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After yesterday's experience, I think we need some new public service "commercials"!!
I was in the right lane, preparing to make a right at the light, when the car in the next lane over literally turned right in front of me and pulled into the driveway on MY right!! I was in a Dodge 2500 truck, so it's not like he couldn't see me!!
And I've seen so many instances of the car in the "right turn only" lane going straight - directly into the car from the "right turn or straight" lane next to him turns right.
Maybe someone should do some public service things on lanes, lane markings, and what they mean!!
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« Reply #1 on: August 23, 2011, 09:50:18 AM » |
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If they can't see how do you expect them to read.
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« Reply #2 on: August 23, 2011, 09:52:03 AM » |
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I strongly believe that everyone should be required to rewrite their driver's licence test every time they renew their licence, and should have to take a road test every second time they renew. Many rules of the road are forgotten over the years.
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« Reply #3 on: August 23, 2011, 10:00:58 AM » |
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I had a similar instance a few weeks ago. With a cop. He made a lane change in an intersection where I was in the go straight OR turn left lane. He was in a go straight only lane. When I went strainght, and he crossed into MY lane he backed off and pulled me over. The conversation went like this... C: Do you know why I pulled you over? J: I assume for going straight in the go straight lane. C: You were in a left turn lane. J: No sir. I was in a go straight OR turn left lane. You didn't follow the lane marking thru this intersection and crossed into MY lane. C: uh.... J: I think you should go back and review the lane markings. C: I will do that. But you still need to be careful! J: I didn't let you run over me did I? C: uh... J: Do you want to cuff me so I can ride with you? C: No. J: Do you want me to wait here for you till you get back? C:No. Sir... go on your way... have a nice afternoon.  Jabba |
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« Reply #4 on: August 23, 2011, 10:05:30 AM » |
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I strongly believe that everyone should be required to rewrite their driver's licence test every time they renew their licence, and should have to take a road test every second time they renew. Many rules of the road are forgotten over the years.
I totally agree!!! But take it further: Make everyone retest - including the driving test - everytime your license is up for renewal. They would have to hire many more DMV people but that would create more jobs and therefore stimulate the economy. Wait! this makes too much sense, carry on... |
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« Reply #5 on: August 23, 2011, 10:08:34 AM » |
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I think they should give everyone 12 "asshole" points every year. Reported thru the DMV onlive. You can assign any number of "points" to anyone you want... up to your yearly quota. If you get 12 asshole votes... you get a ticket.
You could issue a ticket every year... or cast a vote 12 times... your choice.
That'd go a long way toward the population policing themselves.
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« Reply #6 on: August 23, 2011, 10:20:57 AM » |
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No argument from this corner of the world GryphonRider, nice post Lyn
Jabba you is a patient man, love the A hole idea.
Kind of like doing an online review
If its not the seniors who cant see, the kids texting it something else
Dont know if road testing is needed but certainly a written test couldnt hurt, or maybe just sitting thru a few movies like you do to remove points
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« Reply #7 on: August 23, 2011, 11:18:32 AM » |
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Don't always blame the seniors Oss, or put them in the same class as teens. There are arseholes out there of ALL ages. Yeah, some seniors shouldn't be driving. Cataract surgery being what it is, their eyesight is probably not too bad, it's their confidence, driving too slow, etc. They're not near as bad as TEXTING drivers IMHO. My opinion is based on Indiana drivers, not those in the East. Yeah, I'm a senior. I was invited by the Chief to drive a patrol car and engage in the pit maneuver at police practice. Never came about, maybe they had second thoughts, H'mmmnn.  |
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« Reply #8 on: August 23, 2011, 11:35:00 AM » |
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I strongly believe that everyone should be required to rewrite their driver's licence test every time they renew their licence, and should have to take a road test every second time they renew. Many rules of the road are forgotten over the years.
I think that if you just made the process of preparing for a drivers license and the examination for obtaining it more difficult then you wouldn't really need to do that stuff. I'm a better driver now than I ever was but I had very good training. Driving should be treated more seriously than it is. What we do need to start doing is testing the oldsters. It's to the point where I won't enter a farmer's market anymore. My own grandfather was driving long after he had any business behind the wheel and when he finally gave it up it wasn't the partial blindness or diabetes that did it, it was only because his foot became so bad that he couldn't press the brake pedal. And he STILL had to be talked into it! And what's with letting just anyone get behind the wheel of a massive motorhome (towing a car) with no extra training? |
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Boxer rebellion, the Holy Child. They all pay their rent.
But none together can testify to the rhythm of a road well bent.
Saddles and zip codes, passports and gates, the Jones' keep.
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« Reply #9 on: August 23, 2011, 11:41:04 AM » |
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I was at the license branch a couple of weeks ago titleing and plating my newly aquired 750 Magna (wife's bike) and there was a lady in there so old and so fraile that she could BARELY move, but she was renewing her drivers license. It made me feel safe on the road....
