Cascade Crew

QwkTrip · Posted: Fri Jul 21, 2006 4:00 pm Post subject: The Road Is Against Me

I swear that some force is trying to destroy my cars this week....

I start out on Monday driving the Subaru. One week old and I take a rock in the window that makes 6 cracks.

Not 2 miles down the road and I have to do a slalom course through a bucket of spilled white paint.

I drop off the Suburu at home to take the Jeep to the airport. I almost get run off the road by a semi truck in a construction zone.

Not 5 minutes later another semi truck runs up my rear end. Not sure how we didn't make contact.

I forgot my coat so my wife drives the Subaru to the airport. On the way back the freeway is being painted and all the lines are wet. Nice.

I won't even tell you about the driving nightmares in Mexico. Every intersection felt like I was entering a death trap.

Then today I'm driving the Aurora and a large van pulls out and nearly T-boned me. Fortunately, I nailed the gas and he passed by my rear bumper.

I think I'm just staying home this weekend. With my luck someone will drive through my front door. Wink

aaron_sK · Posted: Fri Jul 21, 2006 4:02 pm Post subject:

Crazy, man. Do you have insurance for road hazzards like that?

QwkTrip · Posted: Fri Jul 21, 2006 4:06 pm Post subject:

Yes, but I dropped the Aurora to just liability because I plan to sell it. I'm going to stop driving it.

rjmcgee · The Hammer Joined: 08 Jan 2004 Posts: 2328

I have been working in several construction areas lately driving truck and I can't believe how many close calls and near misses I see during the day.
People are impatient and can't stand to wait for trucks and equipment.

QwkTrip · Posted: Fri Jul 21, 2006 4:43 pm Post subject:

I've noticed that cement truck drivers are among the worst.

aaron_sK · Posted: Fri Jul 21, 2006 4:47 pm Post subject:

Honestly, it goes both ways in construction sites.

What really bugged me today was that driving down Pacific Ave. on my way home from work, I was nearly hit three times in about 30 seconds by three people pull into the suicide lane for a turn, and either pulling in crooked, or pulling so close that they nearly hit me as I drove in the oncoming lane.

BigDaddyVu · Posted: Fri Jul 21, 2006 6:54 pm Post subject:

trucks are 8 feet wide, cars at most 5 ft wide freeway lanes 12 feet wide streets and county roads anywhere beteen 8ft to 9ft. some body isn't paying attendition to their surroundings besides federal law inforces the (no-zones) aka blind spots around trucks. pass'em or fall back never pace a truck on either side.

QwkTrip · Posted: Fri Jul 21, 2006 9:11 pm Post subject:

I am quite aware of driving considerations around truckers. The first guy was not running a trailer and he was purposely accelerating as hard as he could in tight traffic to block out people in merging lanes. He was actually intimidating the person in front of me by pacing him. I got caught in an awkward spot when he had to slam on the brakes suddenly. Fortunately, I'm a better driver than him and was able to avoid a situation.

The second guy was speeding downhill so as to keep momentum up the next hill. I wasn't going to break the speed limit. He had poor judgment and was driving beyond his means.

And don't even get me going about the truckers that think they need to pass another truck because their speed governer gives them another 1/8 mph edge on the other guy. Rolling Eyes

Schultzy89GTA · Posted: Fri Jul 21, 2006 9:56 pm Post subject:

Wow! Glad you made it through ok. Try riding a motorcycle if you want to see how many close calls you can have in a day Wink

Seriously, I believe this is the auto gods way of saying that you need to finish your firebird and drive your own damn car.

Rock on!

-Schultzy

BigDaddyVu · Posted: Fri Jul 21, 2006 10:36 pm Post subject:

i could tell you a trick to piss a trucker off and it happen to me is to brake check'em

BigDaddyVu · Posted: Fri Jul 21, 2006 10:38 pm Post subject:

but i usually don't have traffic problems it my t/a mine is equiped with a gas pedal

QwkTrip · Posted: Sat Jul 22, 2006 7:01 am Post subject:

I'm not really interested in ticking off other drivers on purpose. I do well enough just using my natural abilities. Very Happy

I haven't been able to confirm this but think I might hold a world record. I was once given the finger by an ancient lady driving a school bus full of grade school kids. Can anybody beat that? She started to make a left hand turn in front of me in an icy intersection. I figure it's icy, her vehicle is 20 times the size of mine, and she's so old that she probably just doesn't care any more. So I slowed down to let her finish off the turn since she was already half way through the intersection. She decided to stop and then I drove through. I got the finger as I passed by.

I had some suppliers with me in the car and they were laughing their heads off asking me if I'm going to take that from her.

83Z28BlackBetty · Posted: Sat Jul 22, 2006 3:20 pm Post subject:

I'm working construction in snohomish for the summer break and I know what you mean by truck drivers can be super impatient.

QwkTrip · Posted: Sun Jul 23, 2006 9:30 am Post subject:

The saga continues. My wife called to tell me that a semi truck tire shredded in front of her and she drove over a large piece. I bet the paint is going to look good where that hit. Crying or Very sad

QwkTrip · Posted: Sun Jul 23, 2006 12:09 pm Post subject:

Great... now she tells me that someone threw a bag out of their car and it slammed into her window while driving down the freeway.

This car will look 10 years old in a matter of 10 days! Squint

Quasi-Traction · Posted: Sun Jul 23, 2006 1:18 pm Post subject:

now we know why he never finished the bird...........he'd have it for about 2 days before it got rear ended by some moron who didnt see he was stopped.

QwkTrip · Posted: Sun Jul 23, 2006 5:02 pm Post subject:

My gosh!!! It's a curse! A bird flew into the car!

aaron_sK · Posted: Sun Jul 23, 2006 5:07 pm Post subject:

See, as soon as you try and sell your third-gen, everything goes to pot. Laughing

Quasi-Traction · Posted: Sun Jul 23, 2006 7:54 pm Post subject:

maybe its time to sell the Subaru...........

It might be cursed....

Al Hasse · Posted: Sun Jul 23, 2006 8:30 pm Post subject: Re: The Road Is Against Me