Community Chat

[lizzief]

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?

[foundinlv]

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.

[jackthebear]

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

[brii]

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

[tansy]

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

[croemer]

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.

[circles]

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....

[sgraham30]

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.

[ROMARY]

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.

[brii]

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?