Some Sucky Winter Stories..

[blas]

From today.

In my 20 minute journey from my bf's house 3 miles away to the tanning salon nearby where I live, to Little Caesars a few blocks from that, and then back home.

As I got off the backroads by my bf's place and back on to the main roads (which were a bit better and more clear), this stupid van started tailgating me. Yep, another retard convinced just because she's bigger, she's invincible.

Let me tell you what, you soccer mom ditz of shit....can you not see the SHINY BRIGHT ICE on the road? The ice from all the sleet we've had since last night? That's why I'm going 20 mph....if you don't like it, stay back, and the first chance you get, GO AROUND ME you dumb cunt. BACK OFF. I don't feel like spending Christmas in the ER when your Town and Country ends up in my backseat.

We get to the roundabout (oh my favorite place in town) and of course, no one knows how to use the damn thing....I was able to stop because there were lots of people going around it.....one tard just went in and didn't even yield.....of course once I got in, I got behind one of those idiots who thinks you have to stop at every single freaking point. Good thing I got new brakes last spring!

The van of doom is still tailgating me, then thankfully turns left at the street before I have to turn left.

After I go tanning, I'm driving down the service road by the mini mall, where there's a Papa Johns or somewhere like that. Idiot delivery driver just starts backing up even though I'm driving past! I have to swerve and go into a pile of snow that the plows left on the shoulder. Thank goodness for good tires! And wouldn't you know it, the ENTIRE time that idiot was backing up, he didn't even look as I went into the shoulder. I understand people are ordering delivery like nuts and there's a rush, but come on now....common sense here!

Then I get going down the next street towards Little Caesars, this old man in a huge diesel truck on a side street is going to turn right onto the same road I'm on.

Maybe he's stupid, maybe he slid into it (or both), but right as I'm approaching he's already dedicated into the turn and is already turning!!!!!! So I had to go onto the wrong side of the road and slide a bit to avoid being crushed by that moron. We even made EYE CONTACT at one point and he didn't even look phased at what he did!

At least you guys can probably understand why once I got home, I got the jammies on and refused to go anywhere for the rest of the day.

[LillFilly]

I feel your pain; I really do. I experience the same thing in real life and at work, and have no clue what people are or are not thinking when they drive.

I wish everyone had to retake the driving test every couple of years, just to weed-out the stupid.

[blas]

I'm not sure about going that far, I just wish people would quit with the overconfidence.

Lots of people ask me why I get so scared to drive when it snows, why I hate it so much. I always say "Other people, mostly trucks and SUVS". Other people in bad conditions scare the shit out of me. I am so terrified of getting into an accident because an SUV tailgating me ends up in my backseat, I'm scared of people sliding all over. People think it's still dry roads and spring or something...they just don't care and get so impatient and bigger vehicles tailgate smaller ones who are driving safer and slower....people slide through stop signs and stop lights and hit other vehicles.

The last biggest close call I had was I was on my way to work last winter on a Sunday night after a mini snow storm (only a few inches) and this Mustang or sporty rear wheel drive car didn't slow down before taking the exit off the freeway, and completely spun out......and I had to swing into the other lane and nearly into the ditch to avoid hitting him. He kept spinning as he kept trying to take the exit way too fast!

[AccountingDrone]

you know, there is actually no minimum speed in the US for roads that are not interstates ... and on those the theoretical minimum speed is 45 miles per hour.

On noninterstates, when someone is tailgating me, I start going slower and slower and slower and slower until i hit first gear, then i put on the emergency flashers. When the idiots pass me, I resume a safe speed without tailgating anybody in front of me. Pisses them right the frell off

[BeeMused]

I wish everyone had to retake the driving test every couple of years, just to weed-out the stupid.

Oh yes please! And perhaps a law that you can only buy a certain type of car with an extra driving test. Some of those SUV drivers seem to think that the laws of physics doesn't apply to them.

I mean, I wouldn't mind if they kill themselves with stupid driving, but they tent to take others with them. And don't get me started at drunk drivers...

[mattm04]

That is why it is called 4 wheel DRIVE and not 4 wheel STOP. Great for moving forward, but not stopping.

[Indigo]

*sigh* I hate it when morons give those of us who drive SUVs a bad name. I've got one because I tend to haul stuff frequently (but its a sport version.... not much passenger room, but oh, the cargo space!). I know its limitations and my booty stays home when its bad out if at all possible.

I wish more people knew that 4WD does not help that much on ice. I had to leave early from work about a week ago because my mom (who is from N. Pennsylvania/WV) called to tell me it was getting bad and to come home. I grabbed a supervisor to let her know I had to leave and that I had discussed this possibility with the other supervisor that morning. The one I grabbed looked at me and said, "But you have 4WD so the ice doesn't matter, just use that." Totally did not comprehend that no traction means no traction, unless you've got some sort of spikes on your tires. Thankfully the other supervisor came over and told me to go home immediately.

[McGoddess09]

I feel your pain, big sis. To quote myself on hating to drive in the winter:

"It's not me. I am pretty confident in my driving because I know that when there is snow on the ground,slow down! I am afraid of the other cars because snow seems to attract the stupid."

On Christmas Eve, I had to go pick my mom up from work. So, I had to take 51 to get to her work. The weather was terrible. I was going 30 at the most and soooo many people were flying past me, tailing me. and all of that. I started getting flashbacks to an accident a boyfriend had gotten us in during a nasty snow storm a few years ago that landed me in the hospital. My head started hurting where I hit it.

My sister, bless her for the joy she brings into my life, tries to cheer me up by going "Stupid Wisconsin drivers."

No offense to Wisconsin drivers on here. It's just the friendly ongoing thing between WI and IL drivers.

[blas]

LoL, no offense taken. I find myself constantly screaming at Minnesotans and FIBS who drive around as aggressively and crazy as they do in Murderapolis and Chicago.

Today was a great example....not of Mudducks and FIBS, but of winter idiots. Seriously, we got a trace to 2 inches of snow....and while it made the roads quite fun with all that leftover ice still hanging around from Christmas......there was no need for all those accidents.

[protege]

Speaking of ice, we had a crapload of it this morning. Seemed like everyone was crawling along, even though most roads were ice-free. Didn't stop the idiots on the parkway from seeing the "icy conditions" sign, slamming on the brakes, and promptly backing up traffic for no reason at all