"Now, I know Americans are terrible, terrible drivers, but surely they have the same rule we do about leaving adequate stopping distance between yourself and the traffic in front?"
Of course we do. But when have we ever followed rules?
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This was 12 years ago: bicycle helmets were occasionally seen on pro riders, but that's about it. Besides, if the mirror had nailed me in the back of the neck/head, I'd certainlty be dead, helmet or no.
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White-van drivers, now there's a thought. There is, I have to admit, something completely bizarre about their behaviour on the road. I think it basically comes down to most such vehicles generally not being owned by the people driving them - they're work vehicles, say, or are hired for one reason or another.
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If I'm going to have to single out a group to hate, it'd have to be old people. They drive slowly, they have no regard for anyone around them, and I'd be willing to bet that a large number of them have worse eyesight than a blind dog.
Plus they have (I'm sure) that old person arrogance of "I've been around for ages, so I am automatically better than everyone else".
Hate them.
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But they're often dangerously overcautious. Plus they pay no attention to anything, and cause long queues in the doctors.
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The most annoying thing on German roads are Audi and VW station wagon drivers - the businessman types who are always in a hurry and will try to knock you off the road even if you are already 20 mph beyond the speed limit...
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If there's anything I hate about certain types of drivers, its those that smoke in their car. Especially those that smoke in their car with children in it too.
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SUVs aren't the problem ... 18-wheelers are the real hazard around Maryland ...
A couple of weeks ago, two doctors were driving on I-83 into Baltimore City. They were married, probably worked at Hopkins, and had their two kids in the back seat of their H2.
The driver lost control, and got clipped by an 18-wheeler. As if that wasn't bad enough, the impact sent the H2 into the path of a SECOND 18-wheeler. The end result was a crunched H2, two dead MDs, and two (somehow) still living kids in the backseat.
You probably saw on the news the gas tanker that overturned in South Baltimore. For whatever reason (perhaps due to the liquid shifting weight in the trailer), the driver lost control, the truck went OFF the bridge, and crashed onto 95, exploded into a big ball of flame and smoke, and killed several people, and shut down 95 for a day or so.
Even an Army truck killed someone ... some yahoo in a ricer cut off a woman, who was forced to swerve into the path of an Army truck. Keep in mind that the DC/Balt corridor is littered with Army bases, and its not uncommon to see convoys of Humvees and trucks in forest green on 695 and 95. Anyway, the woman's car was crushed, she was killed, and the beltway didn't move for hours and hours.
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The driver lost control, and got clipped by an 18-wheeler.
So the Hummer driver lost control, and it's the 18-wheeler's fault? Say wha?
Even an Army truck killed someone ... some yahoo in a ricer cut off a woman, who was forced to swerve into the path of an Army truck.
Again, say wha? It's hardly the truck or truckdriver's fault. The danger here is, as usual, human stupidity.
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You just need to drive something other drivers can't miss seeing, and are afraid to hit. Now I have a beautiful 1991 Olds NinetyEight Regency Elite in the garage, but my everyday car is a 1974 Ford LTD. Over 2 tons of thick american steel, full frame construction, 6 inch steel I beams in the doors and fenders, dented, oxidized paint, and cancer in more than one spot. In other words, you can't miss seeing this car even if you have your head up your ass. And even big trucks and SUV's steer clear of it when I'm on the road.
I'm also not afraid to get hit when I'm in it. Only once has someone tried to cut me off while I was in this car, and he ended up with $4000 damage to his truck. I on the other hand just had a couple of small scratches on the bumper. I drove home, and he had to wait for the tow truck. Plus I made him pay to re-chrome my bumper, an $800 bill.
In other words, idiots on the road don't bother me that much. I say let them hit me. It's their funeral not mine.
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Feeling invunerable is always a good thing to do while using something that can cause death. Hooray!
And how do you know that it's American seel? Does it feel different from other sorts of steel?
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