Got into an accident today...

[Headspace]

Isn't the rule of the road that you have to see the two back tires of the person of the person in front of you touch the ground, and that's as close as you should get?

[Plow]

Yes, because when you're stopping behind someone, you should leave about 15 feet of space between your bumper and their's. When I'm stopped behind someone and their brake lights turn off, I also let go of the brake. Should we all just wait until there's an entire car length in the space ahead of us before pulling up?

Did you people not take driver's ed?

I took it 15 fucking years ago and I still remember that you're damn right, that's exactly what the fuck you should do.

[Seanr]

I drive stick as well, just been a few years. I wasn't tailgating them the way you're thinking, I had just pulled out of my development so I hadn't been on the street long enough to really ride anyone's ass. I just literally pulled up behind them at the stop light.
It wasn't bumper to bumper traffic where I was behind them for a few miles... i could even pull up a diagram of the street

[Plow]

Not only are you completely retarded for saying he deserves to deal with scamming insurance fraud assholes for rear ending someone and making an honest mistake but you really can't read for shit.

Lifting your foot off the break and rolling forward is not the same thing as accelerating into someone. He didn't put his foot on the gas and slam into them going fast.

What the hell happened to you in the last 6 months Plow that made you turn into such a gigantic retarded asshole? Seriously. Or maybe you have always been this way and I just never really noticed until recently.

Again just because you seem to have issues getting information into your thick angry skull, this isn't about him rear ending someone, big whoop he made a mistake that isn't a big deal.

This is about said people going out of their way to try to get money from the insurance company by claiming to get neck injuries from a rolling rear end with no gas pedal involved.

Not sure if you have ever driven before Plow but when you are at a complete stop and you simply lift your foot off the brake without putting your foot on the gas your car doesn't suddenly explode away at 30 mph.

It's not "an honest mistake" when you're driving inappropriately.

Call it being a douche all you like, tailgating and people that can't fucking grasp the concept of turning into their own lane and cost every damn person in America time every fucking day because you never know if some dipshit is going to be too lazy to turn his wheel an extra inch and therefore people can't turn left and right at the same time... my 2 biggest pet peeves. Not even just with driving, just my 2 biggest pet peeves, period.

[Seanr]

Did you people not take driver's ed?

I took it 15 fucking years ago and I still remember that you're damn right, that's exactly what the fuck you should do.

I agree that we all should, but we don't always do that every time we pull up to a car. You're telling me you have never, ever gotten closer than that plow? :<

[BerenTebogo]

Isn't the rule of the road that you have to see the two back tires of the person of the person in front of you touch the ground, and that's as close as you should get?

Varies by state. Since Sean is in MD I'll use shit from their driver's handbook (shit you learn before you get your permit)

Three to Four Second Following Distance Rule
Stopping Distance
The distance in which you can stop your vehicle is important in
helping you to choose a safe driving speed. The chart that follows
can be used as a rough guide, but your actual stopping distance will
depend upon many factors, including:
The length of time it takes a driver to see and recognize that
there is a dangerous situation.
The length of time it takes from the perception of danger to the
start of braking - 3/4 second.
Type and condition of the pavement.
Percentage of grade of roadway.
Kind and condition of tire treads.
Vehicle design and condition of shock absorbers.
Type and condition of brakes.

Again, I have no doubt Sean wasn't trying to be a dick and it was purely an accident, but it is a bad habit to get into, and in some cases, illegal.

Edit: but yes, we all do it at times. No question.

[Plow]

I agree that we all should, but we don't always do that every time we pull up to a car. You're telling me you have never, ever gotten closer than that plow? :<

Sure, when I was 16 and drove like a retard.


By the time I was 18 I bought a nice enough car that I kept enough room to gtfo if I saw someone looking like they were going to jack my shit.

So, no, since then, I've driven appropriately. Most of my driving life I've been a long-haired hippie pothead with nice cars. Even if it wasn't simply smart driving, I'd still be extremely cautious just to avoid getting fucked with.


I'm that guy that people damn near run into all the time because nobody ever expects people to actually come to a complete stop at a stop sign.

[BerenTebogo]

Sure, when I was 16 and drove like a retard.


By the time I was 18 I bought a nice enough car that I kept enough room to gtfo if I saw someone looking like they were going to jack my shit.

So, no, since then, I've driven appropriately. Most of my driving life I've been a long-haired hippie pothead with nice cars. Even if it wasn't simply smart driving, I'd still be extremely cautious just to avoid getting fucked with.


