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I'd like to take the time to acknowledge the brilliance of the driver I was behind (Page 2)
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turtle777
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Aug 16, 2007, 03:32 PM
 
Originally Posted by abbaZaba View Post
left lane bandits unfuriate me to no end


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Aug 16, 2007, 03:36 PM
 
Originally Posted by rickey939 View Post
Proud of you.®
Is that one of these quality posts that earned you your balls ?

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Aug 16, 2007, 03:36 PM
 
...and with Page 2 this thread gains the ignominious position of being one of my most successful threads.
     
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Aug 16, 2007, 03:39 PM
 
Originally Posted by Dakarʒ View Post
...and with Page 2 this thread gains the ignominious position of being one of my most successful threads.
Hey, you better calm down, buddy.
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Aug 16, 2007, 03:39 PM
 
If only it could've gotten there with substance instead of banter about molesting car accident victims.
     
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Aug 16, 2007, 03:40 PM
 
I think you're forgetting who started this thread, sir.
     
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Aug 16, 2007, 03:54 PM
 
Originally Posted by sek929 View Post
If only it could've gotten there with substance instead of banter about molesting car accident victims.
Substance? If molesting car accident victims with my severed hand isn't substance, then I obviously don't know what substance is.

...the push to page 3 continues...
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Aug 16, 2007, 04:00 PM
 
Originally Posted by osiris View Post
...the push to page 3 continues...
Optimist, I see.

When I leave for the day this thread is as likely to be left for dead as the girl in the car accident after I climax.
     
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Aug 16, 2007, 04:03 PM
 
Substance abuse?
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Aug 16, 2007, 05:14 PM
 
Originally Posted by Dakarʒ View Post
Optimist, I see.

When I leave for the day this thread is as likely to be left for dead as the girl in the car accident after I climax.


I actually did laugh when I read that....which is kinda lame...laughing by myself staring at a computer logged into a mac forum.
     
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Aug 16, 2007, 05:17 PM
 
Originally Posted by sek929 View Post


I actually did laugh when I read that....which is kinda lame...laughing by myself staring at a computer logged into a mac forum.
At a tasteless joke, no less.
     
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Aug 16, 2007, 07:01 PM
 
Thanks for sharing, I had a good lough!
     
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Aug 16, 2007, 07:05 PM
 
Was the driver speaking spanish?
     
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Aug 16, 2007, 07:07 PM
 
Originally Posted by BadKosh View Post
Was the driver speaking spanish?
What does that have to do with anything?
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Aug 16, 2007, 11:14 PM
 
Originally Posted by Dakarʒ View Post
It's true, we leave the killing for the people who believe in the sanctity of life.

Obviously I wasn't going to let that slide.
This is late, but...

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Aug 17, 2007, 04:17 PM
 
Asians.....
     
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Originally Posted by GuiltlessMan View Post
Asians.....
?!?!!??!
     
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Aug 17, 2007, 04:57 PM
 
Originally Posted by BadKosh View Post
Was the driver speaking spanish?
Originally Posted by GuiltlessMan View Post
Asians.....
That's two racist comments. Does anyone else want to make themselves look like an asshat?
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Aug 17, 2007, 05:36 PM
 
Corolla's are cheap cars. They were probably Jews too.
     
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You don't count, Captain Snarky.
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Aug 17, 2007, 05:38 PM
 
I blame the Irish!
No one's going to get the joke...I'm Irish.
     
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Aug 17, 2007, 05:48 PM
 
Except my comment was a joke. Sort of. The worst drivers I've ever encountered were either
1. Asian women
2. Blond women with cell phones
3. Old people
4. Large men who probably played high school football and worked in a factory their whole lives, and now feel justified in driving an escalade or navigator at 2X the speed limit in heavy traffic.
     
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Aug 17, 2007, 05:53 PM
 
The worst drivers I've ever encountered are:

White kids driving cars like it was a real sports car, thinking they have superior driving skills compared to the rest of the population.
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Aug 17, 2007, 05:56 PM
 
Nice trolling.
     
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Aug 17, 2007, 06:04 PM
 
Originally Posted by GuiltlessMan View Post
Nice trolling.
He was imitating the best.
     
