I learned two new things this morning:
1. My ABS system works
2. I don't need a pacemaker
I was doing the speed limit (40 MPH) on a 4-lane road, nothing in front of me in my lane , but lots of traffic coming towards me. This woman pulls out from a side road and STOPS less than 50 feet in front of me, blocking both lanes until she can turn left.
I panic-braked and the beast began to stop, with visions of crunched fiberglass dancing in my head, and the groan of the ABS system working behind me. The beast stopped less than 6 inches from the SUV (black Ford). The woman would not look at me until she could go, then she glanced at me and I gave her the single-finger salute. Shouldn't have but could not help it. Have not checked my pants yet

 

Truely pathetic how some people drive and have no clue. My neighbor (a fireman) were talking one day about how people pull out infront of a truck with a trailer and just flat don't understand that we can not stop on a dime. His wife said "what do you mean you can't stop with a trailer" I said you don't understand we have the weight of 2 cars being stopped with the brakes of one car... we need more time and room. She said she always tries to get infront of trucks with trailers cause she is afraid of them. I told her she needs to be more afraid being infront of them than behind them the way she drives. That didn't go well!!!

CLUELESS!!!!!


These BIG SUV women think they are invincible in those tanks... QUEEN OF THE ROAD. One of these days I am going to forget I have a brake and CREAM one.

 

Close Call . Glad your ok. I think she deserved the single finger(LOL) She probaly blames you. Got watch out for bad drivers this time of year. Drive Safe.

 

Had a similar situation a week ago. Accelerating on the on ramp (long ramp) keeping up with the SUV in front of me (which of course blocked my view). We are about 65 MPH and near the blend line when suddenly the SUV swerves violently to the left - its only at that point that I see the Buick ElectroBarge (yup - old man in a hat) doing 40!!!!! and trying to merge. This is a 65 MPH Expressway and NOBODY goes below 70. I grab all the brakes I can and then realize I'm trapped becasue of traffic in the right expressway lane and a big old ditch on the other side of the ramp. Good thing 'vettes have ABS & BIG BRAKES. My shorts were ok - not so sure about the guy behind me. I heard a lot screeeching but decided I didn't even want to see. I suspecet he had to go back home before work.

What did I learn - 1) good brakes count; 2) I'm an even bigger proponent of mandatory retesting for your drivers PRIVILEDGE; 3) the day I start wearing a hat with ear flaps is the day I hand my license to my wife.

Be careful out there - not everyone takes driving as seriously "car guys" do.

 

I think I would have got out and busted her driver's window.
thank god for a light car with good brakes

 

My wife and I had a similar situation. We were leaving a gas station when a soccer mom and her Ford Expedition start backing out of there spot at warp 9. I laid on the horn and she stopped inches from us. she Looked at us and started screaming and giving us hand solutes. That was it. She pulled back in her spot and we went on.

If you are going to drive a land barge then pay attention!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

I think someone should invent a paintball gun that would spat a message on the intended target in permanent ink such as

LOOK OUT I AM AN IDIOT

 

Now that its over, you can take a deep breath & laff at it.

A few years ago, I'm going about 65MPH in the middle lane of a 3 lane Hwy. A woman comes to a full stop in front of me, to 'look & see' if thats the "Clothes store" she is looking for.
Had I blinked, it wouldv'e been all over with.
No middle finger here, I gave her a dose of my horn that she will never forget. And maybe she'll remember next time she looks for her favorite clothes shop.

 

We're heading back home on the freeway, our club outing to the coast for the day, and are within our home city limits. (most accidents occur within 10 miles of your home, so the ins. co.s say )
I'm sort of in LaLa Land from the long drive. We come up on some merging traffic when all of a sudden a brand new Ford 4 door F-250 4WD with an idiot driving cuts me off. Didn't even look. They're trying for my lane, I mean like almost clipped my wheel! I actually locked up one tire (I have ABS on my '91) and corrected, but was real concerned with how my brakes were going to work. Her rear bumper was almost over my hood. Everyone behind me hit the brakes too, about 3 C5's. Then we had to split up into 3 lanes real fast. The Bozo looked at one of the other drivers like it was their fault, I was told. I was awake for the rest of the day.

Yeah, driving is a PRIVILEDGE all right.

 

just wait till your on a bike going 70 and some big never-looks-before-they-change-lanes SUV decides they want to be right where you are....I've thought about kicking a few doors in...

 

 

Yup, I was pulling a horse trailer carrying two horses with my F-150 once and some dim-bulb decided to stop at a green right-turn light. Locked 'em up and stopped about a foot short (which surprised me because I was expecting to destroy the car), she looked in the rearview mirror like "WTF?".

It's depressing watching people cut off semi's on the interstate...

 

Driving should be a privelage but these days any fool who can scribble his/her name can get a license, and with no need to display even rudementary knowledge or capability.

There are too many people of all ages that should not be re-examined regularly, but I too hate to get behind those "old farts" in the hats. Though I may qualify for the first part, so long as I'm driving my Vette I won't drop into that second catagory.

There are times when the one-finger salute is quite appropriate; when I pull a bone head move out there I expect to receive it as a wake-up call too. But one plus about driving a Vette, in addition to the fun and pride, is that it helps to keep me alert and protective.

 

My (about 85 at the time) father was driving his pickup one day with my brothers son with him. (He had one of those hats. ) He blew through a stop sign, about hit another car, didn't even realize it until after the dust had settled.
He went home and parked his truck, never drove it again. Sometimes people get a Wake Up call before it sinks in. However, there's a lady in Florida who kept driving, took out 9 people over a period of time. She made national news.
Talk about having a license to kill!

 

Makes you wonder - why don't those people move?

Sorry - couldn't resist.

 

I suppose before I offend someone I better say - I have no problem with senior drivers - I have a problem with BAD drivers. I truely do wish that we had to re-prove our driving ability every five years or so. At least a basic knowledge of the rules of the road,etc. I think we would have safer roads.

 

For every incompetant senior, there is an inexperienced kid driving recklessly, and an adult yapping away on a cell phone, driving erratically, all are equally dangerous.

 

Been there and done that. I took off a guy's mirror when he did that to me.

 

Nice! I knocked on some lady's window once...that really freaked her out!

 

I think they did - to my neighborhood!