Have You Been Around Any Bad Drivers Lately?

A lot of people don't seem to regard speed limits to apply to themselves personally. I'm also perturbed by those who follow so closely that they couldn't possibly stop if I had to...and driver courtesy, of course, is a long-forgotten virtue!
 

I don't think it is possible to drive more than 5 miles without seeing someone who is showing some bad driving habits....usually weaving around as they are playing with their cell phone.
 
I could fill this board with stories about bad drivers that I have encountered.

Here’s just one that quickly came to mind. I set up in a church parking lot to observe stop sign breaches some 40 yards away. We had numerous complaints of drivers performing slow and goes, along with 9 accidents during one month at that location. I had been there for almost one hour, which was my limit to be in that position before going back on patrol.

A driver in a Chrysler 300 had made a legal stop at the intersection and then just waited there. I thought maybe he was texting a message or something similar. He stayed there until a car pulled up behind him, which was a Mitsubishi Gallant. There was no cars in sight in any other direction. The driver of the Chrysler then abruptly started through the intersection and then immediately stopped. When he saw that the driver behind him had not moved forward, he backed up into the car.

There is no police department in that area for some twenty miles, so we patrol that area. I waited until the call was made on the radio for the closest Trooper to respond to the scene of the (“intentional”) accident. When I took the call, I went out the back exit of the lot, so that neither driver would see me. When I arrived at the scene, both men were embroiled in a mouth battle. After I was able to calm down the drivers, I told the two drivers that I was going to take each one in my car, one at a time, and record their story of what happened.

I took the driver of the Mits first and his story was pretty accurate to what I had observed. I then took the driver of the Chrysler into my car and he totally blamed the other driver. He also claimed that he was injured.

I had had both drivers stand at their own car until I had called for a backup. I stalled the drivers acting as if I was writing a report until my backup arrived. I spoke to the other Trooper and told him exactly what I had witnessed and that I was going to charge the driver of the Chrysler with reckless driving and giving false statements to a police officer for starters, until we got back to the Barracks and spoke with our Sergeant to see if other charges would be filed.

We both walked up and brought the drivers together and told them what was going to happen. I also placed the driver of the Chrysler under arrest. It never pays to lie, especially to the police.
 

Fyrefox said:
A lot of people don't seem to regard speed limits to apply to themselves personally. I'm also perturbed by those who follow so closely that they couldn't possibly stop if I had to...and driver courtesy, of course, is a long-forgotten virtue!
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Follow so close-tailgaters, banish, no make that erradicate them all. They even used to post NO TAILGATING signs but you don't see many of them anymore.

I swear half my brake wear is from having to slow down so far ahead of the turns in my neighborhood because of the tailgaters and/or those who drive the double the posted speed limit. Some say me let them hit you, they're responsible. I don't have time for all those insurance company and police reports. Nor do I have a younger body that would handle a rear ender the way I did decades ago.

I'm pretty sure I had a drunk tailgating me yesterday . Since it was the weekend I'll assume the 'driver' was drunk because it was almost bumper to bumper in a 25 mph with little traffic. He never honked and more scary I saw zero motion with his head which tells me he's not looking around at his surroundings, other traffic and/or his gauges. The motionless drivers scare me the most because you don't know how much they are paying attention/reacting to things or what they might do.
 
Have you ever driven on I-95 in Florida. They seem to be drawn to this road. Even the new cars have no turn signals and posted 75 mph is a complete joke. Coming down this year a car passed me, I’m doing 78, like I was going the other way.
 
Pappy said:
Have you ever driven on I-95 in Florida. They seem to be drawn to this road. Even the new cars have no turn signals and posted 75 mph is a complete joke. Coming down this year a car passed me, I’m doing 78, like I was going the other way.
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I-95 and many other major highways scare me when I see an old hooptie filled with small children doing 70 or 80!

I survived but it still makes me cringe!

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It’s amazing what you see Aunt Bea. Last year coming down I-95, a flatbed big rig passed me and as soon as he got by me, a huge ball peen hammer flew off the flatbed and came right at us. Thank god it went under the car as there was no time to react. He must have been checking his tires and left set on the flatbed.
 
Yesterday just got honked and almost rear ended by a driver in a parking lot. They were mad because I actually slowed and turned to park the car in a spot. They wanted to use the lot as a cut through to avoid the traffic light at the corner.
 
Spookiest thing I have seen was a guy towing a good sized travel trailer on I-10 between Phoenix and Tucson with the slide out extended.
 
They have started making round about by me now. Hilarious to see folks try and navigate what to do and how to do it.
 

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