On driving
We spent a lot of time in the car the last two weekends. On the way home I witnessed two risky maneuvers.
Imagine you're in the passing lane going 65+ mph and there are two more lanes to your right. There is a truck in front of you, and you notice the car in front of him is hitting their brakes...and pulling to the shoulder off to the LEFT. I'm thinking, wow, that guy must be having car trouble if he's pulling onto the shoulder near the fast lane. I hope he's okay. Then I notice a break in the divider...you know, where they have those big signs that so "No U turn allowed except for emergency vehicles." This putz wasn't an emergency vehicle, but he was risking accidents on both sides of the highway by using this opening. Not only was he in the shoulder near high-speed traffic, but he pulls back to the right, even CLOSER to the traffic, just so he can get a better angle for his U turn. Man, I wish there had been a cop around. It was a completely insane move.
The next guy was another major putz. He's in a van pulling a boat on a trailer. He's in the right-most lane and there are three cars in a row in the middle lane. The van is coming up to slow traffic in front of him, but there's absolutely no room for him in the middle lane. There's no way he can get in front of the cars in the middle lane, but speeds up in an effort to do so. Once he realizes he can't pass them, he starts pulling into the middle lane anyway. The second car in line does what any sane person would do and slams on his brakes. The van quickly swerves back into its own lane. But now the #2 car has slowed and there is room in front of him, so the van completes his lane change.
I wish there was a way to revoke driver's licenses for crap like that. There could have been a major pile-up from either of those two.
-- C.
Imagine you're in the passing lane going 65+ mph and there are two more lanes to your right. There is a truck in front of you, and you notice the car in front of him is hitting their brakes...and pulling to the shoulder off to the LEFT. I'm thinking, wow, that guy must be having car trouble if he's pulling onto the shoulder near the fast lane. I hope he's okay. Then I notice a break in the divider...you know, where they have those big signs that so "No U turn allowed except for emergency vehicles." This putz wasn't an emergency vehicle, but he was risking accidents on both sides of the highway by using this opening. Not only was he in the shoulder near high-speed traffic, but he pulls back to the right, even CLOSER to the traffic, just so he can get a better angle for his U turn. Man, I wish there had been a cop around. It was a completely insane move.
The next guy was another major putz. He's in a van pulling a boat on a trailer. He's in the right-most lane and there are three cars in a row in the middle lane. The van is coming up to slow traffic in front of him, but there's absolutely no room for him in the middle lane. There's no way he can get in front of the cars in the middle lane, but speeds up in an effort to do so. Once he realizes he can't pass them, he starts pulling into the middle lane anyway. The second car in line does what any sane person would do and slams on his brakes. The van quickly swerves back into its own lane. But now the #2 car has slowed and there is room in front of him, so the van completes his lane change.
I wish there was a way to revoke driver's licenses for crap like that. There could have been a major pile-up from either of those two.
-- C.
posted by Cerpicio at 12:44 PM
2 Comments:
Get a dash camera and film it. Chances are that we me. No, it wasn't but I was a very reckless driver. I am, uh, better now, not great.
I saw one driver stuck between the divided highway. There is a slope on either side and the car's front end and back end were stuck ... the wheels spun helplessly. It was like seeing a turtle.
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