The stupidity of people sometimes catches me off-guard...

[churchmouse]

way i see it 85% of the population doesn't have a clue what is gonin' on......just start keepin' track when your out and about and you'll see what i mean......

Service guys log a lot of miles. See a lot of things.
We grow a sixth sense towards spotting idiot drivers.

 

[brown trix]

I drive on the average 230 to 270 miles a day on I 70, 65 north and south 465 and 37 down to Martinsville and back and the things I see every day makes me wonder how there
are not more deaths on our roads, my truck is limited to 68 mph and I can not go fast enough, last Friday morning on 70 by the airport east bound 3 cars weaving in traffic
running 75 80 mph then pass on the outside pull off lane, later on Friday afternoon going south on 37 with Easter and IU crowd heading to Btown same thing cars passing
in pull off lanes Cant be late to the party in Btown

 

[Mr Evilwrench]

If these nimrods don't have the situational awareness to notice a firetruck or ambulance with all those flashing lights, sirens, horns, you sure can't expect them to abstract to the next level and think about how they'd like the other drivers on the road to behave if it was them on the ambulance or watching their house burn down. Idiocracy.

 

[hoosierdoc]

We get the call to disregard.

Every Single Time I ran LAS, you could count the number of stupid people, and worse, the ones who deliberately blocked us. I always hoped we were going to their house for someone they cared about.

I considered that, but they drove a loooong way, past numerous fire stations. And I can't think of a call that would justify passing on the inside shoulder at 80mph right against a concrete wall. It helps no one to cause an accident on an interstate to get to a destination. This was not stop and go traffic, in fact it wasn't all that heavy if I recall correctly.

 

[Frosty]

I considered that, but they drove a loooong way, past numerous fire stations. And I can't think of a call that would justify passing on the inside shoulder at 80mph right against a concrete wall. It helps no one to cause an accident on an interstate to get to a destination. This was not stop and go traffic, in fact it wasn't all that heavy if I recall correctly.

Doc, just turn up the Metallica, and jam out. You'll be skidding around corners, laying 11's at stop lights, reving at people to show the power! You've just got to lose yourself in the moment! That's all these guys were doing...

 

[churchmouse]

Doc, just turn up the Metallica, and jam out. You'll be skidding around corners, laying 11's at stop lights, reving at people to show the power! You've just got to lose yourself in the moment! That's all these guys were doing...

And many of them carry.....

 

[Frosty]

And many of them carry.....

I didn't say it was the responsible thing to do.... But it happens!

 

[Spear Dane]

All it took for me to realize 75% of the population should have their licenses permanently revoked was driving a big rig in traffic.

 

[ghitch75]

Service guys log a lot of miles. See a lot of things.
We grow a sixth sense towards spotting idiot drivers.

yep i have seen a bunch of crazy **** over time....just comes with miles logged as you know....

 

[funeralweb]

Until the cost of craniorectalectomies comes down....

 

[rob63]

I love the people that pull up behind you, ride your bumper, and flash their lights to get you to go faster even though you are all stuck in heavy traffic. Either a remarkable lack of situational awareness or they are honestly not smart enough to realize you can't go faster than the car in front of you.

 

[MuttX7]

When I worked in downtown Bloomington, this was an every day occurrence. The city saw fit to narrow Walnut Street between 2nd and 3rd. Instead of 3 or 4 lanes, it is 2 lanes most of the way. At least twice a day an ambulance was hindered by traffic because there was no room for the cars to get out of the way or people were unwilling to enter an intersection to get out of the way. You would think the City of Bloomington would have learned it's lesson when it had to widen 2nd street near Patterson Drive after the calming devices it installed caused the same concerns with emergency vehicles being stalled by traffic but nope.

 

[MuttX7]

I love the people that pull up behind you, ride your bumper, and flash their lights to get you to go faster even though you are all stuck in heavy traffic. Either a remarkable lack of situational awareness or they are honestly not smart enough to realize you can't go faster than the car in front of you.

That is when I let off of the accelerator and start driving even slower.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

When I worked in downtown Bloomington, this was an every day occurrence. The city saw fit to narrow Walnut Street between 2nd and 3rd. Instead of 3 or 4 lanes, it is 2 lanes most of the way. At least twice a day an ambulance was hindered by traffic because there was no room for the cars to get out of the way or people were unwilling to enter an intersection to get out of the way. You would think the City of Bloomington would have learned it's lesson when it had to widen 2nd street near Patterson Drive after the calming devices it installed caused the same concerns with emergency vehicles being stalled by traffic but nope.

Calming devices? Is that a college town thing? Like a "safe space zone" or something?

 

[Spear Dane]

after the calming devices it installed caused the same concerns with emergency vehicles being stalled by traffic but nope.

Bongs every 10 feet?

 

[MuttX7]

Calming devices? Is that a college town thing? Like a "safe space zone" or something?

Kind of what Bloomington is using now:



It is supposed to slow down traffic but one they installed impeded ambulances on the way to the hospital due to the fact that there was no where for traffic to pull to the side to let the ambulance pass by.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

Kind of what Bloomington is using now:

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It is supposed to slow down traffic but one they installed impeded ambulances on the way to the hospital due to the fact that there was no where for traffic to pull to the side to let the ambulance pass by.

Makes you wonder how much forethought they really put into some of these things, doesn't it? Like the "bike lanes" they put in here in Indy. Didn't make any of the streets wider to actually add a lane. They just painted a stripe and some arrows and made the "car lane" narrower.

 

[shibumiseeker]

I considered that, but they drove a loooong way, past numerous fire stations. And I can't think of a call that would justify passing on the inside shoulder at 80mph right against a concrete wall. It helps no one to cause an accident on an interstate to get to a destination. This was not stop and go traffic, in fact it wasn't all that heavy if I recall correctly.

Oh, I'm not saying they weren't being stupid, but it does happen. I probably drove a couple thousand miles LAS over the years in an urban environment and never had or caused an accident, but it took extreme defensiveness and situational awareness.

I lost two coworkers due to other people being stupid when the big box with the flashy lights caused them to do stupid stuff.

 

[MuttX7]

Makes you wonder how much forethought they really put into some of these things, doesn't it? Like the "bike lanes" they put in here in Indy. Didn't make any of the streets wider to actually add a lane. They just painted a stripe and some arrows and made the "car lane" narrower.

Same thing here. They also added green sections at the stoplights on some streets. All of those bikes you passed get to ride to the front of the line again so you get to pass them again.

 

[awames76]

i was on 20 bypass around south bend, i had sand in the back of my truck and could hear it hitting my rear window going 60 in a 65 so people could get around me, had this stupid person come flying up behind me and ride my bumper there was no one with in 1/4 mile of us so i let off the gas and let it slow down to 35 mph before they pass me, then they just kinda set be side me as i get back to 60. i drove semi for 2 yrs so ive seen a few things in my travels