Correct! If someone cuts in front of you, so what? It's going to make you what, 2 seconds late at your destination? If you rear-end someone, you're going to be VERY late to your destination, and, probably out considerable money too.

Last time I was rear-ended, I was 4 hours late getting home, and my Wife had to pick me up. I never much cared for my vehicle afterwards either.

Have I been in other accidents? Yep, I was rear-ended twice. Both times by young drivers. My Wife has been rear-ended too, also by a young driver.

I DID go off the road once, in the rain on a curve - I was young then.

I'm not saying all young drivers are dangerous, but there IS a reason the insurance rates for them are high, as Longshot correctly pointed out. The reason is known as judgment. Please read the Colin Powell quote that shotgunz uses in his sig to learn how you get that.

Are old drivers dangerous? Eventually, yes. But, they tend to compensate rather well for their slowing reflexes and other infirmities.

- Jack

 

I don't know, besides the light controlled intersection, and the truck he was coming up on there is no other way a car would have gotten over into his lane.

I am dead serious when I say this, that mustang could NOT have gotten any closer to my truck, period. I really didn't have many options, even if I slowed down I had no place to change lanes, and I HATE getting stuck next to a car/truck. More so if its a 18 wheeler.

Don't get me wrong, I have plenty of "forgive" in me, but the one thing I can NOT stand is some one who is not even doing the speed limit, holding people up in any lane.

Yesterday was a bad day going home for me, I had a lady in a silver eclipse start out on the other side of the road, cross two lanes and into the middle of the highway, and kept on coming. Before I got near that ranger.

she was about 1/2 foot from catching my rear tire, she never even touched the brakes went across all four lanes to get to a gas station.

The worst time I have ever raged, and thinking back it was stupid but oh well.

For 5 miles (I counted markers) I was stuck in the left lane, behind four other cars doing 45-50 Mph in a 55. In the right lane a line of cars doing about the same.

in front a old truck, all rusted out and falling apart in the left lane next to some little red car. There was that truck and three other cars then me, and about -4-5 behind me.

A similar amount in the right lane.

After five miles I knew there was a stretch of the road where there was no turning lanes and no signs in the middle of the highway.
South. Lane-lane//middle\\lane-lane. North

Was this stupid? Yes.
Was it wrong, yes.
Do I regret it? no but it was silly.

I passed every one of them in the middle because I just could not stand it anymore.

I had (once again) some little car trying to drive under me, blocked in on the right and no room between me and the car in front of me.

I was afraid if I slowed down the car behind me would hit me (and the car behind it and so on) No spot to change lanes, and I just could not take it any more.

Like I said, normally I am calm and its no big deal, I get there when I get there. I just cant stand getting boxed in or people who wont drive the speed limit or pass and get over.

Everyone gets in bad situations, but its how you handle it. In the above example I did a bad job of handling it, but after I passed them all in the middle they sped up and the group broke up.

I am just lucky I didn't wreck or cause a wreck.

But, as far as bad drivers, I have FAR more trouble with women (of any age) driving and talking, or fixing their hair or whatever.

Ha, I even had some woman in a volvo talking on her phone speeding up and slowing down but never quite passing the car in the right lane.

Eventually I (wrongly so) tailgated her and she got off her phone and threw her arms up at me looking her her mirror.
I made a (nicely as I could) motion for her to "go on" kinda like a shewing arm motion and she sped up, got over and slowed back down talking her her phone again.

LESS TALKING, MORE DRIVING!

 

Don't get me wrong, I am not trying to brag, and I am most assuredly not proud of some of the things I have done, I am just comparing stories.

I have done a lot of stupid things, and some times I make the wrong choice, but thats life.

 

He was tailgating, no doubt about it...

 

Pics or it didn't happen.

 

While I don't agree with the incident the OP posted about, I completely agree that old drivers should be retested after a certain age. For those that think its "selfish" to take an elderly person's license that can't pass a driving test are stupid. I have read too many stories on bike forums where old people have pulled out in front of bikes causing serious injuries or worse. My father broke his back years ago because some old driver that could barely see pulled out in front of him while he was on his bike. I'm not even going to mention all the old drivers that run through establishments because they forgot to put their car in park...

 

Pics?

I got your pics right here,....sonny!

 

I think you are forgetting one VERY important concept - the speed limit is MAXIMUM allowed speed, not MINIMUM!!!! Yes, it's rude to drive under the limit in a "passing" lane, but it is NOT illegal! However, it *IS* illegal to drive OVER the speed limit in *ANY* lane.

 

Must have been a young trucker! And yes 40k gallons would be a little overweight. Maybe the diesel burner's 250 and 350's could burn a little veggie oil. I still drive a lot every day and the worst are those who bulls--t on their cellphones while driving. All ages and color's they're all bad.

 

I am sorry but you are wrong on this. no matter what, no one was there. it is different in any situation and in mine I was clearly 5 car lengths behind, there were skid marks left to back me up.. and yes i know skid marks.. ( i was going 55) remember that.

 

I never said anything about legality of driving or not driving at the speed limit.

lots of People do illegal things every day and never notice or know.

 

 

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since there is a minimum driving age there should be a maximum