Driving PMO's

[Steverino]

I'll add some more because this is a fun post and we're all such perfect drivers. (This is really a simple exercise as all I have to do is close my eyes and imagine my upcoming commute!)

Okay- some other driving pet peeves:

What's with the optional turn signals nowadays? Did I miss some kind of vogue or new-age fashion type trend that dictates that you don't use your turn signal to indicate that you are turning??? I am not a tail-gater and increasingly find myself locking up my brakes for some moron clipping along at 40mph that decides they want to turn. Not a gradual, tap your brakes a few times to slow down, and then turn.

Oh no, no no...

There's a harsh brake immediately followed by a hard turn of the wheel. Oh and these "treats" are usually yacking obliviously on, you guessed it, their cell phones...


Val, a 20ga is being downright courteous. A sawed off 12 with some 00 buckshot should do the trick nicely.

My "favorite" driving peeve is the jamoke that you see everyday commuting to work (you know the ones, they have the nice luxury sportscars and sedans) that refuses to merge from a 3 lane rd into a two but instead races along the merging lane and shoulder and at the last moment cuts over.
It's happened to all of us at one time another driving in an unfamiliar area and a merge sign comes up quick but the same vehicles every day???

There's been days (especially coming off a bad day of work dealing with a whole other slew of morons) where I have said in my mind "Enough's enough already!" and have sped up in my own lane thus not allowing the car riding the merge lane and shoulder to cut me off and the looks of indignance that I have received are priceless. I like to smile back, sometimes wave or make that wonderful hand waving back and forth (na, na, na, na, na) gesture with the thumb touching the front of your nose.

Alright, perhaps not the most mature thing to do but...

I long ago pondered the introduction of an automobile targrting system that would allow drivers to shoot colored rubber darts (these would be some high-tech ply-rubber with some incredible magnets that the average joe slob would not be able to pull off on their own at home) at other drivers for driving infractions inflicted upon you while commuting. The colors would be indicative to the nature of the violation: Red-no turn signal, Blue-cutting me off, Green-weaving, etc. Once a month, the person has to go to a certified municipal center and have these darts removed with a de-magnetizer type of equipment while the number of darts and colors are tabulated. A predetermined number is allowed but a certain number or co,lor combination would result in a public dunking tank.

Serious offenders would have to have placcards (much like the driving schools employ) on the roofs of their vehicles announcing to other commuters and the world for a month period of time that they drive like an idiot.

I haven't really worked out as to whether I would employ a vehicke targeting system to shoot the darts ala James Bond style or just a roll down your window and manually shoot these from the driving position...Mmmm Decisions, Decisions

[Rocky Raab]

Paintball, Steverno, paintball.

Let 'em clean the stuff off themselves.

[gd357]

Many times over I have wished for several "extras" that seem to come standard on James Bond's car. Like rockets for instance... Or perhaps the oil slick function for tailgaters? And who could forget the landmines... Ahh, heck, I can't choose just a few. I want 'em all. Let's see how the morons like my new built-in flame thrower.

gd

P.S.

I'm sure there are a few people out there who feel the same way about my driving. LOL

[8X56MS]

most drivers pmo

[skeeter@ccia.com]

As usual, HC gets some interesting ideas and thinking this topic can remind us of some of the things to watch out for out there in the hustle/ bustle of the day and even maybe point out those things we are even guilty of doing now and then ourselves, some great ideas do manage to surface...like the dart system...yea, I like that one...and the sign they have to support like the local pizza delivery man, must have a target on it...now we would all enjoy hunting/stalking our way to work and back..and would be a plus for those whose job includes putting up with those on their way to and from their job..bullseye!
Ok so I am learning here...I don't understand what the turn signal has to do with making my car turn. I guess when I slam on the brakes, slow down, make the nose dive, turn the wheel, my car just won't go anywhere unless ...oops ..forgot to use the signal...so I guess after getting hit from behind, I can say or a whitness can say...yep...used the signal..put the thing on to warn others..it has nothing to do with turning the wheel! afterall, the car still drives good with it on the rest of the trip.

Just wish more people could remember that during those trips to and from their ....job.....there are people whose job....is driving out there all day...so you run them in the ditch, crash into them, cut them off, cause them to have an accident..that is how they feed their family..it is their job...how would you feel if they came into your place of work (have wanted to do this many times) and just smash up your computer, toss your papers all over the place, destroy the machine you have to run, toss paint on the fresh painted car in the lot, then call the police on you and have your 'place of business' fined for trashing the place...there goes your job..your paycheck..food out of the mouths of your kids.
Blink, Blink Blink...humm wonder what that blinking light on my dash means?..oh, can turn it off with this stick here..oops, scream the brakes..forgot to turn for my coffee on way to work...darn truckdriver, ride my bumper like that!!!!!! Wait till I tell the people at work about this idiot.

