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Post by monklady123 on Feb 14, 2017 18:38:03 GMT
Just so I can rant about stupid people...? This morning at 7:50 I pulled out of my driveway to go meet a friend for breakfast. Right after I'd pulled out a car came really fast from down the street. At the end of my block is a busy east-west commuter route so this driver came from there, maybe cutting through the neighborhood to avoid the next intersection where he'd have to use some of his precious time waiting for the next left-turn arrow (which is a nice long arrow during rush hour)...? Anyway, he whipped up the street and there I was just driving off. Now my neighborhood is pretty dense (houses close together), narrow streets, has tons of kids, school was starting in 15 minutes so kids were out...and no sidewalks. So I'm driving slowly up the street and this idiot behind me was *this* close to my bumper. Is that supposed to make me go faster and risk hitting a kid? We went for several blocks like that before he zoomed around a corner and presumably took the next street over. Our school crossing guard sees all sorts of things, she could write a book. A month or so ago as I was walking out of the school she was in the middle of the street with her sign up as kids crossed. Every car was stopped except one guy who was first on his side. He kept inching up and inching up the whole time she was there with her sign up. She actually blew her whistle at him. He kept inching up! When all the kids had crossed she just stood there for a minute staring at him. (she's very brave, which I guess you'd have to be to be a crossing guard). Finally she let the cars continue on, and I'm sure her staring rebuke did nothing for him. I think the only thing that maybe impresses those kind of people are tickets. Every once in awhile a police officer will appear in front of the school after the guard has had a particularly bad couple of days. I recently went to Pittsburgh which means driving through the PA mountains on the Turnpike. Any of you who have driven that know how unpredictable the weather can be around Somerset. omg, 20 years off my life on this trip. Snow, fog, freezing rain, zero visibility, windshield wiper fluid frozen... And there were people driving with no lights! Depending on the color of their car they were nearly invisible. And people driving WAY too fast as they headed into the dense fog. Most of the rest of us were in the right lane with our flashers on and these idiots were zooming by us. How do they know that just ahead in that fog isn't a stalled car or an accident blocking the road? And really how hard is it to turn on your headlights? Yes maybe they forgot. But you shouldn't forget when the weather is awful, it should just be automatic! And then there were those people who drove around Pittsburgh with snow and ice on their car roof which then flew off and hit other cars. Not picking on just Pittsburgh for that one, we have those same people around here. Oh and then those who HONK!! like that for me to turn right on red when they see my turn signal. There is one intersection where I leave my grocery store that allows you to turn right on red. But in order to do so safely you have to pull out across the crosswalk so you can see the oncoming traffic. Then if there is traffic you're stuck blocking the crosswalk and if people want to cross they either have to walk in front of you (dangerous) or between you and the car behind. Really there should be a no-turn-on-red sign there. In the summer there are a lot of kids around because there's a play fountain on the other corner, so I don't feel like blocking that crosswalk. I'm not in that much of a hurry that I can't wait for the green light. But if I put on my turn signal there is ALWAYS a HONKer behind me. So I finally figured out that if I just don't put on my turn signal then they leave me alone thinking that I'm going straight. I wait till I see the other light turning yellow and then I put the signal on. So many people are just in a hurry and their time is more precious than anyone else's. Or something. That doesn't explain the lack of lights in zero visibility though. Okay, so that's my rant. Give me yours if you want. I do feel better though. lol Especially now that I'm home sitting on my couch eating rice pudding.
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Post by workingclassdog on Feb 14, 2017 18:42:23 GMT
Yes I was a crosswalk person and I had someone flip me off before.. and that was probably a good day. My husband just started truck driving... only a couple of months into it, you wouldn't believe the stories of stuff he has already witnessed. Including being flashed boobies by some young girl.
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Post by micheley on Feb 14, 2017 18:46:31 GMT
Vent away!
There is a road I take quite often where part of it is 25 mph. I have so many people drive right on my bumper. Dudes! I am not speeding up and getting a ticket for you! The road ends near a Police Station!!
There is another road I take all the time that has 3 schools in a half mile section. Do you know how many people disregard the flashing 20mph sign?!? One lady drove on my bumper until the third time I tapped my brakes. She then cut *right* in front of a fricking school bus so she could zoom around me. Didn't slow down at the final 20mph section.
i have more complaints but that's enough for now.
