Stupidest things you have seen while driving....

[Kikki]

Yesterday a Lady trying to find a car park in Belmont.... Mobile phone in one hand and steering with the other hand WHILE holding and Ice-cream....Not to forget the fact she was driving a Landcruiser and had a few kids in the car.

What is the stupidist thing you have seen or maybe done while driving?

[bangers]

I'm a truck driver, you name it and i've seen it.

[Astranomical]

I've seen several cops talking on mobile phones while driving, as well as a driving instructor (!!!!!!!!!). Then there's the old fart in the Land-Cruiser that looked older and more beaten up than he did who was weaving in and out of his lane, the people i've seen doing drag races down small suburban streets, more stuff than I can think of right now.

[nicko]

well one day when i was younger and would cruz around on my bmx i saw a bloke on a mobile phone turning at the traffic lights. i gave him a mouthfull and he looked at me and started mouthing off, he then proceded to slam into a pole out the front of the police station. funny as for me.

[Kikki]

well one day when i was younger and would cruz around on my bmx i saw a bloke on a mobile phone turning at the traffic lights. i gave him a mouthfull and he looked at me and started mouthing off, he then proceded to slam into a pole out the front of the police station. funny as for me.

lol I so would of gone and laughed in his face

[f1tzy]

motorcycle riders. the other night i was doing 105 in th left lane (100 speed limit) on the pacific motorway but the cars in the other 2 lanes were probably doing 100 and there was a motorbike rider behind us, so it took a while before i got infront of the other cars. when i did he screamed past me and cut so close infront of my car maybe at most 1 foot while proceeding to give me the 1 finger salute. wanker

[CSP]

As a motorcycle rider, it's usually everyone else that causes the problem. He may have been p!ssed off for something you didn't even realise.

Not taking sides, but if everyone had to ride around in traffic on a motorcycle for a week, everyone would appreciate how important alertness, attention to detail and safety are... I kicked the side of a bus (just under the driver) that was merging into my lane without seeing me once!

[CSP]

I'm a truck driver

Another group, that like motorcyclists, gets a bad wrap yet they're probably the best drivers on the roads!

[minux]

As a motorcycle rider, it's usually everyone else that causes the problem. He may have been p!ssed off for something you didn't even realise.

Not taking sides, but if everyone had to ride around in traffic on a motorcycle for a week, everyone would appreciate how important alertness, attention to detail and safety are... I kicked the side of a bus (just under the driver) that was merging into my lane without seeing me once!

I agree to an extent, after riding for 3 years in Sydney i decided i would never ride again(although i did get to take a 2007 R1 down the great ocean rd, what a hoot). What annoys me with bike riders is when they are travelling much faster than all the other traffic and weaving through lanes. It is hard enough to see bikes in a car let alone bikes that are swerving left and right. I also hate how riders sit in blind spots, that's downright stupid and dangerous.

Stupidest thing, well funniest i seen was the other day when a guy in some nissan barge was trying to drift around corners, he didn't see mr police car at one of the intersections.

[jessedevery]

i find most crap happens cus people sit in the overtaking lane and not overtake.... the law is keep left UNLESS overtaking.

[CSP]

I also hate how riders sit in blind spots, that's downright stupid and dangerous

That's not their fault. It's your blind spot. If you setup your mirrors properly you shouldn't have any blind spots. When a car/bike/etc disappears from your centre rear view mirror, it should appear in the outside one and when it disappears from that one it should appear in your periferal (spelling?) vission to either side of your car.

I don't have any blind spots in my car.

[minux]

That's not their fault. It's your blind spot. If you setup your mirrors properly you shouldn't have any blind spots. When a car/bike/etc disappears from your centre rear view mirror, it should appear in the outside one and when it disappears from that one it should appear in your periferal (spelling?) vission to either side of your car.

I don't have any blind spots in my car.

Well, perhaps you better come setup my mirrors, no matter how i set them up there is always a blind spot. Perhaps i could remove the rear pillars to accommodate riders who think car drivers should look in their mirrors 24/7 rather than the road. It is common sense even in a car that you do not sit in what is a perceived blind spot.

[Not_An_Abba_Fan]

Classic sticker I have seen on the back of a truck "If you can't see my mirrors, I can't see you!".

Same with a car, if you can't see the drivers head or their eyes in the mirrors, chances are they can't see you either. Regardless of what I am driving, I try not to position my vehicle anywhere that the other driver may not see me.

