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And the No. 1 thing that drives motorists mad ...
The Daily Bulletin ^ | 7/17/2006 | Michelle Groh-Gordy, DriveTime

Posted on 07/17/2006 8:41:13 AM PDT by Smogger

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To: Hegemony Cricket

"Weirdest thing I ever saw - a guy on a highway entrance ramp, apparently steering with his knee, because he was using both hands to play a harmonica. He was alone in the car. LOL"

But was he driving safely? ;)


121 posted on 07/17/2006 9:03:33 AM PDT by OneWingedShark (Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God.)
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To: evets
Driving dogs sicken me.

Driving cats are okay though.


122 posted on 07/17/2006 9:03:39 AM PDT by SirJohnBarleycorn
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To: Alas Babylon!


Ahhhh...u know what I meant. :-)


123 posted on 07/17/2006 9:04:04 AM PDT by in hoc signo vinces ("Houston, TX...a waiting quagmire for jihadis. American gals are worth fighting for!")
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To: gogeo
"IMO this is justification for opening your door."
-gogeo

124 posted on 07/17/2006 9:04:09 AM PDT by I see my hands (_8(|)
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To: MineralMan

LOL....YOU are RIGHT!!!! morning slip.....sheesh!


125 posted on 07/17/2006 9:04:18 AM PDT by goodnesswins ( "the left can only take power through deception." (and it seems Hillary & Company are the masters)
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To: Individual Rights in NJ

Nope, I've seen all of that. Men don't soap up, they use electric razors.


126 posted on 07/17/2006 9:04:19 AM PDT by linda_22003
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To: Smogger
#6... Guilty. I'll work on it.

#2 is is caused entirely (well, mostly) by those violating #3.

On a two-lane, when you look in your rear-view mirror, and see 5 to 10 cars lined up behind you, you are doing something wrong! Pull over and let us pass!!

Don't care much about cell phones. There aren't as bad as eating or doing your nails. ;)

#2 is #1 with me.

127 posted on 07/17/2006 9:04:27 AM PDT by kAcknor (Don't flatter yourself.... It is a gun in my pocket.)
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To: Individual Rights in NJ
Actually you are wrong.

So, the posted speed limit does not apply to all lanes of traffic? Uh huh.

If you are gong exactly the speed limit in the left lane YOU are breaking the law, and being a ass, who thinks the world revolves around him.

Unless I am in a hurry and speeding, I leave the left lane to the speed freaks who willfully endanger the lives of others and who think the world revolves around them.

128 posted on 07/17/2006 9:04:36 AM PDT by Skooz (Chastity prays for me, piety sings...Modesty hides my thighs in her wings...)
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To: Smogger

I have come to the conclusion that the roads here in Hampton Roads, VA are full of dehydrated idiots. If you add water, be it gaseous (fog), liquid (rain), or solid (snow, sleet, ice) all the idiots appear. People either drive like nothing is wrong (i.e. NASCAR on steroids mode) or slow down into Granny scratching her nose on the steering wheel speed when any precipitation is present.

And a notice for tailgators.....the closer you get, the slower I go.


129 posted on 07/17/2006 9:04:47 AM PDT by fredhead (Women want me....Fish fear me....Oh well, one out of two ain't bad.)
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To: gogeo
"There was a story in the local paper about a lady who was chatting on a cell phone, walked around a gate and into the path of a train. Some folks should not chat and drive."

There was a lady here 3 or 4 years ago that was killed when she pulled out in front of train. Yep, she was chatting on her cell phone.

130 posted on 07/17/2006 9:04:55 AM PDT by sweetliberty (Stupidity should make you sterile!)
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To: Zuben Elgenubi
There are entirely too many police manning speed traps and giving out tickets. They have to have something to do between donut runs!
131 posted on 07/17/2006 9:05:07 AM PDT by ABN 505
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To: mass55th

That's mine too - especially when they pull out in front of you only to turn left a few hundred yards down the street - grrrrr !


132 posted on 07/17/2006 9:05:33 AM PDT by cinives (On some planets what I do is considered normal.)
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To: MineralMan
Dang it! Make a good, sharp left turn. Do not cut across lanes. Sorry if you actually have to turn your steering wheel more than 10 degrees.

In their defense, it's almost impossible to turn the wheel any further than that when you have your shaver in one hand, your cellphone in the other, and you're steering with your knee.

133 posted on 07/17/2006 9:05:40 AM PDT by Erasmus (<This page left intentionally vague>)
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To: Tall_Texan

How about the guy who speeds up on the interstate just as you begin to pass him? ARGH!


134 posted on 07/17/2006 9:06:00 AM PDT by metmom (Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
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To: Smogger
I'm with you. Number 2 on this list is the number 1-10 on my list. I used to race cars and I have to tell you, the urge to push those inconsiderate b******s off the rode manifests in me more times than I can count. I personally don't care if people groom, talk, talk on their cell phones, eat, #$*@@!, or anything else so long as they can keep up with the flow of traffic. Problem is every time you run into a person that is going 15 mph below the speed limit it's usually because they are engaged in one of the other activities. Seems that most people are incapable of driving and chewing gum at the same time much to the chagrin of those of us that can.

Nothing is more frustrating than planning a trip across town and giving yourself an extra 15 minutes in order to not be late to your destination only to have some halfwit that doesn't give a rat's rear about you or your valuable time boxing you in or in some other way working his/her tail off to keep you in your place: BEHIND him/her.
Honestly... I believe that I can understand rode rage in cases like that. And the kicker? According to the law if you are one of those that gets frustrated with one of these boorish, discourteous, unceremonious a**h**es then you are the one that is the criminal.

Of course this is my opinion only and is not meant to reflect the viewpoints of or to be an endorsement by Free Republic.

135 posted on 07/17/2006 9:06:18 AM PDT by EndWelfareToday (Live free and keep what you earn.)
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To: Skooz

What is it about the phrase "Keep Right Except to Pass" that so many drivers cannot comprehend?


137 posted on 07/17/2006 9:06:27 AM PDT by Alberta's Child (Can money pay for all the days I lived awake but half asleep?)
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To: Zuben Elgenubi

"There are entirely too many police manning speed traps and giving out tickets."

What in your mind constitutes a speed trap?

A woman I commute with considers any radar a "speed trap." Doesn't matter that every ticket she's ever gotten has been for going more than 10 mph above the speeed limit and most are for more than 15 mph above.


138 posted on 07/17/2006 9:06:53 AM PDT by Gone GF
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To: who knows what evil?
"Thank you. My wife and I appreciate it."

The only time I turn my cell phone on is when I need to use it, and it's never in a public place. I hate people who leave their cell phones on in restaurants, museums, etc. If I'm out driving and need to use the phone, I pull over to the side of the road, turn on the phone and dial the number, or I make the call when I'm sitting in a parking lot. There's no way I can make a call while driving and feel I'm in control of my car at all times. There's voice recognition on my phone, but half the time the stupid thing doesn't understand whose number you want dialed, so I end up having to do it manually. Besides, in New York State, there's a ban on driving while talking on the phone. I get totally ticked when I see someone talking on their phone while they're supposed to be paying attention to the road ahead.

139 posted on 07/17/2006 9:06:56 AM PDT by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway~~John Wayne)
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To: 1Old Pro

Ever notice how the courtesy and quality of drivers on interstates changes with the seasons?


140 posted on 07/17/2006 9:06:57 AM PDT by Roccus
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