, my wife finally thinks I was in the right......... While driving on a local 2 lane highway a car stopped in front of me at 65 mph,(for no good reason).No other cars there was no problem that I could see...
I Had 5 seconds to live so I swerved to the right hand shoulder,in a few minutes I got 5 cops (highway patrols and the local sherriff)who stopps me instead of the car ^&^&% in front of me ( who had a cell phone probably) I got pulled over for reckless driving...I told the nice Sherriff what happened who waved off the chp cops...
...the only way to prove I am right is to end up in his rear end! - I d be another victim of the grim reapier(They had their cake and I ate it -I took the cops) and the ...time for a colerful metaphor the no -need -to- stop -at- all -driver drove off like nothing happened at all...
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ps its illegal to pass someone on the right hand shoulder...
my wife got a $65 ticket for being over the white line after the cross walk, no one could move and a chp was right behind her... there was a car accident in front of her 10 cars nb of her - at least the highway patrol gave 3 other "illegals" the same ticket-- the patrol person did not think to check to see if there was a problem?
Of course she had to take driver ed and announce her ticket to the teacher... oh wow...(just as bad as failure to turn on your signal light,going thru the red light on my green etc)
Heston Said it best- There s never a cop around when you need one (Omega Man)
one cop followed my mother 5 miles past his patrol point into another city to give her a ticket for failure to turn off her signal light....it turned out to be broken! she was mad and grounded me for a month!(I didn t drive yet)
Thats nothing we have had cops from Newtonsville Ohio follow a person to Milford Ohio a distance of over 10 miles to give a person aticket in Milford. New Rome Ohio was so ripe with graft and corruption that the governor of Ohio had to pass a special act to get them straightened out. It was almost as bad as the dukes of hazzard level of corruption. Check out www.newromesucks.com to find out more.
the 70 year old man who pushed the wrong peddle for braking killed 11,(something like that) hurt 40 others at the Farmer s Market in L.A...all he wanted to know was how many he hit????? ( a baby died in its crib at the Market) ughhhhhhhhhh
A drunk driver smashed into a scooter on the sidewalk at 4pm, killed the scooter person and put the other kid in the hospital; the next day 100s of scooters showed up !
(the bar man should be cited when the 70 year old was obviously drunkt he old man had a heart condition also ...and while in jail, he had to have by -pass surgury....who gets to pay for it? You and I (income tax payers)
Top ten reasons why having a homemade political sign atop your car is not as wonderful as you think
10) You can't give anyone the finger.
9) Even if they really deserve it.
8) Must avoid windy shore breeze even if it means going 20 miles out of your way. (This is really bad in a port city.)
7) Chicks that you think were openly digging your studdly self are just trying to read the sign.
6) 25 mph
5) Must cheerfully smile and yield the right of way
4) Must always be clean cut when driving
3) Cannot throw the empty beer cans out the window.
2) Realization that the people honking do not know you.
And the number one reason
You cannot pick your nose at red lights.
a nice guy told me the other day to move my car from HIS Spot...he had me towed then he tried to get me arrested by the sherrifs, they told him I parked legally...with people like him who needs enemies...(I had to pay a $260 service fee to get my car back)
did ? get his money back?
On my last day of living in a dingy basement apartment (that I only stayed in for six weeks) a lady (I use that term loosely) was lecturing me as to why I should have not parked my car in front of her house, as it was her spot. She even had the gall to leave a note on my wiper, which I promptly gave back to her without reading. I tried for ten minutes to tell her that anyone can park anywhere on a legal street spot; that you do not own the spot in front of your house. Even while I was moving the last of my stuff to my new apartment, she sat outside and watched the spot like a hawk.
A number of years ago, I invited my parents over for dinner. While my folks were eating, someone let the air out of one of my dad's tires. I still believe that it was done to him because Dad had the collosal nerve to park in the spot in front of this guy's house, which they all believe they own. What made it worse is that my dad had heart surgery only eight weeks prior, and it was 14 degrees out. I got the tire re-inflated for him, and he went home OK. Still, though, some people have such nerve. At least, in neither case, was the car towed.
On leaving church yesterday, some guy in a minivan almost clipped my mom's friend, who was just walking (with a cane, BTW) across the lot. When I confronted him, he said he saw my mom's friend (a lie, as he wasn't even looking) and slowed down (another lie.)
Oh, by the way, there must be a new driving rule on Staten Island that permits you to go in the first and last ten seconds of a red light. Imagine what would happen if turning right on red (after a full stop) ever was implemented! Doubtless, the fatalities would pile up (and up and up, as no one would stop.)
Adam move to Ca, its safer, ps on that highway where I avoided the rear end collision there was a head-on, one dead, at least 2 in the hospital , my wife finally thinks I was in the right.........
