DOES ANYONE IN THE FVCKING WORLD KNOW HOW TO DRIVE?!?!?!?

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RMSistight

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Originally posted by: Toastedlightly
I was at the local BB and some jackass pulled into the spot in front of us, shearing someone's bumper off. They were going ot pull through when we went away (to avoid everything), so I got out, wrote down the licence number, and put it on the car w/ the sheared off bumper. Ther person quickly backed away and drove away. I hoppe they got what they deserved.

LOL. You should have blocked his exit and waited until the owner of the other vehicle to arrive. That would be tight sh!t.
 

RMSistight

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Originally posted by: Toastedlightly
I was at the local BB and some jackass pulled into the spot in front of us, shearing someone's bumper off. They were going ot pull through when we went away (to avoid everything), so I got out, wrote down the licence number, and put it on the car w/ the sheared off bumper. Ther person quickly backed away and drove away. I hoppe they got what they deserved.

You should have given him your contact information too to testify as a witness.
 

illustri

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maybe the problem isn't how they drive but how you park

but seriously though, insurance = all's well
 

shimsham

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wahhhh fvking wahhhhhh

why do weak people have to turn to atot to bitch and moan when life isnt all peaches and cream?
 

spunkz

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do u know anyone who is opposed to more intensive driving tests in this country? ANYONE? why is it not a law yet?
 

bsobel

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Originally posted by: spunkz
do u know anyone who is opposed to more intensive driving tests in this country? ANYONE? why is it not a law yet?

Yes, the AARP for one, they lobby against them all the time.

As for the OP, perhaps you need to make a donation to your Karma fund ;)

Bill
 

ShowdOWN

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same sh1t happened to me about a month ago. some idiot slammed right onto the passenger side of my car and ended up giving me expired insurance coverage. I had to call his house several times and someone finally gave me the correct insurance info that was up to date. whewww! that was a really hard week for me to deal with, thinking that oh sh1t here's money right out of my pocket for these fsckers. that thing that really ticked me off is that the officer at the accident didnt check the expiration on the other drivers insurance card.
 

Baked

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Grandma ramming your (car's) ass w/ dodge ram hemi? Hot!

Originally posted by: Excelsior
Originally posted by: RMSistight
Originally posted by: Mill
Whole back quarter-panel is smashed in by a 5'2 lady driving a Dodge Ram Hemi. I was *PARKED* reading a newspaper by a local cafe near my University, and she tried to pull in next to me. BAM. WTF? She instantly admitted to fault, and the Police Officer agreed and said it was her fault. Cool thing is, I found out the Police Officer is my Neighborhood two houses behind me, so I'm not going to have to pay for a copy of the report, or go pick it up Downtown. She's just going to bring it by and put it in my mailbox.

The lady who hit me admitted that she didn't like to drive that "big ole truck" but that her husband and she had *each* bought the other an identical model. She said she was scared to drive it and that it was too hard to see out of and park. Gee, thanks for realizing that AFTER you nailed my car. I called the Body Shop already and have an appointment, and already talked to my insurance. The thing that really burns my ass is that She didn't have proof of insurance. Her card was expired(same thing that happened to me last time and I ended up getting raped because of it), but she was having her company fax proof of insurance to the precinct within the next hour so she wouldn't get cited. Last time I was in an accident, State Farm said it was the other driver's fault, but his policy lapsed and he didn't stick to his "payment plan" therefore I am being charged 80 bucks a month for an *accident surcharge* EVEN THOUGH IT WASN'T MY FAULT. That guy is being sued by the insurance company, but right now I'm still out my deductible and surcharge. FVCKING BULLSH!T. Learn how to drive, assholes.


You know I've always wanted to implement stricter driving standards/testing in this country so mofos like that lady wouldn't hit you. It would be a great idea if the DMV started using testing standards from Japan or Great Britain. If that was the case, there would be less assholes driving like idiots....TRUST ME. I'm not saying that Japan/GB are kick ass drivers in the world, they have their worse too, but just ask anyone from those countries about their driver's test. They will tell you it's VERY hard and the government doesn't make any acceptions. In fact, in GB, the test is so hard AND expensive, some people DRIVE without licenses. These are the kind of testing stardards we should have in this country. Of course the insurance companies will beg to differ.

Agreed.

Not gonna happen. Too many whinny bitching groups lobbying to ban this from happening. It'll be unfair to half blind grandmas and grandpas.
 

AgaBoogaBoo

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I think they should make the test harder, much harder

I took it through my driver's ed and the guy had me go less than a 1/4 mile. He had me parallel park behind one car, then just drive back. That's such a joke, I was done in under 10 minutes easily :confused:
 
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Originally posted by: RMSistight
Originally posted by: Mill
Whole back quarter-panel is smashed in by a 5'2 lady driving a Dodge Ram Hemi. I was *PARKED* reading a newspaper by a local cafe near my University, and she tried to pull in next to me. BAM. WTF? She instantly admitted to fault, and the Police Officer agreed and said it was her fault. Cool thing is, I found out the Police Officer is my Neighborhood two houses behind me, so I'm not going to have to pay for a copy of the report, or go pick it up Downtown. She's just going to bring it by and put it in my mailbox.