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Post by wallyagain on Feb 14, 2017 18:49:52 GMT
On Saturday we were on a two lane highway, which is always busy. We were passed on an S curve over a solid line, DH let him in as there was traffic coming. Then this same idiot passed in a left turn lane, but went straight. That corner is very busy, and that day was no different. Some days I hate going on the roads around here as there are so many entitled drivers that think their time is more precious than your life.
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Post by deshacrafts on Feb 14, 2017 19:04:10 GMT
And then there were those people who drove around Pittsburgh with snow and ice on their car roof which then flew off and hit other cars. Not picking on just Pittsburgh for that one, we have those same people around here. That was my complaint yesterday. Why the heck can't people clean off their cars? I'll give SUVs a little pass, but there is no reason you can't clean off your car. Yesterday on the highway it was nuts all the tractor trailer truck, SUVs and cars that had hunks of snow flying off of them. So dangerous. (Is it wrong that I had a little giggle at the lady who had to slam on her brakes at a light and the roof snow slid down on her windshield and off the front of her car and knocked her wiper straight out so she couldn't use it? I know it's not safe, but I sure felt like saying "that's what you get". ETA: I especially love the people who only clean off a hole in the snow in front of the driver....yeah that's safe. Save
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Post by katlady on Feb 14, 2017 19:04:25 GMT
My vent is the slow drivers that turn into my lane from a side street. And then, they are the ones that blow through yellow/red lights! I guess they don't have brakes. Or drivers that stop when making a right turn on a right arrow. GO! You have the arrow! And yes, I wish people would turn on their headlights in bad weather, or even at dusk/dawn. Just because you can see us doesn't mean we can see you.
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Post by mrssmith on Feb 14, 2017 19:26:14 GMT
I had a similar experience with the no-lights drivers last week driving in pea soup-like fog. Couldn't see more than 2 cars ahead of me. Probably 20% of the oncoming traffic didn't have lights on.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 14, 2017 19:36:36 GMT
There is this new trend and I could honest kill someone over it.
The driver will go so slow ( or start up so slow) that they are the one who makes it through the light trapping everybody behind him/her.
WTH. WHY?
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Post by ktdoesntscrap on Feb 14, 2017 19:45:13 GMT
My vent is driving related.
I went to a meeting this morning down town it started at 8 am. We finished at 9.30 and I did not get out the parking garage until 10.15!
45 minutes stuck in the garage. There were about 200 people at the meeting. Even if all of them drove and parked in the garage.. I happen to know a lot of attendees work down town so they would have walked... HOW in the hell can it take 45 minutes to move 200 cars out of the garage. For at least 30 minutes I did not move at all!
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Post by scrapaddie on Feb 14, 2017 19:48:27 GMT
I love living in the country!! So little traffic
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Post by monklady123 on Feb 14, 2017 19:57:48 GMT
I love living in the country!! So little traffic There's always at least one troublemaker in any thread!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 14, 2017 20:06:47 GMT
My vent is driving related. I went to a meeting this morning down town it started at 8 am. We finished at 9.30 and I did not get out the parking garage until 10.15! 45 minutes stuck in the garage. There were about 200 people at the meeting. Even if all of them drove and parked in the garage.. I happen to know a lot of attendees work down town so they would have walked... HOW in the hell can it take 45 minutes to move 200 cars out of the garage. For at least 30 minutes I did not move at all! I can answer this one! My husband managed a parking booth in college. I worked there. 1. Person parked and didn't have money to pay to get out. 2. Person was arguing over fee. ( I have the most hilarious story about this) 3. Person lost ticket and didn't want to Pay all day fee. 4. Person didn't get ticket validated for free parking and wanted their free parking 5. And this one is my absolute favorite. Attendant gets an angry phone call, demanding to be put through to manager. Attendant says just a moment and then comes back to phone. Customer demands parking attendant be fired. Attendant then fires himself. This takes about 10 minutes of attendant's time.
