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driver100

imidazol97 said:

driver100 said:

It is like Drivers rule in business. I try to be as honest as possible in business, Then I found out liars and conmen can take advantage of you when you are too honest. So, I made a corollary, that says, always be honest, but when dealing with liars and thieves, you can use the same tactics they do.

That reminds me about my claim with UPS for damage of a poorly packaged shipment I got from a friend. The claim is languishing because they send it to the originating store (a UPS store). There has been no response from the store that did the boxing up to ship the item and the parent company is just letting the complaint lie there. I'd think 30 days is long enough for the store to think it over.

All I want is the portion of the charge for the packaging by the store that didn't properly box the item refunded to me.

It's time to get more firm and see if there's a method of written communication. I expected UPS to have a better system than what I've seen for 3 months. Other than the packing ability at the UPS Stores that FedEx doesn't have I can take things to Staples and they'll box and ship by FedEx for me. And there's USPS as well.

Is there a customer service department? In poorly run companies they are just the first line of defense. If that doesn't help you will have to try to contact someone higher up in the company, though I can almost guaranty, you will spend more time on the phone than what it is worth......unless you are like me and want to fight on principle.

driver100

Clint said:

Judge Judy is just arbitration disguised as a court room. The awards are paid by the show as are the travel expenses of the "litigants." The maximum award is $5,000.

No one loses on Judge Judy.

Especially Judge Judy,

In July 2010 when Sheindlin's contract was renewed, her salary increased to $45 million per year. It was later reported in October 2013 that Sheindlin is the highest-paid TV star, earning $47 million per year for Judge Judy, which translates into just over $900,000 per workday (she works 52 days per year).

Mr_Shiftright

fintail said:

The administrative legwork to dodge the $2600 is probably costing more than $2600. It's pennies for them, but large corps are often thoughtless in such matters, especially the financial sector.

After many years dealing with insurance companies, all I can say is "don't take it personally". They really don't CARE if you win (they don't get all hang-dog and weep softly at their desks) and ironically they don't even care if THEY win (they don't fist-pump or high five behind your back).

All insurance companies care about is the bottom line at the end of the year. Black ink, good. Red ink, bad.

andres3

imidazol97 said:

Second Chiropractor visit may have caused death? Photogenic snapchat queen?

http://cdanews.com/2016/02/playboy-model-katie-may-died-from-a-stroke-after-second-chiropractor-visit/
"Katie May was a model, and by all accounts a very successful one, having appeared in Playboy, Sports Illustrated, and other magazines and websites. Self-proclaimed the “Queen of Snapchat,” she also had nearly two million Instagram followers and was a major social media force, having recently parlayed her modeling and social media career into becoming an entrepreneur. She also died unexpectedly on Thursday night at the too-young age of 34, leaving behind a seven-year-old daughter. What makes May’s tragic death an appropriate topic for this blog is not so much her young age but rather the circumstances surrounding her death, particularly the cause. Basically, May died of complications of a stroke, as her family confirmed in a statement issued on Friday: “It is with heavy hearts that we confirm the passing today of Katie May – mother, daughter, sister, friend, businesswoman, model and social media star – after suffering a catastrophic stroke caused by a blocked carotid artery on Monday,” the statement reads.

“Known as MsKatieMay on the Internet and the “Queen of Snapchat,” she leaves behind millions of fans and followers, and a heartbroken family. We respectfully ask for privacy in this this difficult time. Those wishing to contribute to the living trust being set up for the care of her young daughter may do so at her GoFundMe page.”..."

Dang it, it is stories like this that makes any of the remaining remnants of invincibility you feel in your teens and twenties disappear before you even reach 40!!!

How old do you have to be before you start living each day like it's your last? Easier said then done of course.

fintail

Why not? When disciplinary actions are rare, the most rabid workplace organization in the land is there to defend you, and you have almost endless discretion, emotions can rule the day. I suspect attractive young women also get a break, as well as friends/families of officers, or those with FOP stickers or special LEO-related plates.

