The dream part is very true for me too. I seem to have very clear vivid dreams very rapidly when I do fall asleep. I mean I could be in a tram on a 10 min ride to work and the next thing I know I am dreaming something very vividly like I am falling off a cliff, and bam I wake up and see I am on a tram still.
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Whats the worst thing you've seen someone do while driving?
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The dream part is very true for me too. I seem to have very clear vivid dreams very rapidly when I do fall asleep. I mean I could be in a tram on a 10 min ride to work and the next thing I know I am dreaming something very vividly like I am falling off a cliff, and bam I wake up and see I am on a tram still.
seemingly random
Diamond Member
Maybe another personality poking through?
seemingly random
Diamond Member
I watched a car go down a boat ramp and into the potomac river in dc. This was back when, it was so polluted, you could almost walk across it. We where putting our runabout on the trailer when my brother yelled "it's a suicide". Turned out to be one of those amphibi-cars. It was pretty damn funny to see it come to almost a dead stop after it hit the water, see the driver adjusting some levers and then the exhaust from the propellers in back as the thing took off down the river.
seemingly random
Diamond Member
But the thread's been defiled with this post...
CrackRabbit
Lifer
1. I nearly ran into someone that was backing down an exit ramp of a freeway here in San Diego.
2. Nearly ran into someone that decide that they needed to merge into my lane when doing 20 mph less than I was, ended up spinning my car to avoid them.
2. Nearly ran into someone that decide that they needed to merge into my lane when doing 20 mph less than I was, ended up spinning my car to avoid them.
PieIsAwesome
Diamond Member
Being absent-minded.
There is this gas station at an intersection with an exit right onto the northbound lane of a street. For some reason, when I come up to the exit, I always get the urge to make a left hand turn onto the street in the opposite direction of the street (yes, the wrong way). Well, the other day I did exactly this. I exited the gas station and was about to make a left-hand turn, next to the curb, onto the intersecting street. Then I realized that left-turn+curb=WTF and quickly went into the intersecting street going the right direction. Luckily, there was no traffic (at all), but if there was this probably would not have happened.
I still get the urge to repeat that mistake, so I think I'll stay away from that exit now.
There is this gas station at an intersection with an exit right onto the northbound lane of a street. For some reason, when I come up to the exit, I always get the urge to make a left hand turn onto the street in the opposite direction of the street (yes, the wrong way). Well, the other day I did exactly this. I exited the gas station and was about to make a left-hand turn, next to the curb, onto the intersecting street. Then I realized that left-turn+curb=WTF and quickly went into the intersecting street going the right direction. Luckily, there was no traffic (at all), but if there was this probably would not have happened.
I still get the urge to repeat that mistake, so I think I'll stay away from that exit now.
darkswordsman17
Lifer
That reminds me. Just this past weekend, someone stopped on the inside lane of a 4 way "street" and put their blinker on so that they could turn left to take the offramp on the other side (so there's no turning lane, and they had passed the offramp for this side). It almost ended up worse as the idiot behind them for whatever reason did not move over into the outside lane (no cars were there) and then waited until they had to slam on their brakes to avoid hitting them.
seemingly random
Diamond Member
I did that recently for the first time - although off to the side of the ramp so as to not screw up other people. I hadn't been paying attention before I got on the ramp. All lanes were stopped on the freeway, which never happens in this area, indicating an accident. The interesting thing is that most other drivers noticed what I was doing and started doing the same thing.
I had to put my beer down, get my feet back inside, gloria back over in her seat, the bong capped and the movie paused so I could turn around to backup.
kranky
Elite Member
When walking one day, I saw an older man get into his car parked on the street in the business district. Starts the car, revs it, revs it, revs it, drops it into gear and smashes into the car parked in front of him. Stops. Revs it, revs it, puts it in reverse and smashes into the car parked behind him. Stops. Revs it, puts it back into drive and again smashes the car in front. Stops. Gets out. Stares at the car in front of him with a "what is this thing impeding my progress" look.
Is this supposed to be some new fad for these gotti-boy-wannabe a-holes? Like every dude sporting the slicked up spike hair and the wife beaters has their seats reclined so far back you think they're actually luging it out. I tried it out thinking, damn, I can be cool too, and I found the position uncomfortable and awkward.
not the worst thing, but as I was driving to work one day, I was stopped at a red. A car pulled up on the left to turn. I just glanced at the car when i noticed something looked kinda funny to me. I looked a bit closer and noticed the driver had his head tilted back grimacing. I thought he was in pain so I rolled down my window and tried to flag him down. As I did that, he turned and looked startled and that's when I noticed some movement of the bobbing up and down kind. He was so startled that he had the chick giving him a BJ stop and get up. Guess he wasn't in pain after all 🙂 She looked out her window at me in shock. I smiled as the light turned green and he sped off. I so wish I hada camera phone at that moment. haha.
I once saw a guy reading a newspaper/holding the wheel with one hand, while talking on a cell phone with the other. He was going 75 mph on a major highway. He wasn't swerving all over the road or anything, so I was pretty impressed.
Saw a woman turn left onto a major, 3 lane road going the wrong way. There was a 6 foot grass median, so she couldn't get over. It was a Sunday afternoon, so there were no cars at the stop light when she made the turn. She drove about 1/2 a mile the wrong way (with my honking and waving from the right side of the road) before any cars came along (they were all stopped at a traffic light about a mile down the road). She didn't notice my honking. She was just driving calmly, without a care in the world until she saw the cars coming the other way. No cell phone or anything.
Saw a woman turn left onto a major, 3 lane road going the wrong way. There was a 6 foot grass median, so she couldn't get over. It was a Sunday afternoon, so there were no cars at the stop light when she made the turn. She drove about 1/2 a mile the wrong way (with my honking and waving from the right side of the road) before any cars came along (they were all stopped at a traffic light about a mile down the road). She didn't notice my honking. She was just driving calmly, without a care in the world until she saw the cars coming the other way. No cell phone or anything.
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