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Post by ktdoesntscrap on Feb 14, 2017 21:10:50 GMT
My vent is driving related. I went to a meeting this morning down town it started at 8 am. We finished at 9.30 and I did not get out the parking garage until 10.15! 45 minutes stuck in the garage. There were about 200 people at the meeting. Even if all of them drove and parked in the garage.. I happen to know a lot of attendees work down town so they would have walked... HOW in the hell can it take 45 minutes to move 200 cars out of the garage. For at least 30 minutes I did not move at all! I can answer this one! My husband managed a parking booth in college. I worked there. 1. Person parked and didn't have money to pay to get out. 2. Person was arguing over fee. ( I have the most hilarious story about this) 3. Person lost ticket and didn't want to Pay all day fee. 4. Person didn't get ticket validated for free parking and wanted their free parking 5. And this one is my absolute favorite. Attendant gets an angry phone call, demanding to be put through to manager. Attendant says just a moment and then comes back to phone. Customer demands parking attendant be fired. Attendant then fires himself. This takes about 10 minutes of attendant's time. Holy Crap.. I am pretty sure #5 did not happen. 1- 3 are all possible. 4. no validation 5. would explain the delay!
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Post by anniefb on Feb 14, 2017 21:15:46 GMT
Vent away! This is why I catch the bus to work
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Post by smartypants71 on Feb 14, 2017 21:16:45 GMT
My jerk neighbor just got a corvette. He has a 2 car garage, but i guess he doesn't want to crowd his car, so he parks his truck on the street in front of our fire hydrant and directly underneath the No Parking sign. It's especially annoying because my street is extremely narrow so i have to go about 2 miles an hour around his truck to make sure I don't knock my mirror off (or his). This is the same guy with the unleashed pitbull I posted about last month. I guess he thinks the rules don't apply to him.
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Post by colleen on Feb 14, 2017 21:26:03 GMT
I live in So. Cal. There are a lot of tourists (I'm assuming they are tourists -- they could be clueless locals). Quit looking at the damn map on your phone! If you don't know what exit to use off the freeway, just take the next one and figure out where you need to go. If you don't know if this is the place to turn, pull into a parking lot and figure it out. Stopping, starting, going super slow, and not watching where you are going is a recipe for disaster.
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Post by christinec68 on Feb 14, 2017 21:26:48 GMT
Lately, people on the highway are driving 40 mph or 80. The speed limit is 55. If you want to to go that slow, take the service road or at least for the love of all that's holy...stay in the right lane. It's so hard to get around them because I need a huge gap in order to change lanes so I can get up to speed and not get rear ended.
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Post by grammanisi on Feb 14, 2017 22:14:12 GMT
My husband just started truck driving... only a couple of months into it, you wouldn't believe the stories of stuff he has already witnessed. Including being flashed boobies by some young girl You just wait! My husband has been a truck driver for almost 40 years. The things that man has seen!!
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Post by basketdiva on Feb 14, 2017 22:19:23 GMT
I had a similar experience with the no-lights drivers last week driving in pea soup-like fog. Couldn't see more than 2 cars ahead of me. Probably 20% of the oncoming traffic didn't have lights on. That was my experience today
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Post by basketdiva on Feb 14, 2017 22:23:24 GMT
My jerk neighbor just got a corvette. He has a 2 car garage, but i guess he doesn't want to crowd his car, so he parks his truck on the street in front of our fire hydrant and directly underneath the No Parking sign. It's especially annoying because my street is extremely narrow so i have to go about 2 miles an hour around his truck to make sure I don't knock my mirror off (or his). This is the same guy with the unleashed pitbull I posted about last month. I guess he thinks the rules don't apply to him. This fireman's daughter would be calling the non-emergency police or fire department number every time I saw it happen. Sorry- you do not park in front of hydrants.
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Post by Peal on Feb 14, 2017 22:43:35 GMT
I love living in the country!! So little traffic Yeah, because nothing says clear roads like farm equipment taking one and a half lanes going 15 mph. Sometimes living in the country living has worse traffic than the city. You all should watch Canada's Worst Driver. Season 8 and 9 are streaming on Netflix. I've never seen scarier drivers.
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Post by monklady123 on Feb 14, 2017 22:53:51 GMT
My jerk neighbor just got a corvette. He has a 2 car garage, but i guess he doesn't want to crowd his car, so he parks his truck on the street in front of our fire hydrant and directly underneath the No Parking sign. It's especially annoying because my street is extremely narrow so i have to go about 2 miles an hour around his truck to make sure I don't knock my mirror off (or his). This is the same guy with the unleashed pitbull I posted about last month. I guess he thinks the rules don't apply to him. I think I'd report this one because if someone on your street had a fire it would be hard for the fire department to maneuver around the truck and get to the hydrant. In my county we can anonymously report this sort of thing.
