, turned into a prick driver.
Let me tell you something. They WANT to be driven hard, just like a cheap whore. They WANT to go fast, just like a cheap John. Driving a BMW slowly and respectfully is damn near impossible … not to mention, a Mortal SIn. It’s the fucking car’s fault — truly the ultimate driving machine — not the driver.
Admin,
The area you are in absolutely ridiculous, some of the worst drivers I have ever encountered are there and I have driven in the south, New England, the West Coast as well as the midwest, Mexico, Canada and Germany (the best drivers). I think part of hte problem is NJ a-holes flow over teh border into PA.
When I was deciding what college to attend Drexel was on the short list (for mechanical engineering) because of how good the program is there as well as the co-op program but after driving down the Sure-Kill Expressway twice for visits it was crossed off the list.
Now my parents now live in Phoenixville and we visit them regularly and I am appauled at the way they drive.
You are right that the majority of the drivers are in expensive cars but the worst from my observations are the drivers of the Lexuses (or is it Lexi) and Infinitis.
Last time I was there I brought my truck so we could use it help my sister move into her new place (near Perkiomen Valley) and I came home wanting to buy and install push-bars on my truck.
Bob,
I have only driven in Boston once and it was quite horrible as well, box trucks and garbage trucks cutting people off as if they were driving a miata. i hope i never drive in that city again as long as i live.
Don’t know how either of you do it on a regular basis.
Just got back from Manila. If you think drivers in the States are dickheads, you haven’t been to the Philippines. Practically anything goes there.
Traffic is insane. The signal lights last several minutes. Lane lines are completely ignored. The motorcyclists and scooter drivers clearly have a death wish. Bicyclists (most not wearing helmets), guys with push carts, and pedestrians wreak havoc on busy thoroughfares.
I saw one old man selling peanuts out of a large container smack dab in the middle of an eight lane expressway. People drive with their horns. The roads are awful.
Other than that, driving in Manila is a joy.
Harry,
It just becomes another part of the day, like waking up and getting coffee. Admin, they have been working on widening route 128 for years, expected completion date 2016. I swear some maniacal bastard sits holed up in a windowless office hovering over a map designing ways to fuck up the roads in MA. When I find him I will gladly rip out his still beating heart and stuff it down his throat. There are thousands of commuters around Boston that would gladly pay to see it.
Bob.
AWD
Funny BMW pic.
But it sounds to me like you have penis-envy.
The strech of I-80 from just outside Gary, IN and going into Illinois (I-294) has been under some type of construction for the past 40 years. Biggest clusterfuck in the nation as far as I’m concerned, and I’ve driven a lot of this country.
AWD
I think you nailed it with that rat prognosis. You should be a doctor.
Porsche’s are for guy with huge penis’
On my way into work I was thinking about all the stressors people face these days, stressors that cause people be aggressive assholes, eat themselves into morbid obesity, chain smoke cigarettes, take drugs, or tune out and be iphone zombies. So, a little list:
Taxes everywhere: phone bills, electric bills, gas bills, tolls, fees, licenses etc.
Declining income: more debt while incomes stay same or decline
Government: interferes with everything, always bad interference
Cost of everything increasing: cars, healthcare, tuition, food, gas, everything
Free shit tax: knowing 100 million people didn’t have to go to work today, but you did.
Increasing debt: Federal, state, and local, and personal debt keeps going up.
Loss of control: People used to have freedom, but it’s quickly dissolving
Loss of rule of law: every day some connect crony criminals get off free
Addiction: Drugs, food, laziness, cigs, iphone, facebook, endless addiction
Loss of Love: people become more isolated every day, “love for sale” is bullshit.
Loss of opportunity: Good jobs are gone, chances for advancement gone
Debt: People are buried, unable to get out, paying 29% interest on credit cards.
Loss of net worth: Underwater on house, no assets, no savings
Sensory overload: 100’s of ads each day, constant bombardment of senses
Loss of health: Health is the most important thing, 2/3 Americans are unhealthy
Loss of dreams: American dream gone, not much hope left, dreams drying up
Add up all the stress, and it’s amazing people are killing each every day.
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I think driving is an activity that is particularly prone to passive-aggressive behavior. Many people are feeling powerless these days, they can’t seem in control of their life circumstances anymore as they lose their job, marriage, unemployment, credit, etc. But they can always get behind the wheel and direct several tons of steel at potentially lethal speeds and take out their misery on others in the process.
You guys need to try my commute.
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Admin can finally afford that Black Hummer he’s always wanted:
Introducing the 97-Month Car Loan
By Mike Ramsey | The Wall Street Journal
Car makers have mixed feelings about long-term loans. They allow consumers to buy more expensive—and profitable—cars. But long loans may keep some people from replacing their cars, cutting into future sales.
Few lenders were willing to discuss the move to longer loans. Ally Bank, the largest car financier, declined an interview request but said in a written statement: “Generally, the current economic and consumer environment is more favorable for longer terms as compared with prior periods… The used vehicle market remains strong, current vehicle quality also helps to maintain appropriate values, and consumer credit profiles are improving.”
SIGN OF THE TIMES
North Carolina man takes excavator to steal ATM machine, police say
Published April 08, 2013
Associated Press
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Police in North Carolina are searching for a man who stole an excavator from a construction site and used it to make off with a 2,000-pound automated teller machine.
According to Winston-Salem police, someone stole the excavator Monday morning and drove it about 200 yards to the ATM. They said the suspect used the claw from the excavator to knock over the ATM kiosk at a credit union, then picked up the machine and lifted it into a pickup truck. It’s believed a second car was involved in the theft.
