Being an Asshole

[oskar]

I always slow down when someone tailgates me... didn't think of that as an asshole thing to do. An asshole would pull the handbrake (pro tip: no brake lights).
I guess not letting people in who wait for the last second to change from a closed lane when it was announced for miles makes me an asshole too. I've come dangerously close to some, but he drives a BMW - his rims are worth more than the resale value of my entire car. We'll see who chickens out first.

[donkbee]

Your not allowed to ride bikes on the sidewalk, bikes are a vehicle, not a pedestrian. City politicians here are bending over backwards to put bike lanes all over the city and we are losing lanes of road. Particularly in the downtown core.

yeah in downtown vancouver there are crazy bike lanes everywhere now. I'm never gonna drive downtown again if I can help it because now there's nowhere to park.

[boost]

I always slow down when someone tailgates me... didn't think of that as an asshole thing to do. An asshole would pull the handbrake (pro tip: no brake lights).
I guess not letting people in who wait for the last second to change from a closed lane when it was announced for miles makes me an asshole too. I've come dangerously close to some, but he drives a BMW - his rims are worth more than the resale value of my entire car. We'll see who chickens out first.

ha.. while I don't do it as much, I still like to play the chicken game when people try to merge into my lane or I am trying to merge in and they are trying to block me. Its all about angles, and its at low speed, so its not a twitch reaction game but a mind game. When blocking, what people fail to do is angle towards the intruder as they pull forward. Most people try to block while giving up ground.

Also you can't brake check with the e-brake for the reason you stated. You're not trying to get them to rearend you. You want to jolt your car and flash your brake lights so it appears to them as if they will rearend you, they overcompensate and slam on their brakes as you peel off after quickly jabbing yours. Pulling the e-brake when someone is tailgating you seems really -ev.

[spoonitnow]

ha.. while I don't do it as much, I still like to play the chicken game when people try to merge into my lane or I am trying to merge in and they are trying to block me. Its all about angles, and its at low speed, so its not a twitch reaction game but a mind game. When blocking, what people fail to do is angle towards the intruder as they pull forward. Most people try to block while giving up ground.

Also you can't brake check with the e-brake for the reason you stated. You're not trying to get them to rearend you. You want to jolt your car and flash your brake lights so it appears to them as if they will rearend you, they overcompensate and slam on their brakes as you peel off after quickly jabbing yours. Pulling the e-brake when someone is tailgating you seems really -ev.

If you were Bill Gates, would you do it anyway? I have to say it would at least cross my mind.

[boost]

If you were Bill Gates, would you do it anyway? I have to say it would at least cross my mind.

what? no!.. as a billionaire it makes even less sense to risk life and limb.