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**Slchtjgb** · 01-09-2007, 03:34 PM

If traffic was so bad, you should have gotten into the lane you needed sooner.

And when the d*ckwackers would rather let you drive into them than give way?

**Darlmtgq** · 06-10-2007, 03:04 AM

Yep. You should try driving around Atlanta sometimes. Sometimes I seriously wish I owned a gun because of the morons I have to deal with around here.

One of my favorites is this time I was driving around I285. 285 is the Atlanta bypass. It is usually about 4 lanes each side and people are usually driving at about 70 MPH. Well, this one time, this genius is about to miss his exit because he's not in the far right lane. So instead of driving through and getting off at the next exit, he STOPS in the middle of the road. People are already going 60-70MPH and I'm behind this guy. I can't pass because there are way to many cars passing by, so I have to slam on my brakes. At first I'm thinking I'm going to slam into this guy but I just barely come to a stop in time. Next is this huge semi coming up on my @ss and I'm thinking, crap, I'm about to get sandwiched. Luckily the semi stops in time as well. I swear I saw my life flash before my eyes.

And I have tons of other stories about stupid drivers.

On a side note, I admire some of the countries out there that have banned driving with cell phones.

75 from Chattanooga to Atlanta is pure F1 style. [crazy] Everyone in the far left lane is going anywhere from 90mph to 120mph constantly. I for one love it. Then driving in downtown ATL is a lot of fun as long as you don't get people that stupid and there is light traffic (usually at night it seems). A month ago or so, I was driving through downtown ATL on 75/85 going 90mph in a zone of 55mph. Cop went right past me. They do that all the time down there to me. I will be going almost twice over and I see a cop pass me.

Though for me I noticed my driving went to **** when I was on the phone, so that is why I got a bluetooth headset. [thumbup]

**q9h9pPne** · 08-30-2007, 01:34 AM

People can go to hell. Seriously.

So I'm stuck being with a semi on my left and a somewhat sporty car with a bitch behind the wheel in front of me. I turn on my turn signal because I need to get over into the left lane for my turn. The stupid ... in front of me keeps pace with the semi the instant I turn on my turn signal. I'm thinking "maybe she's just a slow drive" but sure enough the instant I turn my turn signal off she floors it. The bitch purposefully caused me to not be able to get past the semi/make my turn. I'm not usually prone to road rage... but I wanted to ram my 98 sunfire right up her ass. People who go out of their way to crap on your day like that really make me mad. I hope she wrecks her car.

And then I take another road to get back to work and I kid you not they're doing some sort of road work on 5 F!)@(#*!@)#(* intersections!! WHY DO YOU NEED TO WORK ON MORE THAN ONE AT A TIME IN A SMALL TOWN! Its like a freaking maze I have to navigate on my way home from work. I went the wrong way down a one way street because I got blocked off completely. Same **** happened to me once before and I got pulled over. Surrounded by cones with no way to turn around.. and then the cop asks why I went past the cones... ... ... as if going in reverse down the road with cars behind me is somehow a good/safe idea?

Another thing that pisses me off is trains. The town is so small and the trains are so long that one train can cut the town in half. Your house could burn down because the fire truck can't get to your side of town.

I'm a little ray of sunshine and happiness today aren't I?

**ringsarcle** · 08-30-2007, 01:45 AM

I really cant see the big deal with the turning left thing, I mean whats the problem with getting into the left lane behind the semi?

But as far as the construction sites go I'm with ya, its the same here. Of course they ALWAYS shut down more exits than necessary and they usually shut them down during the early morning and late afternoon hours when all people drive to and from work.

**everlastinge** · 08-30-2007, 01:54 AM

anger management

**q9h9pPne** · 08-30-2007, 02:06 AM

I really cant see the big deal with the turning left thing, I mean whats the problem with getting into the left lane behind the semi?

