The Emotions of Driving, in GIFs

The road is a rollercoaster.

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The road is not a neutral place. You can't pull out into the world four wheels forward and expect it to be like Sweden, or Switzerland, or whatever country you want to choose to represent neutrality (we must have been daydreaming about doing burnouts during that lesson). As soon as you begin interacting with other drivers, you're forced to react behind the wheel. Some people are calm and collected, even when nothing is going their ways. Other people, however, have quick tempers and are ready to pull out their custom spiked baseball bat they store in their trunks at the first sign of an idiotic driver.

The emotional spectrum while driving ranges from anger to happiness to apprehension to fear. And all of those emotions can happen within a two-second span. To represent the events of cruising the streets, and to poke fun at people's ridiculous reactions, we've collected a group of GIFs to express how things usually happen. These are The Emotions of Driving, in GIFs

Related: Here Are 15 GIFs of Hot Women Reacting To Riding in Really Fast Cars

Tickets

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When a cop tickets you over for going five over the speed limit

Parking Spaces

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When somebody takes up two parking spaces

Squeeze

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When somebody tries to squeeze in in front of you

Intersection

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When somebody doesn't understand the rules of an intersection

Speed Limit

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When somebody is going under the speed limit

Dream Car

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When you see your dream car in the wild

Race Yourself

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When you race yourself to work and beat your best time

Stalker

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When you're ridin' 'round and gettin' it

Scratch

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When you're getting into your car and notice a scratch

Race

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When somebody tries to race you

Beach

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When you're driving to the beach on your day off

Wrong Side

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When you see somebody driving down the wrong side of the road

Segway

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When you're waiting at a light and see somebody cross the street on a Segway

Battery Dies

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When your battery dies in the middle of nowhere at 1 a.m. with a blizzard on the way

Taling

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When somebody is tailing you

Pontiac Sunfire

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When your friend pulls up in his new car, which happens to be a Pontiac Sunfire

Gas Prices

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When gas prices go down

Green Light

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When you hit every green light

Highjack

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When somebody tries to hijack your car

Booger

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When you find a booger while vacuuming the back seat

Somebody Farts

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When somebody farts in your car

Dream Girl

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When the girl of your dreams is in the front seat

Your Jam

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When your jam comes on the radio

And then you're like

And then you're like

And then you're like





Insults Your Car

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When somebody insults your car while you're driving him or her somewhere

Cuts You Off

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What you want to do to somebody who cuts you off

Two Minutes

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When you're two minutes away from the destination and your friend texts you, "change of plans"

Drive Your Car

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When somebody asks to drive your car

Sober Drive

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When you're forced to let somebody sober drive you home after a night of drinking

Road Trip

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How you feel at the beginning of a road trip

12 Hours

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How you feel at the end of a road trip

Road Head

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When you're getting road head

Good Parking

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When you beat somebody to the good parking spot

Biodiesel

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When you're using a car fueled by biodiesel

Hitting Your Car 1

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Stage one of somebody hitting your car

Hitting Your Car 2

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Stage two of somebody hitting your car

Htting Your Car 3

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Stage three of somebody hitting your car

Get Lost

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What it's like when you get lost

Realize You're Lost

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How you feel when you realize you're lost

Yugo

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How you feel riding in your friend's Yugo 

Touch Screen

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When you finally figure out how to work the touch screen

Radio

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When somebody tries to touch your radio

Minivan Rims

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When you see rims on a minivan

Gran Turismo

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How you feel when you just beat an entire Gran Turismo video game

Parents

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When your hypocritical parent tries to tell you how to drive

Cute Girl

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When you see a really cute girl in the car next to you

Cute Girl Part Two

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How you wish you acted when you see a cute girl next to you

Drunk Driving

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When you successfully reach your driveway after drunk driving

Honks

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When somebody honks at you at a stoplight from eight cars back

Hit and Run

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When you see somebody hit a car and drive away

Lamborghini

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When you see a Lamborghini pull up in front of you

Exit Lane

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When somebody passes everybody using the exit lane

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