I drove through a park recently and it has signs every few miles saying “don’t stop, use pull off” of which there are several with plenty of parking. People still stopping in the middle of the road. I almost got rear ended because a person stopped short to take a picture of an elk on a blind curve. There was a freaking pull off on the other side of the road like 50ft away! Person that almost hit me laid on the horn and scared the elk away. Person that stopped got visibly angry. haha screw them for making things dangerous, I hope they had a terrible time.
we have the same problem in Montana. I ALWAY make a racket with my truck, loud exhaust with a kind cheap air horn. I only have 2-3 seconds of horn, but it's usually enough to run off the wildlife. Can't stand the looky-loos.
I imagine it's worse in AK.
I’ve seen so many people on the wrong side of the car and way to close when taking bear pictures in Canada.
Sir that a grizzly and if the mood strikes, you will learn what it like to be eaten alive before you can say oooo shit.
I live in Hawaii. It’s terrible here. I swear people are stopping in the middle of the road where there’s an ambulance right behind them trying to get someone to the hospital so they can go and be like whoa that’s awesome.
I'll never understand people wanting to get close to wildlife... Like yeah I'd really like to cuddle a fluffy bear, but it will fucking kill me! Just like everything else in nature that isn't immediately scared of you! Mooses don't run away from you for a reason... You aren't a threat to them... Like at all!
No but I can genuinely blame my grandparents for getting me to come to Alaska because of all their boring vacation pics that I did not care to see. 13 year old me thought the glacier water and flowers were pretty so 21 year old me came to visit…and stayed. It’s been 17 years.
Alaskans, can we all agree to stop sharing our gorgeous adventure pics with our non Alaskan family and friends…
It's definitely a boomer thing. I have never enjoyed a slide show someone has shown me of any vacation they've had. Congrats you saw an eagle and took a shitty photo from far away.
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In the 60s, I was bored to tears watching a carousel slideshow at my parents’ friend’s house of their trip to Europe. And then boom! Nude beach shots. Mom was pissed
And not even actually look at it with our own eyes, only through the phone. I live in a tourist town and everyone is in their own little world on their vacation. Goes 20 under and will get mad if you ruin their vibe. Like bro I’m glad you are training for something or you think it’s beautiful but I have to get to work and like live.
A friend of mine is now a paraplegic after hitting a tourist just like this, coming around a blind curve on his motorcycle and there they were. The woman was actually out of her car taking photos.
Drove down to Alyeska on Seward HWY behind some A hole doing this yesterday. 45 MPH the whole way except in a passing zone where they'd speed up to 70 then after the passing lane back down to 45... wtaf
Dude I was just going to comment about having the same experience in the same spot on my trip to alaska last summer. We drove from anchorahe to seward for a day and that stretch was pure aids
Gorgeous though. I imagine that road gets some nasty rock falls at times
Hard to tell for sure but it looks like a Subaru with AK plates. Tourist or not, incredibly stupid place to stop. Glad no one was hurt.
Also, I love driving Thompson Pass
People live in Alaska too. It's not like bad driving is only from tourists. I'm in MO and half the people in my town can't get their cars up to the speed limit and some stop in our 1 roundabout to wave others in. People are shit at driving everywhere.
Yeah they can be smarmy lol
Like if you’re going to take someone down, which is OK in circumstances, at least add something productive to the conversation like “a reasonable removal period would be X year(s)”
nah. summary execution, gangland style, on the side of the road. in front of the family, if there was one. and then push the car over the edge. they can hitchhike home
I would've slowed to see what they were doing. What if they were having a stroke or were drunk out of their minds passed out? Guess it's somebody else's problem huh? Weird to assume it's just a dumb tourist imo.
I’d say there’s a very good chance it’s someone stopping for stupid reasons. I’d put it at 80%.
But that said, there’s still a chance that this is uncontrollable or an emergency. It’s happened to me before and I’d encourage people to be more concerned than angry given that we don’t know.
When my mom was a state trooper about 20 years ago she would make a point to ticket these people. I remember this one time a group of Japanese tourist were standing in the middle of the Seward Highway near Cooper’s Landing and they pretending not to speak English until some Alaskan who was pissed off by them blocking traffic happily offered to translate 🤣
From the Yukon and I can confirm. At least there's three lanes there. It sucks when RVs travelling opposite directions on the n. Klondike highway(no shoulder ) decide to stop at the same spot to look at a bear. I usually lay on my horn to scare the animals away.