Adam,
You say it was 14 degrees out. Was there snow on the ground? I hate spending 4 hours diggign't out my car and coming back from work some guy who still has snow on his car is in MY spot. (Instead he expects me to dig out another spot before parking.)
Yes, Adam, it is not really "my" spot. However if you think when I get home from work I'd rather dig out a new spot than ask the merciful sisters of charity, disabled orphan division to move, you are wrong. Someone who has a healthy enough son to reinflate his father's tires would cause me no mental anguish giving him a piece of my mind.
"?" what did your wife want, you to die? Are you married to a Klingon?
Adam, you re lucky she didn t ask you to dig her Snow out for her Car as punishment , or if your car couldn t start while parked in her spot., did she pay the City a parking permit or somthing?
My Fiend made me feel like I paid him $260 for HIS Spot(Fiend on purpose)
No Blue Berry married to a Vulcan with pointed ears...
.Grrrrrrrrrr she complained I was in the wrong the day I came home, now she s sortta sorry for that I d be 6 feet under or a quadroplegic like some of my high school friends are now...
(they had thier bad driving and paid for the results)
While taking my then 6 year old kid home from school, another car ran over her stop sign (didn t stop at all), almost hits me and gave me the you- know -what and wasn t even wearing a seat belt, then drove off then
the sherriff s ve-hicle 5 cars ahead of her (a Suv Ford)saw what s going ( he can see the rear view mirror, I guess) on stopped her when she passed him then she complained what I did ...I almost ran her over....(I drove by slowly gloating at her, which the sherriff didn t see, he s busy on the ticket
he gave a her a no seat belt ticket in Ca (I had that infamous ticket too, the first time the law about)
how come 30 kids in school buses don t get seat belts?
?, what did your wife think you should have done? Run into the other car??
She s a Vulcan with pointed ears....she thought I made it up untill she saw my face ppl , enough said
and I as I type this, the chp reported a fatal accident on the highway where I almost got it
its on that 2 lane highway a motorcycle crashed
and another big rig tried to pass a slower big rig on that same 2 lane highway and hour later geez, its blocking both NB and Sb lanes as I write this
Highway 17?
nope its 2 lanes....(hint...where the PG and E keeps billing us 3 times the amount for their mismanegment....)
is Nuerl(sp) is yr real name,ScottN
Also, last year a kid lady driver gave us the you know what (we were toooooooo slow at 70....)
then right behind her the CHP flashes his lights at her and pulled her over.....just wondering what kind of conversation that was....
Blue Berry asked: "You say it was 14 degrees out. Was there snow on the ground?"
No, Blue, no snow. Just a lot of mid-January cold.
I lived with my parents for a long time (maybe too long.) Once, after a huge snowstorm, the creepy kid across the street rang the doorbell, and asked me to move my car out of the spot that he spent hours digging out. Trouble was, it wasn't my car in the spot, but a ringer. This same punk wouldn't hesitate to pull his car into the spot that you just spent hours digging out.
As far as that lady who was so anal about the parking spot, if I had stayed in that dingy apartment any longer, I would have parked in that spot every day, just to spite her. I don't think she would have gone so far as to rendering it unable to start, slash my tires, or other nonsense like that. If she started in on me, like threatening to call the cops, I would have told her that my brother is an NYPD detective, and would use his influence to make her life miserable.
Adam,
Then she was nuts. I try not to offend people who are patently crazy and nearby. (There are usually good reasons for them to behave well, but they are crazy.)
Oh, if anyone here is crazy, ignore the voices in your head; it'll really tick them off and it is funny to hear them get upset.
the idiot behind me tried to make me go faster on a 2 lane highway (at night)I was at 65 and all he had to do was pass me, so when he double highlight me I had to slowed down to 40 cause I can t see in front of me so when he did pass i almost gave him the double bird....
when he passed me it turns out to be the local ca highway patrol cop...(what would he do if I gave it to him? stop me?)
he should give himself a unsafe lane change ticket!
If You Can't Beat Them, Join Them Dept.: Car headlights seem to be a lot brighter these days. Sylvania sells the brighter ones in two grades, with the "Cool Blue" being the brightest. They have forced me to switch my rear view mirror to the "Night" position at at night, to deal with the glare. So...recently, I installed a pair of "Cool Blue"s in my own car. Much brighter than standard halogens.
I still dont understand what the big deal is with those headlights. I drive home at night and dont have that much problem noticing anything about the headlights. i have also been running cool blues in my caprice, my crown vic and my wifes caravan. I happen to like how much better I can see the road ahaead. Although i ahve to admit that the ones in my caprice are the actual blue lights and do get washed out in the sodium street lamps but they are so bright i dont need to run ith headlights anyway. (But I still do)My biggest beef with headlights is when people dont align their headlights properly and have them pointing off in all kinds of directions. On the way home tonight i ran into someone who had their passenger side light pointing practically straight down while the driver's side was more or less on the road.
