I despise large vehicles, in part because of the actions of their owners. They're inherently more dangerous for me in my sedan. They make it impossible to see around when I'm trying to turn, or pull out of a parking space. They're loud, polluting, and useless. (I exclude small sized, 1990s style pickup trucks and that sort of thing - things that have actual utility, reasonably designed sightlines, etc).

Additionally, many of these vehicles seem to be driven by arrogant, rude, or otherwise unpleasant people. "Not all of us!" Maybe they're not all outwardly shitheads. But even if some are them aren't outwardly arrogant/aggressive, they still chose a needlessly large vehicle that endangers me and pollutes my environment. As such, I consider them to be unpleasant. Fuck 'em.

As such, in an act of symbolic protest, I always slow down when one is behind me. I do not move out of their way. I do not put myself in additional danger by cutting them off or doing anything outwardly aggressive, but from my perspective I do not want to encourage the behavior of buying these vehicles, so I want to make them less pleasant to drive around me. Does it solve anything? No. Does it needlessly make some other person's life slightly more annoying? Yes. Does that make me a bad person? Yes, but being a good person is less fun and wasnt changing anything anyway.

If you're reading this and you drive one of these giant monstrosities, consider this a personal insult. Fuck you, suck my BWC, and get off the fucking road.

This post is not related to the NJB video, this has been simmering in my for quite some time and I just had a very minor annoyance on the road involving one of these vehicles and I need to get it out.