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« Reply #10 on: August 23, 2011, 12:24:07 PM » |
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I think they should give everyone 12 "asshole" points every year. Reported thru the DMV onlive. You can assign any number of "points" to anyone you want... up to your yearly quota. If you get 12 asshole votes... you get a ticket.
You could issue a ticket every year... or cast a vote 12 times... your choice.
That'd go a long way toward the population policing themselves.
Jabba
The comedian Gallagher suggest something similar in his comedy routine. He said every driver should be assigned a little dart gun that shoots suction cup darts with a flag that says "Idiot". If a cop saw someone driving around with a dozen or more flags stuck to their car, he would get a ticket for being an A-hole! |
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« Reply #11 on: August 23, 2011, 12:26:48 PM » |
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I think they should give everyone 12 "asshole" points every year. Reported thru the DMV onlive. You can assign any number of "points" to anyone you want... up to your yearly quota. If you get 12 asshole votes... you get a ticket.
You could issue a ticket every year... or cast a vote 12 times... your choice.
That'd go a long way toward the population policing themselves.
Jabba
The comedian Gallagher suggest something similar in his comedy routine. He said every driver should be assigned a little dart gun that shoots suction cup darts with a flag that says "Idiot". If a cop saw someone driving around with a dozen or more flags stuck to their car, he would get a ticket for being an A-hole! Now you have me curious. What does Carrot Top have to say on the matter? |
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Boxer rebellion, the Holy Child. They all pay their rent.
But none together can testify to the rhythm of a road well bent.
Saddles and zip codes, passports and gates, the Jones' keep.
In August the water is trickling, in April it's furious deep.
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« Reply #12 on: August 23, 2011, 12:29:10 PM » |
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Nothing wrong with 'oldsters'.
When it's my time to go, I want to go the way my grandfather did: peacefully, in his sleep.
NOT yelling and screaming like his passengers did.
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« Reply #13 on: August 23, 2011, 12:31:29 PM » |
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Now you have me curious. What does Carrot Top have to say on the matter?
He would have an actual working prop to try out rather than just a description! |
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« Reply #14 on: August 23, 2011, 12:32:03 PM » |
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I think they should give everyone 12 "asshole" points every year. Reported thru the DMV onlive. You can assign any number of "points" to anyone you want... up to your yearly quota. If you get 12 asshole votes... you get a ticket.
You could issue a ticket every year... or cast a vote 12 times... your choice.
That'd go a long way toward the population policing themselves.
Jabba
The comedian Gallagher suggest something similar in his comedy routine. He said every driver should be assigned a little dart gun that shoots suction cup darts with a flag that says "Idiot". If a cop saw someone driving around with a dozen or more flags stuck to their car, he would get a ticket for being an A-hole! Now you have me curious. What does Carrot Top have to say on the matter? Without a prop, Carrot Top probably has nothing to say. |
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« Reply #15 on: August 23, 2011, 12:34:24 PM » |
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lol Wayne
My dad is one of those that was like Mr Magoo he fell asleep (apnea from needing 7 stents)
and we just took away the car keys Now he has diabetes and bad legs and doesnt want to drive
Everyone should have to do something to recertify and I wont back off on picking on seniors maybe even starting at age 50 when most of us need glasses anyways
but I am listening
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« Reply #16 on: August 23, 2011, 01:11:45 PM » |
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You're right Oss. Awhile back, AARP used to have driving classes for seniors. Now I'm no longer a member of AARP because of their political stand but that was a good idea. I, for one, would hope that my license isn't taken away because of infirmities but if I keep on riding maybe I'll know the hard way when I need to quit. Obviously, there are lots of people on the roads tho that got their license out of a Crackerjack box. Now that dates ME!  |
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« Reply #17 on: August 23, 2011, 01:17:04 PM » |
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I think they should give everyone 12 "asshole" points every year. Reported thru the DMV onlive. You can assign any number of "points" to anyone you want... up to your yearly quota. If you get 12 asshole votes... you get a ticket.
You could issue a ticket every year... or cast a vote 12 times... your choice.
That'd go a long way toward the population policing themselves.
Jabba
Nah, it wouldn't work. Folks'd be using their votes to "get back" at the neighbor whose kids make too much noise, etc. |
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« Reply #18 on: August 23, 2011, 01:23:09 PM » |
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Hood mounted video cameras and RPGs.  When the officer asks you about the smoking crater in the road, you show him the video of the @$$ hole turning left from the right hand lane of the three lane road.  He issues you a citation that you preformed a public service  which you take to the DMV and exchange for another round.  |
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« Reply #19 on: August 23, 2011, 04:24:56 PM » |
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Hood mounted video cameras and RPGs. When the officer asks you about the smoking crater in the road, you show him the video of the @$$ hole turning left from the right hand lane of the three lane road. He issues you a citation that you preformed a public service which you take to the DMV and exchange for another round. Now THAT is one great idea!!!  |
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« Reply #20 on: August 23, 2011, 05:47:22 PM » |
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The comedian was George carlin. And it was asshole darts. But yeah I Plagarized my idea.