It makes getting a dashcam that much more attractive.

driver100 said:

Had an interesting talk with someone yesterday, told her about the accident and the cop I had with an attitude.

She said funny you should say that, my brother is a cop and we were just talking about that very topic. My brother said, if someone is in an accident, and their job depends on driving, or if it is a little old lady who is 86 yrs old, etc. he would never charge that person....only if it was dui or malicious. He said he wasn't trained that way, but that is the attitude and most cops are the same.

That makes me think he treated my wife and I with contempt because of this attitude - poor truck driver could lose his livelihood vs guy in Mercedes.

thebean

I just went through a homeowners claim on a hail damaged roof (common here in North Texas) and I was really surprised at how smoothly it went.  No hassles, fair payout (replacement value for new roof & gutters less my deductible), and no games played.  I was prepared for the worst, but it went great.  Very thankful.  Totally opposite of Driver's experience.  To keep on topic, the adjuster drove a Ford Transit Connect and he said it was a perfect vehicle for this type of work.  

andres3

stickguy said:

Driver, I suspect that a lot of your problem is that agent leaving. These companies are big, messy operations, and if a file is assigned to someone that stops working on it, can take a while before anyone else will. So hopefully your email and agent finally got someone competent looking at it.

absolutely ridiculous that it has been going on this long. eventually someone high enough up has to have it escalated to. and it really is such a simple thing to resolve once the right person looks at it. 2 minutes, stamp approved, and move on.

for a huge insurance company, $2,600 is really pocket change.

I'm surprised more of you don't find the Insurance companies behavior to be more deliberate. I believe that to be the case here and elsewhere. As you said, black ink good, red ink bad.

If I'm an adjuster earning interest on $2,600 for an average of 90 days longer than the best insurance company, multiplied by thousands of claims, that's a lot of black ink. But the truth is it's not $2,600. By low-balling the claim, they know they are delaying the entire claim for someone intent on being treated fairly. It's not like the insurance company says "Here you go, here's 90% of your claim amount up front since only 10% is in dispute." Nope, they delay the whole claim, so it really is interest/earnings on $65K+??? for however many days they can delay it, multiplied by a factor for however many claims they have open at any given time.

andres3

fintail said:

Why not? When disciplinary actions are rare, the most rabid workplace organization in the land is there to defend you, and you have almost endless discretion, emotions can rule the day. I suspect attractive young women also get a break, as well as friends/families of officers, or those with FOP stickers or special LEO-related plates.

It makes getting a dashcam that much more attractive.

driver100 said:

Had an interesting talk with someone yesterday, told her about the accident and the cop I had with an attitude.

She said funny you should say that, my brother is a cop and we were just talking about that very topic. My brother said, if someone is in an accident, and their job depends on driving, or if it is a little old lady who is 86 yrs old, etc. he would never charge that person....only if it was dui or malicious. He said he wasn't trained that way, but that is the attitude and most cops are the same.

That makes me think he treated my wife and I with contempt because of this attitude - poor truck driver could lose his livelihood vs guy in Mercedes.

I think what Driver has noticed and what that lady said is true. It is part of why I have some contempt for law enforcement on the roadways of America. Usually when you get pulled over, the officer already has some contempt or disdain for the person they are pulling over because going 15 over somehow offends them.

Yet the people actually causing accidents and wrecks (and traffic) doesn't seem to offend them at all. Backwards if you ask me!!!

I will say, sometimes the fact that an accident occurred is punishment enough though. I could see being lenient when I know someone will be charged as at-fault in an accident (at least if they had no prior accidents). Not sure piling on tickets is necessary in that case. If someone has caused multiple accidents in less than 3 years they should have the book thrown at them. I think causing extra congestion during rush hour by causing a wreck during that time should be punished extra severely.

andres3

stickguy said:

many of them are just poorly organized, badly managed, and understaffed.

what looks from a customer standpoint as an orchestrated campaign to screw them, is quite often just incompetence. Still sucks to have to deal with it.

I think if that was more often the case you'd hear about more stories where people say they got overpaid on their claim. After all, incompetence should screw both the customer and the insurance company the incompetents work for equally frequently.

