# You fucking CUNT! WHY THE FUCK WOULD YOU OPEN A FUCKING CAR DOOR WITHOUT LOOKING? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 13, 2005, 10:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-fucking-cunt-why-the-fuck-would-you-open-a-fucking-car-door-without-looking/316851 "2005-08-13T10:07:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![cosmosdan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a6a055/32.png) [@cosmosdan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cosmosdan)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2005, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-fucking-cunt-why-the-fuck-would-you-open-a-fucking-car-door-without-looking/316851/21 "2005-08-13T14:28:48Z")
> [@This Year's Model](#): > > Profanity in a pit thread? Fuck off. He didn’t say that either the instructor or he cussed at the woman. Matter of fact, from the OP, all the instructor did was slam on the brakes. It’s the presence of any profanity. PLease not the word _extreme._ In this case, a bad driving experience, I think the use of “maggoty cuntdripping” and “goddamned whore” as well as “fucking cunt” in the thread title are over the top. Only my opinion. You would likely consider me a flaming asshole if I called the clerk at the counter a “stupid cunt” for giving me incorrect change. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2005, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-fucking-cunt-why-the-fuck-would-you-open-a-fucking-car-door-without-looking/316851/22 "2005-08-13T14:31:01Z")
> [@cosmosdan](#): > > Only my opinion. You would likely consider me a flaming asshole if I called the clerk at the counter a “stupid cunt” for giving me incorrect change. Incorrect change doesn’t get people killed, typically. That moment of thoughtlessness, not to mention blaming it on the driver rather than herself, could have cost that stupid double-parking cunt her life and severely traumatized a learning driver. ---
**Author:** ![cosmosdan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a6a055/32.png) [@cosmosdan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cosmosdan)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2005, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-fucking-cunt-why-the-fuck-would-you-open-a-fucking-car-door-without-looking/316851/23 "2005-08-13T14:34:20Z")
> [@Dead Badger](#): > > May I suggest that the pit might not be the place for you, if hyperbole and naughty words perturb you so much? > > On the other hand, if this is going to be Temperance Day down here, then there’s a thread about gone-off milk with no fewer than _three_ occurrences of the word “fuck” and one reference to supernatural spooge that probably needs looking at. Onward, noble warrior; onward. Please check out my respense to This Years Model and then kiss my ass. I’m not offended by swear words. Whiney childishness bothers me a little. ---
**Author:** ![Fionn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Fionn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fionn)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2005, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-fucking-cunt-why-the-fuck-would-you-open-a-fucking-car-door-without-looking/316851/24 "2005-08-13T14:35:23Z")
> [@cosmosdan](#): > > It’s the presence of any profanity. PLease not the word _extreme._ > > In this case, a bad driving experience, I think the use of “maggoty cuntdripping” and > “goddamned whore” as well as “fucking cunt” in the thread title are over the top. > > Only my opinion. You would likely consider me a flaming asshole if I called the clerk at the counter a “stupid cunt” for giving me incorrect change. If you said to the clerk’s face, yes. If you ranted about it, nope. ---
**Author:** ![Bites\_When\_Provoked](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bites_when_provoked/32/18073_2.png) [@Bites\_When\_Provoked](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bites_When_Provoked)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2005, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-fucking-cunt-why-the-fuck-would-you-open-a-fucking-car-door-without-looking/316851/25 "2005-08-13T14:35:56Z")
> [@Ferret Herder](#): > > Incorrect change doesn’t get people killed, typically. That moment of thoughtlessness, not to mention blaming it on the driver rather than herself, could have cost that stupid double-parking cunt her life and severely traumatized a learning driver. Please, let’s at least give the lady her correct title… ‘maggoty cuntdripping’ is something she’s obviously worked hard to get - it’s not just any cunt who can scare the crap out of a student driver and her instructor and then have the balls to scream abuse at \*them \* to boot. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Fionn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Fionn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fionn)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2005, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-fucking-cunt-why-the-fuck-would-you-open-a-fucking-car-door-without-looking/316851/26 "2005-08-13T14:36:36Z")
If you ranted about in the Pit, I meant to say. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2005, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-fucking-cunt-why-the-fuck-would-you-open-a-fucking-car-door-without-looking/316851/27 "2005-08-13T14:46:38Z")
