Dumb things seen on the road. (Page 2 of 3)
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I keep seeing chairs on the side of the road. Not like fallen out of trucks and smashed. No, typically simple wooden 4 leg chairs set up in the median or on the side of the highway, like sometimes going to sit there and watch traffic. One was weird. I think I've seen 5 between my town and the town where I work, and that's disconcerting. |
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Originally Posted By bigfignewton: I was headed to my doctor this morning for some cognitive tests since there is a history of Alzheimers in my family. There were literally hundreds of wrong way drivers on the roads. Sadly, I had to read this twice.... 
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Been called many things: Asshole, hey you, Boats and a few others. The one I cherish is when a Marine called me "Doc"
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Originally Posted By ceetee: I was driving into work a couple of days ago. I caught up to a car doing the speed limit. That's fine. His choice. I usually have my cruise control set to 9 mph over, so when I approached him, I just moved over, passed him, and kept going. I guess he figured this was an insult or something, because he floored it, passed me at about 20 over, and then matched my speed all the way to my exit. He must have been one of those drivers that just can't handle having anyone pass them. It’s a control thing. Some people feel they have zero control over anything else in their life. Show up at this time, do as your told, go home the empty place you call home because fir some reason they have been unable to find a mate like most other people seem to do with ease. People that do as you described, that’s their one moment to show the world they are in charge. Now they don’t do it in any checkout lines where they have to be face to face with society, but out there where no one knows who they are, they get to feel like they call the shots. King of their own world, if just for a brief moment. |
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I get sent collision videos for about 120 signalize intersections. At first I thought it would be a bunch of people trying to beat the yellow light, nope almost none of those. Most are, WTF, where was your mind at. Most claim the other guy ran the red light or was at fault, minor or totaled vehicles. Some are, “hope whatever you were doing other than driving was worth it, you just died” There’s a big push nationally for “vision zero”., mostly pushed by planner types. Kinda pisses me off. I’m an engineer, not a magician or God, I can’t take the wheel or pull people’s heads out of their own asses. Planners, this is how I would like the world to be. Engineers, this is the reality of the world you live in. Attached File |
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Originally Posted By glock27bill: I hate the idiots that treat 2 way stops like 4 way stops. But no one knows those rules anymore. Originally Posted By glock27bill: Originally Posted By southeast_scrounger: The sheer number of people that can't comprehend a 3 or 4 way stop. I hate the idiots that treat 2 way stops like 4 way stops. But no one knows those rules anymore. Where I grew up there seemingly weren't many 4 way stops. Where I live now, 2 way stops are pretty rare and know one knows what to do at them. Almost every time I'm turning left and there is someone across from me turning right, they try to wait or motion me to go because I was there first. I just sit there, and sometimes they get extremely mad about it but refuse to take their right of way. Or I'm turning right and the person across thinks they have the right away to turn left because they were there first. If I'm in my shitbox I just make my turn and cut in front of them. |
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Originally Posted By vet14tango10: I watch peoples eyes on 2 lane roads. Most dont have their eyes on the road. Eyes down. One guy driving slow for miles got in the turn lane. When I pulled beside him and looked over he was reading a newspaper. Shits wild. Saw that pretty frequently before cell phones became a think. Books and newspapers. Pretty minor, but on my way home from work on the bike today I was stuck behind a dump truck on a 2 lane road Light rain and some fog, so I kept a bit of a cushion to the truck. Car approaches behind me and starts riding my ass, so I back off the dump truck even more. Then I see someone a few cars back pull out to pass and just sit in the left lane with oncoming traffic getting close. Eventually the car behind me passes me, just to get stuck behind the dump truck, then the car turns off a short distance down the road. Then the impatient dipshit that about got in a head on passed me, tailgated the dump truck for a mile, then turned off. |
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Originally Posted By ar154all: I have over a million miles in Florida. I seen some shit. I have a fraction of that in Florida, but I have seen some things. I assume his battery is in there, those are jumper cables. Attached File |
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Car turning off a side street made what should have been an easy right turn. Except he made such a wide turn he ended up in the opposing lane making another driver almost run off the road to avoid a head on collision. I was far 3nough away I wouldn't have been affected by the crash. |
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Originally Posted By FrostBack: I saw a dead deer on the side of a road with a “get well soon” balloon tied to its leg.  LOL. Hmm, I'm going to have to copy that.  Deer on the side of the road here is common place unfortunately.
