morons on the roads - Page 2 - Big Big Forums

dinosmom · 09-15-2009, 05:35 PM

I live in Chicago and I swear we have the WORST drivers here. Some of the stuff I have seen idiots do!!!!!! I am so glad I work from home and dont have to go out to work anymore. That daily commute was literally killing me.

Shann · 09-16-2009, 12:30 AM

honestly I'm always shocked when someone DOESN'T run the light out here. Where I'm at we've got a melting pot of bad drivers from all over the country/world. It's ridiculous. My fave is those who are at a light to turn left and eventho it's red think that they have the right to turn regardless

lovely. Gotta love the idiots who don't believe the laws of driving apply to them. But one day they will get caught and karma is going to bit them in the booty. Oh and when someone uses a turning signal, that is always a shock, I seriously wonder how many cars don't come w/ them b/c I would say maybe 1% of the ppl use them, annoying!

sunniekiss · 09-16-2009, 02:08 PM

Here we have people from NYC, New jersey & Philly & stop signs mean slow down but keep driving. One way signs mean nothing since they are only going 1 way. Their excuse is "me no speak english".

I had this kid drive right into my car. I was creeping into our parking lot because we have a huge pothole at the entrance so unless you want to bust a tire, you creep in. If he hadn't run into me he would have slammed into our building. He did say he was sorry but he didn't have brakes on his bike. A Fed-Ex guy was across the street & saw what happened & told me his sister had run into a telephone pole 2 blocks away.

Oh yea & no one looks before crossing a street.

cathych · 09-16-2009, 03:56 PM

It is infuritating when people yack on cellphones and don't pay any attention to what they are doing.

DreamWarrior · 09-16-2009, 08:33 PM

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Originally Posted by fleabones3

I hear ya.. I hate people like that. I hate slow drivers, stupid drivers, drivers who think stop signs and stop lights arent made for them too. Basically I just hate people LOL

When did you move to my town???

jasmine · 09-17-2009, 09:43 AM

or when people drive with their blinkers on, never turning them off,with me behind them, waiting and wondering when they are going to turn, and they never do!!

klutzie56 · 09-17-2009, 11:19 AM

Intersections
Red, yellow, green, and blue? Some drivers may take another look at some intersections in Eagan MN. The new blue light is a tool aimed at helping to better patrol three intersections along Pilot Knob Road, according to police. Police say from 2003 to 2007, they had nearly 300 accidents along the roadway, with 11 percent of them stemming from drivers disobeying a traffic light. Here's how it works: When the blue light shines, the left turn light at the intersection is red. Officers can them monitor whether a car turn on the blue light is safer than to pull over a red light runner. City and county money helped pay for the three lights, which cost several thousand dollars each. "This is just another piece in the tool box that we can look at," said Eagan Police Chief James McDonald.City officials also talked to Burnsville and Apple Valley, who have already used the blue light, and say they work. While it seems like the point would be not to have drivers know about the blue lights, the city says they actually want to make it well known. They believe if drivers realize officers have this tool, they will obey the red instead of risking paying a $130 ticket. "If one property damage collision is prevented by these blue lights and people respect the red lights, it's paid for itself as already," said the city's transportation engineer Tim Plath. Chief McDonald says a lot of people have confused this program with the illegal Photocop program in this case there's an actual officer patrolling, not just a camera.

They just started this in my son's neighborhood. Hope it helps.

iluvmybaby · 09-17-2009, 12:13 PM

You know what kills me, we have so many 18 wheelers here, you see people pulled out in front of a LOADED 18 wheeler doing 60 and slowwww down and you know they can't stop. My grandmothers friend did that and he just creamed her in, she pulled out and did 15, the truck was loaded and doing 55 and just flattened her car. She actually lived, I couldnt believe it, if you had seen her car you wouldnt either. I am so glad my grandmother doesnt drive, we have a big problem in town with elderily drivers. Her one friend has cataracts and is nearily blind and is deaf in one ear and can't walk because of a stroke and she drivers all the time

Licchl05 · 09-17-2009, 12:17 PM

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Originally Posted by iluvmybaby

You know what kills me, we have so many 18 wheelers here, you see people pulled out in front of a LOADED 18 wheeler doing 60 and slowwww down and you know they can't stop. My grandmothers friend did that and he just creamed her in, she pulled out and did 15, the truck was loaded and doing 55 and just flattened her car. She actually lived, I couldnt believe it, if you had seen her car you wouldnt either. I am so glad my grandmother doesnt drive, we have a big problem in town with elderily drivers. Her one friend has cataracts and is nearily blind and is deaf in one ear and can't walk because of a stroke and she drivers all the time

OMG, how do the drs still allow her to drive?

littlebuggy · 09-17-2009, 09:47 PM

I swear I don't know how most of these people got thier licenses! I really wish I wouldn't get so annoyed, hubby always tells me I'm going to give myself an ulcer getting so annoyed at people. LOL It's so bad I tell my kids they have to be the ones to pay attention because you can't count on the other person to because usually they are so wrapped up in thier own little world that they won't even see you until it's too late.

fleabones3 · 09-17-2009, 10:11 PM

I think that all people aged 65 and older need to take a extensive driving test every year to see if they are still capable of driving. I also think everyone else needs to retake it every 5 yrs.