Dumb things seen on the road. (Page 3 of 3)
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Originally Posted By YourAlterEgo: Pisses some off, but with a performance model tesla, passing and moving on down the road isn’t a request, it’s just what’s going to happen. Originally Posted By YourAlterEgo: Originally Posted By CastleBravo91: Originally Posted By ceetee: I was driving into work a couple of days ago. I caught up to a car doing the speed limit. That's fine. His choice. I usually have my cruise control set to 9 mph over, so when I approached him, I just moved over, passed him, and kept going. I guess he figured this was an insult or something, because he floored it, passed me at about 20 over, and then matched my speed all the way to my exit. He must have been one of those drivers that just can't handle having anyone pass them. I got stuck behind a guy doing 45 in a 55 for 2 miles. Finally get to a passing zone, NOW he wants do 60 as I'm trying to pass. Then he tailgates me as I'm doing almost 65 for a bit before backing off. Pisses some off, but with a performance model tesla, passing and moving on down the road isn’t a request, it’s just what’s going to happen. Lol, exactly! My car has a turbo, so he wasn't going to win that, but he tried. 
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Originally Posted By CastleBravo91: Lol, exactly! My car has a turbo, so he wasn't going to win that, but he tried. Originally Posted By CastleBravo91: Originally Posted By YourAlterEgo: Originally Posted By CastleBravo91: Originally Posted By ceetee: I was driving into work a couple of days ago. I caught up to a car doing the speed limit. That's fine. His choice. I usually have my cruise control set to 9 mph over, so when I approached him, I just moved over, passed him, and kept going. I guess he figured this was an insult or something, because he floored it, passed me at about 20 over, and then matched my speed all the way to my exit. He must have been one of those drivers that just can't handle having anyone pass them. I got stuck behind a guy doing 45 in a 55 for 2 miles. Finally get to a passing zone, NOW he wants do 60 as I'm trying to pass. Then he tailgates me as I'm doing almost 65 for a bit before backing off. Pisses some off, but with a performance model tesla, passing and moving on down the road isn’t a request, it’s just what’s going to happen. Lol, exactly! My car has a turbo, so he wasn't going to win that, but he tried. I used to live in a neighborhood where some folks liked to walk in the middle of the street. You would no believe how quickly people reassess their decisions when they hear a waste gate dumping to atmosphere starts asking how much they want to play. High stepping and nothing but the whites of their eyes. 🤣 |
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Originally Posted By imq707s: I saw a lady on the highway once that was parked in middle of one of the lanes, trying to catch her dog that somehow got out and had ran under her car.....while traffic was wizzing by at 70+ mph. I was in the mountains of Arkansas driving through some twisty roads when I came around the corner and some old guy was parked right in the middle of the road, with is door wipe open, out in the opposite lane picking up a turtle that was crossing the road.......about couldn't stop in time, luckily I didn't hit him. Seen plenty of these "meth" cars in Missouri that just drive around and pick up/steal anything they can find and stack it on their car/trailer. This one isn't even the worst I've seen. ....that's it https://i.redd.it/866htmss6u2a1.jpg That hitch situation is amazing
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Originally Posted By tonysoprano150: In Kentucky, and I believe some other states, right of way at a 2-way stop is handled like a 4-way stop. First at the intersection is first to go regardless of which way you are going. Originally Posted By tonysoprano150: Originally Posted By dangerranger61007: Where I grew up there seemingly weren't many 4 way stops. Where I live now, 2 way stops are pretty rare and know one knows what to do at them. Almost every time I'm turning left and there is someone across from me turning right, they try to wait or motion me to go because I was there first. I just sit there, and sometimes they get extremely mad about it but refuse to take their right of way. Or I'm turning right and the person across thinks they have the right away to turn left because they were there first. If I'm in my shitbox I just make my turn and cut in front of them. In Kentucky, and I believe some other states, right of way at a 2-way stop is handled like a 4-way stop. First at the intersection is first to go regardless of which way you are going. When the cross traffic doesn't have a stop sign? Thats the most inefficient way to handle it. You'd have to sit and wait to make a right turn until those turning left find an opening in traffic. |
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Originally Posted By 1911fan: @50-140 this advice comes from years of working at car dealerships that had body shops, and several insurance agents I worked with. Hit the deer. That buck was just as likely to jump in front of you as away. If you hit the deer, you have body damage and an insurance claim. Swerving to miss the deer will put you on your side in the timber at 60mph, into the rocks at 60mph, upside down at 60mph, or hauling ass through an orchard at 60mph in the dark. All of these have happened to my clients. If you hit the deer you are still right side up, on the pavement, and most often still in control of your vehicle. Originally Posted By 1911fan: Originally Posted By 50-140: I almost murdered a deer today. On the road at 60mph clip, a buck comes into the road. I've got a log truck behind me and in the oncoming lane is a pickup truck. I only had one option which was to swerve right, I'm not quite sure how the deer didn't get tagged but when I looked at my drivers side mirror I saw him bound back into the woods from whence he came. @50-140 this advice comes from years of working at car dealerships that had body shops, and several insurance agents I worked with. Hit the deer. That buck was just as likely to jump in front of you as away. If you hit the deer, you have body damage and an insurance claim. Swerving to miss the deer will put you on your side in the timber at 60mph, into the rocks at 60mph, upside down at 60mph, or hauling ass through an orchard at 60mph in the dark. All of these have happened to my clients. If you hit the deer you are still right side up, on the pavement, and most often still in control of your vehicle. Unless you're already going around a curve. My dad clipped a deer in April this way and wound up rolling his car. I guess because he was already in a turn, hitting the deer unbalanced the car enough to get into the ditch and catch a wheel. He came up with a decent tree about two feet from the driver's door. No injuries (to him, the deer probably had a bad day). He didn't even see the deer before he hit it so he didn't have time to swerve or anything. |
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Originally Posted By YourAlterEgo: I get sent collision videos for about 120 signalize intersections. At first I thought it would be a bunch of people trying to beat the yellow light, nope almost none of those. Most are, WTF, where was your mind at. Most claim the other guy ran the red light or was at fault, minor or totaled vehicles. Some are, “hope whatever you were doing other than driving was worth it, you just died” There’s a big push nationally for “vision zero”., mostly pushed by planner types. Kinda pisses me off. I’m an engineer, not a magician or God, I can’t take the wheel or pull people’s heads out of their own asses. Planners, this is how I would like the world to be. Engineers, this is the reality of the world you live in. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/334456/IMG_0061_jpeg-3831621.JPG Welp. That's fucked up, and explains a few things. |