Most Irresponsible Driver You've Ever Seen???

[joeybee12]

Mine is a tie. The first is a woman on the drive home today who was talking on her cell phone with one hand, and picking her nose with the other, thus leaving no hands on the wheel. And no, it wasn't just a quick pick, she was drilling for oil in there!

The second is this guy I saw once entering the highway from an on-ramp, balancing his tray of food with his elbows on the steering wheel, essentially steering that way, as his hands were shoveling said food into his motuh. Yes, he was trying to merge with traffic going 55-65 miles per hour while doing this!

And yours?????????????

[H2O Man]

1. a local bank v.p.

who was so busy on his cell phone that he just didn't notice two stop signs and a red light. I saw him as he drove into the driver's side of my vehicle at 55mph. I also saw him as I was being taped onto a stretcher. Sure hope it was an important phone call!

[joeybee12]

6. Call Larry Parker! He'll get you 2.1 million dollars!

Seriously, sue!!!!!!!!!!

[H2O Man]

16. Yes, thank you.

I did. As I've said on here in the past, when John Edwards talks about democracy in the civil court process, he's telling the truth. In any other "forum" in rural, upstate NY, a bank vp "rates" much higher than a working class dog. Never believe anyone who says that the court system favors the injured! Example: in this county, a person is NOT supposed to be able to plea to a reduced "non-charge" if there has been a serious injury. But within 48 hours, the ticket the vp was issued was thrown out by a local "justice of the peace." So, in court, although I had a copy of the ticket, the law does not allow my side to mention it! So the jury did not know that the police found his action to violate the law, and the small town justice violated county policy to protect him! But I made out okay with the jury. Not great, but okay. Still, I'd prefer not to have to deal with chronic pain, a bone-paste & metal back, and the loss of a job I loved (psychiatric social worker). I miss playing sports with my kids. But life happens.

[joeybee12]

19. That's such shit! Here's to a speedy recovery! Cheers!

[Ilsa]

2. On the cell phone,

car stopped, but in gear, next to the elementary school pickup, kids walking all around, but she can't get off the damn phone.

Some poor kid is going to have internal injuries or broken bones or both before people learn.

[joeybee12]

8. Some actress in LA rammed a car while talking on her cell phone--

killed the 2-year-old boy who was one of the passengers.

[tigereye]

3. once saw a couple in a truck

sucking face and all over the road. Suspect(no!impossible) they were drunk. Fortunately it was very late and there weren't as many people to endager.

Otherwise how much time do you have?

[joeybee12]

4. Oh, keep going--we've got all night!

[nini]

9. I was behind in a guy in a car once who was driving drunk..

well, I thought he was drunk until the girlfriend (and him) were done and she sat back up. (see, you couldn't see her before because.... well, you get it!)

HELLO?!?! Could you have pulled over for a minute or two?

[joeybee12]

10. Let's just hope they were married! Then again, Anita Bryant hated gays

because they had oral sex, and they were essentially eating the body of Christ (well, swallowing it), Don't ask me how she considered semen the body of Christ, but she did--I read it!

[nini]

12. ??!?!?!? Why am I not surprised?

She is a major nutcase.

[joeybee12]

15. Yeah, the logic behind it was hard to follow--guess you have to be

a whacko to understand.

[tigereye]

14. every sperm is sacred

every sperm is good
every sperm is needed in your neighborhood

I wish I had a t-shirt that said that but I know it would be misinterpreted.

[joeybee12]

17. If a sperm is wasted, God gets quite irate!

It's a great number, and then having Eric and Graham as the Protestant couple who never do it and discuss it is equally hilarious!

[Sandpiper]

5. Dale Earnhardt

n/t

[joeybee12]

7. Ooooooooooh! So, you're writing off the Nascar Dad vote, are you?

[VOX]

11. A woman who plowed into the back of a *parked* gardener's truck...

She was driving an SUV (I was so startled I failed to notice make/model). She was on her cell phone, and her car drifted to the right as she rummaged through something on the passenger seat.

*Wham*! Not a damned thing happened to the legally parked old pickup, but the front of her SUV looked like shredded newspaper, with a headlamp dangling by its wires, etc. I made sure she was okay, and then drove on, shaking my head in disbelief.