If I were to just stop in the lane and wait for the entire left lane of traffic to go by I'd piss a ton of people off. Sitting at a green light is a guaranteed way to get some redneck out of his truck and at your window. Semi on the left, car in front of me, line behind me. All she had to do was go more than 10 mph and I could have been in front of the semi and in the lane I needed. Both lanes were full of vehicles so my only option was to get in front of the semi or just sit in the middle of the road. I would have been fine with missing my turn if the chick hadn't done it on purpose. That's like the 3rd time this month I've seen someone doing something stupid like that. My favorite is the highschoolers who just got out of school, have their stereos up really loud, and they'll turn right on red and make a wall in both lanes going 10 mph and laugh as everyone slams their brakes.

**hrotedk** · 08-30-2007, 02:28 AM

Drive an ambulance like i do. People get out of your way for no reason. It rules!! [thumbup]

**User-Luser** · 08-30-2007, 03:00 AM

There's a university where I live and they just turned a road into a single lane (no left or right turn lanes [cursing] ) So anyway, the road I'm going across has the worst stop light set up ever. People are also dumb and so they just keep going and end up stopping in front of me and I have a green light. I can't go because people are in front of me but the lane going the opposite direction of me can go and of course there are people who want to turn left (there is no left arrow there either). Traffic is inching out of my way so I start to crawl up. Then some genius drivers start making their left turn in front of me! I have the right of way. You have no idea how much I wanted to floor it into them. /rant Sorry, that just really ticked me off.

**q9h9pPne** · 08-30-2007, 04:26 AM

There's a university where I live and they just turned a road into a single lane (no left or right turn lanes [cursing] ) So anyway, the road I'm going across has the worst stop light set up ever. People are also dumb and so they just keep going and end up stopping in front of me and I have a green light. I can't go because people are in front of me but the lane going the opposite direction of me can go and of course there are people who want to turn left (there is no left arrow there either). Traffic is inching out of my way so I start to crawl up. Then some genius drivers start making their left turn in front of me! I have the right of way. You have no idea how much I wanted to floor it into them. /rant Sorry, that just really ticked me off.

Preach on my brother! :P

Its this kind of idiot driving that makes me want to slap people. The old people in the town I live in are worse than teenage girls on cell phones. They'll turn right on red when you're about 15 feet away and proceed to slowly accelerate to 5 mph over the course of 3 minutes. AND they go the wrong way down 1 way streets doing about 45MPH. I almost got killed a few times by an old guy flying down a 1 way road the wrong direction while I was walking to my car. They just come out of nowhere.

I think I feel a song coming on....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1AAdMZ_TSU

**MexicoCity** · 08-30-2007, 04:35 AM

I always HATE IT when im in the correct turn lane (which is the outside turn lane) to get onto the freeway and EVERY SINGLE JACKASS in the inside lane has to always pull in at the last minute and cause an accident....GET IN THE CORRECT LANE THEN JACKASS!

**JaK_MarkoV_Pi** · 08-30-2007, 04:46 AM

People can go to hell. Seriously.

So I'm stuck being with a semi on my left and a somewhat sporty car with a bitch behind the wheel in front of me. I turn on my turn signal because I need to get over into the left lane for my turn. The stupid ... in front of me keeps pace with the semi the instant I turn on my turn signal. I'm thinking "maybe she's just a slow drive" but sure enough the instant I turn my turn signal off she floors it. The bitch purposefully caused me to not be able to get past the semi/make my turn. I'm not usually prone to road rage... but I wanted to ram my 98 sunfire right up her ass. People who go out of their way to crap on your day like that really make me mad. I hope she wrecks her car.

And then I take another road to get back to work and I kid you not they're doing some sort of road work on 5 F!)@(#*!@)#(* intersections!! WHY DO YOU NEED TO WORK ON MORE THAN ONE AT A TIME IN A SMALL TOWN! Its like a freaking maze I have to navigate on my way home from work. I went the wrong way down a one way street because I got blocked off completely. Same **** happened to me once before and I got pulled over. Surrounded by cones with no way to turn around.. and then the cop asks why I went past the cones... ... ... as if going in reverse down the road with cars behind me is somehow a good/safe idea?

Another thing that pisses me off is trains. The town is so small and the trains are so long that one train can cut the town in half. Your house could burn down because the fire truck can't get to your side of town.

