So I'm on the way to work this morning at a dark 6:30am...

I'm sitting at a light, about to get on the hwy.

At this particular light, there are two left turn lanes, and I'm in the right-most lane and am the first car there. In the left-most left turn lane, is a sedan which I didn't identify in the dark - either a v6 camry of some sort or a benz...

In any event, when the left turn light becomes green, I proceed to make the turn and try to accelerate without getting into boost (as this is how I usually commute to save gas). Well assclown proceeds to try and drag race me through the on-ramp.
This is the universal sign of cockblocking, and it's steadily sprinkling (rain) today... Well, I short shift first, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th not wanting to get into boost. But the assclown just won't let me over.
Fine, I'll be the *******: so I hold the throttle a good 30% down, boost comes up to about 5psi at 5k rpm and I just glide ahead of the bastard and merge in front of him as I'm saying "kiss my ***, ****!" - only to have to slow down immediately... as there is backed up traffic ahead of us (there always is) at this section of hwy.

This is what I call the official cockblock. I just wanted to merge, but assclown proceeded to try and prevent that. So it forced me into ******* mode. And I'm mad about it because I boosted a bit when I usually like to let the car warm up a bit more beforehand.

[cliff notes]

Assclown tries the cockblock.
I dipped into boost and denied him.
I'm still peeved at stupid drivers.

[/cliff notes]

 

Which lane ended? His or yours? If your lane ended, I do the same thing all the time. I'll step on it just enough so you can't get around me and if you let off, so do I. Usually the lane that doesn't end has a much longer line and I hate it when people think that they don't have to wait in line like everyone else. It's fun being an *** sometimes.

 

What an asshat. I hate people that do that. Either speed up and get in front or slow down and get behind. Don't try to keep me from merging over.

 

I must say my morning commute is infinitely better than yours

Surfing H-T in my pajamas as we speak

PS - I know exactly the on-ramp you're talking about Kenny

 

I usually run into these people as well, funny thing is its usually in a car that I would never expect it from .. like a big rednecked out pick up truck or some minivan punks messing with me.... so I just 5800k there asses and peace out on them.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Bradstard &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Which lane ended? His or yours? If your lane ended, I do the same thing all the time. I'll step on it just enough so you can't get around me and if you let off, so do I. Usually the lane that doesn't end has a much longer line and I hate it when people think that they don't have to wait in line like everyone else. It's fun being an *** sometimes. </TD></TR></TABLE>


.....it's at least a 1/4 mile long!

 

This is because all the retards from NY and NJ are down in Atlanta now Ken

Of all the driving I've done on the East coast, Atlanta drivers are the Worst by far. They actually progressively got worse if you can beleive it, from the first time I started to visit "hotlanta" in the early 80's.

Of course it's getting worse in my neck of the burbs now as well with all the City Dwellers moving North "urban sprawl" and getting Drivers licenses for the first fuggin time Ever, Yay! Combine this with the general lack of respect and common sense/courtesy and an obligatory Escalade and we've got a plethora of "cockblockers" & "asshats" on every mile of parkway.

Forget a merging lane anywhere and especially a construction zone with at least 5 miles warning. That's for sissies, "I'm gunna ride that ***** till the end of the world and either fall off or play bumper cars and win my way to a quicker commute" is the way they play ball. Kill or be killed is their motto! But now that I have a king kong Yukon, I think there's a few of them that will go down before me. H'mmm a push bumper with some welded spikes would do rather nicely, and maybe get my point across, (all puns intended).

The greatest Equalizer for my city driving NEWB's is SNOW! Yes the frozen white stuff puts more of them into eachother and the woods every time it falls. They've never really driven on it before at least not at speed, and a commute is more around them when it blankets the roads because all that lack of sense and experience tells them that 85 to 90 mph in a blizzard on all season tires in whatever car, truck or SUV will get them home quicker They dot the sides of the road and the landscape during storms. I just cruise bye giving all of them the finger and feeling that karma had a fun way with them and Darwin found a bunch more.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 1GreyTeg &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">This is because all the retards from NY and NJ are down in Atlanta now Ken </TD></TR></TABLE>

And Raleigh

We get the wonderful mix of impatient no-driving ******* Yankees and bewildered local yokels "goin' to the big city" for the day. What happens is a solid 40 mph differential on parts of the interstate, with the asshats going 90+ and the morons struggling to break 50 mph.

Forget about merging. I try to drive my wagon daily just for the pure intimidation of bad paint on an old car. "Joo sure you wanna try that in your $80k Benz? I got zero deductable!!"

 

I drove in Atlanta for all of 12 hours and hope to never have to again. Thank God i got my car out of there without any run-ins with *** clowns.

 

AMEN Anton

By the way, the proper definition of a "cockblock" is when somebody does something to a ruin a guys chances when he's working his game with a girl.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Black R &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">....it's at least a 1/4 mile long!</TD></TR></TABLE>

For those 10 seconds or less....

 

IMHO when there are 2 lanes to an on-ramp, and one lane merges, the cars in both lanes should take turns. The order should depend on who, of the front 2 cars, goes first. From then all, cars in both lanes should alternate. As for deciding which of the two front cars goes first, I think the car that has been sitting there longest should be allowed to take the lead.

Of course, this all depends on common courtesy, which not many drivers have nowadays. By the strict letter of the law, the merging car has to yield. If I'm in the dominant lane, and I see some kid in a Honda hitting vtec in the merging lane to "cut" in front of me, I have no qualms with goosing the gas to make his life difficult.

I try to live by the golden rule, "do unto others as you would have done unto you." But, when another driver does something discourteous, I tend to regress to the corrollary, "do unto others as they have done unto you."