I do think my brother-in-law got overpaid for his Nissan Altima when it was totaled, but not significantly enough to think of it as a windfall.

Also, I've seen incompetence first hand at insurance companies. The problem is they don't like to admit or pay for their own mistakes. They'd rather refund a tiny bit of premium than pay the claim after the fact.

As for copying the Insurance Commissioner, it does a few things:

1) It does get their attention, but it also seems to piss them off and be combative towards you.

2) The Commissioners have no teeth to do anything, but the Companies still don't like being reported.

I know at least one insurance company manager said "I was trying to screw them." Sounds like they take it personally and emotionally too based on that line. I pointed out they were the ones trying to screw me, and that I was the victim in the case (suffered the loss through no fault of my own).

andres3

I've heard UPS or Fedex Warranty claims on shipping damage are a nightmare. In the few times where I encountered something that arrived damaged, none of the vendors seemed to want to deal with or take it out on the shipper; they just eat it.

I think it was a UPS Store manager that told me if the box doesn't arrive extremely mangled on the outside, you might as well not even try to file a claim.

fintail

I am certain it is true. Just imagine if the resources used to bravely fight simple speed offenses were used to combat distracted and inconsiderate driving. Make not using a signal or goofing around on a phone as much of a crime as being a violent scofflaw going 71 in a 60. Things would change a lot more than they have via the speedtrap mentality. Of course, it wouldn't create the same revenue stream, and that's a big part of the force behind it.

I also agree regarding those with an endless stream of at-fault accidents. One goof-up shouldn't be a game-ender, but someone who is causing expensive problems endlessly should be treated more seriously than others.

andres3 said:

I think what Driver has noticed and what that lady said is true. It is part of why I have some contempt for law enforcement on the roadways of America. Usually when you get pulled over, the officer already has some contempt or disdain for the person they are pulling over because going 15 over somehow offends them.

Yet the people actually causing accidents and wrecks (and traffic) doesn't seem to offend them at all. Backwards if you ask me!!!

I will say, sometimes the fact that an accident occurred is punishment enough though. I could see being lenient when I know someone will be charged as at-fault in an accident (at least if they had no prior accidents). Not sure piling on tickets is necessary in that case. If someone has caused multiple accidents in less than 3 years they should have the book thrown at them. I think causing extra congestion during rush hour by causing a wreck during that time should be punished extra severely.

henryn

stever said:

Last Saturday we toured the new D.O. medical school that just started in Las Cruces and they had a big seminar room full of "massage" tables for learning "manipulation". My wife keeps insisting that D.O.s are just like M.D.s but I'm not convinced.

When I lived out in a rural area from '87 to '99, there was only one doctor. It was actually several years before I even noticed that he was a D.O. rather than an M.D. He was just "the doctor", and actually a very good one. He opened up his office for me on a Sunday afternoon, and put a dozen stitches in my leg (don't ask). Which saved me from driving 25 miles to the nearest emergency room, and spending hours waiting around to see a doctor.

He's retired now, but he was the quintessential country doctor. If you said anything bad about him in that town, they probably would have lynched you.

driver100

One bit of irony......somehow I thought the Premium Package on the new 2017 E400 would be $3000.
I checked the invoice and it is actually $3900, Tech Pkge is still $2600.

If the insurance comapny just gave me what I wanted they would have saved $900.

Michaell

andres3 said:

stickguy said:

Driver, I suspect that a lot of your problem is that agent leaving. These companies are big, messy operations, and if a file is assigned to someone that stops working on it, can take a while before anyone else will. So hopefully your email and agent finally got someone competent looking at it.

absolutely ridiculous that it has been going on this long. eventually someone high enough up has to have it escalated to. and it really is such a simple thing to resolve once the right person looks at it. 2 minutes, stamp approved, and move on.

for a huge insurance company, $2,600 is really pocket change.

I'm surprised more of you don't find the Insurance companies behavior to be more deliberate. I believe that to be the case here and elsewhere. As you said, black ink good, red ink bad.

