Moronic drivers

[CobyRupert]

And Dave Barry said this:

"The one thing that unites all human beings, regardless of age, gender, religion, economic status or ethnic background, is that, deep down inside, we ALL believe that we are above- average drivers."

Everybody who drives slower than me is a stupid moron, and everybody who drives faster than me is a crazy idiot!

 

[MoKelly]

Everybody who drives slower than me is a stupid moron, and everybody who drives faster than me is a crazy idiot!

Now this is something I can relate.:thumbsup:

MoKelly

 

[the old grind]

I always thought a 'moron' was just that one guy in a thousand who's below the average the other 999 of us are above. :confused3:

Synonyms for 'bad driver': dweezle-butt, swizzle-doofer, dinkle-heimer, jerk-whistle ... and the familiar "f__in' idiot" ...

(You really haven't "been there" 'tiil you've been lapped by 'Rusty Junk Racing Team'.)

Btw, don't forget that March is 'be kind to pants-sagging, s__-box driving, wannabe racer with phone in hand, 200lb rear spoiler, face jewelry, and pre-schoolers standing in the back seat' month. Hey, we all hope he gets there in time to fill out that job application, don't we? ...

 

[Dr_Zinj]

Accidents do just happen.
They're called accidents because the cause-to-effect relationship isn't 100%.
99 people can do something and nothing ever comes of it.
The 1 out of 100 comes along, does the same exact thing, and it's a catastrophe.

The points are:
Was it preventable?
Was the personal cost of prevention less than the personal cost of the accident?
Are the social costs of prevention less than the social costs of the accident?

 

[JDgreen227]

And Dave Barry said this:

"The one thing that unites all human beings, regardless of age, gender, religion, economic status or ethnic background, is that, deep down inside, we ALL believe that we are above- average drivers."

Yeah...and Dave Barry is the stupidest, most full of s*** writer I have ever come across. NOTHING he writes is actually funny.

Yes it does amaze me how many people THINK they are above average drivers...the truth is that 55% of them are lousy, 30% are average, and the REALLY CAPABLE 15% of drivers are those who do drive or did drive for a living.

 

[turnkey4099]

Yeah...and Dave Barry is the stupidest, most full of s*** writer I have ever come across. NOTHING he writes is actually funny.

Yes it does amaze me how many people THINK they are above average drivers...the truth is that 55% of them are lousy, 30% are average, and the REALLY CAPABLE 15% of drivers are those who do drive or did drive for a living.

I'm the exception. I'm pushing 80 pretty hard. Not only do I think I am a great driver, I really am.

Harry K

 

[jmurray01]

I am with Bill on this, there are no such things as accidents - somebody is always to blame.

For example, if the truck driver in this instance wasn't to blame, somebody else must have created a situation whereby it was impossible for him to avoid crashing.

Every incident is avoidable, one way or another.

 

[texasjohn]

I'm with you, I don't make extreme efforts to avoid anything in the road...cats, dogs, rabbits, skunks, hogs, horses, cows, cars....my efforts are more severe the higher on the scale the barrier is...My bottom line criteria is that there is nothing gained by evasive action which increases my endangerment beyond what will happen if I take no evasive action. The key word is ...extreme... I do try to avoid stuff...and to drive right under wet, icy, windy, bad road conditions, fog, etc...but, in the end, If I must, I hit the barrier as lightly as possible while maintaining control of my vehicle.

Most of the posters here have never driven in Toronto in a snow storm, on slushy roads, on dry roads, in the rain, whatever the road conditions there are more morons up here than you think. AND they all think it is always the truck drivers fault. Even when they cut across into the path of the truck so close that from the right the driver of the truck can't see their rear fender let alone the signal light and then stomp on the brakes. Happens all the time here.
I got taught how to drive tankers by a senior driver at Gulf Oil. He told me, never swerve to avoid the idiots, always take a piece of them. Even if they leave the scene there is always paint transfer and most times a witness, sometimes even a partial license plate number is better than nothing.
Now go ahead people, tell me I am wrong. I might be, but I have NEVER rolled a tanker trying to avoid an accident touch wood.

 

[BHD]

I would venture to guess over 50% of the accidents that semi trucks get in to are the cause or a result of some 4 wheelers actions, my son and my brother drove semis for a time, and some of the things cars would do in front of them, or the way they passed,

Now I know nor all truck drivers are not innocent, but I would venture to guess 99% of the people out there have no clue what it takes to handle a fully loaded 18 wheeler, unless they have had some heavy equipment experience,

my guess is the moron was a 4 wheeler and the trucker did good to keep his up right, and not smash the car,

(I disagree on there are not accidents) but I do think most are not truly accidents and most with some for thought and paying attention could be avoided,

I have seen people hit some thing on the highway and blow a tire and at least have to have an under ware change if not move damage was not done,

this was not an accident but was not avoidable, to my knowledge,
had a starter replaced on my wife's car, about two weeks ago, on wed of this week she went out to start it and the car was making a odd sound, she backed up, sound like the heater fan squealing, it was not but the starter, and it did not stop until the battery was disconnected, switch shut off and it was still squealing and starting to smoke, and things do happen when driving that are not foreseeable or avoidable,

take hitting a deer for example, so many times there is nothing a person can do to change the outcome of that,

I do believe there are accidents, but not many,

 

[cqaigy2]

Had a buddy of mine drove his 18 wheeler off the road driving up out of the Walla Walla valley to the Wallowas, probably going 12MPH. Middle of the day, clear weather in the summer time. He dropped his burrito and was leaning over to pick it up off the floor and slowly drove up against the guard rail and tipped the whole works on it's side.