I drove like an idiot today. -- Kinda long post

Kenny

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I felt like a 5 year old behind the wheel today. I was doing really stupid stuff.

After dropping my dad off at work, I went home and as I was going home I drove on the other side of the road to turn into the driveway and almost hit a car that was backing out.

I was gonna pick up the gf to watch a movie and didn't want to be late, so I rushed out of the house. As I was going, I was tailgating this old pickup truck driver and he slowed down to 20 in a 35 zone, he was pissed. So I sped off into another lane and kept going, while the guy speeds up to catch up to me. I was pretty much scared for my life because he was cutting lanes and catching up to me. I thought he was gonna throw something at my car if he got close enough.

Later on I almost hit an old lady because I had no stop sign and my head told me it was the right of way for me. That was real stupid.

Then I had to go to an ATM to get some cash. The closest one was on a busy street. After I parallel parked to get a spot, I thought a car in front of me wanted that spot, but they didn't signal. So I got out of the spot and hit it in reverse to give them room to take the spot. I started waving "sorry." It just so happens they didn't really want the spot. So I went forward again and backed up to take the spot. Had to keep going back and forth because the spot was small and I screwed up as I was going in. Some guy looked at me like I was a tard and I jay walked the busy street to get to the ATM. The only thing that was going on in my head was, "What if I get hit by a car I can't see, I guess I'll just be another dead Darwin idiot."

After I got my cash I U-Turned on the busy street. Almost hit a car.

After I picked up my girlfriend I drove safe the rest of the night.

I hope to never drive so idiotic ever again. Most of the time I'm a really safe driver, but I can be a total wreck once in a while.
 

zCypher

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Wow that was terrible... I cut someone off once, but I don't think I've ever driven that wrecklessly even when I was intentionally driving in an aggressive manner or in a hurry. :Q
 

TheCorm

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You nutcase...after 1 near miss you can almost shrug...then another...someone is telling you to drive more carefully!

I was doing 115mph on the way to work today....wahey!....but dumb....got into a race with a Golf GTI.
 

moonshinemadness

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Originally posted by: TheCorm
You nutcase...after 1 near miss you can almost shrug...then another...someone is telling you to drive more carefully!

I was doing 115mph on the way to work today....wahey!....but dumb....got into a race with a Golf GTI.

what do you drive?
 

dman

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Sometimes I have to stop and force myself to calm down and drive safe. An accident or a few tickets will get you into that practice much quicker than you did...

Somedays, you think it's you, but then you start being real careful and people are running you off the road, cutting you off, etc and you just know there's a sign that says 'hit me' on the car you can't see.
 

chin311

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Originally posted by: dman
Sometimes I have to stop and force myself to calm down and drive safe. An accident or a few tickets will get you into that practice much quicker than you did...

Somedays, you think it's you, but then you start being real careful and people are running you off the road, cutting you off, etc and you just know there's a sign that says 'hit me' on the car you can't see.

i agree, but i havent had any tickets or anything yet...so until then :beer:
 

DanTMWTMP

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lol....calm down next time...looks like u were rushed and had some other things in ur mind..something bothering u?......had an argument w/ ur dad prior?.......yeah crap happens, ....

heh, sorry to be nosy though...careful duuude



...oh yeah since u live in california..wat car u drive and what licence plate?....so i can...ermm..u knw...avoid u...in traffic... :p :)
 
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Sounds like you have a lot of room for improvement, but the only one of those things that soundsl ike it was done deliberately was the tailgating. This is a dangerous habit, and one you should try to wean yourself of.
 

godmare

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Tailgating is one of those things that gives me a stinging sensation between my eyes and fills my ears with static.
Food for thought for you, hmm?
 
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Originally posted by: TheCorm
You nutcase...after 1 near miss you can almost shrug...then another...someone is telling you to drive more carefully!

I was doing 115mph on the way to work today....wahey!....but dumb....got into a race with a Golf GTI.

<Typical ATOT Response> OMG streetrac0r your gonna kill EVERYONE and then run over puppies and small children OMG OMG you jackass go kill urself jerkoff h0m0 wankst0r </Typical ATOT Response>

Well, did you win? :p

- M4H
 

TheCorm

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Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire
Originally posted by: TheCorm
You nutcase...after 1 near miss you can almost shrug...then another...someone is telling you to drive more carefully!

I was doing 115mph on the way to work today....wahey!....but dumb....got into a race with a Golf GTI.

<Typical ATOT Response> OMG streetrac0r your gonna kill EVERYONE and then run over puppies and small children OMG OMG you jackass go kill urself jerkoff h0m0 wankst0r </Typical ATOT Response>

Well, did you win? :p

- M4H

Nah....probably could have though...but I wasn't as keen to fly around the roundabout at 70mph + like he was...nutcase.
 

conjur

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"I'm a complete idiot when it comes to driving so I think I'll post on ATOT so the whole world knows I'm an idiot."


WTF?
 

rh71

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My home security company calls me on my cell one day (as I was leaving work) and tells me the alarm just went off and police has been dispatched. I freaked and drove frigging 60mph on local streets to get home (about 5 miles of local roads). I figured if I was stopped, I'd just explain and they'd escort me or something :). Still, there was no cutting people off or running reds ... so it wasn't even dangerous.

I needed to get home and see if my dog was okay. Turns out it was a false alarm... the motion sensor triggered downstairs for no reason (my dog was locked upstairs). Strange, eh ?
 

Kenny

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Originally posted by: conjur
"I'm a complete idiot when it comes to driving so I think I'll post on ATOT so the whole world knows I'm an idiot."


WTF?

Well, that was kind of what I was going for. :p

I felt like I had to get it off my chest somehow..

I'm not gonna tell my parents about this or they won't let me borrow their car again. And my friends wouldn't let me borrow their car either.

I think I was just rushed and should control that type of driving habit in the future.