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From: Alexander Rogge on 3 Jun 2010 13:28
Scott in SoCal wrote:
> As we were
> walking out of the store, we observed a white Mercedes coming towards
> us down the driveway in front of the building. Suddenly, a Honda comes
> *flying* out of one of the parking aisles, coming to a stop at a 45
> degree angle directly in the path of the Mercedes, forcing the driver
> to come to an abrupt stop.

I would have been out of the car already. That's beyond MFFY foolishness.

> How was your Memorial Day weekend?

The MFFY Sloth driving continues.

I was driving behind a truck in a 60 zone. Unexpectedly, a minivan
driver on the right failed to stop and ran the red light, cutting off
the truck driver and nearly crashing into the truck while making its
illegal right-turn. The MFFY then went into the left lane and I passed
it. The Sloth didn't like this, and sped up to play a game of Duckling
next to my rear door. After several attempts to vary my speed failed to
dislodge the LLBing Sloth, I swerved into the front end of the Sloth.
That ended the Duckling game.

Another driver needed a reminder that a Stop sign means that you will
stop and wait behind the intersection line until the lane is clear.
Instead of stopping, this driver rolled past the Stop sign and
Slotherated in front of me. I was only going 60, and I forced the Sloth
off the road very slowly. This Sloth actually seemed to understand what
it had done wrong, because it stopped properly for all of the
intersections that I saw after that.

The last incident involved a bicyclist. He was riding in the shoulder
instead of the lane, and then ran a red light. No, no, no! This meant
that the traffic with the green signal was suddenly surprised to see a
bicycle emerge from the shoulder and into the intersection against a red
signal. Red means Stop!
From: Alexander Rogge on 4 Jun 2010 06:25
Scott in SoCal wrote:
> Last time on rec.autos.driving, Alexander Rogge <a_rogge(a)yahoo.com>
> said:
>
>> I was only going 60, and I forced the Sloth
>> off the road very slowly. This Sloth actually seemed to understand what
>> it had done wrong, because it stopped properly for all of the
>> intersections that I saw after that.
>
> May I ask what kind of vehicle you drive?
>
> I'm thinking it must be a 1973 Plymouth Fury III or maybe a rusty old
> pickup truck.

It is not the value of the vehicle that changes the behaviour of an
MFFY. It is rather a combination of knowing that it has done something
wrong and the value of the threat imposed by the violated driver. When
that threat becomes clear, the MFFY behaviour ends. Anyone not yielding
under that threat is not an MFFY, but someone who is either willing to
die or is completely oblivious.

These notorious drivers are watching you approach, and they know when
you're braking and looking as if you are trying to pass them. It is a
big game to them, until they realise that you're not braking and perhaps
don't even see them. Then they panic, as they should. I have the
stopping tolerance set to approximately 50 cm, which sent into a gasping
panic the last driver to try making an illegal left-turn in front of me.
Stop means stop, and this means you! When she didn't immediately
reverse from her blocked turn, I held the brake with the left foot and
threatened to ram her again. She then stopped gasping and moved quite
quickly. It is so much cheaper than traffic citations, and leaves an
effective impression on the minds of these foolish drivers.

This is also a reason why almost nobody blocks the passing lane or
becomes merge-impaired when there is no posted speed-restriction. The
LLBs and slowpokes know exactly what they are doing wrong, and they also
know that the impact from a driver going 160+ will probably mean death.
MFFY driving occurs most often at slower speeds, when the risk of
death is expected to be minimal. The number of collisions also
increases statistically as the posted speed-limit decreases, as would be
expected with the associated increase of bad driving behaviours.
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