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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Vraille Darkfang" data-source="post: 2962706" data-attributes="member: 16989">Shove it where the sun don't shine so hard they'll have a better time of pumping your stomach to get it back out.Sorry,Since I've been promoted at my new job, I now have to go in 5 days a week, which is a 30 minute commute.  (Pay's over 2x what I was earning, so until Gas hits about 20 bucks a gallon, I'm still coming out a head).  The hours are just a bit of normal Rush Hour, so I avoid the worst of the traffic.That said.  I've been in about 4 accidents so far this week.  I lack good driving skills (poor depth perception & bad night vision hampers me).  I know this.  Thus, I drive very cautiously and pay very close attention to my surroundings.  This has kept me accident free the entire 10+ years I've been driving.  Now, having said that.How many phone conversations end with "Oh, that's ok I'm just going to the store to....  AIEEEEE!!!!! CRASH!"  Call Ended.I've nearly been run over 4 times.  Each by a driver with 1 hand on the wheel & the other to their ear on a cell phone.  In one case, I noticed the guy swerving all over, so I didn't try to pass.  The SUV that tried got ran OFF the road when the driver suddenly decided to switch lanes without bothering to see if a FULL SIZE Chevy Suburban happened to be in the other lane (it sure wasn't in his blind spot as was longer than his entire car).Or the woman I noticed behind me, yapping on the cell phone as we approached a Red Light.  As I was slowing down, I noticed her still flying up behind me.  I got over into the Left Turn Lane.  She flew by & half-way through the Red Light she realized what the heck she was doing & slammed on the brakes.  In the middle of the intersection, a god 50 past where she really needed to observe that she needed to stop.So, please people.  Stop talking on Cell Phones when driving.  In fact, try to pay a little bit closer attention to what is going on.  Anymore, it's a complete crap-shoot as to when a car is going to turn.They're called Turn Signals PEOPLE!  Most cars built past 1945 or so should have them.PS.  Your SUV is NOT a Tank.  Stop driving it like it is one.PPS.  A fully loaded big rig does NOT have the same stopping power of your Plastic Mustang.  Cutting them off could result in an accident.  In these cases your car WILL lose.PPPS.  While 2 hands are the recommended number of hands to have on the steering wheel.  ONE should be the minimum.  Your knees just aren't going to cut it in an emergency.PPPPS.  If I'm going 73 in the fast lane of the highway to pass a big rig going 65 and the speed limit is 70.... It really doesn't do you any good to fly up behind me, flash your lights, honk your horn, and give me the finger.  I won't go any faster.  Maybe, just maybe, you had a pregnant woman going into labor in the back seat of your Taurus.  Maybe there WAS an emergency.  Maybe you had a good reason for blowing by me at 90+ when I got back over.  But you know, I drive this road every day of the week.  I know all the spots where the highway patrol likes to hang out.  And you know what?  That state trooper seemed to be taking his sweet time checking your license and registration when I passed you 5 minutes later.Wait, that last one made me feel kind of warm & fuzzy inside.</blockquote>

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