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Is this a thing now?

  • 25-03-2026 09:56PM
    #1
    pgj2015
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,461 ✭✭✭✭


    Something I have noticed 3 times in the last week.

    drivers who get help up for a few seconds, get really annoyed and start spinning the wheels on their cars to show how annoyed they are.

    it is so pathetic, I saw a guy in his 50s do it today, 2 of the drivers were driving really crap cars, maybe that is why they are really mad?



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  • #2
    Jim_Hodge
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,031 ✭✭✭✭Jim_Hodge


    I can't say I've ever noticed anything like this.



  • #3
    pgj2015
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,461 ✭✭✭✭pgj2015


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124340840#Comment_124340840

    Watch out for it, I think its a new thing that is catching on.



  • #4
    Mister Vain
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,367 ✭✭✭Mister Vain


    Aye, have seen it a few times.

    Also women flashing their boobs at delivery drivers.



  • #5
    FREDNISMO
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 388 ✭✭FREDNISMO


    I bet they can't flash and spin wheels at same time



  • #6
    pgj2015
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,461 ✭✭✭✭pgj2015


    I think some people have become really aggressive drivers since the covid times. This is just a result of it.



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  • #7
    Appletart Upsetter
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 1,933 ✭✭✭Appletart Upsetter


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124340947#Comment_124340947

    Yeah, COVID rage. It's a legit thing with a lot of scientific stuff out there.



  • #8
    Mother Shaboobu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 304 ✭✭Mother Shaboobu


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124340947#Comment_124340947

    More aggressive in general imo.



  • #9
    Leg End Reject
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 22,628 ✭✭✭✭Leg End Reject


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058436334/is-this-a-thing-now

    Spinning the wheels would surely move the car, how could they do that if they're held up?

    https://forumofgames.com/



  • #10
    Buffman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,431 ✭✭✭Buffman


    Are these drivers sitting there in traffic doing burn outs and not moving or spinning wheels while moving off?

    One is deliberate but the other could be just loss of traction caused by no traction control/poor tyres/slippery road surface/poor driving.

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  • #11
    pgj2015
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,461 ✭✭✭✭pgj2015


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124341000#Comment_124341000

    spinning wheels while moving off.



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  • #12
    Buffman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,431 ✭✭✭Buffman


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124341056#Comment_124341056

    Fair enough, I'd give them the benefit of the doubt that it's accidental so, can easily be done in a manual front wheel drive car if you're a bit heavy with the right foot moving off.

    The below is a general 'signature' and not part of any post:

    FYI, if you move to a 'smart' meter electricity plan, you CAN'T move back to a non-smart plan.

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    Buy drinks in 3L or bigger plastic bottles or glass bottles or cartons to avoid the DRS fee.

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  • #13
    pgj2015
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,461 ✭✭✭✭pgj2015


    none of the 3 incidents I saw were accidental.

    One guy was blocked in at train station by a woman for less than 1 minute, he was clearly annoyed, he looked at me as if to say "do you believe this $hit"? she moved her car and he tore off like he was after robbing a bank.

    The other 2 incidents were very similar.



  • #14
    pgj2015
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,461 ✭✭✭✭pgj2015


    it is worrying that people are getting so wound up over nothing. I think there is a thin line between these burn offs and attacking someone over minor traffic incidents. its not a normal reaction to being help up for a few seconds.



  • #15
    littlefeet
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 927 ✭✭✭littlefeet


    There is always a thing with the sheep.

    Keeping the blinds down all the times

    Shopping in PJs, seemed to have stopped now.

    Babies in pubs(non-skangers)

    Teens with no issues are not going to school.

    The sheep see someone else spinning wheels with annoyance, they copy it.

    There is always a thing with the sheep.

    Post edited by littlefeet on


  • #16
    elperello
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 19,330 ✭✭✭✭elperello


    Just a symptom of the rise in aggressive behaviour in society in general.

    Ignore them and don't make eye contact.



  • #17
    Rocket_GD
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,085 ✭✭✭Rocket_GD


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124341363#Comment_124341363

    This movie must have really scarred you.

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  • #18
    odyssey06
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 38,138 ✭✭✭✭odyssey06


    Ok I was really confused as to why "drivers who get help up" would do this, that would be really insecure, but after reading more posts - it is also insecure is doing it when they get held up :)

    "To follow knowledge like a sinking star..." (Tennyson's Ulysses)



  • #19
    dxhound2005
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 24,509 ✭✭✭✭dxhound2005


    I thought it was Hell Up.



  • #20
    Mister Vain
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,367 ✭✭✭Mister Vain


    OP made the same mistake twice. The D key must be broke.



  • #21
    Migdal_Or
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 50 ✭✭Migdal_Or


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124341118#Comment_124341118

    I agree. It's not limited to the road, I've noticed people are more on edge in general.



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  • #22
    John_Rambo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 11,508 ✭✭✭✭John_Rambo


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058436334/is-this-a-thing-now

    Is this in Galway by any chance?



  • #23
    littlefeet
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 927 ✭✭✭littlefeet


    It's losing the cohesion that keeps a lid on a lot of it, seen as boring and old-fashioned: family life, eating dinner together, knowing the neighbours, staying in the same job for life, taking part in the community in some way. The rise of atomised lives, everyone does their own thing.

    It's scarier when a middle-class person lets the mask slip; they have all the advantages, and yet.

    Post edited by littlefeet on


  • #24
    pgj2015
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,461 ✭✭✭✭pgj2015


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124341980#Comment_124341980

    No, it is west of Ireland though.

    Have you seen it happen?



  • #25
    pgj2015
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,461 ✭✭✭✭pgj2015


    Very true. That's what I do.

    They are looking for a fight so that's the last thing you should give them.



  • #26
    John_Rambo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 11,508 ✭✭✭✭John_Rambo


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124342188#Comment_124342188

    Twice in Galway, that's why I asked were you there.



  • #27
    pgj2015
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,461 ✭✭✭✭pgj2015


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124342206#Comment_124342206

    It's so sad isn't it?

    You have to laugh at them really, I haven't seen a woman do it YET.

    Was it all men?



  • #28
    dxhound2005
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 24,509 ✭✭✭✭dxhound2005


    It's an example of zero situational awareness.



  • #29
    Mister Vain
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,367 ✭✭✭Mister Vain


    Another thing I see a lot of is people pulling out before looking to see if anyone else is coming.



  • #30
    pgj2015
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,461 ✭✭✭✭pgj2015


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124342576#Comment_124342576

    Or pulling out when they should wait a few seconds to let fast moving traffic past, rather than the fast traffic having to slam on their brakes. More me me me attitude.



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  • #31
    littlefeet
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 927 ✭✭✭littlefeet


    There is more to this than it appears.

    Modern SUVs are intentionally designed with an aggressive aesthetic driven by consumer demand.



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