I'm a little ray of sunshine and happiness today aren't I?

Why didn't you just slow down and go behind the semi?

**ringsarcle** · 08-30-2007, 04:56 AM

Why didn't you just slow down and go behind the semi?

I already asked him that and it seems like that standing on a lane with a green light means a gun pointed at your head in the next moment in the US of Ay.

**q9h9pPne** · 08-30-2007, 05:00 AM

Why didn't you just slow down and go behind the semi?

I had traffic behind me as did the semi. In order to go behind the semi I would have to stop in the middle of the road for a long period of time. Sitting at a green light in the middle of town during lunch time would make a lot of people mad.

Normally it doesn't bother me if I miss my turn because of traffic. Its not the first time. The wendys is just at a really bad spot. I'm just pissed because someone caused me to miss my turn on purpose. People in this town are dicks. They'll pull out in front of people or drive like an idiot because they think its amusing. I've noticed that's a problem in a lot of redneck towns. There's so little to do that drinking, sex, and being an ass are about your only options as far as entertainment go.

I already asked him that and it seems like that standing on a lane with a green light means a gun pointed at your head in the next moment in the US of Ay.

That's rednecks for ya. I've got a few in my family too. Usually they're more retarded than harmful... but they can get awful mean when they think flexing their flab will impress someone.

**Hujkmlopes** · 08-30-2007, 06:35 AM

That's why i'm glad i don't drive

**BiseCreesia** · 08-30-2007, 06:45 AM

i hate people who take an age to overtake and end up driving too slow (imo) in the overtaking lane. its annoys me no-end.

**Hmwmzian** · 08-30-2007, 12:19 PM

I used to get mad about the drivers in new york the 20 years I lived there - then I moved to Spain and people here make the cabbies in NYC look like they drive popemobiles.

Just yesterday I was crossing in a crosswalk, carrying a puppy, light was red for like 15 seconds already - & this dumb spaniard in a beemer slows down like he might stop - veers into the lane I was crossing into and floors it through the red light - about a half a foot in front of me - but that's a normal thing - I'd say only 1/3 of drivers here stop for red lights - and 95% don't know what a speed limit is, and most ALL are drunk. It's the cops fault really - they are just garbagemen who don't work & only flirt with girls on the beach all day - and the corruption here because of it is worse than pre-fidel cuba. (even when buying a house you only declare 30% or - of its value, and developers paying off officials to get building permits - its crazy) - The mayor of my town has always just been a government employee - has 150 horses, stuffed elefants next to his driveway - freakin' tigers and a porche collection to challenge Jerry Seinfield - he's only a mayor - nothing big before hand. But here is where the wife and the kid are .. Nevermind the way people here parallel park - all of em' - it's like watching a mr. Bean movie. - Don't get me wrong - you might get a speeding ticket in the costa del sol - but it'll only ever be from a camera - which slows nobody down till 2-6 months later - maybe.

sorry - just venting ...

**Quvwcxqx** · 08-30-2007, 08:44 PM

Just as terrible and in some cases terrifying on a small Island... on the Isle of Wight (on the southern tip of the UK) every year caravans and cars alike invade for the summer holiday season and your either stuck driving 50 mph roads at 30 or your being nigh on run off the road by arse holes who drive in the middle of the road!!!

I have been driving my mothers Audi and I am very protective of it for two reason:

1. very expensive car.... that I treat as my own ie very carefully and with respect...

2. Insurance is very costly and don't fancy having to claim on it

Its the same each year.... probably gets worse each year actually as the % of AWFUL, SLOPPY, INCONSIDERATE bastards are on the road come down here [help]

Needless to say when they are gone I can go back to enjoy driving lovely country roads at some pace and driving will become a pleasure again [yes]

**GillTeepbew** · 08-30-2007, 10:22 PM

Yep. You should try driving around Atlanta sometimes. Sometimes I seriously wish I owned a gun because of the morons I have to deal with around here.

