stupid driving habits
sucks2beme
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So the metro Memphis area is well known for poor driving.
Anyone I've talked to who has lived elsewhere agrees.
Two really bad ideas I've seen lately.
Turn on your emergency blinkers and drive like you stole it.
I've seen guys on the highway driving 90 doing this. Also seen them
doing it on back roads. They blow through stop signs and red lights.
Second one is there is very busy 6 lane roadway across midtown going downtown.
Parts don't have a turn lane. So they pull over into the left lane of oncoming traffic
to make a left turn during the lunch hour. This forces at least one lane of opposing traffic
to come to a complete stop.
There's no safety inspections here either. Lots of people driving without working headlights, taillights, and turn signals (not that they use them). God only knows how bad tires and brakes are. I'm pretty sure the lady driving the beater that totaled the Mustang had SH#t
brakes. At least she had insurance.
Anyone I've talked to who has lived elsewhere agrees.
Two really bad ideas I've seen lately.
Turn on your emergency blinkers and drive like you stole it.
I've seen guys on the highway driving 90 doing this. Also seen them
doing it on back roads. They blow through stop signs and red lights.
Second one is there is very busy 6 lane roadway across midtown going downtown.
Parts don't have a turn lane. So they pull over into the left lane of oncoming traffic
to make a left turn during the lunch hour. This forces at least one lane of opposing traffic
to come to a complete stop.
There's no safety inspections here either. Lots of people driving without working headlights, taillights, and turn signals (not that they use them). God only knows how bad tires and brakes are. I'm pretty sure the lady driving the beater that totaled the Mustang had SH#t
brakes. At least she had insurance.
"The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods, or no god. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg." --Thomas Jefferson
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I haven't experienced the blinker thing (yet), except during inclement weather and then it's used to let people know you're going under the speed limit (or, at the speed limit, since no one really heeds those silly 55 signs anyway).
We usually have left turn lanes for people to use. The situation as you describe it would seriously piss me off. What gets me super annoyed here is people will bypass traffic in the regular lane as if they're going to turn left, then once there's room or the light goes green, they dart back into traffic.
We have had inspections here in NY for as long as I've been driving (40+), and while it's a PITA sometimes, I guess it does serve a purpose besides generating revenue for Albany; for $37 you can get your car checked out top to bottom, including a scan of the computer. Though to be honest, I know a couple of guys who can get a fresh window sticker, no questions asked, for $100. It's just the way it is.
Hey, don't feel too bad, at least you get Memphis In May...So, are you willing to put forth a little effort or are you happy sitting in your skeptical poo pile?
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The left turn lane here IS a passing lane in some areas.
And a left turn from any lane at a red light is just ducky.
A right turn from the left turn lane at a red light also seems to be ok.
I used to live in upstate NY.I would go to a little place in Webster NY
to get my winter beaters inspected. As long as the lights and horn worked,
you passed. Normally the issue around there was rusted emergency brake cables.
No rust here, just stupid."The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods, or no god. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg." --Thomas Jefferson -
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Stupid driving also occurs on 2 wheels
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Drove in behind a Genesis today.
The guy was all over the road. He was straddling lanes
as well. Plainly the spiffy phone interface on the console
is far more fun than driving. He almost rear ended a slow
moving landscapers truck. He didn't see it until he was almost
on the bumper and had to swerve. It's not like the guy braked hard.
He just was driving a little slow. So the Genesis guy clearly didn't
look at the road for a full minute.
I was kinda hoping he would would hit a light pole."The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods, or no god. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg." --Thomas Jefferson -
I live in NJ.Expert Moron Extraordinaire
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I live in NJ.
NJ might be a bit rude to other drivers, but they aren't suicidal.
Back in upstate NY, we weren't shy about using the horn.
In Dallas, almost no one used the horn. It attracts too much gunfire.
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what pisses me the most is someone cutting in front and halfway into the lane they decide to turn the signal lights on
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I could be way off base just to preface. Too many in vehicle distractions and Nanny's has diminished the skill of driving and paying attention along with the go go go of society. Don't worry about staying in your lane, here's lane assist. Don't worry about using your mirrors or looking over your shoulder, the car will beep at you if you start to change lanes into or back into someone. Don't worry about looking behind you, here's a backup camera. Don't worry about threshold braking or throttle control, here's ABS, TCS, and ESC. Here's a giant screen in the middle of your dash, enjoy! You can check and reply to texts, it's probably super important and it will never happen to you, just glance up once in a while.afterburnt wrote: »They didn't speak a word of English, they were from South Carolina.
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These people, who derive no pleasure from the act of driving, deserve the autonomous cars that will, before too long, be forced upon all of us.
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I, for one, welcome our coming automotive Overlords and rejoice in their oversight into how and eventually when and where to drive. They will know what's best for us !Sal Palooza
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Yes, of course they do. Moo.
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I could be way off base just to preface. Too many in vehicle distractions and Nanny's has diminished the skill of driving and paying attention along with the go go go of society. Don't worry about staying in your lane, here's lane assist. Don't worry about using your mirrors or looking over your shoulder, the car will beep at you if you start to change lanes into or back into someone. Don't worry about looking behind you, here's a backup camera. Don't worry about threshold braking or throttle control, here's ABS, TCS, and ESC. Here's a giant screen in the middle of your dash, enjoy! You can check and reply to texts, it's probably super important and it will never happen to you, just glance up once in a while.
Well said.
Now try and raise teenagers who are getting ready to drive and convince them of that. Ugh -
Just make their first car a Chrysler K car Joe....
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The Mustang was a driver's car. None of that nonsense.
The side mirrors had a built in spot mirror that covered the blind spot.
That's a cheap but effective tool every car should have.
But the green party wants all cars off the road.
Every day would look like covid crisis time.
Can you say "public transportation"?
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joecoulson wrote: »I could be way off base just to preface. Too many in vehicle distractions and Nanny's has diminished the skill of driving and paying attention along with the go go go of society. Don't worry about staying in your lane, here's lane assist. Don't worry about using your mirrors or looking over your shoulder, the car will beep at you if you start to change lanes into or back into someone. Don't worry about looking behind you, here's a backup camera. Don't worry about threshold braking or throttle control, here's ABS, TCS, and ESC. Here's a giant screen in the middle of your dash, enjoy! You can check and reply to texts, it's probably super important and it will never happen to you, just glance up once in a while.
Well said.
Now try and raise teenagers who are getting ready to drive and convince them of that. Ugh
I watched a fairly significant amount of Top Gear with my dad, and that has seemed to work.
A few months ago Some friends and I were driving down a four lane road, in the right lane. A mid nineties S-Class who was doing about 55 was catching up to us very quickly and had been driving weird for quite sometime was in the next lane over. We came up to a red light and I stopped. Guy was still a long ways back. No visible braking. When he was what looked to be 200-300 feet away in my mirror, I honked like crazy, and he slammed on the brakes, and still ended up about half-way into the very busy intersection. She looked quite shaken, and I watched her toss her phone into the backseat.
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Stuff like that is so careless.
I guess she was lucky you were a responsible human being.
I'm not sure What I'd do. Some part of me would hope for an 18 wheeler
to fix stupid.
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