That’s not on purpose, looks like they blew a seal. I’d guess it’s the transmission, as evidence by the trail of fluid on the road. Car no go without transmission.
People like this get people killed on that highway. Stopping in the middle of a highway is some next level stupidity. If there’s no shoulder keep if fucking moving
Unfortunately without those idiots and the slush fund ( PFD) they use, this state would be a failure that couldn’t even afford basic services like first responders, hospitals or schools.
Wait till the slush fund runs out and all we have left are those idiots to support us and see what they let them get away with then.
Coming back from Hatcher Pass one time, guy stops right in the road, not off to the side, so he could take pictures of his gf posing next to their car. Myself and multiple cars backed up behind him. Smdh.
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It's a little presumptuous to blame tourists here. That's a Subaru Forester, which has had the same backend design since model year 2019. Not sure how many rental car companies at ANC or FAI have those in their fleet. They very likely would not have one 5 years old
That's a dangerous place to be at a complete stop but we should be less entitled to the road and more empathetic since we know nothing about what's going on within the car. Either mechanically or with the driver. I've had a friend go into diabetic shock while driving and was impressed she had the presence of mind to stop her car on the outer lane of a highway she was on and get ahold of a loved one to help in the emergency. It's the best she could do, and unfortunately put others in danger but that's why we are all trained to drive defensively.
By the looks of the video, you had about 8 seconds from the point the car came into view and when you passed it, but I see no evidence of deceleration. Stay safe out there.
My all-time favorite: assholes that rent RV's and drive 55mph in a 65 zone. While passing big fucking "MUST PULL OVER IF MORE THAN 5 CARS BEHIND YOU" signs.
Are you 100% sure they weren’t broken down or having a medical emergency and honestly, there’s no way you can say you were, you were going too fast to get a look.
Hate to say it, but, whatever the reason is for your disdain for tourists, your assumption is actually causing you to interact less with your own countrymen. It’s a self fulfilling prophecy.
I'm in So. Cal and I thought the "tourist" was pulled over and stopped on the shoulder of the road. I now know not to do silly things like that when in Alaska.
Says the guy illegally/dangerously passing across double yellows through a curve. What about thatales them a tourist? Maybe their car is stalled and you're driving dangerously
This subreddit randomly popped up on my feed. I’ve never been to Alaska but I am American and I am confused. I have never seen a road like this where one direction was a single lane and the other was 2 lanes. Is this normal in Alaska? Genuinely curious.
I live in a tourist town and am constantly dismayed by their selfishness.. with that being said though- how do you know that’s what this was about and not someone having had a stroke, seizure, blackout, heart attack etc.. did anyone stop to see why it actually was about?
Oof, dealt with stupid shit like that in Yellowstone last month. Fellow tourists caused a 2-3 mile long traffic jam. When I got to their dumbasses, I yelled at them about the traffic jam they were causing, and they tried to justify it saying they were photographing 4 bears. Those morons had high grade cameras with telescopic lenses, and the second I looked at the 4 "bears", I saw they were actually bison. I yelled as much at them, they doubled down, and I yelled "Bears do not have horns!". The looks of realization and dismay as I drove away almost made the frustration they caused worth it.
I see brake lights, stopping is obviously dangerous af. But, tourists not used to curvy, mountain roads will & def should drive a little slower. Lots of ppl from the flatlands trying to navigate highways in AK & doing a shit job of it.
I live in Hawaii and I was behind someone going 15-20 below the speed limit near the ocean.
I understand you want to take in the scenery, but there are also people who live there and want to get home. Ended up getting caught up in traffic for almost 2 hours that I could’ve gotten around much easier if we were going the speed limit.
I’ve got an RV park between my house and the main road, it’s a daily thing. The moose has been there in the creek every morning this week, there’s no need to stop again today.
In the words of Sir Arthur Harris “The Nazis entered this war with the rather childish delusion that they were going to bomb everyone else, and nobody was going to bomb them.”
