Traffic accidents are rough...a couple years ago my brakes failed (at 5 am on the way to the airport, eek) and I rear-ended someone (who was on their way to the Amtrak station). Luckily nobody was hurt and the cars were able to be fixed, but I still drive WAY behind the car in front of me, even if I'm going 80, and I have a tendency to hit the brakes easily if someone half a mile ahead has their brake lights on, especially if it's raining or snowing.
PEOPLE CANT DRIVE!! FOR THE LOVE OF GOD!
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I flipped and/or rolled one car and wound up driver's side down in a ditch..facing the opposite direction from the one I was going. Then Crom was driving my new car up in Georgia, and when he switched lanes, someone smashed into us and propelled us into another car. If my car had had thinner doors, I would've had a bumber in my lap instead of just glass. This all happened in the space of 5 or so months.
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"They call me Dr. Worm. Good morning, how are you? My name is Dr. Worm. I'm interested in things. I'm not a real doctor, but I am a real worm..I am an actual worm." - They Might Be Giants
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"They call me Dr. Worm. Good morning, how are you? My name is Dr. Worm. I'm interested in things. I'm not a real doctor, but I am a real worm..I am an actual worm." - They Might Be Giants
that's how I am...I'm never right up on anyone and I hate it when people see that space and decide to change lanes into the space between me and the next car.
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"No man can be condemed for owning a dog.
As long as he has a dog, he has a friend;
and the poorer he gets, the better friend he has."
- Will Rogers
Loyalty and love are the best things of all, and surely the most lasting. -- My Dog Skip
Yup, that pisses me off...especially if they were right behind me, then zip around and get right in front...they're not going any faster, they're just in front of me instead of behind me.
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Today a chick was off in space sitting at a green light when I was off on an important journey of getting to the bagel store
But it was annoying.
Then later on, a car just starts to really slow down in front of me and then SLOWLY pulls somewhat to the right, without any blinkers or indications of what is happening. And I'm like right behind this car...Hello? ARE YOU PARKING? ARE YOU READING? ARE YOU SLEEPING? WHAT ARE YOU ATTEMPTING TO DO?
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"I'm sending you this photograph...I swear this one is gonna last..and all those other ****s were only practice." - Liz Phair
Then later on, a car just starts to really slow down in front of me and then SLOWLY pulls somewhat to the right, without any blinkers or indications of what is happening. And I'm like right behind this car...Hello? ARE YOU PARKING? ARE YOU READING? ARE YOU SLEEPING? WHAT ARE YOU ATTEMPTING TO DO?
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"I'm sending you this photograph...I swear this one is gonna last..and all those other ****s were only practice." - Liz Phair
Argh. I *HATE* seeing people read the freaking paper as they're driving like, 70 down the road. Hate it, hate it, hate it!
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"They call me Dr. Worm. Good morning, how are you? My name is Dr. Worm. I'm interested in things. I'm not a real doctor, but I am a real worm..I am an actual worm." - They Might Be Giants
i haven't seen that one, but it's just plain scary
taz: you make yourself out to be a bad driver - you're describing a *safe* driver - a rare breed. endangered, methinks
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taz: you make yourself out to be a bad driver - you're describing a *safe* driver - a rare breed. endangered, methinks
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This reminds me of a George Carlin skit about bad driving. You have to hear it, it's so funny... He talks about old ladies in Cadillacs where all you see are their knuckles...Old men who appear to be scanning the landscape to see how many dead friends homes he can find...and older drivers who appear to be reading the paper or going in reverse.
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"I'm sending you this photograph...I swear this one is gonna last..and all those other ****s were only practice." - Liz Phair
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"I'm sending you this photograph...I swear this one is gonna last..and all those other ****s were only practice." - Liz Phair
What I hate is when I'm flying down the road and someone pulls out in front of me from a parking lot or something and then slows down or when they do this and cut me off when there's not a car behind me for miles and they could have waited for me to pass by.
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"No man can be condemed for owning a dog.
As long as he has a dog, he has a friend;
and the poorer he gets, the better friend he has."
