As a result, I maintain a safe distance or, better yet, just get the hell away from them.
So today's question is:
What type of vehicle or driver do you tend to avoid as best you can while you're out there trying to get from Point A to Point B?
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Wednesday, April 4, 2012
SFDB Question Of The Day
As a result, I maintain a safe distance or, better yet, just get the hell away from them.
So today's question is:
What type of vehicle or driver do you tend to avoid as best you can while you're out there trying to get from Point A to Point B?
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13 comments:
haitians!
A twenty-year old Corolla with faded paint, smoke belching out of the tailpipe (assuming it's not from the engine), going 45 mph in the fast lane on I-95, the driver with a death grip on the wheel, the turn signal perpetually on, and the passenger-side seat belt hanging out the door, the buckle bouncing off the pavement and shooting off sparks.
The escalade/hummer speeding the the right/slow lane, dipping through traffic with no turn signal. Constantly avoiding the fast lane for some reason.
Taxicabs. In any city, on any street. Consistently the worst drivers, least concerned for their own or others' vehicles, and not just discourteous, but contemptful of other drivers. That's right, I wrote "contemptful."
I think it says something also that this car has registration stickers in both corners. I can't comprehend how people don't understand that you put the new one where the old one was in the upper right corner. I've seen cars with decals in all four corners.
And then one in the middle. For good luck?
Are they really that dumb that they can't figure it out, or are they just super proud that they've owned the same car for five years?
Soccer moms in minivans. Little Johnny *really* needs to get to karate and mom didn't have enough time to get ready. So she multitasks. She is putting on makeup, checking her blackberry, handing Johnny a snack, all while traveling 90mph down Broward Blvd.
Jesus drivers. Anytime I encounter a really horrible driver (you know, the lane weaving, non-signal using, brake riding, completely oblivious to anything around them kind), I always try to check out the back of their car. Inevitably there is always a Jesus fish, "Christo Vive" (Jesus Lives), or church bumper sticker on there. I guess when you drive that shitty you have to believe in a higher power to get you to your destination in one piece.
Also, taxi cabs.
SUV's. Driving a sedan, I can not see over them or around them. Also Gasoline tankers...never feel safe around them. Michelle is right -- those soccer moms are deadly and they are ALWAYS on the phone.
BMW X5 driven by women with big sunglasses and phone glued to her ear because she hasn't figured out how the Bluetooth in her overpriced behemoth works
I like to ride my bike, so really it's any driver in south florida. Though the worst are taxis, jitneys, and anyone behind the wheel in Wynwood or Little Haiti.
A lot of drivers haven't figured out how to negotiate a traffic circle or roundabout. The rule -- at least in countries where they are common -- is that cars in the circle have the right of way, and entering cars wait their turn. However, I've seen drivers come to a stop to let someone in, which leads to honking and close calls. I try to avoid them if I can.
I notice that drivers of expensive cars never yield the right of way no matter whether they have it or not: "I'm rich and have lots of insurance."
Anyone on a cellphone.
The 1925 woman in the 1975 Lincoln.
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