I said on the "Way To Eden" page on the Classic Trek board that the Pontiac Aztek hybrid SUV is the ugliest vehicle ever built. Well, Toyota's new Scion brand has that beat. Their new Xb model looks like a painted refrigerator box on wheels. The Xa isn't so bad (I suspect it's a re-styled Toyota Echo) but the Xb is absolutely horrible. I would be embarassed to even be seen in one of those.
My personal "Ugliest car" list:
Whoops, that's Aztek, not Aztec.
The more recent Azteks feature toned down styling. The new retro-styled Mustang looks great. It's sure better than its predecessor. The new Corvette is truly forgetable. Couldn't GM come up with some more exciting styling for the premier American sports car?
Here's a recent story: My ex-wife's father passed away this past Saturday, and I went to the funeral on Tuesday (9/14.) After the church service in Brooklyn, final internment took place in Woodbridge, New Jersey. While driving in the funeral procession, cars kept cutting in front of me, and staying ahead of me while I was on the funeral line. Hey, I'm following a hearse with my headlights on. Doesn't that mean something? Show some respect for the deceased, and the people who are paying their final respect to him. Are people in such a hurry these days, that not even funeral processions are sacred?
Don't know, but my sympathies to you and your ex.
Thanks, Scott.
My ex'es dad suffered from Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases, the same afflictions which now affect our beloved Jimmy Doohan. My late father-in-law may have known as far back as 1990 that his faculties were beginning to deteriorate, as he got rid of his car and gave up driving then. Most people won't give up driving without a fight, but he knew his limitations.
Oh, yeah - The Batmobile from Batman Begins looks like a Hummer with armor plating.
That's so Batman can NAIL the criminals!
OOPS! That joke would only work if you said "It looks like A HAMMER with armor plating."
Adam, when my dad died in 89 some jerk cut in line on the way to the funeeral burner.His dad just died and Im in the hearse.my sympathies too.
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a lady hits my parked car while pulling out. Im sitting in the passnger side and went to complain about her nice driving she calls me a liaer, hits me again and I got her license plate.I went to the local pd to tell em what happened and she got 2 hit and runs and leaving the scene of an accident. All I wanted was a sorry from her. No, she doesnt say that at all. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrr
When I was 6, some guy hits us while in front of us,(his brakes failed) did 5 grand worth of damage (to his car in the trunk. 1960s money) and I wa s supposed to testify in front of the judge.My pop says he (me) is my son, he cant testify against his own parents. When he went to court,Im there he s there and he ...(ask me what happened in court)
some idiot almost hit me in the cross-walk on my green,her red while returning the latest starwars movie this am.,My wife would be visiting me in the hospital.
not very happy. it was a blue cadillac.She was very lucky. she was at 40s in a 20mph zone., she calls me by my color. Very mean. if she hits me its my fault.
Ok well since this involves cars and such I'll put this here.
Thursday was so much fun. My wife on her way to town to deal with some stuff had a deer run out in front of her. She hit it unfortunately. She was ok all she wound up with was whiplash the ER people said. So she got to have some nice painkillers and muscle relaxants. And fortunately the kids where already in school (we take them they dont ride the bus) so they didnt find out til they got home.
Her minivan though has a wee bit of cosmetic damage as well as needing another windshield. Fortunately we where able to work out a deal with one of the local junkyard guys where he took the deer and 75$ to get another one and put it in for us. Now all I have to do is get the hammer out and bend some metal sunday. As well as duct tape the headlight assembly back on and together til I can get another one (the windshield wiped out our savings, yes we live that close to the edge of disaster) and vacum the glass out of the seat. I'm just glad she wasnt hurt.
And very very peeved with my management at work. The RX8 we have on the lot ran totally bone dry out of gas yesterday (since my wife was ok and my mother and step dad where dealign with her she said for me to stay at work) because the managers will not allow me to put gas in a car unless someone is willing to test drive it or it runs out of gas. But their demos of course always get a full tank. BUt an RX8 is very bad when it runs out of gas as that throws the computer into somekind of spasms and we drained the battery trying to get it to start among other issues. So our manager and lead salesman who was out there watching me and the one mechanic dealign with this car said push it into the garage to deal with it. Then they both took off and sat on their butts while me and the 40 something 300 pound mechanic tried to push this car into the garage across the lot (and no it wasnt uphill at least) so I am there trying to steer through the open window, he is pushing from the back of the car and as we are turning the corner I manage to get my right foot under the rear wheel. Running right over it. Fortunately I only sprained my ankle but it still hurt like bloody hell. The managers reaction when i limp up to the showroom was not exactly one I am going to print here suffice to say I am really not sure how my morale could get much lower than it already is. They fired all my lot techs, They send all the inventory we get in out to another detail shop instead of having me do it in house (which would be more cost effective) and are charging outrageous sums on cars causing us to not sell much inventory. (to give an example we have a 91 accord with 281k miles on it, broken wiper moter arm, nor brake lights, leakign oil, the drivers door will not stay closed unless you hit the door handle on the outside and the seat belt dinger will not stop dinging no matter how many seat belts are clicked. They want 3 grand for this beast)
I feel like I'm on the titanic and its being drivin by the captain of the exxon valdez.
