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11-17-2014, 06:28 PM | #1302 |
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In Boca the other day on Military Trail I saw a dude in the left-turn lane at an intersection. But whoops! He actually wanted to go right so he just pulled out past the crosswalk and cut across the front of like three lanes of traffic.
As you know, traffic laws are just suggestions around here. |
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11-17-2014, 07:45 PM | #1303 |
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Old people around here love to do this. They also like to drive on 2 lanes at the same time, stop at green lights and go on red lights. But they do pretty good for someone drifting in and out of consciousness.
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11-17-2014, 08:03 PM | #1304 |
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Not to mention the clicking noise. Always wondered why auto manufacturers don't automatically cancel signals after about two minutes if the car is in motion, or make it louder inside the car after one minute, and allow the driver to either cancel it or not, optionally.
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11-17-2014, 10:11 PM | #1306 |
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In defense of some of those drivers, my Z4 signals barely made noise and you couldn't hear them at all with the top down at highway speeds, with or without music. And the steering wheel effectively blocked my view of them. Plus in sunlight they weren't terribly visible anyway. I had a similar problem with my X5 and the highbeam light. It was right behind the top of my steering wheel.
I often wished for self-cancelling signals, though. Some bikes have them. I'd also like to see automatic headlights become standard, as well as lights that turn on when you use the wipers for any length of time. Too many dopes driving in the dark and/or rainy conditions with no lights on.
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Speaking of safety, what about the idiots that, as soon as a raindrop hits the windshield, slow down to like 10/20 UNDER the speed limit and put on their hazard lights? We see you, you're not the only one driving in conditions and it's more dangerous to slow down like that when people aren't expecting it.
But if you must...DO IT IN THE FAR RIGHT LANE NOT THE PASSING LANES (yes I'm shouting) |
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11-17-2014, 11:57 PM | #1310 |
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I actually remember one time on 95 this dude in some old camry or corolla was driving next to me on my way to work in the rain. I was on the left lane and he was next to me. All of the sudden I look and the sob is facing my passenger door head on! The dude went into a spin and spun all the way across 95 without hitting a single car (although he came inches from one).
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It's not that some people forget how to drive in wet or bad conditions, it's that they never learned in the first place! A friend of mine who grew up here in south Florida, a lady from Macau, a lady from Sweden and myself (from New England) were talking about driving and the tests. The guy from Florida said "all he had to do was get in the car drive through the parking lot, swing around and that was it." ... explains a lot. |
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When a Starbucks worker goes into the bathroom with her boyfriend for a quickie. And comes out of the bathroom to make my drink.
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Restaurant greeters/seaters who insist on sitting us right next to a table of whiny little kids. Tonight we went Mexican. The place was 90% empty. Tables everywhere and the guy seating us brings us to a booth right between a couple and a family with 4 kids, one of whom is in a high chair and crying. I told the waiter we'd take one of the 6 empty booths we passed on the way to this one.
Then in walks another couple with two little kids and sure enough, Senor Maitre d' sits them right next to us. The little girl starts kicking the back of my wife's booth seat as soon as she sits down. We couldn't get out of there fast enough.
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They put up a sign at the gate to get in the parking lot at the plant. It states;
Speed limit 12 mph I can't handle anything other than 5 mph intervals. I'm going crazy every morning. |
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