Road rage and self-absorbed douchery on the roadway on the rise?

[BehindBlueI's]

Reminds me back when I was on 465 every day driving a school bus.

One of the funniest things I ever saw was a u-haul pulling a trailer... His trailer was squirrely as all hell. It walked over onto a concrete barrier, flipped upside down, and somehow didn't detach from the truck. He never slowed down or seemed to even notice, even though it looked like the 4th of july.

Very early in my career I was stopped at a railroad crossing where there were no bars, just the lights. A guy drove through the lights barely avoiding being hit by the train. That got my attention. Then I noted as he went by me his trailer was on fire, and it was an asphalt sealer trailer coated in tar. I flipped around and stopped him. The very first words out of his mouth was "why did you pull me over?" I told him his trailer was on fire, we'd put that out then discuss it.

To this day, I think he was my record for most offenses in a single stop. Disregarding the train signal, dragging a trailer with no tires left (the cause of the fire), no registration for the trailer, fake registration on the truck (registered to something like a 20 year old truck on a 3 year old truck which he'd never registered), suspended license, no insurance, other suff. I could have written him over 20, IIRC.

 

[ancjr]

I saw a red VW car sitting with the frame on the rails near Borden several hundred yards from any crossing, such that all 4 wheels were at least a foot above the ground. It's like they had parked across the rails near a crossing and then pushed the car sideways up the rails?

 

[Pepi]

After getting smashed by a semi in 2000 I'm freaked out on the interstates. My wife loves to travel and I don't. This has been hard on our marriage. When we travel I have to take Valium to relax. She always drives and she is a good driver; Thank God

 

[JeepHammer]

What's the point of a turn signal when you think that making a left turn at a red light while holding your horn, cursing and giving hand signals is ok? Had that happen just this morning.

That's making a left turn from the right lane, on a red light, while texting, eating a sandwich bigger than your head, drinking your 3rd glass of vodka of the day, giving someone the finger/cussing,
AND not using turn signals...

... All while taking the kids to school at 7:30 AM so you can be giving the shopping center people a hard time by 8:00 AM...

 

[JeepHammer]

Very early in my career I was stopped at a railroad crossing where there were no bars, just the lights. A guy drove through the lights barely avoiding being hit by the train. That got my attention. Then I noted as he went by me his trailer was on fire, and it was an asphalt sealer trailer coated in tar. I flipped around and stopped him. The very first words out of his mouth was "why did you pull me over?" I told him his trailer was on fire, we'd put that out then discuss it.

To this day, I think he was my record for most offenses in a single stop. Disregarding the train signal, dragging a trailer with no tires left (the cause of the fire), no registration for the trailer, fake registration on the truck (registered to something like a 20 year old truck on a 3 year old truck which he'd never registered), suspended license, no insurance, other suff. I could have written him over 20, IIRC.

My question would be, did he take responsibility for any of it, or was it all someone else's fault?

 

[Michigan Slim]

That's making a left turn from the right lane, on a red light, while texting, eating a sandwich bigger than your head, drinking your 3rd glass of vodka of the day, giving someone the finger/cussing,
AND not using turn signals...

... All while taking the kids to school at 7:30 AM so you can be giving the shopping center people a hard time by 8:00 AM...

You forgot about them putting on makeup.

 

[BE Mike]

You forgot about them putting on makeup.

Boys or girls?

 

[ancjr]

You guys are embellishing a little.

 

[JeepHammer]

Is it "worse"?
Or is it just the same percentage of idiots, but the population has grown.
So, the density of idiots has grown.

Absolute proven scientific phenomenon...
Stupid people have stupid offspring,
And they have a crap load of them.

It's also a fact that the higher I.Q. and better educated have fewer children.

Not saying the offspring won't be drooling morons,
Or the offspring won't find the cure for cancer,
... They just don't typically have as many.

I'd say from the way things are going, either way they don't have any idea how to drive correctly...

You guys are embellishing a little.

Don't have to on this one,
Just travel for a living or watch a few dash cam videos from those that do and you will see stupid a thousand screen writers couldnt make up for movies...

My wife works at a state park,
A couple years back they had to pull a semi out of the lake at 2:30 in the afternoon (full daylight) because the driver said the GPS told him to worm his way through the camp ground and down the boat ramp into the lake...
(Actually on drugs, and a LOT of them)

On Friday (Christmas eve) a woman drove through 40-50 yards of grass right of way, through an 8' security fence,
hit 4 cars in the parking lot,
then proceeded to the store lot exit, across the intersection on a red light and on the wrong side of the road,
into the drive through of the local Burger King...
The barrier posts at the corner of the building finally stopped her.

