July 9, 2009 at 7:43 AM by Cafe Cynthia - Comments (5)
If you read this post in The Cafe that one mom wrote therapeutically to vent about her two close calls in traffic accidents the other day, you'll be amazed at the number of bad driver horror stories that abound.
Drivers running red lights, near miss T-bones, rear-ending, swerving into lanes. Reckless drivers nearly crashing into innocent people who were driving safely and obeying the traffic laws.
I really used to think it was just me who encountered these crazies on a daily basis. Now I know they are everywhere. And to the mom who commented that Florida drivers are the worst, I beg to differ. New York drivers, any day of the week.
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I can go under oath and promise ya that I don't talk on my cell behind the wheel. I don't have a cell phone. :-)
we live in NYC so we agree with you!, it is not enough that we have to watch out for crazy taxi drivers trying to get people to their destination or trying to pick up people, lol, but we have to watch out for the "normal" drivers that seem to not see us crossing the street with a stroller and a kid on each hand =-/
I just have to say, a lot of people think FL drivers are the worst (Miami comes to mind...) because most of the drivers down here are FROM NY!!! Hahaha...sorry I don't like the drivers down here:)
I get annoyed daily with the way people drive, but I just have to let it roll off because unless I'm sitting in the car with them I really can't tell them what they're doing wrong. But, I always have my phone handy and a pen & paper right there in case I need to write down a license plate # and call the cops (which I do actually quite often in the morning when I'm heading to work)
I live in a subdivision off a busy side road. There is a 3 way stop at our subdivision entrance....no one on the main road stops! Some of them do not even slow down! I cannot count the number of times I have almost gotten hit leaving the subdivision or trying to make a left turn into our subdivision. Oh..and my favorite part about that is that they scream at ME when I pull out of the subdivision bc they had to stop. I yelled last week...It's called a stop sign A-hole...try using it! Something I never do but that day, I lost it bc the guy was screaming at me bc I turned onto the main road! I should add that I stopped, waited for the car in front of this guy to go, then proceeded to pull up onto the road while this guy just started following the car that was at the stop sign. Ugh...I am so sick of it! If you see that I have been in an accident...you'll know why~!
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Gosh all of those bug the heck out of me except for talking on their cell phone. I don't see too many people texting or messing with their cell phone while driving. If they are talking they are either just talking or doing so hands free.
I hate when people do not use their turn signal or they use it AFTER they brake. The whole purpose of the turn signal is to tell the driver behind you that you will be slowing to turn.
I also don't like that people have no idea what the lanes on the express way are for...right is for exiting and entering the expressway, the middle is for slow moving traffic and the left is for faster moving traffic. It's not rocket science.....come on!
Phhhhheeeeeewwwwwwww.....thanks for letting me get that off my chest! Hee hee
Peajewel Jul. 9, 2009 at 9:08 AM