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Originally Posted By NCUrk: Sadly, I had to read this twice.... Originally Posted By NCUrk: Originally Posted By bigfignewton: I was headed to my doctor this morning for some cognitive tests since there is a history of Alzheimers in my family. There were literally hundreds of wrong way drivers on the roads. Sadly, I had to read this twice.... More sadly, I had to have you make that comment before it clicked for me
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Originally Posted By dangerranger61007: Saw that pretty frequently before cell phones became a think. Books and newspapers. Pretty minor, but on my way home from work on the bike today I was stuck behind a dump truck on a 2 lane road Light rain and some fog, so I kept a bit of a cushion to the truck. Car approaches behind me and starts riding my ass, so I back off the dump truck even more. Then I see someone a few cars back pull out to pass and just sit in the left lane with oncoming traffic getting close. Eventually the car behind me passes me, just to get stuck behind the dump truck, then the car turns off a short distance down the road. Then the impatient dipshit that about got in a head on passed me, tailgated the dump truck for a mile, then turned off. Originally Posted By dangerranger61007: Originally Posted By vet14tango10: I watch peoples eyes on 2 lane roads. Most dont have their eyes on the road. Eyes down. One guy driving slow for miles got in the turn lane. When I pulled beside him and looked over he was reading a newspaper. Shits wild. Saw that pretty frequently before cell phones became a think. Books and newspapers. Pretty minor, but on my way home from work on the bike today I was stuck behind a dump truck on a 2 lane road Light rain and some fog, so I kept a bit of a cushion to the truck. Car approaches behind me and starts riding my ass, so I back off the dump truck even more. Then I see someone a few cars back pull out to pass and just sit in the left lane with oncoming traffic getting close. Eventually the car behind me passes me, just to get stuck behind the dump truck, then the car turns off a short distance down the road. Then the impatient dipshit that about got in a head on passed me, tailgated the dump truck for a mile, then turned off. This behavior is baffling to me, all risk no reward |
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Originally Posted By ISED8U: I recently read a statistic that approximately 15% of Americans are estimated to have an IQ of 85 or less. So when you see people on the road driving like that and you rhetorically ask yourself, "are they fucking retarded," chances are they are on of the 51 million Americans that fall into this low IQ category. I would suggest that the source of that statistic is being very generous. I'd put 15% of the population at an IQ of 65 or less. Certain groups drive those low IQ numbers, and they have grown over the last decade or so. |
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In my AO, bicyclists who ride on a road with lots of limited-sight curves and hills. This same road also has a concrete plant and other industrial facilities, with the resulting heavy truck traffic. I have run off the road twice to avoid being hit by another vehicle or to avoid hitting a bicyclist.  Also in my AO, a majority of drivers treat flashing light intersections (malfunctioning normal lights controls) as a 4-way stop. Intersections with flashing yellow for 2 directions and flashing red for the other 2 directions. According to our state Driver's Manual, flashing yellow at an intersection means "proceed with caution", not stop. I have seen many near misses on the flashing yellow lanes, where someone stops in one lane, and someone else goes through in the other, while the perpendicular lane (red flashing lane) thinks everyone will stop and take turns. 
