In that case would just be wiser to suspend 80% of everyones driver licenses, because on average people drive that bad sober.
Yesterday I almost got hit by a stupid driver while walking my dog. She didn't stop where she was supposed to, in an attempt not to hit a bus she ran over the sidewalk.
The scary thing, the moment she saw me was after this episode when I politely said you almost killed me.
Completely agree. I drive for a living, and while I'm not the best I'm well above average in my driving competency.
What I see on a near daily basis is terrifying. I almost t-boned someone because they decided to pull across oncoming traffic to get into a parking lot of a hotel, whilst towing a 30ft boat trailer, on one of the rainiest days of the year, with oncoming traffic coming down a very steep highway overpass. I slammed on my breaks as soon as I saw the idiot start turning. I laid on my horn and basically had to sit there as my ABS chugged away hoping I don't hit him, and hoping my work trailer's brakes don't lock the wheels, lose traction and jackknife into an adjacent lane. I missed the guy by literally less than a foot.
What trumped it, the guy had no license plate on his trailer! I couldn't report the moron even though I wanted to.
This time of year is seriously the worst, when all the cyclists stop biking to work and get back in the car. You get people running red lights and stops, no clue how a 4-way stop works, etc. etc. Speaking from experience once those bikes disappear crazyness on the road increases 10-fold. I know correlation /= causation, but it sure as hell is the biggest coincidence I've ever seen.
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In that case would just be wiser to suspend 80% of everyones driver licenses, because on average people drive that bad sober.
Yesterday I almost got hit by a stupid driver while walking my dog. She didn't stop where she was supposed to, in an attempt not to hit a bus she ran over the sidewalk.
The scary thing, the moment she saw me was after this episode when I politely said you almost killed me.
Completely agree. I drive for a living, and while I'm not the best I'm well above average in my driving competency.
What I see on a near daily basis is terrifying. I almost t-boned someone because they decided to pull across oncoming traffic to get into a parking lot of a hotel, whilst towing a 30ft boat trailer, on one of the rainiest days of the year, with oncoming traffic coming down a very steep highway overpass. I slammed on my breaks as soon as I saw the idiot start turning. I laid on my horn and basically had to sit there as my ABS chugged away hoping I don't hit him, and hoping my work trailer's brakes don't lock the wheels, lose traction and jackknife into an adjacent lane. I missed the guy by literally less than a foot.
What trumped it, the guy had no license plate on his trailer! I couldn't report the moron even though I wanted to.
This time of year is seriously the worst, when all the cyclists stop biking to work and get back in the car. You get people running red lights and stops, no clue how a 4-way stop works, etc. etc. Speaking from experience once those bikes disappear crazyness on the road increases 10-fold. I know correlation /= causation, but it sure as hell is the biggest coincidence I've ever seen.