[rubicon]

I saw a good one this morning commuting to work, a young lady driving a BMW into the morning sun, drinking what was apparently a Starbucks coffee, and although it was not all at one time, smoking a cigarette, putting on her make-up, brushing her hair, and talking on the cell phone, in the HOV lane when she was the only on in the car cruising at 75. My apprentice and I hung in beside her for a long ways, totally amazed! This lady had multi-tasking down to a science.

[fabsroman]

That is somebody that I would want to run off the road. I love when people are driving in the HOV lane without the adequate number of people in the car. I see that kind of stuff on I-270 all the time. Several months ago, I was at a dead stop on I-270 with the HOV restrictions in effect. A guy in mid size truck passed me in the HOV lane, and I couldn't help but smile because I saw the State Trooper up ahead sitting at the median divide. Needless to say, the brake lights on the truck came on rather quickly and he tried to start merging over into the local lanes to get away from the officer. The officer got him though, and I was thrilled. Another evening, I was coming home on I-270 with the HOV restrictions in place and right as the spur, which also has HOV restrictions, was merging into I-270, there were at least 4 State Troopers pulling people over for HOV violations. I almost wanted to get out of the car and shake their hands. The number of cars they pulled over was incredible. They probably could have had 10 officers there writing up tickets and that would have taken care of the county's monetary problems for the year.

As far as the idiot doing all that in her car while driving, she is the type of person that causes an accident and then says it wasn't her fault or she wasn't contributorily negligent. I love it when I go to the body shop and see food and drinks spewed all over the car's floor. If she had gotten into an accident, I hope you guys would have stopped and given the Troopers and good account of what she was doing. Eventually, this kind of stuff catches up to these people (i.e., Karma).

[DaMadman]

Cellphones, and people that do not know what the word MERGE means.

Any I don't might ratting my own wife out because she is one of the biggest Cellphone ABUSERS on the road. It's like the cell phone is attached to the ignition switch in her car, as soon as she starts the car she either dials that damn thing or it rings and she is off to the races

[Tater]

My biggest pet peeve is when the 'cloaking device' on my truck goes on and off at random. Every so often it's like I'm invisible. By the way, does anyone know where the 'cloaking device' switch is on an '87 Ramcharger?

[skeeter@ccia.com]

Tater, my cousins cloaking device in his 80,000 lb rig got stuck on last week. Caused a lady to run square into the rear of him while he was stopped at a redlight..Said didn't even see him..Darn defective devices anyhow.

[fabsroman]

I have a couple good ones from this past week. I rode in my client's car to go to an accident scene that she was in. She ran the stop sign coming out of my neighborhood, but there wasn't a car in sight so I wasn't too worried about it. On the way back, she did the same thing, but it is a 4 way stop sign and there were several cars at the intersection. Needless to say, I was grabbing on to the seat pretty hard and I was extremely happy that I was home.

Just yesterday, on the way to Court, I saw a lady come to a near stop in the right lane of the interstate as she was waiting for all the cars merging onto the interstate before she tried to take the off ramp. That is the first time I have ever seen anybody come to a complete stop on the interstate and yield the right of way to those coming onto the interstate. I was amazed that there wasn't a wreck in front of me because the interstate was pretty busy.

[Aim to maim]

Originally posted by fabsroman
I rode in my client's car to go to an accident scene that she was in. She ran the stop sign coming out of my neighborhood, but there wasn't a car in sight so I wasn't too worried about it. On the way back, she did the same thing, but it is a 4 way stop sign and there were several cars at the intersection. Needless to say, I was grabbing on to the seat pretty hard and I was extremely happy that I was home.

Not certain if she was driving at the time of the accident in question, but if that was the case, I might have second thoughts about representing her in court.

[Aim to maim]

Illegal aliens. Seldom have a driver's license (unless they bought one in Tennessee) and almost NEVER carry liability insurance.

[fabsroman]

She is from Ecuador, but she is legal. She got her driver's license when she got here and has been driving for 3 years now. I was representing her regarding a ticket that she got with the accident. It was snowy day and she slid into the curb. She got out of the car to look at the damage and some idiot came along and plowed into her car. The investigating officer wrote her a citation for having her car in the travel lane. At the end of the day, what he wrote her up for was completely crap, and I would have gotten her off in Court yesterday. However, the officer never showed up so the case was dismissed. Trust me, I will never get in the car with her again.

I spoke to her about the stop sign issue because she is currently on probation for a speeding ticket, and she responded that she never even saw. I was dumbfounded.

[skeeter@ccia.com]

I am sure now as to where some of my neighbors moved to..by the sounds of how they drive down that way. lol..However, they left their cousins laggin behind. Still....this is all unreal as to how people survive on the highways today for so long doing the stupid things they do. I just don't understand why they pass a law making you wear a seat belt but give no attention to rules of the road and defensive driving. Just prepare you for after the fact. There are those that do the right thing and stop at an intersection ( sometimes even if you don't have to) and look both ways before entering the intersection but they only looked, didn't see what they were looking for...like one lady said to her hubby when he asked ' any cars comming?'....she said 'no' so he pulled in front of a truck.....he said ' you said no cars were comming'..she said..'you didn't ask about a truck'....has to be something in the water we drink.