One of my favorites is this time I was driving around I285. 285 is the Atlanta bypass. It is usually about 4 lanes each side and people are usually driving at about 70 MPH. Well, this one time, this genius is about to miss his exit because he's not in the far right lane. So instead of driving through and getting off at the next exit, he STOPS in the middle of the road. People are already going 60-70MPH and I'm behind this guy. I can't pass because there are way to many cars passing by, so I have to slam on my brakes. At first I'm thinking I'm going to slam into this guy but I just barely come to a stop in time. Next is this huge semi coming up on my @ss and I'm thinking, crap, I'm about to get sandwiched. Luckily the semi stops in time as well. I swear I saw my life flash before my eyes.

And I have tons of other stories about stupid drivers.

On a side note, I admire some of the countries out there that have banned driving with cell phones.

**M_Marked** · 08-31-2007, 01:27 AM

Yep. You should try driving around Atlanta sometimes. Sometimes I seriously wish I owned a gun because of the morons I have to deal with around here.

One of my favorites is this time I was driving around I285. 285 is the Atlanta bypass. It is usually about 4 lanes each side and people are usually driving at about 70 MPH. Well, this one time, this genius is about to miss his exit because he's not in the far right lane. So instead of driving through and getting off at the next exit, he STOPS in the middle of the road. People are already going 60-70MPH and I'm behind this guy. I can't pass because there are way to many cars passing by, so I have to slam on my brakes. At first I'm thinking I'm going to slam into this guy but I just barely come to a stop in time. Next is this huge semi coming up on my @ss and I'm thinking, crap, I'm about to get sandwiched. Luckily the semi stops in time as well. I swear I saw my life flash before my eyes.

And I have tons of other stories about stupid drivers.

On a side note, I admire some of the countries out there that have banned driving with cell phones.

I swear everyone on 285 thinks they are in Nascar or something, its scary a lot of the time.

**Hujkmlopes** · 08-31-2007, 04:56 AM

Hence the 1.2 million who die each year around the world due to car "accidents".