Police said video surveillance revealed that a black Crown Victoria with tinted windows was involved, and that the suspect may be shorter in stature because of the way he had to reach for the steering wheel.
The suspect was still at large Monday evening.
Another thing I’ve noticed in the last few months is the increase in bank robberies in relatively upscale communities in the suburbs. Many of them are being committed by fat ass Boomers.
Arggggh! American Workers at a Breaking Point
The economy is supposed to be in recovery mode, but you wouldn’t know it by the grunts and groans coming from the next cubicle.
A whopping 83 percent of American workers said they are stressed out by at least one thing at work, up sharply from 73 percent in 2012, according to a survey by Harris Interactive for Everest College.
“When you look at all the other economic indicators, there have definitely been some positive signs,” said John Swartz, regional director of career services at Everest College. But relief of workplace stress isn’t one of them.
“More companies are hiring, but workers are still weary and stressed out from years of a troubled economy that has brought about longer hours, layoffs and budget cuts,” Swartz said.
Just 17 percent said nothing stresses them out about their jobs. It’s interesting that workers 65 and older were the most likely (38 percent) to be in that group.
Stress is so ubiquitous and so dangerous that the American Institute of Stress calls it “America’s New Black Death.” You know, that little plague that is thought to have wiped out more than 100 million people in the 14th century.
“If black plague is what killed most people in Europe in the Middle Ages, then stress is what’s killing us the most right now,” said Dr. Daniel L. Kirsch, the president of the institute.
And while many sectors are still trying to claw back, the stress industry is thriving.
“It’s actually a very good time to be in the stress business,” Kirsch said. “The stress business is booming!”
We have those type drivers here and mostly do drive the more expensive vehicles. See, they are Alphas, it is their world and people like us are just in their way. They dont mean to be aggressive because when you do corner they say something like, “Sorry, I didnt see you” or “I was thinking about something else at the time”
It is always “me me me” with these types. They dont care about “we we we”
I had some old lady fucking do that shit to me last Friday. She said, “I just looked down for one second.” So, yeah. I got rear-ended by a fucking Buick Le Sabre. It’s fucking 8:30 AM on I-35, you stupid bitch!!!! This country has gone full retard.
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Really? I use my daily junkets about town for the express purpose of blowing off steam at random strangers and assholes I encounter out there on the roads. With the exception of assholes talking or texting on their iDIOT phones, I keep the windows rolled up when yelling at them (mostly).
I try to be fair about the whole process… there are a few really good drivers out there and occasionally I get to scythe through the clovers and other fucksticks on I95 pretty easily.
Here are some things that WILL get you yelled at by me in traffic:
1. Stopping for a “Right on GREEN”. If the light is green, assholes, you are allowed to go. SO FUCKING GO!
2. Pulling out into the left turn netherworld of the middle of the intersection when the light is clearly red, then FUCKING STOPPING THERE AND BLOCKING MY TURN LANE. Kill yourself.
3. Pacing. Jeebus Fucking Chrispies. If, IF, you managed to find the balls to pull out into the passing lane, how did you manage to lose them before completing the pass and getting back over? This is particularly infuriating when you completely refused to check your mirrors to notice the cars ALREADY in the left lane are going 10-15 faster than you, and your dumb fucking ass pulled out anyway, and now you’ve totally fucked up the entire stretch of road because.. well.. WHY? YOU’RE FUCKING RETARDED AND SHOULDN’T BE ALLOWED TO DRIVE.
4. We’ve been over cell phone related offenses, no need to repeat. However, this offense may soon carry the death penalty, and not just due to accidents but due to “accidents”. There’s a difference.
5. If you’re too fucking afraid to go the goddamned speed limit, STAY HOME. Look fuckers, the engineers that build roads are NOT allowed to have a sense of humor in their work. So, the road is not going to suddenly go 180 degrees around a blind corner. I promise. They even put up signs with little pictures for you dumbasses. There is not going to be a tree in the middle lane around the next bend. There are no random stop signs or school zones on an Interstate. Pick up the fucking pace. Or, just kill yourself. Either way.
I have to go out and drive around in town with these fucking morons now, so I’m sure I’ll have a few more for you all by the time I get back. Toodles
I drive a BMW 328i coupe and I am an excellent driver. I have a nicely sized phallus, I did not lease it, (the car, not my member) and I am generally a safe defensive driver. All of you haters can bite me. And stay out of my way. And here in dallas, at least where I live, driving a BMW is liking driving a Toyota in your northern Yankee hell holes. We are all rich, good looking, and have big dicks. So fuck off. And stay north of the Red River.
” I have a nicely sized phallus …” ———- Richard
First, that’s too much fucking info.
Second, that hilarious ……… coming from a guy name Dick.
My partner drives a BMW. One of the nicest guys you could ever meet. But I will not ride with him. He goes totally feral in that car. And even when I have pointed it out, he does not realize what he is doing. So I do not ride with him. It is going to end badly for him eventually if he keeps driving that way.
Sticky, I am cracking myself up. I am glad you get it.
And stay out of my way. -Alpha Dick
Nuff Said
Murder – suicides are becoming more commonplace.
So, road rage seems a relative safe alternative.
What would we expect when the deal is changed mid-game, and is still currently being promoted like it is real?
Throw in the neuro-toxins that we ingest voluntarily and involuntarily (proven to cause brain damage) and how could we be anything except pissed off?
Just think, we ain’t seen nothing yet.