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8/20/2013 8:30:57 PM

8/20/2013 8:40:11 PM

8/20/2013 8:42:18 PM

One of my neighbors (not sure which one, haven't seen them pull in yet) always either double parks, or just parks like a foot over the parking space line, usually at some terrible diagonal angle. They've also got some massive rusty dent right near their wheel well. And I know its not my 82 year old neighbor. She actually parks in the lines.

/coolstorybro

8/20/2013 8:46:21 PM

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I feel bad for chuckling, but that driver deserves it. Going to fast - in a parking lot - without a seat belt. I always imagine Darwin and Jesus high-fiving each other when assholes cause themselves harm.

8/20/2013 8:54:09 PM

^ She was very drunk according to the guy who filmed it.

8/20/2013 9:17:50 PM

^^ I love parking next to people like that. I take a picture of the tag and get as close to them as I can. It's resulted in $675 cash in my favor before.

^ I don't feel bad for that bitch she was on the wrong side or the lot anyway.

8/20/2013 9:39:47 PM

riding my motorcycle today. in a double left turn lane the woman goes into the wrong lane and immediately (after turning) tries to get back in front of me. almost lane changed right over top of me.

at the next light i see her yapping it up with her firend and she puts on her blinker yet again. except this time instead of nearly hitting me she just ignores the fact that the car in front of her had to stop and barrels right into him.

hard to describe, but basically she was being an idiot and focusing more on swapping lanes than driving and got a nice accident out of it.

8/20/2013 10:20:50 PM

Driving north on I-85 yesterday, on the 70 mph speed limit (3 lane) stretch. Chrysler minivan in the left lane is going around 75/76 mph. I approach from behind with my cruise set at 81. Minivan doesn't move over to (open) center lane so I do. There's another car in the center lane, a 4-5 car lengths ahead of the minivan (adjacent of course), going about the same speed.

As I pull up next to the minivan this motherfucker accelerates up to 85 or so to try and prevent me from finishing the pass before I get held up by the car in the middle lane ahead of me. Anyway, lolz minivan driver nice attempt but I didn't even have to downshift to stay ahead of your ass.

And then that asshat had the nerve to flash his high beams at me about 10 times (this was during the day).

4/21/2014 2:29:35 PM

You must not have extended a flagrant and rueful middle finger after the first flash of the lights.

[Edited on April 21, 2014 at 5:38 PM. Reason : I would have held that shit out the window for a solid 5 seconds or so .]

4/21/2014 5:37:23 PM

Just don't do like this guy.

4/21/2014 6:04:58 PM

^lol, yeah i saw that

^^I did not. However I did do that recently in downtown Raleigh, about 2-3 weeks ago. I was driving north on McDowell around 630pm. Traffic wasn't heavy, however you couldn't move around much. I was traveling around 35 mph and had a red VW Golf ON MY ASS. As in, I couldn't see the headlights or grill of this car (and my car is pretty low to the ground). After a few seconds of that I gave this guy the middle finger salute for a solid 15-20 seconds. Then I changed over to the right lane, as I was exiting at Peace Street. As the VW driver went by I gave him a hard, evil eye stare. He looked back at me with a very apologetic expression...and then proceeded to tailgate the fuck out of the next car in front of him.

W.T.F. ????

4/22/2014 10:39:32 AM

Some blonde chick in my old apartment complex would consistently park in the apex of a small hard 90 degree turn rendering it useless, instead of the parallel parking spaces directly outside her apt. The turn was marked no parking with signs and yellow marks and cars always had to back out 75ft to the last intersection to go around. I know several neighbors and myself told mgmt several times and they always said they never saw her do it. She finally quit parking there after (presumably from the paint color marks) a UPS delivery service clipped her entire bumper off, lights and all. The best part was because it was probably the metal-grated footpad on the back of the truck the driver had no damage (or idea) and sped off leaving the bumper directly in the middle of the street 20ft away.

Someone else who did that later on apparently experienced red moly chassis lube all up and under their door handles. They didnt park there anymore.

4/22/2014 12:48:22 PM

^^^^^that's when you have slam on brakes because of the "dog" that ran out, didn't you see it? must have run off

^^^ sad that the lady had to disable comments on the video cause of all idiots

4/22/2014 4:28:54 PM

brake checking makes you a bad driver, its very unsafe

4/22/2014 4:40:31 PM

^^"idiots" because they called her out for cruising in the left lane? or "idiots" because of the overwhelming joy she seemed to have gotten from seeing him wreck?

4/22/2014 4:44:56 PM

Bttt

6/2/2014 10:09:37 AM

^^^ never mind that most of the time, you don't get tailgated to begin with unless you fuck up.

Not pulling out in front of people and staying out of the left lane when you aren't actively passing someone will take care of about 95% of the problem.

6/2/2014 4:16:05 PM

dude hit my car in the parking lot a few weeks ago, saw me get out of the car, and stare at his, then he sped off

called the cops, gave them his license plate and they found the damaged car in his driveway lol

while he was sitting there, I was thinking I would be nice and let him fix my car and that's it, but as soon as he drove off my back and neck started hurting

6/2/2014 4:33:47 PM

Yeah, accidents happen. Make it right, and it's a non-issue.

