Lexusfreak

As a general rule, I never get anywhere near someone 80+ that's driving wearing a hat! Especially a checkered hat with ear flaps!.........in August! The other is I never get anywhere near someone who's head you can see in the car at all.........all you see is knuckles......then I pull over & take public transportation myself.

GS3Tek

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No need for one answer mmarshall. They're BOTH horrible drivers. Driving is more about being defensive now. I'm more on the lookout for idiots out there, dodging and swerving.
If I weren't so alert, I would've been in a lot of more accidents caused by stupid people who are careless, wreckless, and impatient.
Excuse me for being discriminating for a bit, but when I see minivans, big buicks, caddys, oldsmobile, I stay awaaaaay 8/10 I'm correct about their driving habit.
....and like lexusfreak said about just seeing the knuckles only

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http://www.news-press.com/apps/pbcs....504150440/1075

I found this article, I think the last line is funny

rominl

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HAHHAA, i would think the dealership will pay them money to beg them NOT to come back

mmarshall

This is a stereotype, GS, and an often inaccurate one. Big American luxury cars do not necessarily mean old senile people behind the wheel. (Among other cars) I owned two of them in my late teens and early 20's....along with a much sportier Plymouth Barracuda.

rominl

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that's true, but in general i do see more stupid people in van and suv than other cars though. and i hate to say, but more often female drivers they don't know what they are doing -- my wife says the same too

mmarshall

People with regular minivans, though, often tend to have kids and therefore don't do stupid and reckless things....one reason why insurance is so low for most minivans.

I know I may be partially breaking my own rule about sterotypes here, but in general if I had to pick one group of drivers IN GENERAL (not specific individuals) as THE worst, it would have to be Mustang V8 GT / Cobra guys. Nobody else even comes CLOSE. There is something about a Mustang....even more so than rival F-Bodies, Corvettes / Vipers, or any other muscle car, that just makes a lot of people do insane things with them. I base this not only on what I read (and local accident statistics) but what I actually see all the time with my own eyes.

rominl

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defnitely not the ones i see. the problem is they are not trying to be reckless or so, they just don't know what the hell they are doing with those big *** cars... they don't see the lane, they don't know where they are going, they can't see corners, etc...

and yes, i see those "baby onboard" sign and i do see child seat when passing them -- scary

Celicamaro

You'd be amazed at what women can do when they are in that state of mind. Just yesterday, I was hanging out with the guys at a popular hangout spot. We were kickin it with a couple of hoes the guys use to passed around. We had 4 cars park next to each other. NSX, Mr2 turbo, 350Z, and 3000gt. My NSX friend made the mistake of trying to show off by blasting his newly installed aftermarket system. Since he didn't upgrade the battery and was worried the car might ran out of juice, he left the car running. Bad mistake, one of the girl jumped in the NSX while we weren't watching and drove off. OH ***** everyone yelled, but luckily she couldn't drive stick too well so the car stalled, she restarted the car and next thing you know she's going in reverse fast. None of us could believe she could get the car in reverse that quickly. I'd have to be super ready to even shift into reverse that fast. She barely missed the mr2 by a couple of inches as she tries to back into the NSX's original spot. Everybody just about ***** in their pants. She got out and wanted to test the 350Z, my friend who own the Z quickly realizes he'd also left the key in the ignition switch and ran as fast as he could to grab the key but she beat him to it. He beg and beg, so she made him get on his knee and promise to take her to the mo that night. I haven't checked on him this morning, my guess is he probably will not be hanging out with us for a while as his wife will surely have found out as he'll be coming home late and not able to perform.

rominl

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damn.... she was on drug?!

GS3Tek

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No disrespect here, but yes mmarshall, that is stereotyping That's why it accounts for more than 51% of the time
You are an exception to this "big ol american luxury bunch", so no need to worry Besides, a barracuda is no buick regal or the roadster or 88, you get the idea.........
I don't see a flood of late teens or even 20's running out to buy the Buicks that Tiger Woods is "advertising"
I do see the kids going for the caddy devilles once in a while.

However, the next time you see these land-yachts have a jar in your car and put in $5 each time the driver is at least approaching mid-life-no offense.

The mad moms in the minivans don't pay attention to the roads b/c their kids are crying or yelling and screaming in the car.

I say the justification for the insurance being low for minivans b/c it's not meant for speed due to baby on board, but not in most cases. They're usually late to this, late to that..............

The reason why I generalize/stereotype is because often times if I don't lookout for these drivers, I could've been in many accidents caused by A LOT of these drivers, esp. here in CA,

Are we off-topic yet?

robloc93

Why the hell is an 88 year old still car shopping???

mmarshall

Don't worry, GS. You are anything BUT disrespectful. I wish more people on CL were like you.

You're right......a lot of young people do pan Buicks but often change their minds later as backs and muscles start to age....then those soft springs start to look (and feel) a little nicer. But you can enjoy a smooth ride at any age.

Anyhow ...back to this woman and the accident. I might have gotten carried away in my first post about the pedals and how the person who wrote the article described them....but I only took him at his word. Yes...what probably happened was that she pulled the transmission lever back one notch instead of three....to reverse instead of drive......and then just backed up too fast.

chuckb

welcome to my world(FL) ..........88 is a youngster

bitkahuna

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I agree! I believe in order to begin collecting social security or at some other age, if you want to continue driving you should have to take your test again. Twice in a lifetime isn't asking much.