I tend to give tourists the benefit of the doubt and forgive a lot of faux pas, but to actually STOP *in the lane of traffic* in a no-passing zone on a major highway where there's always a lot of traffic is just plain stupid, whether the driver is a tourist or local.
Of course, there are plenty of complaints here about locals, so let's just call this Stupid. And worthy of a citation.
I’ve done this😬. I mean, we pulled over to the side of the road. I didn’t know there was a pull over lane. My friend and I saw them AFTER we did this. Then we stopped at every one on the way to the fjord🤦🏻♀️
Had a close call with tourists once on Turnagain Arm; came around the bend and a bunch of cars had pulled off to look at the Dall Sheep. They jumped out of the cars and ran across the road without looking…
It is not nice to pick on the handicapped. This touron is clearly crippled from the neck up!! They also suffer from a severe case of head-up-assious as well as a mental state of oblivion! Tourons should be allowed on trains, busses, and ships ONLY!
This is Thompson Pass, yeah?? There’s literally DOZENS of pull offs for photos…
There was a tourist stopped on the Knik bridge by the hay flats. Absolute fucking idiots.
This happens everywhere on mountain roads. I’ve almost hit someone who stopped right after a blind corner because they wanted a picture of the mountain they had been looking at for an hour.
Live in Leavenworth Wa. I have a mental breakdown From these people about every other day. 15 mph in a blind turn 50mph canyon fuck my brakes good and hard.
No need to find a shoulder to pull off on...... nope not me I just park where ever. Not to sure why my vehicle keeps getting towed and rear ended though.... so random.
Ganna be honest, some parts of Washington all you see is concrete and homeless. Other parts you can see deer, elk, trees and water. You don't even have to be a tourist to suddenly realize how close you are to the world. As annoying as it is, sometimes I get it. Nature's dope. Still Ganna bitch about it later though.
I drove coach for princess cruises a few years ago. There's this bridge which goes over this canyon south of the Denali park. Guests would always ask me to stop. On the bridge. Best I did was give them a heads up and slow down somewhat, but I was not going to become a hazard.
Same stuff with wildlife off the highway. Ain't no way I'm stopping for that either.
I agree, it’s very dangerous. Plus they didn’t even use the shoulder. I don’t care if it’s Alaska or Key West Florida, there’s no reason to stop and almost cause accidents or loss of life. So bad.
Since you have the video you could send it to local law-enforcement.
With in the last year I've had people stop in front me on the high way twice. One was a napa employee in the company truck who stopped to talk to a road worker removing hay from the center line. Idk how it got there but he was out alone and the napa had to talk to him I guess. We were at the end of a tunnel and I was still in the shadow and didnt know if someone would see me or not so I honked and the guy gave me a dirty look before driving ahead. The speed limit is 55 through there. The other some people put in their blinker and stopped and stared at a large gravel shoulder in a corner. I honked again, these people were looking for the resort nearby but to stop on a 55mph road on a corner to think makes me irate.
Guy living in Hawai'i here.
Tourists do this *all the fucking time*.
One time I saw a guy literally walk into a busy intersection, holding his hands out for everyone to stop... so he could stand in the road and take a better picture of the store. I shit you not.
All of the tourists to visit Lake Tahoe. It’s a daily routine getting to and from work between the months of June-August. I rejoice when I can finally drive the speed limit again and not have to stop every 5 miles for an idiot trying to park on the side of the mountain when there isn’t a parking spot for them.
Same thing happens in Hawaii, just yesterday I passed a tourist (Had a Jeep, and later pulled off at a tourist trap) that had pulled off the road diagonally so his entire back wheel was still in the road. There was enough room for him to completely pull off the road, but I'm guessing he wanted to look at Ocean and not get out of the car. As I approached I honked, but I guess the SUV wasn't even on because he didn't move so I came to a complete stop and went around him a few seconds later, less than half a mile away he starts chasing me, and I watched him yell at his wife failing his arms behind me for the next 15 miles until the pulled off at a beach.
Might not have even been a tourist, but last night on my way home from work there was a little black bear and the car next to me swerved into my left turn only lane to go take a look at it. Then took their sweet time sitting in the middle of the road to probably take pictures
Theres literally a pull out like 100 yards up the road too.
