Avoid these driving mistakes

[pastol]

In the state I live in one can be cited for driving in the left lane. Thw Camero driver should be, along with a laundry list of other stipid stuff he/she was doing. But I'd say the Camero driver was like 90-95 % culpable. Had he/she had some restraint and common sense, the wreck would never havw happened. I feel sorriest for the trucker.

[ChadCox]

The camaro is fully culpable regardless of the pickup truck's action. Just because someone is failing to move to the right lane to allow oncoming faster traffic to pass is no reason to attempt a right lane pass without adequate clearance with effort to force the left lane traveler to slow and allow the impatient pass. Also, I have witnessed citations for failure to yield to faster moving traffic be dismissed in court because it could not be demonstrated that the slower driver was traveling lower than 10 mph below the posted limit. If the left lane slowpoke is doing the speed limit, it is easily illegal to attempt to bully them into submission and likely dangerous as in this example. The camaro driver was being a prick and the pickup driver was clearly expecting to travel past the semi in the right lane.

[pastol]

While I don't disagree, that's not how it's going to go down in court. When it goes to trial, and it will because there was a commercial vehicle involved, the lawyers are going to go after anyone and everyone who is at fault. They can get more money from 2 insurance companies than one. IF they have a law in the state where it happened that prohibits driving in the left lane, this is exactly what that law was drafted for. They'll use that for their advantage and no doubt convince the jury, or judge in the case of a bench trial, that there is fault on both driver's parts.

[ChadCox]

No wonder the youngin's is showin'out in Boston. I say that yo mama to court!

[Smokeshadow]

road rage taken to the Nth degree

 

https://www.youtube.com

 

***Sorry, but when I type in the link long hand, it doesn't come up. . .so when you get to YouTube, type in "LA Fight" into the search box and pick the first video***

[Tyler]

This one?

 

[ChadCox]

so fucking ridiculous.

[Smokeshadow]

YEP!! That's the one, Tyler

[Bj1]

They really needed to say 'yes' when youtube asked if they wanted to remove shaking in the video!

Crazy people on the road - always think before you do something that could antagonize a lunatic!

[pastol]

road rage taken to the Nth degree

 

https://www.youtube.com

 

***Sorry, but when I type in the link long hand, it doesn't come up. . .so when you get to YouTube, type in "LA Fight" into the search box and pick the first video***

Unbelievable! I laughed till I cried. I watched it 3 times. One of the funniest things I've seen for a LONG time.

[Bj1]

For those of you who don't live in Seattle ... here's a look at what happens when it snows here. First, we have wet, sloshy, slippery snow. Not the snow of the midwest that's dry and blows and can sometimes give you traction. Second, the moment it warms up, the snow melts a little on the pavement. You can't see this under the white sloshy stuff on top, but a little has melted underneath. Third, that melted snow now freezes solid and becomes an ice rink the size of the city, right under the slippery, sloshy, wet stuff on top. Add this to the hills in Seattle, and you get the 'you're fucked' stage. This takes all of one day to happen from the beginning of snow flurries. Your 4 wheel drive means crapola when all 4 wheels are on ice rink Seattle. Growing up driving in snow in Indiana means crapola when you're driving on ice rink Seattle.

And if you see snow rippling across the street in the wind - duck walk run, do not walk, and take shelter because some very heavy vehicle is extremely likely to come sliding your way at any moment. What? You're not on a street? Hahahahahahahahaha. When the sloshy, wet, slippery layer disappears all hell breaks lose and Seattle becomes the nightmare insurance agents whisper about over campfires.

 

 

This is a 'dusting' of snow in Seattle.....

 

[Smokeshadow]

reminds me of the occasional ice storms we get in Dallas. . .no snow, but lots of moisture that turns into ice Problem with attempting to drive on the stuff is remembering that one should only utilize the steering wheel; no brakes or accelerator Let the car's own momentum do the work. . .avoid stopping as much as possible, even to the point of running stop signs and red lights (but only if traffic is clear ). And always drive in lowest gear and let the engine slow you down. Or better yet, just stay off the stuff

[pastol]

 

For those of you who don't live in Seattle ... here's a look at what happens when it snows here. First, we have wet, sloshy, slippery snow. Not the snow of the midwest that's dry and blows and can sometimes give you traction. Second, the moment it warms up, the snow melts a little on the pavement. You can't see this under the white sloshy stuff on top, but a little has melted underneath. Third, that melted snow now freezes solid and becomes an ice rink the size of the city, right under the slippery, sloshy, wet stuff on top. Add this to the hills in Seattle, and you get the 'you're fucked' stage. This takes all of one day to happen from the beginning of snow flurries. Your 4 wheel drive means crapola when all 4 wheels are on ice rink Seattle. Growing up driving in snow in Indiana means crapola when you're driving on ice rink Seattle.

And if you see snow rippling across the street in the wind - duck walk run, do not walk, and take shelter because some very heavy vehicle is extremely likely to come sliding your way at any moment. What? You're not on a street? Hahahahahahahahaha. When the sloshy, wet, slippery layer disappears all hell breaks lose and Seattle becomes the nightmare insurance agents whisper about over campfires.

This is a 'dusting' of snow in Seattle.....

 

 

We get that same snow here in the mid-west. The video looks very similar to the streets here during the first snow. I remember many years ago I was driving a little 1967 Mustang. The thing was not built for slick roads. I was cruising along about 20 mph on a street that was a long S curve. Without any provocation or notice the car suddenly went into a slow clockwise spin and spun around 360 degrees, all the time moving in the direction I was traveling. The second it stopped spinning, it did the same exact thing again, only this time It spun counter clockwise. Again it stopped spinning and I was squarely in the same lane as I started in moving in the same direction. I just moved merrily along down the street as if nothing had ever happened. It was all very strange. There was no parking on that street and it was 4 lanes so I didn't hit anything. I have had one fender bender and countless close calls on the snow. I've spun into drifts that required a tow truck to pull me out of a few times.

 

When I was a kid my sisters and I used to make popcorn and sit in the living room watching the cars attempt to get up the hill that was the street in front of our house. Most of the cars went up the hill sideways, it was the funniest thing ever. The collisions were in slow motion. No one ever got hurt. It was absolutely hilarious. It was better than television. We constantly had people in our house to make emergency phone calls. Our mailbox at the curb never once made it through a winter. Some of the evergreens in the middle of the yard got taken out a few times. As kids we were oblivious to the financial issues and time hassles that even the most minor damage accident would cause these people. And of course we loved getting them into the house to talk to them. We still often laugh about those times.

[Smokeshadow]

Do you drive your vehicle for very long affter the "low fuel" warning light illuminates on your instrument cluster? If so (or not as the case may be), here is a list of the top 50 best selling vehicles in the U.S. and the distance they can be driven after that idiot light comes on :claps:

 

https://www.yourmechanic.com/article/how-far-can-you-drive-your-vehicle-on-empty-by-brady-klopfer?PID=7105813&as=cj&mktg_channel=AFL_CJN&publisher=Skimlinks

 

I do remember one time way back when I was in college in the early 70's. Was driving a 1973 Chevrolet Laguna, with a 22 gallon tank. Had driven out from campus to the shopping mall on the Southwest side of town. Fuel gage needle had been resting on "E" for a day or so, so I decided to stop and fill up on the way back to campus. I wound up filling the tank with 22 and 7/10 gallons of fuel. I filled up just in time

[Bj1]

Just proves I'm not an idiot because my '88 Nissan Sentra Wagon doesn't have one of them there 'idiot lights'

 

Back in the day, when money was really tight, I'd ride to the edge. Now I'm only near empty when I get absent minded and don't notice.