Here you go, anon.
2 plumbers, in their vans, drving, from behing me tried to pass me on a 2 lane road and I wouldnt let em pass me, beccause its a two lane road. At the turn signal, they gave me the bird.
If they hit me, from behind they'd be up the creek.
No, with my luck, the judge said I should let em pass me when I'm at 75mph, and be ticketed for failure to to let em pass me, at 80
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a blue Cadillac tried to pass me on a 2 lane road in the 80s.He used the parking stalls on the right-hand lane to pass me. The city cop got him in a instant! I love that one!
thanks Mark!
74s, I'm just wondering, why didn't you let them pass? It's OK to pass on a two-lane road.
And what was the speed limit on that road?
15 mph.
Nove, when my dad died, he was to cremated, and we went to the funeral burner.The speed limit was 25 or less. The nice guy cut in front of our car and it turns out to be its his dad who died, of heart failure in 1989.He gave us the bird too, then he realized it was a funeral line of 200 cars!
In the city of Algonquin, Ill., if you go ONE MILE OVER the speed limit on "Bunker Hill Rd."...you WILL get a ticket.
74s, I forgot that you told two stories there. My questions were about the first story: the plumbers. I didn't understand whether you were going 75, or the judge was just giving a "what if."
Speeding up so you don't let somebody pass...can really tick people off. There's no way I would do that. Sounds like this is a case where you could have brought your bad luck on yourself.
And a speeding ticket possibly.
John- in my city, a motorcycle cop gave a 6 mph speeder in a 5 mph zone. Where was he going?
to the cemetery to see his dead parents.
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my dad was driving 26 in a 25 once near Santa Maria Ca. He was looking for food at Burger King and got sirened, he got caught in the drive thru lot and begged not to give hima ticket, he lived somewhere else!
not lying here, ScottN
Not arguing that. 101 between Santa Barbara and Salinas is a huge speed trap. On the other hand, begging for no ticket because he lives elsewhere is... unproductive at best, dumb in general.
ScottN- he got off, because we lived 200 miles north of that town.The chp thought we lived in town.I wish I had that luck!
once some nut was playing very loud music,in his white car, and my dad and I got stopped by the pd, because it was a white car.The pd officer asked us to turn on the music station and it turned out to be classical music, not rocknroll. What if it was rocknroll? the car that was drving with that music was long gone by then!, some neighbor was complaining badly..
Nove- btw, the 2 plumbers called my color wrong!
he shoulda at least call 911 to say I wouldn't let them pass me on a 2 lane road
I forgot to mention that the speed limit on Bunker Hill Rd. is 25 MPH.
Once , I got stopped by a motorcycle cop. He said I was speeding 35 in a 25.Later, When I looked again on that road, the speed limit was 30.He lied to me. At least I dont have the mandatory driving school in the 80s.
A disabled lady tried to pass a amubulance driver with its red light and siren on.The driver called 911 and the city cop happened to be following the ambulance. She got pulled over in 5 seconds.Don't pass an ambulance with a siren on!
They went to Borders for a seizure case.I followed them -I was 3 cars behind them.
Near the truck weigh- in area, at Gilroy Ca,, I was too slow at 75 and the car behind me, he tried to pass me. He didn't know a sherriff 's Van was behind him! He got the speeding ticket! He went to 90s and passed me and
justice at last!
please see What Scares you.
I rented a Chrysler 300 for work recently. (I was supposed to get a Malibu, but since Enterprise Rent-A-Car was an hour late in picking me up, I used that to get a free upgrade.) That car ROCKS. Great handling, power, and comfortable in the extremus. Two problems, though. One, the rear view mirror is too small (eight inches) for such a large car; if you buy or lease one, have the dealer install a larger one; at least 10". Two, the overhang on the front fascia is very low. Be careful when you park the car, to avoid scraping and tearing the fascia bottom.
A cop got mad at an old 80s year old lady with groceries and got her a j-walking ticket in La. She was half way with her bags of groceries when she got it.Move it lady! Her church paid the fine.
