Are you a ROAD BULLY when driving your Z?
 

This one was tough for me. Long story short, I like to look out for people/other motorists when I drive my Z. I slow down for pedestrians and bicycles, and residential communities, blah blah blah.

I see how people avoid making contact with the Z like its contageous with an unknown strand of the herp :icon17:. So I use this to my advantage by making people wait while I let others pull into traffic, people cross the street, make careful turns in front of me (without being tailgated), etc.

Call me a nerd...I dont care. But I feel like a "good-guy bully" when I drive the Z and strongarm wreckless/inconsiderate drivers into waiting. I really dont feel regret when I get nasty looks because of it. Do you ever kinda "take over the road" in a good way in your Z?

You're a "crusader", and I don't mean that in a nice way.

I've done it some, and I've been bullied in such a way. Bottom line, it is itself a form of aggressive driving.

Or passive aggressive maybe?

I "take over the road" in all my vehicles due to road rage :/

usually when I leave the house i'm smiling and everything is fine and by the time i get to my destination im shaking and want to strangle something

I am a road bully in any vehicle. You snooze you lose.

only when i go to work

:wtf::facepalm:

Smugly throwing your car out to block someone is aggressive behavior, as is slowing down just to screw with the guy behind you. The defensive driver is not a road combatant. He or she just goes about their business without emotion.

And I have news for the OP, it's not just a Z that people don't want to hit. It's any car.

I wasn't trying to make it sound as though I target drivers just to be a jerk. My wording will be my undoing on this.:ugh2: I was referring to myself being a patient, considerate driver in response to seeing other individuals in the area. I have ZERO motivation to help drivers whom tailgate and aggressively/impatiently try to bogard their way around the road without consideration of others.

It gives me a feeling of accomplishment when I can let someone into the lane of traffic, or let bicycles cross the street, or allow someone time/space to enter/exit the parking lot. My "crusade" is not one out of hatred or anger. But one out of kindness. I guess having to walk around on foot during undergrad, and driving that Galant during grad school made me think, "why cant drivers be more caring?" So now I practice what I preach.

But hey, to each their own, man.

I got the impression you were going out of your way to inconvenience other motorists, not just driving defensively. That is my misunderstanding.

I'm pretty nice to most people. Although I have been in the habit lately of spraying people with my windshield fluid when they're tailgating me. They have to REALLY be on my *** though. If they come up close once I usually let it go, but multiple times and they get a spray.:happydance:

I will be more than happy to accommodate those that might not be in a good spot but only if they are naturally stuck there. Even if I'm in a hurry. I drive fast as it is. Not aggressive fast, but just fast. Unless I get one of those "good doers" that tries to slow me down by cutting me off because I was at least doing the speed limit. When crap like that happens I go into a state of rage and then I will take over the road and only long enough to get past those people and to my destination. And no, I don't regret it when I do it. When people show their stupidity, getting around it is my only concern because stupidity kills and I don't want to be near them. It is a fair argument and one that has kept me out of accidents in the past. If it keeps you safe and won't interfere or cause others to lose focus then why not?

I would consider myself passive-aggresive
I too, let pedestrians walk ex: the grocery store.
I let other cars merge into my lane etc .
I try to be generally nice when driving the Z.
I don't want to be known as the douche with the sports car, and especially since I'm 21 but look 16ish ..I don't want to look like an immature kid.

This is NY. It's every man for himself.

not at all. i am too busy trying to avoid the other idiots that think my car is a target or teenagers in their beat up honduhs with fart can exhausts thinking a stoplight is for racing

I enjoy being polite while driving - letting other people merge, giving pedestrians the right of way, yielding to people turning in front of me in traffic. However, I have to balance that with my hate of people who don't pay attention to their driving or others around them and my habit of driving 10 mph over the speed limit.

If you're driving too timidly, I'm probably not going to stop to let you pull out in front of me.
If you're driving like an a$$hat in traffic, I'm probably not going to make the effort to get out of your way (I probably want to drive faster than you anyway).

I will make aggressive maneuvers when I have plenty of room to put distance between myself and other idiot drivers who I'm not interested in being behind, adjacent to, or anywhere near (like if I see you on a fucking cell phone). My goal on the highway is typically to find a big gap in the traffic and set cruise control. I drive the side streets a lot during my daily commute to avoid traffic as much as possible.