Americans can't drive!

dodge_girl · Post by **dodge_girl** » Fri Mar 07, 2008 11:10 pm

So i came to Ohio today with my family for a wedding and the weather got pretty crappy on the way here as im sure some of you know. But as we were driving on the highway i started to notice that there were a lot of cars in the ditch, so i started taking pics of them...

that last one is a yellow mustang if you were wondering
these pictures are after i saw about 6 or 7 in the ditch and decided to take some pics

ZeroChad · Post by **ZeroChad** » Fri Mar 07, 2008 11:17 pm

Haha, I play that game too! Now you can sympathize with us for what we have to deal with.

How was the wedding?

dodge_girl · Post by **dodge_girl** » Fri Mar 07, 2008 11:22 pm

the wedding is tomorrow actually, and i do sympathize for you guys, i thought canada had some bad drivers but now it doesn't seem as bad

yellowpatrol · Post by **yellowpatrol** » Fri Mar 07, 2008 11:22 pm

Well Canadians can't... can't... uh... VOTE!!! Yeah, that's it. Canadians can't vote. mwahaha

Post by **Diablo0** » Fri Mar 07, 2008 11:45 pm

Ugh... people in snow. I hate snow, I don't mind driving in it when no one else is around but when you get other people on the road they're bound to screw something up causing more traffic problems because they aren't paying attention or going too fast for the conditions.

Earlier this year we got a little bit of snow down here, not even an inch and was gone by the end of the day. I got up a little early, took a shower, got out and saw I had a voicemail from my supervisor saying her and the other woman in the office (both born in the south) called our main office in Michigan to let our Manager know up there that we're all going to be late... so I didn't have to rush to work. Screw that, I'm not going to be late to work an hour, have to stay late an hour just because of them so I left for work anyway checking our driveway first to see if it was icey... nope, just fine, just wet with some snow cover. The roads were just fine as long as you took it slow like you should have and they even said they were on the radio. I left early to avoid any sort of traffic so there was no one on the roads but if I left when they were going to leave it would have taken longer since everyone else would be on the roads, not to mention they don't have plows down here or salt so the roads would be just as bad at that time as they would be going to work at the normal time. Either way, I was 30min early while the other two... hour late.

Sure enough though, that morning, on the way there one person in a truck went around a corner too fast and almost lost control... tard bar.

It's not just down here though because "they not used to driving in snow..." it was the same way in Cincinnati where if there were just a few flakes on the ground people would freak out! Then there would be the ones trying to fly by everyone, in a RWD car, in slippery conditions and hit a slick spot and do a few 360s nearly hitting people.

I hate snow, the only reason people love it down here is b/c they use it as an excuse to not go into work. Even if there is a 1/4" of snow on the ground people call off work and places shut down...

Sorry... </rant>

dodge_girl · Post by **dodge_girl** » Fri Mar 07, 2008 11:59 pm

i find it really funny when people freak out because of a few inches. the FIRST time i ever drove there was about 5" of snow on the road, its not hard, you just can't drive as fast as you normally do

Danteneon · Post by **Danteneon** » Sat Mar 08, 2008 12:10 am

You want to have some real fun? Come into the metro DC area and watch people REALLY lose their minds! Talk about panic

I'm from Buffalo originally, so I can relate.

Hudson_Neon · Post by **Hudson_Neon** » Sat Mar 08, 2008 8:23 am

lol... it snowed here the other day and people were doin 15 in a 65 and hitting their brakes. yeah, that's a great idea... hit your brakes when it's slippery.

and yeah, people are just retarded... they're either goin WAY too slow or WAY too fast when the weather gets shitty

Panhead · Post by **Panhead** » Sat Mar 08, 2008 1:49 pm

Hudson_Neon wrote:lol... it snowed here the other day and people were doin 15 in a 65 and hitting their brakes. yeah, that's a great idea... hit your brakes when it's slippery.

and yeah, people are just retarded... they're either goin WAY too slow or WAY too fast when the weather gets shitty

nuff said ^

NickKo · Post by **NickKo** » Sat Mar 08, 2008 2:06 pm

Diablo0 wrote:Ugh... people in snow. I hate snow, I don't mind driving in it when no one else is around but when you get other people on the road they're bound to screw something up causing more traffic problems because they aren't paying attention or going too fast for the conditions.