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I got that in San Fran. I was stuck in the middle of traffic and some passerby bossed me- you will get a ticket for being in the pedesterian lane,(time for a colorful mataphor here) on Market and Van ness. She almost got runned over by another car!
74s, the jaywalking lady was in the news. Details were that the WALK/DON'T WALK light timings were way too short.
Here ya go.
Scottn- we still got the ticket stub to prove it. Sorry.
Didn't say anything else about the second. I was just talking about the Jaywalking lady.
PS. I was actually agreeing with you.
lol ScottN- see aiport security then.
ps. I dont mind you disagreeing with me. I mind it when I tell the truth when no one beleives me.
shakes hands with ScottN
ps. I dont mind you disagreeing with me. I mind it when I tell the truth when no one beleives me.
shakes hands with ScottN
woah. what a double post. Sorry.
should be - and no one believes me.
a guy blocked me while I'm looking for work. He didn't use a proper stall. He used a driveway. he told me I can park anywhere I want you (color), I waited 20 minutes already.
I was 5 minutes from having him towed. He gave me the bird too.All I wanted from him was a sorry I blocked ya.
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When we were in Anehiem , for Disneyland,a cop stopped us for being on the new Carpool Lanes,. I was dead sleep after a night out. My dad was about to pay the first ever $271., in the 70s fine when the cop finally noticed me sleeping in the back seat!He was lecturing my pop on edicits of driving.You need to be in the 65 zone etc.He woke me up and I was grumpy the rest of the trip home! 450 miles of grumpyness.I was at junior high and everyone asked me how was my holiday.Easter.
for Tom Vane- and ScottN-
I got stopped at the Borders in Sand City today, for going thru a yellow light.The cop was writing me up when a car went thru a red light!
He gave me a warning, he went after that guy asap.
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My wife was late for church when she went thru a yellow light and got stopped by a civlian, not dressed up in a highway patrol uniform. He was lecturing her, bla, bla ,bla, he was 25ish and if he lived L. A or San Fran, he'd die of young age!
the 74s tm has all the luck in the world!
But, as I wrote, I got off,this time, Mr. Moooo!
That was not me. I tend to use proper spelling, grammar, and capitalization.
okedokey
will the Real Ominous Cow Herd please stand up?
Question. Why do huge vans insist on parking to close that you can't get into your drivers door without squeezing in like a sardine. I had to go to the DMV to renew my Mom's car tags and to get her new handicapped parking placard. She has MS had has to use a walker and sometimes a wheelchair.
I drove her car and even though it has handicapped plates unless she is with me and I don't use them. There was a regular parking place open next to a couple of empty handicapped ones. So I parked and went inside and I was in there about an hour.
When I came out a huge conversation van had parked in the handicapped place next to mine and had parked so close that if he has been over two more inches my Mom would have lost her drivers mirror. No way I could get in. So I went back in the DMV and told one of the employees who made an announcement asking the owner to please move his van to let me out. It turned out to be a 35ish person on crutches and he had just made it through the line to also renew is car tags. He was pissed because the clerk refused to wait on him until he moved his van so I could get out.
It turns out the clerk told me privately that last time he was here which was the Friday of last week he had parked his van to close that he actually side swiped a car pulling it and didn't even realize and then blamed the other owner of the car saying it was their own fault because they parked next to him. This was is third coming back in the last two weeks because the shop refused to pass his vans inspection because of a broken exhaust system. So he was already in a foul mood when he came in and he had been warned by the sheriff's department which has an office right next store to the DMV because they do license and permit testing that if he did it agian they were going to give him a ticket and possibly suspend his drivers license.
I'm just glad that he didn't hit my Mom's car because everybody knows that even though if wasn't my fault. I would have been blamed by her. Kids we know how parents can be about their cars. 
Hey Bajoran,I had two 18 wheelers trucks blocking me, one nb one sb.They were parked so no one can pass.They were delieverying and told me to wait. I waited 5 minutes and I got hon ked and beeped badly called names from behind.1 driver said I was here first you move it and the other said the same.Finally a cop came thru and gave me a non-moving violation. I told her they should move it a few feet so I can pass. The lady cop never came to court to testify my ticket. $275.The judge listened to my side and agreed with the cop who never came!