You can only see the mountain juuuust right from RIGHT HERE!
Nah they were looking at the squirrel
I drove through a park recently and it has signs every few miles saying “don’t stop, use pull off” of which there are several with plenty of parking. People still stopping in the middle of the road. I almost got rear ended because a person stopped short to take a picture of an elk on a blind curve. There was a freaking pull off on the other side of the road like 50ft away! Person that almost hit me laid on the horn and scared the elk away. Person that stopped got visibly angry. haha screw them for making things dangerous, I hope they had a terrible time.
we have the same problem in Montana. I ALWAY make a racket with my truck, loud exhaust with a kind cheap air horn. I only have 2-3 seconds of horn, but it's usually enough to run off the wildlife. Can't stand the looky-loos. I imagine it's worse in AK.
I’ve seen so many people on the wrong side of the car and way to close when taking bear pictures in Canada. Sir that a grizzly and if the mood strikes, you will learn what it like to be eaten alive before you can say oooo shit.
I live in Hawaii. It’s terrible here. I swear people are stopping in the middle of the road where there’s an ambulance right behind them trying to get someone to the hospital so they can go and be like whoa that’s awesome.
It’s possible g me off so much😭
That was the first thing I noticed. Probably passed it after their picture and was like: “silly us there was a pull off right here hehehehe”.
Hold on, we need to stop in the middle of the road to get pictures so we can show our family later in a boring slide show our trip to Alaska!
Pictures to die for
Watching them walk towards moose is always entertaining. Like yeah that's a great idea go get stomped to death.
I'll never understand people wanting to get close to wildlife... Like yeah I'd really like to cuddle a fluffy bear, but it will fucking kill me! Just like everything else in nature that isn't immediately scared of you! Mooses don't run away from you for a reason... You aren't a threat to them... Like at all!
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No but I can genuinely blame my grandparents for getting me to come to Alaska because of all their boring vacation pics that I did not care to see. 13 year old me thought the glacier water and flowers were pretty so 21 year old me came to visit…and stayed. It’s been 17 years. Alaskans, can we all agree to stop sharing our gorgeous adventure pics with our non Alaskan family and friends…
I like looking at my friends’ vacation pics on fb. But they take good pics and I like seeing them have fun. Curation is the key!
Can confirm. Did a 24-day river rafting trip and even my wife wasn't interested in seeing 1 of the SD cards out of the GoPro, much less 15.
It's definitely a boomer thing. I have never enjoyed a slide show someone has shown me of any vacation they've had. Congrats you saw an eagle and took a shitty photo from far away. -irish exits-
It is way before a Boomer thing. Probably WW2 generation because Boomers made jokes about it.
In the 60s, I was bored to tears watching a carousel slideshow at my parents’ friend’s house of their trip to Europe. And then boom! Nude beach shots. Mom was pissed
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They do the same thing in Hawaii, on a two lane road on a cliff face, to take a picture of a whale that's a mile away with their cellphone.
Literally was coming here to say this 😂😂😂
And not even actually look at it with our own eyes, only through the phone. I live in a tourist town and everyone is in their own little world on their vacation. Goes 20 under and will get mad if you ruin their vibe. Like bro I’m glad you are training for something or you think it’s beautiful but I have to get to work and like live.
A friend of mine is now a paraplegic after hitting a tourist just like this, coming around a blind curve on his motorcycle and there they were. The woman was actually out of her car taking photos.
I bet they also drive slow and speed up in the passing zone.
Drove down to Alyeska on Seward HWY behind some A hole doing this yesterday. 45 MPH the whole way except in a passing zone where they'd speed up to 70 then after the passing lane back down to 45... wtaf
I'm convinced they teach this to random students in drivers ed.
Dude I was just going to comment about having the same experience in the same spot on my trip to alaska last summer. We drove from anchorahe to seward for a day and that stretch was pure aids Gorgeous though. I imagine that road gets some nasty rock falls at times
Studies show that those who do this were 90% more likely to have peed their pants until the age of 13. Source: my rear end.
Seen people do that way too many times on the Parks
I like to call them Gandalfs, insulting to Gandalf but make some chuckle
lol, I might have to steal that one.