 

If you want to see the social ills afflicting this country, take a look on its highways.

Driving is no longer just getting from point A to point B. As people's egos have gotten wrapped up in their cars, driving has gotten worse and worse and worse.

On I-66 near my house, people do 50 mph in the left lane. No amount of flashing, tailgating, or beeping will make them move over, and you start to realize that they're doing it on purpose. Why would someone do that? It's all because people feel so shitty and powerless that they will use any opportunity to prove something to themselves and the rest of the world.

 

Why not just ease off the gas and let the guy ahead of you?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Big Phat R &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Why not just ease off the gas and let the guy ahead of you?

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That's the thing. And I would expect anyone who isn't familiar with ATL to ask such a question...

I wasn't deliberately trying to cut ahead of said person. I would've been fine merging in behind him. The problem is that he saw me accelerate to put enough distance between him and myself so that I could merge safely, he then decided he wanted to accelerate to block me. Now this pissed me off - because it's a merging lane with traffic already at a crawl up ahead. It's a rude thing to do, and it's offensive + potentially hazardous. If I could've moved in behind him, I would've. The problem is the 15 or so other assface drivers behind us who ran up on his and my rear bumper to do the same assinine thing he was doing. I basically had no choice but to drag race him or go off the road. And the beauty of the whole situation? He got off at the very next exit 1/2 mile after we turned onto the freeway.

What a ****** clown.


Modified by Black R at 1:14 PM 11/16/2005

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by tommymoose &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">By the way, the proper definition of a "cockblock" is when somebody does something to a ruin a guys chances when he's working his game with a girl. </TD></TR></TABLE>

i have to agree that we are seeing improper usage of the word cockblock, that is of course unless you consider your itr to be a large black **** that you ride everyday during your morning commute?

it's your world boss

 

As I have always noticed, the merging lane always has a much shorter line at the stop light. If you knew the lane ended, why not just wait in the longer line like everyone else and avoid the situation completely?

 

haha...funny story...because i used to feel the same way.

 

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I know it's hard to imagine the road in your mind, but the light is on top of an overpass... then the merge isn't left into right or vice versa - the lines actually are equal so it's anybody's guess as to which lane should merge first. Common courtesy says just get in where there's a spot. The problem is that I found a spot and imbecile decides to be rude and try to leave me with no spot. It backfired for him because he decided to try and cut off the guy with boost in his back pocket. I'm pissed because he forced me to cut him off - which I don't particularly relish for a number of reasons.

THERE IS NO "SHORTER LINE" and I cannot fathom how you could assume such.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by tommymoose &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

By the way, the proper definition of a "cockblock" is when somebody does something to a ruin a guys chances when he's working his game with a girl. </TD></TR></TABLE>

I was wondering if everyone else thought differently.

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Batoutahell &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">IMHO when there are 2 lanes to an on-ramp, and one lane merges, the cars in both lanes should take turns. The order should depend on who, of the front 2 cars, goes first. From then all, cars in both lanes should alternate. As for deciding which of the two front cars goes first, I think the car that has been sitting there longest should be allowed to take the lead.

Of course, this all depends on common courtesy, which not many drivers have nowadays. By the strict letter of the law, the merging car has to yield. If I'm in the dominant lane, and I see some kid in a Honda hitting vtec in the merging lane to "cut" in front of me, I have no qualms with goosing the gas to make his life difficult.

I try to live by the golden rule, "do unto others as you would have done unto you." But, when another driver does something discourteous, I tend to regress to the corrollary, "do unto others as they have done unto you."</TD></TR></TABLE>

Agree , a zipper effect.

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Ross R &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">If you want to see the social ills afflicting this country, take a look on its highways.

Driving is no longer just getting from point A to point B. As people's egos have gotten wrapped up in their cars, driving has gotten worse and worse and worse.

On I-66 near my house, people do 50 mph in the left lane. No amount of flashing, tailgating, or beeping will make them move over, and you start to realize that they're doing it on purpose. Why would someone do that? It's all because people feel so shitty and powerless that they will use any opportunity to prove something to themselves and the rest of the world.</TD></TR></TABLE>

66 is such a waste of land!!! Stupid drivers, heavily monitored by Fairfax county and State Police, and construction make that interstate the worst in NOVA!!! I hate 66!!!

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Black R &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">THERE IS NO "SHORTER LINE" and I cannot fathom how you could assume such. </TD></TR></TABLE>

Most intersections around here (double turn lane going to an on-ramp) are set up like 'stard is thinking. And true, most people realize that one or the other ends, and line up at the light accordingly.

However, during commuting times, all bets are off. And there are a few intersections like you're talking about, where both just dump into one, and those are freakin' free-for-alls. A lead foot and an "I don't give a ****" attitude are required at these

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by silver j &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

i have to agree that we are seeing improper usage of the word cockblock, that is of course unless you consider your itr to be a large black **** that you ride everyday during your morning commute?

it's your world boss</TD></TR></TABLE>

ROFL!!!.... ahh, the imagery

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by silver j &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

i have to agree that we are seeing improper usage of the word cockblock, that is of course unless you consider your itr to be a large black **** that you ride everyday during your morning commute?

it's your world boss</TD></TR></TABLE>


If you are driving and see someone who needs to get over and has plenty of room to do so, but then you accelerate so as to prevent them from doing so, then you are doing something akin to a BLOCK.

Your behavior in that instance is also uncalled for, akin to acting like a ****.

Go figure that it's a ****+BLOCK! FTW!!11


vernacular

 

 

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