01-09-2007, 03:34 PM	#1
Slchtjgb Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 515 Senior Member	If traffic was so bad, you should have gotten into the lane you needed sooner. And when the d*ckwackers would rather let you drive into them than give way? Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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06-10-2007, 03:04 AM	#2
Darlmtgq Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 485 Senior Member	Yep. You should try driving around Atlanta sometimes. Sometimes I seriously wish I owned a gun because of the morons I have to deal with around here. One of my favorites is this time I was driving around I285. 285 is the Atlanta bypass. It is usually about 4 lanes each side and people are usually driving at about 70 MPH. Well, this one time, this genius is about to miss his exit because he's not in the far right lane. So instead of driving through and getting off at the next exit, he STOPS in the middle of the road. People are already going 60-70MPH and I'm behind this guy. I can't pass because there are way to many cars passing by, so I have to slam on my brakes. At first I'm thinking I'm going to slam into this guy but I just barely come to a stop in time. Next is this huge semi coming up on my @ss and I'm thinking, crap, I'm about to get sandwiched. Luckily the semi stops in time as well. I swear I saw my life flash before my eyes. And I have tons of other stories about stupid drivers. On a side note, I admire some of the countries out there that have banned driving with cell phones. 75 from Chattanooga to Atlanta is pure F1 style. [crazy] Everyone in the far left lane is going anywhere from 90mph to 120mph constantly. I for one love it. Then driving in downtown ATL is a lot of fun as long as you don't get people that stupid and there is light traffic (usually at night it seems). A month ago or so, I was driving through downtown ATL on 75/85 going 90mph in a zone of 55mph. Cop went right past me. They do that all the time down there to me. I will be going almost twice over and I see a cop pass me. Though for me I noticed my driving went to **** when I was on the phone, so that is why I got a bluetooth headset. [thumbup] Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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08-30-2007, 01:34 AM	#3
q9h9pPne Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 467 Senior Member	Driving Sucks! Or at least the other people do. People can go to hell. Seriously. So I'm stuck being with a semi on my left and a somewhat sporty car with a bitch behind the wheel in front of me. I turn on my turn signal because I need to get over into the left lane for my turn. The stupid ... in front of me keeps pace with the semi the instant I turn on my turn signal. I'm thinking "maybe she's just a slow drive" but sure enough the instant I turn my turn signal off she floors it. The bitch purposefully caused me to not be able to get past the semi/make my turn. I'm not usually prone to road rage... but I wanted to ram my 98 sunfire right up her ass. People who go out of their way to crap on your day like that really make me mad. I hope she wrecks her car. And then I take another road to get back to work and I kid you not they're doing some sort of road work on 5 F!)@(#!@)#( intersections!! WHY DO YOU NEED TO WORK ON MORE THAN ONE AT A TIME IN A SMALL TOWN! Its like a freaking maze I have to navigate on my way home from work. I went the wrong way down a one way street because I got blocked off completely. Same **** happened to me once before and I got pulled over. Surrounded by cones with no way to turn around.. and then the cop asks why I went past the cones... ... ... as if going in reverse down the road with cars behind me is somehow a good/safe idea? Another thing that pisses me off is trains. The town is so small and the trains are so long that one train can cut the town in half. Your house could burn down because the fire truck can't get to your side of town. I'm a little ray of sunshine and happiness today aren't I? Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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08-30-2007, 01:45 AM	#4
ringsarcle Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 412 Senior Member	I really cant see the big deal with the turning left thing, I mean whats the problem with getting into the left lane behind the semi? But as far as the construction sites go I'm with ya, its the same here. Of course they ALWAYS shut down more exits than necessary and they usually shut them down during the early morning and late afternoon hours when all people drive to and from work. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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everlastinge Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 406 Senior Member	anger management Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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08-30-2007, 02:06 AM	#6
q9h9pPne Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 467 Senior Member	I really cant see the big deal with the turning left thing, I mean whats the problem with getting into the left lane behind the semi? If I were to just stop in the lane and wait for the entire left lane of traffic to go by I'd piss a ton of people off. Sitting at a green light is a guaranteed way to get some redneck out of his truck and at your window. Semi on the left, car in front of me, line behind me. All she had to do was go more than 10 mph and I could have been in front of the semi and in the lane I needed. Both lanes were full of vehicles so my only option was to get in front of the semi or just sit in the middle of the road. I would have been fine with missing my turn if the chick hadn't done it on purpose. That's like the 3rd time this month I've seen someone doing something stupid like that. My favorite is the highschoolers who just got out of school, have their stereos up really loud, and they'll turn right on red and make a wall in both lanes going 10 mph and laugh as everyone slams their brakes. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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08-30-2007, 02:28 AM	#7
hrotedk Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 429 Senior Member	Drive an ambulance like i do. People get out of your way for no reason. It rules!! [thumbup] Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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08-30-2007, 03:00 AM	#8