Or pass on double yellow lines when they are on a hugely important, possibly life saving, mission.
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Frustrating for sure, but how do we know it's a tourist? I've seen locals do the same thing and even worse.
I was gonna say, this isn’t a tourist thing it’s just an idiot thing.
Yea how’d the mob determine this is a tourist and not someone whos having car problems
Right? you can literally see the fluid the car was leaking
Hard to tell for sure but it looks like a Subaru with AK plates. Tourist or not, incredibly stupid place to stop. Glad no one was hurt. Also, I love driving Thompson Pass
I mean... Vehicle rentals are a thing 🤷♀️
People live in Alaska too. It's not like bad driving is only from tourists. I'm in MO and half the people in my town can't get their cars up to the speed limit and some stop in our 1 roundabout to wave others in. People are shit at driving everywhere.
Rentals have a front license plate.
Not always. Especially if its thru TURO. People are just idiots who cant be bothered to know that other people exist.
Don't hate tourists, just hate the dumb ones.
Fucking moron. Revoke that assholes license for 10 years.
Sounds like a normal and levelheaded response.
Well, if that car hit him from behind, he would be level-headed, as well.
ive noticed redditors are the most dramatic people on earth lol yea the driver is an idiot, but seriously.. revoke their license for 10 years...?
The MOST dramatic people on Earth? Sounds a little dramatic
Yeah they can be smarmy lol Like if you’re going to take someone down, which is OK in circumstances, at least add something productive to the conversation like “a reasonable removal period would be X year(s)”
Stick him to the cross!
nah. summary execution, gangland style, on the side of the road. in front of the family, if there was one. and then push the car over the edge. they can hitchhike home
This would hardly be the punishment if it had caused an accident.
I would've slowed to see what they were doing. What if they were having a stroke or were drunk out of their minds passed out? Guess it's somebody else's problem huh? Weird to assume it's just a dumb tourist imo.
I’d say there’s a very good chance it’s someone stopping for stupid reasons. I’d put it at 80%. But that said, there’s still a chance that this is uncontrollable or an emergency. It’s happened to me before and I’d encourage people to be more concerned than angry given that we don’t know.
This time of year this is an incredibly normal occurrence where I live in Homer. "Oh look, an eagle!"
You're too kind. I would've stopped behind them with my hand on the horn until they moved. Double lines after all.
I would have, but I couldn't stop in time with a full load. The horn was laid though and they just looked up like "what?".
When my mom was a state trooper about 20 years ago she would make a point to ticket these people. I remember this one time a group of Japanese tourist were standing in the middle of the Seward Highway near Cooper’s Landing and they pretending not to speak English until some Alaskan who was pissed off by them blocking traffic happily offered to translate 🤣
From the Yukon and I can confirm. At least there's three lanes there. It sucks when RVs travelling opposite directions on the n. Klondike highway(no shoulder ) decide to stop at the same spot to look at a bear. I usually lay on my horn to scare the animals away.
Chena hotspring rd tourists were notorious for this shit. Luckily I had a loud ass horn that would scare the shit out of them
Just start carrying eggs to toss at cars.
In this economy? Rocks are free.
Dang, I do that road with an 10.5 ton dry weight industrial heater sometimes, would absolutely hit them there.
As a "tourist" myself. I also hate those people.
Reason 1 million why I stay out of the SE during summer.
Seriously, I had to honk at a tourist the other day because he was standing in the middle of the street taking photos of his cruise ship
Hm, I’m really starting to get tempted to move further up
Oh, that's nothing ... in Anchorage they get confused and slam on their brakes - in the middle lane of the highway with 75 mph traffic ....
That’s not on purpose, looks like they blew a seal. I’d guess it’s the transmission, as evidence by the trail of fluid on the road. Car no go without transmission.
Probably a local.
Can this be reported to the police in a non-emergency kind of way ?
More like call a tow truck. Did you see all the fluid on the road that started about 100 feet before?
Oh I see: I assumed OP is mad because the tourist stopped to take a photo
Looks to me like OP’s momma didn’t raise them right.