But on topic, many stupid things I see while driving. Perhaps the stupidest thing is people overtaking me while I am doing the limit on a double demerit weekend.

[scrabet]

lol a couple of weeks ago i saw and heard an old lady listening to doof doof music at 20 past 5 in the morning was very amusing

[Emackulation]

My dad told me somthing when i first got my license to avoid crashes. "Drive other peoples cars before you drive your own" In other words, anticipate what the other driver is going to do and then act yourself. For bike riders that would mean to sit somewhere where the driver can see you.

[Not_An_Abba_Fan]

Always assume the other driver is going to do something stupid. That would be in all the good defensive driver programs. But we all know that if you drive a Commodore with mag wheels, you are an aggressive driver.

[azzfox]

once was coming home through the gembrook (I think it was) area and I was approaching a sharp bend and next thing this subaru wrx comes screaming past me and about 4 other cars from behind and hooks into the corner on the wrong side of the road I couldnt believe what I just saw because there was no way you could see what was coming around the corner in the opposite direction!

now for a funny thing iv seen.. my mums friend has one paralyzed arm from a motorbike accident in his younger years and iv seen him use a mobile and steer through bends using his knees who said men cant multi task this was a few years ago before the whole talking on phones and driving was illegal and dont know if he still does it so dont flame me!

[Full Spectrum]

I got 2 things.

One was a Ford Falcon driving straight in front of me and a cop car was coming straight ahead, The police car hits the right blinker to turn in front of us, The guy in front of me slams his brakes on to let the cop turn in front of us?.
Mean while back at the ranch I'm buzzing nuts going off tap at this suck hole fool, even the cop that was driving got mad and pointed at the driver to drive on bloody fool.

Anyone been to Sunshine market place, Driving past sunshine police station heading towards the safeway caltex entry, When all of a sudden I'm faced with a Asian looking man in his Camry straight in front of me.
I didn't go off as i was so shocked to see this car looking right at me.

[Not_An_Abba_Fan]

We have a very large round a bout down here, and the amount of cars that indicate right and actually turn right onto it going the wrong way around it.

Also before our road that follows the beach was converted to single lane, one section had the north and south bound lanes at different levels, the north side was about 10m higher. A couple of roads come down onto it and there is a big One Way sign right in front, but I guess people don't see that, they only see the two lanes so they turn right and go the wrong way.

[f1tzy]

That's not their fault. It's your blind spot. If you setup your mirrors properly you shouldn't have any blind spots. When a car/bike/etc disappears from your centre rear view mirror, it should appear in the outside one and when it disappears from that one it should appear in your periferal (spelling?) vission to either side of your car.

I don't have any blind spots in my car.

unless your rear vision mirror is really really wide or your eyes point outwards you will always have a blind spot

[Low_VX_Taxi]

lol a couple of weeks ago i saw and heard an old lady listening to doof doof music at 20 past 5 in the morning was very amusing

Just gave my mum one of our cars (practically), its a 1994 vr commo clubby kit rims smoked rear lights dark tints etc etc and substantial sound system, she loves pulling up at the lights and seeing peoples faces (especially young pplz) when they see a grey haired lady with glasses....... she listens mostly to Tupac and DMX but sometimes violin concertos, hella funny to hear violin concerto on a big stezza~

[LeojVS]

Kids not strapped in to their seats in cars. Bl**dy bogan Penrith parents. I see it every week. Then when the kid becomes car fodder by going thru the window in an accident, some poor bas*ard fire fighter/police officer/ambo driver doesnt sleep well again, due to the parents selfishness.

[AttaBoy]

The stupid things I've done when driving is trying to scratch my balls because of the new undie my girlfriend bought for me.

As my left hand scratches my balls my other hand which is on the steering wheel tries to do the same thing!!!! And I almost hit the car on the next lane. Ever since I never wore that underpants. Dunno whats went wrong with my right arm!?!?

[Lumps of cheese]

I also drive a truck, recently going through geelong at 5 in the morning i came upon a brand new ve ss swerving all over the place and speeding up, slowing down etc.
I decided to sit off him a bit as he was drifting into the lanes beside him.When i finally decided to get past this fool before he pulls across in front of me and i promptly kill him and his flash car, i looked down and his missus is riding him!
Needless to say i was pretty amused but also angry, i'd only just gotten through a blocked road at waurn ponds where some guy had wrapped himself around a pole.

[AttaBoy]

HIS MISSUS WAS RIDING HIM!!!! Bwahahahaha.... Was this on a bumpy road?? :