Warden Callaway Posted March 21 Share Posted March 21 Almost 60 years of driving and if you excuse hitting deer, I've not had an accident. Knock on wood. But city driving drives me crazy. And I've driving in some big cities. L.A., Dallas Fort Worth, Atlanta and others. Just yesterday going into Columbia, that's not that big, 80k I think, on a busy boulevard the light turned yellow about 100' before the light. I put on my brakes and looked behind me. My tailgater did slow down and we came to a stop at the light. I'm sure if I'd sped up and went through on yellow, he would have too. Just as it turned red some idiot blasted past in left lane and ran the red light. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Graybeard Posted March 22 Share Posted March 22 I drove truck for 47 years. I ran basically coast to coast and have been in 5 Provinces of Canada. Big cities never used to bother me. Anymore...I try to avoid big citied...or even medium sized ones. Just do not like the traffic and idiots anymore. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickasaw Bill SASS #70001 Posted March 22 Share Posted March 22 3 second rule , wait 3 seconds after the green then look for folks blowing through the light CB last time I went on the light , I got hit pretty hard 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cold Lake Kid, SASS # 51474 Posted March 22 Share Posted March 22 (edited) I taught Big Red, my son, to glance both ways even when approaching a steady green. He still got nailed by a red light runner. Thank goodness for his dash camera as the woman tried to claim she had the green. His dash cam was knocked off the dash by the collision and since it was almost midnight and no one else around, I guess she thought she'd get out of it or at least muddy the waters. OOPS! SMILE! YOU'RE ON CANDID CAMERA! Edited March 22 by Cold Lake Kid, SASS # 51474 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted March 22 Share Posted March 22 Columbia? I didn't know that it had a stoplight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas Joker Posted March 22 Share Posted March 22 Wrong Columbia. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted March 22 Share Posted March 22 Drive defensively !! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warden Callaway Posted March 22 Author Share Posted March 22 1 hour ago, Texas Joker said: Wrong Columbia. My memory probably goes back to when I would get elbowed for watching the Stevens girls in shorty shorts riding their 10 speed bikes. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warden Callaway Posted March 22 Author Share Posted March 22 When we were coming back out the same boulevard, we had to negotiate getting around a finder binder at the entrance to a down ramp to the highway. I was watching where I was going but looked like 3 cars involved. Police cars and wreckers and rollback. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watab kid Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 when my wife and i travel we avoid big cities - there is nothing we want or need there , i like the backroads and she likes seeing things we never would see if we didnt get off the interstate , i also hate tolls Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warden Callaway Posted March 23 Author Share Posted March 23 (edited) Yesterday Mary and I went out to lunch and some shopping at a Dutch market. Two lane highway turned to four lines divided. That's when the action begins. Everyone behind you try for first place. I was doing the speed limit. A Walmart tractor trailer came around me slowly. Took him a mile. Hardly after the rear of the trailer got past us, he signaled an started to move over into the right lane in front of us - too close for comfort. Then comes an SUV right on his tail. Didn't wait for him to get over but bullied his way past by going off the lane on the right side. Maybe his wife's water broke or something? Edited March 23 by Warden Callaway 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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