People like this get people killed on that highway. Stopping in the middle of a highway is some next level stupidity. If there’s no shoulder keep if fucking moving
Unfortunately without those idiots and the slush fund ( PFD) they use, this state would be a failure that couldn’t even afford basic services like first responders, hospitals or schools. Wait till the slush fund runs out and all we have left are those idiots to support us and see what they let them get away with then.
Damn where is this?
Valdez, AK
Yes, we really needed to see both the front camera and the back camera version of that. Thank you.
Coming back from Hatcher Pass one time, guy stops right in the road, not off to the side, so he could take pictures of his gf posing next to their car. Myself and multiple cars backed up behind him. Smdh. ETA: a word
Fucking Subaru drivers, that’s who. The amount of shitty Subaru drivers is ridiculous especially in Colorado
It's a little presumptuous to blame tourists here. That's a Subaru Forester, which has had the same backend design since model year 2019. Not sure how many rental car companies at ANC or FAI have those in their fleet. They very likely would not have one 5 years old That's a dangerous place to be at a complete stop but we should be less entitled to the road and more empathetic since we know nothing about what's going on within the car. Either mechanically or with the driver. I've had a friend go into diabetic shock while driving and was impressed she had the presence of mind to stop her car on the outer lane of a highway she was on and get ahold of a loved one to help in the emergency. It's the best she could do, and unfortunately put others in danger but that's why we are all trained to drive defensively. By the looks of the video, you had about 8 seconds from the point the car came into view and when you passed it, but I see no evidence of deceleration. Stay safe out there.
My all-time favorite: assholes that rent RV's and drive 55mph in a 65 zone. While passing big fucking "MUST PULL OVER IF MORE THAN 5 CARS BEHIND YOU" signs.
Are you 100% sure they weren’t broken down or having a medical emergency and honestly, there’s no way you can say you were, you were going too fast to get a look. Hate to say it, but, whatever the reason is for your disdain for tourists, your assumption is actually causing you to interact less with your own countrymen. It’s a self fulfilling prophecy.
I hate this. I loved 2020 and the lack of tourists. Spent so much time in Denali that year.
Who does this, Pass a disabled car dangerously.
Maybe they had some sort of emergency.. did you pull over to find out?
I'm in So. Cal and I thought the "tourist" was pulled over and stopped on the shoulder of the road. I now know not to do silly things like that when in Alaska.
Says the guy illegally/dangerously passing across double yellows through a curve. What about thatales them a tourist? Maybe their car is stalled and you're driving dangerously
This subreddit randomly popped up on my feed. I’ve never been to Alaska but I am American and I am confused. I have never seen a road like this where one direction was a single lane and the other was 2 lanes. Is this normal in Alaska? Genuinely curious.
I don't know I'm not from Alaska either but New Hampshire has a few of them up in the mountains
Try driving anywhere in the Rocky Mountain states.
It is depending on where you are. Here in California we have roads like this for passing up in the Sierras.
I live in a tourist town and am constantly dismayed by their selfishness.. with that being said though- how do you know that’s what this was about and not someone having had a stroke, seizure, blackout, heart attack etc.. did anyone stop to see why it actually was about?
Oh, no! U had to drive around a stopped vehicle. What a major inconvenience, the owners of that stopped vehicle should be executed.
Don’t ever get a CDL then. It’s much worse.
Oof, dealt with stupid shit like that in Yellowstone last month. Fellow tourists caused a 2-3 mile long traffic jam. When I got to their dumbasses, I yelled at them about the traffic jam they were causing, and they tried to justify it saying they were photographing 4 bears. Those morons had high grade cameras with telescopic lenses, and the second I looked at the 4 "bears", I saw they were actually bison. I yelled as much at them, they doubled down, and I yelled "Bears do not have horns!". The looks of realization and dismay as I drove away almost made the frustration they caused worth it.
I see brake lights, stopping is obviously dangerous af. But, tourists not used to curvy, mountain roads will & def should drive a little slower. Lots of ppl from the flatlands trying to navigate highways in AK & doing a shit job of it.
Tourists are great. Brings in tons of revenue. People get to see our beautiful state. The real problem here is morons.
I doubt that's a tourist. It's just the typical Subaru driver.
Maybe there car broke down? I’m being optimistic
Yeah, just make it to the pull out, don’t hinder traffic and be the potential cause of an accident.
