stan_deezy
Lieutenant Commander
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- Oct 18, 2003
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Oh well, I've only been in the new job a few months but in that time I've seen stupidity that I didn't believed happened except on TV in shows like "World's Craziest Drivers" :^
A few (and just a few) examples:
The other night in torrential rain and in pitch darkness we were overtaken at high speed by a car with no lights on. We caught up with the vehicle, flashing headlights/roof bar lights etc made no impact on the driver and we ended up pulling up alongside. With my window down I indicated to the female driver that she had no lights on: her response was "I know!"
We pulled her over and were shocked to discover that she had two young babies in the car and that the reason for no lights was that she didn't know where the switch was: she'd only ever driven in daylight and was driving fast to get home :'(
Pulling out of a service area on the motorway (after the compulsory coffee and donuts) we were shocked to see a car reversing up the inside lane about a mile from our position: the driver had missed the services and decided to reverse against heavy traffic, figuring if he drove fast enough people would get out of the way :^
The two young ladies who decided to swap drivers by setting the cruise control and climbing over each other!
The tyre fitter who was called to a truck tyre blow-out and missed the junction so did a u-turn on the motorway and drove the wrong way up a slip road and back down the other side.
The young lad that panicked when he ran out of fuel and ran off to a service station, leaving his car unlocked, keys in the ignition, sat-nav plugged in, mobile phone in the holder, tools in the back, oh and his wallet lying on the passenger seat :}
Loads of folks refuelling with petrol into a diesel or vice versa (especially a brand new car: best one so far was an 06 Merc-Benz!)
The woman who had a puncture in lane two of a two lane road. rather than run to the shoulder or stay on the central reservation she jumped the central reservation and ran screaming across the two lanes on the other side. When asked why she replied: "because there are cows in that field and they scare me!"
The Nissan 350z that did 140mph (double the speed limit) into the central reservation and destroyed 24 lengths of Armco barrier with the nose. Why did the driver buy a 350z? Because he bought it with the compensation from his previous crash................in a Porsche and wanted a slower car!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The trucker with both (bare) feet on the dashboard and watching a DVD at night, whilst overtaking us in thick fog at 70mph (limit 40mph for a wagon that size on that road)............hmmm guess who doesn't have a licence anymore?
The guy with the brand new Audi who thought the cruise control also did the braking for him..................until he hit the back of a trucker d
Just a short (!) selection of those "who walk amongst us!"
A few (and just a few) examples:
The other night in torrential rain and in pitch darkness we were overtaken at high speed by a car with no lights on. We caught up with the vehicle, flashing headlights/roof bar lights etc made no impact on the driver and we ended up pulling up alongside. With my window down I indicated to the female driver that she had no lights on: her response was "I know!"
We pulled her over and were shocked to discover that she had two young babies in the car and that the reason for no lights was that she didn't know where the switch was: she'd only ever driven in daylight and was driving fast to get home :'(
Pulling out of a service area on the motorway (after the compulsory coffee and donuts) we were shocked to see a car reversing up the inside lane about a mile from our position: the driver had missed the services and decided to reverse against heavy traffic, figuring if he drove fast enough people would get out of the way :^
The two young ladies who decided to swap drivers by setting the cruise control and climbing over each other!
The tyre fitter who was called to a truck tyre blow-out and missed the junction so did a u-turn on the motorway and drove the wrong way up a slip road and back down the other side.
The young lad that panicked when he ran out of fuel and ran off to a service station, leaving his car unlocked, keys in the ignition, sat-nav plugged in, mobile phone in the holder, tools in the back, oh and his wallet lying on the passenger seat :}
Loads of folks refuelling with petrol into a diesel or vice versa (especially a brand new car: best one so far was an 06 Merc-Benz!)
The woman who had a puncture in lane two of a two lane road. rather than run to the shoulder or stay on the central reservation she jumped the central reservation and ran screaming across the two lanes on the other side. When asked why she replied: "because there are cows in that field and they scare me!"
The Nissan 350z that did 140mph (double the speed limit) into the central reservation and destroyed 24 lengths of Armco barrier with the nose. Why did the driver buy a 350z? Because he bought it with the compensation from his previous crash................in a Porsche and wanted a slower car!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The trucker with both (bare) feet on the dashboard and watching a DVD at night, whilst overtaking us in thick fog at 70mph (limit 40mph for a wagon that size on that road)............hmmm guess who doesn't have a licence anymore?
The guy with the brand new Audi who thought the cruise control also did the braking for him..................until he hit the back of a trucker d
Just a short (!) selection of those "who walk amongst us!"