User-Luser Join Date Nov 2005 Posts 430 Senior Member	There's a university where I live and they just turned a road into a single lane (no left or right turn lanes [cursing] ) So anyway, the road I'm going across has the worst stop light set up ever. People are also dumb and so they just keep going and end up stopping in front of me and I have a green light. I can't go because people are in front of me but the lane going the opposite direction of me can go and of course there are people who want to turn left (there is no left arrow there either). Traffic is inching out of my way so I start to crawl up. Then some genius drivers start making their left turn in front of me! I have the right of way. You have no idea how much I wanted to floor it into them. /rant Sorry, that just really ticked me off. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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08-30-2007, 04:26 AM	#9
q9h9pPne Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 467 Senior Member	There's a university where I live and they just turned a road into a single lane (no left or right turn lanes [cursing] ) So anyway, the road I'm going across has the worst stop light set up ever. People are also dumb and so they just keep going and end up stopping in front of me and I have a green light. I can't go because people are in front of me but the lane going the opposite direction of me can go and of course there are people who want to turn left (there is no left arrow there either). Traffic is inching out of my way so I start to crawl up. Then some genius drivers start making their left turn in front of me! I have the right of way. You have no idea how much I wanted to floor it into them. /rant Sorry, that just really ticked me off. Preach on my brother! :P Its this kind of idiot driving that makes me want to slap people. The old people in the town I live in are worse than teenage girls on cell phones. They'll turn right on red when you're about 15 feet away and proceed to slowly accelerate to 5 mph over the course of 3 minutes. AND they go the wrong way down 1 way streets doing about 45MPH. I almost got killed a few times by an old guy flying down a 1 way road the wrong direction while I was walking to my car. They just come out of nowhere. I think I feel a song coming on.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1AAdMZ_TSU Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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08-30-2007, 04:35 AM	#10
MexicoCity Join Date Nov 2005 Posts 566 Senior Member	I always HATE IT when im in the correct turn lane (which is the outside turn lane) to get onto the freeway and EVERY SINGLE JACKASS in the inside lane has to always pull in at the last minute and cause an accident....GET IN THE CORRECT LANE THEN JACKASS! Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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08-30-2007, 04:46 AM	#11
JaK_MarkoV_Pi Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 442 Senior Member	People can go to hell. Seriously. So I'm stuck being with a semi on my left and a somewhat sporty car with a bitch behind the wheel in front of me. I turn on my turn signal because I need to get over into the left lane for my turn. The stupid ... in front of me keeps pace with the semi the instant I turn on my turn signal. I'm thinking "maybe she's just a slow drive" but sure enough the instant I turn my turn signal off she floors it. The bitch purposefully caused me to not be able to get past the semi/make my turn. I'm not usually prone to road rage... but I wanted to ram my 98 sunfire right up her ass. People who go out of their way to crap on your day like that really make me mad. I hope she wrecks her car. And then I take another road to get back to work and I kid you not they're doing some sort of road work on 5 F!)@(#!@)#( intersections!! WHY DO YOU NEED TO WORK ON MORE THAN ONE AT A TIME IN A SMALL TOWN! Its like a freaking maze I have to navigate on my way home from work. I went the wrong way down a one way street because I got blocked off completely. Same **** happened to me once before and I got pulled over. Surrounded by cones with no way to turn around.. and then the cop asks why I went past the cones... ... ... as if going in reverse down the road with cars behind me is somehow a good/safe idea? Another thing that pisses me off is trains. The town is so small and the trains are so long that one train can cut the town in half. Your house could burn down because the fire truck can't get to your side of town. I'm a little ray of sunshine and happiness today aren't I? Why didn't you just slow down and go behind the semi? Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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08-30-2007, 04:56 AM	#12
ringsarcle Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 412 Senior Member	Why didn't you just slow down and go behind the semi? I already asked him that and it seems like that standing on a lane with a green light means a gun pointed at your head in the next moment in the US of Ay. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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08-30-2007, 05:00 AM	#13
q9h9pPne Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 467 Senior Member	Why didn't you just slow down and go behind the semi? I had traffic behind me as did the semi. In order to go behind the semi I would have to stop in the middle of the road for a long period of time. Sitting at a green light in the middle of town during lunch time would make a lot of people mad. Normally it doesn't bother me if I miss my turn because of traffic. Its not the first time. The wendys is just at a really bad spot. I'm just pissed because someone caused me to miss my turn on purpose. People in this town are dicks. They'll pull out in front of people or drive like an idiot because they think its amusing. I've noticed that's a problem in a lot of redneck towns. There's so little to do that drinking, sex, and being an ass are about your only options as far as entertainment go. I already asked him that and it seems like that standing on a lane with a green light means a gun pointed at your head in the next moment in the US of Ay. That's rednecks for ya. I've got a few in my family too. Usually they're more retarded than harmful... but they can get awful mean when they think flexing their flab will impress someone. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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08-30-2007, 06:35 AM	#14
