Stupid Driver Stories

Actually, my mother lost her beloved Beetle (about thirty years ago) because a Mercedes crossed a red light. On the best thing is, the insurance claimed it was joint guilt because "you can't just assume that everybody stops at a red light", wtf?

Well they seem to have a point, since there are plenty of people who don't :)
 
i was at school and was parked on the street. I was about to pull out onto the driving lane so i looked over my shoulder and pulled out extremely fast (I'm an idiot) which I never do it because its not safe but of course i did it this one time and a huge as ford bumps into me going 25. Her tire bumped into my front bumper (it was a weird angle) and the bumper on my moms new Lexus popped off. It looked serious but when we got it home we found out it came off cleanly except that I dragged it as I pulled to the side so it got scratches.

the whole thing was that my mom manipulated the situation and proved that it was the lady's fault somehow (even though it felt like it was mine). i felt pretty bad. she was a milf
 
I've seen this happen a few times around here.

I'll be sitting at a red light and the person infront, or beside be thinks the light is about to change so they start inching forward. The light doesn't change and they end up just inching slowly through the intersection.... It leaves me dumbstruck everytime I see it.
 
Today: Some stupid pedestrians

Bus stop. Cars are coming the other way, I can't overtake, so I sit and wait.
https://pic.armedcats.net/l/li/lipadier/2009/05/12/1.JPG

Three adults from the bus. You can guess what happens next.
https://pic.armedcats.net/l/li/lipadier/2009/05/12/3.JPG

Sure enough the driver of the next car spots those muppets only in the last second and slams full on his ankers, watch how he dives in.
https://pic.armedcats.net/l/li/lipadier/2009/05/12/4.JPG

The next car is coming. Run, Forrests, run!
https://pic.armedcats.net/l/li/lipadier/2009/05/12/6.JPG
https://pic.armedcats.net/l/li/lipadier/2009/05/12/7.JPG

:rolleyes:

Greetings, lip
 
^people do that ALL the time over here too :roll:

also, I want that dashcam you have... where did you get it/what did it cost?
 
Sure enough the driver of the next car spots those muppets only in the last second and slams full on his ankers, watch how he dives in.
https://pic.armedcats.net/l/li/lipadier/2009/05/12/4.JPG
I love how on the back of the (swiss) Bus it says "Hirn" wich means "Brain" ... and three people just got off that Bus with "Brain" written on it and now try to cross a busy road without thinking ... :rolleyes: Nomen est omen
 
What really shits me on my daily drive to uni is people who don't know at what rate they should apply the brakes to stop at the lights. I've almost run into the back of people because they'll apply the brakes really hard before realising they're going to stop well short of the line, so they let off the brakes and cruise the rest of the way before braking again.

Also, lip, what's the deal with that dash cam? Where can I get one?
 
https://pic.armedcats.net/l/li/lipadier/2009/05/12/4.JPG

I'd expect nothing less from a SSangYong driver...
 
Seen some weird idiocy today on the way to school - I was riding my bicycle near a junction, and multiple cars sounded their horns, probably because they were out of patience. I slowed down a bit to take a closer look at it, as did some other pedestrians around me. Seconds later one of those pedestrians just shouted very loudly "MOVE, YOU SON OF A BITCH, DRIVE ALREADY!!". I looked at him with shock, I haven't seen such pompous behaviour in a while :|
 
A boy I went to school with got wasted but tried to drive regardless. He passed out at the wheel and very slowly rolled right into a police car. Anyway, he was underage at the time and also had a stash in his glovebox. How stupid/unlucky can you get?
 
A boy I went to school with got wasted but tried to drive regardless. He passed out at the wheel and very slowly rolled right into a police car. Anyway, he was underage at the time and also had a stash in his glovebox. How stupid/unlucky can you get?

MWHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA
 
Also, lip, what's the deal with that dash cam? Where can I get one?

It's a simple 16:9 DV cam (Sony DCR-HC-96) which is recording in LP whenever I drive. I use a high shutter speed and the focus is fix on infinite, so every videocap comes out sharp. - If nothing unusual has happend, I use the same tape again the next day. The over-engineered mount itself I found in a second hand shop, was once a fixation for a heavy security monitor.
https://pic.armedcats.net/l/li/lipadier/2009/05/13/dashcam.jpg

Some interesting stuff sometimes apart from traffic, like yesterday, this bolt zapped in very close, just behind that fence. The following near thunder was even more impressive. :blink:
https://pic.armedcats.net/l/li/lipadier/2009/05/13/DSC06775.JPG


Greetings, lip
 
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dayem... do want such a cam...

I see atleast one dumbass moment a day though, so if I ever do get such a thing, it would cause this thread to explode
 
Yesterday: A near miss.

A small junction, have my indicator on for turning left.
Note the Mercedes overtaking the two bicycles without touching my lane.
https://pic.armedcats.net/l/li/lipadier/2009/05/17/m2.JPG
https://pic.armedcats.net/l/li/lipadier/2009/05/17/m3.JPG

But here comes Mazda-Dudette...
https://pic.armedcats.net/l/li/lipadier/2009/05/17/m4.JPG

...and she's on a collision course. WTF?! :blink:
https://pic.armedcats.net/l/li/lipadier/2009/05/17/m5.JPG
https://pic.armedcats.net/l/li/lipadier/2009/05/17/m6.JPG
https://pic.armedcats.net/l/li/lipadier/2009/05/17/m7.JPG

My cam is mounted on the passenger side of my car. So it doesn't look as close on these pictures as it was. <_<

I drive a lot and so I see a lot. But this one scared me.

Greetings, lip
 
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It happens pretty much everyday where I live. And I absolutely hate it.
In fact I've been forced to learn noticing cars like that when they are still in your first picture's position.
On the second one it is already too much clear that the idiot is coming right towards you.

I'd love to have a heavy machine gun mounted on the roof, sometimes.
 
Today I'm driving to have lunch with some friends. So I'm driving down this road in the right hand lane going about 5 under the posted limit of 35 MPH. It's about noon everyone's just got out of church and there are about twenty cars in front of me so it's ok we're doing 5 under, nothing to stress about. Except I have some child molester in a Ford Econoline van about 6 feet away from my rear bumper. I'm pissed, but for once in my life I don't flip him the bird or just touch the brake pedal with my left foot to engage the lights, I just ignore him.

So it comes time to turn right into the restaurant, I downshift, put on my turn signal, hit the brakes normally, and pull into the right hand turn lane. And this scumbag turns right into the restaurant from the middle lane right in front of me, cutting me off. Starts yelling at me, that I brake checked him, blah, blah, blah. I got his plate number, "93871," in case anyone wanted it. I yelled back, which probably inflamed the situation, though I didn't cuss. I called him sunshine, and that must have blew a gasket because he slammed his redneck mobile, with the crunched front fascia, into reverse and got inches away from hitting my bumper. At that point I called the police, but the fucker was gone before I got through.

I seriously think tailgaters, sex offenders, and bigots should not be allowed to vote or procreate. Castrate them and send them all to downtown Detroit to give the gangs target practice.
 
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