Have you ever called to report aggressive driving?

As a business owner, I would be VERY thankful to someone who called to let me know my property that I insure was being used in a manner that put the public at risk.

He'd be doing everyone involved a favor.

 

I disagree with you as well. I would've called both the cops and the company.

 

Basic physics tells you that momentum change bends metal. But I wonder if the studies only went that far.

I've seen the results of conformist intolerance on DC roads. Most of the road is unused, while the traffic, collected by traffic lights, sits in a congested pack, bumper to bumper. You can sit by the side of the road in Alexandria and see a pack of cars go by, and then you won't see another car until the next herd meanders through.

With the cars clumped together, the following distances shrink.

You pay attention when overtaking. But people will sit in formation in each others' blind spots, too busy chatting on the phone or texting to notice their own driving. A tight pack of drivers who can't stay in their own lanes is a recipe for disaster.

What's worse is the number of people who insist on sitting in my blind spot, and then get mad at me when they discover that they can't change lanes either, sitting in a pack.

The clumped up traffic seems to merely increase "road rage", as every traffic light becomes a game of musical chairs -- with each car trying to be the last through the yellow.

(And most of them miss the stop lines by a full car length. I suspect that most drivers here have no idea where their corners are.)

I'm old enough to remember when we had passing zones. This hiding in the herd is worse.

One of the things that makes the Autobahn safer than US Interstates is the requirement for the Autobahn to curve from time to time. It helps prevent drivers from vegging out.

It's always been the zombie drivers in the commute of the living dead that have been the problems. Forcing everyone down to the same level of inattention isn't the answer.


*** The problem with modern approaches to road safety is that, once you accept the premise that drivers aren't required to pay attention, no combination of rules can produce safety --- only an illusion of it.


"55 miles an hour is unsafe. ... It's fast enough to kill you, but slow enough to make you think you're safe."

 

This story has two twist....


I've driving from Tampa to Clearwater on a 12 mile bridge....speed limit was 60mph

Truck coming up fast behind us.... weaving and cutting off cars, I speed up to find a clearing in traffic and position my car where he has plenty of room to pass (so he won't cut-off my front bumper when he goes by).

He blows by me at over 90mph.... guess what? Its a steet sweeper truck LOL
Not very aerodynamic... and the last type of truck that i would expect could do 90mph. He bullies, tailgates, and dangerously cuts off the next 10 cars as if he was driving a snow plow...pushing people out of the way.

I call the cops and follow, since I'm headed that way anyway. As I'm on the phone, he pulls into Home Depot and starts cleaning the lot at break-neck speed. I laugh as I wait for the cops to pull up. But right as the cop is pulling in, a Lambo Murcielago goes flying by and the cop nabs him instead. Writes the guy a ticket, so I took off. I hope they made an effort to get the truck after that.

I went after a crazy street sweeper truck, and got a poor Lambo guy instead
(we don't have more than 3 Lambo drivers in all of Clearwater, so what's the odds of that?)

Yep, a truck like this! LMAO
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If it's one thing I hate, it's seeing kids bouncing around too. Even worse when they're sitting in the laps of the parents or whomever.

Either way, if the guy is driving like an idiot he'll probably get fired or reprimanded. But it's certainly not "a ***** thing to do".

 

Good intentions going wrong .... Not too uncommon.

I wonder if that sweeper truck driver watches "Monster Garage": http://www.tv.com/monster-garage/nascar-street-sweeper/episode/276333/summary.html
(Kyle Petty's racer converted to street sweeper.)

 

LOL.... now it all makes sense