Guess what I had to pay for something that wasn't my fault?
I call Baloney. I live in CA. In CA, if the police officer doesn't come to court, you win your traffic ticket case.
By the way, that should be the case in all states, not just CA.
See the Sixth Amendment.
Say,Nove, one guy passed me up, I was at 75 in a 65, and he went to 99. He almost missed his exit and nearly crashed. A Blue Toyota pickup. If he crashed, he'll say the (----guy) won't let me pass?
and Oj paid his 33 million dollar fine wrongful death suit too!
Scottn- my dad got a fine, it was so unfair he went to court. No one was there. What day was it? Saturday. he called the judge up to say he came and went, The judge threw the fine out. Its cost? $271. He parked in a handicapped zone and he was handicapped.The tow truck driver didnt believe him at first, then I showed up.He walked funny to him I guess., he had 2 cructhes. Eventually he died of heart failure .
I got told to move my car at the Emergancy hospital, my dad went in to find out he had diabetes.I was told this by the Carmel ca pd. I am so healthy. The security guard saw my dad limp in. The cop didnt.He said If Im still here when I get back you'll be towed.
I parked at the last stall. My dad and I was to eat lunch and go home by 1 or 2. it was 4 hours later and he was boiling mad I parked so far away. I told him why.By that time it was dinner.
one lady gave him two bucks because he limped like that!
please keep this up tell ScottN reads it. thanks.
My mom forgot to turn off her left turn signal in the 70s. The cop gave her a forty dollar fine, failure to turn off signal light.It turned out to be broken, a new Rambler. The cop showed up,she lost the case and had to pay court costs too, ,she lost her days' pay.
The cop gloated in front of us.She had to take driving school because of that, in the 70s!
My dad bought a new car, he was dissatisfied with it, and tried to resell it to his car dealer, who refused it.He adver tised, put it in As is. A person bought it, and drove 90 mph somewhere and the engine died on him. He demanded his money back,and went to court. The judge said you are lucky you werent caught speeding. Case closed!
Buyer beware.
74s, about the message you directed to me:
I don't know what you're trying to say. I read it 4 times.
Nove...can I have your email addy? I'll talk to via email
thanks
There's no reason to e-mail. I was just wondering what your post was trying to say.
I almost got hit by a lady at a 4 way stop sign. we came within 1 inch- . I was to go first, she went thru it, and never even slowed down to stop for me.Didn't even stop at all.She call me names and gave me the bird too.She's 17ish.She's lucky I didnt get her license plate.
a lady drove backwards on me. Hits me twice. I was the passenger. I went to complain. She calls me liaer and drove off.I got her license plate for leaving the scene of an accident , no matter how small. All I wanted was a sorry I hit you.
Life is fun here.
Ominous- you should change your handle to Omnipotent Cow Herd.
Just kidding. (Or the God of Puncuation ,spelling and Grammer.Some people have disabilties, or English is a 3rd language or 4th.)
Do us a favor-lighten up.
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2 kids, 17 year olds driving shoved their way into my lane at Borders, I was almost 1 inch to be hit., without my nice driving, I'd be in jail for being hit , I was ended up behind them.I was going to make my right to turn at the Mcdonolds in Sand City,Ca They called me names too.I'm not a (fill in the blank) either. Nice day.
You should have a sign on your car, "Accident Prone...Keep Clear 500 Ft."
JohnA- did you understand my post That Nove oouldn't understand?
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not accident prone- avoid the accident!
I understood. However, it seems that every week you have a near-miss of some kind or get some kind of "action" with the police.
for John-I should get a Plaque saying I'm a F-ch, not a f-np.
If you get my drift!I wish when they get mad at me, get my nationality right!
