Hard Braking Swerve - To the Shoulder

[stocker]

What the f*ck is with people who swerve onto the shoulder during hard braking in traffic?! The following is a list of reasons addressed to the shoulder swervers of why this pisses me off:

1) If you can't stop in time while staying in your lane you are tailgating (you likely have a habit of tailgating too). It is YOUR fault you are in this situation.
2) The shoulder is for emergency use like stalled cars and emergency vehicles - not as an alternative lane for braking because you suck at paying attention to the road.
3) There is probably someone/something on the shoulder causing people to brake so swerving over there could kill people.
4) Cars can brake harder than many people think - mash that brake pedal! They invented ABS for morons like you.
5) Although the unlikely cause, if your car has sh*tty brakes then get the d*mn things fixed or drive accordingly. Maintain your sh*t.

Please feel free to add to this list...

[ItHurtz]

how about avoiding a rear end collision at all costs? your a idiot if you pray your car stops in time without trying to avoid the situation.

[Jomamma]

6) Cars have bumpers. Why do you have bumpers if your not gonna use them. Hit dat bish...

[SnowTh1ef]

6) Cars have bumpers. Why do you have bumpers if your not gonna use them. Hit dat bish...

LOL yes. win

[stocker]

how about avoiding a rear end collision at all costs? your a idiot if you pray your car stops in time without trying to avoid the situation.

Avoid a collision compared to potentially killing someone changing a tire or working on the side of the road? If a driver can't even watch the car in front of them they sure as he11 aren't surveying the shoulder for obstructions.

[stocker]

And I don't pray my car stops, I push the brake pedal and slow down because I'm paying attention to driving and I'm not tailgating.

[stocker]

This is more aimed at people who drift to the shoulder everytime traffic is slowing suddenly. Just push the brake pedal and stay in your lane.

[Jomamma]

Maybe I want to see what the hold up is. I'm sure its not killing anyone.

I'm not sure why you need to rant about this Mr triple post

[stocker]

Maybe I want to see what the hold up is. I'm sure its not killing anyone.

I'm not sure why you need to rant about this Mr triple post

A sneak peak is fine. If you're aware enough that there is a hold up this likely doesn't apply to you. I think I'm following all the rules: no racial slurs and no actual typing swear words.

[05CompG]

Well i know for sure that i can drive...i dont tailgate and i dont follow to closely to people. I have had a few close calls where ive had to swerve onto the shoulder...so i dont think it is incompitent driving...i just think its taking a extra safe step. Obviously in the split second before i swerve im going to check all my options and look before i go. If theres a car there then im sol LOL (never had that happen but still)

[HighOctaneRacing]

What the f*ck is with people who swerve onto the shoulder during hard braking in traffic?! The following is a list of reasons addressed to the shoulder swervers of why this pisses me off:

1) If you can't stop in time while staying in your lane you are tailgating (you likely have a habit of tailgating too). It is YOUR fault you are in this situation.
2) The shoulder is for emergency use like stalled cars and emergency vehicles - not as an alternative lane for braking because you suck at paying attention to the road.
3) There is probably someone/something on the shoulder causing people to brake so swerving over there could kill people.
4) Cars can brake harder than many people think - mash that brake pedal! They invented ABS for morons like you.
5) Although the unlikely cause, if your car has sh*tty brakes then get the d*mn things fixed or drive accordingly. Maintain your sh*t.

Please feel free to add to this list...

Not all cars have ABS and ABS isn't always the answer dude Also a tire could blowout and make someone swerve off the road and hit the tire changer so think about that. Pointless thread

[Russosaur]

My ABS is borken

Damn harnesses

Sent from BFE

[ItHurtz]

Avoid a collision compared to potentially killing someone changing a tire or working on the side of the road? If a driver can't even watch the car in front of them they sure as he11 aren't surveying the shoulder for obstructions.

I am pretty dam sure one does not slam on the brakes and go offroading on the shoulder with their eyes closed... you must be the kind of person that holds up traffic because your afriad to be closer than 1/8 mile from the car in front of you. Life would be alot easier if you worried about yourself and not others.