The lady who hit me admitted that she didn't like to drive that "big ole truck" but that her husband and she had *each* bought the other an identical model. She said she was scared to drive it and that it was too hard to see out of and park. Gee, thanks for realizing that AFTER you nailed my car. I called the Body Shop already and have an appointment, and already talked to my insurance. The thing that really burns my ass is that She didn't have proof of insurance. Her card was expired(same thing that happened to me last time and I ended up getting raped because of it), but she was having her company fax proof of insurance to the precinct within the next hour so she wouldn't get cited. Last time I was in an accident, State Farm said it was the other driver's fault, but his policy lapsed and he didn't stick to his "payment plan" therefore I am being charged 80 bucks a month for an *accident surcharge* EVEN THOUGH IT WASN'T MY FAULT. That guy is being sued by the insurance company, but right now I'm still out my deductible and surcharge. FVCKING BULLSH!T. Learn how to drive, assholes.


You know I've always wanted to implement stricter driving standards/testing in this country so mofos like that lady wouldn't hit you. It would be a great idea if the DMV started using testing standards from Japan or Great Britain. If that was the case, there would be less assholes driving like idiots....TRUST ME. I'm not saying that Japan/GB are kick ass drivers in the world, they have their worse too, but just ask anyone from those countries about their driver's test. They will tell you it's VERY hard and the government doesn't make any acceptions. In fact, in GB, the test is so hard AND expensive, some people DRIVE without licenses. These are the kind of testing stardards we should have in this country. Of course the insurance companies will beg to differ.


I live in GB and trust me it ain't that hard don't know what your test is like so I can't really compare but trust me the roads over here are plagued by retards
 

EyeMWing

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Originally posted by: AgaBoogaBoo
I think they should make the test harder, much harder

I took it through my driver's ed and the guy had me go less than a 1/4 mile. He had me parallel park behind one car, then just drive back. That's such a joke, I was done in under 10 minutes easily :confused:

Here it's a quick closed course and MAYBE (Go forward, back up, turn right, box turn, parallel park in a 26foot hole), if you're unlucky, a few minutes of urban street time.

The hardest part of getting the license is furnishing eleventy billion forms of ID.
 

GoingUp

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man you cant catch a break. well i hope the next woman that rearends you is hot and single....

wait... its never good when a woman rear ends a man... maybe the next woman that you rearend... I dunno...
 

Vic

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Almost the exact same damned thing happened to me a year ago. Not only do people in this country NOT know how to drive, they're proud of their inability! :|
"Look at me, I can't hang up my cell phone whenever I drive, I don't even know if my turn signal works or not I haven't used it in so long, my rearview mirrors haven't been properly adjusted since I bought the car, and I block faster traffic in the left lane everytime I get on the freeway, but I NEVER drive more than the speed limit!".... :roll::roll::roll: <^>:|


Anyway, you should switch insurance companies, Mill. Worked for me under roughly similar circumstances. Most companies won't hold a not-a-fault accident against you, except the company you were with when it happened.
 

Excelsior

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Originally posted by: RMSistight
Originally posted by: Excelsior
Originally posted by: RMSistight

You know I've always wanted to implement stricter driving standards/testing in this country so mofos like that lady wouldn't hit you. It would be a great idea if the DMV started using testing standards from Japan or Great Britain. If that was the case, there would be less assholes driving like idiots....TRUST ME. I'm not saying that Japan/GB are kick ass drivers in the world, they have their worse too, but just ask anyone from those countries about their driver's test. They will tell you it's VERY hard and the government doesn't make any acceptions. In fact, in GB, the test is so hard AND expensive, some people DRIVE without licenses. These are the kind of testing stardards we should have in this country. Of course the insurance companies will beg to differ.

Agreed.

I also think all testing done in this country should be done in manual transmission. If you can drive a stick, you can drive an automatic. Difference is that stick drivers are more aware of the speed and control of their cars. Of course people can prove me wrong on this as there are drivers that still suck even at stick. However, I'm sure all of you will agree with me that people that test in stick will not take driving for granted since it IS hard to learn and to master in the first place.

I do think that would weed out a lot of the bad drivers, yeah.
 

Perknose

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Originally posted by: Mill
Cool thing is, I found out the Police Officer is my Neighborhood two houses behind me, so I'm not going to have to pay for a copy of the report, or go pick it up Downtown. She's just going to bring it by and put it in my mailbox.
Single? Hot? Your type? There's something about a girl in uniform . . . :laugh:
 

Mill

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Originally posted by: Perknose
Originally posted by: Mill
Cool thing is, I found out the Police Officer is my Neighborhood two houses behind me, so I'm not going to have to pay for a copy of the report, or go pick it up Downtown. She's just going to bring it by and put it in my mailbox.
Single? Hot? Your type? There's something about a girl in uniform . . . :laugh:

Nah she's middle age with a husband and kids. Very nice lady, though.
 