Hey, JohnA,On highway 1 ,I almost went to jail yesterday. The car broke down and I was walking along the shoulder as I'm to do, the sherriff came in flashing his blue lights at me.It was a two lane road.He was blocking traffic. he said I can't find your broken car.Everyone was being backed up.
He gave me a verbal warning. I wasn't j walking either, at least he didn't ask for my Id, he had no time I guess.
He should give him self a ticket, for blocking traffic. Today we gotta get the car.
ScottN- I may never go out again.
I think maybe I understand your post from Sept. 26. It sounds like you were speeding to try to stop this other guy from passing you. But he sped up to 99 and passed you anyway. And you think he would blame you if he crashed. Is that about right?
No, not quite, Nove.I was at 75ish on the hilly part. He thought he'd get me into an accident.Near the Pebble Beach Ca there is an exit section.He was speeding on me trying to to pass me to cause an accident. He nearly missed his exit.
Thanks for trying to understand
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by the way,a pedestrian got 5 chps on him last night. I got only 1 chp.
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1 car was so slow in the fast lane, I tried to pass him, , he was 35 in a 65,on the fast lane.Then he goes into the slow lane with me. Then I try to pass him in the fast lane. He did the samething ,until the other drivers started getting mad- until the Chp flashed his blue lights at him, in the fast lane!
must be unsafe lane changes.
He was speeding on me trying to to pass me to cause an accident
How do you know this was his intent? Maybe he was just an @sshat who was trying to get past you, period.
Some old guy hit my car, while parking.He looked at it (our cars, while I was parked)shrugged and went to his resturant. Wonder if he'd complain to the pd? (I hit him or something while I was parked?)
So why didn't *YOU* call the cops, instead of letting yourself be "victimized"? That's a perfectly legit reason to do so.
Had to work in a few minutes.See the 74s tm Shameless Plugs.Thanks to care ScottN! (not disagreeing or calling me you know what..)
The guy who blocked me blocked someone else. He got 2 Seaside Ca pd on him, one lady cop and her backup...he tried to look innocent.What did I do ?
my wifees' car, a Mercedez 300 can't drive, my Cherokee lost its fanbelt.We need shuttle service!
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In Sacreme n to Ca, I was driving on the I -80 stopped at a gas station and the attendent noticed I have no fan belt...it cost me 90 quatloos to fix it!
A guy merged into me, changing lanes yesterday, If I didn't pay attention to him,honking at him for safety, he'd be up the creek. He told me my color wrong again,and I got the bird.We are at the posted speed limit too.
yeeech.
In my parking lot where I live, the ex sherrif calls the real sheriff to tell me i'm speeding 7 mph in a 5 mph zone?.What if i was at 4mph?
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my wifee hit the ex sherriff's car yesterday, scratched it.That's when he complained about my nice driving.It's a 500 dollar scratch.
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and my 18 yr old kid just got his learners' permit.Watchout world!
ps ScottN, I may go to L.A for a vacation. Can we meet? at Disneyland-I'll let ya know when and where.
Today a cable company Van nearly hits me without stopping at his red stop sign, he honks at me calls me names and chases me. Man, he needs driver ed., and get my color right, speed limit? 25.
A bum asked me for money, while I was driving. Of course I have money..I'm in my car!
Isn't that illegal?
Why would it be? Haven't you heard of the First Amendment?
It's rather annoying when one guy at a drive through takes longer then the six guys behind him COMBINED because he has a complicated order.
In my opinion, if your order is more complicated then "I'll have three number 2s and a number 3" (or whatever) then you should go inside and get it to go.
Or there's the people that idle right in front of well trafficked crosswalks. Does the term accident waiting to happen mean anything to these people?
A Viet nam vet in a wheelchair sees me in my work uniform ,asks me for money, ten bucks. It used to be a a buck or two..Of course I have money but I aint giving it to him! I have 3 mouths to feed ! He wanted to complain to my manager..
After my seizure, the ex sherriff complained i drive crazy in their parking lot,(do they own that parking lot?) they told my wife.Must be some other crazy.Since Nov. 30th I cant drive!
the very nice guy gave us the bird today at Borders in Sand City, ca, called us our color too...he blocks us after we got the green.He was 65ish...
lol,my wife was driving not me..
