Food for thought...
05-31-2018, 05:56 PM
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St. Jude Donor '16-'17, '19
Food for thought...
Not aimed at Corvette Community... but thought as auto enthusiasts, this story needs to be out there...
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Senseless tragedy caused by "street racing"...
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime...X4t?li=BBnb7Kz
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Senseless tragedy caused by "street racing"...
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime...X4t?li=BBnb7Kz
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05-31-2018, 06:26 PM
Sad story but the real danger on the road is from people texting and obsessed with those fricken cell phones while driving.
05-31-2018, 06:26 PM
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Sad story but the real danger on the road is from people texting and obsessed with those fricken cell phones while driving.
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05-31-2018, 07:13 PM
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squared..This week I was 3rd or 4th at a light with two lanes each direction, heavy traffic. Light turned green, everyone moved but the car in front of me. Finally she started to move. 45 mph road, she's doing about 38. I got around her, she isn't even looking up! Staring at her crotch doing 38. I had two choices, either speed up enough to pass cars in front of me so they would take the brunt of her hit, or slow down and keep her in front of me so I could watch the hit.
It's too bad these kind of traffic decisions have to be made now...
05-31-2018, 07:20 PM
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squared..This week I was 3rd or 4th at a light with two lanes each direction, heavy traffic. Light turned green, everyone moved but the car in front of me. Finally she started to move. 45 mph road, she's doing about 38. I got around her, she isn't even looking up! Staring at her crotch doing 38. I had two choices, either speed up enough to pass cars in front of me so they would take the brunt of her hit, or slow down and keep her in front of me so I could watch the hit.
It's too bad these kind of traffic decisions have to be made now...
Cubed.I ride the bus to and from work after parking at a park & ride. I watch people all over the freeway with their noses stuck to their phones rather than paying attention to bumper to bumper rush hour traffic. It makes me glad I only have to drive two miles to and from my house and the park and ride.
05-31-2018, 07:32 PM
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Wow, brace yourselves. This thread is about to take an awfully wild turn....
06-01-2018, 12:43 PM
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Yes.. distracted driving -- texting, stuffing a quarter-pounder into one's face, applying mascara while looking into a rearview mirror... all bad.
I guess the news article resonated with me as a day ago - while driving on the freeway - two knuckleheads in high performance rigs were racing in/out of traffic that was already moving at ~70 mph.
Whether side-by-side on a back road or carelessly weaving in-between traffic -- "racing on the streets" should be reserved for rock songs.
It's good to know that responsible drivers who "feel the need for speed" take it out on the track.
I guess the news article resonated with me as a day ago - while driving on the freeway - two knuckleheads in high performance rigs were racing in/out of traffic that was already moving at ~70 mph.
Whether side-by-side on a back road or carelessly weaving in-between traffic -- "racing on the streets" should be reserved for rock songs.
It's good to know that responsible drivers who "feel the need for speed" take it out on the track.
06-01-2018, 01:51 PM
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Here's another terrible incident in Florida related to street racing: https://jalopnik.com/florida-street-...g-m-1826469234
And another winner who was going 102 in a 30 here in Madison (he wasn't street racing but was riding around with $4,400 in cash (as a fast food worker)) http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/loc...d153060dd.html
And another winner who was going 102 in a 30 here in Madison (he wasn't street racing but was riding around with $4,400 in cash (as a fast food worker)) http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/loc...d153060dd.html
09-08-2021, 12:23 PM
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top this: i am in the right lane, in my pick up, doing 60 mph. come up on a car in the left lane doing say 50-55. a girl with a book open on the steering wheel on the left with a note pad on the right side of the steering wheel, she is reading the book and taking notes. doing her home work while driving. so being the good person i am, i locked em up swerved left then right, scared the hell out of her.
09-09-2021, 06:29 AM
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squared..This week I was 3rd or 4th at a light with two lanes each direction, heavy traffic. Light turned green, everyone moved but the car in front of me. Finally she started to move. 45 mph road, she's doing about 38. I got around her, she isn't even looking up! Staring at her crotch doing 38. I had two choices, either speed up enough to pass cars in front of me so they would take the brunt of her hit, or slow down and keep her in front of me so I could watch the hit.
It's too bad these kind of traffic decisions have to be made now...
09-09-2021, 12:25 PM
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Many years have passed, but my father was forever making me aware that driving was a privilege, and should be taken seriously and not jeopardized. He also stressed that driving was an "artform" insisting that although a finished "piece" of art was akin to getting my license, I should strive to become more proficient each time I got behind the wheel. I mostly remember his words whenever I witness an example of poor driving, and remind myself to use this poor example to continually strive to improve my time driving. It's interesting how through the years certain parental advice and guidance stays with us and helps keep us grounded.