[freneticburn]

I've had to swerve onto the shoulder BECAUSE of ABS . In the winter I've had to use the snow on the shoulder to slow down because of glare ice on the roads and ABS means you aren't stopping any time soon. You could argue I may have been going to fast but sometimes ice at the end of a exit ramp catches you by surprise.

[stocker]

Not all cars have ABS and ABS isn't always the answer dude Also a tire could blowout and make someone swerve off the road and hit the tire changer so think about that. Pointless thread

My car certainly doesn't have ABS but most do. I can't tell if you're joking about the blowout.

I am pretty dam sure one does not slam on the brakes and go offroading on the shoulder with their eyes closed... you must be the kind of person that holds up traffic because your afriad to be closer than 1/8 mile from the car in front of you. Life would be alot easier if you worried about yourself and not others.

Some people seem to use the shoulder as an emergency alternative to paying attention to driving. I probably use a longer following distance than most people but it seems like people try to prove how awesome they are by following close. I am worried about myself, that is why I will never change my tire on the side of the highway.

I've had to swerve onto the shoulder BECAUSE of ABS . In the winter I've had to use the snow on the shoulder to slow down because of glare ice on the roads and ABS means you aren't stopping any time soon. You could argue I may have been going to fast but sometimes ice at the end of a exit ramp catches you by surprise.

Sh*t happens in winter

[BillBoost37]

Reality here is most people don't leave enough distance and won't. Sorry to hear it bugs you.. cause I bet you'll have this as a lifelong issue.

[87IROCZOWNER69]

Yup. People don't learn until they have an accident and even then the memory doesn't always stick with them. For instance when I was 16 and had my license for about a month I was behind this suv after school. Well I must have been following kind of close because the guy locked up his brakes on me. So I lock up the brakes on my camaro, the guy behind me in a golf does the same, and the guy behind him in a camry tried but failed. So the camry hits the golf and the golf slid into me. Now I only ended up with a few scratches on my bumper while the other two didn't fair as well but ever since then I have stopped tailgating

[stocker]

Reality here is most people don't leave enough distance and won't. Sorry to hear it bugs you.. cause I bet you'll have this as a lifelong issue.

I agree that is a reality that won't change. I'm working on lots of issues haha.

Yup. People don't learn until they have an accident and even then the memory doesn't always stick with them. For instance when I was 16 and had my license for about a month I was behind this suv after school. Well I must have been following kind of close because the guy locked up his brakes on me. So I lock up the brakes on my camaro, the guy behind me in a golf does the same, and the guy behind him in a camry tried but failed. So the camry hits the golf and the golf slid into me. Now I only ended up with a few scratches on my bumper while the other two didn't fair as well but ever since then I have stopped tailgating

Thank you for sharing a perfect example of the accordion effect. Had one person in that chain been following at the correct distance, that accident likely wouldn't have happened.

[04lss]

I was following a large truck f250 or something, about 10 car lengths back good amount of reaction time, for me to hit my brakes and stop.
we were coming up on exits (i was on the interstate 70 mph speed limit) he swerves into the off ramp, in front of him was a dump truck stopped dead in a line of cars, I stood on my break pedal, but i still ended up in the shoulder passed half of the length of the dump truck.
This was rush hour, and i was following at the best distance i could manage in the traffic, if i hadnt of gone into the shoulder my car would have been totaled. Granted extreme circumstance, not being able to see past the truck in front of me, and the cars being stopped, but sometimes there is no other choice. I will say Everytime i drive through that area now, i slow down a good 10 MPH and pay closer attention, that being said... i actively chose to go onto the shoulder and checked that it was clear before doing so, I would rather take my chances with the dumptruck than risk injuring someone.

Although i do see a lot of people driving on someones ass, then swerve. I almost had someone clip me last week doing that.

[krsdadsps]

Come to north carolina and see how much you have to slam the brakes and go in the shoulder. i just moved down from va and almost every week some body cuts me off and jams there brakes trying to get me to hit them.