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#21199 of 21746 survival of the dumbest by printerman1

Jan 07, 2013 (12:20 pm)

without the cops, its a free for all. You can do anything on the road you want, just make sure no cops around. Nice to see, foolish driving is not confined to my city. I hate halogen lights.

#21200 of 21746 Re: Speaking of LLCs... [fintail] by ltllady

Jan 08, 2013 (4:31 am)

Replying to: fintail (Jan 03, 2013 9:12 pm)
Of course, with 300 million guns on the streets it might not be the wisest move for a person to make such a petulant respone. The character on the other side might be crazy, say like that Alex Jones guy on Piers Morgan last night!

#21201 of 21746 200 million guns are loaded by printerman1

Jan 08, 2013 (8:01 am)

straight from CCR tune, Run Through the Jungle. As USA constitutional right to bear arms means nothing today. There is always the underground to supply the demand. And as Itlady says, you do not know what people in the USA are packing in their car. It takes only one to get the media attention and then they have the power to blow it out of proportion.

#21202 of 21746 . by fintail

Jan 08, 2013 (1:00 pm)

This morning saw a Camry make a (n illegal) U-turn - those must have the turning radius of the Titanic, it was pretty comical.
 
Also a Rav4 gets in a left turn lane, sits at a blinking yellow light, then makes a crazy random right turn from that left turn lane - thankfully there was a gap in traffic or it could have been messy, as the intersection is often busy.

#21203 of 21746 . by fintail

Jan 09, 2013 (8:07 pm)

This morning saw a guy I have never seen in my office building before, parking a big white Denali in the garage, early when I arrive, almost no other cars present. Let's just say it took more than one attempt. I think big truck SUVs need license endorsements.
 
Driving home got behind an old woman in an Optima running beside an old man in a RAV4. Both were going 29 in a 35, with a line behind them.
 
On foot, saw a black rental Avalon run a light pretty harshly - a good 20 seconds after red. Only luck prevented a crash. Also saw a woman holding a phone in her left hand, trying to steer her Prius around a 90 degree corner with the right hand, using short jerky movements - insane.

#21204 of 21746 enjoy the stupidity by printerman1

Jan 10, 2013 (10:41 am)

of people with big things they cant handle. The idea is the bigger the vehicle, 'I' wouldn't get hurt. Same thinking went into the Hummers. People could not drive it, but it protected them.
Or if you want a good chuckle, watch the people that are too short for the car they are driving.
They cannot see what is around them, because the inside mirrors are out of their vision.
 
Car Salesman will do anything for a sale, even if you dont fit the car/vehicle.
A woman I overheard at a dealership, told the sales guy, This is the vehicle I want, you dont need to do a sales pitch with me. What did he do? He went right into his pre-recorded sales pitch. Ignored her.

#21205 of 21746 Re: enjoy the stupidity [printerman1] by gogogodzilla

Jan 10, 2013 (4:53 pm)

Replying to: printerman1 (Jan 10, 2013 10:41 am)
I learn my lesson with that back in 2001, when I bought a Nissan Altima.
 
While I could handle it just fine, it always felt too big for me (felt like a pig wallowing in mud). Because of that, the 'buy a car that fits you' ideal has been ingrained in my car-buying psyche.
 
So I've stuck with small cars/SUVs. IE: VW Golf/GTI size for cars... and the old Ford Escape size for SUVs.

#21206 of 21746 . by fintail

Jan 10, 2013 (8:18 pm)

4 cars with no lights tonight, I forget what 2 were, one was an Accord, one was a Rio. I was able to motion to the older woman in the Accord, and guess what - she noticed, and turned on the lights. Yay me.
 
Three idiot cars on the road - Sonata weaving through traffic, but never getting more than a car length or two ahead, big white Sequoia making a right turn from the far left lane on a 4 lane road, and an X5 going straight from a right turn only lane, and having a close call. Oh, and 3, count em 3, Lexus SUVs (2 RX, 1 GX) that never used a turn signal. The well kept princess or born lucky middle aged property developer behind the wheel must have better things to do.

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Jan 11, 2013 (8:47 am)

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#21208 of 21746 . by fintail

Jan 11, 2013 (7:59 pm)

Clear day here, so a little light in the sky for my evening commute, which means maybe a quarter of the cars had no lights, and numerous others only using parking lights. I don't get that.
 
Had a bad crosswalk incident - I and another random pedestrian were in a crosswalk on green, douchebag suit in a late model A6 makes a right turn from the left lane and just zooms through. Too bad he didn't bump me, I could use a new house. Far past time for wealth based fines. Also saw a young guy in an Impreza blatantly blow a light for a "free" turn (I thought you had to stop first) - phone in hand, of course. No enforcers within a few light years, I guess they pick and choose what to enforce - do what is easiest.

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