Thread: It happened again!

Are we driving the same 7 miles, Richard..

Just bought a dash can, myself. Being I was recently cited for an accident, that I was clearly innocent of. But for Ohio laws, they said I was the cause of it. Judge said if I'd have had proof, charges would have been dropped.

Cops understood what happened, but those are the laws as written. They even told me the guy who'd caused it in reality, was just ticketed for a traffic accident, not even a week earlier. Definite scammer.!! looking for quick cash.

Originally Posted by evnpar

Is it just me, or have drivers been getting worse? More aggressive, more entitled, more impatient, rushing through lights as they turn red, and more distracted by their phones and the electronics in their cars. I only have a seven mile drive to work, but is often stressful as I have to be on a constant lookout for some idiot doing something stupid.

Originally Posted by outback

Are we driving the same 7 miles, Richard..

Just bought a dash can, myself. Being I was recently cited for an accident, that I was clearly innocent of. But for Ohio laws, they said I was the cause of it. Judge said if I'd have had proof, charges would have been dropped.

Cops understood what happened, but those are the laws as written. They even told me the guy who'd caused it in reality, was just ticketed for a traffic accident, not even a week earlier. Definite scammer.!! looking for quick cash.

I know exactly what you mean Mike. It has happened to me, skyrocketing my insurance. My renewal just came up last month and I finally changed insurance company's to Geico. The one I'd been with wanted $1300 more & I had $1k deductible but with my new insurance, I have a $250 deductible with better coverage. I don't go anywhere unless I need to. When I get my Harley going, I'll ride more but will also put a dash cam on it. I tell people to get a dash cam because these morons are out there. I think some are out to cause accidents intentionally for the money. I've been in 2 where the other party lied. One was on my Harley & the other in my truck a couple weeks after buying it. I was at a 4 way stop leaving my neighborhood & was to the right. I waited for the cars to go since they were already moving & the ones behind were coming to a stop when I was already stopped so I had the right of way. I made my turn & bam, I get hit because the idiot didn't make a complete stop & he also lied! It didn't hurt my truck hardly, scratched the bumper because it's built like a tank but the BMW the guy was driving had the front fender smashed in. I went round & round with my insurance company telling them if I had run the stop sign, his damage would more than likely been at the door or back. I have dash cam footage of me in the middle of an intersection when suddenly people take off from the 4 way stop sign. I always wait for the intersection to be clear before going but many start going before I'm out of the intersection. It's like people act like they're going to a fire!

@Richard, drivers are getting crazier. Some of the younger ones take after their law breaking parents by the way they drive. Bad influence! I have a 4 lane street behind the house & I hear people speeding a lot & it's only a 35 mph speed limit. I hope you have a dash cam.

The way i see it is when people are of age to drive they just hold off for a couple years. Then they dont have to take a driving course/lessons. They just have to pass the tests. I believe most folks dont know what the lines on the street are for. Sure, they seporate the lanes but they dont mean anything else.
Some of the stuff i see every day is down right scarry. My dash cam has saved me twice now. My wife wants me to get more of them and point them down the side of the truck. I had to explain it doesnt work that way.

When i was a kid i couldnt wait for the day i was old enough to drive. I had the drivers manual and was studying it before i was of age. Times have changed.

I still have a driving manual somewhere.

We have a “stunt driving” law in Ontario meant to discourage racing - more than 50 km/h over the posted speed limit and the police suspend your license on the scene and tow your car to impound. That doesn’t include what it does to your insurance rates and this all happens before you go to court. The court can levy an up to $10,000 fine and extend your license suspension.

Just to emphasize how crazy some drivers are: the day that law came into effect, we had a kid in his dad’s BMW doing 210 km/h on a major hiway with posted speed limit of 100. What was really scary, was that we had dummies clocked at 110 km/h in school zones posted for 15 km/h in Toronto.

No question we have some real idiots driving and even really tough laws may not discourage them.

Originally Posted by Gasman

When i was a kid i couldnt wait for the day i was old enough to drive. I had the drivers manual and was studying it before i was of age. Times have changed.

I was bummed out that I had to wait TWO whole days after my 16th birthday to take my test.

Which raises the obvious question of... where the hell did those 32 1/2 years go?!?!

I feel for you guys... really. Fact is, I don't drive anymore... don't even own a car. Instead, I ride a bicycle... everywhere... for everything: errands and exercise, sport and transport. Been "car-free" for almost eight years. Drivers? Stoplights? Stop signs? Turn signals? Headlights? HAH! "Right turn on red, after stop"? Forget about the stop. It's the Wild West out there. And still, I ride. Stay safe! (and watch yer six)

Originally Posted by JBHoren

I feel for you guys... really. Fact is, I don't drive anymore... don't even own a car. Instead, I ride a bicycle... everywhere... for everything: errands and exercise, sport and transport. Been "car-free" for almost eight years. Drivers? Stoplights? Stop signs? Turn signals? Headlights? HAH! "Right turn on red, after stop"? Forget about the stop. It's the Wild West out there. And still, I ride. Stay safe! (and watch yer six)

I don't blame you!

I think it's the sense of entitlement. I live where UF is and these kids will walk into the middle of the street, not at the crosswalk, into the moving traffic without even looking as if it is their divine right...and that's on their feet. They're even worse in a car. How can a kid that is smart enough to get into a major university be so damn stupid? Personally I think a lot of it is that the newer drivers are from the video game generation. Everything has to be exciting to keep their attention. They must think that even though it looks real it is all imaginaryny at least subconsciously.

Years ago, I was getting off the highway turning left. An idiot in a Porsche convertible passed me on the right, driving like he was out of smokes, then stops on a dime at the next red light. I had to get on my brakes and downshift like crazy so my big rig wouldn't squash his mid life crisis vehicle like a bug. As he's holding his phone to his head, he sees how close I am to his rear bumper, turns in his seat and flips me off.

Well, I set the parking brakes, jumped down to the ground, grabbed my "tire thumper", and proceeded towards his car to.....explain things to him.

He must've remembered an appointment he was late for. He burned rubber through the red light and was gone before I could introduce myself.