I got it again, the driver doesnt pay attention to a red light and nearly hits me on my green. She calls me %^$ and gives me the bird. Then she realizes its her red. She got mad.
If i didnt get out of her way, my wife would be visiting me in the morgue.
Hi everyone, I drove on Friday. at 4:pm local time,I saw a guy sitting on his rear trunk with 2 cops red lights and siren! wonder what he did wrong!
(see bad news on nitcentral if you don't know what I mean thanks
today I got a truck making a illegal uie. He gave me the bird when i honked at him. Uh?? What am I supposed to do then? Stop for him?, I was at 55, he was well, illegal. I got a illegal uie turn by a motorcycle cop once!
Also I locked myself out, trying to get the kid from school. I used a guy's cell phone who said he locked himself out with the engine running!
You certainly have a lot of problems on the road, Anon 22. I'd think about staying home if I was you and have someone run my errands for me.
for John- my wife suggested that LOl
The most annoying thing in the world is TAILGATERS. They'll nearly rear end you trying to force you to go 45 in a 25 mile an hour zone. I wish more cops would give out tickets to tail-gaiters for aggressive driving.
I got told to move my butt off her parking spot. I just moved in ready to turn off the engine at my son's school a and she got all piqued at me. I tried to tell her its a public parking place, no traffic control and she Said Im going to the principal now.
she went to the principal's office to complain. I got my kid and I moved to a better spot at least!
If she just drove a little more she'd get the better spot.
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a customer saw me putting my trash somewhere and she went to the store manager to have me thrown out. What if I shoplifited something?
Nice day.
I got in front of a tailgater who wont let me pass one day in the 70s. I went to the fast lane to pass him then he does, to slow me down . I went to the slow lane then he does. He went back and forth at me tell the Highway Patrol saw him and got him instead of me. I was at 65 and he was 40 mph.
My wife said she's a teacher.Nope. She' s a mother getting her kid.
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I remember my first ticket.It's a tailgater as I described above.The cop gave me a ticket when the car was behind me. Then he speeded up when he found the cop behind me.At least it was no mandatory driving school back then.
a customer saw me putting my trash somewhere
Where?
guess, Nove, read what do you tip
I drove my kid home without my driver's license yesterday . I had to make a police report to tell them I was robbed in front of the library steps.
see bad news, Nb reply., and Scottn's note
My wife went thru her yellow light, and got pulled over by a citizen, gave her a lecture on safety. She was late for work, almost got fired.She told me this when she got home.IF he did this in La or San Fran, he'd be grayed hair at 25 years old. I did that once and the nice cop gave me a warning.
Well, why did your wife even pull over when said citizen (who I'm assuming is not a cop) tried to get her to do so?
yup, she did.She was then very late for work.She came home all mad on me. I didn't do anything wrong.I told her don't listen to them next time you go thru a yellow. If it was a red..
1 day a cadillac tried to pass me on a 2 lane road, he went to my right and almost hits me.The city cop happened to see him being so illegal, on the other side.We were pulled over when he said I did that to Him! The cop gave Him the ticket, not me.
Justice!
I'm the who parked in a legal spot and the lady knocks on my window, made me move.I was 1 second to turn off the engine.My kid got mad at me next day I showed him where I parked.
I passed some guy on the Highway 1, going to work. , and he yelled me to stop there. His window was down and yelling at me. He parked there ready to do whatever to me. I drove off leaving him in the dust.
A guy was shot to death in his car, but before he died, he wrote down the other guy's license plate number! -our local paper , a year ago. They found the shooter's car and he denied even being on the highway 17 there !
My disabled dad once parked in a legal handicap zone. I waited in the car while he shopped. Some lady told me I'm very healthy and you shouldn't park there! She went to the manager and she saw my dad limping to the car.We had the disabled plaque but that's no good to her. The manager decided to
have us towed.Then my dad said We will never shop here again. It was a Lucky's supermarket, in the 80s!
Another day in the 80s I was told to do the carts while I was shopping at a Lucky's.I got told by the nice lady who threatened to have me fired she went to the manager, said I refused to work.The manager came and didn't know who I was. I was in white shirt and so on, no store name tag.She said with workers like that you won't last long!
My dad and I laughed at that one for a week
That still doesn't answer the question. If the person wasn't a cop, why did she even pull over?
because she was a fool. so would I.See where I parked
Stop making up dumb stories, 22.
And on that note, we close this thread.