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06/25/21 09:08 PM
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a young kid nearly clipped me today .. he then took the exit ramp on to a bypass at 60+ mph... the bypass is only 3 miles long .. he left my ram out of site ! and i was @ 75 mph.. he had to be 120 mph + easy . 4 miles later ,,, we are side by side at a red light.. guess what was mounted on the left rear ?? a nice donut spare.. i cant believe he made the first turn on to the ramp at 60 mph .. much less -over 120- mph cutting in and out of cars!! wish i had a video of that one...... eek

Re: fool in a pontiac today [Re: ek3] #2936817
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Re: fool in a pontiac today [Re: klunick] #2936828
06/25/21 10:49 PM
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Saw a 'fool in a jeep' yesterday.

Approaching a roundabout on a secondary street, this fool blew past me and another car and entered the roundabout at 50? I was doing the posted 25 as I approached.

He tried to hug the center so he wasn't turning much, but a slightly lifted wrangler on oversize mud tires, does NOT make a G-machine! He just barely clipped the center, which caused the back end to start to slide. I thought for sure I was about to witness a hellacious rollover! Still sliding, justt at the moment the left rear tire came off the road, he smacked the opposite curb with the right rear wheel, but instead of causing the jeep to roll, it instead ricocheted off it, causing it to briefly slide the other direction. Hardly slowed him down.

Both the car ahead of me and myself stopped for a moment watching this play out. Afterwards, we just looked at each other and shook our heads. shake_head


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Re: fool in a pontiac today [Re: SattyNoCar] #2936859
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Good stories. My youngest is still learning to drive. Last weekend we were out and I told him that 90% of the people on the road are pure idiots. I don't think he has the defensive driving mindset yet so therefore he doesn't have his license yet. Always expect stupid.


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Re: fool in a pontiac today [Re: SattyNoCar] #2936863
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Originally Posted by Satilite73


Saw a 'fool in a jeep' yesterday.

Approaching a roundabout on a secondary street, this fool blew past me and another car and entered the roundabout at 50? I was doing the posted 25 as I approached.

He tried to hug the center so he wasn't turning much, but a slightly lifted wrangler on oversize mud tires, does NOT make a G-machine! He just barely clipped the center, which caused the back end to start to slide. I thought for sure I was about to witness a hellacious rollover! Still sliding, justt at the moment the left rear tire came off the road, he smacked the opposite curb with the right rear wheel, but instead of causing the jeep to roll, it instead ricocheted off it, causing it to briefly slide the other direction. Hardly slowed him down.

Both the car ahead of me and myself stopped for a moment watching this play out. Afterwards, we just looked at each other and shook our heads. shake_head


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Re: fool in a pontiac today [Re: Sniper] #2936936
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A couple weeks ago I was on the highway and there were two people going about 25 over the limit zig zagging in and out of traffic with ATVs on a trailer behind them. Then another car going about the same speed kept getting infront of me towing a small U haul trailer. I would barely trust some of those things at normal speeds let alone at that.

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And the distracted drivers (mostly texting) are out of control. I see them from way back. Come up in their blind spot and almost every time sure enough they are texting and 30 years old or younger.


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Re: fool in a pontiac today [Re: 5thAve] #2937002
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Originally Posted by 5thAve
A couple weeks ago I was on the highway and there were two people going about 25 over the limit zig zagging in and out of traffic with ATVs on a trailer behind them. Then another car going about the same speed kept getting infront of me towing a small U haul trailer. I would barely trust some of those things at normal speeds let alone at that.

Some guy lots his U-Haul on this stretch of the I-10 right in front of my uncle. My Uncle totaled his FORD Fairlane hitting it as no place to go. It just came off and hit him. They just kept going and never stopped. Police report and drivers/ renters info from U-Haul netted him nothing. The driver's of the car and owner had expired insurance and signed a paper saying U-Haul bears no responsibility when rented.
He hit it halfway up it also bounced and hit another car or 2 after he hit it. {ie} trailer hit cars in all 3 lanes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2s5_ZoA9IUA

Years before some jackass got on eastbound as shown here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpbOxiQP4KE and hit me in the rear conner doing a perfect "Pit Maneuver" and I went right into the divider where the oncoming. traffic is. This was in my 1972 Dodge Challenger H Code. So was 340/727 B5 Ralley so was medium blue, black vinyl top, scooped hood, black interior, fender scoops with black strobe stripes down the doors dealer-installed A/C 8 3/4 rear end 323-1 gears, front and rear sway bars, disk brakes. netted me a totaled car, 2 black eyes, and a broken nose
His car had fiberglass everywhere as he had a Vette and he was badly injured. If you look at the beginning 5 seconds to the left there is a Chevy Dealer he said her left from. So idiot gets in the car gets on the entrance and wipes it out ASAP.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpbOxiQP4KE


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Re: fool in a pontiac today [Re: 340SIX] #2937008
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My shop is on a main road leading to a huge recreation lake. Friday night you see people who drove their Prius all week with a 3/4 ton diesel pickup pulling a gooseneck travel trailer with a boat trailer hooked to the rear of the travel trailer heading to the lake....on a two lane road driving faster than the 65 mph speed limit. God does watch over little children and fools.