Hit & run is willful and malicious, and that means I am going to buttfuck your soul.

6/2/2014 4:44:09 PM

all of Chocowinity falls in to the bad driver category. everyone here constantly drives 5 or 10 under the limit, and they won't hesitate to pull out in front of you. One of the many reasons I hate coming home.

6/2/2014 5:08:17 PM

Congrats you just screwed no one, and got the doctor paid. You may net 1k more in settlement if that, but the doctor will get $exas.

6/2/2014 5:13:12 PM

The insurance company's settlement offer will be largely dependent on the medical bills. More bills = higher settlement to prevent it from going to court. Take care of your body after an accident and don't worry about the medical costs. If your doctor isn't giving you the treatment you deserve find one who will. It's also a good time to try out alternative treatments such as massage therapy and chiropractic treatment. You didn't put yourself in this situation and you shouldn't be concerned with what it costs the other guy's insurance company to help you heal. You're not going to get anything out of them that you don't deserve without hiring a real blood sucker of a lawyer anyway.

[Edited on June 2, 2014 at 8:04 PM. Reason : l]

6/2/2014 8:03:36 PM

I had gotten into my car to leave the parking lot, but I was trying to finish up an email before I actually started driving. So Im typing and then BAM! he backed into me.

I have already been to chiropractor once, been needing to go for months now.

6/3/2014 8:47:22 AM

If someone is tailgating you the best thing you can do is lock the brakes .

[Edited on June 3, 2014 at 12:18 PM. Reason : .]

6/3/2014 12:17:57 PM

This morning on a 4 lane road with a center turn lane, drivers in both lanes stopped because of a school bus on the other side of the road. It was on the backside of a blind hill so I honked to make them move so I didn't get rear-ended and one of them flipped me off.

Learn how to drive morans, you aren't supposed to stop for a school bus on a 4 lane road with a median or center turn lane.

8/26/2014 11:32:06 AM

^I hate that shit.

The other day, while making my afternoon rush hour commute home on (congested) I-40, a silver Honda Fit came flying up one of the lanes to my right. Just sailed on past, but then shortly thereafter got stuck behind some slower cars and was behind me (not directly). Meanwhile I'm less than 2 car lengths behind the car in front of me (closer than I want to be, but I don't want some asshole cutting me off). You can see where this is going...Fit comes up and without even signalling swoops into the lane ahead of me. I hit brakes & horn. Then a minute or two later they swerve outta that lane, pass a few more cars and then go back into the left lane, again cutting someone off.

Caught up to this asshole a mile or two later and was next to them. Some huge fat chick in the front seat, and 2 kids in the car with her. And a nice big "baby on board" decal on the rear window. Gotta be fucking kidding me. Only person that didn't give a shit about her offspring's safetey was apparently her

8/26/2014 12:23:57 PM

fat chicks are terrible drivers...or maybe it's just that most people around here are terrible drivers, and most people around here are fat as shit, so it's just correlation.

Sunday, I saw this old man in a Town Car, driving in the left lane like he shouldn't be, below the speed limit, let alone the speed of other traffic, and this dumb motherfucker just drives straight through a red light, somehow without hitting anyone.

That part doesn't even remotely surprise me.

What's bad is that the FIRST TWO cars in the turning lane from the other direction were cops, and they didn't react in any way.

[Edited on August 26, 2014 at 12:29 PM. Reason : i use my horn about as much as I use my signal. all. the. time.]

[Edited on August 26, 2014 at 12:38 PM. Reason : another dumb fucker pulled out across a 4-lane in front of traffic and got t-boned in front of me]

8/26/2014 12:29:21 PM

you can certainly tell school is back in session

I have been in close proximity to several accidents in the past couple of days.. one today on western and jones franklin, the impact was so loud, I could have sworn that I felt the percussion, and never heard anyone apply brakes

Just now, coming home... I've just stopped blowing my horn and just had to stop in the middle of the road when I clearly had the right of way. Some idiot turns in front of me and just stops in the middle of my lane, waiting to get hit.. I don't get it.

Pay attention, folks

8/27/2014 11:11:58 PM

Almost t-boned someone going into my friends apartment complex. I had right of way, they should have stopped at the intersection but didn't. They were also on the wrong side of the road and probably going 10-15 over the posted speed limit.

I was inches away from hitting him and had to stand on the damn brakes. What is wrong with people?

8/28/2014 2:38:38 PM

i commute home from RTP, so I have to take 147 to 40 (although sometimes going to 540 is quicker). I think I've made my position on zipper merging clear, but what is really stupid and potentially dangerous is when someone who is already in line in the lane that continues changes to the lane that is ending and then speeds up just to get a few cars ahead before merging back into the lane that continues. what does anyone think that is accomplishing?

[Edited on August 28, 2014 at 2:42 PM. Reason : .]

8/28/2014 2:42:08 PM

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"Sunday, I saw this old man in a Town Car, driving in the left lane like he shouldn't be, below the speed limit, let alone the speed of other traffic, and this dumb motherfucker just drives straight through a red light, somehow without hitting anyone."