Nowadays, I see people here in NE IL."trying" (??) to "drive" their car AND talk on their cell phone in lousy weather conditions, it's "normal" around here.

Myself, I refuse to answer the cell or talk on the phone while I drive, so I can pay better attention, to avoiding the other drivers who yap on their phones.

Patheic incident:

Less than a month ago, I witnessed a bunch of multiple 180 and 360 degree wipeouts / spinouts, one right after the other, happen on an icy bridge as I was going to work.
Fortunately, the spinouts were on the opposite side going westbound, I was going eastbound on a highway divided by a median (thank goodness.)

The last driver that I witnessed spinning out was a lady in a Dodge Stratus getting completely sideways and spinning out while she was barrelling down the highway at about 60 mph (too fast for conditions) and she had her cell phone held up to her ear, as the car started doing a 180.

I mean, she couldn't SEE the multiple wipeouts already in FRONT of her as she was barrelling down at 60MPH ???

-Nick

-NeonSxt- · Post by **-NeonSxt-** » Sat Mar 08, 2008 2:55 pm

yea i live in hamilton ohio and we got around 14inches in my front yard right now and the snow still coming down the neon is parked for now esepecially with my basically semi slicks on right now

bone-yard-racing · Post by **bone-yard-racing** » Sat Mar 08, 2008 9:12 pm

Yes all americans are very stupid and cant drive we know

Post by **Diablo0** » Sat Mar 08, 2008 10:01 pm

I'm just glad I'm not in Cincinnati anymore

I hear it's getting quite bad up there... ahhh, it's a little chilly right now here in the 30s but it's better than being in the teens with over a foot of snow.

Nutmeg · Post by **Nutmeg** » Sat Mar 08, 2008 11:43 pm

bone-yard-racing wrote:Yes all americans are very stupid and cant drive we know

No need to remind us, eh?

Post by **racer12306** » Sat Mar 08, 2008 11:49 pm

Danteneon wrote:You want to have some real fun? Come into the metro DC area and watch people REALLY lose their minds! Talk about panic

I'm from Buffalo originally, so I can relate.

on all points made

MoxHair · Post by **MoxHair** » Sun Mar 09, 2008 11:44 am

Nothing is Worse than a Herd of Snowbirds blocking every lane of traffic going 20below the limit.

dodge_girl · Post by **dodge_girl** » Mon Mar 10, 2008 10:18 am

On the way home we didn't see any accidents, but we did see a crap load of cars abandoned on the highway, im sure most of you have seen that happen before... but i thought it was the weirdest shit ever!

those were the only two i got pictures of but there were lots more than that
oh and that last shot, its kinda hard to tell but its a neon

Hudson_Neon · Post by **Hudson_Neon** » Mon Mar 10, 2008 10:31 am

that's what happens when they let idiots drive. those cars will be there for another day or so too

dodge_girl · Post by **dodge_girl** » Mon Mar 10, 2008 10:48 am

so this whole abandoning your car this is normal in the states??

krc21 · Post by **krc21** » Mon Mar 10, 2008 10:59 am

oh yeah!!! lol you cant move it just leave it... give it a couple days come back and check.. if its gone someone stole it and go buy a new one.. if its still there then your good to go

MyNeonSaysHi · Post by **MyNeonSaysHi** » Mon Mar 10, 2008 11:33 am

http://youtube.com/watch?v=slKNd22GGaQ

Hudson_Neon · Post by **Hudson_Neon** » Mon Mar 10, 2008 11:33 am

that or you gotta go check the local impounds cause the cops might have had it towed at your expence

MyNeonSaysHi · Post by **MyNeonSaysHi** » Mon Mar 10, 2008 11:33 am

http://youtube.com/watch?v=slKNd22GGaQ

Hudson_Neon · Post by **Hudson_Neon** » Mon Mar 10, 2008 11:43 am

^ lol... that's what happens when you do that many drugs. you start seeing shit

Wenuden · Post by **Wenuden** » Tue Mar 11, 2008 2:52 am

KC21Balla wrote:oh yeah!!! lol you cant move it just leave it... give it a couple days come back and check.. if its gone someone stole it and go buy a new one.. if its still there then your good to go

Naw, that's just a southern Maryland ghetto-mobile thing. I can't count how many cars I've seen abandoned on the side of md roads (most of them wrecked turdbombs). And that's in clear weather LOL. I'm not coming out there in the snow.