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Inconsiderate Drivers (share your stories, etc.)

21745 messages,  Last post on May 21, 2013 at 10:28 AM

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#20700 of 21745 Re: IIHS [ateixeira] by fintail

Nov 13, 2012 (10:43 am)

Replying to: ateixeira (Nov 12, 2012 2:50 pm)
I got behind one today that made me feel at home. Middle aged woman in a VW Polo (I think) who in a poorly planned or defective set of lights, would stop a few car lengths behind the car in front of her, and then slowly creep up while the light was red. I don't get that.
 
Now I am in France, which seems to be a lot less concerned about rules and logic than Germany - basically, go where you fit.

#20701 of 21745 Re: IIHS [ruking1] by ateixeira

Nov 13, 2012 (11:05 am)

Replying to: ruking1 (Nov 12, 2012 3:02 pm)
Just joking, lighten up...
 
Couldn't say DC has the best drivers and keep a straight face.

#20702 of 21745 . by fintail

Nov 14, 2012 (10:20 am)

Saw a van nearly pull in front of a speeding ambulance with lights and sirens blaring - ambulance had to brake. Yeah, France isn't Germany.
 
Also some local driving quirks - bad manual transmission skills, esp slipping clutches/grinding gears and starting out in too high a gear. Flooring it off the line and also flooring it as one approaches an intersection, as to ensure you make the light, especially if a turn is ahead. Traffic back in lazyland really is in slow motion.
  
Still beats LLCs and slowpokes though.

#20703 of 21745 Re: . [fintail] by ateixeira

Nov 14, 2012 (10:40 am)

Replying to: fintail (Nov 14, 2012 10:20 am)
Does it beat race car drivers with cell phones?
 
http://www.autoblog.com/2012/11/13/jeff-gordon-fined-100k-docked-25-points-for-c- rashing-boyer-w/
 
Brad Keselowski saw himself fined for $25,000 and put on probation through December 31 for having a cell phone in the vehicle with him. TV cameras spotted the phone
 
 

#20704 of 21745 Re: . [ateixeira] by fintail

Nov 14, 2012 (11:05 am)

Replying to: ateixeira (Nov 14, 2012 10:40 am)
If the undertaxed overmonied old turds who ran NASCAR had any balls, Gordon would be suspended for a good year, and the fine would be 10x higher or more.
 
25K fine for that guy is like a $25 fine for you or I.

#20705 of 21745 Re: . [fintail] by ateixeira

Nov 14, 2012 (11:25 am)

Replying to: fintail (Nov 14, 2012 11:05 am)
I thought he should have been banned for the season at least.
 
The penalty has to be severe enough that they'll never do it again, that's simply not the case here.

#20706 of 21745 Re: . [ateixeira] by steve_ HOST

Nov 14, 2012 (11:43 am)

Replying to: ateixeira (Nov 14, 2012 11:25 am)
NASCAR! can use all the publicity they can get, good or bad.
 
This may be a plot to generate more controversy than a simple ban would have done.

#20707 of 21745 Re: . [steve_] by ateixeira

Nov 14, 2012 (12:34 pm)

Replying to: steve_ (Nov 14, 2012 11:43 am)
Then let them fight, put it on Pay Per View.

#20708 of 21745 It must be Safe to Tweet as a driver in the Daytona 500? by ruking1

Nov 14, 2012 (8:32 pm)

Saw this in the local rag pg C 2 Wed Nov 14, 2012 SJMN. ..."Brad Keselowski became a social media darling after hopping on Twitter during a lengthy delay in the Daytona 500."...

#20709 of 21745 Re: It must be Safe to Tweet as a driver in the Daytona 500? [ruking1] by steve_ HOST

Nov 15, 2012 (6:35 am)

Replying to: ruking1 (Nov 14, 2012 8:32 pm)
Wasn't he doing that in the pits? "Lengthy delay" and all....

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