This was a 2 city block long accident scene that crossed a state highway...

And all with 2 kids in the car.

She claimed she had a medical condition,
The deputy sheriff that lives close said blood alcohol was .121% but she also had a bunch of prescription drugs, and some "synthetic marijuana" stuff they can't even test for...

If anyone knows what "Synthetic Marijuana" is, please educate!
Sounds like toxic waste to me from what the deputy said about it...

And yes, with blood alcohol at .121% there were "Back To The Future" jokes made...

When they caught a woman running 121 MPH on I-69 "Back To The Future" jokes were made by state police on her arrest announcement...

She was rushing from Evansville to Bloomington to try and catch her boyfriend 'cheating' and tried to talk the state trooper into giving her an escort!

You just never know what kind of crazy is running loose in people's heads...

 

[phylodog]

My daughter's truck broke down Christmas even in the left hand turn lane of a very busy intersection out in front of a Target store. CV joint on the front passenger's side shaft gave up the ghost and locked up the front wheel. I drove my truck there in hopes of at least dragging it out of the way and into a parking lot but that wasn't happening so I had to have it towed.

The 45 minutes between parking behind her and the tow truck pulling away with the truck was immensely entertaining. The first moron to pull up against my back bumper while my hazard lights were on sat there for every bit of five minutes before I finally felt bad enough for the people behind him to go explain to him that when both turn signals are blinking simultaneously it indicates something other than wanting to make a turn. He looked at me like I was trying to get him to understand calculus or brain surgery before finally pulling off. He was by far the worst but there were at least another six people who did the same thing and didn't catch on until we didn't move through three or four light changes. I got out and walked past a few of them to the next car in line to tell them we had a broken down vehicle and they would have to go around (since they couldn't see the hazard lights), the first one to pull up right behind me and sit there was the only one I clued in to what was happening. Cheap entertainment.

 

[BehindBlueI's]

My question would be, did he take responsibility for any of it, or was it all someone else's fault?

Strongly option B.

 

[Timjoebillybob]

I think this fits here.

 

[ancjr]

Strongly option B.

"My mom was supposed to change those tires, but she kept getting her walker and oxygen line tangled up with the jack..."

 

[JeepHammer]

Strongly option B.

Always an excuse...
NEVER *MY* FAULT!
The dog ate my regestration, my wife didn't pay the insurance, etc...

The last time I got caught for speeding I immediately pulled over, had all the paperwork ready when the trooper walked up and told him how fast I was going when I saw him...

He actually asked me if I had an excuse,
I said "No, I'm just stupid today."

I had been tied up in construction backups, and when the road opened up I got stupid.

He gave me a warning for being honest, (but I was still 9-10 mph over the limit, entirely my fault)

.......

I should say this was on the open interstate (still no excuse),
I WON'T speed through construction zones, small towns, etc.
This gets me a LOT of middle fingers, angry horns, cutt offs/brake checks in traffic, etc.

*IF* they are in such a big hurry,
Where do they find the time to brake check a dozen times and back up traffic even further?
Seems insane to me...

 

[Drewski]

I got stuck driving down Shelbyville road from Thompson almost all the way home behind a small SUV only occasionally making it up to 30mph, when he could manage to keep it between the lines. It was after midnight and the roads were empty. I just spent 6 hours going to NWI and back, and just wanted to get to bed. Still, rather than play the part of an automotive proctologist, I got just close enough to still be safe (which at 25-30mph isn’t that far away) and made the trip with my hazards blinking the whole time, like I was a warning escort vehicle. It did nothing to correct this poor driving, but inexplicably kept me entertained.
¯\_( ツ)_/¯

 

[printcraft]

Absolute proven scientific phenomenon...
Stupid people have stupid offspring,
And they have a crap load of them.

And they all vote demonrat...

 

[LtScott14]

Back in the day, a traffic stop could receive a request for a break in speed. I would ask how much of a break do you need? The posted limits are considered the max speed with ideal conditions on roadway or not. Response was, "I'm only 15 or so over that"! Thanks, i will note that as your "break in" speed. Here is your citation. Sign here. Explain the break to the Judge.
Officer, don't you have anything better to do? Me: No, i'm doing it.

 

[JeepHammer]

And they all vote demonrat...

You misspelled Trump...
And apparently the facts hit home.

 

[Kirk Freeman]

I think this fits here.

The biggest gun is always the radio.

 

[ancjr]

Grover Cleaveland a one-term president?