This is probably the single dumbest accident I ever saw. It's not like she was faked out my another moving vehicle or a changing signal.

[joeybee12]

20. I'm surprised that doesn't happen more often--people on cell phones

often do other stuff at the same time as well--seen them opening up maps and being blinded!

[Dookus]

13. A guy behind me

in stop and go traffic, often getting up to 35 mph or so, reading a book while driving. Holding the book up with two hands. Steering with his knees.

I got out of his way.

[joeybee12]

18. I've seen more than one person do that--amazing.

[DS1]

21. Tow Truck drivers are rolling hazards

[joeybee12]

22. No argument from me about that!

[UrbScotty]

23. Mine happened, oh, 90 minutes ago or so.

I was on a busy street when this vehicle came right in front of me out of nowhere. He didn't look or anything.

[joeybee12]

24. Did you get hit? If you did, and he's a Repuke, make sure you take ALL

his money!

[Hammie]

25. Team Award

One time in Korea I was driving on a 5 lane highway out of Seoul and two drivers apparently wanted to talk so they stopped in the middle of high speed traffic in the #2&#3 lanes to have a chat.

Runner up (individual award): Young woman driving down I680 mid day, clear weather, no traffic, eating a big hamburger. She lost control of her vehicle at approx. 70 mph, spun around a few times and ended up in the median facing the wrong way. I was the closest other vehicle and I was about a half mile behind her. When I pulled abreast, she was still sitting in the driver's seat with the hamburger in her mouth and a stunned look on her face.

[TrogL]

26. Driver ran a green light

I know that sounds crazy but go read the Highway Traffic Act.

You may enter the intersection if it's safe to do so.

One night in downtown Vancouver, BC, I was approaching an intersection. The light had just turned green my way. A little brown shitbox blew past me into the intersection.

The problem was, that a lady in an SUV was still in the intersection trying to make her left turn from the previous light. When the intersection cleared she went ahead with her turn and the guy in the shitbox T-boned her at 45 mph. The SUV was damanged somewhat but the shitbox was turned into scrap metal. Surprisingly, he walked away.

[Mrs. Venation]

27. Some Jackass In Virginia

hit a man who had pulled off the road to change a tire. The jackass was, according to local news, DWI. He dragged the poor man 8.5 miles and didn't call the police until the next morning. The man who was hit died; news today said he might not have been dead from the impact, but was killed by being dragged 8.5 miles.

The entire front end of the SUV that hit the guy was smashed. The driver must have been more smashed if he didn't realize he had hit someone. He's in the Fairfax Co. jail, held without bond.

[Mz Pip]

28. I was in France

There was an intersection that had a right turn lane and a lane that went straight. We were in the lane to go right and this guy came around us on the right, went kind of on the shoulder of the road and then turned out in front of everyone and went straight.

We saw a lot of this kind of driving in France. There are these 3 lane highways that have one lane going one direction, one lane going the other and a free for all in the middle. We stayed in the right lane at all times.

MzPip
:dem:

[blondeatlast]

29. I kid you not about this; it was so bad that the every driver

around her was looking at each other with "Can you believe that?" looks:

SUV--big. No hnads on wheel, steering basically with the wrist. She was: chatting on the cell, smoking, drinking coffee, putting on makeup and doing her hair at the stoplight.

When the light changed, she did make a sacrifice for our sakes; the hair and makeup had to stop. Truth is stranger than fiction--it really happened.

It was rush hour on one of the busiest surface streets in central Phoenix; absolutely bumper to bumper.

[blondeatlast]

30. In Phoenix, we have these ridiculous "reverse" lanes during rush hour.

Anyone who takes "advantage" of them has my vote.

[cmd]

31. She's recovering from her latest accident in nursing home

I accepted a ride home from a fellow employee a few years ago. Not only did she speed, but she did so while looking everywhere but the highway. When we came to a red light, she looked around, said, "Well, I don't see anyone coming" and sped on through. I must admit that she did pray for me and bless me several times on that trip home. Perhaps that's what got me there.

edited for spelling and grammar

[Kamika]

32. I saw a home movie here on DU

This guy while driving opened the door of his pickup and sat on the hood.. the car crashed into a tree and he was catapulted off