Friend's Accident

[CycloWizard]

Originally posted by: alkemyst
Yeah dude is pissed he is stuck riding a bike. Probably slamming his keyboard and shit thinking 'oh oh oh, I know I could take him if I saw him. I am bike rider, hear me roar!'

I've put over 200k miles on my car in the last ten years and rebuilt just about everything in it myself. But thanks for trying to yuck it up at my expense to make yourself feel better by forgetting that the retards here are the people defending dangerous, inconsiderate driving. :thumbsup:

 

[CycloWizard]

Originally posted by: rh71
First, running a red light doesn't necessarily mean others had to wait for me to get through. I never blatantly ran a red one - it was just trying to make it before it turned red and I wasn't always fortunate. I'm 100% sure nobody had to "wait" for me. And I'm 100% sure I will never T-bone someone by barely missing a yellow. Built-in delay FTW. Not that it's an excuse. Assuming 80mph thru an intersection is a bit much... over-exaggeration anyone?

And guess what? I used to tailgate too. As long as I got away with it unscathed, I didn't think it was a big deal. Young age / inexperience / aggressiveness had something to do with it too. But again, I've learned that it doesn't pay.

Still, things like that aren't exactly playing with fire... you know, nothing like trying to beat a train through a crossing. The actual question should be is my time much more important than a life. Learn to differentiate and get it right. I'm gonna have to start laughing at you if you claim trying to clear a yellow is endangering other people's lives. Real world much?

Things like that aren't exactly playing with fire because it never bit you in the ass. "It can never happen to me" is a mindset common among people who think that they are above everyone else around them.

One last thing - high-horse people have ignore lists. True story.

Most of the people on my ignore list have since been banned, so obviously I wasn't the only one who thought they were worth ignoring.

 

[mrSHEiK124]

Originally posted by: TuxDave
Here's why I'm not sharing my beer with you. Why does it have to take a near death experience before people realize that they shouldn't drive like idiots? Why do I have to be potentially at risk for another person to "learn their lesson"?

And lastly, now that you are a better person, what are you going to do about it? Are you going to just let your roommate continue driving like a maniac or are you going to wait and gamble that he lives the next time he gets into a near death experience?

I tell him about it every chance I get, I also refuse to ride in the car with him for fear of my own life. He's recently picked up splitting lanes, not exactly my cup of coffee.

I learned my lesson, so did my friend. Yeah it does suck that it took a near death experience but the point is now if we die young it won't be because we're being stupid in our cars.

 

[Kelvrick]

Why don't you get your friend off the road then? You can report him to the DMV or are you going to wait until he's in an accident or kills someone?

I'm personally glad that sentra taught you guys a lesson. Maybe you should learn to drive in the rain? Supposedly, you should know how not to overreact or make a spin worse when you taking the driving test, but apparently your friend didn't yet.

I don't care if people drive fast, I move over to the slow lane for faster traffic and expect the same when I'm speeding, just don't mess with other people. Obviously, you were coming up behind him quickly enough for him to "flash" his brake lights for you to not rearend him. Then before you knew it, he brake checked you?

I'd rather have your friend be in the accident then someone who's driving along at the speed limit.

 

[mrSHEiK124]

Originally posted by: Kelvrick
Why don't you get your friend off the road then? You can report him to the DMV or are you going to wait until he's in an accident or kills someone?

I'm personally glad that sentra taught you guys a lesson. Maybe you should learn to drive in the rain? Supposedly, you should know how not to overreact or make a spin worse when you taking the driving test, but apparently your friend didn't yet.

I don't care if people drive fast, I move over to the slow lane for faster traffic and expect the same when I'm speeding, just don't mess with other people. Obviously, you were coming up behind him quickly enough for him to "flash" his brake lights for you to not rearend him. Then before you knew it, he brake checked you?

I'd rather have your friend be in the accident then someone who's driving along at the speed limit.

My roommate drives like a complete dumb fuck, but surprisingly his delusions of grandeur and being indestructible seemingly aren't delusions. I just pray I don't have to be there when reality comes crashing down on him and his car comes crashing down on something else...

Sentra-person very obviously wasn't doing the speed limit, he was doing half the speed limit, or possibly driving backwards. It took so much to avoid hitting his barely moving ass (that bolted away as soon as he saw the accident) that I ran directly across the street and somehow managed to be directly across from the accident. Nerd false physics applied means that I decelerated at the same rate accident friend did (which was pretty damn fast), because my screeching halt off the road and onto the shoulder put me at the same place as my friend, but across the street.

Let me elaborate, with my roommate as my frame of reference because he was passing the Sentra, it slowed down A LOT, so when I say brake check I really mean it. He slammed on his brakes, I don't know if it was because my roommate drove by him so fast or just because he actually thought scaring us was a good idea, but I've got no doubt that it wasn't abrupt, and uncalled for.

I'm not trying to defend myself or my friend, I'm just trying to make everything clear. We know it's still our fault he ended up in an accident.