Hujkmlopes Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 431 Senior Member	That's why i'm glad i don't drive Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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BiseCreesia Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 467 Senior Member	i hate people who take an age to overtake and end up driving too slow (imo) in the overtaking lane. its annoys me no-end. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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08-30-2007, 12:19 PM	#16
Hmwmzian Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 495 Senior Member	I used to get mad about the drivers in new york the 20 years I lived there - then I moved to Spain and people here make the cabbies in NYC look like they drive popemobiles. Just yesterday I was crossing in a crosswalk, carrying a puppy, light was red for like 15 seconds already - & this dumb spaniard in a beemer slows down like he might stop - veers into the lane I was crossing into and floors it through the red light - about a half a foot in front of me - but that's a normal thing - I'd say only 1/3 of drivers here stop for red lights - and 95% don't know what a speed limit is, and most ALL are drunk. It's the cops fault really - they are just garbagemen who don't work & only flirt with girls on the beach all day - and the corruption here because of it is worse than pre-fidel cuba. (even when buying a house you only declare 30% or - of its value, and developers paying off officials to get building permits - its crazy) - The mayor of my town has always just been a government employee - has 150 horses, stuffed elefants next to his driveway - freakin' tigers and a porche collection to challenge Jerry Seinfield - he's only a mayor - nothing big before hand. But here is where the wife and the kid are .. Nevermind the way people here parallel park - all of em' - it's like watching a mr. Bean movie. - Don't get me wrong - you might get a speeding ticket in the costa del sol - but it'll only ever be from a camera - which slows nobody down till 2-6 months later - maybe. sorry - just venting ... Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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08-30-2007, 08:44 PM	#17
Quvwcxqx Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 402 Senior Member	Just as terrible and in some cases terrifying on a small Island... on the Isle of Wight (on the southern tip of the UK) every year caravans and cars alike invade for the summer holiday season and your either stuck driving 50 mph roads at 30 or your being nigh on run off the road by arse holes who drive in the middle of the road!!! I have been driving my mothers Audi and I am very protective of it for two reason: 1. very expensive car.... that I treat as my own ie very carefully and with respect... 2. Insurance is very costly and don't fancy having to claim on it Its the same each year.... probably gets worse each year actually as the % of AWFUL, SLOPPY, INCONSIDERATE bastards are on the road come down here [help] Needless to say when they are gone I can go back to enjoy driving lovely country roads at some pace and driving will become a pleasure again [yes] Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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08-30-2007, 10:22 PM	#18
GillTeepbew Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 416 Senior Member	Yep. You should try driving around Atlanta sometimes. Sometimes I seriously wish I owned a gun because of the morons I have to deal with around here. One of my favorites is this time I was driving around I285. 285 is the Atlanta bypass. It is usually about 4 lanes each side and people are usually driving at about 70 MPH. Well, this one time, this genius is about to miss his exit because he's not in the far right lane. So instead of driving through and getting off at the next exit, he STOPS in the middle of the road. People are already going 60-70MPH and I'm behind this guy. I can't pass because there are way to many cars passing by, so I have to slam on my brakes. At first I'm thinking I'm going to slam into this guy but I just barely come to a stop in time. Next is this huge semi coming up on my @ss and I'm thinking, crap, I'm about to get sandwiched. Luckily the semi stops in time as well. I swear I saw my life flash before my eyes. And I have tons of other stories about stupid drivers. On a side note, I admire some of the countries out there that have banned driving with cell phones. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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08-31-2007, 01:27 AM	#19
M_Marked Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 563 Senior Member	Yep. You should try driving around Atlanta sometimes. Sometimes I seriously wish I owned a gun because of the morons I have to deal with around here. One of my favorites is this time I was driving around I285. 285 is the Atlanta bypass. It is usually about 4 lanes each side and people are usually driving at about 70 MPH. Well, this one time, this genius is about to miss his exit because he's not in the far right lane. So instead of driving through and getting off at the next exit, he STOPS in the middle of the road. People are already going 60-70MPH and I'm behind this guy. I can't pass because there are way to many cars passing by, so I have to slam on my brakes. At first I'm thinking I'm going to slam into this guy but I just barely come to a stop in time. Next is this huge semi coming up on my @ss and I'm thinking, crap, I'm about to get sandwiched. Luckily the semi stops in time as well. I swear I saw my life flash before my eyes. And I have tons of other stories about stupid drivers. On a side note, I admire some of the countries out there that have banned driving with cell phones. I swear everyone on 285 thinks they are in Nascar or something, its scary a lot of the time. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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08-31-2007, 04:56 AM	#20
Hujkmlopes Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 431 Senior Member	Hence the 1.2 million who die each year around the world due to car "accidents". Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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