Jason
Posts:3378
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 Alert | Today's winner is a lady in a Corolla. Looks like she could barely see over the steering wheel, had her head cocked to the side talking on a cell phone, motioning with her other had. So no hands on the wheel. Swerving back and forth right alongside a minivan. Speeding up and down between 55 and 60. Minivan kept matching speed. Two idiotic drivers in one shot.
And kharless says the speeders are the ones to worry about? And Sinbad says the left lane is full of speeders? Why did I spend 80% of the trip under 60 MPH? In a line of cars about 3/4->1 mile long of tailgating cars? That is a recipe for disaster, not the safe drivers going 75.
We'll see what tomorrow brings... | |
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drummer72
Posts:3616
| | 10/30/2007 7:30 PM |
Alert | | What color was the car? | |
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Jason
Posts:3378
| | 10/30/2007 8:09 PM |
Alert | | Dark Grey | |
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drummer72
Posts:3616
| | 10/30/2007 8:25 PM |
Alert | | Cool! Just making sure it wasn't who I thought it might have been. | |
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DesertDweller
Posts:2559
| | 10/31/2007 6:13 AM |
Alert | Nah, it wasn't your wife drummer  | |
Stupid should hurt!
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Jason
Posts:3378
| | 10/31/2007 7:06 PM |
Alert | Today's award goes to the <i>dozens</i> of drivers that passed me on Casa Blanca Rd going at least double the 25 MPH limit. What was appalling were the lines of 4 and 5 cars led by an SUV in the oncoming lanes passing at all at once. There is no way they could possibly see around to know if they'd make the pass in time.
Double award for the stupid construction company that made it 25 MPH all the way down CB, even though 80% isn't under construction.
Next time I take Val Vista. Surely I won't sit in a line of cars for 30 mins waiting to merge onto the highway, right? | |
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DesertDweller
Posts:2559
| | 10/31/2007 11:09 PM |
Alert | | Yeah. As luck would have it, MCG Highway was closed for a motorcycle accident this morning. I had to detour around a couple of neighborhoods. At least MPD stayed the course and directed traffic so that we could get back on the highway. | |
Stupid should hurt!
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trfsrfr
Posts:59
| | 11/01/2007 2:20 PM |
Alert | People just dont get it. Traveling in packs is DANGEROUS!! this is why the left lane should always be moving faster than the lanes to the right. So we can pass. I see people change into the left lane for no reason.
STAY TO THE RIGHT PEOPLE, EXCEPT WHEN PASSING.
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Family Guy
Posts:198
| | 11/01/2007 3:26 PM |
Alert | So what you are trying to say is that if I am travelling in the left lane at the back of a pack and slowly passing cars to the right, I should get out of your way if you come up behind me? And wait for 10 more cars to pass me before I can start passing again?  | | | |
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Family Guy
Posts:198
| | 11/01/2007 3:27 PM |
Alert | | Packs are only dangerous when everybody tailgates. | | | |
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Jason
Posts:3378
| | 11/01/2007 3:29 PM |
Alert | | No. Typically what happens lately is that the cars just shift relative to each other a bit. The lead car gets a bit ahead and then slows back down and the lemmings behind him/her are either too chicken to pass or too distracted to realize that they can simply change lanes and get out from behind the fuel-inefficient, unsafe lead car. Even if it means cutting down your "safety cushion" for a few seconds. | |
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stinkerbell2
Posts:0
| | 11/01/2007 4:28 PM |
Alert | | Deja Vu... | | | |
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Jason
Posts:3378
| | 11/01/2007 9:19 PM |
Alert | Wow, I'm so sorry to hear that, I hope he is doing better.
I thought uninsured/underinsured had property and medical components to the coverage? Unless you meant something else by losses, did you? | |
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Fritzydoodle
Posts:979
| | 11/01/2007 9:36 PM |
Alert | <div class='NTForums_Quote'>Posted By Jason on 11/01/2007 9:19 PM
Wow, I'm so sorry to hear that, I hope he is doing better.
I thought uninsured/underinsured had property <i>and</i> medical components to the coverage? Unless you meant something else by losses, did you?</div>
Unfortunately, that is the common misconception. UM is ONLY medical if the other driver is uninsured. It does not cover your property losses - such as your vehicle, towing, storage etc. When you get uninsured/underinsured covered you are typically getting the medical component only. UMPD (Property Damage) has low limits of coverage in some states. Property damage coverage on your vehicle is usually handled under your comp and collision coverage. In my son's case - it was an older motorcycle only worth about 5K - not something you would typically put full coverage.
I forgot about that in my rant above. We paid $200 to get the wrecked bike out of storage and for towing. | |
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stinkerbell2
Posts:0
| | 11/01/2007 9:45 PM |
Alert | | Fritz I am so glad your son is "OK" This kinda crap ticks me off!!! I hope he recovers well and that everything goes OK for you guys!!! Thank god for all the witnesses and that you were able to get this guy!!! | | | |
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Jason
Posts:3378
| | 11/08/2007 10:53 AM |
Alert | Yesterday's winner was the lady in the white Trailblazer. On her phone, in stop and go traffic leaving Maricopa, I could hear her engine roar every time traffic moved 20 feet and then she'd slam on the brakes just before hitting the car in front of her. She did this every single time. She almost missed stopping once while she was dialing her phone.
Second up was a truck that thought he could merge right into me. The right lane dropped suddenly and rapidly and this guy starts coming right into my lane. Hey, I'm as surprised as you are about the lane dropping so quickly, but that doesn't mean you can shove me out of my lane. He then proceeded to surge forward, cut off the van in front of me and nearly slam into the car in front of the van. I hate trucks that think they own the road and can shove others out of the way like Sinbad hates shopping carts. | |
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Rabbit
Posts:250
| | 11/08/2007 1:49 PM |
Alert | like Sinbad hates shopping carts
wow...thats some serious hate! | |
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Jason
Posts:3378
| | 11/08/2007 6:50 PM |
Alert | | And today's winner is a red Trailblazer that nearly hit me head on, albeit at low speed. I was making a u-turn at the Smith-Enke entrance to Bashas and I was about half way through the turn when the Trailblazer started to gun it. People almost always forget to look back at the road and look right before turning. | |
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beetie
Posts:24
| | 11/11/2007 8:17 AM |
Alert | | I understand about the stupdity of some drivers, but the bottom line is that the speed limit Is 65 and anything above that limit is illegal. Leave a little eariler. It's not the people doing the speed limit that is the problem. It's the people that are breaking the law. What don't the speeders understand about the word Illegal. If speeding is OK, why is it that every time they see a police car they put on their breaks? | | | |
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Jason
Posts:3378
| | 11/11/2007 12:23 PM |
Alert | People doing the speed limit are still in the legal wrong if they are holding up traffic.
Yes, they are a problem, because they almost never do the speed limit. They speed up and slow down and they create bottlenecks and large, less safe packs of traffic. | |
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