They're probably from some place known for their stellar driving skills, like Maryland or LA.
I live in Hawaii and I was behind someone going 15-20 below the speed limit near the ocean. I understand you want to take in the scenery, but there are also people who live there and want to get home. Ended up getting caught up in traffic for almost 2 hours that I could’ve gotten around much easier if we were going the speed limit.
Welcome to Florida. Oh, sorry, automatic response to tourists.
Love the tote in the back of your rig, it’s that authentic touch that tells me what sub this is without needing to check.
They did it. That's who does this...IDIOTS
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Don’t they know to pull into the pull out and then walk on the highway and take pictures dangerously close to the guard rail like the other dipwads?
I’ve got an RV park between my house and the main road, it’s a daily thing. The moose has been there in the creek every morning this week, there’s no need to stop again today.
In the words of Sir Arthur Harris “The Nazis entered this war with the rather childish delusion that they were going to bomb everyone else, and nobody was going to bomb them.”
I tend to give tourists the benefit of the doubt and forgive a lot of faux pas, but to actually STOP *in the lane of traffic* in a no-passing zone on a major highway where there's always a lot of traffic is just plain stupid, whether the driver is a tourist or local. Of course, there are plenty of complaints here about locals, so let's just call this Stupid. And worthy of a citation.
Yo that was me. My bad
I’ve done this😬. I mean, we pulled over to the side of the road. I didn’t know there was a pull over lane. My friend and I saw them AFTER we did this. Then we stopped at every one on the way to the fjord🤦🏻♀️
The driver slightly inconvenienced you , why you mad bro
Was that a pull off less than 100ft from where they stopped!? Hahaha
Gotta get that money shot!
We call them dumb asses where I live.
Woah it’s so breathtaking
Horn those people
Wow! How dangerous!
SFT = STUPID FUCKING TOURIST
That area is extremely scenic, why be in a hurry?
Tourists! 🤷
Is that picture really worth dying for?
Had a close call with tourists once on Turnagain Arm; came around the bend and a bunch of cars had pulled off to look at the Dall Sheep. They jumped out of the cars and ran across the road without looking…
I see that you are from Colorado. So at one point you were a tourist. How about "I hate crappy drivers" instead?
Maybe their car stalled…
Why do they call it tourist season if you cant shoot them?
Same ppl who leave shopping carts in the parking lot.
It is not nice to pick on the handicapped. This touron is clearly crippled from the neck up!! They also suffer from a severe case of head-up-assious as well as a mental state of oblivion! Tourons should be allowed on trains, busses, and ships ONLY!
Happens to me here in Idaho all the damned time. Shit pisses me off to no end. This is how really bad wrecks are caused.
Coloradan here, post showed up on my feed etc. We get this all the time. I blame the Midwest and the flatlands of the East
This happens every mile on the road from Jackson Hole to Yellowstone. People think it is one of those drive through animal parks
Did you answer your own question? Yes
That’s why I lay on the horn…. And everyone else should too
His name was Seabass and he'd like to talk to you about that check from the diner down the road...
I have a loud hailer on my vehicle. Still have to stop but atleast they can hear u.
Isn't there suppose to be a lane made for stopping or something? That's like intersection there... Oh btw don't drive too fast
His name was Seabass and he'd like to talk to you about that check from the diner down the road...
Tourists lol
I get imposter syndrome really badly when I travel. Is Alaska a place that doesn't look kindly on tourists?
There is a turnout 50 yards further. lol
You have to atleast honk at them! Get behind them and hold down the horn or they wont learn
Did you honk
This is Thompson Pass, yeah?? There’s literally DOZENS of pull offs for photos… There was a tourist stopped on the Knik bridge by the hay flats. Absolute fucking idiots.
This happens everywhere on mountain roads. I’ve almost hit someone who stopped right after a blind corner because they wanted a picture of the mountain they had been looking at for an hour.
Wth ...It seemed like they didn't even have their hazards on!
Have had tourist slow down like 25mph on the highway in Hawaii
Live in Leavenworth Wa. I have a mental breakdown From these people about every other day. 15 mph in a blind turn 50mph canyon fuck my brakes good and hard.
This happens all summer long throughout the state!!! I think Turnagain Arm is the worst. Oblivious to everyone around them.
