I thought you were going to tell us that he went over the side.

I was on my way up to Mt. Hood in between 8' snowbanks in a 67 VW bus. I was chugging along partially because it was a VW bus and partially because the road surface was not great. This was in the '70's. So a 911 of some sort was dogging me to get around and I found a place to hug the bank and let the ass by. Within a mile I passed the back end of a 911 smashed into the bank. Stop? NFW.

<beep, beep> <friendly smile and wave>

LOL

Karma....she's a b1tch! :D

Like being passed on a snowy highway, at 50mph, barely able to keep in the tracks in the right lane.

And then along comes Bonzo in the left lane at 80+ pulling a trailer with heavy equipment on top.

We meet again soon after.
Me: getting home.
Him: in the ditch.

The same thing happened to us one wet snowy day near the Halifax airport. A couple of guys in a Cavalier went by and about two miles later they were hanging from their seat belts in the water filled ditch. We helped get the doors open to get them out of the car and got a blanket around them until the EMTs took over.

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Imagine your own car passing you in the grass....

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Way back in the 1970s I was heading south out of Birmingham, AL to Montgomery, AL. The national speed limit was 55 by then, and it was not just raining, it was pouring down rain. Heavy rain and water on the road and it was night time, and I was in my 914 going 50 to 55 and trying to see the road and avoid puddles. Some fool in a new Cadillac came blasting past at 70+ MPH and I just shook my head, soon after I saw their headlights, tail lights, headlights and off the road and down the embankment they went. I noted the mile marker but kept driving. I saw no reason for me to risk my life with some fool crashing into me or my car and getting all wet and muddy helping an idiot. I stopped at the first gas station and called the highway patrol and reported it. I proceeded home safely home.

I knew even back then that at 60 MPH or more hydroplaning was a real possibility in heavy rain.

What is it with these clowns who are quick to get up on your bumper but when they have a chance to pass don't have the stones to do so......:rolleyes:

They want you to go faster and take the radar hit if there is a squad up ahead. Once they are the lead car, they start thinking about being the one getting the ticket.

In some cases yes, Rutager.....but I just think they're mostly incapable of the skill & mental capacity needed to make a safe pass vs just hit the accelerator until they're up on your 6.

I don't know about doing a pit maneuver in traffic. Seems like a better strategy would be to put a copter on the driver and get her when she stops somewhere.....

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Two years ago the power company put in a special purpose power line for a manufacturing company nearby. This is where the state let them situate the utility poles at every intersection - directly in the line of sight of oncoming traffic.

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This is a county road that intersects a state highway. I do not understand why no one thought this was a bad idea. If I pull the bumper of my truck right up to the white edge line on the highway I can see around the pole. I guess they thought that was good enough. But moving it four feet would have made this intersection immeasurably safer, but nooooo.

Years ago now but I remember it well. GF and I were driving to a remote surfing location at the end of a long winding gravel road. I said to GF that the car in front is doing some impressive drifts around each corner going by the tracks left in the road. Totally under control and nice lines taken through the curves and a slide around EVERY corner. We got down a hill to the last corner before the beach and there was a car on it's roof with four teenagers staggering around in a state of shock LOL

Gotta let go.......just go on about your business.........too much ego involved in cases like this!

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FOR GODS SAKE PEOPLE, PLEASSSE JUST DO THE SPEED LIMIT.........

Drivers asleep at the wheel on the Freeway Fast lane oblivious to the 1/4 mile backup behind them.

serious? 58 in a 70? in 4 hours of driving several times today.

sigh.

I'm going to have to be careful the next time I do my drive to visit family 220 miles away. Part of the trip takes me through a twisty stretch of rural two lane and I noticed the other day that the new Continentals I put on this spring are quiet! In corners where the Khumos were singing at 92 kph, the Contis were silent at 103.:D
This is the stretch of road where I caught up with a BMW K1300 in my diesel Jetta. I would gain in the corners, but he would pull away on the straight. We got to talk for a few minutes at the next town and he confessed the bike was new to him.
So many roads, so little time.

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Taking out the trash........

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"I back the blue until you made me black and blue."....lol......

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I saw that the other day. "by the hair of my chinny chin, chin," comes to mind. That truck was ready to go into the drink, but apparently, it wasn't her day to die. I'll bet she peed a little.

WTF is wrong with people. I don't understand that reaction.

I guess the initial reaction was one that I've seen before. Some folks seem to think that insulting other people will cow them and make them back down. I guess that was her initial reaction. "maybe if I'm a mean beyotch, it'll scare this guy and make him leave me alone." I have seen that sort of behavior, but I'd recommend against using that on police.

Then she used every "trick" in the book "I'm afraid of you right now," "I've got a disability," "I didn't hear you," "I was crying," etc....

"I'd rather be in Russia or a third world country..." I'd love to see her try that crap in one of those other places.

Lots of folks have never learned the old adage about catching more flies with honey. Or at least not going to jail with honey.

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Doesn't come close to excusing the shooting - but wonder if the SUV was brake checking the guys towing the boat.

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Brake checking with your kids in the car, genius, if that's what happened. If that was the case hopefully, the mom and dad have learned a lesson. I'm hoping that the two dirtbags go to prison and get married.

Impressive.

People are fools when they get behind the wheel. My favorite pet peeve is when you see someone off on the shoulder and then to get back on the freeway they just pull, from a stop, right into the "slow" lane instead of using the shoulder to get up to speed and then merge into the "slow" lane. These asshats cause a lot of accidents because they can't judge traffic speed and feel it is just fine to pull into a freeway lane from a stop.

Yep, and they accelerate like they are on a Sun drive. Many folks are afraid to floor the gas and hear the motor rev to redline. Near my home the freeway has a 75mph speed limit and the normal speed is 80-85mph. It's shocking how many folks "merge" at 45-60mph onto an Interstate (I10) with traffic going 80+mph.

Yesterday, I learned that activated hazard flashers on a milk truck indicates that shortly, they will be making irresponsible and illegal (yet routine for them) maneuvers in order to begin backing into a farm. This despite a large half circle of driveway intended to negate the need for this very sort of BS. :mad:

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Lots of nutters out there.

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The key, IMO, is to NOT engage. Too many folks can't/won't stand down. "But they disrespected me."

I'm hoping this guy broke his hand. I actually know someone that did the same basic thing, punched a driver's side window multiple times. (some teens drove really obnoxiously to the guy with his new baby in the car). It resulted in him breaking one of the bones in his hand, presumably on one of the punches and then punched again which caused the broken bone to pierce the skin on the back of his hand (small puncture wound). So he ended up scaring the crap out of the kids, but also ended up with a compound fracture of his hand (and he worked in IT so did a lot of typing for a living).

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This video makes me smile

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