If I'm an adjuster earning interest on $2,600 for an average of 90 days longer than the best insurance company, multiplied by thousands of claims, that's a lot of black ink. But the truth is it's not $2,600. By low-balling the claim, they know they are delaying the entire claim for someone intent on being treated fairly. It's not like the insurance company says "Here you go, here's 90% of your claim amount up front since only 10% is in dispute." Nope, they delay the whole claim, so it really is interest/earnings on $65K+??? for however many days they can delay it, multiplied by a factor for however many claims they have open at any given time.

Yep, the "float" can amount to a pile of money if you delay your payouts.

It's the same for any business - the longer you hold onto your money before paying your creditors, the more you can earn from it.

roadburner

My only problem is with deliveries; our address-assigned by the USPS no less-is not on any navigation system(it is on the nav system of my 2er, but it's not listed with the correct address). Anyway, UPS never has any trouble finding us, but with FedEx it seems that they always miss the first delivery window because the driver can't find our house. I was talking to a UPS pilot at our center and he said that the difference was that UPS is a trucking company that owns airplanes and Fed Ex is an airline that owns trucks.
Of course either beat DHL; I heard the way to commit the perfect murder is to put the body in a box and ship it via DHL. Use whatever shipping destination you want- no one will ever see that package again...

ab348

I would have thought that USPS would be the way to make something disappear without a trace.

Actually all of those delivery firms have come a long way. The other day I was cleaning out a desk drawer and in the very back under something else was a piece of paper from Canada Post. About 20 years ago I bought (supposedly) a set of golf clubs from someone in the Carolinas - MacGregor JNP irons, fairly rare even then. I think they were $250, used. I sent a money order and the guy sent me an email saying he had shipped them USPS. They never arrived.

I contacted the guy and he was able to give me a number off the slip he received went he sent them. I took it to the post office here and they started a trace, which is what the piece of paper I found was proof of supposedly. Never heard another word from anyone. Today with online tracking you could see where the process broke down if nothing else. And no, I never got my money returned either.

stever

Asked for directions to a trailhead this morning from a maintenance worker at the campground. She was in an official California state park pickup. When she stopped she smiled and went into contortions. When she got the window down, I said "crank windows eh?". She said every truck they have uses cranks, even the brand new ones.

That's when I noticed that her left arm was in a sling and she really had to go through contortions to talk to us. I think I would have just opened the door.

houdini1

About a week ago we had a road rage incident in the KC area. One of the drivers, a young woman, was shot and killed by the other driver. Just passed her and shot her and kept going. The guy was captured within a few days and the police described how he was caught so fast: His father came forward and said the description of the vehicle he was driving sounded like his son's 2004 Toyota SUV, and said that his son was somewhat unbalanced. He had just purchased the SUV.

The police went to the dealership and were able, some way, to track the truck to a motel, 700 miles away in South Dakota, and the man was immediately taken into custody. I am assuming that they used GPS in some way to find him, but I did not know this was possible. Does this mean that anyone or any vehicle can to located like this? This was an older vehicle that probably did not have a navigation system.

fintail

I know many BHPH style lots put GPS trackers on vehicles to ease in repo. I doubt the stone-age Playskool quality ICE that would be in a 2004 Toyota SUV would enable such tracking.

houdini1

I hadn't thought of that !! You are probably right.

stickguy

Or they tracked his phone

oldfarmer50

andres3 said:

stickguy said:

Driver, I suspect that a lot of your problem is that agent leaving. These companies are big, messy operations, and if a file is assigned to someone that stops working on it, can take a while before anyone else will. So hopefully your email and agent finally got someone competent looking at it.

absolutely ridiculous that it has been going on this long. eventually someone high enough up has to have it escalated to. and it really is such a simple thing to resolve once the right person looks at it. 2 minutes, stamp approved, and move on.

for a huge insurance company, $2,600 is really pocket change.

I'm surprised more of you don't find the Insurance companies behavior to be more deliberate. I believe that to be the case here and elsewhere. As you said, black ink good, red ink bad.