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« Reply #21 on: August 23, 2011, 07:11:11 PM » |
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The comedian was George carlin. And it was asshole darts. But yeah I Plagarized my idea.
Not sure about Carlin, but I saw Gallagher at the Fox in St. Louis when he made that joke! |
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« Reply #22 on: August 23, 2011, 08:10:04 PM » |
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I used to watch Gallagher 'most everytime he was on TV, plus went to see him in Houston. He promoted the concept of "stupid darts" I think he called them.
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« Reply #23 on: August 24, 2011, 01:16:51 AM » |
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i give it 20 more years and your tunes will change..............mark my words
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« Reply #24 on: August 24, 2011, 06:32:07 AM » |
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Wonder if this would help?!?  |
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« Reply #25 on: August 24, 2011, 08:08:32 AM » |
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It's ALWAYS possible I am full of crap.
I'll admit that... unlike a lot of persons.
If the above resembles any specific person, real or fictional, it is purely coincidence, and no specific person is being referenced.
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« Reply #26 on: August 24, 2011, 08:30:24 AM » |
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It's ALWAYS possible I am full of crap.
I'll admit that... unlike a lot of persons.
If the above resembles any specific person, real or fictional, it is purely coincidence, and no specific person is being referenced.
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I don't believe anyone is calling you full of crap... It is more likely that this particular joke was told by several comedians, and it depends on who you saw. |
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« Reply #27 on: August 24, 2011, 10:25:17 AM » |
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I agree, there's a lot of old jokes going around, told by lots of different folks. I never saw/listened to much of George Carlin, but I was a Gallagher fan. So I associate it with him.
Never intended to say you were wrong, just that I'd heard it elsewhere.
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« Reply #29 on: August 24, 2011, 03:59:20 PM » |
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Those of us who studiously avoid joining Facebook can't access that link. Can you describe it a bit?
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« Reply #30 on: August 24, 2011, 06:56:50 PM » |
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Visualize a picture of freeway, two lanes each direction, with an off ramp on the right side. We are looking at only the side of the freeway you are driving on.
Sign over the far left lane says, “If there is someone behind you and no one in front of you, then get out of this lane”.
The sign over the right lane says, “Stay in this lane unless you are going to pass”.
Sign over the exit lane states, “ If you can’t figure out why, then take this lane”.
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« Reply #31 on: August 24, 2011, 07:39:51 PM » |
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We have a nice and somewhat twisty road near here with several popular biker hangouts along the way. Unfortunately it also attracts people who like to drive slowly on a scenic road. I always wanted to post a sign that said: "If there are more than three cars behind you, and no one in front of you, then GET OUT OF THE WAY!"
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« Reply #32 on: August 25, 2011, 04:47:13 AM » |
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I don't believe anyone is calling you full of crap... It is more likely that this particular joke was told by several comedians, and it depends on who you saw.
No worries dude. Sometimes I am full of crap. My memory sucks... and I can freely admit when I am wrong, or simply not sure. I THOUGHT I was sure... but then someone was sure it was Gallagher. So... now I ain't sure. Jabba |
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« Reply #33 on: August 25, 2011, 04:48:13 AM » |
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We have a nice and somewhat twisty road near here with several popular biker hangouts along the way. Unfortunately it also attracts people who like to drive slowly on a scenic road. I always wanted to post a sign that said: "If there are more than three cars behind you, and no one in front of you, then GET OUT OF THE WAY!"
In Indiana that's the LAW. If you have 4 cars behind you... you are required to pull off and let them by. It's never enforced and no one knows about it... but it IS the law. Jabba |
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We have a nice and somewhat twisty road near here with several popular biker hangouts along the way. Unfortunately it also attracts people who like to drive slowly on a scenic road. I always wanted to post a sign that said: "If there are more than three cars behind you, and no one in front of you, then GET OUT OF THE WAY!"
In Indiana that's the LAW. If you have 4 cars behind you... you are required to pull off and let them by. It's never enforced and no one knows about it... but it IS the law. Jabba Correct... I think it's called "Impeding traffic". |
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We have a nice and somewhat twisty road near here with several popular biker hangouts along the way. Unfortunately it also attracts people who like to drive slowly on a scenic road. I always wanted to post a sign that said: "If there are more than three cars behind you, and no one in front of you, then GET OUT OF THE WAY!"
In Indiana that's the LAW. If you have 4 cars behind you... you are required to pull off and let them by. It's never enforced and no one knows about it... but it IS the law. Jabba A quick check shows St. Louis City has a similar law, but the state doesn't. I'm guessing most Missourians also don't know about this law, and it is rarely or never enforced. |
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