Why can't people drive?

[Rob Thomas]

I mean really, what is THEE problem? Drivin' is not that difficult, is it? The brakes on the left, the gas on the right, steerin' wheel right in front of you and glass all around to SEE out of.



On the main paved road on the way to my house, the speed limit is 50mph, however people can't seem to manage to make it to that speed, they wait 'till they drive down MY RESIDENTIAL DIRT ROAD AND DRIVE MACH, and the speed limit is 25MPH.



Then there's the dope's that are turnin' left in an intersection, or shall I say SITTIN" in the intersection, where they will WAIT and WAIT and WAIT, then get out of they're car put they're ear to the ground, make sure there ain't a car in sight, THEN MAYBEE turn left.



Or how about the meatballs that are in such a hurry, that they'll pull out right in front of an 8000# truck, and NOT USE THE GAS, do they have a deathwish?



I think there should be a recall on drivers lisence's, then they all havta take the CDL test and CDL road test, it's much more difficult than... ..... What does a red octigon sign mean? and nine other similar stupid questions.



Later, Rob

 

[DarrellB]

Rob,

They can all drive, it's just the braking, using turn signals, looking in the rearview mirror, changing lanes, merging into traffic, parking, driving the speedlimit, keeping a good following distance away from my truck that they can't understand. Well come to think of it your right they can't drive. :{



Had a little fender bender (crushed a Honda Pralude) myself Wednesday.



Darrell

 

[EricBu12]

they can drive, they just can't drive while---



putting on makeup

reading the paper

talking on the cel phone

holding a dog on the lap --Seriously i seen that

looking for papers on the passenger floor

writing notes on those stupid note pads that stick to the windshield

holding their honey with one hand (otherwise known as handicaped driving)



and doing everything else in the world while trying to drive down the road. boy, wonder why all the freeways don't just clog up with millions of crashes every day... ... ... oh yeah, they do

 

[Bigsaint]

Tell me about it. I have no idea how many accidents we investigate per year, but can tell ya that it has to average a min. of 1 per day for me alone. Many tours I respond to 3-4 in a single 8 hour period. Forget about the snow days, then it's up to 10-15. Short of the unavoidable 'animals actions' reports, were deer/bear are hit, the vast majority are labled as driver inattention. The rest are typically failure to yield to the other drivers right of way. The minority of accidents are unsafe speed and DWI. That's in a rural 68 square mile Twp. That doesn't include all the minor fender benders that are not reported as well as all the close calls. Everyone is in a hurry and the driving aspect takes a back seat.



Scott W.

 

[Rob Thomas]

Thats my point Scott,





Drivin' seems to take a back seat when it comes to drivin'. What are they thinkin'? When I get in my truck, thats what I'm paying attention to DRIVING, not other things. Those vehicals are leathal weapons, yet people don't seem to care unless they're in a wreck. Then it's "It wasn't my fault, I didn't even see the other car".



The other think you pointed out, speeding, I do it, and I do it alot, but in the right place and time. Speeding doesn't kill, like some say, what kills are, mistakes. Someone screwed up, it's not that I was goin' fast, it's someone wasn't paying attention.



Yet I get speeding tickets, and the cops (sorry Scott, no offence) don't hand out stupidity tickets, which they should. I have driven over 2,000,000 miles in my day, all over the country, yet I have to respect the OTHER MORONS out on the road, PAAALEASE.



I'm not holdin' up traffic, I do MY job when I'm drivin', I drive defensivly, and pay attention to my surroundings, yet I get popped fer speedin', and the freaks continue to drive.



I don't know why I'm bringin' this up now, I haven't got a ticket in a while, maybee I'm due. It's just that I think there otta some drastic changes, before they hand out lisence's.



Later, Rob

 

[tgbol]

Now you are confusing me! I thoght the clutch was on the left and brake in the middle, loud pedal on right. I know, I can be going 75 down the freeway and a F*rd Explorer with a woman driver will go by nat 80 with 3 kids in the back a cup of Starbucks and a phone in one hand and the eye brow pencil in the other. Then they wonder why the cars turn over when a tire blows out.

 

[Rob Thomas]

yea tgbol,



I was on the NY tru-way near Buffalo, in a 80,000# semi, when this chick with four kids in the car with her, passes me, cuts in front of me, and SLAMS on the brakes, then looks back at me and is LAUGHING, I had the binders to the floor, and still would've drove right over them, if she didn't move in the other lane. No cops there tho, and my word against hers. I don't get it.



Later, Rob

 

[danglin5]

thought i'd seen it all.

saw full size concret truck driver reading a book

while driveing. ???

kinda scary

 

[TxDieselKid]

Maybe they are too busy on the phone. Like my favorite bumber sticker right now says: "Hang up and drive!"

