Missouri drivers suck!

[blas]

XCashier, I know all about the moronic grin!

It never fails, I could bet an entire paycheck on it, any time someone nearly hits me (in a parking lot or pulls too far out in front of a stop sign, or forgets to look for traffic, etc etc etc), I look at the driver, and they are usually LAUGHING. And if there are passengers, they are ALL laughing.

For instance, I was pulling out of a gas station Friday morning after work, and I had the right of way, and a car with some stupid guy in it tried to pull out in front of me. I stopped, he stopped, I looked at him.............he was LAUGHING at what accident he'd almost caused.

I don't get how that is funny, laughable, or even worth smiling about. It's not just the kids, it's people of all ages.

[Cyanocobalamin]

Just because there are sidewalks and crosswalks doesn't mean a street is pedestrian friendly! I'd say my pet peeve is when a driver stops IN THE CROSSWALK. I'm always tempted to hop up onto any car's hood that does this, walk across, then jump off. If you end up stopping in front of the line, you were going too fast and/or didn't start braking early enough. This happens a lot at the intersection nearest my apartment, where I've seen lots of blatant disregards for the law.

Once there was someone waiting at the front of the queue of vehicles, stopped at the red light. The perpendicular street had a green, but there was no one coming. This genius decided the light was actually a stop sign and went forward anyway. All I could do was watch and From the far right lane it's hard to see the perpendicular street, which goes uphill and curves sharply, and you never know when some arsewipe is going to careen down like a rabid horse.

Many of your missing bad drivers have migrated to Washington State.

[Sunsetsky]

Once I was driving home from Denver. I was in the fast lane just driving along. I was going the speed limit and keeping up with the traffic just fine. I drive a little 1998 volkswagen beetle. I look in the rear view mirror and I see one of those huge pickup trucks ON my ass. If I had to slam on my breaks for any reason, my car would've been totaled. I'm going a good speed in the fast lane...not going too slow but not flying like a speed demon. I look in the mirror again and the ass is flashing his lights at me. I switch lanes and let the bastard pass. And what does he do? After he passes me he switches to the lane I had just merged onto.

Oh...and there was the time I almost got hit by an suv at walmart where I work. I posted this story a few boards back.

I remember going into work that day and both fronts of my legs were hurting like hell (I still don't know what was wrong with them). It felt like somebody took a hammer and beat them. It hurt to stand and move around a lot. So, the manager let me leave work a few hours early. It was snowing a little bit outside and dark out. Because of the snow, the roads were a bit icy. I began to cross the street carefully because my legs were bothering me and because of the ice. A girl driving her Jeep Cherokee turned onto the street while I was crossing. Now...when you see a pedestrian crossing you stop right? Well...this idiot didn't and I had to quicken my pace. She ended up being only a few inches away from me and was still slowly coming at me. I had to jump out of the way at this point to avoid getting hit. And when I turned to give her my evil death look from hell....I saw that she was laughing with her friend. At that point...I was wishing I wore my steel toed boots to work that day.

[XCashier]

Not only do you have all of the above, you get the snowbirds too. People who live there year round tend to adjust, the ones who go home for 6 months relearn all their bad habits and bring them back.

How could I have forgotten about the snowbirds! Winter visitors, usually driving big-ass RVs at about half the speed limit, blocking the roads and taking up multiple parking spaces. Sheesh!

Are you planning to stay in the state?

Nope, planning to move to Oregon (Eugene area). I'm beyond sick and tired of Arizona. I need greenery, fresh air and drinkable water!

[ShockQueen]

The one thing I can't stand is, when you go to any shopping centre, and they have the crosswalks in front of them, the people who just zoom through them while people are crossing! If I'm driving and see people crossing, I STOP - period.

I've been tempted to "New York slap" a few , but then thought better of it.

[ditchdj]

I once did the "New York Slap" to some idiot that almost hit me. I had my ring on so I hope I left my mark. The way I see it, that's a small price to pay since the dumb bitch put my life in danger just so she could shave three seconds off her road trip.

A lot of people have trouble reading the wording on a stop sign. Not sure if it's from the abundant drug use, which this part of the state is notorious for, or what. I think that anyone from the UK or Australia would feel comfortable driving here since people often drive on the left hand side of the road here.

[ditchdj]

How's THIS for a new Vonage ad???

http://www.11alive.com/news/news_art...?storyid=81132

How about showing this road-rage fight on tape and saying:

"People do really dumb things like assault someone right in front of a camera surveillance store. They also pay too much for phone service!"

[blas]

I've wanted to pound on the hood of several elderly people's vehicles (mostly at WalMart) because they refuse to stop for anyone. Sure, they are snailing along at the rate that rocks form, but the thing is, you see them coming, you see little gramma who can't see over the wheel, or granpa asleep at the wheel.......them and their big land yacht..........