If I'm an adjuster earning interest on $2,600 for an average of 90 days longer than the best insurance company, multiplied by thousands of claims, that's a lot of black ink. But the truth is it's not $2,600. By low-balling the claim, they know they are delaying the entire claim for someone intent on being treated fairly. It's not like the insurance company says "Here you go, here's 90% of your claim amount up front since only 10% is in dispute." Nope, they delay the whole claim, so it really is interest/earnings on $65K+??? for however many days they can delay it, multiplied by a factor for however many claims they have open at any given time.

You have to remember that insurance companies make a lot of their profit by investing the premium money. The longer they can delay a claim the more interest they earn on those investments. That's a dirty little secret involved in many kinds of insurance payouts.

Hey, can someone tell me how long it takes for your car listing to appear after you change them in your profile? Just updated mine but my old iron is still listed.

explorerx4

@jmonroe,
You and your family buy a lot of vehicles out of state. How do you get to drive them back home?

imidazol97

roadburner said:

Of course either beat DHL; I heard the way to commit the perfect murder is to put the body in a box and ship it via DHL. Use whatever shipping destination you want- no one will ever see that package again...

My laugh of the day!

roadburner said:

Anyway, UPS never has any trouble finding us, but with FedEx it seems that they always miss the first delivery window because the driver can't find our house.

More frustrating is that UPS won't deliver a package ordered to an address unless someone is home--at college off campus housing no less. Duh. Demanded leaving signed note releasing any responsibility if the item is stolen, despite UPS's $100 insurance minimum. Son had to drive to the durn UPS hub 8 miles at the edge of Columbus to get the package that evening: a lady had given me the instructions on the phone when I called after I learned they didn't leave the package.

USPS was the same way around campus at The Ohio State University off campus.

28firefighter

imidazol97 said:

Of course either beat DHL; I heard the way to commit the perfect murder is to put the body in a box and ship it via DHL. Use whatever shipping destination you want- no one will ever see that package again...

My laugh of the day!

Anyway, UPS never has any trouble finding us, but with FedEx it seems that they always miss the first delivery window because the driver can't find our house.

More frustrating is that UPS won't deliver a package ordered to an address unless someone is home--at college off campus housing no less. Duh. Demanded leaving signed note releasing any responsibility if the item is stolen, despite UPS's $100 insurance minimum. Son had to drive to the durn UPS hub 8 miles at the edge of Columbus to get the package that evening: a lady had given me the instructions on the phone when I called after I learned they didn't leave the package. USPS was the same way around campus at The Ohio State University off campus.

My wife lived in off campus housing near OSU's campus and had the same experience. Granted it was warranted, the one and only time she left a signed note the package was stolen off her door step. 

ab348

imidazol97 said:

More frustrating is that UPS won't deliver a package ordered to an address unless someone is home--at college off campus housing no less. Duh. Demanded leaving signed note releasing any responsibility if the item is stolen, despite UPS's $100 insurance minimum. Son had to drive to the durn UPS hub 8 miles at the edge of Columbus to get the package that evening: a lady had given me the instructions on the phone when I called after I learned they didn't leave the package.

USPS was the same way around campus at The Ohio State University off campus.

Funny, up here, the UPS guy has drop-and-dash down to an art. I had several UPS deliveries this summer and I cannot get to the door quick enough to actually find him on the stoop. One knock, drop the box, and sprint back to the big brown truck. Once I got a wave out of him when I got to the door quickly, but that was it.

PF_Flyer

oldfarmer50 said:

andres3 said:

stickguy said:

Driver, I suspect that a lot of your problem is that agent leaving. These companies are big, messy operations, and if a file is assigned to someone that stops working on it, can take a while before anyone else will. So hopefully your email and agent finally got someone competent looking at it.

absolutely ridiculous that it has been going on this long. eventually someone high enough up has to have it escalated to. and it really is such a simple thing to resolve once the right person looks at it. 2 minutes, stamp approved, and move on.

for a huge insurance company, $2,600 is really pocket change.