- Will Rogers
Loyalty and love are the best things of all, and surely the most lasting. -- My Dog Skip
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"No man can be condemed for owning a dog.
As long as he has a dog, he has a friend;
and the poorer he gets, the better friend he has."
- Will Rogers
Loyalty and love are the best things of all, and surely the most lasting. -- My Dog Skip
someone pulled that crap on me the other nite. he was infront of me in the middle of the street, and im riding his right side, behind him, trying to get through so that i can make my right turn onto my street. i barely didnt have enough room to get around him so im sitting there riding his back right corner...but slowly he starts inching his way over to the right, not speeding up mind you, but slowing down, slowly moving over and then BAM, no signal, makes a turn onto my street. argh
i had to follow this fool all the way up my street. but i had my revenge, oh yes. right before i turned off of the main street, onto my street, i flashed my brights at him!!
HAH!
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who is the sexiest **** that you ever did see?
FI-NI-TY!
i had to follow this fool all the way up my street. but i had my revenge, oh yes. right before i turned off of the main street, onto my street, i flashed my brights at him!!
HAH!
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who is the sexiest **** that you ever did see?
FI-NI-TY!
See, I don't flash people like that with my brights. I ride their back bumper with my brights on. And I can't stand the people that don't use their freaking turn signals to change lanes..let alone turn. I yell at my mom for it all the time. Even if there's no one behind me, I use my blinkers out of habit.
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"They call me Dr. Worm. Good morning, how are you? My name is Dr. Worm. I'm interested in things. I'm not a real doctor, but I am a real worm..I am an actual worm." - They Might Be Giants
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"They call me Dr. Worm. Good morning, how are you? My name is Dr. Worm. I'm interested in things. I'm not a real doctor, but I am a real worm..I am an actual worm." - They Might Be Giants
That's one of the worst, Taz...drives me crazy when I'm driving 75 or 80 in a 65 zone (yeah, I go a little fast) and some yahoo pulls out of a driveway or side road in a huge hurry to get in front of me, and then putts along at maybe 50....Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.
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I am not a slow driver, but I had to deal with a jerk right up my A** today when I was in a 35 MPH zone doing 40. Sorry, jerk but I'm not going to speed up and risk the ticket. Don't you guys hate that? Sometimes I'll hit the brake a little.
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"I'm not an egghead-I'm just a guy in a suit who drives a boring mid-size car...I feel like a punch line to a joke I might have told you ten years ago..But you know: life just catches up on you."
-Douglas Coupland
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"I'm not an egghead-I'm just a guy in a suit who drives a boring mid-size car...I feel like a punch line to a joke I might have told you ten years ago..But you know: life just catches up on you."
-Douglas Coupland
Ugh. I hate stupid drivers. First, one lady tries to shove into maybe the 3/4 of a car length in front of me. Obviously, there's no room, so I honk my horn at her. She *continues* to try to cut me off, so I speed up so she can't. She gets all pissed and sorta drives my the 5 feet between me and the other car still looking for a way to get in. Tired of waiting for me, she speeds up and dashes in front of the car in front of me and dives into the turn lane. Then as I'm almost home, some guy in this crappy-**** car just about jerks into my lane before he realizes I'm there and goes back into his own. Ugh.
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"Place eyeballs on screen for cheap laser surgery." - Futurama
"What we do in life echoes in eternity." - Gladiator
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I can't stand that!! I also hate it when people just merge onto the highway without yielding.
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"I'm not an egghead-I'm just a guy in a suit who drives a boring mid-size car...I feel like a punch line to a joke I might have told you ten years ago..But you know: life just catches up on you."
-Douglas Coupland
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"I'm not an egghead-I'm just a guy in a suit who drives a boring mid-size car...I feel like a punch line to a joke I might have told you ten years ago..But you know: life just catches up on you."
-Douglas Coupland
Last night I got home early so I decided to make a run to the grocery store. The street I have to turn onto to go home is very narrow and there's always some idiot who feels the need to park ON the street so only one car can drive through at a time. Last night I turn down there and see another car coming so I start to slow down and the idiot turns on his brights as he realizes he's going to get to go through. So I've been nice and freakin blinded.
