# I'm tired of irresponsible people hitting me on the road! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 12, 2012, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-tired-of-irresponsible-people-hitting-me-on-the-road/615512 "2012-03-12T01:53:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![SticksAndString](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3bc359/32.png) [@SticksAndString](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SticksAndString)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2012, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-tired-of-irresponsible-people-hitting-me-on-the-road/615512/41 "2012-03-16T15:02:11Z")
Where were you when I was taking driver’s ed in HS? Because apparently you and my driver’s ed teacher are two of a kind. He yelled at me for the duration of each and every time I was instructed to get behind the wheel and refused to let me out of the parking lot because I didn’t use my hands to turn the wheel correctly (hand over hand, which I’ve NEVER seen anyone actually do except maybe in those movies we had to watch in driver’s ed…it’s just freaking uncomfortable, IMO). ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2012, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-tired-of-irresponsible-people-hitting-me-on-the-road/615512/42 "2012-03-16T15:39:49Z")
_:swerving:_ WHAM!!! _:talking off at a high speed in the opposite direction:_ ---
**Author:** ![Gedd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gedd/32/4938_2.png) [@Gedd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gedd)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2012, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-tired-of-irresponsible-people-hitting-me-on-the-road/615512/43 "2012-03-16T15:54:17Z")
Last time I was in a car accident (rear-ended while sitting at a red light) we convinced the other driver to pull over into a gas station. When we asked to exchange information he handed my friend some insurance agent’s business card. That set off some warning bells so I immediately took a picture of the guy’s license plate. My friend took another look under his car and said “Well it is really beat up there, maybe we should go ahead and file a report,” and called the cops. My friend has been screwed over before. ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2012, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-tired-of-irresponsible-people-hitting-me-on-the-road/615512/44 "2012-03-16T16:24:31Z")
> [@snailboy](#): > > It almost happened again! Some stupid woman to the left of me just starts moving into my lane where I was. I was easily able to see it this time and move out of the way, but the whole time I was honking and she just continued moving over. I actually got out of my car, walked up to her window, and started griping at her at the next red light. She said she never even saw me! What the fuck is wrong with these stupid ass Dallas drivers?! I wish I could just get around via bus/train. Sweet holy Jesus. You left your car parked in the middle of traffic, got out of your vehicle, walked up to a stranger in another car … all at a red light? One that can AND WILL turn green at any moment? What the fuck? Get out. Seriously. Get out of my city. Go. _points_ Get. BTW, please keep in mind that Texas has some seriously Wild West gun laws, and any person you walk up to and start shouting at \*might \*be carrying a loaded weapon. Just sayin’. I do, however, approve of your final words - it’s true, DFW has piss-poor public transportation, due partly but not entirely to spectacular urban sprawl. That, however, is no excuse to GET OUT OF YOUR CAR AT A RED FUCKING LIGHT. ---
**Author:** ![snailboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/97f17d/32.png) [@snailboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snailboy)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2012, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-tired-of-irresponsible-people-hitting-me-on-the-road/615512/45 "2012-03-16T19:42:09Z")
> [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > Sweet holy Jesus. You left your car parked in the middle of traffic, got out of your vehicle, walked up to a stranger in another car … all at a red light? One that can AND WILL turn green at any moment? Umm… So? Yeah, it could have been some murderer who would’ve shot me, but that’s no concern of yours. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2012, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-tired-of-irresponsible-people-hitting-me-on-the-road/615512/46 "2012-03-16T19:49:52Z")
> [@snailboy](#): > > Umm… So? Yeah, it could have been some murderer who would’ve shot me, but that’s no concern of yours. It would be if I was on that street. Leaving your car in the middle of the street to go out and exercise some road rage is just plain stupid, not to mention dangerous. ---
**Author:** ![Mince](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@Mince](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mince)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2012, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-tired-of-irresponsible-people-hitting-me-on-the-road/615512/47 "2012-03-16T20:12:55Z")
> [@snailboy](#): > > I was a little tired, not half asleep. I only had _two_ beers, officer. [QUOTE=snailboy] Oh yes, had I only stayed home since it was about the time I normally go to bed, it would’ve been inconsequential that this guy was out sliding around on Northwest Highway likely drunk with false insurance documents. [/QUOTE] I didn’t say this incident was necessarily your fault. In a city with a serial killer, there are always murders they are not responsible for. [QUOTE=snailboy] I’d like to know how the other incidents were my fault. [/QUOTE] I didn’t claim they were, and they may not have been. But if one person is involved in several accidents with different people over a short time, you have to at least question why? I was an aviation electronics technician in the U.S. Navy for 4 years. If, in the course of troubleshooting, I discovered: Junction box A and B don’t work. Junction box B and C work. Junction box B and D work. Junction box C and D work Junction box A and C don’t work. Junction box A and D don’t work. Which junction box do you think we pulled? ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2012, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-tired-of-irresponsible-people-hitting-me-on-the-road/615512/48 "2012-03-16T20:16:11Z")
> [@Mince](#): > > Junction box A and B don’t work. > > Junction box B and C work. > > Junction box B and D work. > > Junction box C and D work > > Junction box A and C don’t work. > > Junction box A and D don’t work. > > Which junction box do you think we pulled? E. ---
**Author:** ![snailboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/97f17d/32.png) [@snailboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snailboy)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2012, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-tired-of-irresponsible-people-hitting-me-on-the-road/615512/49 "2012-03-16T21:00:30Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > It would be if I was on that street. Leaving your car in the middle of the street to go out and exercise some road rage is just plain stupid, not to mention dangerous. There was no one else on the street. Not a lot of traffic at 02:00… > [@Mince](#): > > I only had _two_ beers, officer. If having two beers isn’t what caused the accident (and it almost certainly wouldn’t), then it’s irrelevant. If you’re only supposed to drive when you’re in your absolute best shape, then you should just never drive at all. ---
**Author:** ![Cheshire\_Human](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2012, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-tired-of-irresponsible-people-hitting-me-on-the-road/615512/50 "2012-03-16T22:12:11Z")
> [@Frank](#): > > > [@Mince](#): > > > > I was an aviation electronics technician in the U.S. Navy for 4 years. If, in the course of troubleshooting, I discovered: > > > > Junction box A and B don’t work. > > > > Junction box B and C work. > > > > Junction box B and D work. > > > > Junction box C and D work > > > > Junction box A and C don’t work. > > > > Junction box A and D don’t work. > > > > Which junction box do you think we pulled? > > E. Wrong. Did you miss where he said US Navy? The correct answer is “a totally unrelated part, from another aircraft, aboard another ship.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-tired-of-irresponsible-people-hitting-me-on-the-road/615512.md?page=2)