# Dear Old lady driver; YOU SUCK!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-old-lady-driver-you-suck/643932>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [December 13, 2012, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-old-lady-driver-you-suck/643932 "2012-12-13T16:45:28Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2012, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-old-lady-driver-you-suck/643932/41 "2012-12-20T05:01:23Z")

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> [@feddup2](#):
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> Have to assume the other driver is drunk/high/blind/stupid/senile.
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> My Dad RIP would scare the bejeezus out of me driving his bigazz SUV and blow stop signs.  
> I would shout, “DAD!! that was a stop!”  
> His reply:“heheh.. Im bigger than they are!” \<snip\>

I KNEW IT!!! I drive a Corolla, and I’ve been suspecting for a while that there are plenty of drivers of large vehicles who assume that right-of-way rules mean that the biggest vehicle goes first. Jerks.

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**Author:** ![Miss\_Woodhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/838e76/32.png) [@Miss\_Woodhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Woodhouse)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2012, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-old-lady-driver-you-suck/643932/42 "2012-12-20T05:27:40Z")

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> And don’t get me started on the jerk bicyclists who don’t obey stop signs and assume that they are riding in an alternative universe where traffic laws don’t apply to them (but that’s another thread).

In my state, a stop sign is a yield sign to bicyclists and a traffic light is a stop sign. Granted, one does have to yield to oncoming traffic on a bicycle but one does not have to come to a full stop for every stop sign. That’s a pain.

As for the topic at hand, I just love how older drivers believe that driving 20 miles an hour under the speed limit somehow makes them safe when they can’t see very well and have delayed reactions. Nope. Driving that far under the normal speed of the road makes you more dangerous and it doesn’t matter how slowly you are going if you can’t freaking see what’s on the road.

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**Author:** ![SerafinaPekala](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecae2f/32.png) [@SerafinaPekala](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SerafinaPekala)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2012, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-old-lady-driver-you-suck/643932/43 "2012-12-20T18:25:32Z")

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Dont mean to be mean and discriminatory against ppl with disabilities, but in some states (maybe most states) its OK to drive while deaf.

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Hearing whats going on around you seems to be at least 1/2 the equation for safe driving I would think. How would you know you fucked up without hearing the honking and swearing of those around you? Oh right … hand signals work too.

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