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Originally Posted By Grumple: Just about every other motorist I encounter is dumb. That's all I got Is seeing stupid people on the road all day anything like seeing assholes all day? Because if you meet an asshole in the morning you met an asshole. If you meet assholes all day, you're the asshole. |
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Originally Posted By FrostBack: I saw a dead deer on the side of a road with a “get well soon” balloon tied to its leg. I do that all the time. |
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People driving in low light that don't know to put their lights on 'Auto'. and Asian women, and black women wearing a shower cap, no seatbelt with a phone glued to their head who do not give one single shit about situational awareness. |
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Originally Posted By JaredGrey: I keep seeing chairs on the side of the road. Not like fallen out of trucks and smashed. No, typically simple wooden 4 leg chairs set up in the median or on the side of the highway, like sometimes going to sit there and watch traffic. One was weird. I think I've seen 5 between my town and the town where I work, and that's disconcerting. When we drove to Florida, the interstate in rural areas of Georgia had people pulled over on almost every bridge, sitting on the rail and having a picnic. And what's the deal in Georgia and Tennessee with flat tires? I was shocked at the amount of mounted tires just left behind on the highway. Do that many people think a new tire comes mounted on a matching wheel? |
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Originally Posted By bigfignewton: I was headed to my doctor this morning for some cognitive tests since there is a history of Alzheimers in my family. There were literally hundreds of wrong way drivers on the roads. 
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I saw a lady on the highway once that was parked in middle of one of the lanes, trying to catch her dog that somehow got out and had ran under her car.....while traffic was wizzing by at 70+ mph. I was in the mountains of Arkansas driving through some twisty roads when I came around the corner and some old guy was parked right in the middle of the road, with is door wipe open, out in the opposite lane picking up a turtle that was crossing the road.......about couldn't stop in time, luckily I didn't hit him. Seen plenty of these "meth" cars in Missouri that just drive around and pick up/steal anything they can find and stack it on their car/trailer. This one isn't even the worst I've seen. ....that's it  |
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Originally Posted By DVCER: I have a fraction of that in Florida, but I have seen some things. I assume his battery is in there, those are jumper cables. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/857/IMG_0716_jpeg-3831630.JPG That’s normal in farm country. He’s running a fuel pump or some equipment electric motor (or jumping off a piece of machinery) |
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Originally Posted By 50-140: I almost murdered a deer today. On the road at 60mph clip, a buck comes into the road. I've got a log truck behind me and in the oncoming lane is a pickup truck. I only had one option which was to swerve right, I'm not quite sure how the deer didn't get tagged but when I looked at my drivers side mirror I saw him bound back into the woods from whence he came. @50-140 this advice comes from years of working at car dealerships that had body shops, and several insurance agents I worked with. Hit the deer. That buck was just as likely to jump in front of you as away. If you hit the deer, you have body damage and an insurance claim. Swerving to miss the deer will put you on your side in the timber at 60mph, into the rocks at 60mph, upside down at 60mph, or hauling ass through an orchard at 60mph in the dark. All of these have happened to my clients. If you hit the deer you are still right side up, on the pavement, and most often still in control of your vehicle. |
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Yesterday I got stuck behind 2 folks barely going 50 in a 55, running neck and neck, for a distance of over 2 miles. I also see on a daily occurrence irrational drivers who constantly weave between lanes, violating and following space they can fit into, trying to get ahead of a long line of traffic they're NEVER going to get around. I find it hilarious when they hop in the right lane because it moved faster for a split second, then get stuck behind a big rig. I never give them enough space to get over when I see them, knowing in drives them crazy. I had some guy in a big truck behind me keep backing off, then aggressively speed up to right on my bumper, trying to get me to go faster despite being able to see the huge line of cars in front of me I can't do anything about. And we were already doing 10 over. Route 59 is full of retarded, impatient fuckwads. I can always count on encountering at least 3 of them on the way to work daily. Then some guy in an SUV behind me, I'm doing almost 65 in a 55, and he's ass raping me despite have a perfectly clear lane to go around. Eventually he does, probably doing 70+, gets up about a half mile, then slows down to just under 60. The moment I catch up and start passing him doing 63, he stomps on the gas and hauls ass. I guess he just NEEDS to be in front. |
