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Old Dec 31, 2006 | 03:29 AM
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It is 3 am,I tell you what guys, there are some bad drivers out there, very dangerous, this one brand new Mercedes, almost hit me a a red light ,I think he was drunk because he passed me on commercial blvd had to be doing a 100mph.
I consider that a criminal act of endangering the public.
Don't they know they could kill someone, and lose everything they got?
On top of that, every intersection I was at, everyone would burn rubber to try to prove something!!
Where are the cops when you want them?
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Old Dec 31, 2006 | 03:53 AM
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Camera phone their lic. plate and call 911 and report a Drunk Driver. Tell them the guy almost hit you. The LEO's in the area will find them ASAP or at least will have their info on record.
Every Freeway lightup sign is saying "Call 911 to report drunk drivers" for the holidays here in California. They are out in force.
Its Good Advice.
I have been hit by a drunk driver once and it was a Nightmare, it took 5 years to get restitution payments. My car was totalled right at the scene of the accident. Back and neck injuries that sometimes cause me pain even 15 years later now. It Sucked.

I dont like crazy drivers either, and I'm tired of all the crazy drivers and thier bad/reckless driving. 911 as soon as I see em.

The Vette somehow makes people get stupid around it. I guess its a small car / no horsepower complex when they are near such a powerful machine as the C6. They want to provoke you. I'm fighting back now by calling the cops. I am legit all the way so I have no issue doing it. I dont street race and have no respect for those that do. I've seen way too many fatal crashes to put up with it anymore.

Call the cops and let them take care of it. Be sure to get their plate number or at least a description of the vehicle. Dont follow them! People are crazy and Dangerous!
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Old Dec 31, 2006 | 05:26 AM
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Let's all be careful out there this weekend.
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Old Dec 31, 2006 | 08:32 AM
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A couple of days ago one of my friends got rear ended on a twisty back road in Mass. His car was pushed off the road into a tree and he now has a concussion and dizziness. The woman who hit him was in a big SUV. The police and ambulance got there right away and the woman admitted she was driving with NO BRAKES! She wanted to get the vehicle home before she had it fixed. The police were, according to my friend, incredulous and arrested her on the spot and had her SUV towed.

I've seen more idiots driving this week than ever before. I'm staying home this weekend.
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Old Dec 31, 2006 | 08:39 AM
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Drunk drivers will never get it until they kill someone, and some don't straighten out even after that.
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Old Dec 31, 2006 | 08:39 AM
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All that and gas is over $3.00 a gallon!!
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Old Dec 31, 2006 | 10:29 AM
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Originally Posted by SunsetOrangeDream
Camera phone their lic. plate and call 911 and report a Drunk Driver. Tell them the guy almost hit you. The LEO's in the area will find them ASAP or at least will have their info on record.
Every Freeway lightup sign is saying "Call 911 to report drunk drivers" for the holidays here in California. They are out in force.
Its Good Advice.
I have been hit by a drunk driver once and it was a Nightmare, it took 5 years to get restitution payments. My car was totalled right at the scene of the accident. Back and neck injuries that sometimes cause me pain even 15 years later now. It Sucked.

I dont like crazy drivers either, and I'm tired of all the crazy drivers and thier bad/reckless driving. 911 as soon as I see em.

The Vette somehow makes people get stupid around it. I guess its a small car / no horsepower complex when they are near such a powerful machine as the C6. They want to provoke you. I'm fighting back now by calling the cops. I am legit all the way so I have no issue doing it. I dont street race and have no respect for those that do. I've seen way too many fatal crashes to put up with it anymore.

Call the cops and let them take care of it. Be sure to get their plate number or at least a description of the vehicle. Dont follow them! People are crazy and Dangerous!
Good advise I am glad there are others that are fed up with these bad drivers.
I am a fuel tanker driver ,so I see bad drivers all day.
I too have beed badly injured 2 years ago due to a bad driver.
All I want is to drive in peace,but it seems like 9 out of ten drivers are all around us.
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Old Dec 31, 2006 | 10:39 AM
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Hi Rob,

Yes, we have a collection of weird drivers here in South Florida. I don't know which would be worse for you, being hit while in your C6 Vert, or in your fuel tanker .

Drive defensively ! ! !
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We all have to be careful, even Corvette drivers. In the last week, I've seen three separate Corvette drivers do some very stupid things too. One cut a bunch of cars off, the second was tailgating me so badly I actually had to save the "international" wave for him in my truck, and the worst of all...on a stretch of straight away on a country road in front of my friends house is Nokesville VA, at night, I see a Corvette get in the passing lane on a two lane road, accelerate full out and pass 4 cars. Easily reaching in excess of 100mph, probably closer to 120. Couldn't have been a worst place or time to do this maneuver.

No wonder we Vette drivers sometimes get a bad reputation.

But your are correct, I've never seen so many bad drivers as whole in my life. And, it is only getting worse. It's like a free for all on the roads nowadays.
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Old Dec 31, 2006 | 12:12 PM
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Originally Posted by StanNH
A couple of days ago one of my friends got rear ended on a twisty back road in Mass. His car was pushed off the road into a tree and he now has a concussion and dizziness. The woman who hit him was in a big SUV. The police and ambulance got there right away and the woman admitted she was driving with NO BRAKES! She wanted to get the vehicle home before she had it fixed. The police were, according to my friend, incredulous and arrested her on the spot and had her SUV towed.

I've seen more idiots driving this week than ever before. I'm staying home this weekend.

Been to and have done lots of stuff; been shot at on a routine basis in Iraq even, and still have yet to find anything that's more dangerous than a clueless woman in an SUV
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Old Dec 31, 2006 | 12:14 PM
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I am assuming that this was out west, reason being the east there are traffic light every 2-3 blocks. After 12:00 pm its amature hour in South Florida.
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