If you're prone to seizures, I'm not surprised you're not allowed to drive.
well, my wife drove me then first time I can go out since my wife came back from China..,see by golly that makes me happy,ScottN ! read it more carefully!
I know your wife drove (1/7 post). I was actually referring to your 12/24 post.
last year a 20 year old driver didnt stop for me at his stop sign,he was mad, honked ,gave me the finger...and followed me to pacific grove ca-I used roads I usually dont use so I know what he's up to..and he almost crashed into me. problem? I had the right of way..he should call the cops and hang himself!
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one guy did that he complained about my nice driving I was too slow for the speed limit, 10 in a 25.,I was entering a freeway were the motorcycle cop was waiting to get me once,and he had a warrent out for his arrest! If he kept his mouth shut he'd be free.How do I know this? I have a scanner., when I went home.He described me perfectly.What if I was 74 in a 30?
they were both white people.With people like that I dont need enemies.
btw, Luigi and Nove the plumbers had the 1-800 How am I driving number.I shoulda told their boss what they did to me!
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I am now disabled. One lady made me move my handicapped spot. She yelled, You are going to be towed for using a illegal handicapped plaque my doc gave me, when I had my braintumor,( she checked and its mine...)In San Francisco they had 200 illegal handicapped plaques. They got fined ., or towed.
At the Mcd's drive thru 3 bums near the drive thru window on their bikesasked us for $10.My wife gave it to them.Then they asked me for $10 on my side of the window..One lady bum and 2 of her friends ready to beat us up...
Lol, ScottN, no I am not making this up either, yesterday.My blood pressure went to 195/120 as soon as they left., after we got home.I should be panhandling..I have a 6 g hospital bill.
A guy in his electronic wheelchair was just over the white line. The pd came saw it and fined him.., he was writing him up.I saw this.
He has money for an electronic wheelchair?
he had his blue lights for that one.Musta been a boring day., a black cop writing up a white man in his wheelchair!
I was at my car and some nut calls me up on my cell phone and starts doing his heavy breather stuff..,..and I thought it was my wife and called him honey.
He shut up.(I can hear its a man's voice, I'm not that dumb).my blood presssure at the drugstore machine went to 195/147/120.
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btw, another supermarket called for me, I have a interview soon.
What difference does it make if the cop was black and the disabled man was white?
And if you get a heavy breather on your phone, the best thing to do is just hang up if it's going to affect your blood pressure.
A family of 4 in a white Toyota almost hits me while I'm going to my favorite drugstore.They were merging into me. I honked for safety and they followed me (I use the lanes I do not use normally use ),and called me my color thru their window when I parked.
later on at home, a white Toyata had 4 car accident, (I read the chp logbook)!, on highway 68, near my kid's old school.( I bet its them anyways).
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('m so used to this I am 99/66/80 last night!)
thanks to read.No I'm not making this up either)
made my day, yesterday.
Dodge has a new vehicle out, the 2009 Journey. I hear it being called stuff like "crossover." Why don't the car critics and the public call it for what it is - a station wagon? Or is it so out of date to refer to a vehicle that way? Judge for yourself here. (To me, it appears to be a wagon version of the company's Avenger.)
The answer is that YES station wagon is not what you call a car if you want to sell it. Doesn't matter what is really is, it's all about perception.
My parents had thre station wagons between 1965 and 1980 - a 1965 Ford Fairlane, a 1966 Fairlane, and a 1972 Ford Torino. With six kids, my dad needed a bigger vehicle than a plain sedan.
The reason they had to get a second new car within a year is that their '65 got hit in mid-'66 by a drunk driver and trashed, while my dad was driving and my mom was in the passenger seat. They were hurt (my dad still has a scar on his head from the accident) but didn't spend the night at the hospital; they managed to come home. Plus, the lowlife bottom feeding attorney they hired sold them out, so they got bupkiss. Another reason to hate lawyers.
