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General » rec.autos.driving » Strange behavior spotted
| Strange behavior spotted [message #794976] |
Wed, 20 February 2008 00:40 |
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Enroute home from work: stopped at a convenience store, then tried to
leave. Some unskilled driver in a pickup did a U-turn on the street
and almost took out a curb, right in front of me. Fortunately I was
already stopped.
Then, in a severe display of lane-choice impairment, he drove into a
lane marked for no traffic (the diagonal lines) before getting into
the proper lane for a planned left turn.
After the turn, where the highway loses the left lane, he waited until
the last moment to move right...at 30 in a 45. Hmmmm.
Oh yeah, the pickup had California plates. My first thought: "I
*know* that can't be Scott!" :)
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| Re: Strange behavior spotted [message #794994 ] |
Wed, 20 February 2008 01:31 |
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In article
<cc3736a1-48b6-4627-bfd2-0083e32ceceb [at] 71g2000hse.googlegroups.com>,
MLOM <grvan [at] netzero.net> wrote:
> Enroute home from work: stopped at a convenience store, then tried to
> leave. Some unskilled driver in a pickup did a U-turn on the street
> and almost took out a curb, right in front of me. Fortunately I was
> already stopped.
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> Then, in a severe display of lane-choice impairment, he drove into a
> lane marked for no traffic (the diagonal lines) before getting into
> the proper lane for a planned left turn.
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> After the turn, where the highway loses the left lane, he waited until
> the last moment to move right...at 30 in a 45. Hmmmm.
I wonder if they were lost? I notice that people start doing
very dangerous things in traffic when they are lost. Usually
the best course of action is to stop for a few minutes, get
calmed down, and then try to figure out where you are and get
moving again. That is the least likely action that lost people
will take. Lost and late, well, that is a double whammy, and
likely to cause an accident.
-john-
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| Re: Strange behavior spotted [message #795013 ] |
Wed, 20 February 2008 02:33 |
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> Enroute home from work: stopped at a convenience store, then tried to
> leave. Some unskilled driver in a pickup [practiced random senseless acts]
Maybe it wasn't bozosity, but booze-osity. Conventional wisdom has it
that weavy lane control, inappropriate choice of driving surfaces, and
a speed deeply inappropriate (in either direction) for the
circumstances are among the typical signs.
Yeah, it seems early, assuming that you work a conventional 8-5ish
job; but some people get off at 3, or work nights, or just head for
the bar or the package store in lieu of working... and the sun's
always over the yardarm somewhere. And of course both prescription
and self-inflicted drugs can cause impaired driving.
Or maybe he was just lost, tired, hitting a sugar low, poor in
navigational skills, without clear idea that this was wrong, or
convinced that he owned the road and everybody else could just get out
of the way (pick one or more).
--Joe
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| Re: Strange behavior spotted [message #795020 ] |
Wed, 20 February 2008 02:50 |
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On Feb 19, 7:33=A0pm, Ad absurdum per aspera <jtc... [at] california.com>
wrote:
> > Enroute home from work: stopped at a convenience store, then tried to
> > leave. =A0Some unskilled driver in a pickup [practiced random senseless =
acts]
>
> Maybe it wasn't bozosity, but booze-osity. =A0Conventional wisdom has it
> that weavy lane control, inappropriate choice of driving surfaces, and
> a speed deeply inappropriate (in either direction) for the
> circumstances are among the typical =A0signs.
>
> Yeah, it seems early, assuming that you work a conventional 8-5ish
> job; but some people get off at 3, or work nights, or just head for
> the bar or the package store in lieu of working... and =A0the sun's
> always over the yardarm somewhere. =A0And of course both prescription
> and self-inflicted drugs can cause impaired driving.
>
> Or maybe he was just lost, tired, hitting a sugar low, poor in
> navigational skills, without clear idea that this was wrong, or
> convinced that he owned the road and everybody else could just get out
> of the way (pick one or more).
>
> --Joe
In this area (near KC), any of the above is possible. We've had a
nasty rash of flu in the area, and he may have had that as well. I've
lived in the state long enough for the surprise factor to be
completely eliminated.
It's happy hour somewhere (what happened to Hector?)!
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| Re: Strange behavior spotted [message #795036 ] |
Wed, 20 February 2008 04:13 |
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MLOM wrote:
> On Feb 19, 7:33 pm, Ad absurdum per aspera <jtc... [at] california.com>
> wrote:
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>>>Enroute home from work: stopped at a convenience store, then tried to
>>>leave. Some unskilled driver in a pickup [practiced random senseless acts]
>>
>>Maybe it wasn't bozosity, but booze-osity. Conventional wisdom has it
>>that weavy lane control, inappropriate choice of driving surfaces, and
>>a speed deeply inappropriate (in either direction) for the
>>circumstances are among the typical signs.
