Driving: how do you react when behind a painfully slow driver?

Like I'm talking 10-15 kms (or 5-7 miles) below the speed limit. Maybe your on your lunch break and have shit to accomplish.....

Spaz out in your car to yourself 54
Honk your horn 19
Rev your engine (if you have a standard vehicle) 6
Pass them super agressive-like - (even if it's illegal) 43
Other (Add a comment) 19
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Comments ( 24 )
  • Binary_Star

    First I double check for dome mirrors over their existing mirrors (you know the little ones in the corner of the mirror that you can barely see with a microscope) then check for veteran stickers or some "support our troops ribbons" all of these are indications of a senior behind the wheel. If that's the case then I relax and wait for them to make that right or left hand turn that there turn signal has been indicating for the last ten blocks.

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  • Faceless

    Throw a petroll bomb into their open window as I pass them whilst giving them the finger with the stones blasting.

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  • squeallikeasacofpigs

    Ram them with my car. That'll teach the fuckers to drive 2/3 mph below the speed limit. HOW DARE THEY! HOW DARE THEY!

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  • AnonymousCanada

    rear end them then pop out the tire punch and blow out his tires. i then drag him out of the car, tie him up and throw him in the trunk. then we go for a little ride, preferably on old forgotten dirt roads and let him out in the middle of nowhere still tied up.

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  • howaminotmyself

    I assume they're stoned and move on.

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    • Quiblum

      yeah, right. cause they think they are driving at the speed of sound

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  • MahBoi24

    Well, first, I lean to see if there's anyone in front of the person. If there's nobody in front of them, and they're just going slow for the hell of it, I proceed to give them the finger, followed by a swift honk of the horn. After which, I then swiftly maneuver my car around the person, and then give a follow-up finger as he/she eats my dust. Sometimes though, I'll follow them and tailgate the fuck out of them until they freak out and try to evade me. I prefer doing that to women carrying kids in their minivan. It freaks them the hell out, and they think I'm endangering their children's lives. ;-)
    And, yes, I am absolutely serious about this. I'm not ashamed!

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  • Narutofan

    I just pass them if I can and let them go about their day.

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  • FocoUS

    I don't do anything. Not a big a deal, it'll probably kill 2 minutes of my time at most. 5 below the limit isn't that bad. Slow drivers = elderly, the young (just got my license), and the new to the area.

    The only time I ever turned into a sluggish driver when I was in a new area with a fucking idiot navigating. Seriously, you had to ask this dude yes or no questions to know what to do at the upcoming intersection.

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  • Usually, I'll give them a little blip of a honk to remind them that they are not the only people on the road. Then, I'll follow closely behind, but not close enough to tailgate, just enough to put pressure on them, so that they'll either speed up or pull over. Or, I'll pass them when it's legal to do so and give them a thumbs down as I drive past them.

    I know that my behaviour is a bit lame, but there's a part of me that wants them to suffer for being so inconsiderate.

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  • smallboobies:(

    Spaz out lol check for cops, yell, flip them off, speed up, cut them off, slow down...ive realized I have some really bad road rage...

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  • megadriver

    First I insult them. Just curse while driving. Flick the lights twice. If they don't react, honk the horn once. If still no reaction, I blow my horn and overtake them (while blowing horn) in any way I can, without endangering other motorists. Usually that's an illegal overtake from the right side (Since most slow drivers in EU tend to love the left lanes)

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  • abstract08

    Honestly it just depends on my mood. If I'm already annoyed, I will jerk the wheel to get in the other lane and use my passing gear lol. If I'm normal, I'll just pass like any other normal person. If I'm in a pissy mood, I might stay on the ass of their car and then pass angrily!

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  • burningforyou0

    I chose spaz out in your car. The word spaz gets to me every time!

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  • Angel_in_a_Glass_Dress

    Other:

    I pass them when I can.

    If I'm running late... that's my own fault. I usually try to leave extra early to compensate for crappy traffic.... and if I didn't do that... then it's my own fault for not thinking ahead.

    and at any rate... Hell I'm usually listening to good music on my ipod or an audiobook, so... having to listen to it longer... o woe is me. the horrors :-)

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  • anne-nonymus

    all of the above

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  • StarryEyed

    Where I live, in the UAE, when someone is driving sluggishly it's because they're on the phone or texting while driving. When they're not doing that they're speeding and weaving like idiots, and driving in my backseat. So slow is better. I'm not racist, but after living here for 9 years I've observed that Arabs think the traffic safety rules don't apply to them.

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  • Chazzout

    If they're going seriously slow and I have somewhere to be, I'll honk, but I've only done that once.

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  • death_sabbath

    i'll pass them and if i am really mad i'd probably flip 'em off. But only when I am REALLY MAD.

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  • lucebriel

    I looked really pissed and freak out in hopes they see me in their rearview mirror and move the fcuk on.

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  • emms1981

    I don't drive myself but I am an awful side seat driver, we were in a national speed limit area the other day and we were behind a little red car doing 25 m.p.h I was getting really pissed off, they kept driving in the middle of the road so my husband couldn't over take, at one point they put the indicators on but we were nowhere near a turn off, I honestly thought were were stuck behind a load of yobs being funny but when we managed to get past there was a little old lady with her nose almost up to the window with huge glasses, I was actually worried about other road users with her on the road.

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  • stay back cause i just know they'll slam their brakes on for no good reason

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  • theytookthisone

    I just pass them. If its at night I flash my lights at them. I don't like riding people

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  • deb

    It doesnt really bother me when people drive slow :/
    But when people honk their horns at me for no reason....thats a different story.

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