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Post by workingclassdog on Feb 14, 2017 23:17:37 GMT
My husband just started truck driving... only a couple of months into it, you wouldn't believe the stories of stuff he has already witnessed. Including being flashed boobies by some young girl You just wait! My husband has been a truck driver for almost 40 years. The things that man has seen!! LOL.. I can't imagine.. but I have been watching some FB trucker pages... geez!! And I'll take any advice from trucker's wives.. Today was a bad day. He turned in paperwork to the State of Colorado (some medical thing he has to have).. He faxed it in January, got a confirmation that they got it. Well today his boss (or dispatcher) called and he now cannot move because the State said they never got the paperwork. He's probably now sitting for a minimum of 3 days. And what sucks it's taken him about a month to get going and bam now he has to sit again. I told him I would be on the phone every.single.day with the State and try to get it pushed through (although I know how the government works).
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Post by Spongemom Scrappants on Feb 14, 2017 23:18:04 GMT
Four-way stops are the ultimate IQ test. People seem to lose all damn sense there.
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Post by mallie on Feb 14, 2017 23:26:09 GMT
A few years ago, I had occasion to travel on chartered buses on interstate highways for work. It made me an extremely alert driver. I saw so many drivers texting, watching videos, reading books and masturbating... the semi tuck drivers were the worst, sad to say.
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Post by christinec68 on Feb 14, 2017 23:37:36 GMT
Four-way stops are the ultimate IQ test. People seem to lose all damn sense there. So true! Step 1. Come to a complete stop. It's amazing how many people don't even do that. Waiting their turn or for pedestrians to clear the crosswalk is apparently optional. I'm convinced I'm going to get hit at the four way stop at the end of my block.
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Post by 950nancy on Feb 14, 2017 23:39:51 GMT
My rant is pretty consistent. Put down your damn phone when you are behind the wheel. Nothing on that phone is that important. People can't even stop at a red light without checking it. Then you end up waiting for several turn signals because the yahoo in front of you was checking his/her phone. If you need to use your phone for directions, put them in before you start the car and then you don't need to be looking down or have the phone in your hand. It is about as unsafe as drunk driving.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 14, 2017 23:41:27 GMT
My jerk neighbor just got a corvette. He has a 2 car garage, but i guess he doesn't want to crowd his car, so he parks his truck on the street in front of our fire hydrant and directly underneath the No Parking sign. It's especially annoying because my street is extremely narrow so i have to go about 2 miles an hour around his truck to make sure I don't knock my mirror off (or his). This is the same guy with the unleashed pitbull I posted about last month. I guess he thinks the rules don't apply to him. Call the fire department. Firemen LOVE to deal with cars in front of hydrants.
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Post by JustTricia on Feb 14, 2017 23:48:45 GMT
Four-way stops are the ultimate IQ test. People seem to lose all damn sense there. People in the city where my son goes to school know how to use them EXCEPT during school pickup and drop off. Then all rules go out the window. I drive through a school zone in a different big city. I get passed by school buses in school zones all the time. Always amazes me. Not just passed, some of them fly by me!
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Post by refugeepea on Feb 15, 2017 1:52:39 GMT
So, I do live in the country with little traffic, but school pick up and drop off makes me stabby. Those adorable 5 year olds move slower than turtles. Continually turning around and saying I love you, I love you, I love you, makes me want to yell she knows! My son's school has zero handicap parking. Is that even legal? I now have permission to park where the buses are supposed to park. Luckily, I get him at 10 minutes after they leave. I get my daughter almost 15 minutes after school ends because some kids are incapable of opening a door and getting in, in a timely manner. I have had issues with sheep crossing and I hit a baby deer once. Also, you don't know what dark really is until you are driving on a pitch black country road. I do love it when I can turn my brights on! Oh, the pot holes! We have had record snow and record melting. There was a 7 mile stretch of interstate with straight pot holes that has somewhat been repaired. The sounds my van makes scares me on that road.
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