Posted on 03/12/2007 11:54:51 AM PDT by Smogger
I'm an auto-bahn, yet my vehicle is about as "distinctive" as you can get, and INCREDIBLY practical:
http://www.scion.com/showroom/xb/gallery/
>>I got a careless driving ticket.<<
It's a catch-all ticket when they don't know what to charge you with. It just didn't look right. ;)
I'd fight it and tell them you were being EXTREMELY careful.
Your clean record should get you a warning, worst case scenario.
So what category exists for those that like their car... and like to drive their car... and like to drive their car on the twisties?
Is that a non-existant category of driver according to All-state?
>>As an Auto-Pilot you Auto-Bahners make me sick. Next time your selfishness, arrogance, and impatience kills or maims someone, make sure it's you and not some innocent person. Thanks!!! <<
Auto-bahner for 38 years.
So far, so good...
"One more thing you rubber neckers: Go rent a crash video from the safety of your couch and stop impeding traffic!"
Good one. Hey, I like googling at a nasty car accident as much as the next guy, but I force myself to keep my eyes forward and keep my speed up. I'm sort of an Auto Bahner, too, but not really all that agressive. I'm a decent driver, and have little patience with the sizable minority of boobs who clog our roads while blundering along lost in their own little worlds.
I'll take selfish, arrogant, and impatient any day over unawareness and lack of confidence. The best drivers are all in the Auto-Bahn category, along with many bad ones, to be sure. But no one in the Auto-Pilot category is a good driver - they range from average at best to as dangerous as the worst of any other category.
No speed limits and a 90% reduction in traffic would sure save a lot of time :-p
That looks like a Barbie-mobile, that hipster Ken would be behind the wheel?
Well, I'm going to label you a thinking driver.
You know what vehicles not to get behind.
If somebody makes one idiot move they'll keep making them.
If the car is driven by a teenage girl give them at least a 10 minute head start.
A cars performance is always taken into consideration.
People on cell phones have "abandoned ship".
Calgon take me away! We are a crazy society.
Some states like Missouri do..
I grew up in NYC and live in the LA area now. As to the Asian drivers, I would say that some drive poorly because they learned late in life, or at very low speeds because of the crowding. Most of their kids don't have that problem. I would rather drive in a Chinese or Vietnamese area than a Korean one. They tend to be indecisive, and do crazy maneuvers(a four way turn in the middle of busy and active intersections), regardless of heavy, fast moving traffic. Another stunt is "I'm lost!" and they then come to a dead stop on the freeway. they are clueless. I believe them to be the worst drivers I have ever seen anywhere in the world.
"Road Warrior"
And then there is the Autoerotic..
I drove cross country any number of times by getting in front of guys in Beemers and then very slightly slow dowm. They'd shoot out ahead, and I'd pace them at a distance. I'd be far enough back to see them getting pulled over. I'd then look for another "rabbit"..I practice "stealth driving"..
I know.
My computer was freezing up and would do nothing, so I hit the post button again.
A Harley driver.
I would say teenagers are the worst, especially when they have a cell phone stuck to their ears.
I watched a girl run 4 consecutive stop signs while yacking on the phone. Thankfully it was not a major highway with heavy traffic.
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