(02-20-2015, 11:10 AM)Khoure Wrote:(02-12-2015, 10:59 AM)Gegenji Wrote: The Wednesday thread and a few incidents the past couple days have brought to the forefront of my mind another traffic-related hate of mine: Thic Drivers. No, that is not a typo, it's a term I actually coined specifically because of how much I dislike these people. It stands for Three Invisible Car Drivers.
Basically, those people who feel the need that the cushion between them and the car in front of them has to be wide enough to fit a sixteen wheeler comfortably. As if there were three more, invisible cars that only they can see and have to accommodate for, which led to the term.
you would not like me behind the wheels lmao. I hate driving and it scares me, so I'm only comfortable on the road when I have 3 full seconds of space, or in general enough to fit probably 2 cars, the 3rd if they had little room between them. I do go the speedlimit  though, just with the buffer. Except when its rainy or icy. I understand why you don't like it, but driving is dangerous and sometimes I don't have the greatest reaction times and creating a larger amount of time to react in makes me feel safer
Haha, well a space to fit two cars or so is fine. That's still in the two-three second buffer that people like to have to have some reaction time. When I refer to three invisible cars, I mean including the invisible buffers for THOSE cars too. So it's not so much a space where you could squeeze three cars in if they were all willing to ride the bumpers of the others, and more like you could fit three school buses.
And, as mentioned, it's usually less folks wanting to have a comfortable cushion and more that it's some nitwit talking on their cell phone and thus also going well under the speed limit too. I tend to glance over as I go past them, and they're usually distracted in some way or another. On the phone, digging through a glove compartment, taking notes on a notepad. That sort of thing.
I won't lie and say I've never glanced at my phone when driving, but I at least try to have the common sense to do it with STOPPED. Like, at a light or something, or gridlock traffic where I'm not moving anyway. And even then, it's usually just glancing at the map app. Not, like, texting or holding a conversation like these nimrods seem to be doing.
If I need to call someone, I will either pull over for it or - a new option with my newer car - use the hands-free system so I can just talk and keep both hands and eyes focused on driving.
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