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Give me a periscope, and I'll do things right.
And I think Botgers was the one running people off the road to gain entrance onto the freeway.
I know this isn't the exact right place to ask, but is it true you can park more sharply in reverse?
Not in MY shiny new car. Now when I had my 1987 Honda Civic Wagon I might have parked so close I would have to climb out the hatch.
As far as justification. Don't need it. Not asking for forgiveness. I did it, and would probably do it again.
That's why I loved my 18 year old 3rd car Chevy with some bumps and grinds on it. I could park as close as I wanted, they could bump it with their door all they wanted--just another ding. People even gave me room on the narrow parkway lanes while they would crowd my new cars. Loved that old girl. Shame when the homeowners association asked me to garage her or dispose of her.
>Why stop at keying his car?
Anything more obvious would be just too nasty, too aggressive in retaliation for the driver's disregard for others.
2014 Malibu 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,
That's another reason I loved my 61 Chev around Cincinnati parking!!! It had the sharp angle body lines with real metal chrome along them. When someone parked in the narrow space next to you and left room on their driver's side for themselves to get out by crowding on their passenger side up next to you driver's door,... I just opened the thing and let her hit when I didn't have room. Squeezed in.
Now my older car has those soft padded LeSabre bumper strips along the bottom of the door. They're too soft. LOL.
2014 Malibu 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,
This happened at her condo. She parked real sloppy in the front row, taking up two spaces. Someone left a note on her windshield saying something like "maybe this will encourage you to park a little more considerately next time". There was a nice, deep gouge across her hood.
But before you start to feel sorry for her, here's a little insight on some of her other antics...
I remember awhile back, a guy down the hall, on a different project, came around asking if we knew anyone who owned either a silver Caravan or a black Mazda (I think it was a Mazda). Well, I looked out the window, and saw the situation. This guy was parallel-parked at the curb, with my co-worker's minivan about 6" off his front bumper, and the Mazda was in back, almost kissing. There was no way in hell he was going to get out of there.
I went and got my co-worker, and the first thing she did is start complaining, whining about why someone would park so close to her that they couldn't get out. When I said "But you're over the line", which she was, by at least a foot, she just gave me this cold, angry stare, and said that it didn't matter.
She even went to this guy and griped, saying that you shouldn't park that close behind someone else. He didn't say anything back to her...just too nice of a guy, I guess. Heck, he was really polite the whole time.
Well, she moaned and huffed and sighed, and finally, taking her time, went out and moved her minivan. Where'd she park it? In the fire lane, right in front of our building!! Where I'm presuming it sat until she left for the evening. I don't know for sure, as I normally leave before she does.
She rarely parks in these parallel spots anymore, choosing instead to park in the lot. But what she does, instead of parking in a space, she'll park beside the closest car in a row, which actually puts her out in the aisle!
On the rare occasion that I've gone out to lunch with my office mates, and she'd drive, well, let's just say that most mere mortals would need a change of shorts after about a mile and a half! She rides people's butts, bullies her way through intersections, stop signs, etc. I don't think she understands the concept of "Yield". And then gripes about everybody else on the road!
Basically, one of those "It's MY world, and everybody else needs to figure out how to fit into it" types :-/
I still feel bad that her minivan was keyed, though, as I don't think that should happen to ANYONE!! And did the keying do any good, or make her a more considerate driver? Hell no!! Evidently, she thinks it's still her world, and the rest of us need to adapt to that fact!
Not that it matters.
Keying a car is still a criminal act.
How about unscrewing the valve stem cap, putting a small rock in there and screwing it back down. It will cause the tire to leak out and go flat. Make sure to do two.
Again, not wanting people to do this, but rather than have some of you guys keying cars....
One day I saw this Asian girl in a beautiful emerald green '79 or '80 New Yorker trying to navigate that beast into a spot. My heart went out to her (plus, I've always loved that car!) so I helped direct her in.
It's harmless, and will peel off, although the longer it sits on, the harder it will be to get off.
Years ago, one of my coworkers had a sheet of paper that had a poor imitation of Mickey Mouse flipping the bird, with text that read something similar. She would put them under the windshield wipers of cars that she felt were parked too close. Unfortunately, she was another one of those "the world revolves around me" types, so if she parked too close to the line, and someone else parked more or less properly, but still too close to her, they'd get one of those flyers.
My daughter when she was in high school had a number of bouts with somebody leaving food items on top of the hood of (my)her car. I was able to find that certain somebody. So I showed up on the doorstep and rang the bell. That person turned 14 shades of red when I ID'ed myself as the owner of the car that was vandalized. I really didnt have to say much after that and the antics stopped.
As far as illegal behaviour...Half of us have admitted to driving over the speed limit. Some of us have had questionable lane use habits. Just add a nice satisfying scratch down the side of someone who has parked in an offending manner my behaviour that's illegal but I really don't care.