 

[nickleinonen]

all good reasons to get really loud air horns. hmm, i wonder if you can get ones loud enough to shatter the rear glass on a vehicle that decides to cut you off. . or mount a paintball gun in the grill. . that could be interesting... [kinda po'd. was cutoff by some a$$ ricer boy yesterday. going down the road at 80kph, just as i enter the intersection, he decided to pull in front of me. . lucky there was no one in the lane next to me. . it took all my will to not run him into the curb. bet those 19" 195/25/19's he had under it are real expensive... ]

 

[Champane Flight]

Bad enough

If these people don't have enough to distract them while driving, now you can watch your favorite soap, play video games, and check your satelite position too... ... ... ... ... ... ... .

 

[Turbo Tim 1]

A buddy of mine was heading home after the night shift and saw this idiot all over the road, when he finally had a chance to pass this idiot he was eating a bowl of cereal and on the cell phone. Thats really the best one I've heard of.

 

[RonaldLarson]

Got y'all beat

I'm waiting behind a woman at a four way stop. Her cell phone rings, and she answers. She completed the conversation,about three minutes, and then proceeded to go through the intersection. No amount of horns and flashing headlights was going to interrupt her call! I guess she read that you should not talk on the phone while driving, so by golly she did not drive!

Ron

 

[_MACKIN]

My biggest peeve is the A$$ wipes who won't get out of the left lane on the interstate... ... Hell, they come in off an entrance ramp, scoot straight over into the fast lane and park it there..... In order to get buy one has to pass on the right (illegal here) ... I've had people who I've glanced over at,While passing on the right,I've shrugged my shoulders, like WHAT'S UP move, and they give me the FINGER ... ... OOOHHH you don't know how bad I want to BUMP and run them off the road... ... . I think society(most) has just become lazy, even to drive legally... ... In addition the multi tasking while driving got to go... ... . Most cannot chew gum and steer,without crossing into other lanes...



MAC

 

[speedracer]

The vast majority of bad driving can be blamed on one thing, attitude. People driving poorly can be placed into 2 catagories:

1) They don't consider driving to be a task worthy of them putting any effort into(ie autopilot), so they just don't think about what they're doing.

2) They think what they're doing and where they're going is more important than anybody else(aggressive driving). They're the people cutting other drivers off and tailgating.



Like Rob Thomas, I spend a lot of time out on the road and see entirely too much of these behaviors. It sucks, but I don't really see it changing any time soon.

 

[Rob Thomas]

Originally posted by MACKIN

My biggest peeve is the A$$ wipes who won't get out of the left lane on the interstate... ...

OOOHHH you don't know how bad I want to BUMP and run them off the road... ... .



MAC

right lane Illeagal to pass?... ... ... ... ... ... in MI the right lane IS the passin' lane.



... ... ... ..... and yes, I DO know how bad you want to put 'em in a ditch... ... ... ..... I question my will-power, daily!



Friends and family keep askin' me why I b!tch so much about it, they say, " your not gonna' change everyone"... ... ..... I just tell 'em, "yea I will, just one person at at time"



I've followed dorks into parkin' lots, pulled to the side of the road, and went as far as followed 'em to they're house on a couple of instanaces, to give 'em a piece of my mine. I know it's not the smartest thing to do, but I can only take so much stupidity.



When people get behind the wheel, they're new job is to DRIVE, thats it, period. Like speed racer said, "1) They don't consider driving to be a task worthy of them putting any effort into(ie autopilot), so they just don't think about what they're doing".



Thats why I'm sure to tell them, when they're slackin'.



Later, Rob

 

[TxDieselKid]

Originally posted by Rob Thomas





left lane Illeagal to pass?... ... ... ... ... ... in MI the left lane IS the passin' lane.



Later, Rob

Once saw a sign that read... ...



"Texas, the only place where the right lane is as fast as the left lane!"



Who cares what lane your in, just pass them. Is that not the koiser thing to do where you live?



Andrew

 

[nickleinonen]

in toronto you pass left, right and center. saw the center part 2 days ago on the way to work. 4 lane road with a common middle 5th lane for people to make left turns in. some guy in a mazda 626 was tailing some new mustang conv. that was wrapped around a very nice piece of woman [she was on her way to wonderland to "play" at the water park = wearing very skimpy bathing suit] well, she was doing 15kph over the limit [70kph limit there] in the left lane and buddy in the mazda passed her on the left of her, in the center left turn lane, and then cut back in front of her so close she had to slam on the binders. we got stuck at the lights next to each other and she was ever . .

darn. only 2 years older than me, but she was engaged. .