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After I dropped MrsBlue at the train today a woman in a jeep tried to get both of us hurt by only looking right before making a left turn, which was right into my path, inspiring some screeching brakes to avoid a head-on collision. I honked my horn, to which she turned toward me and screamed curses at me through the closed window.

I heard long ago that a majority of accidents happen in parking lots... I dunno if it's true, but it makes sense. Most people think they are above-average drivers, but not only is it impossible for that to be true, but in reality even average drivers are not really as good at it as they should be, and the added precision required in close quarters just brings this fact to the surface.

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6. Re: I Hate Stupid Drivers Oct 30, 2003, 11:42 Armengar
 
Being a road techie clocking up 40,000 miles in a year I can say that bad drivers are quite well balanced. Some are just stupid and don't look at what they are doing. The true bad drivers KNOW what they are doing is bad but they still pull in front of you, undertake on hard shoulder and sit up your backside when you have nowhere to pull into anyway. But i'm averaging 1 accident per 200,000 miles now (touch wood) so I have a few more miles till my next encounter with an idiot.

 
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5. Re: I Hate Stupid Drivers Oct 30, 2003, 11:20 Noonsa!
 
I was in a carpool at one time. We were driving on an entrance ramp to I95. There was an idiot woman on the shoulder going in reverse because she used the wrong exit. The driver of my carpool honked the horn and she starts yelling at us.

I don't care what you think of me after I say this, but the majority of bad drivers are women. The majority of stupid driving techniques like what I described are from women.

 
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4. Re: I Hate Stupid Drivers Oct 30, 2003, 11:14 nin
 
3d StressBall is BADASS!

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RollinThundr Apr 17, 2013, 12:25: Eh really tossing stuff like that in there only to get your panties all bunched up. If you really want to call that trolling sure.

Mr. Tact Apr 17, 2013, 12:33: Pretty sure that's the definition of trolling...
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3. Re: I Hate Stupid Drivers Oct 30, 2003, 11:08 nin
 
The most frustrating thing about it is, she thought she did nothing wrong.

Agreed. Blue, this woman sounds like she's related to a near run-in I had at best bi last week...

Where's the clue-bat when you need it?

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RollinThundr Apr 17, 2013, 12:25: Eh really tossing stuff like that in there only to get your panties all bunched up. If you really want to call that trolling sure.

Mr. Tact Apr 17, 2013, 12:33: Pretty sure that's the definition of trolling...
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2. I Hate Stupid Drivers Oct 30, 2003, 10:59 N3m35i5
 
The most frustrating thing about it is, she thought she did nothing wrong. Sigh...

 
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1. Genius Drivers Oct 30, 2003, 10:59 Fang
 
I don't get the screaming at you when it's their fault. It's happened to me before.

 
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