It's harder than you think to avoid being ran over by old people. One of these days I'm throwing my shoe at their windshield. Maybe that will wake them up. Then I will seriously get into talking to the right people to hopefully get most old people off of the road (if that is even feasable).

[XCashier]

Then I will seriously get into talking to the right people to hopefully get most old people off of the road (if that is even feasable).

Unfortunately, it isn't. Whenever that issue even comes up, the elderly show up in droves to vote it down. They can not, will not admit that they are a danger behind the wheel, that their reflexes have slowed, eyesight dimmed and they cannot handle their H2 Designer Sherman Tank; all they care about is not losing their "independence".

[Crosshair]

They can not, will not admit that they are a danger behind the wheel, that their reflexes have slowed, eyesight dimmed and they cannot handle their H2 Designer Sherman Tank; all they care about is not losing their "independence".

My car sacrificed itself by ramming an old persons car who ran the stop sign. The old guy driving couldn't even turn his head. After I hit him and spun him around, he ran into my drivers door and continued to try and drive foreward. The cop tapping on the window got his attention and he let off the gas and backed up so I could get out. He was found to be 100% at fault.

Another time an old person ran me and 2 other cars off the road when they made a right turn on red into the left lane. We all swerved to get out of their way. Then yet another time an old gal was driving the wrong way down one of the main streets. Thanks goodness my grandma realized that she couldn't drive and let us take her around town.

[XCashier]

Thanks goodness my grandma realized that she couldn't drive and let us take her around town.

That's how I got my first car; my grandmother gave her car to me when she decided she couldn't deal with city traffic any more.

I am truly grateful to those sensible elderly folks who know their own limitations and graciously give up driving for the safety of everyone else. The ones who stubbornly hold on to the car keys when they can't even control the car properly, those are the ones who scare me.

[ArenaBoy]

Michigan has some very bad drivers, especially if you live near metro Detroit the home of cars. Everyone drives some SUV and thinks they're king of the road while I'm in my little car obeying traffic laws. People here tailgate you, will have their brights shining in your car, etc. One time. the day after Christmas 2 years ago, I was driving to a party and a idiot is tailgating me, the road is very icy so I don't take any risks I turn and because of the tailgater I'm fishtailing and I almost crashed into a oncoming car. I also got into a accident at my school because some lady cut through the parking lot with out seeing me back-up and she tells me that I'm a bad driver etc. The funny thing was, she was at fault because my friends saw it happen and helped me out.

[hecubus]

We have our share of idiot drivers in Wisconsin, too. What always amazes me is that it snows here every winter, yet most people seem to forget how to drive in snowy conditions from year to year. Every time there's even a hint of snow on the roads, you see morons driving too fast, turning too quickly, not applying the brakes early enough, etc. Not to mention all of the cars that end up in ditches or otherwise off the road,

But what really scares me is the way people drive on the street where my brother and his family live. Not only are there condominiums all along the street, with a lot of kids around (including my three nephews), there is also an elementary school just down the street. But does that stop people from driving 40, 50, even 60 mph down the street? Of course not!

And what makes it worse is that, several times, my father has called the police department to complain about the way people drive on that street, and what do the cops do? Place a police car in plain sight on the street, and then say that they were unable to notice anyone speeding down the road!

[Canarr]

Ah colleague of mine had a run-in with an elderly driver in the parking lot of a local Wal-Mart. She'd just finished loading groceries into her trunk and turned around just in time to see an older man back his Mercedes out of his parking space opposite her car. Now, he wasn't turning left or right, the way you'd have to do in order to actually be able to drive away; he was driving STRAIGHT AT HER.

She started waving, then yelling, then finally BANGING ON HIS TRUNK (apparently, he wasn't moving very fast), but to no avail. Finally, she had to get out of the way to avoid getting her legs smashed. The Mercedes hit her bumper, then awkwardly turned left and started to drive off! Meanwhile, her boyfriend had come out from the passenger side of her car and stood in front of the Mercedes, while she knocked on the driver's window.

C - my colleague
TOTD - Too Old To Drive

TOTD: What do you want?
C: What do I want? You just hit my car!
TOTD: No, I didn't. I would've noticed that.
C: Yes, you did. Look at your and my bumper (white car vs. dark blue).
TOTD: Oh, okay. Well, maybe I did; I don't hear so good anymore.
C:

[sibermaus]

Once I was driving home from Denver. I was in the fast lane just driving along. I was going the speed limit and keeping up with the traffic just fine. I drive a little 1998 volkswagen beetle. I look in the rear view mirror and I see one of those huge pickup trucks ON my ass.

I was under the impression you weren't supposed to drive in the "fast lane". Hereabout we call it the passing lane, and you're only supposed to use it for passing, though people also use it to allow cars to merge onto the highway from on-ramps, getting over long enough for other cars to merge in, then getting back over. Unless you meant you were passing a line of cars on the right, but it sounded more like you were just driving in the inside lane for the heck of it.