Don’t stand in the middle of the road!
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Topic: Don’t stand in the middle of the road!
Posted By: WGP guy2
Subject: Don’t stand in the middle of the road!
Date Posted: 09 August 2007 at 7:36pm
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So coming home today, I was driving through the edges of downtown. I was on a one way street, two lanes, with the left lane widened so cars can be parked in the street. Speed limit is 35. Driving in the left lane when cars are parked leaves me about a 1 foot clearance on both sides of my car, but the right side is far to bumpy (potholes). The other major problem is hills, they aren't super big, but enough to restrict the view to about 300-400 feet in front of you at any given point, many times less. So I was driving around 35, and had just driven over a hill. Well there was an SUV parked on the side of the road, both passenger side doors (the door facing the street) wide open, and two people just standing (from what I saw) behind the doors pretty near to the center line. I had about 5-6 seconds from the time I came over the hill and saw them before I passed them, luckily there was nobody in the right lane beside me. Had there been, the ordeal could have been just as bad because lining the right side of the road, with no space between the asphalt and them, are a bunch of huge oak trees. Yep, try to spend as little time in the middle of the road as possible, especially when vision is restricted.  |
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Posted By: bravecoward
Date Posted: 09 August 2007 at 7:40pm
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we get it you drive.
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Posted By: choopie911
Date Posted: 09 August 2007 at 7:40pm
| were they ghost riding? |
Posted By: Benjichang
Date Posted: 09 August 2007 at 7:44pm
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bravecoward wrote:Posted By: RoboCop
Date Posted: 09 August 2007 at 7:46pm
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Posted By: stratoaxe
Date Posted: 09 August 2007 at 7:59pm
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I always leave ten or fifteen minutes for work here lately because of the godawful drivers in Texas. I was behind some guy in a Ranger who had stop in the middle of the highway to admire some girl changing her top in a parking lot. ------------- 
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Posted By: DeTrevni
Date Posted: 09 August 2007 at 8:06pm
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True dat. Texas: The only state where blinkers are an option! ------------- Evil Elvis: "Detrevni is definally like a hillbilly hippy from hell" 
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Posted By: choopie911
Date Posted: 09 August 2007 at 8:16pm
Racist |
Posted By: DeTrevni
Date Posted: 09 August 2007 at 8:21pm
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I think that's strikable... ------------- Evil Elvis: "Detrevni is definally like a hillbilly hippy from hell"
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Posted By: pb125
Date Posted: 09 August 2007 at 9:01pm
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^ yeah dude seriously that's just tasteless.
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Posted By: RoboCop
Date Posted: 09 August 2007 at 10:21pm
| It's about the best picture on the front page on google. I couldn't find many good ones where you could tell what they were doing besides standing on the roof of the car. Tell google they are rascist for putting an african on the front page. |
Posted By: Dye Playa
Date Posted: 09 August 2007 at 10:29pm
No it's not, have you ever been to NY? ------------- 
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Posted By: RoboCop
Date Posted: 09 August 2007 at 10:35pm
Dallas, Texas was declared to be in the top 5 as having the most curtious(sp?) drivers in the country. I seem to disagree, but it ight be true. Only thing is I don't like how so many people will hit you and run.
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Posted By: Ben Dover1
Date Posted: 09 August 2007 at 10:50pm
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Posted By: stratoaxe
Date Posted: 09 August 2007 at 10:53pm
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Dallas, driver for driver, isn't near as bad as FT Worth. -------------
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Posted By: White o Light
Date Posted: 09 August 2007 at 11:05pm
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wu git ut u drovi
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Posted By: pb125
Date Posted: 09 August 2007 at 11:07pm
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Awww how cute he got his license.
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Posted By: WGP guy2
Date Posted: 09 August 2007 at 11:16pm
Had mine longer than you've had one. |
Posted By: pb125
Date Posted: 09 August 2007 at 11:18pm
Yeah man! -------------
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Posted By: Man Bites Dog
Date Posted: 09 August 2007 at 11:23pm
OH BURN ------------- 
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Posted By: choopie911
Date Posted: 10 August 2007 at 2:08am
OMG, you're so racist! |
Posted By: Ghost-Rider
Date Posted: 10 August 2007 at 2:26am
At least their an option.... ------------- 
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Posted By: Glassjaw
Date Posted: 10 August 2007 at 4:27am
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Thank you for your superb words of wisdom WGP.
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