I'm surprised more of you don't find the Insurance companies behavior to be more deliberate. I believe that to be the case here and elsewhere. As you said, black ink good, red ink bad.

If I'm an adjuster earning interest on $2,600 for an average of 90 days longer than the best insurance company, multiplied by thousands of claims, that's a lot of black ink. But the truth is it's not $2,600. By low-balling the claim, they know they are delaying the entire claim for someone intent on being treated fairly. It's not like the insurance company says "Here you go, here's 90% of your claim amount up front since only 10% is in dispute." Nope, they delay the whole claim, so it really is interest/earnings on $65K+??? for however many days they can delay it, multiplied by a factor for however many claims they have open at any given time.

You have to remember that insurance companies make a lot of their profit by investing the premium money. The longer they can delay a claim the more interest they earn on those investments. That's a dirty little secret involved in many kinds of insurance payouts.

Hey, can someone tell me how long it takes for your car listing to appear after you change them in your profile? Just updated mine but my old iron is still listed.

Hmm... when I click on your name and look at your profile, I'm seeing "2015 Ford Mustang, 2009 PT Cruiser, 2004 Chevy van, 1995 Lincoln Mark VIII" Is that the correct list and what's displaying on your posts is the wrong list?

stickguy

around here they don't even bother to knock. just drop it and go.

snakeweasel

houdini1 said:

About a week ago we had a road rage incident in the KC area. One of the drivers, a young woman, was shot and killed by the other driver. Just passed her and shot her and kept going. The guy was captured within a few days and the police described how he was caught so fast: His father came forward and said the description of the vehicle he was driving sounded like his son's 2004 Toyota SUV, and said that his son was somewhat unbalanced. He had just purchased the SUV. The police went to the dealership and were able, some way, to track the truck to a motel, 700 miles away in South Dakota, and the man was immediately taken into custody. I am assuming that they used GPS in some way to find him, but I did not know this was possible. Does this mean that anyone or any vehicle can to located like this? This was an older vehicle that probably did not have a navigation system.

Most likely tracked him by his credit card usage, they knew what hotel he was at because he used his card to pay for it. 

bwia

thebean said:

I just went through a homeowners claim on a hail damaged roof (common here in North Texas) and I was really surprised at how smoothly it went.  No hassles, fair payout (replacement value for new roof & gutters less my deductible), and no games played.  I was prepared for the worst, but it went great.  Very thankful.  Totally opposite of Driver's experience.  To keep on topic, the adjuster drove a Ford Transit Connect and he said it was a perfect vehicle for this type of work.  

I had the same positive experience with my insurer. I had minimal ice dam roof damage but got a new roof out of it with money left over for whole house interior paint job. I can't complain except the roofer did not complete the job. 

houdini1

snakeweasel said:

houdini1 said:

About a week ago we had a road rage incident in the KC area. One of the drivers, a young woman, was shot and killed by the other driver. Just passed her and shot her and kept going. The guy was captured within a few days and the police described how he was caught so fast: His father came forward and said the description of the vehicle he was driving sounded like his son's 2004 Toyota SUV, and said that his son was somewhat unbalanced. He had just purchased the SUV.

The police went to the dealership and were able, some way, to track the truck to a motel, 700 miles away in South Dakota, and the man was immediately taken into custody. I am assuming that they used GPS in some way to find him, but I did not know this was possible. Does this mean that anyone or any vehicle can to located like this? This was an older vehicle that probably did not have a navigation system.

Most likely tracked him by his credit card usage, they knew what hotel he was at because he used his card to pay for it. 

I like the GPS tracker for repo better. Cops said they went by the dealership where he bought the car and got some help. Plus the article mentioned the perp lived off the grid as much as possible. He had a few thousand dollars in silver coins with him.

driver100

In Florida it's the same, ring the bell, drop the package, and go.

They did find thieves would follow the truck, and pick up the boxes once they are delivered. They must have found a way to stop that going on.

stickguy

package theft is on the news all the time up around Philly.

iluvmysephia1

That makes me think he treated my wife and I with contempt because of this attitude - poor truck driver could lose his livelihood vs guy in Mercedes.

