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Discussion Boards => Off-Topic => Debate & Discuss => Topic started by: linderlizzie on September 20, 2019, 07:52:19 am
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I become more and more astounded by the amount of people that disregard these devices. So far as speed limits are concerned, it seems no one pays attention to them at all. :confused1:
And don't even get me started on tailgating. Do people realize how many will be involved in an accident in the event of someone having to suddenly stop? :o
Does this concern anyone else but me? Am I just being an old fuddy duddy? :angry7:
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So from the lack of response from anyone, it appears that I am indeed an old fuddy duddy. Oh, well. :dontknow:
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Nope, not a fuddy duddy at all.
I used to enjoy driving but for the most part I can't stand it anymore. For all the reasons that you mentioned and others as well, I am so over it with people who have absolutely no respect for life, namely mine.
There are so many of my friends just from my local area who have been in car accidents over the past few years.
Yes, the stupidness that is so common on the roads these days does in fact concern me. :o
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You definitely have to drive defensively.And sometimes you just might be in wrong place at wrong time.
I am proud to say i have been driving almost 50 yrs and NEVER got a speeding ticket.
Street cleaning tickets?Thats another story LOL!
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They are getting crazy drivers attention around here with photo systems at busy intersections handing out $200 fines by mail.
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People are always in a rush so they speed all over the place and don't pay attention to road signs.
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Around here (in a small town) people obey the traffic lights. But a lot of people don't do a full stop at the stop sign. Tapping on the break for a split second isn't the same as stopping.
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I believe that it does not matter the speed limts, some people just have "heavy foot...."
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YES! This drives me crazy! When I drove 30+ minutes to work, I would count all the people I saw running red lights. It was ridiculous. I see people stop and go at red lights, like they are stop signs. I see people turning right from the far left lane, and vice versa. I used to think there were just a lot of bad drivers out there. But now I think it's that people just don't care. They want to do what they want to do, regardless of rules and laws, and they think they are more important than everyone else.
I still see people driving with phones in their hands, even though it's illegal now. >:(
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Just yesterday i driving on a main street and the light was on red, I was coming up to the light and a car was one lane over and at the light, but it went right thru the light, she didn't have right of way, she didn't see any cars coming,the left lane opposite of me had the right of way, so went on thru a red light, I say she, because when the light turned green i passed by the car and saw that it was an elderly lady, i'm like, why in the world did she do that. She could have caused an accident.
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Just for some added fun to this thread, I'm wondering why it is such a big imposition for people to actually put their blinkers on before turning. I think the automobile manufacturers might be better served by leaving them off altogether and saving themselves that cost. They are so seldom used after all.
I mean how hard can it be to slightly move your hand to the blinker and turn it on to let people know what you're planning on doing before you do it? :dontknow:
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They are getting crazy drivers attention around here with photo systems at busy intersections handing out $200 fines by mail.
lol They tried that where I live. Or a couple counties over. No one paid them. They are not enforceable. And if you do not pay them there is nothing they can do.
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What really IRKS me is that no one yields when getting onto the freeway anymore! They just keep on going, expecting those in the right lane to stop for them. I have had to stop many times so we weren't hit. I had nowhere to go, traffic on my left and those idiots coming in on the right. So frustrating! My kids are scared to death to drive. I have 6 kids, and 2 waited until they were almost 20 and had to get their license, one is almost 18 and doesn't want to get it at all (anxiety) and my youngest is 14. She swears she is never going to drive. It is sad...I know these people all took the same dang test I did. How did they pass???
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Nope, not a fuddy duddy at all.
I used to enjoy driving but for the most part I can't stand it anymore. For all the reasons that you mentioned and others as well, I am so over it with people who have absolutely no respect for life, namely mine.
There are so many of my friends just from my local area who have been in car accidents over the past few years.
Yes, the stupidness that is so common on the roads these days does in fact concern me. :o
Here's a nifty update: 5 short days after I made this comment on this thread, my husband and I were on our way to our next client when we were hit in the back by a motorcycle!
We were coming up to an intersection where the light just turned green. So we were going with the flow of traffic, about 30 mph when the motorcycle hit our back bumper.
He admitted to being at fault for not paying attention. Since it was our company van with a business wrap, it will cost a boat load of bucks to replace and re wrap our van.
Thankfully nobody got hurt.
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I totally agree with you. So many people don't pay attention to sped limit especially school zone speed limits. It seems like I get tailgated almost every day when I'm trying to drive the stated limit of 25 miles per hour.
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Just for some added fun to this thread, I'm wondering why it is such a big imposition for people to actually put their blinkers on before turning. I think the automobile manufacturers might be better served by leaving them off altogether and saving themselves that cost. They are so seldom used after all.
I mean how hard can it be to slightly move your hand to the blinker and turn it on to let people know what you're planning on doing before you do it? :dontknow:
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I just love it when people wait until they're on top of their turn and then put their turn signal on after slamming the brakes.
In my state we have Right Turn on Red law for some streets. You don't have to stop at a red light if you're turning right but there's a sign on the light if you can do that.
Tapping the breaks and going through a stop sign is a roling stop and big fine for doing it if caught. Also, pedestrians have the right of way on a street if they are crossing at a designated walkway and in the street itself. Cars MUST stop or they will get a large fign.
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They are getting crazy drivers attention around here with photo systems at busy intersections handing out $200 fines by mail.
lol They tried that were I live. Or a couple counties over. No one paid them. They are not enforceable. And if you do not pay them there is nothing they can do.
