Run into any bad drivers lately? I need to bitch...

glatt · 06-20-2006, 11:57 AM

My wife had one yesterday. She was at an intersection, trying to make a right turn on red, but she couldn't see around the van stopped next to her because it had pulled too far out into the intersection. She decided to wait for the light, rather than risk pulling blindly out into traffic. Another vehicle came up behind her, and also wanted to turn right. That driver leaned on the horn, and shouted at her because she wasn't going. Not just a little. He was yelling and honking until the light changed.

After the light changed, and they both made the turn, the driver behind her zoomed past her, and she was able to see it was a courtesy shuttle for a local car dealership.

When she got home, she called the dealership and told the manager just how courteous their driver was.

xoxoxoBruce · 06-20-2006, 07:41 PM

I'm seeing more and more commercial vehicles, with the "How's my driving" signs, that have at least part of the phone number obliterated.

BabbleOn5 · 06-21-2006, 12:36 AM

Every single day on my ride through Cupertino I see people DWA doing really dumb stuff. Most dangerous 3 miles in the valley.

BrianR · 06-22-2006, 08:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

I'm seeing more and more commercial vehicles, with the "How's my driving" signs, that have at least part of the phone number obliterated.

That would include me. I was just there two weeks ago, on my way into Chester and I know for a fact that 90% of our trailers have the numbers sprayed out. I do NOT encourage this, nor do I indulge. I leave em as I found em.

Except for the last one, which we shall NOT discuss. Or that bent railroad either!

Brian

Griff · 06-22-2006, 08:26 PM

Brian, I think you meant to post on the "Run OVER any bad drivers lately?" thread.

Hagar · 06-22-2006, 11:43 PM

I'm a sales rep - I drive for a living. I typically spent about three hours a day in my big, powerful, anonymous (and mind numbingly boring to drive) company car. At least once a day I'm privileged to experience the joy that is Queensland’s M1 Motorway. It's actually a pretty good road, just full of idiots.

It's been raining here for the first time in several weeks. People forget how to drive in the wet, and still insist on sitting four inches from your back bumper, regardless of conditions.

Yesterday, wet roads, 110kph, middle lane, moderate traffic, I'm being tailgated by the typical wombat; the traffic in front of me brakes for an unknown reason. Because I had heaps of room between me and the car in front of me, I had no problem, but the guy behind me wasn't so clever. He's stomped on his brakes, no ABS, and started fishtailing - first a little left, then a bigger right, then a much bigger left which has turned him around completely. He didn't hit anything, but was left facing oncoming traffic, in the wet, in an 110kph zone, on the motorway.

I totally wish I could go back and point and laugh while he recovered from his "brown trouser moment".

Today, wet roads again, right (fast) lane, 112kph, heavyish traffic. I'm driving just over the speed limit in a heavily policed stretch of the Motorway. There are cars in front of and beside me, so I can't go any faster or change lanes, even if that was my inclination. Another dickhead in a small 4WD (that's an SVU to you Americans) is right up my arse with his lights on beam, getting more and more agitated at my not getting out of his way.

(Memo to tard: - This is Australia, not the Autobahns of Europe, small penised speeding inbreds in cheap tin boxes are NEVER going to get me out of their way by flashing their lights, no matter how close they get to my back bumper. Mine's a company car, dickhead, you can run into it from behind all you want, it's not gonna cost me a cent.)

I resisted the urge to hit the brakes to see if I could spin him too, instead relying on the old favourite: click the cruise control back by 2kph a few times and see just how agitated he could get. It worked, he eventually went round me. I think his blood pressure may have been a tad higher than earlier. :p

You just see soooo many idiots. [sigh]

06-20-2006, 07:41 PM	#2
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	I'm seeing more and more commercial vehicles, with the "How's my driving" signs, that have at least part of the phone number obliterated. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

06-22-2006, 08:26 PM	#5
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Brian, I think you meant to post on the "Run OVER any bad drivers lately?" thread. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

06-20-2006, 11:57 AM	#1
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	My wife had one yesterday. She was at an intersection, trying to make a right turn on red, but she couldn't see around the van stopped next to her because it had pulled too far out into the intersection. She decided to wait for the light, rather than risk pulling blindly out into traffic. Another vehicle came up behind her, and also wanted to turn right. That driver leaned on the horn, and shouted at her because she wasn't going. Not just a little. He was yelling and honking until the light changed. After the light changed, and they both made the turn, the driver behind her zoomed past her, and she was able to see it was a courtesy shuttle for a local car dealership. When she got home, she called the dealership and told the manager just how courteous their driver was.

06-21-2006, 12:36 AM	#3
BabbleOn5 Refugee Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Silly Valley Posts: 6	Every single day on my ride through Cupertino I see people DWA doing really dumb stuff. Most dangerous 3 miles in the valley.

06-22-2006, 11:43 PM	#6
Hagar Master of the Domain Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 220	I'm a sales rep - I drive for a living. I typically spent about three hours a day in my big, powerful, anonymous (and mind numbingly boring to drive) company car. At least once a day I'm privileged to experience the joy that is Queensland’s M1 Motorway. It's actually a pretty good road, just full of idiots. It's been raining here for the first time in several weeks. People forget how to drive in the wet, and still insist on sitting four inches from your back bumper, regardless of conditions. Yesterday, wet roads, 110kph, middle lane, moderate traffic, I'm being tailgated by the typical wombat; the traffic in front of me brakes for an unknown reason. Because I had heaps of room between me and the car in front of me, I had no problem, but the guy behind me wasn't so clever. He's stomped on his brakes, no ABS, and started fishtailing - first a little left, then a bigger right, then a much bigger left which has turned him around completely. He didn't hit anything, but was left facing oncoming traffic, in the wet, in an 110kph zone, on the motorway. I totally wish I could go back and point and laugh while he recovered from his "brown trouser moment". Today, wet roads again, right (fast) lane, 112kph, heavyish traffic. I'm driving just over the speed limit in a heavily policed stretch of the Motorway. There are cars in front of and beside me, so I can't go any faster or change lanes, even if that was my inclination. Another dickhead in a small 4WD (that's an SVU to you Americans) is right up my arse with his lights on beam, getting more and more agitated at my not getting out of his way. (Memo to tard: - This is Australia, not the Autobahns of Europe, small penised speeding inbreds in cheap tin boxes are NEVER going to get me out of their way by flashing their lights, no matter how close they get to my back bumper. Mine's a company car, dickhead, you can run into it from behind all you want, it's not gonna cost me a cent.) I resisted the urge to hit the brakes to see if I could spin him too, instead relying on the old favourite: click the cruise control back by 2kph a few times and see just how agitated he could get. It worked, he eventually went round me. I think his blood pressure may have been a tad higher than earlier. :p You just see soooo many idiots. [sigh]

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