Accident Looking for a Place to Happen
@ElusiveButterfly (45941)
United States
March 4, 2016 6:39am CST
While out and about, driving from client to client, or running errands for them, I encounter several near mishaps due to driver negligence. Yesterday was a record day for those encounters.
I put on the blinker to enter traffic from my park spot in front of my client's home, traffic was clear mind you, I am easing into the road when off to my left from a side street a car pulled a "California Stop" and turned quickly onto the street and almost hit me in the rear.
Cars pulling in front of me when nearly a car's length away from them several times having to send my foot to quickly apply the brake to avoid hitting them.
People darting into oncoming traffic without clearly seeing if it was safe or not. Yes, it was cold out yesterday, but people really need to stop and think before they take that stupid step out.
Sitting in Dunkin Donuts in a long line of cars to order and pick up my client's order, the SUV behind me kept rolling toward my vehicle and stopped quickly. I watched as the idiot was clearly more focused on the cell phone he was texting on. The law states that only hands free devices are to be used when operating a motor vehicle. And yes, you are operating a vehicle even in the line at Dunkin Donuts. MORON!!
Following people that were on their cell phone and were so distracted that they would jerk the wheel of their car to avoid hitting other cars or from going on the sidewalks. WOW.
I want to stay home. This stuff is nerve wracking.
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@BelleStarr (61463)
• United States
4 Mar 16
I know exactly what you mean, it is like taking your life or you vehicle into a danger zone. We have been hit twice in recent months by distracted drivers.
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@ElusiveButterfly (45941)
• United States
4 Mar 16
That is crazy Belle. I hope that nobody was hurt or the damage to your vehicle costly to repair.
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@ElusiveButterfly (45941)
• United States
6 Mar 16
@BelleStarr Glad to hear on all counts.
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@BelleStarr (61463)
• United States
5 Mar 16
@ElusiveButterfly Luckily since we were not at fault in either case, the insurance of the offending driver had to pay and no were not hurt.
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@ElusiveButterfly (45941)
• United States
4 Mar 16
When they first passed the law here it was enforced quite a bit. But now they seem to turn a blind eye unless there is an accident as a result of distracted driving.
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@patgalca (18481)
• Orangeville, Ontario
9 Mar 16
I'm not much a fan of driving anymore. I've had too many accidents in the past, one even in a parking lot where the driver as talking to her passenger and neglected to stop at the STOP sign. I try and let someone else in my famiy drive. If it's a long distance, a two-way drive, my eyes get really tired, itchy and blurry so I'd rather have someone else drive... at least one way.
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@ElusiveButterfly (45941)
• United States
9 Mar 16
My husband does all of our long distance driving. Come to think about it, even if we are only going into town he will drive.
@ElusiveButterfly (45941)
• United States
9 Mar 16
@patgalca my husband always says I should drive if he is drinking even though he will say that he is perfectly okay to drive LOL
@patgalca (18481)
• Orangeville, Ontario
9 Mar 16
@ElusiveButterfly I usually get one of my daughters if my husband isn't with us. But hubby won't let me drive. He is too macho for that. 
He wouldn't let me drive once when he'd been drinking and we almost got into an accident. If I drive when he has been drinking he's always telling me how to drive. If the whole family is going somewhere, we tend to take two vehicles so we can avoid the tension.
He wouldn't let me drive once when he'd been drinking and we almost got into an accident. If I drive when he has been drinking he's always telling me how to drive. If the whole family is going somewhere, we tend to take two vehicles so we can avoid the tension.1 person likes this
@TiarasOceanView (70020)
• United States
5 Mar 16
Very unnerving Elusive. People can be very thoughtless. I dont drive and this is mostly why,
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@ElusiveButterfly (45941)
• United States
6 Mar 16
My sister has never had her license nor does she want one.
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@TiarasOceanView (70020)
• United States
6 Mar 16
@ElusiveButterfly My son has never bothered either Elusive.
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
5 Mar 16
my late uncle used to swear there were days that Dallas TX had Dumb released in the clouds to rain down on the city
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@ElusiveButterfly (45941)
• United States
5 Mar 16
That would explain it Jessa! Perhaps it was a plague that covered the entire nation. Ever since cell phone usage became more popular, people have lost their common sense and do foolish things.
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@ElusiveButterfly (45941)
• United States
6 Mar 16
@Jessicalynnt a fine is just a slap on the hand, but community service would give one cause to think.
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
5 Mar 16
@ElusiveButterfly need more handsfree laws, and time tickets, IE, you get caught being dumb (but caused no accidents) you have to do X hours of community service
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@ElusiveButterfly (45941)
• United States
4 Mar 16
We can't live in a bubble. All we can do is drive defensively.
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@ElusiveButterfly (45941)
• United States
4 Mar 16
Yes, that after a long day of travelling the roads.
@scheng1 (24649)
• Singapore
4 Mar 16
it is a miracle that those idiots are still alive!
Perhaps God does take care of the drunks and idiots, but they are testing his goodwill too much.
Sooner or later accidents will happen, and then they will curse their bad luck or God or anything else but themselves.
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@Juliaacv (56317)
• Canada
4 Mar 16
Texting has really caused people to drive much worse. I feel that a red light is no longer a time to allow the other traffic to pass so much as it is for the drivers to check their cellphones, the same is true with going thru the drive thru, it can be so dangerous.
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@ElusiveButterfly (45941)
• United States
4 Mar 16
I have to often honk my horn to get the attention of people at a stop sign or red light to get them out of their trance.
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@Jeanniemaries (8237)
• United States
4 Mar 16
We do take our lives in hand when we are out in traffic these days. I almost got hit the other day. I was parked on the side of a country road and needed to make a U-Turn to leave. I carefully checked the traffic and it was clear and when I pulled out....but a car turned the corner at full speed and nearly hit me broadside. He glared at me as I completed my turn after he had come to a screeching halt.
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@ElusiveButterfly (45941)
• United States
4 Mar 16
Seems that so many are in such a hurry to get somewhere. They need to slow down.
@lovebeingmummy2 (806)
• Aberdeen, Scotland
4 Mar 16
There are some very careless drivers out there aren't there
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