My husband received 2 violations for turning on a red last month each at $100 a piece. The bad thing was that they were at the same location within four hours of each other (My stepson was also in the car and did not notice the sign). The video you can watch online is within plain sight no excuse. Talk about being mad. This caused a big fight in my house of course. If you do not pay the fine the state will revoke your license plates the next time to try to renew them until the fine is paid. So there is something that they can do.
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I have met so many people this month who have been in horrible accidents or near misses on the road. It can really mess you up if you're in an accident. It breaks my heart to hear about them. :'(
That being said, the roads can be hazardous right now (wet and/or icy/snowy) and there will be a lot of people on the road from now until after New Year's. If you have to drive, please be careful. Don't use your phone while you drive because it distracts long enough for you to get in a terrible mess. Yes; even those few seconds. If you're traveling 60 mph, you're going over 88 feet per second. 3 seconds x 88 feet per second= 264 feet. That's more than a football field. Visualize this on the road. I just want my FC friends to be safe during the Christmas season. :santa:
I know you hear all this stuff all the time, but it bears repeating. Sometimes we forget we're driving a two-ton vehicle that can turn into a deadly weapon at high speeds. Please be safe! :heart:
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A lot of individuals tend to perform rolling stops, which are rampant where I live. As for tailgating, yes, another form of driver aggression that drives me up the wall. Sometimes, I would purposely slow down in order to irritate the tailgater. I would be curious know their side of story in the event that they cause an accident with their stupidity.
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My husband was a tracker-trailer driver before getting off the road. He would always come home complaining about drivers who would cut in front of him, not slowing or looking at a yield sign, and if the speed limit was 75 mph, they were going 90 mph. He was positive that those who would cut in front of him were looking for an accident to sue the company. He was glad to get off the road even though he still misses working.
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Why this post coming up from September as something in December? I guess I will respond just to have something on your thread. But, I kind of don't really care about speed limits. But, I do kind of at the same time. I care about people speeding around a bus, trying to hit me with a car. That is slowish speeding, but still speeding. I feel it is also a little dangerous or hazardous to me though to enforce speeding on airbrushed parking lots nearest me. Is airbrushed the right word? Airbrushed parking lots may not have to be paid back. But, I kind of think people may act dumb and try to do some wrongful flipping to me. Anyway, I guess that is all I will say, this just got me started and instead of just leaving this at something dumb, I added a little something related.
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I personally think that these lights are a distractions that causes more accidents.....
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I have never got my drivers license when my husband was trying to teach me to drive a car almost t-boned us i just quit to terrified to get behind the well,here i am at 54 wishing i had my license but to afraid to drive
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Turning in a slightly different direction, I think driver's ed instructors need to devote at least 5 hours of instruction (and licensed drivers should be required to complete continuing education credits every five years to remain licensed) on the proper protocol for 4 way stop intersections and how those same rules apply to traffic lights when the power had been interrupted and the lights are out or are flashing red waiting to be reset.
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I have never got my drivers license when my husband was trying to teach me to drive a car almost t-boned us i just quit to terrified to get behind the well,here i am at 54 wishing i had my license but to afraid to drive
Try a different teacher next time. ;) It's pretty important to learn how to drive. Remember that it's never too late!
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It's pretty important to learn how to drive. Remember that it's never too late!
I had an aunt who I think was in her 60's before she got her first drivers license.
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It's pretty important to learn how to drive. Remember that it's never too late!
I had an aunt who I think was in her 60's before she got her first drivers license.
I rest my case. Thank you for your testimony, UGetPaid. :thumbsup:
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i am 54 still dont drive every time i get the nerve up im riding with someone and we almost get in a accident and i lose my nerve i live in a small town but in the last couple years it went from two lanes to 4 lanes and about 5 new red lights.People out here are crazy when it comes to driving run you right over without a care
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i am 54 still dont drive every time i get the nerve up im riding with someone and we almost get in a accident and i lose my nerve i live in a small town but in the last couple years it went from two lanes to 4 lanes and about 5 new red lights.People out here are crazy when it comes to driving run you right over without a care
I sometimes wonder if people have actually taken driver's ed classes in school. I guess they're not mandatory, but they sure would be helpful.
I know what you mean about the way people drive. I used to love driving but now I am developing a fear of it for all the near misses and actual accidents (that were no fault of mine).
I think it's mostly that people are not courteous and they're not thinking about the other drivers on the road. However, I see no way to remedy that. :confused1:
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I just found out yesterday that my pregnant granddaughter was involved in a car accident on her way to work because someone merged into her car.
It messed up her car badly and she has a cracked sternum. She has been checked and the doctors say she and the baby are okay, but what if . . . . ?
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I agree with you linderlizzie people just don`t seem to care anymore ,glad your granddaughter and baby are ok.
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Update on highway insanity: I was just traveling down in Georgia and Florida over the past week and there are no words to describe what I saw down there on the highways. :bs: If I had videotaped it and put it on the internet, it might go viral. :icon_rr: Can you say weaving and speeding and tailgating at high speed? :confused1:
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Stop lights and stop signs are very important because without them people would be getting into accidents and hurting other people.
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My son driving for11 years got his first.ticket .not coming to a complete stop at a stop sign. That reminded me of one I got years ago. When my kids were 4 and 8. They were in the back seat fighting and driving me nuts, so I wanted to get home as fast as possible. Didn't come to a complete stop was ticketed. Damn kids but they were quite till we got home.
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So our little town prince frederick md has went from one lane to four lanes and 6 stoplights when there used to be one this was slow progress but now our little town is like driving in washington dc