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Crazy drivers

lizzief — Fri, 02 Jan 2015 01:57:54 GMT

I live in S Florida where we have lots of elderly, inexperienced drivers, many of whom never had a driver's license until they moved here because they came from NYC or a place where they didn't need a car. Combine that with the distractions of cellphones, texting and other devices, it's a challenge to be on the road! People don't move when a light turns green, they take forever to make a turn when you're behind them, some actually just stop in the middle of the road! You really have to drive defensively more than ever these days! What crazy driver behavior have you observed?

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foundinlv — Fri, 02 Jan 2015 02:14:17 GMT

Oh wow and I thought henderson/las vegas was bad! We have the tourists that don't know where they're going who sometimes drive on the wrong side of the road. We have the arrogant who want to drive below the speed limit while traveling in the fast lane but refuse to get out. I could write a book on the morons I've encountered out here.

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jackthebear — Fri, 02 Jan 2015 02:22:32 GMT

I lived in Florida years ago when I first married and it was the same then.

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brii — Fri, 02 Jan 2015 02:23:31 GMT

People just back out of parking spots and don't even look. It's very annoying

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tansy — Fri, 02 Jan 2015 02:23:33 GMT

The older drivers in S Florida were scary but I found the impatient younger drivers even more so.

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croemer — Fri, 02 Jan 2015 02:26:10 GMT

I have had that happen here too...individuals that just stop for no reason...I even had a person do that going up the highway ramp...just stopped dead for no reason.

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circles — Fri, 02 Jan 2015 03:11:30 GMT

the other day I was on the service road to go to the market....two lanes...one each way...coming from the other direction is a huge Fire Truck with his lights and horns a blaring...so I slow down in case he wants to turn where I was turning....

This idiot driver...behind me...passes me!!! and almost collides with the fire truck...

you should have heard all the horn blasting the firemen were doing to get the person out of the way....I am not sure who was driving that car....

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sgraham30 — Fri, 02 Jan 2015 05:04:34 GMT

My personal favorite is the idiot who's driving on a multi-lane road, in the left lane. At the last minute, they realize their exit is coming up on the right side.......so they cut across 2-3 lanes of moving traffic to get to the right lane, without signaling or verifying that it's clear to change lanes.

Another favorite is when traffic is stopped at a red light. The green arrow comes on for the left turn lane & some schmuck going straight isn't paying close attention. All they see is that there's a green light so they go straight....right into the path of any cars making their left turn on the green arrow.

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ROMARY — Fri, 02 Jan 2015 05:08:57 GMT

All of the above over here, only mostly teens and moms. We once thought a male driver was deceased. Head slumped down, etc. We stopped and knocked on the window..........he was texting.

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brii — Fri, 02 Jan 2015 05:11:38 GMT

On 1/1/2015 ROMARY 1 said:
All of the above over here, only mostly teens and moms. We once thought a male driver was deceased. Head slumped down, etc. We stopped and knocked on the window..........he was texting.

You thought he was deceased?

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Shorty2U — Fri, 02 Jan 2015 05:22:00 GMT

Oh I see it all while we are driving to appointments and errands. Mainly people on cellphones with one hand while trying to drive with the other. I find it to be 20 to 40 yr olds and mostly women! We have laws here about it too but I guess its hard to enforce.

But anyway, I don't understand WHY anyone has to talk on the phone every second of the day! Also when my husband and I are grocery shopping there are always people blabbing on phones in the aisles. Well theyre on cells everywhere. My husband and I just look at each other and shake our heads when we see what we call zombies on their phones..lol.

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ROMARY — Fri, 02 Jan 2015 05:23:15 GMT

Yes, we thought the guy was deceased. Or unconscious. Anyway, he thanked us for our concern.

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ROMARY — Fri, 02 Jan 2015 05:24:11 GMT

Shorty: We call them robots!

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lizzief — Fri, 02 Jan 2015 05:42:50 GMT

On 1/1/2015 ROMARY 1 said:
Yes, we thought the guy was deceased. Or unconscious. Anyway, he thanked us for our concern.

LOL

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Kalli — Fri, 02 Jan 2015 05:58:39 GMT

Ugh. I see craziness every day on the interstate while traveling to work.

One of the scariest was when a road worker, (you know the ones who always have signs telling motorists to be careful and slow down and respect road workers??), ran out from the median to the far side of the left (passing) lane to put a cone down right in front of an approaching 18 wheeler!!! I kid you not. What the heck was that guy thinking???

The poor tractor trailer driver slammed on his breaks and started to jackknife. I was behind him and was shocked that he was able to regain control of his rig and straighten it out. If he'd have hit that guy going 65, that stupid worker would've been toast. Idiot.

-Kalli

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nekodaisy — Fri, 02 Jan 2015 17:28:04 GMT

I see them all the time and get so tired of it. I hate driving anymore. They pull out in front of you without looking or pull our in front of you and drive like a turtle.

People don't seem to know what a turn signal is and another thing here in Ga. we have no state inspection so I get behind cars with no break lights which is really scary. Also saw one car one day with no hood and a van close to night with no grill or headlights on front of their car. I don't know what they did when the sun went down.

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Free2be — Fri, 02 Jan 2015 17:53:28 GMT

I almost expect elderly drivers to pull out into traffic without awareness of how fast the traffic is coming at them but what infuriates me is when a driver maintains a below speed limit speed as if they have all the time in the world and there is no way to get around them. A line of a dozen cars can accumulate behind and they are oblivious. Want to go slow? Fine, pull over to let others by then putter on down the road.

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YorkieonmyPillow — Fri, 02 Jan 2015 17:55:18 GMT

^That is annoying. I don't see why people don't pull over and let people pass.

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brewhaha — Fri, 02 Jan 2015 21:28:55 GMT

I hate it when people wait til the very last second and then they cut in front of you to get on the exit lane.

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151949 — Fri, 02 Jan 2015 21:33:06 GMT

I live in SW Florida and honestly, between the youngsters driving while using their phones and the old people who are scared to death to move and go 20 MPH in the fast lane it is pretty dangerous down here during the season. My driving pet peeve is drivers who do not yield to the cars on the highway when they are on the entry ramps. They get up to speed on those ramps - despite that they are clearly marked 30 MPH and yield or merge - they just come flying on to the highway and if you have the misfortune to be in that lane - too bad for you. You'll either have to drive off onto the berm or hit them - because they are going no matter what.