There was a lady in the neighborhood some years back that got ticketed running the stop signs at the intersection. Not once, not twice, not thrice, but four times, all in the same day by the same deputy. People just don't care! Speed limit is 15 through here, and they do 25, doesn't matter which direction they are going they always take the corner infront of our house so sharp they have eroded the corner there back 15 feet. The city just paved over it and made the corner wider, so they take it even sharper and faster now.SA1911a1 wrote: ↑Thu Jun 10, 2021 1:23 pm I remember our Driver's Ed instructor telling us that he never stopped at four way stops because he depended on everyone else to do so. His favorite story lines always ended in, "There was, "Hair, teeth and eyeballs all over the pavement." We lost a lot when driver's ed was dropped from school.
A lot of people just do not know how to act at a four way stop, or for that matter a two way stop. Over in Tallahassee they are converting a lot of busy four ways to roundabouts. The driver failure that makes me homicidal is people not using a turn signal in heavy traffic when you are waiting on them so that you can turn. You know it has to piss them off when it happens to them but apparently they can't connect the dots. It makes me want to follow them until they park and bust out all of their signal lamps because they sure as hell don't ever use them, and it is a waste of gasoline hauling that extra weight around.
Had I not hit my brakes, I would have hit her, and it would have been a he said, she said thing. Then I would be in the boat you are. I rather hit my brakes hard, than be involved in an accident....But these people continue to do this without any repercussions, and as long as they continue to get away with it, they won't stop.Brake Weight wrote: ↑Thu Jun 10, 2021 6:37 pm I got hit like Friday. Here’s my diagram I sent insurance. I’m the black car. But they took the woman’s word over mine. I’m waiting on a passing sheriff deputy’s statement. He left after we moved out of the median and the trooper botched the report.
Absolutely. I never saw her coming. I crossed and stayed to the right as you’re supposed to and my eyes went right to look for oncoming traffic. She exited her subdivision and went wide left directly into me. She was looking to her right as well but did not stay where the good folks of driver’s ed teach.ffuries wrote:Had I not hit my brakes, I would have hit her, and it would have been a he said, she said thing. Then I would be in the boat you are. I rather hit my brakes hard, than be involved in an accident....But these people continue to do this without any repercussions, and as long as they continue to get away with it, they won't stop.Brake Weight wrote: ↑Thu Jun 10, 2021 6:37 pm I got hit like Friday. Here’s my diagram I sent insurance. I’m the black car. But they took the woman’s word over mine. I’m waiting on a passing sheriff deputy’s statement. He left after we moved out of the median and the trooper botched the report.
A few years ago I was taking a turn from one road to another, there were two turn lanes going into two lanes. I was in the right lane, a truck in the left lane, as we took the turn the truck in the left lane strayed all the way over into my lane and literally ran me off the road. I almost ended up in the ditch, the ground was soft and I bogged down. The truck kept going on its way, the people behind me in a truck, stopped and pulled me out of the mud.Brake Weight wrote: ↑Thu Jun 10, 2021 7:53 pmAbsolutely. I never saw her coming. I crossed and stayed to the right as you’re supposed to and my eyes went right to look for oncoming traffic. She exited her subdivision and went wide left directly into me. She was looking to her right as well but did not stay where the good folks of driver’s ed teach.ffuries wrote:Had I not hit my brakes, I would have hit her, and it would have been a he said, she said thing. Then I would be in the boat you are. I rather hit my brakes hard, than be involved in an accident....But these people continue to do this without any repercussions, and as long as they continue to get away with it, they won't stop.Brake Weight wrote: ↑Thu Jun 10, 2021 6:37 pm I got hit like Friday. Here’s my diagram I sent insurance. I’m the black car. But they took the woman’s word over mine. I’m waiting on a passing sheriff deputy’s statement. He left after we moved out of the median and the trooper botched the report.
Back when I was young, dumb, and bulletproof I rode a motorcycle, after two years of near misses, I was finally swiped by a drunk driver. No major damage to the bike or me, but it scared me bad enough that I never rode again. I tried to push the bike back to the base, the deputy who took the report, saw me an hour later pushing the bike. He called dispatch, someone came with a pickup and hauled me to the gate. Pushed the bike into the drunk lot and left it there for a few months.Rongo wrote: ↑Fri Jun 11, 2021 1:12 pm This is why I always expect the worst from other drivers. I NEVER assume they will drive properly & leave room for their inevitable screw ups. Truckers are an issue this year.... They drive a whole lot & many times I can see those Tired ones a mile away. When passing one on the interstat I always do so on a straight & I buzz past quickly.
A$$ HAT drivers are one of the main reasons I refuse to ride Motorcycles on the road.
Police had it towed, what happens to it will be up to her insurance company, but auction is likely as it's totaled.
get an ambulance chaser lawyer and launch the personal injury lawsuit, this is someone who deserves it.Ironnewt wrote: ↑Wed Sep 01, 2021 7:07 am Last October I was lucky enough to draw a permit to hunt on a Federal Wildlife preserve. I am getting everything together and realize I need something. Take the boss's truck and leave my development. Intersection is controlled by a light. I get a green signal pull into the intersection intent on making a left. I have to stop for traffic coming the other way going straight. Out of the corner of my eye I see a red blur screaming down the road I was about to turn onto. Guy going straight stands on his brakes and the red car misses him by inches. She smashes into me and knocks my truck 45 degrees off its initial direction and fucks up the left front fender and the whole front bumper. She totals her car. I bounced about in the cab and screwed up my right ankle (again) and end up in the hospital. She claimed she had the green but 3 witnesses say she didn't. Missed the damned hunt and the guys I go with did well. She paid the tickets and her insurance went up but what good did it do me?
