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Quoth Pagan View PostSome of them are supposed to make them unreadable for the red light/speed cams, but not to the naked eye.
The tinted cover on the shitbox's rear tag was also caked with grime, so for all intents and purposes he had no plates (at least I couldn't make out any letters).
Quoth BeckySunshine View PostLovely. Just lovely.
In Santa Fe, driving while talking on a cell is ticketable, not sure if it's a primary or secondary offense (as in can you be pulled over simply on suspicion of that). Handsfree kits are OK though.Last edited by Dreamstalker; 07-22-2007, 08:49 PM."I am quite confident that I do exist."
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Quoth Dreamstalker View PostIn Santa Fe, driving while talking on a cell is ticketable, not sure if it's a primary or secondary offense (as in can you be pulled over simply on suspicion of that). Handsfree kits are OK though.It's floating wicker propelled by fire!
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Talking on a cell while driving is illegal in Chicago, but its considered ok if you have a headset. In the burbs, they don't really enforce it.
Also, the uninsured's need to hit people/cause accidents seems to be universal, as my first ever accident went something like this>I was driving in icky, snowy weather, was cut off by an idiot with around 8 kids in his backseat who was going slower than me already and then hit his brakes, I honked but couldn't stop in time and wound up hitting him. He stayed long enough for the cop to decide on no tickets, due to inclement weather. Once my insurance company determined it was his fault, and tried to go after him/his insurance company for the $$$, he fled the state and we found out the insurance company was a scam. That was fun, having to deal with the repurcussions of that on my insurance, since they couldn't "close" the case."In the end I was the mean girl/or somebody's in between girl"~Neko Case
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Quoth Dreamstalker View Post
It must be some universal law of the uninsured, try to hit (or be hit by) something bigger/more expensive than you.
I don't have insurance. Can't afford it. Trust me. I've crunched the numbers, and it's either car insurance or electricity. The asshat's insurance company decided to take me to collections. I haven't heard from them in almost a year now.I'm bringing disdain back...with a vengeance.
Oh, and your tool box called...you got out again.
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Quoth Dreamstalker View PostWhat really surprised me was that I couldn't get another permit (first one had expired before I could take road lessons). The way I see it, as long as you've passed the written test why should previous permits matter (I told the guy what had happened, which was that I was a full-time student when I had my first permit and couldn't find the time to take lessons then)?Unseen but seeing
oh dear, now they're masquerading as sane-KiaKat
There isn't enough interpretive dance in the workplace these days-Irv
3rd shift needs love, too
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Quoth DGoddess View PostSadly, our government doesn't allow for Natural Selection.
Why do you think we have all these warning labels on everything under the sun?
It's because somewhere . . . someone was stupid enough to try what they weren't supposed to do.
My bout with gas pump stupidity was when I was pumping the gas for my boyfriend, who was quadriplegic. He asked me if the tank was full, but I had no way of knowing until the pump clicked back on me. So this brilliant troglodyte decided that he would cut his car on while the pump was still in the tank to find out from the gas guage. I have never moved that fast before or since than I did running around the car and stopping him. Then he looked at me as if I was stupid in stopping him. Then I pointed out that signs tell you to turn your car off for a reason. I was still "stuipd" but he let me finish pumping without risking blowing up the station.A smile is just a grimace that's been edited for public consumption. -- Tony Cochran
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Quoth Bella_Vixen View PostMy Explorer was annhilated by a Nissan Maxima. This jerk was FLYING over a hill at well above the 30 MPH limit. I NEVER saw him. I'd lived there at that point for almost 6 years, and knew to be wary at that intersection.
I couldn't make this stuff up.
Quoth Bella_Vixen View PostI don't have insurance. Can't afford it. Trust me. I've crunched the numbers, and it's either car insurance or electricity. The asshat's insurance company decided to take me to collections. I haven't heard from them in almost a year now.
^-.-^Faith is about what you do. It's about aspiring to be better and nobler and kinder than you are. It's about making sacrifices for the good of others. - Dresden
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Quoth Andara Bledin View PostWait, the other guy was speeding over a blind hill, but you were at fault?
^-.-^I'm bringing disdain back...with a vengeance.
Oh, and your tool box called...you got out again.
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Yeah. There are several "automatic" rules regarding fault. If you're not at fault, you really have to fight, very hard, to get it made right, and usually, it's not worth it.
I had a friend who was making a right turn out of a gas station and got hit by an extremely unsafe driver, and he got to take the fault for it. The other guy had been in the left lane of a street with 3 going each way, and decided, about 50 yards from the intersection, that he really needed to turn right, so he drifted straight from the left lane to the right and ran into my friend who was pulling out of the gas station driveway. Since my friend was "merging", it was automatically his fault on the paperwork.
In my case, it was a rear ending, so it was automatically the other guy's fault, but he didn't even try to say it wasn't. He copped to it right off. I think he really felt bad for hitting me. He's probably relieved I didn't try to sue.
Uncontrolled intersections are terrible. Uncontrolled and unassisted are worse. Without actual turn lanes are just plain asking for accidents. Add any sort of obstruction, such as a hill, and it's amazing there aren't accidents every day.
^-.-^Faith is about what you do. It's about aspiring to be better and nobler and kinder than you are. It's about making sacrifices for the good of others. - Dresden
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Quoth myswtghst View PostTalking on a cell while driving is illegal in Chicago, but its considered ok if you have a headset. In the burbs, they don't really enforce it.
This little shitbox with no front tag.
If you're not at fault, you really have to fight, very hard, to get it made right, and usually, it's not worth it.The Grand Galactic Inquisitor hears all and sees all.
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I can't count how many times...
Near-accidents, people look at me like I'm the one at fault, because I'm 18 and driving a big van.
Doesn't matter that, as we were closing in on a red light, the guy next to me sped up and merged into my lane, thereby cutting my stopping space in half. Why? Because I'm 18 and driving a big van.
Remember, if you cut in front of me: Vans don't stop fast.
Remember, if you're tailgating me: You have ABS. I don't. I slam on my brakes, and my front tires lock up, and I stop pretty damn fast on dry land, while your Saturn's ABS is limiting your stopping time*
*(Yes, it has been proven that stopping distances are shorter on dry land when you don't have ABS, simply because of the incredible friction of a locked-up tire.)I've been here for two years, work harder than most others, and I'm getting paid $1.80 an hour
less than the 17 year old slacker you hired two months ago. Maybe that's why I'm not chipper at work.
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Quoth Andara Bledin View PostYeah. There are several "automatic" rules regarding fault. If you're not at fault, you really have to fight, very hard, to get it made right, and usually, it's not worth it.
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I talked to the judge and got the fine slightly increased and got my points lowered, which was more important to me.
And like I said, I haven't heard anything from the asshat* or his insurance company** in over a year, and nothing from the collections people in almost a year.
*last time I heard from him was the day of the accident
**last time I heard from them was the day after the accidentI'm bringing disdain back...with a vengeance.
Oh, and your tool box called...you got out again.
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