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Originally Posted By YourAlterEgo: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/334456/IMG_0061_jpeg-3831621.JPG Great. More control-freak assholes with bad ideas. Somedays, the purge can't start soon enough. |
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Originally Posted By ceetee: I was driving into work a couple of days ago. I caught up to a car doing the speed limit. That's fine. His choice. I usually have my cruise control set to 9 mph over, so when I approached him, I just moved over, passed him, and kept going. I guess he figured this was an insult or something, because he floored it, passed me at about 20 over, and then matched my speed all the way to my exit. He must have been one of those drivers that just can't handle having anyone pass them. I got stuck behind a guy doing 45 in a 55 for 2 miles. Finally get to a passing zone, NOW he wants do 60 as I'm trying to pass. Then he tailgates me as I'm doing almost 65 for a bit before backing off. |
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I saw this driving home from work one day. Attached File |
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Originally Posted By Glynn863: In my AO, bicyclists who ride on a road with lots of limited-sight curves and hills. This same road also has a concrete plant and other industrial facilities, with the resulting heavy truck traffic. I have run off the road twice to avoid being hit by another vehicle or to avoid hitting a bicyclist. Also in my AO, a majority of drivers treat flashing light intersections (malfunctioning normal lights controls) as a 4-way stop. Intersections with flashing yellow for 2 directions and flashing red for the other 2 directions. According to our state Driver's Manual, flashing yellow at an intersection means "proceed with caution", not stop. I have seen many near misses on the flashing yellow lanes, where someone stops in one lane, and someone else goes through in the other, while the perpendicular lane (red flashing lane) thinks everyone will stop and take turns. |
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Originally Posted By rbb2: https://i.imgur.com/7mKygnD.jpeg This I totally understand, I'm tempted to get a roof AC for my Suburban because the AC is pathetic. |
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My favorite thing is driving on I-15 in the Salt Lake City metro area. Much of the road has 5 lanes + a dedicated HOV / tolled express lane. The main takeaways are: - Big rigs drive in every lane, with a bias toward the left lane, even with minimal traffic - Every work truck / contractor truck will make every effort possible to get to and stay in the left lane, and usually go slower than the speed limit. - People will pay extra money to use the express lane, in order to go slower than the unpaid left lane. It boggles the mind. |
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Originally Posted By KokopelliGolfer: I don't think I've ever seen an intersection where one direction has flashing yellow and the other has flashing red. I would be one of those idiots who pulls out after I'm stopped at the red assuming the other direction had red as well. Originally Posted By KokopelliGolfer: Originally Posted By Glynn863: In my AO, bicyclists who ride on a road with lots of limited-sight curves and hills. This same road also has a concrete plant and other industrial facilities, with the resulting heavy truck traffic. I have run off the road twice to avoid being hit by another vehicle or to avoid hitting a bicyclist. Also in my AO, a majority of drivers treat flashing light intersections (malfunctioning normal lights controls) as a 4-way stop. Intersections with flashing yellow for 2 directions and flashing red for the other 2 directions. According to our state Driver's Manual, flashing yellow at an intersection means "proceed with caution", not stop. I have seen many near misses on the flashing yellow lanes, where someone stops in one lane, and someone else goes through in the other, while the perpendicular lane (red flashing lane) thinks everyone will stop and take turns. I would think it would have a sign saying "cross traffic doesn't stop". Be pretty dumb if it doesn't. Anyway, off to work! Bet I'll have some stories for this thread once I get there.
