What's with this???

Just fit a Bumper Buddy up front and shove them off into the weeds. They didn't signal, right? ;-)

 

it is systemic of a much larger issue. relax and enjoy the great FE.

 

Fortunately for me I have not noticed any Prius rage. But I wouldn't mind dishing out some by punching that lady in the beak.

 

People perceive Prii as slow even though they aren't. I fight back with aggressive driving and refuse to let them pass or get in front of me.

 

I've also seen this type of Prius hate. I braked for a flock of turkeys and had this yahoo in a pickup pass me on a blind turn going uphill.

 

When I started driving my prius a few years ago, I saw more of that. Now, that gas is more expensive, the SUVs and pickups are trying to save gas money and drive slow. I easily out pace them, especially as I start very quickly on green lights, unlike most of the slow locals. But something like that actually happened yesterday (incidentally, female driver of some older SUV). Some people work hard to show they are superior to those "smug" prius drivers.

 

I have had it happen to me several times. Once was a huge pick up and just this week, a Nissan Murano. Both were changing lanes without a signal and caused me to almost swerve off the road! No "sorry" or sheepish looks! Geeze!!!!

 

It happens, I realized that driving aggressively to try and get back at them is very childish.., plus it just lowers my mpg and nothing positive comes from driving that way, so now when they drive like idiots I let them go, and I laugh at them and enjoy my great mpg. Plus after all that aggression you end up splitting up later down the road and NEVER see them again. So what's the point, it proves nothing and is a waste of time...

 

I too have noticed other drivers are more likely cut me off or even more so, pull out in front of me to get ahead of me instead of behind me. And its not like they can't see me coming in my bright red Prius.
The good thing is I'm so happy to have finally been able to upgrade from my 1993 Ford Escort wagon that when I see drivers acting like this I make a point to stay away from them. I don't need their lack of anger management to result in my Prius ending up in a repair shop.

I did have a bit of a scare yesterday though. I was driving down a street in a small town with angle parking along the side. All the parking spots were filled. I was about in the middle of the block when a cars starting rapidly backing out towards me. Now this likely had nothing to do with the type of car I was driving but rather the drivers lack of being able to see down the street when they first starting backing up and not easing back far enough to see before backing up quickly. Out of instinct I braked and swearved at the same time. The driver did manage to stop before he t-boned me but the quick responsiveness of the Prius did give him the room to get stopped. I don't think a belt driven power steering pump would have allowed me to swearved as quickly as the Prius did since the engine RPMs and power steering pressure would have been dropping once I lifted my foot of the gas. (With 260,000 miles I was glad when the steering wheel would turn and the brakes would work on the Escort. )​

So I look at it as, if others drivers want to drive agressively around me I will for the most part let them go. I also have the HSI right there reminding me that I can afford the payments because of what I am saving on gas. (2000 miles in 2 weeks, 30 MPG vs. 53 MPG, apporx $4/gal = $115 in savings in 2 weeks! At this pace I will save $250/month on gas!)
But, I do like knowing that when needed, the Prius is a capable car and can do what I need it to do when and where I need it to.

 

+1 OP
Every Prius hate post turns into how the Prius gets better mpg. What does that have to do with anything? Driving a Prius does not make me a better or worst person, it's only a car. When I drive my roadster or my Prius, I still have the same right to use the road as anyone else. Driving the Prius is not going to turn me into someone else. I will return what have been given, that is how I live and driving a Prius will not change that.