Old Guy and a Near Miss

[Stealth01]

So we were coming back from Manitou yesterday with my wife driving, me in front, and my mom, sister, and daughter in the back of the Fusion. Turned off of Hwy 24 onto Murray and were passing a gas station when an old guy in a Buick turns out of a side street on our right, INTO oncoming traffic, and then into the gas station. My wife saw him and stopped JUST in time. We had maybe 6 inches between him and us as he turned past us, giving US a dirty look, and into the gas station. I was screaming at him out the passenger window, but he was pissed and convinced that we were doing something wrong.

If I EVER get that bad that I don't even have a friggin CLUE what direction traffic's supposed to be going, I hope my family yanks my license and doesn't let me drive. If Jen hadn't been paying attention, that would have been a head-on. If we'd been just a few seconds earlier, he'd have pulled out and t-boned us, hitting my mom's side of the car (and mine).

Man. Stupid people.

[iani1.1]

wow. colorado drivers are crazy/weird drivers.

[GTConversion]

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuCN6CD8j_s"]YouTube - George Carlin - Near Miss[/ame]

Glad you had a 'near miss' and not something worse, though

[dommo_g]

Don't you have any respect for your elders?!?

[iani1.1]

YouTube - George Carlin - Near Miss

Glad you had a 'near miss' and not something worse, though

haha wow thats funny

[chromal]

Yeah, I've had a few close calls where the idiocy was 110% entirely on the other driver's shoulders since purchasing my mz3. It's the same old story, people failing to yield at yield signs (say, I'm in a rotary and they aren't supposed to enter until I pass, but literally pull in front of me in a deathwish sort of illegal manuever), failing to yield at stop signs (when I have right of way / no stop sign), idiotic traffic/lane weaving on the freeway, and the like.

Usually, it doesn't involve driving the wrong direction on a lane of traffic, though. Damn. I'm glad all vehicles/peoples got through this one okay...

It really is cliche, but you kind of have to assume everyone WILL do the worst/most-dangerous/illegal thing possible. Dunno if its drunk drivers, incompetent drivers, or literally people who consciously are trying to be evil and cause accidents... When an infraction crosses a certain watershed of stupidity, all bets are off.

[RedRoadster]

Given I have to navigate a rounadabout every day I leave work, I get to teach the 'yield to traffic in circle' lesson at least once a week.

[bellalyssa]

Given I have to navigate a rounadabout every day I leave work, I get to teach the 'yield to traffic in circle' lesson at least once a week.

This is why America should not have roundabouts... most Americans cannot figure out how to navigate one effectively. Granted... not many people in the world know how to navigate a roundabout effectively. Jakarta had HUGE roundabouts and it was a cluster getting through them. Barbados had one little one and it would back up traffic for miles.

[speedjunkie]

YouTube - George Carlin - Near Miss

Glad you had a 'near miss' and not something worse, though

I always think of this when I hear someone say "near miss" LOL.

This is why America should not have roundabouts... most Americans cannot figure out how to navigate one effectively. Granted... not many people in the world know how to navigate a roundabout effectively. Jakarta had HUGE roundabouts and it was a cluster getting through them. Barbados had one little one and it would back up traffic for miles.

Doha has several roundabouts, I like driving over there haha. I can drive there the way I want to here but without getting in trouble haha.