>>
>>Yeah, it seems early, assuming that you work a conventional 8-5ish
>>job; but some people get off at 3, or work nights, or just head for
>>the bar or the package store in lieu of working... and the sun's
>>always over the yardarm somewhere. And of course both prescription
>>and self-inflicted drugs can cause impaired driving.
>>
>>Or maybe he was just lost, tired, hitting a sugar low, poor in
>>navigational skills, without clear idea that this was wrong, or
>>convinced that he owned the road and everybody else could just get out
>>of the way (pick one or more).
>>
>>--Joe
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> In this area (near KC), any of the above is possible. We've had a
> nasty rash of flu in the area, and he may have had that as well. I've
> lived in the state long enough for the surprise factor to be
> completely eliminated.
>
> It's happy hour somewhere (what happened to Hector?)!
I think he reappeared under the name "David Poole" unless I've got my
psoters mixed up.
nate
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| Re: Strange behavior spotted [message #795038 ] |
Wed, 20 February 2008 04:15 |
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| Re: Strange behavior spotted [message #795049 ] |
Wed, 20 February 2008 04:39 |
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Nate Nagel wrote:
>MLOM wrote:
>> On Feb 19, 7:33 pm, Ad absurdum per aspera <jtc... [at] california.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>>Enroute home from work: stopped at a convenience store, then tried to
>>>>leave. Some unskilled driver in a pickup [practiced random senseless acts]
>>>
>>>Maybe it wasn't bozosity, but booze-osity. Conventional wisdom has it
>>>that weavy lane control, inappropriate choice of driving surfaces, and
>>>a speed deeply inappropriate (in either direction) for the
>>>circumstances are among the typical signs.
>>>
>>>Yeah, it seems early, assuming that you work a conventional 8-5ish
>>>job; but some people get off at 3, or work nights, or just head for
>>>the bar or the package store in lieu of working... and the sun's
>>>always over the yardarm somewhere. And of course both prescription
>>>and self-inflicted drugs can cause impaired driving.
>>>
>>>Or maybe he was just lost, tired, hitting a sugar low, poor in
>>>navigational skills, without clear idea that this was wrong, or
>>>convinced that he owned the road and everybody else could just get out
>>>of the way (pick one or more).
>>>
>>>--Joe
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>> In this area (near KC), any of the above is possible. We've had a
>> nasty rash of flu in the area, and he may have had that as well. I've
>> lived in the state long enough for the surprise factor to be
>> completely eliminated.
>>
>> It's happy hour somewhere (what happened to Hector?)!
>
>I think he reappeared under the name "David Poole" unless I've got my
>psoters mixed up.
That would be me. :-)
I just got tired of playing with the group's two retards, so I kill
filtered them. Playing with S&DDAM was the reason I switched from
posting with my real name to begin with, but it got rather boring.
The upside to kill filing those two idiots is that I've been learning
new stuff that's useful for work, and as a result, I recently received
a 150% performance bonus. :-)
Unfortunately my boss won't tell me what he's promoting me to, which
leads me to believe it's going to be another multi-step promotion.
Kill filing those two idiots has been most rewarding.
--
People don't confuse me with someone who cares.
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| Re: Strange behavior spotted [message #795061 ] |
Wed, 20 February 2008 05:37 |
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| Re: Strange behavior spotted [message #795189 ] |
Thu, 21 February 2008 01:54 |
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On Feb 19, 9:15=A0pm, Scott in SoCal <scottenazt... [at] yahoo.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 19 Feb 2008 15:40:39 -0800 (PST), MLOM <gr... [at] netzero.net>
> wrote:
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> >Oh yeah, the pickup had California plates. =A0My first thought: "I
> >*know* that can't be Scott!" =A0:)
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> Did you came to that conclusion because you know I don't drive that
> oorly, or because you know I would never be caught dead in the Snow
> Belt in the dead of Winter? :)
> --
> Please don't give financial rewards to trolls -
> DO NOT CLICK on any URLs containing "calrog.com"
You get a 66.7% accuracy rating...factor #3 was knowing that a pickup
would be a serious downgrade from your Corvette. :)
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| Re: Strange behavior spotted [message #795190 ] |
Thu, 21 February 2008 01:54 |
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On Feb 19, 10:37=A0pm, Scott in SoCal <scottenazt... [at] yahoo.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 19 Feb 2008 17:50:34 -0800 (PST), MLOM <gr... [at] netzero.net>
> wrote:
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> >It's happy hour somewhere (what happened to Hector?)!
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> He nymshifted.
> --
> Please don't give financial rewards to trolls -
> DO NOT CLICK on any URLs containing "calrog.com"
After the ongoing saga of Aunt Judy, I don't blame him a bit.
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