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Pay attention to your driving! I have lived in DFW for 25 years and have been rear-ended 4 times including today. Every time I have been hit by a female driver not paying attention. WTF! Luckily, today the car had no front plate or I would have had to file a claim. Are these women so distracted that they cannot tell the car in front of them is not moving?? Do they have trouble with depth perception?? Ok, I feel better now. :)
I work all over the country and can tell you its not just in DFW. Women drivers everywhere tend to follow to close, even if they are not distracted they can not get stopped in time if the traffic has to check up. Generally if a guy is following too close he wants by and is paying attention.
It's so simple all they gotta do is follow the 3 second rule!
::Teacher:
Glad you and your car are OK!
That is the most polite, helpful hitchhiker-rapist I've ever seen! Gee, ain't California great!
that's not exactly how that conversation would have gone...
I thought I had good luck with respect to collisions but last weekend washing the car I found three new paint scuffs and cracks from three different cars. This in addition to the SUV-shaped dent two inches into the top of the trunk that I noticed a few months ago. So far I've only been backed into, but this is getting annoying. I think i'm going to buy one of those orange go cart flags to put on my antenna.
It's not just women. Most people are terrible drivers. Women might be more distracted on the road, but men are often too aggressive. And they all drive vehicles that are too big. Everyone tailgates, no one signals. It's a obliviously narcissistic, me-first kind of world out there.
I usually pump the brakes when I'm slowing or stopping. Not to get the old master cylinder working, but to flash the brake lights just to get the next person's attention. Too many folks seem to be interested in doing everything but driving when they're on the road.
Doing this has saved me from being rearended several times. I'm sure of it.Quote:
Originally Posted by shortshift
We need some of those flashing brake lights. I love the 3-stage turn signals on the new Mustangs.
I modded my center brake light so it flashes a few times, but occasionally I still have to pump the brakes to get the person's attention.
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Originally Posted by OZMDD
Also, while we're at it, can we please put an end to women's suffrage?
Back to the kitchen!!
In before the token female members get on their kitchen-based interwebs to complain... ;)
When I was living in DFW, I was hit three times by women drivers. One sideswipe, one rearend, and one backed into me in a turn lane (wut??). Austin drivers.... I haven't decided yet. Sometimes I miss DFW traffic because they at LEAST acted like they had someplace to be! http://smiliesftw.com/x/faintthud.gif
Austin drivers are too stoned to care... ::hippi::
Dear MALE drivers of DFW...
QUIT HITTING ME! I have been rearended TWICE by MALE drivers in LARGE vehicles NOT paying attention. BOTH times I was stopped in traffic! I don't care HOW BADLY you want by - pushing me out of the way is NOT the answer. ALSO, if I am in the SLOW lane, I have EVERY RIGHT to drive 10 over the speed limit and be moving PLENTY fast enough for the lane I'm driving in - YOU move over, don't expect ME to move over. And you MALE drivers in the BIG trucks that THINK you can bully me...you're in for a big surprise.....I'm not easily intimidated. BUT for the record, I have to state that JEFFMAN is one of the MOST courteous drivers I've seen. :p
Bwahahahaha!
I knew Carazzie would respond since her car is a wreck magnet!!
Damn straight skippy - and Nails can attest to 1) my driving skills and 2) IT'S NEVER MY FAULT! He's never once made a comment to me about MY peripheral vision ((evil laugh))Quote:
Originally Posted by motorollow
Austin drivers are just plain INSANE!Quote:
Originally Posted by trickyrix
To add another dynamic to the equation. I was strapping my kid into the carseat at home this morning, and I heard lots of honking and yelling so I checked it out. A lady in a truck was driving and was on the phone, a guy in a Scion X(whatever the toaster looking things are) gets close, starts rapping on his horn. By the time I saw it she wasn't even at the intersection yet, just she was on the phone. This all was in a neighborhood and occured under 10mph.
The douche in the scion stopps, starts honking and yelling out the window "F you you stupid Fing b**ch, get off the Fing phone and drive you piece of Sh.." peeled his tires speeding off in a residential neighborhood. He was also turning which even if she blew the stoplight wouldn't have affected him at all.
Granted I didn't see what happened and she was on the phone, but the guy was a total dick. Anyone ever witnessed the supposed anti-phone rage? I've been cussed at / swerved at simply for talking on the phone even though I did nothing wrong, just was on the phone. I don't think holding a rectangle up to your ear is deserving of people loosing their cool over if they're obeying traffic flow.
Disclaimer: I hate distracted cell phone drivers, they suck and cause all sorts of problems. People in la la land while doing anything other than driving are diserving of a few honks to wake them up.
No way a Scion peeled its tires. ;)
Not too long ago there was a piece on texting & driving (it included talking on a cell phone while driving as well). It stemmed from a FB page that this guy created condoning texting while driving. The page was extremely popular. The news guy that did the piece obtained a closed driving course, complete with typical obstacles you would encounter while driving. He challenged the FB creator to test out his theory on this closed track, and he accepted. BOTH initially touted how they were great drivers and observant, etc., and that they were able to pay attention while texting and/or talking without any problems. They were both shocked at how bad they actually did - and this is KNOWING that they were being observed.
No matter how observant, good a driver, etc. you think you are, you are doing everyone on the road a disservice by not paying attention to the task at hand...DRIVING.
:facepalm: Must be nice. ::Whatev::Quote:
Originally Posted by cArAzzIE
i loledQuote:
Originally Posted by cArAzzIE