Yeah, reasonable rant. If the woman had been parked in a regular spot by the kerb, the OP wouldn’t have anything to bitch about. But she was double-parked, which means she’s taking up a lane that’s meant to be used by moving traffic. The inconsiderate pieces of shit that do this on a regular basis are a menace to other road users. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2005, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-fucking-cunt-why-the-fuck-would-you-open-a-fucking-car-door-without-looking/316851/28 "2005-08-13T14:48:15Z")
> [@Ferret Herder](#): > > Incorrect change doesn’t get people killed, typically. That moment of thoughtlessness, not to mention blaming it on the driver rather than herself, could have cost that stupid double-parking cunt her life and severely traumatized a learning driver. Clarifying my post - the clause “not to mention blaming it on the driver rather than herself” should have been split out into its own sentence which indicated that this confirmed she was deserving of abuse. As written it makes it sound like swearing is likely to get you killed in an accident. (On purpose? That depends on who’s driving the other car…) And my mistake, **Bites When Provoked**. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2005, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-fucking-cunt-why-the-fuck-would-you-open-a-fucking-car-door-without-looking/316851/29 "2005-08-13T14:49:38Z")
Daniel, Would you care to post the relevant portions of the state vehicle code that support your assertions? I’m only asking because you’ve posted some absolutist positions above. BTW, did you not notice that the OP mentioned that she was driving with her driving instructor? ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2005, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-fucking-cunt-why-the-fuck-would-you-open-a-fucking-car-door-without-looking/316851/30 "2005-08-13T14:53:35Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > Would you care to post the relevant portions of the state vehicle code that support your assertions? > > I’m only asking because you’ve posted some absolutist positions above. BTW, did you not notice that the OP mentioned that she was driving with her driving instructor? First, what on earth are you talking about? Second, if you read my first response, you’ll have an answer to your second question. Third, I’m wondering if other folks mean something different by “double parked” than what I mean. When I say someone’s double-parked, I mean that they’re taking up two regular parking spaces: if it’s parallel parking, then they’re completely within legal parking spaces, but they’re taking up half of one and half of another. It’s an annoying and illegal way to park, but it’s not any more dangerous to moving traffic than a single-parked vehicle. As such, I’m confused by stuff like: > [@mhendo](#): > > If the woman had been parked in a regular spot by the kerb, the OP wouldn’t have anything to bitch about. But she was double-parked, which means she’s taking up a lane that’s meant to be used by moving traffic. Daniel ---
**Author:** ![dangermom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@dangermom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dangermom)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2005, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-fucking-cunt-why-the-fuck-would-you-open-a-fucking-car-door-without-looking/316851/31 "2005-08-13T14:56:59Z")
Yow, **Dark** , that’s terrifying. I once saw a girl open a car door into a bike lane (to get out for school–the roads were crowded and they were stopped at a light); a bicyclist was coming along and slammed into the open door, flipping over it and landing nearly on his head. Very luckily (this was ~15 years ago) he was wearing a helmet, and was still alive though in pain. The idiot girl hadn’t been able to get out of the car–it was that fast–and sat there having hysterics. You know what unnerving episode I had while learning to drive? Actually it was my first driving test. We got out of the DMV and she told me to turn down a little street that had a railroad track running down the center of it, no fence or gate or anything, but I had never actually seen a train use that track and thought it was disused. So I turned the corner and there was a train coming straight at me. There was room for cars on either side and everything, and I got by it OK, but it was entirely nervewracking, and I took a curb turning the corner and failed the test. But hey, how many people are faced with that during their test? ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2005, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-fucking-cunt-why-the-fuck-would-you-open-a-fucking-car-door-without-looking/316851/32 "2005-08-13T14:57:07Z")
> [@Left Hand of Dorkness](#): > > Third, I’m wondering if other folks mean something different by “double parked” than what I mean. When I say someone’s double-parked, I mean that they’re taking up two regular parking spaces: if it’s parallel parking, then they’re completely within legal parking spaces, but they’re taking up half of one and half of another. My friend, you have a different definition of “double-parked” than anyone else i’ve ever met. Double-parked means that all the kerbside spots are full, so she parks in the next lane out from the kerb, where traffic is meant to be. At least, that’s my understanding of the term. ---
