WrongWay 0 #26 November 14, 2003 You did the right thing, my friend!! That bitch deserved a kick in the head if ya ask me!! Wrong Way D #27371 Mal Manera Rodriguez Cajun Chicken Ø Hellfish #451 The wiser wolf prevails. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
goose491 0 #27 November 14, 2003 QuoteI'm not normally this much of a prick....but when I spotted a cop a few blocks down, I had to stop and tell him about her kids climbing all over the car...I have zero respect for shitheads like that that obviously don't care for their kids safety.. When I passed by a couple mins later, he had pulled her over and was writing a ticket....it's not much, but maybe it'll teach the dumb bitch a lesson... I fucking hate stupid people.. Mike I hear you man. IMHO, the two sentences I've pointed out here negate eachother. You don't have to worry about being considered a 'prick' when you are looking out for those who cannot look out for themselves. I too get extremely hot under the collar when I see people putting their children at risk without a passing thought. This time of year lends itself to one of my largest pet-peeves of the sort on the road. And that's parents smoking in the car, kids in the backseat, and the windows sealed up because it's cold outside. MAN does that ever irk me. My Karma ran over my Dogma!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
turtlespeed 221 #28 November 14, 2003 QuoteI just ranted about this a few days ago... * Must be able to demonstrate knowledge that the left lane is for passing. Slower traffic, move right. * Must be able to take a curve or interstate ramp at or above the 'suggested speed' - conditions permitting. Both of these items are a "Caning" offense if not done properly. Minimum 5 whacks, after that, the punishment goes up 2 whacks for every mile per hour slower you are travelling than the than the other traffic.I'm not usually into the whole 3-way thing, but you got me a little excited with that. - Skymama BTR #1 / OTB^5 Official #2 / Hellfish #408 / VSCR #108/Tortuga/Orfun Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wildblue 7 #29 November 14, 2003 Yeah, I'm adding that to the passing law - if you're in the left lane and passing, you must be going 5+ mph faster than the traffic in the right lane.it's like incest - you're substituting convenience for quality Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 3,031 #30 November 14, 2003 >not Boston...for some reason, I have a soft spot for Boston drivers Boston drivers are some of the worst in the world, but fortunately no one really cares over there. It's considered acceptable to drive the wrong way down a street with a preferred direction, and everyone _knows_ people just stop in the middle of the street. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jtval 0 #31 November 14, 2003 QuoteI love it! Job security! Two undeniable truths I've learned: 1. You can't save people from themselves 2. There is no cure for stupid The fiorst one is true. the second is not. death is a good cure for stupidMy photos My Videos Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vallerina 2 #32 November 14, 2003 QuoteBoston drivers are some of the worst in the world, but fortunately no one really cares over there. That's because it doesn't matter what you do over there. You can have 20 duis, and you'll still get insurance. Not only will you still get insurance, it'll be pretty cheap compared to someone in any other state with 20 duis. Sorry for the rant....There's a thin line between Saturday night and Sunday morning Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
champu 1 #33 November 14, 2003 QuoteI will say this about Florida drivers...they amaze me on a regular basis. Selfish, inconsiderate, dangerous drivers out there. Always stay a step ahead...ugg, driving in Broward county is like navigating a minefield of stupid. I also noticed an abundance of people running their A/C full blast in the middle of July, stuck in stop and go traffic for an hour and a half, and then wondering why their car died. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
turtlespeed 221 #34 November 14, 2003 Heh - yeah i just love 836 no matter what time it is, 4 in am or 4 in the pm 1 in the am or 1 in the pm, or any other time of day - a one mile stretch of 832 right next to the airport will be in a traffic jam. Look people, if you want to see the pretty planes, go to the f'ing airport. If you are driving, watch the f'ing road. Simple mechanics - if you aren't actually looking at the road in front of you you cannot see the person that is about to kill you, or you them.I'm not usually into the whole 3-way thing, but you got me a little excited with that. - Skymama BTR #1 / OTB^5 Official #2 / Hellfish #408 / VSCR #108/Tortuga/Orfun Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 2,070 #35 November 14, 2003 I hate traffic lights. Not that, in the abstract, traffic lights are intrinsically