I still think this is backwards/backwoods thinking on the cop's part. To me this attitude reflects a "chaste-system" law enforcement mentality. The truckdriver needs a $1,000 "distracted driving" ticket that must be paid in full. No courtroom dickering allowed with this guy. Seriously.

jmonroe

explorerx4 said:

@jmonroe,
You and your family buy a lot of vehicles out of state. How do you get to drive them back home?

I'm not really sure what you mean but if it concerns taxes and plates transfers I have never had a problem. The dealership provides a temporary plate and off I go.

When I have bought in Ohio, they put on a temporary OH plate and when I got back to PA, I had 60 days to pay the PA taxes and the PA transfer fee of the old plate to the new car. When I bought in VA (the '15 Genny) the dealer put on a temporary VA plate and collected the PA tax and when I got home all I had to do was pay the PA plate transfer fee of the old plate to the new car. I have done all of this at the local AAA.

If I didn't answer your question let me know.

jmonroe

stickguy

Welcome.

nyccarguy

johnvauster said:

hello everyone,

Welcome!

Michaell

johnvauster said:

hello everyone,

Hello!

What brings you by?

PF_Flyer

johnvauster said:

hello everyone,

Hey there john. Always nice to see new faces. What's up?

jmonroe

johnvauster said:

hello everyone,

You've got to do better than that if you want to stay around here but our welcome matt is here for you.

You get a newbee break this time but don't push your luck. :@

jmonroe

ab348

johnvauster said:

hello everyone,

Hello to you! [tips hat]

28firefighter

johnvauster said:

hello everyone,

Welcome to the jungle!

roadburner

johnvauster said:

hello everyone,

Welcome!!!

driver100

iluvmysephia1 said:

That makes me think he treated my wife and I with contempt because of this attitude - poor truck driver could lose his livelihood vs guy in Mercedes.

I still think this is backwards/backwoods thinking on the cop's part. To me this attitude reflects a "chaste-system" law enforcement mentality. The truckdriver needs a $1,000 "distracted driving" ticket that must be paid in full. No courtroom dickering allowed with this guy. Seriously.

I agree. What concerns me is the truck driver had a problem, and he could really hurt somebody one day. His mistake wasn't an accident, he was in a hurry and driving beyond his capability.

driver100

roadburner said:

johnvauster said:

hello everyone,

Welcome!!!

+11

snakeweasel

johnvauster said:

hello everyone,

Welcome, grab a conversation, join in and hang on tight.

iluvmysephia1

hello everyone,

Good morning and welcome to The Zoo, john!

I agree. What concerns me is the truck driver had a problem, and he could really hurt somebody one day. His mistake wasn't an accident, he was in a hurry and driving beyond his capability.


driver100 - bingo, boingo, bango, man! This is my feeling on driving in the 21st century. I refuse to accelerate beyond what I feel is my "comfort zone." I can tell you that it is not as fast as many but just as fast as many more. I signal when I change lanes and I don't do the "slow fade" in front of people sans turn signal. How obnoxious people are on the road. Goofy people, all many of 'em. Hate ta have ta do their taxes - it would be like pullin' teeth.

And most of them are not Seahawk's fans, either - that's the worst part, sports fans!

andres3

johnvauster said:

hello everyone,

If your going to choose a topic, the people around here can't get enough on your views on speed limits, and how they are enforced.

OK, that's a joke, I think everyone was worn out on those topics.

iluvmysephia1

If your going to choose a topic, the people around here can't get enough on your views on speed limits, and how they are enforced.

OK, that's a joke, I think everyone was worn out on those topics.

I'll say this, andres3 - I do enjoy getting the '11 Soul zipping a little faster now and a then. And I love it when people are harmonious on roads, including freeway travel. Fast is safer now than fast was in 1978, when I bought my first car, a 1965 Mustang.

explorerx4

@jmonroe,
I was wondering about the plate. You get a temp. Thanks for the info. I forgot to ask when I was at a dealer a week and a half ago.