The official idiot driver thread
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Hey, its the skinny one on the right! Put the phone down and drive! I've been known to back up and go a different way...
"It doesn't get any greener!"
"It's on the floor, by your right foot!"
"It's on the floor, by your right foot!"
MountaineerTom
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In Wisconsin, during driver's ed in the 80s, we were taught that on a green light (no left turn arrow lit), we were to proceed into the intersection and wait for either a clearing in oncoming traffic, or the yellow light. If no clearing appeared, on the yellow light, ater oncoming traffic stopped, we completed our turn. A few years after I moved to Texas, I was driving with a young engineer in my employ sitting next to me. When I did that, he asked, "Do you realize that what you just did is illegal in Texas?" I said, "huh?"
We then had a discussion about it. He told me that when he did driver's ed (two decades later - in the 00s), they told him that it's illegal to proceed into the intersection (past the stop bar) until you have a clear path. I said I think he misunderstood the instructor, and explained the logic of the rule I learned, which is: at a busy intersection with no left turn light, it's often impossible to get a clearing in oncoming traffic. If what he was taught was true, no one would ever be able to get through, and traffic would just back up forever until rush hour was over. He acknowledged that the logic made sense but insisted that he had not misunderstood the instructor. I tried to look up the traffic laws at that time because I was dumbfounded that it could be that way, but I couldn't confirm or deny it when reviewing traffic code.
Has anyone else been taught not to proceed into the intersection without a clearing in oncoming traffic? I'd like to know if I'm that idiot driver for proceeding. Of course, I won't change my ways, but at least I'll know I'm an idiot.
I don’t remember it from drivers Ed, but my dad thought me that in the 80’s for the same reasons you stated. My wife said she learned not to do that because it was considered blocking an intersection. (We grew up the same little town/area).
Kennesaw police are searching for a road rage suspect who attacked a driver on Main Street. The suspect rolled up his license plate to block the numbers before hitting the victim's car door. Investigators released video of the man, who was wearing a Detroit Tigers hat.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ku2hDXGGtb0
It was a lawyer...
An Acworth lawyer was jailed after attacking a truck in downtown Kennesaw, according to police. A passenger recorded the driver punching the window and door after a dispute over a 25 mile per hour speed limit. Investigators say the suspect folded his license plate before the confrontation to avoid being identified.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69-IgvfSHA0
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ku2hDXGGtb0
It was a lawyer...
An Acworth lawyer was jailed after attacking a truck in downtown Kennesaw, according to police. A passenger recorded the driver punching the window and door after a dispute over a 25 mile per hour speed limit. Investigators say the suspect folded his license plate before the confrontation to avoid being identified.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69-IgvfSHA0
It appears he shaved his beard in the week between the incident and his capture. Besides the obvious criminal case, the fact that he folded his plate and shaved his beard should get him some discipline from the bar for ethical violations, one would hope...
Hey! We don't want him in our yoga class...
Today's encounter: Turning right off of a 4 lane boulevard into a Wendy's. Minivan in the center two way left turn lane proceeds to turn right in front of me. Muslima was driving. I at least understand why she did what she did, but its incompatible with driving here (and vice versa for that matter). I almost stopped to have a polite conversation with her, "Habibti, you really can't do that here..."
Wasn't sure if this fit better here or the piss and moan section.
Stopped for fuel in the truck and diesel in the Jeep on my way home last week. The Camry in front of mef finished putting his cap on as I pulled up behind him. He definitely saw me the dually with a camper towing an 18' trailer with a Jeep. Hard to miss. He then proceeds to walk inside and come back out with a coffee 5-10 minutes later. While waiting, I notice the Corolla has moved either since I pulled up. Then realize that she's sitting inside the car messing on the phone. Right before the Camry driver walked out, she finally gets out of her car to start pumping! This was like 9 in the morning with a steady flow of traffic constantly cycling through the pumps.
After I pumped, I parked and then went inside for a coffee. While waiting in line, an old lady came inside asking everyone if they were driving a van than had been parked at the pump in front of them for 10 minutes. And they were at the second pump with a travel trailer behind their truck and didn't really have a good way to back up out of the pump area.
Some people are so in their own world that they don't even see their behavior as a problem.
Stopped for fuel in the truck and diesel in the Jeep on my way home last week. The Camry in front of mef finished putting his cap on as I pulled up behind him. He definitely saw me the dually with a camper towing an 18' trailer with a Jeep. Hard to miss. He then proceeds to walk inside and come back out with a coffee 5-10 minutes later. While waiting, I notice the Corolla has moved either since I pulled up. Then realize that she's sitting inside the car messing on the phone. Right before the Camry driver walked out, she finally gets out of her car to start pumping! This was like 9 in the morning with a steady flow of traffic constantly cycling through the pumps.
After I pumped, I parked and then went inside for a coffee. While waiting in line, an old lady came inside asking everyone if they were driving a van than had been parked at the pump in front of them for 10 minutes. And they were at the second pump with a travel trailer behind their truck and didn't really have a good way to back up out of the pump area.
Some people are so in their own world that they don't even see their behavior as a problem.
speeding_infraction
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Oh boy, I can relate to this so hard lol. I don't understand how people consistently pull up to the only diesel pump in the station. I have on of these on my truck, maybe I need a flag as well.
This is why I fill my truck at truck stops.
Most truckers are pretty good about being quick and pulling forward.
Aweful pic i know. 300td pos mercedes with a fking fridge on its roof going 35 mph and not pulling over. Me and the ten cars behind him weren't happy. This was in mexico mind you so i passed the fool and so did 5 other cars...
You never know what you'll find in mexico...guy should have used one of 3 turnouts he passed
KennethS
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And slow him down? Why would he ever do that?
Got passed on the shoulder on I-8 Westbound heading into California. We were in the motorhome towing the Jeep, doing 61 in the right lane.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tVfRHYTjv8
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tVfRHYTjv8
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