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onehandle

(51,122 posts)
Thu Oct 6, 2016, 12:57 AM Oct 2016

In a traffic jam today in Philly, a white SUV tried to cut me off.

Last edited Thu Oct 6, 2016, 07:50 AM - Edit history (2)

It was decorated with many Trump/Pence magnetic icons.

Right at that moment the person I was on my way to meet texted me that they were running late.

So I stuck with the white SUV and slowed them to miss many Philly lights.

They had a good view of my Clinton/Kaine bumper sticker the whole time.

Ain't I a stinker?

(The text popped up on my dashboard. I was not 'texting.' Also there was a fair bit of traffic keeping us slow. I just made sure that when I got to lights that I did not make them. This wasn't a thrilling car chase.)

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In a traffic jam today in Philly, a white SUV tried to cut me off. (Original Post) onehandle Oct 2016 OP
LOL! chillfactor Oct 2016 #1
careful A-Schwarzenegger Oct 2016 #2
I get you, but road rage can become dangerous. Be careful. rusty quoin Oct 2016 #3
Ha....but sheshe2 Oct 2016 #4
I can smell ya from here. Lint Head Oct 2016 #5
seems not too smart to me vlyons Oct 2016 #6
hmmm A-Schwarzenegger Oct 2016 #11
Trump supporter you know they are packing heat.and with stand your ground vinny9698 Oct 2016 #7
That really must be scary ailsagirl Oct 2016 #9
I lived in AZ LittleGirl Oct 2016 #10
Not at all. It was justice, pure and simple ailsagirl Oct 2016 #8
Driving is for getting from one place to another jberryhill Oct 2016 #12
yes you are a little stinker but a lovely one on this one riversedge Oct 2016 #13
The only Trump stickers I have seen... Frank Cannon Oct 2016 #14
I've only seen one or two Thump stickers Vogon_Glory Oct 2016 #15
Texting and driving. cwydro Oct 2016 #16

vinny9698

(1,016 posts)
7. Trump supporter you know they are packing heat.and with stand your ground
Thu Oct 6, 2016, 02:51 AM
Oct 2016

I have the same problem every day. i live near two highway intersections both very busy. I have had to pull over and pretend to get gas to let the other driver gets some distance. i live in Texas, hostile territory for "libruls" you know the good librul is a dead librul crowd.

ailsagirl

(22,899 posts)
9. That really must be scary
Thu Oct 6, 2016, 02:54 AM
Oct 2016

Not that California doesn't have cheato supporters-- it's just that they're such a minority that I don't worry about my safety. Not in that regard, at any rate. Crazy drivers in general? That's a different story

LittleGirl

(8,291 posts)
10. I lived in AZ
Thu Oct 6, 2016, 03:22 AM
Oct 2016

and felt the same way. I was afraid of road rage there that I let things just slide because I didn't know if they were packing heat and go postal on me.

 

jberryhill

(62,444 posts)
12. Driving is for getting from one place to another
Thu Oct 6, 2016, 06:33 AM
Oct 2016

Not for expressing emotions.

If your lizard brain wants to take the wheel, then you need to say "no" to it.

Intentionally maneuvering your car out of spite, anger, or whatever, is just plain stupid and dangerous.

Frank Cannon

(7,570 posts)
14. The only Trump stickers I have seen...
Thu Oct 6, 2016, 07:18 AM
Oct 2016

have been on rusted-out vehicles held together by baling wire and running on white smoke and the prayers of their owners.

Maybe they think Donald will buy them a new truck, or maybe they'll be able to buy their own when they get their top-one-percent tax cut.

Vogon_Glory

(9,132 posts)
15. I've only seen one or two Thump stickers
Thu Oct 6, 2016, 07:30 AM
Oct 2016

I've only seen one or two Thump stickers, and the only one I remember was on a late-model upscale SUV. Of course I'm not only in south-central Texas' only blue bubble (Austin) and less than 250 miles to the Mexican border, and the folks who had McCain and RMoney bumperstckers on their cars in years past might have just enough common sense realize that putting one on their vehicle might be an open invitation to get them keyed.

 

cwydro

(51,308 posts)
16. Texting and driving.
Thu Oct 6, 2016, 07:38 AM
Oct 2016

Acting like a fool because someone has a different political viewpoint than you....

Ok

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