I'm that guy that people damn near run into all the time because nobody ever expects people to actually come to a complete stop at a stop sign.

I'm not this bad, but I agree that driving a nice car will make you instantly develop smarter habits.

...until you crash it into a palm tree at around 100mph...

*ahem*

But then, you know, for sure you'll develop safer driving habits.

My biggest aggravations, and two of the only things I may legitimately road rage over are changing lanes without signaling in front of an accelerating car and doing 60mph in the left lane on the highway. The second I just get pissed and pass on the right, but if you do the first to me and I need to brake hard or swerve because the person who merged is too fucking stupid to use their indicators I will make their life miserable and scare the shit out of them for at least a mile.

Can't get rid of all bad habits.

[Plow]

I also turn into the correct lane, then signal and move to the next.

I also literally count the 4 second rule above 50, 2 below.

Ever been pulled over for changing lanes and only signaling 50 feet ahead instead of 100?

I have.

Ever been pulled over for driving with your marker lights on, on a 2 lane highway when it's fairly foggy but not dark, just to make sure people can see you?

I have.

[BerenTebogo]

Sounds like a chronic case of DWB.

[Moss]

lol, if I made a post about all the shit people do that pisses me off on the road, it would be HUEG. Living in downtown Atlanta and having to drive through town to school everyday didn't help.

[BerenTebogo]

lol, if I made a post about all the shit people do that pisses me off on the road, it would be HUEG. Living in downtown Atlanta and having to drive through town to school everyday didn't help.

I grew up just outside of Boston and have lived in or around major cities in MA for 90% of my adult life.

I spent one year in Florida. One. fucking. year.

How the fuck people are allowed to own cars below the mason-dixon line is beyond me.

[Plow]

Sounds like a chronic case of DWB.

dwiabcmgtwt

driving while in a black convertible mustang gt while teenaged


although, kinda funny, one time I had a huge black dude in my car (his name was Nuke, lol), I came up to a 4 way stop, and a cop stopped to my right

I waited about a minute, then finally went because they clearly weren't going to move until I did...

Pulled me over for failure to yield.

fun stuff


edit from reading last post:

Yeah. I bought my mustang when I was living in Tampa. Ugh.

[Headspace]

I grew up just outside of Boston and have lived in or around major cities in MA for 90% of my adult life.

I spent one year in Florida. One. fucking. year.

How the fuck people are allowed to own cars below the mason-dixon line is beyond me.

My first year in Florida, I thought these were the shittiest drivers ever, then I went back home ot Cincy for a month, and New Jersey for a week.

then I realized that it doesn't really matter where you are from, most people suck at driving.



Although the old people down here really suck.

[Moss]

I grew up just outside of Boston and have lived in or around major cities in MA for 90% of my adult life.

I spent one year in Florida. One. fucking. year.

How the fuck people are allowed to own cars below the mason-dixon line is beyond me.

I haven't driven much in FLA but I have heard that it is notoriously bad. The old people definitely aren't helping.

[Headspace]

Hurricane season 2-3 months a year, wasn't even raining that bad today.

But people still went 20mph with their hazards on.

[BerenTebogo]

My first year in Florida, I thought these were the shittiest drivers ever, then I went back home ot Cincy for a month, and New Jersey for a week.

then I realized that it doesn't really matter where you are from, most people suck at driving.



Although the old people down here really suck.

Really, it just seems like the south drives like they do everything else. Show me a day in Boston or NYC where most of the people you see walking around are doing so at less than a marathon pace and I'll show you a day where most people walking around in FL do so at a pace faster than the slow motion videos seen on shows like "Time Warp".

50mph speed limit? Sounds good, but I really think 20mph is more appropriate. One lane? Why drive in one when you can drive in both?

Rabble rabble rabble.

[Plow]

Unless the light is yellow, in which case you floor it no matter how far you are.


Also, it's legal in Florida for motorcycles to drive between cars. Freaky shit, I don't know how people get the balls to do it so much.

[Headspace]

Unless the light is yellow, in which case you floor it no matter how far you are.


Also, it's legal in Florida for motorcycles to drive between cars. Freaky shit, I don't know how people get the balls to do it so much.

Since people drive faster during yellow lights, let's just eliminate green lights so traffic flows quicker.

/monorail

[Headspace]

Thank god I-75 down here is 3 lanes each way for my entire commute to work. It used to be 2, and you'd have assholes going 50 in a 70, blocking people going 90 in a 70.