**Author:** ![jasonh300](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/46a35a/32.png) [@jasonh300](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasonh300)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2005, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-fucking-cunt-why-the-fuck-would-you-open-a-fucking-car-door-without-looking/316851/33 "2005-08-13T14:57:22Z")
> [@Left Hand of Dorkness](#): > > It may be that the woman was at fault- I was under the impression that any time you opened a car door into traffic, it was your responsibility to make sure nothing was coming and you were automatically at fault if a passing car took the door off. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2005, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-fucking-cunt-why-the-fuck-would-you-open-a-fucking-car-door-without-looking/316851/34 "2005-08-13T14:58:30Z")
[This](http://www.theguardsman.com/20021120/double.html) is double-parking. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2005, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-fucking-cunt-why-the-fuck-would-you-open-a-fucking-car-door-without-looking/316851/35 "2005-08-13T15:03:48Z")
What I’m talking about is your saying the OP bears the ultimate responsibility for the collision had it occurred. You’re simply wrong as has been pointed out to you already. I’m tlaking about you providing some kind of official (as in the local law that governs operation of a motor vehicle) support for your outlandish assertion. Let’s use the accepted definitions, please: [url=http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=doublepark]Definition of **doublepark** from [dictionary.com](http://dictionary.com) Since you’re obviously confused on what doublepark means, you must’ve misinterpreted the situation in the OP. The OP was not in the lane adjacent to the legally parked cars. She was in the lane adjacent to that one. What you think doublparking is is what most individuals I know call “taking up more than one space.” What the rest of us call doubleparking is inherently dangerous. Wolfian: Perhaps the instructor was calm and the only option, given whatever the distance was when the illegally parked individual opened her door, was to slam on the brakes (perhaps antilock brakes?)? ---
**Author:** ![Dark\_Side\_of\_the\_Floyd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bb73d2/32.png) [@Dark\_Side\_of\_the\_Floyd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dark_Side_of_the_Floyd)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2005, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-fucking-cunt-why-the-fuck-would-you-open-a-fucking-car-door-without-looking/316851/36 "2005-08-13T15:07:12Z")
Yes, I often get mistaken for a boy. No worries. As for the cursing, I just needed to vent. The lady was being a complete idiot, and I’m sure you agree with _that_ part at least, **cosmosdan**. Everything I said was most likely exaggerated because of how I was feeling. The more I thought about the event, the more I realized how close I came to hitting her and knocking her door off. And it scared me. And as for the “never driving” thing, that was said a bit hastily. I have no intention of quitting the lessons. I won’t let my feelings cloud my posting judgement anymore. Sorry. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2005, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-fucking-cunt-why-the-fuck-would-you-open-a-fucking-car-door-without-looking/316851/37 "2005-08-13T15:07:46Z")
Okay, I’m apparently an idiot: been driving for thirteen years, and I’m only now learning what “double-park” means. I have no idea where I got my previous conception of the word’s meaning, but it’s clearly wrong. I withdraw my previous comments even further, and apologize. Daniel ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2005, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-fucking-cunt-why-the-fuck-would-you-open-a-fucking-car-door-without-looking/316851/38 "2005-08-13T15:12:11Z")
No biggy (now that you know the real meaning)! BTW, you want to see some serious doubleparking? Come to Bucheon. Doubleparking? Phhht! Triple, quadruple, and this weekend (3 day weekend) quintuple parking will be the norm. Traffic regulations exist purely to decorate the paper on which they’re printed. ---
**Author:** ![Dark\_Side\_of\_the\_Floyd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bb73d2/32.png) [@Dark\_Side\_of\_the\_Floyd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dark_Side_of_the_Floyd)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2005, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-fucking-cunt-why-the-fuck-would-you-open-a-fucking-car-door-without-looking/316851/39 "2005-08-13T15:16:02Z")
Wait a second. **cosmosdan** did you think that I cursed at the lady? Because I didn’t. ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2005, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-fucking-cunt-why-the-fuck-would-you-open-a-fucking-car-door-without-looking/316851/40 "2005-08-13T15:16:26Z")
Daniel: you’re off base. “Double parking” is parking in one of the lanes reserved for traffic, next to the full curb of parked cars. The OP was not travelling in the right-most traffic lane; she was one lane over, where the hazards of sudden door openings is usually quite small. Which, on preview, I see you now know. 🙂 cosmosdan: Oh, yeah. The OP should have opened her fan, fanned herself a bit, and said, “My stars! That driver certainly gave me a start! She should really learn to be more careful.” Is that more along the lines of what you’d be looking for? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-fucking-cunt-why-the-fuck-would-you-open-a-fucking-car-door-without-looking/316851.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-fucking-cunt-why-the-fuck-would-you-open-a-fucking-car-door-without-looking/316851.md?page=3)