Originally Posted By: 1sttruck
"Its not the small cars that create the problem, its the large vehicles."
Then tell small car drivers to keep from cutting in the bit of extra space that I keep in front when I drive the pickup, especially the ones that then hit their brakes. Tell the small car owners to avoid doing the same to medium duty delivery trucks and the large semis, and to also avoid hitting the really big bridges, buldings, and the planet earth.
I drove motorcyclces for 20 years, and don't have much sympathy for people whining about being in a small car. The worst vehicles that I see on the road are the 'cockroach cars', which are the Civics with the spoliers, [censored] can mufflers, etc., zipping lane to lane like some sort of bug. Next for some reason are BMW drivers.
I agree. You can't blame any one class of vehicle. I have had people in all different kinds of vehicles cut me off, nearly t-bone me, rear end me, etc...
A couple weeks ago I was driving to the store when I nearly destroyed a Honda Accord. I was yards from the entrance to a parking lot, doing about 30 MPH (5 MPH below the posted limit) when the Accord driver, who was going the opposite direction just turned in front of me to go into the parking lot. I slammed on my brakes and stopped feet from his rear passenger door, where his kid was sitting. Rather than going into the parking lot, he just stops there and honks his horn at ME! In this case, the large vehicle was not the problem. I'm just glad the large vehicle has good brakes!
"Its not the small cars that create the problem, its the large vehicles."
Then tell small car drivers to keep from cutting in the bit of extra space that I keep in front when I drive the pickup, especially the ones that then hit their brakes. Tell the small car owners to avoid doing the same to medium duty delivery trucks and the large semis, and to also avoid hitting the really big bridges, buldings, and the planet earth.
I drove motorcyclces for 20 years, and don't have much sympathy for people whining about being in a small car. The worst vehicles that I see on the road are the 'cockroach cars', which are the Civics with the spoliers, [censored] can mufflers, etc., zipping lane to lane like some sort of bug. Next for some reason are BMW drivers.
I agree. You can't blame any one class of vehicle. I have had people in all different kinds of vehicles cut me off, nearly t-bone me, rear end me, etc...
A couple weeks ago I was driving to the store when I nearly destroyed a Honda Accord. I was yards from the entrance to a parking lot, doing about 30 MPH (5 MPH below the posted limit) when the Accord driver, who was going the opposite direction just turned in front of me to go into the parking lot. I slammed on my brakes and stopped feet from his rear passenger door, where his kid was sitting. Rather than going into the parking lot, he just stops there and honks his horn at ME! In this case, the large vehicle was not the problem. I'm just glad the large vehicle has good brakes!