Wait, you want to enforce the left lane rules outside of highways?? I'm a huge proponentof left lane rule but that iI crazy.

8/28/2014 11:05:59 PM

there are stop lights on highways, too, right?

8/29/2014 12:20:17 AM

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"Almost t-boned someone going into my friends apartment complex. I had right of way, they should have stopped at the intersection but didn't. They were also on the wrong side of the road and probably going 10-15 over the posted speed limit. I was inches away from hitting him and had to stand on the damn brakes. What is wrong with people?"

THIS. Always happens to me in my complex. NOBODY ever stops at the end of the street before they bust a left turn to go out....EVER. I've come soooo close to hitting people MANY MANY times. DRIVES ME CRAZY!!!!

9/2/2014 12:38:57 AM

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"Wait, you want to enforce the left lane rules outside of highways?? I'm a huge proponent of left lane rule but that iI crazy. "

i dont. when i drive on a 4 lane road i practice this rule. I look at it like this - there is an extra lane for a reason. Left lane to go faster than the right to ease congestion. Not so some old fuck can lollygag in which ever lane they choose.

9/2/2014 11:19:01 AM

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"Wait, you want to enforce the left lane rules outside of highways?? I'm a huge proponentof left lane rule but that iI crazy."

Left lane rule applies to any multi-lane roadway.

9/2/2014 11:30:03 AM

^yeah, it's not just highway

9/2/2014 12:03:20 PM

^^ Can you please tell that to EVERYONE who drives on Davis? Seriously the right lane is faster 90% of the time.

9/2/2014 1:08:43 PM

Sure, send me their email addresses.

440W is stupid in the mornings too. For some reason on most mornings, the second from left lane is the fastest. You'll see me zoom by with a middle finger in the window.

[Edited on September 2, 2014 at 1:18 PM. Reason : .]

9/2/2014 1:18:12 PM

Second from left is the fastest lane on 40E every afternoon, until you hit Harrison and then it depends on if SAS is letting out and sometimes the far right lane is the fastest

9/2/2014 1:21:55 PM

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"Left lane rule applies to any multi-lane roadway."

I am all about this rule but come on even I can admit when someone is driving down the left lane of a congested street with tons of stoplights, say Capital for instance, you have no reason to be upset. For all you know they plan to turn left at the next light.

Now if we are talking about Hwy 70, which has the occasional light, but is mostly highway then unless you do in fact turn left at the next light you are a douche.

9/2/2014 1:40:54 PM

question:

how fast should be "fast enough" for the left lane? for example...if I'm going 15-20 over in the left lane and somebody is riding my ass, should I be required to get over even if the right lane is going much slower?

9/2/2014 1:42:04 PM

[yes]

9/2/2014 1:43:49 PM

no. not if you are passing someone.

9/2/2014 1:58:35 PM

and as soon as you can change lanes you should.

9/2/2014 2:08:53 PM

last night in front of FL in KDH.

9/2/2014 2:10:31 PM

^^^^^

left lane is a function of any absolute speed or amount over the speed limit.

You can be going below the speed limit in the left lane, and if you are actively passing people, that's fine. Overtake the other traffic (try not to take a ridiculously long amount of time doing it), and then move back over.

Conversely, it doesn't matter how much above the posted limit you're going-if you aren't passing someone, you're fucked up.

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I'm pretty much of the mindset that if there is more than one lane, multi-lane road rules apply. I will say that in tight, downtown-type areas, I get a little more understanding, since you might be about to turn left...and when it's constant stoplight-to-stoplight driving, it doesn't make sense to pile up a long line of cars in one lane that won't even make it through the light cycle, only to have the other one empty.

...but 95 or maybe 99% of the time, you should get your ass out of the left lane right now, and in fact, should generally stay as far to the right as practical.

9/3/2014 1:35:10 AM

1. The Brits and most other countries are about 10,000x better than us at this.
2. Reverse the lanes for America, though, since we drive on the right.
3. Another problem not mentioned is that not keeping right forces people to weave unnecessarily between lanes and pass on the right, which is the worst blind spot for a left-hand-drive car. Driving in the passing lane(s) is a safety problem, not just an enraging nuisance.
4. The Germans are positively OCD about lane discipline, which is one big reason they can drive fast as hell and not all die.


If traffic enforcement was about safety, they'd enforce the bejeezus out of this...but it's largely more about revenue, and speed is easy to quantify and issue a very black & white citation for.

9/3/2014 1:43:07 AM

The other night at my part-time job:




Sorry it's so blurry...I was trying not to be obvious. The blue car owner wouldn't have been able to back out or even get in the car until the white car left.

[Edited on September 3, 2014 at 1:50 AM. Reason : I was just waiting for the owner of the blue vehicle to come out first......]

9/3/2014 1:47:55 AM

Fuck not being obvious. I take pictures of people doing dumb shit all the time. If anyone ever asks why, I'll answer honestly: that nobody would ever believe me when I tell about what a fucking dumbass you are unless I have the picture to prove it.

9/3/2014 2:10:44 AM