evil. Just that the way they are implemented is generally stupid. The ones that just use a timer - well, you can wait a minute for no cross traffic at one of those. And the ones that are too close to another set but not sequenced. Prescription for gridlock. Lots of those in older cities. Then there are the ones that have sensors, but have been programmed by a moron. Lots of those around my area. And even worse are the ones that have been installed for no good reason except the local alderman or council member wants some expenditure in his or her ward. Apparently the average US driver spends about 50 hours a year waiting at red lights. And the final insult: US DOT statistics show that traffic lights do not cut accident rates at intersections.... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wildblue 7 #36 November 14, 2003 QuoteLook people, if you want to see the pretty planes, go to the f'ing airport. If you are driving, watch the f'ing road. What's worse is the stretch of road I drive every morning with two horrible parts to it (one has been coined Malfunction Junction) -- they weren't designed to handle anywhere near the load they have now, and there's always accidents there. People still rubber-neck like crazy. Completely pisses me off: "You drive this road probably every day, there's always and accident there, it's nothing new, stop looking over the fucking wall and drive!" I really wish they'd put something on the dividing wall so you can't see the other side. QuoteThen there are the ones that have sensors, but have been programmed by a moron. Lots of those around my area. Same here. There's a few around here that as long as you do 0-60 in 4.5 seconds, you can catch the next one green.it's like incest - you're substituting convenience for quality Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
n2skdvn 0 #37 November 14, 2003 Come to the gulfcoast of mississippi. The road i drive the most has the worlds longest man made beach on it (and casinos too) driver distraction is rampet here!!!if my calculations are correct SLINKY + ESCULATOR = EVERLASTING FUN my site Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Layton 0 #38 November 14, 2003 i got a big redneck truck.1978 ford f150 4x4.31 inch tires 9 inch lift kit 400 mod motor.i dont get fucked with a lot on the road with it.yep small cars are curved so we can drive over em.***where are we going and why are we in this handbasket? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dagny 0 #39 November 15, 2003 Bloody Florida traffic!!!! Everyone kept sitting on their brakes for who-knows-what reason and I ended up missing the sunset load here in Sebastian!! Growly-hiss. It's all good, though, the zoo bar is busy, pizza has been ordered, Beck's is being ingested, and the weather is perfect. Nothing like a little dose of the DZ to make life good again... Take me, I am the drug; take me, I am hallucinogenic. -Salvador Dali Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Muenkel 0 #40 November 15, 2003 Quoteand everyone _knows_ people just stop in the middle of the street. I think you can blame this on the fact that they change the exits everyday due to the Big Dig. _________________________________________ Chris Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Patman 0 #41 November 15, 2003 "I don't care where you are, who you are, or what it is that you think you're doing, just get the HELL OUT OF MY WAY!!!!" Anyone else ever find themselves screaming that to the driver of the car in front of you knowing full well that they can't hear you, don't care and do not plan to move, speed up, or acknowledge you are there? Don't tell me I can't! I already know that! Haven't you seen my x-rays? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Amazon 7 #42 November 15, 2003 Quotei got a big redneck truck.1978 ford f150 4x4.31 inch tires 9 inch lift kit 400 mod motor.i dont get fucked with a lot on the road with it.yep small cars are curved so we can drive over em. Most people that have any modicum of common sense are aware that my big red 3/4 ton 4x4 Diesel will flatten them( its still too new to be rednecky lookin)... but this idiot the other day I think WANTED to be flattened in his pissy little dented early 90's Toyota recycled tin can... Death by 4x4... probably will do a Death by Cop instead... not real bright kind of idiot actually. He endangered his life.. my life.. the people in front of him and the people in the oncoming traffic with his little antics... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 3,031 #43 November 15, 2003 >I think you can blame this on the fact that they change the exits >everyday due to the Big Dig. Well, that was true even before the Big Dig got started. Remember the old exit for the airport? A five way intersection with two stop signs and one flashing yellow. (What the hell does a flashing yellow mean, anyway?) In Revere I remember a Y in the road, one leg going left, one going right. The signal there would often be a red light with a green arrow going left and a green arrow going right. What couldn't you do there? What was the red for? The funny thing was, sometimes the red light would go off. Then there was the intersection near Harvard which, for a while, was three one-way streets heading to an intersection and a fourth street exiting that they would close periodically. And the underpasses on Mem Drive that would periodically either flood or have a semi stuck under them. Driving into one of those undercuts was like eating a box of chocolates. No wonder people just stop all the time. I especially liked the old 93 bridge over Somerville, with the blocked-off exits that just hung 100 feet in the air. I was waiting for the news that some drunk guy had taken one of the exits one night and ended up on the fourth floor of Bunker Hill Community College or something. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
champu 1 #44 November 15, 2003 was someone just let loose with a cement truck and a twisted sense of humor? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DeNReN 0 #45 November 15, 2003 Not to hijack this thread any further.but.......... I must protest the degrading of small japanese cars....Yes,you could drive over a tercel with a 3/4 ton truck....but that same tercel can also out brake,out handle and out accelerate a 3/4 ton truck...same as a motorcycle can do the same to the tercel......its a power to weight advantage. Idiots drive all manor of vehicles..be it a tercel,3/4 ton ford,benz or a crotch rocket......lets keep to degrading the morons piloting said vehicles instead of making it a "my car/truck is bigger than yours" thingy. Btw...I presently drive a 91 tercel....and i dont cut ppl off...but have been cut off many times by morons...some of them driving 3/4 ton trucks...damn good thing I was driving a tercel(or any small car) otherwize accident avoidance would not have been possible and BANG!..... Shit happens....1st thing to learn when riding a motorcycle...you are invisible...also works well for driving anything......be aware ppl , get off the cel phone and pay attn while driving. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Amazon 7 #46 November 15, 2003 And what type of cheese will you have with that?? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cuchulinn 0 #47 November 15, 2003 If I may (and I will) elaborate and summerize all at once..."Life's hard... and only harder when your stupid!" Rough day dude.. BUT your in Orlando and with the exception of SoCal and Arizona... you live in about the only place north of mexico and south of heaven that you could have made some jumps today! With good... there is always some bad! But I'm exactly like you .. I HATE stupid drivers! SMA#18 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Muenkel 0 #48 November 15, 2003 BillVon, I must agree with you. Nothing you said was an exaggeration. Let's admit it, Big Dig or not, Boston driving is crazy. It's amazing Paul Revere found his way around. For that matter, it explains why the Red Coats couldn't. Chris _________________________________________ Chris Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkydiverRick 0 #49 November 15, 2003 QuoteQuoteShit, and I thought that NJ and NY drivers were bad. Nah...I'd rate the worst drivers a tie between certain parts of Florida (typically central FL, Tampa through Orlando), Oregon (west of I-5 from the WA to CA borders) and suburban Connecticut. In a close second, Kentucky (Lexington), suburban Massachusetts (not Boston...for some reason, I have a soft spot for Boston drivers) and Atlanta. Houston has the worst drivers that I've ever seen. never pull low......unless you are Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NoShitThereIWas 0 #50 November 15, 2003 Wooohooo, finally a Texas vote! I have driven in many parts of the country and I would have to say the Texas drivers are way too aggressive. Driving through Dallas, if they crawled any farther up my ass I could taste them. California drivers are the worst I think though. Lets see, in Southern California its all about "what" kind of car you drive. I went to a private school growing up there and all the kids drove Porsche 911s and if they totalled it the first week they got it, mommy and daddy bought them a new one. Meanwhile, their mom's who have never even touched mud in probably the last 30 years all owned Hummers and LandRovers with all the foglights, etc. You'd think they all went on zoological expeditions daily just to drive through Encino. CA drivers are pretty obnoxious and I agree about grandparents. My grandma is the worst driver, I refuse to get in a car with her unless I am driving. She will do the same thing switching lanes but she may not even look over her shoulder first Roy Bacon: "Elvises, light your fires." Sting: "Be yourself no matter what they say." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