Mill

Lifer
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Originally posted by: illustri
maybe the problem isn't how they drive but how you park

but seriously though, insurance = all's well

Yes, parking in a space is such a bad thing to do. I should have parked on the sidewalk.
 

Mill

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Originally posted by: Vic
Almost the exact same damned thing happened to me a year ago. Not only do people in this country NOT know how to drive, they're proud of their inability! :|
"Look at me, I can't hang up my cell phone whenever I drive, I don't even know if my turn signal works or not I haven't used it in so long, my rearview mirrors haven't been properly adjusted since I bought the car, and I block faster traffic in the left lane everytime I get on the freeway, but I NEVER drive more than the speed limit!".... :roll::roll::roll: <^>:|


Anyway, you should switch insurance companies, Mill. Worked for me under roughly similar circumstances. Most companies won't hold a not-a-fault accident against you, except the company you were with when it happened.

Well, State Farm was good to me when I had one at-fault accident, but other than that they've been a pain in the rear. I shopped around when I bought my house, and no one gave me better rates. They let me stay on my Parent's Insurance, and I get a discount for having my Homeowner's through them. Everyone else wants insane amounts of money to insure my Mustang and this car, so I've yet to find anyone with comparable prices. I feel like I'm stuck between a rock and a hard place, because my Agent and his staff are nice, but Central Claims are a bunch of jerks. What really made me mad was the wreck before this one. The lady told me several times that it was my fault because another car hitting an object into me doesn't matter. The actual Claims Adjuster disagreed, as did the Police Report(not really that helpful), and my Agent. You know, if it was my fault that'd be fine, but don't try to make something my fault just because the other driver's policy has expired.

Uninsured motorist coverage = fvcking scam.

Once I find a company that will give me decent rates I'm dropping State Farm.
 

newParadigm

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A year or two back, was in the out side turn lane of an intersection. Went to turn, and this guy with in a Pickup Truck with a big plow on the front just kinda wanders into my lane.

I avoided the accident, and you can imagine im a little pissed. So we get up to the next stop light (the road is still 2 lanes in our direction), so the asshole pulls up in the middle of both lanes so i can't go around him, and gets out of his car and proceeds to come over and bitch at ME about not know how to drive. He was a short fvcking italian bitch too. (not that i got nething against italians, im partailly italian myself).
 

JulesMaximus

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YES, I know how to drive!

I haven't hit anyone in the last 15 years of driving...well, other than backing into my wife's BMW 5 years ago because she parked in the middle of the fvcking driveway.
 

ski2slow

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Originally posted by: RMSistight
Originally posted by: Mill
Whole back quarter-panel is smashed in by a 5'2 lady driving a Dodge Ram Hemi. I was *PARKED* reading a newspaper by a local cafe near my University, and she tried to pull in next to me. BAM. WTF? She instantly admitted to fault, and the Police Officer agreed and said it was her fault. Cool thing is, I found out the Police Officer is my Neighborhood two houses behind me, so I'm not going to have to pay for a copy of the report, or go pick it up Downtown. She's just going to bring it by and put it in my mailbox.

The lady who hit me admitted that she didn't like to drive that "big ole truck" but that her husband and she had *each* bought the other an identical model. She said she was scared to drive it and that it was too hard to see out of and park. Gee, thanks for realizing that AFTER you nailed my car. I called the Body Shop already and have an appointment, and already talked to my insurance. The thing that really burns my ass is that She didn't have proof of insurance. Her card was expired(same thing that happened to me last time and I ended up getting raped because of it), but she was having her company fax proof of insurance to the precinct within the next hour so she wouldn't get cited. Last time I was in an accident, State Farm said it was the other driver's fault, but his policy lapsed and he didn't stick to his "payment plan" therefore I am being charged 80 bucks a month for an *accident surcharge* EVEN THOUGH IT WASN'T MY FAULT. That guy is being sued by the insurance company, but right now I'm still out my deductible and surcharge. FVCKING BULLSH!T. Learn how to drive, assholes.


You know I've always wanted to implement stricter driving standards/testing in this country so mofos like that lady wouldn't hit you. It would be a great idea if the DMV started using testing standards from Japan or Great Britain. If that was the case, there would be less assholes driving like idiots....TRUST ME. I'm not saying that Japan/GB are kick ass drivers in the world, they have their worse too, but just ask anyone from those countries about their driver's test. They will tell you it's VERY hard and the government doesn't make any acceptions. In fact, in GB, the test is so hard AND expensive, some people DRIVE without licenses. These are the kind of testing stardards we should have in this country. Of course the insurance companies will beg to differ.


I agree with you. Insurance companies never loose out. They just pass the cost along to the policy holders. That is why you always see insurance companies have new and large buildings.
 
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I agree with you!! A**holes need to learn how to drive! I drive for a living and I see all kinds of crazy shit. People swerving over 5 lanes on the freeway doigng 70-80 to get off an exit!