Crossover, as I understand it, originated with the Chrysler Pacifica, which was considered part SUV, part minivan, and part station wagon.
off topic but since Adam brought up lawyers-- Adam-, ScotttttN-my dad hired a lawyer to get rid of a firebug we had in the 80s, signed a contract with him, (not with me) and bills us $100 for each phone call! finally, the nice guy told us I'm not on the contract, hung up and billed us $100! (local calls).The firebug blamed me for setting my own place on fire.I coulda given him a 30 day notice. or 3 day notice. or evicted him by nightfall
!Actually my mother-in-law saved us.Both times!I went to jail for setting my own place on fire.(more chili beans).They should have put me away for attempted murder.I got off easy.This time, Nove and No way,$10 grand.
Not joking., 6 months and a lesson in you-know what.I ended up being a courtesy clerk.My wifee hasto run the apartment.
I shoulda gone to her funeral, in China.
I know how O J feels after a day in court.
Da*%ed lucky?
Scott wrote: Crossover, as I understand it, originated with the Chrysler Pacifica, which was considered part SUV, part minivan, and part station wagon.
I never knew how to categorize the Pacifica. More car than SUV, I think. But I rode in one, and it's very nice and comfortable. More comfortable that that bleeding Ford Explorer I rented back in 2004. Too bad Chrysler has discontinued it; the 2008 model was the last. Dodge also is dropping its Magnum wagon this year.
that should be I shoulda gone to my mother-in-law's funeral, in 19 93...
The Ford Taurus X (formerly the Freestyle) looks like a station wagon, but it's marketed as a crossover. Just like the Dodge Journey.
Honda had a wagon version of the Accord for a few years. To save money, it used the same doors (including the rear doors) as the four door sedan. That made it look like the sedan with one of those covers for the bed of a pickup truck attached.
Cars that pull out of driveway and blocks sidewalk.
Flap-
I got blocked by 2 delivery trucks on one side
and the other, making their deliveries. I got a $271 fine in triple fine zone. Non-moving violation in my dad's caddy. Shouldn't they be fined too?
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a kid jumped on my mom's car hood (a 1974 gold dodge dart)and fell down. the nice parent was gonna sue me for safety violations. He wanted $10 g and then we'll forget about it. He blamed me for something that shouldn't have happened!
the 4 year old never got hurt.
now Nove and No way can ask
lucky me!
The webmaster of the All-Par site (linked in my post of 4/10/08) called the Dodge Journey's interior "snazzy." I have another word for it -
cheap. Just like other interiors of other Chrysler Corp. cars lately. Too much plastic. The interior of the Ford Fusion is much nicer. Judge for yourself here.
A guy is now stuck in his seat belt,a 4 car pileup near the 17 and 1 turns/exits, Santa Cruz..If he wasn't wearing it he might be out, at least!
no ,I'm not making anything up.
Well, yes, being thrown through the front windshield and ripped to shreds WOULD be "out".
My kid almost got his first driving ticket, last night He was going home at 55 mph (speed limit 55)and chp cop drove past
him at 75. Then he decides to let my kid drive past him and he got lit up blue lights.
Chp : Where yo going?
Kid: Going home!
Chp: license and registration!
(what if he ddint have it?)
if he did something that wrong my wife woulda
grounded him and make him take the bus.
now ScottN and No way can say their piece.
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In a driving rain storm in the 80s,I was lit up by the chp behind me. I was mad, I was 5 minutes from home at 1130pm, on the 101 south to Salinas Ca.He says why are you so slow?, (I was going to change lanes into the exit ramp to go home , I told him. He thought I was too slow in a 65...He said go home.)
Don't know where to put this,Big Sur lodge in Big Sur called for me , so I checked the map and its 47 miles south where I live- I gotta take the bus if I wanna work there.
My wifee says go back to Safeway!
With gas prices the way they are, a 100 mile roundtrip commute is insane.