Another thing is when I'm at a turn signal and I wait until I'm absolutely positive that I can make it, in other words no cars are speeding towards me. The other day some ******* gets behind me and is not happy that I"m not turning into traffic like a kamikaze (sp?) and honks. I give him the finger and when I turn he turns and speeds up like he's really got somewhere to go and like he can get anywhere cause the street we turned on was busy busy busy. I ended up passing him again about 2 minutes later
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"No man can be condemed for owning a dog.
As long as he has a dog, he has a friend;
and the poorer he gets, the better friend he has."
- Will Rogers
Loyalty and love are the best things of all, and surely the most lasting. -- My Dog Skip
Another thing is when I'm at a turn signal and I wait until I'm absolutely positive that I can make it, in other words no cars are speeding towards me. The other day some ******* gets behind me and is not happy that I"m not turning into traffic like a kamikaze (sp?) and honks. I give him the finger and when I turn he turns and speeds up like he's really got somewhere to go and like he can get anywhere cause the street we turned on was busy busy busy. I ended up passing him again about 2 minutes later
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"No man can be condemed for owning a dog.
As long as he has a dog, he has a friend;
and the poorer he gets, the better friend he has."
- Will Rogers
Loyalty and love are the best things of all, and surely the most lasting. -- My Dog Skip
mo> I can relate with you on that one. I dispise those people who ride your butt when you are going 5 over. I do exactly what you do.
When it's bumper to bumper and people are trying to merge, I will be nice to someone who puts on their blinker and "asks" politely to move into my lane. If someone races up to the front to try to merge in further up the line, I get right up to the bumper of the car in front of me to deny them any kind of hole to move into. You have to drive aggressively to keep such @$$es from getting in front of you and further slowing down traffic.
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Does driving a car from Saturn make me an alien?
When it's bumper to bumper and people are trying to merge, I will be nice to someone who puts on their blinker and "asks" politely to move into my lane. If someone races up to the front to try to merge in further up the line, I get right up to the bumper of the car in front of me to deny them any kind of hole to move into. You have to drive aggressively to keep such @$$es from getting in front of you and further slowing down traffic.
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Does driving a car from Saturn make me an alien?
I do that too, JH. I get right on the person in front of me if I see someone try to get as far up as they can.
And if you ride my bumper be prepared to pay me because you're likely to hit me when I see that *rabbit* hop in front of my car.
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"No man can be condemed for owning a dog.
As long as he has a dog, he has a friend;
and the poorer he gets, the better friend he has."
- Will Rogers
Loyalty and love are the best things of all, and surely the most lasting. -- My Dog Skip
And if you ride my bumper be prepared to pay me because you're likely to hit me when I see that *rabbit* hop in front of my car.
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"No man can be condemed for owning a dog.
As long as he has a dog, he has a friend;
and the poorer he gets, the better friend he has."
- Will Rogers
Loyalty and love are the best things of all, and surely the most lasting. -- My Dog Skip
Try driving in Bellerose, NY (Queens)! People DO NOT KNOW HOW TO DRIVE! I was turning left onto 252 St off of Hillside Ave and there was a car that was parked along Hillside Ave at the curb. Anyway, the owner of that car was in the car ready to go. Well, he didn't even bother to look before he decided to back up and almost plowed into me. Another time, i was turning down the same street and it was about a block from Hillside Ave when a car decided not to stop at the stop sign and rolled right passed it and i almost hit that person. Sometimes i wonder HOW THESE IDIOTS GOT THERE LISCENSES!
I am in Nashville on business and I mean to tell you, these people COULD NOT drive if the cars did it by themselves. I think the people in this state are some of the worse driviers in the world. Instead of speed limits, they should post minimum speeds everywhere. Granted, I like to speed, and my lawyer can back it up, but even doing the speed limit makes sense to me. Why can't others match the pretty numbers on the sign with the ones on the speedometer??? WHY??? WHYY??