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Re: fool in a pontiac today [Re: 340SIX] #2937137
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Originally Posted by 340SIX
Originally Posted by 5thAve
A couple weeks ago I was on the highway and there were two people going about 25 over the limit zig zagging in and out of traffic with ATVs on a trailer behind them. Then another car going about the same speed kept getting infront of me towing a small U haul trailer. I would barely trust some of those things at normal speeds let alone at that.

Some guy lots his U-Haul on this stretch of the I-10 right in front of my uncle. My Uncle totaled his FORD Fairlane hitting it as no place to go. It just came off and hit him. They just kept going and never stopped. Police report and drivers/ renters info from U-Haul netted him nothing. The driver's of the car and owner had expired insurance and signed a paper saying U-Haul bears no responsibility when rented.
He hit it halfway up it also bounced and hit another car or 2 after he hit it. {ie} trailer hit cars in all 3 lanes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2s5_ZoA9IUA

Years before some jackass got on eastbound as shown here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpbOxiQP4KE and hit me in the rear conner doing a perfect "Pit Maneuver" and I went right into the divider where the oncoming. traffic is. This was in my 1972 Dodge Challenger H Code. So was 340/727 B5 Ralley so was medium blue, black vinyl top, scooped hood, black interior, fender scoops with black strobe stripes down the doors dealer-installed A/C 8 3/4 rear end 323-1 gears, front and rear sway bars, disk brakes. netted me a totaled car, 2 black eyes, and a broken nose
His car had fiberglass everywhere as he had a Vette and he was badly injured. If you look at the beginning 5 seconds to the left there is a Chevy Dealer he said her left from. So idiot gets in the car gets on the entrance and wipes it out ASAP.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpbOxiQP4KE

I didn't see anything on those 3 vids other than crossing the same bridge both ways, what state, town and if it is over a river which river does that bridge cross?


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Re: fool in a pontiac today [Re: larrymopar360] #2937145
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Originally Posted by larrymopar360
And the distracted drivers (mostly texting) are out of control. I see them from way back. Come up in their blind spot and almost every time sure enough they are texting and 30 years old or younger.


That's why I have a loud horn. I keep hoping to see one of the startled idjits fumble their phone right out the window.

Re: fool in a pontiac today [Re: klunick] #2937169
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Originally Posted by klunick
Always expect stupid.

Even from myself. laugh2


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I see more and more idiots driving with trailers who have no concept about what they are doing. They speed, cut in and out of traffic and generally don't deserve a drivers license, let alone be towing a trailer
Some years ago a person was towing a decent sized boat had the wrong sized ball and no safety chains. Whatever happened next was the boat came off the ball, went off the road striking two young girls riding their bicycles, killing one.
After that police were pulling over anyone towing anything.....The driver of that vehicle faced criminally negligent charges.

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Just returned from town with the family. I was driving 70 on the interstate in the right lane. All of a sudden I notice an older red base model Charger coming up behind me at well over 100mph. He swerved over to the right(barely missing me) and passed me at speed on the shoulder. Once he was past me he swerved over to the left late to pass other vehicles. It was the most insane thing I've ever seen.

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Originally Posted by 340SIX
Some guy lots his U-Haul on this stretch of the I-10 right in front of my uncle. My Uncle totaled his FORD Fairlane hitting it as no place to go. It just came off and hit him. They just kept going and never stopped. Police report and drivers/ renters info from U-Haul netted him nothing. The driver's of the car and owner had expired insurance and signed a paper saying U-Haul bears no responsibility when rented.
He hit it halfway up it also bounced and hit another car or 2 after he hit it. {ie} trailer hit cars in all 3 lanes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2s5_ZoA9IUA


That's the sort of thing I'm afraid of.

And that video, Talk about some short merge lanes there, blind entering one too with the overpass line that. Once upon a time people used to change lanes or slow down when they saw someone trying to get on but around here it's everyone for themselves now and people keep on going completely ignoring the other car.
Nice rolling stop at the end there from whoever filmed that and did they go the wrong way down a one way too? work







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