whats with all the dumb drivers in snow?
12-05-2002, 09:52 AM
#1
whats with all the dumb drivers in snow?
well, im driving home from school, obviously in miserable conditions, and it seemed like every other mile there was a backup because some idiot slammed into a guard rail or somethin....im going about 20-30 mph and other people are just flying by me....what idiots...about a mile or 2 down the road, i see them smashed up against one another, bumpers on the other side of the highway......SLOW THE $%^& DOWN....this is coming from me, who has a tendency to go a "little" fast once in a while...on the 30 minute ride home, i saaw 9 accidents....9!!! on this highway i usually go reletively fast, but i slowed it down to 30, and it only took me an extra 15 minutes to get home....what the **** is the rush....ignorant people 
12-05-2002, 10:08 AM
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Seriously, some people are such idiots, I was coming home and on the way there was a parked car on the side of the road, opposite of the side I was traveling on. Some dumbas$ in a Montero waited untill like the last minute to stop ( since there was not enough room for him to go in between me and the parked car)I had the right of way of course and he begins to skid, pulls into my lane forcing me to hop a small curb almost and almost sideswiping a tree. I missed the tree by like 3 inches and scratched my front right rim 
12-05-2002, 10:10 AM
#6
Originally posted by DrPaulFlammond
Even better are the SUV retards of the "I've got 4WD, I can haul *** just fine on an ice covered road" mentality. Then comes the time to stop and a little lesson in INERTIA. Even stupidity can't beat physics.
-DPF
Even better are the SUV retards of the "I've got 4WD, I can haul *** just fine on an ice covered road" mentality. Then comes the time to stop and a little lesson in INERTIA. Even stupidity can't beat physics.
-DPF
12-05-2002, 10:12 AM
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That's just as bad as San Antonio. I hardly rains, but when it does seems like everybody speeds up. There's always alot of accidents, people are just ignorant when it comes to driving in bad weather.....or all the time around here.
12-05-2002, 10:14 AM
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Yeah, yesterday was the first real snow day in Louisville. As I was driving, I saw the scariest thing I'd ever seen: a pontiac grandprix had completely flipped over - it was resting on its hood, all glass was broken, both airbags deployed, the bumpers had fallen off. This being my first driving winter, I was scared as crap. Living in KY, we don't see that much stuff like that. I was going about 20-30 the whole time. I was scared. Max is safe now though.
12-05-2002, 10:23 AM
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Originally posted by NickStam
99% of people don't know how to drive.
99% of people don't know how to drive.
Darwin isn't doing a very good job keeping up.
12-05-2002, 10:33 AM
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Originally posted by Jamsan
7 of the 9 accidents involved SUV's
7 of the 9 accidents involved SUV's
Go to school in upstate New York to achieve this.
12-05-2002, 10:52 AM
#14
There's also the flip side. Yesterday like...when I was driving in the morning, a total of one snow flake fell, and everyone was going like 5mph. The roads were completely dry, just some flurries.
Snow isn't really that big of a deal to me, just slow everything down from acceleration to braking to turning, etc, etc. It's ice that's challenging to me.
I'm feelin for you guys in the Northeast, after peepin the weather chan...
Snow isn't really that big of a deal to me, just slow everything down from acceleration to braking to turning, etc, etc. It's ice that's challenging to me.
I'm feelin for you guys in the Northeast, after peepin the weather chan...
12-05-2002, 10:56 AM
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My dad taught me to drive in the snow when I was younger. Like he taught me to drive at age 9 but then when I was 13 would teach me how to do it in the snow using his truck when we would be plowing.
It was fun because he would have me spinout to regain control and slide corners but while teaching me how to react and what to do or not to do. Plus these were in huge parking lots about an acre or two and I could hit anything if I tried so safety was there.
SuDZ
It was fun because he would have me spinout to regain control and slide corners but while teaching me how to react and what to do or not to do. Plus these were in huge parking lots about an acre or two and I could hit anything if I tried so safety was there.
SuDZ
12-05-2002, 11:06 AM
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Originally posted by SuDZ
My dad taught me to drive in the snow when I was younger. Like he taught me to drive at age 9 but then when I was 13 would teach me how to do it in the snow using his truck when we would be plowing.
It was fun because he would have me spinout to regain control and slide corners but while teaching me how to react and what to do or not to do. Plus these were in huge parking lots about an acre or two and I could hit anything if I tried so safety was there.
SuDZ
My dad taught me to drive in the snow when I was younger. Like he taught me to drive at age 9 but then when I was 13 would teach me how to do it in the snow using his truck when we would be plowing.
It was fun because he would have me spinout to regain control and slide corners but while teaching me how to react and what to do or not to do. Plus these were in huge parking lots about an acre or two and I could hit anything if I tried so safety was there.
SuDZ
12-05-2002, 11:57 AM
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Originally posted by Lime
awesome! You're lucky! Those are really good skills to have!
awesome! You're lucky! Those are really good skills to have!
My Dad taught me to drive at 9 a Tracko a big old Cattepilliar. By 10 it was a big mac truck that he had to shift gears on cause I could not move the stick hehe These were on construction sights so nothing really around to worry about.
By 11 it was driving like my moms old Grand Prix around the circle in front of our house or moving it up/dwon the driveway. And 13 finally got to try his trucks
By the time I got my licence it was no bog deal. I was not nervous during drivers ed or on my licence exam because by then it was like second nature. I think teaching people younger like that in small bursts is a good idea since you ease into it slower than a few months before you get your licence.