Well, I knew of one pharmacist who lives in San Fransisco and drives to Carmel Valley Safeway, 200 miles a day except his one day off...his wife must love him so muchhh!, he also works 12 hour shift with 1 hour lunch break..and he's in late 20s..
my best friend did that, works 12 hour days drives back n forth in KIng City ca..he finally moves there and gets his Mazda scratched up by
them kids there and pays $5 g for car repair...
Oh, don't get me wrong. Up to about 2 years ago, it was feasible. Now, however, you're talking double the gas costs from then.
And if someone already has a commute like that (not unusual in the LA area), I'm certainly not saying "quit your job".
Its 20 years to the day I got lit up by the local police for drivng my dad's new shiny caddy.I was
500 yards from home and i showed the nice cop my paperwork. His first question was where'd you steal this car????(I was very young looking and he thought he got a theif.)He also called for backup.I was never told my rights.I came home in 5 minutes after that.
My dad thought I forgot something until he saw my face.
No, i'm not making this up.btw, I never told my dad this. .
Car owners who use my parking spot, call the police on me on their cell phone and I get to spend a week in jail,when I complain.They get to visit whoever.
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I got told to move my---- when I parked in a regular spot. The next spot was marked handicapped.She told the police on me on her cell , and had me towed. I had to argue I'm not even in a handicapped spot, the towttruck driver came 5 minutes later,.I had to pay the return my car fee.under three hundred., I had to use my credit card.My wife thought it was funny until the towtruck driver came. It was also for the resturant we never ate at.Early 90s.We never go there again and today its a parking lot.Very expensive non-meal, SCottN and no way.
no I'm not making this up.
btw its 15 minutes later. sorry.
I remember hearing of a guy that was parked across four handicap spots.
Not sure if they caught him or not.
Chris, was it a limo?
I didn't actually see it but it was in a store parking lot. I assume he parked diagonally as it was two sets of two spaces across from one another.
Chris: I remember hearing of a guy that was parked across four handicap spots.
That was Homer Simpson in front of the Quickie Mart! Oh wait, that was only three spots, never mind 
Truth is stranger then fiction :P
it was for my wedding anniversary in 1991, if anyone cares.My kid 3 years old saw the towtruck driver..he thought it was a city cop.
My manager who threw me out via registered mail got(it was the first thing he ever did as a manager, we are year 17 years now, ah ahahahahah) caught by the sheriff, he thought he got a car theif, No its his wife's car, registered to her. a Jaguar.They just bought it -I was passing them as he was going out..
One time, when my Mom was driving, a person turning left that was in front of my Mom's car was in the center of the intersection when the light turned red. The person stayed there, perhaps thinking she coulden't cross on a red even if you're in the middle of the intersection. She stayed there until the light turned green despite people honking at her.
This same intersection sees countless u-turns. One time -- I forget the exact details but I seem to remember two people doing u-turns and one got stuck (as in he took it too wide, I think he was in a truck). So, after the light turned red, the traffic turning left from the other road had to wait for both cars to back up before anyone could proceed.
In Calif, both of those are a ticket. You must be able to clear the intersection when you enter it. You are allowed a small grace period after the light changes, but if you obstruct traffic like that...
ScottN, tell that to the 80 year old something j walker in L. A. !
What the heck are you talking about? That's completely unrelated to being unable to clear an intersection in your vehicle.
Another annoying one is when people do u-turns in those intersections where they have left turn signals. Yeah, since both sides get the left turn at once, you're not blocking traffic but still, it slows down other people turning left.
I got the finger, i know my color ,when the idiot behind me almost plowed into me in a red Volvo-I was parking very niceley too...The sherriff got em making an illegal uie they were gonna chase me down and I got the Volvo lights on too.I vas gonna eat at Chili's...
I'm 106/76 /77. no lunch pills, no swim!
Yay me.
Now a red Volvo is lifelifted by chopper with 2 in Santa Cruz ca on Highway 1 and 17 intersection.
Wonder if its them ?
check chp logbook California.
Where else are we supposed to U-Turn, Chris? A lot of streets have a double yellow (in CA, that's a no-uturn), plus some jurisdictions (*cough*CA*cough*) forbid U-Turns in the middle of the block in a "business district".