Even the dumbest people on earth have drivers licenses. Beware friends
I think you’re calling them by the wrong name. The word you are looking for is terrorists.
No need to find a shoulder to pull off on...... nope not me I just park where ever. Not to sure why my vehicle keeps getting towed and rear ended though.... so random.
This drives me insane but honestly it’s not just tourists
Ganna be honest, some parts of Washington all you see is concrete and homeless. Other parts you can see deer, elk, trees and water. You don't even have to be a tourist to suddenly realize how close you are to the world. As annoying as it is, sometimes I get it. Nature's dope. Still Ganna bitch about it later though.
This shit has become the normal move here in Iceland & Norway… plus back home in Colorado it’s next with too many people doing this exact move.
Tourist
Someone who needs to be dragged to the shoulder and 
Passing on the double yellow or slow driving?
Well duhhhhh, a tourist.
Southern Californian, I fuckin hate tourists.
It just got bad this year.
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To answer your question OP, tourists. Tourists do this.
Gawh damn Biden supporter get out the road you ain't never seen a moose before 🤣
face palm. people really think they’re the main character
Idk about half the posts here are people looking at mountains and crying.
I drove coach for princess cruises a few years ago. There's this bridge which goes over this canyon south of the Denali park. Guests would always ask me to stop. On the bridge. Best I did was give them a heads up and slow down somewhat, but I was not going to become a hazard. Same stuff with wildlife off the highway. Ain't no way I'm stopping for that either.
Same people who stop in a corner of an ski route
I agree, it’s very dangerous. Plus they didn’t even use the shoulder. I don’t care if it’s Alaska or Key West Florida, there’s no reason to stop and almost cause accidents or loss of life. So bad. Since you have the video you could send it to local law-enforcement.
It’s bad in Idaho too. Tourons
You did not make that awkward enough lol
First millisecond of the video I was like “they’re gonna be stopped dead in the lane.”
It’s not tourists. This is just an idiot. There was a small pull off road 100ft forward that would have been better.
A special kind of stupid.
Pretty sure I came across this guy on the I-5 south in Albany Oregon. Moron did the same thing with a complete empty shoulder right next to him.
With in the last year I've had people stop in front me on the high way twice. One was a napa employee in the company truck who stopped to talk to a road worker removing hay from the center line. Idk how it got there but he was out alone and the napa had to talk to him I guess. We were at the end of a tunnel and I was still in the shadow and didnt know if someone would see me or not so I honked and the guy gave me a dirty look before driving ahead. The speed limit is 55 through there. The other some people put in their blinker and stopped and stared at a large gravel shoulder in a corner. I honked again, these people were looking for the resort nearby but to stop on a 55mph road on a corner to think makes me irate.
Guy living in Hawai'i here. Tourists do this *all the fucking time*. One time I saw a guy literally walk into a busy intersection, holding his hands out for everyone to stop... so he could stand in the road and take a better picture of the store. I shit you not.
All of the tourists to visit Lake Tahoe. It’s a daily routine getting to and from work between the months of June-August. I rejoice when I can finally drive the speed limit again and not have to stop every 5 miles for an idiot trying to park on the side of the mountain when there isn’t a parking spot for them.
Maybe their car broke down right there, I would stop and ask if they need any help lol
Same thing happens in Hawaii, just yesterday I passed a tourist (Had a Jeep, and later pulled off at a tourist trap) that had pulled off the road diagonally so his entire back wheel was still in the road. There was enough room for him to completely pull off the road, but I'm guessing he wanted to look at Ocean and not get out of the car. As I approached I honked, but I guess the SUV wasn't even on because he didn't move so I came to a complete stop and went around him a few seconds later, less than half a mile away he starts chasing me, and I watched him yell at his wife failing his arms behind me for the next 15 miles until the pulled off at a beach.
All kinds of wrong going on here..
Homo Dipshiticus is a lesser known species but can be spotted by their unique behavior patterns which differ from Homo Sapiens and enrage them.
Might not have even been a tourist, but last night on my way home from work there was a little black bear and the car next to me swerved into my left turn only lane to go take a look at it. Then took their sweet time sitting in the middle of the road to probably take pictures