SuDZ
12-05-2002, 12:44 PM
#21
Im in Jersey and today in the morning i went to school, SUV drivers are the worst in the snow, I was doing about 30 on rt 3 west and this pathfinder flies by me on the left lane, the road was clear after me and I saw him get some backspin, go all the way from the left lane straight into the divider on the right lane, he was alright thank god.
Than 5 mins later on the same road, same circumstances, a old caprice wagon passes me on the left lane, and i see him far down the road sliding from side to side and hitting the divider, good thing he has the old chrome bumpers, nothing much happened and get this, 2 or 3 mins later, he passed me again.
Than 5 mins later on the same road, same circumstances, a old caprice wagon passes me on the left lane, and i see him far down the road sliding from side to side and hitting the divider, good thing he has the old chrome bumpers, nothing much happened and get this, 2 or 3 mins later, he passed me again.
12-05-2002, 01:41 PM
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strange thing is most people who drive 4x4's,4wd, and AWD vehicles do not know how 4 wheel or all wheel drive works, why it is better in off road conditions and plain don't understand that the only thing keeping you on the road is your tires.
On a side note, we got a dusting of snow and i saw a ford escape that completely flipped onto it's roof on a hair pin turn...shows you how well people can drive, though even i admit i am not even close to being the best of drivers....
On a side note, we got a dusting of snow and i saw a ford escape that completely flipped onto it's roof on a hair pin turn...shows you how well people can drive, though even i admit i am not even close to being the best of drivers....
12-05-2002, 01:47 PM
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I live in Louisville, KY and we dont get that much snow, so I think people just dont really know how to drive in the snow. I am not a good driver in the snow, I dont have much experience. I drove a little yesterday: slip around a bit, and fishtailed a few times. People need more experience, I know I do.
12-05-2002, 02:09 PM
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I agree, around here (Mass) we get enough snow that everyone should have a pretty good idea what to do. It seems that half the people are driving at their normal speed and the other half are driving at 5 MPH. And of course SUV drivers are the worst of the fast drivers. I guess they don't relize they can't stop or turn better than anyone else.
12-05-2002, 02:37 PM
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Re: whats with all the dumb drivers in snow?
Originally posted by Jamsan
well, im driving home from school, obviously in miserable conditions, and it seemed like every other mile there was a backup because some idiot slammed into a guard rail or somethin....im going about 20-30 mph and other people are just flying by me....what idiots...about a mile or 2 down the road, i see them smashed up against one another, bumpers on the other side of the highway......SLOW THE $%^& DOWN....this is coming from me, who has a tendency to go a "little" fast once in a while...on the 30 minute ride home, i saaw 9 accidents....9!!! on this highway i usually go reletively fast, but i slowed it down to 30, and it only took me an extra 15 minutes to get home....what the **** is the rush....ignorant people
well, im driving home from school, obviously in miserable conditions, and it seemed like every other mile there was a backup because some idiot slammed into a guard rail or somethin....im going about 20-30 mph and other people are just flying by me....what idiots...about a mile or 2 down the road, i see them smashed up against one another, bumpers on the other side of the highway......SLOW THE $%^& DOWN....this is coming from me, who has a tendency to go a "little" fast once in a while...on the 30 minute ride home, i saaw 9 accidents....9!!! on this highway i usually go reletively fast, but i slowed it down to 30, and it only took me an extra 15 minutes to get home....what the **** is the rush....ignorant people
12-05-2002, 02:51 PM
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[QUOTE]Originally posted by KP ROX
[B]
Key word here is SEEMS like......People keep speeding as usual, but they don't understand they could hydroplane very easily at 60 or 70 mph.
[B]
Originally posted by Onemax
I hardly rains, but when it does seems like everybody speeds up.
What? People speed up when it rains. Wow.
I hardly rains, but when it does seems like everybody speeds up.
What? People speed up when it rains. Wow.
Key word here is SEEMS like......People keep speeding as usual, but they don't understand they could hydroplane very easily at 60 or 70 mph.
12-05-2002, 03:02 PM
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Originally posted by GuZo
Im in Jersey and today in the morning i went to school, SUV drivers are the worst in the snow
Im in Jersey and today in the morning i went to school, SUV drivers are the worst in the snow
12-05-2002, 03:38 PM
#29
Originally posted by NuJerseyDrive
It took me 4 hours to get from Jersey City to Parsippany today This is normally a 40 minute ride. Accidents everywhere.....People need to learn how to slow down in the snow
It took me 4 hours to get from Jersey City to Parsippany today
This is normally a 40 minute ride. Accidents everywhere.....People need to learn how to slow down in the snow
oh jesus ... i don't mind waiting because everyone is going 5 mph ... i think the mayor of NY (michael bloomberg) has a skeleton crew plowin right now, cause nothing is getting done .... i've been helping people get up this hill by my house all day
12-05-2002, 03:49 PM
#30
Originally posted by Conrad283
oh jesus ... i don't mind waiting because everyone is going 5 mph ... i think the mayor of NY (michael bloomberg) has a skeleton crew plowin right now, cause nothing is getting done .... i've been helping people get up this hill by my house all day
oh jesus ... i don't mind waiting because everyone is going 5 mph ... i think the mayor of NY (michael bloomberg) has a skeleton crew plowin right now, cause nothing is getting done .... i've been helping people get up this hill by my house all day
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