Hey, I made an illegal Uie once., costed me $47.
and a trip to night class.The motorcycle cop got me.
I didnt see the lines were double striped.
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two 30ish year old guys check me out in the rough area on east Salinas while I was in my Cherokee and two girls ask me for $20.I said no go away. In their 15ish.Two hookers....My wife wanted to visit an old friend who just moved there!
east salinas ca. sorry
My 19 yr old kid got a 2nd ticket, rolling stop.He got charged $261 nd niigt drivig school.Jr.College.(firs ticket was a rolling stop)
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also I beat the rap, I almost got towed in the handicapped spot again (at a bank)when the very nice lady 75 wanted to park there. She had the cops (pacific grove ca) come out an they checked me for ownership of the plaque,(the gov. sent it to me yarhens ago)and i showed em my brain abbsess.the nice cop said That's not necessarry.
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and I was gonna pick up my kid at 7pm last night at the jr college when the nice negro(20iish)almost gave me a $45 ticket for no plaque and i'm parked in a handicapped zone. he didnt believe me, nor my brain absess. Last thing he told me I'm look for you (color).Yes, that's what he said.He needs Public relations 101 or another
job.
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and my fam mad at me last night, and my blood pressure went to 247/120/120.I lay me down to sleep...
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and at Borders in Sand City C a a 65 y old man never even stop, at the 4 way sto p,honk at me gave me the you know what and the Sand City cop made an illegal uie and got him.He got lit up red light and siren he almost didnt stop for him., he drove to Starbucks and he found the cop there behind him. He had no driver license either. My kid and him wil be in the same driving school!
sorry 4 the mispellings.
A Rv looking for the Monterey Aqarium yesterday never even
stopped at the 4 way stop signs . I was one second to be hit by him/her.Without my nice driving, i'd be
sued by him/her.
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the Ca. Angel pitcher got hit by a hit n run? he died...
I got caught by the local sherriff.I was being tailgated by him, as soon as I got onto the street, and i did everything correctly, following the posted speed, 5mph. I go into save-mart and found him right behind me., as i was parking.he was mad when he drove off. I guess he wanted a tailgating or speeding ticket...
some days its just not worth getting up for.
How do you know he was mad?
i saw his face verrrry clearly as i got out
of my car, ok and he was ready to get me for something if i didnt walk into save-on.
**sigh**
To Rodney: why I bother.
To Rodney: why I bother. - ScottN
a couple of yarhens ago, I got chased by my friendly motorcycle cop, I was
in my dad's caddy, and i stopped at the Ramada Inn, somewhere Usa, and he was so p-d to he yelled at
me and drove off.he didnt have time to light me up.later he got me a nice ticket,
tailgating on highway one near Sand City's exit-
(no I was gonna exit!), i saw no vehicles around me but the cop's motorcycle
he put me down to go there by Saturday. I thought I won when the motorcycle cop ddidn't show up-I went and only one or 2 of us showed up-i called the court to say i was there , and the very nice lady
on Monday said you are rescinded.
now I notice cops and sherriffs have failure to signal..
ps. my kid has driving school may 13...
What did the cop yell?
uh, Nove, use yr imagination!
(He looked at me in the eye ,while I was parking for one).
(no I'm not joking here, I should get him for defemation of charecter,but my ego says let him go 0rville,we dont want any more cops here
in Dizzyland..)
thx to understand.
**sigh**
Give it up, Rodney. The World's Unluckiest Man™ is going to keep posting those.
Has this board ever had a purpose besides complaining?
If no one has a good reason for this thread's existence I'm just going to lock it up.
the bus I was riding yesterday had the 4 way
stoplight, and some jerk cut in from the left side
to go to make his right turn. We were one second to be hit by a
car making an illegal turn!, when our driver stopped just in time, we had the red stoplight-the speed was Stoppppp!
we 30 passengers were thinking not the King City Ca.
bus accident., 3 or 4 days ago. That driver died so they will never know what really happened.