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14399 messages, Last post on Dec 03, 2009 at 7:51 PM
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Replying to: steve_ (Jul 05, 2009 2:23 pm) In the sticks where I spent my weekend, people also like to use street parking areas as turn lanes (luckily when no cars are parked there)...they will get into the parking lane about 1/3 block before their turn, and complete it as normal 
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Replying to: ruking1 (Jul 05, 2009 2:20 pm) Thank you for confirming that I have not lost my mind...yet. 
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Replying to: steve_ (Jul 05, 2009 2:23 pm) I see that a lot too. People trying to merge and driving along side of you in the median. 
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Replying to: fintail (Jul 05, 2009 3:19 pm) To make a right on red without stopping right? I see that often around here where they use the shoulder to pass a dozen or more cars on the right and then blast around the corner without stopping.  I see more and more examples of people using "lazy" driving habits.
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Replying to: oldfarmer50 (Jul 06, 2009 2:35 am)
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Replying to: fintail (Jul 06, 2009 9:19 am) 
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Replying to: euphonium (Jul 06, 2009 11:24 am)
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Replying to: euphonium (Jul 06, 2009 11:24 am)  All the better reason to not drink anything while driving at all. Drinks are banned from my cars.
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I almost had someone in a Traiblazer try to take out my Intrepid and buy me a new car. They came up to a stop sign on my left. I had no stop sign. There was also nothing behind me, as far as the eye can see, so there was no pressing need for them to pull out. Well, they waited until I was almost upon them to pull out in an attempt to make a left turn in front of me. I hit the brakes and the horn at the same time, but it didn't seem like they were going to slow down or divert course. There was no way I was going to be able to stop in time, so I gunned it and swerved to the right as far as I could, but there was a curb over there and a stone wall just beyond that, so I wasn't about to sacrifice my car to avoid an impact with them. I squeezed through there so close that they must have missed me by inches. I actually readied for impact, leaning over to the right, and momentarily closing my eyes to shield them from the flying shards of glass I knew were coming. Thinking back on it, I guess it probably would've been better if I had t-boned them, rather than having them t-bone me, since they had the bigger vehicle. But, this would probably have been more of a 45 degree hit, rather than straight-on, so I don't know. Anyway, I'm just happy that I got through it unscathed, and my Intrepid lives to fight another day! Oh, guess I should mention that the driver was on a cell phone. 
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