I just called in an airport shuttle van. I know these guys are under a lot of time pressure between their dispatcher and passengers neeping about how their flight leaves in 35 minutes and can you please hurry, but this character ran a red light. Not a yellow that just turned, but a full-on red light that had been red, and pedestrians were inches away from getting flattened.
Well you wanna know what happens you lose your job in 2 years I’ve had a lot of these calls like 11 or something but I never find out who’s calling or get to talk to that person I know I’m a safe driver I’ve never had any crash and I’ve been driving for over 24 years I’ve deliver everything news paper pizza furniture drywall thrash.and type of building materials anyways I’ve love my job its my girlfriend birthday and all the holidays are coming so thank everyone in the northeast NJ NY RI CT MA NH VT AND MA think of the odds I’m up against 7 mill in ma and 17 in the boroughs so the 10 or more people who complained oh ya that’s only two state population I’m on the road 65 hours a week in a truck and I must be unsafe driver because of those people hope god will help me move forward in my life I would like to never have to return to driving you people don’t know how awful that lifestyle is so I can put food on the plates of my children
Please tell me you’re not driving while texting.
Do you even speak English?
Sweet God, why doesn’t this post come with a 1-800 number so I can report your reckless writing?
Anyway. If you’re a safe driver, you have nothing to fear. You may get call-in compliments.
OTOH, Your boss does not force you to drive dangerously or hazard the safety of the driving public. He demands it, but you have the opportunity to refuse. You quit, or let him fire you.
Trust me. You completely unemployed is, on balance, vastly better than my family in the hospital or the ground because of you.
Maybe johnjm is s a truck driver who runs on speed and caffeine. 
ETA: I forgot to add, I thought about calling one this weekend, when a semi-truck cut us off at 140 kph (about 87 mph) on the highway for no good reason. That was NOT cool.
Try using periods once in a while, they are the brakes of punctuation.
and yes I said yes I will Yes.
I called it once, years ago when I was a kid, just out of curiosity. Back then it connected you to some type of novelty vendor. Didn’t talk to a live person, just a recording.
My friend drives a truck, and he accidentally cut off a woman in traffic. He saw her looking at the back of the truck for a number to call, so he immediately called his boss: “Hey, I just cut a lady off on the 101. Totally my fault, so be nice to her.” Boss said “Okay, because you were a mensch and admitted it, no disciplinary action, but watch where the hell you’re going. I’ll tell her you called to pass on an apology… oh, looks like it’s her on the other line. Hang in there… and be safe!”
ETA: It wasn’t you, Cat Whisperer… this was years ago.
That’s assuming you even know where the police station is.
A fire station is more visible, and you can go there for protection too.
Kind of. Only it was more about my car, and it wasn’t me who called. My little sister had borrowed my car when I was out of town (with my permission) and she called to say she’d been in a wreck. Apparently the guy just came on over into her lane, and pushed her right off of the road! She was in traffic in the left lane of an off-ram, going fairly slowly and with cars closely to the front and behind and there was nothing but the ditch. Not that she had a chance to even take evasive measures he basically rammed her and shoved her off of the roadway. Didn’t look or anything. She got out and said “I hope you have insurance” and he said “it wasn’t MY fault”. That’s when she noticed the company logo and “how’s my driving” number on the tailgate, she walked across the opposite ditch to a business there and called the number.
She was so relieved when I said “really? cool, money!”. The car was paid off, and I got something like 5K out of the deal. It was “totalled” (which doesn’t mean what people think it means), but still perfectly drivable. Win-win for me. Not sure what happened with the poor kid who hit it though.
I think I’ve mentioned this on here before, but yes I have - and it wasn’t really the driving that was at fault.
About 15 years ago, when I was at university, my girlfriend was driving up to see me, and seemed rather distressed when she arrived. It took a while to get out of her what happened, but it turns out some lorry driver was driving alongside her and flashing at her (and I don’t mean his headlamps).
Said brain surgeon was driving a large truck emblazoned with the branding of a major British retailer, so it wasn’t hard to find the relevant “How’s my driving” number. Credit to the company concerned - they took it seriously, and two days later informed me that said driver had been sacked: this was the final straw as there had been complaints about him before.
I’ve done better: I noticed the California DMV website includes both a number and a fill-in form for reporting vehicles via their license plate number. It’s better than a bumper sticker because it gets more than the apologetic brush-off (c.f. response #17 from Jan 2006) and instead the complaint goes into a state database; when those pile up, [they say] they make reported drivers come in and take the test again instead of simply renewing the license by mail. For three different occasions, I’ve called once and used the form twice. Nobody has made me angry enough to call AND use the form for a single incident, but then again I’m especially cautious when I’m out there on my motorcycle and it’s really rare for any rudely radical driver to get in a position to endanger me so much that I want to report him/her/it to the DMV at all.
–G!
Do not attribute to malice
that which is better explained
by selfishness and inattention
That was no lady - that’s my husband!
I had one today–big FedEx 18-wheeler came up on the right going way too fast and made a right turn through a red light without enough space. I was going straight through on the tail end of a green behind a guy in an Audi when this truck suddenly shot out in front of us through the red on his side and blocked both lanes with his wide turn. The Audi driver slammed on the brakes to avoid hitting the truck and I slammed on the brakes to avoid hitting the Audi. It was a near miss for both of us. It then took so long for the truck to maneuver around on this 2-lane road after his turn that the light turned red with all of us still in the intersection blocking it, forcing everybody to wait.
There wasn’t a “How’s my driving?” sticker on the back but I got the big 6-digit number on the back of the trailer and I have the exact time and intersection it happened at. Trying to decide whether to make a complaint to FedEx. I’ve never seen a giant truck try to pull a turn like that before.
I promise you 1-800-EAT-SHIT used to be a real number at least back in the 80’s. I called it a few times for juvenile amusement. It said something like ‘You have reached 1-800-EEEAAATTT-SHHHITTTT!’ in an enthusiastic voice. Then it tried to sell you something I didn’t pay much attention to. I just liked the intro at the time.