Oh yeah, my wife reminded me of another good one. I had parked in the long term parking of the airport and came back out to where a car had "kissed" my front end. Yup he got a scratch. On the hood too. Funny thing is he left his car touching mine. Guess who is guilty?
Keying car = crime with a victim
In those cases, you have no choice but to pull out. However, there are too many people that stop at a red light and pull out way too far. For instance, the woman in the Monte Carlo I mentioned earlier. She had a red light, and was going to either be going straight or making a left turn. In that case, there was no need for her to pull up to see anything, because she wasn't going to go anywhere until the light turned green, anyway.
speeding = victimless crime...until you hit some innocent who had nothing to do with you at all......
Depends on how you look at it.
Speeding, in and of itself, is not necessarily the bane of all that is evil. Weaving in and out of traffic, blowing through red lights, riding people's bumpers, cutting people off, that's what causes accidents. Driving 5-10 or even 15 mph above the posted speed limit, on a clear stretch of smooth highway is not dangerous.
All that is is the easy way for the appropriate authorities to make money. It's much easier to ticket someone for exceeding a set speed limit, because you have something to quantify it with. The speed limit is one number and the speed the "guilty" was driving is another, and you can compute how high above the limit they were driving, and fine accordingly.
However, other more dangerous acts, such as tailgating, cutting people off, not using turn signals, failure to yield right of way, etc., those aren't as easily ticketed, and not nearly as profitable. Usually they only come into play if they actually cause an accident.
Wrong and cowardly. I previously asked "why stop at keying his car? why not slash his tires or break his windshield?" as a rhetorical question but I will go ahead and answer it now anyway. You have a greater chance of being caught doing either of those other things. It would cost the guy less to have his windshield replaced than to have the scratch repaired, especially with glass coverage. If you really wanted to let the guy know how you felt you would wait for him to return to his car and confront him.
I'm not a lawyer but there is clear malicious intent when vandalizing another person's property. This is not the case with simple speeding. Very different. It is interesting that you say you are not trying to justify your actions but then you offer up the speeding analogy as some sort of justification anyhow.
You have already admitted that you are wrong in your actions. Why not just leave it at that. Hopefully you will see how wrong someday and stop doing it. Would you key another person's car in front of your new child? How would you explain your actions to him?
I would never condone physical acts even in the worst of circumstances.
While in high school there were 2 students who has nearly identical white Honda Accords. Some pranksters targeted the wrong(brand new) car with motor oil, pancake syrup, and sand. Needless to say the parents of the perpetrators were not happy when their students were arrested and prosecuted for this malicious act.
Different h.s., coach was visiting some friends, just got his freshly repainted '54 Ford P-up truck back. Some knuckle draggers took duct tape and spelled out some less than enlightening words on the paint. This happened on a military base, and the kids were kicked off base, forcing the parents to move off base as well.
Last one, several years later, I had parked my '85 325e against a planter in the parking lot of a steakhouse. After dinner, I returned to find an unloved early 70s crapillac 2 feet on my side of the line,and a new door ding on the strip. And the crapillac had out of state tags, go figure.
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And they can be trained sit, come when called, play dead, speak, fetch, etc ;-)
Intimidating women is low on my list of priorities so I let it go. Sometimes catching them in the act is no better than not.
So I pumped as, as she did... And when I went to open my door "WHAM" right on hers... and I DID dent it... I made eye contact, told her "PayBack's a [non-permissible content removed], and I can be one too" and just drove off.
Considering she had a new MBenz, you would think she would be a bit more careful...obviously not...
Was behind them for about 1/2 mile before I could pass, they NEVER got above 35 mph. Was an older Airstream pullng a Jeep Wrangler. Way I see it, if you can't do at least 55 mph (speed limit is 65 mph) on the hwy then park it, put a fence around it, and milk the darn thing.
I passed them, blared the horn, and cut them off close enough so I know he had to hit his brakes. I'm not one to do that normally, but after a summer of these people, I've had it.
And then on the way home someone cut me off and things were back to normal.
Back on topic, the people that really bug me, that pull out, are the ones who have that I'm bigger than you, so you will stop mentality. Or the ones who go slow, after cutting you off. When I do that, I nail the gas, and go.
I've never understood that maneuver.
The problem with passing lanes is they are supposed to be foolproof and it only takes one or two fools to screw it up. Usually, the first two vehicles in the procession will take both lanes. The one on the left will move past the one on the right at approximately .05 mph faster, and just squeeze by before the passing lane disappears. The other tactic is, they drive 53 mph on the 2 lane, then speed up to 65 or 70 in the passing zone (or whatever it takes so they don't get passed) and then slow back down to 53 mph after the passing lane ends.
And, what's up with the nerf balls on the interstate that will speed up when you pull out to pass them on the left, then slow back down when you drop back in the right lane?
Just another variation of the left lane camper mentality.