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Originally Posted By 1911fan: @50-140 this advice comes from years of working at car dealerships that had body shops, and several insurance agents I worked with. Hit the deer. That buck was just as likely to jump in front of you as away. If you hit the deer, you have body damage and an insurance claim. Swerving to miss the deer will put you on your side in the timber at 60mph, into the rocks at 60mph, upside down at 60mph, or hauling ass through an orchard at 60mph in the dark. All of these have happened to my clients. If you hit the deer you are still right side up, on the pavement, and most often still in control of your vehicle. Originally Posted By 1911fan: Originally Posted By 50-140: I almost murdered a deer today. On the road at 60mph clip, a buck comes into the road. I've got a log truck behind me and in the oncoming lane is a pickup truck. I only had one option which was to swerve right, I'm not quite sure how the deer didn't get tagged but when I looked at my drivers side mirror I saw him bound back into the woods from whence he came. @50-140 this advice comes from years of working at car dealerships that had body shops, and several insurance agents I worked with. Hit the deer. That buck was just as likely to jump in front of you as away. If you hit the deer, you have body damage and an insurance claim. Swerving to miss the deer will put you on your side in the timber at 60mph, into the rocks at 60mph, upside down at 60mph, or hauling ass through an orchard at 60mph in the dark. All of these have happened to my clients. If you hit the deer you are still right side up, on the pavement, and most often still in control of your vehicle. This has always been my mentality. If there is an animal in front of me, I'll slow the best I can but not swerve. I'd rather deal with a dead animal than being rolled over in a ditch. Fortunately I've been very lucky to date. |
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Originally Posted By dangerranger61007: Where I grew up there seemingly weren't many 4 way stops. Where I live now, 2 way stops are pretty rare and know one knows what to do at them. Almost every time I'm turning left and there is someone across from me turning right, they try to wait or motion me to go because I was there first. I just sit there, and sometimes they get extremely mad about it but refuse to take their right of way. Or I'm turning right and the person across thinks they have the right away to turn left because they were there first. If I'm in my shitbox I just make my turn and cut in front of them. In Kentucky, and I believe some other states, right of way at a 2-way stop is handled like a 4-way stop. First at the intersection is first to go regardless of which way you are going. |
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All of these stories and having personally experienced most of them, are why I stopped riding a motorcycle on the road about 14 years ago. It's just not worth it anymore. "Donor Cycles" are named that for a reason. I will stick with my dirt bikes and ATV, for off-road Trail action. - People are Idiot's - |
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Originally Posted By NobodyHere: All of these stories and having personally experienced most of them, are why I stopped riding a motorcycle on the road about 14 years ago. It's just not worth it anymore. "Donor Cycles" are named that for a reason. I will stick with my dirt bikes and ATV, for off-road Trail action. - People are Idiot's - Agreed. After 15 years of commuting on a motorcycle, I quit when texting became a thing. |
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Originally Posted By Ranxerox911: Great. More control-freak assholes with bad ideas. Somedays, the purge can't start soon enough. Originally Posted By Ranxerox911: Originally Posted By YourAlterEgo: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/334456/IMG_0061_jpeg-3831621.JPG Great. More control-freak assholes with bad ideas. Somedays, the purge can't start soon enough. Those dumb a holes insinuate it’s a failure on a he engineering side of things, never admit people are just stupid |
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Originally Posted By CastleBravo91: I got stuck behind a guy doing 45 in a 55 for 2 miles. Finally get to a passing zone, NOW he wants do 60 as I'm trying to pass. Then he tailgates me as I'm doing almost 65 for a bit before backing off. Originally Posted By CastleBravo91: Originally Posted By ceetee: I was driving into work a couple of days ago. I caught up to a car doing the speed limit. That's fine. His choice. I usually have my cruise control set to 9 mph over, so when I approached him, I just moved over, passed him, and kept going. I guess he figured this was an insult or something, because he floored it, passed me at about 20 over, and then matched my speed all the way to my exit. He must have been one of those drivers that just can't handle having anyone pass them. I got stuck behind a guy doing 45 in a 55 for 2 miles. Finally get to a passing zone, NOW he wants do 60 as I'm trying to pass. Then he tailgates me as I'm doing almost 65 for a bit before backing off. Pisses some off, but with a performance model tesla, passing and moving on down the road isn’t a request, it’s just what’s going to happen. |