Bad driver

[bravo14]

I was testing out a camera mount I put together. I've been doing this for awhile and this came along YouTube - bad driver I wasn't too happy on that.

[kb2vxa]

Some people are so stupid they just can't understand why they get beat up so often.

[mikepdx]

Originally Posted by bravo14

I was testing out a camera mount I put together. I've been doing this for awhile and this came along. I wasn't too happy on that.

You're lucky to be alive.

Careful placement of a very thin white stripe down the side of that little blue car,
delivered with a very sharp key, would equal justice.

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Blue car driver's thoughts:

Dammit, I haven't got time for the safety of others.
I'm late for my hair appointment...

[bravo14]

She must been like 19-22 y/o. I wish I had my camera Sun night some dude ran off the road and went back on the road. He almost reended someone before he did that. I see crazy stuff here and there on the way to work. If she finds the video of her I like see her face than.

[bravo14]

We have 2 bad drivers I seen today on the way to work. One ran the red light while lane changing and one didn't stop at the stop sign I went through going fast over the limit.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmVDSvzNOxk

[jimyleg]

Originally Posted by bravo14

I was testing out a camera mount I put together. I've been doing this for awhile and this came along YouTube - bad driver I wasn't too happy on that.

One of my favorite things to do is just kick there car nice and hard when they do that. Gets the attention it deserves. Only when they are clearly screwing around though.

[petey_racer]

No offense, but those videos are useless and trivial. They are just an attempt at showing that there are bad drivers out there. Hence my point about them being useless.

Just stand on any street corner USA, or drive on any road, and you see much worse all the time. ESPECIALLY in metropolitan areas like NYC, NJ, Philly, Boston, etc. It is a free for all sometimes with no regard for any laws or traffic control devices.
In NYC is is completely typical for folks in heavy traffic to drive on the right hand break down shoulder up to a light and then proceed to just go straight ahead.
Although it is/was hard to resist, you don't dare kick a car down there unless they a-hole almost killed you.

[Spiritinthesky]

Is this the Irish driver, everyones talking about?

[ThunderBritches]

Bad drivers are everywhere, but I will contend that there are a far higher percentage of bad bike riders with attitudes per capita. I would be glad to explain if anyone cares.

[kb2vxa]

"One of my favorite things to do is just kick there car nice and hard when they do that."
You like living dangerously don't you?

"Gets the attention it deserves."
Oh you'll get the attention you deserve alright when you get the living snot beat out of you or worse, does the expression "popping a cap" mean anything to you?

"Only when they are clearly screwing around though."
Where I come from they're not screwing around, they're serious, deadly serious.

[ThunderBritches]

The bike riders where I live are pretty much all "activists". I live in an acreage development out in the country. The roads that lead to our area are all 2 lane blacktop with no shoulder. In Texas they (bike riders) do have the right to ride on public roads, but are subject to the same traffic laws as vehicles. They all seem to want to rub it in to drivers faces that they can be on the road. Now understand that these roads are all hills and curves and no passing. I will come up on a small group of riders all in single file, but when I get close they will shoot out into a line abreast covering the entire lane. This of course blocks all traffic so that cars cannot get by for miles. When I finally hit a point where I can get by they flip me off and yell curse words. The first time this happens in my open jeep with my 12 year old or any of my grandkids with me where they can hear we will have a big problem and I will be pulling over to discuss it. In my area they do their best to be a traffic hazard on where and how they ride using their "right to be on the road". But when it comes to obeying the traffic laws, they change their attitude. Stop signs, yield signs, traffic lights, riding down the side of the road to get by traffic, they just don't care to follow the laws. The differential in speed between a bike and a vehicle on a narrow road is just dangerous. They do it to flaunt the right to ride. They occasionally die proving their point. I think most in my area are just activists and I don't have even the slightest respect for them.

[chrismol1]

Same for my area, the people are activists. they don't obey any road laws which they have to follow as well, but they think there entitled to have whatever they want and the right away. and whenever something happens where a bicyclist gets hurt, the blame is ALWAYS the driver of the vehicles fault when the biker never watched what they were doing and not paying attention

[bravo14]

It came close a few times kicking their car. Than again they would call the cops for damages. If I ride with a friend or so I tell them do not go into the lane(s). I rather use radios than have side by side and get smacked. I see bikes break the law riding with no lights at night even wearing dark clothing. I try to wear something is not too dark. When I ride at night I wear a reflective vest and have lights. I've seen a bike almost got it hit years ago on the sidewalk crossing a busy highway with traffic going by and didn't get hit. If they do I tell the cop it is the bikes fault running the red light and crossing while traffic has the green. Last week seen 2 bikes run stop signs for about 3 blocks full speed I couldn't do that never know the car will not stop.

[ThunderBritches]

Good for you obeying the law. I have no problem with bikes doing the right thing and not riding on roads that cause conflict with vehicles. The kicking a vehicle thing could be a problem though.