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Aug 17, 2007, 06:20 PM
 
Originally Posted by GuiltlessMan View Post
Except my comment was a joke. Sort of. The worst drivers I've ever encountered were either
1. Asian women
2. Blond women with cell phones
3. Old people
4. Large men who probably played high school football and worked in a factory their whole lives, and now feel justified in driving an escalade or navigator at 2X the speed limit in heavy traffic.
How does a guy who worked at a factory his whole life afford a Navigator.
     
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Aug 17, 2007, 06:23 PM
 
Originally Posted by KeriVit View Post
How does a guy who worked at a factory his whole life afford a Navigator.
I wanna know how one drive two times the speed limit in heavy traffic. I am usually driving a little faster than snails when in heavy traffic.
     
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Aug 17, 2007, 07:03 PM
 
The worst drivers are 16-24 year-old punks of any race who have watched Tokyo Drift one too many times.
     
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Originally Posted by Laminar View Post
Originally Posted by GuiltlessMan View Post
Nice trolling.
He was imitating the best.


Rob made me think something about a pot and a kettle.
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Aug 18, 2007, 01:22 AM
 
Originally Posted by iranfromthezoo View Post
I was stating that everytime we get a call it never fails that someone in a camry or SUV rides in the lane we are trying to get in. a.k.a running lights and sirens, driving in left lane and a car will a. pull out in front of us...b. just stop in middle of road...c. just drive slow and not acknowledge us.

Pretty crazy.
Haha. I'm planning on going into law enforcement. On my ride-a-longs that I've done, the same crap happens every...single...time.

Cars literally just stop in the middle of the road all the time.

The officer actually lit up a guy the other night to pull him over, and the guy pulls into the LEFT hand turn lane, stops about 60 feet before the light, and doesn't move.

Genius.
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Aug 18, 2007, 03:52 AM
 
the test to get a driver's license should be about 10X harder in this country. if you fail 3 times in a row, they should hand you a bus pass and wish you good luck.
     
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Aug 18, 2007, 03:55 AM
 
The test should be harder and it should have to be retaken every five years or so. The fact that you can barely pass once when you're 17 and you get to keep driving until you kill yourself smashing into a wall because you've gone blind is simply ridiculous.
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Aug 18, 2007, 11:05 AM
 
I agree with Demonhood and Chuckit here. Plus, it should be a serious offense (earning a suspended license) to be found driving recklessly OR obstructing traffic while using a hand-held cell phone. I've been nearly run off the road (on I-10 during the day in good sun while driving a bright white car) TWICE in the past week by people gabbing on the phone. Both were in large vehicles-one a middle-aged female in an SUV, the other a mid-20s male in a huge pickup. How hard is it to figure out that driving is the primary task while driving, and that all other activities MUST be relegated to "if at all possible" status? Apparently it's rocket science to most people.

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Aug 18, 2007, 11:15 AM
 
I would rather be in a car these days. Ridding bikes around Japan is taking your life in your hands. Drivers pull out of blind access streets and driveways at full speed, onto two way roads that barely fit one car. Here I am on a bike just trying to survive. I've had two coworkers hit by cars on their way to work in the past two years.

Just as bad, other bikers. Kids on bikes holding umbrellas and texting at the same time.. I wonder why ANYONE would strap two kids onto a bike with them and speed down a street with these kinds of condition. Seriously. A kid in front and a kid on back. Its insanity!
     
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Originally Posted by JoshuaZ View Post
I would rather be in a car these days. Ridding bikes around Japan is taking your life in your hands. Drivers pull out of blind access streets and driveways at full speed, onto two way roads that barely fit one car. Here I am on a bike just trying to survive. I've had two coworkers hit by cars on their way to work in the past two years.

Just as bad, other bikers. Kids on bikes holding umbrellas and texting at the same time.. I wonder why ANYONE would strap two kids onto a bike with them and speed down a street with these kinds of condition. Seriously. A kid in front and a kid on back. Its insanity!
Dude, they live each day like it is there last... because, it really could be. Godzirra attacks Tokyo all the time. I'd be pretty reckless too.
     
 
 
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