Earlier on when I had first started driving, still on my learner's permit in 2018, somebody refused to let me in, so I forced my way in. In hindsight, that was obviously not a smart decision. I could've easily been looking at an accident that was my fault. My father was probably angrier than the person who I'd ticked off by doing that.
Not paying attention and driving a front wheel drive sub-compact car onto a beach with soft sand.
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Tried to needlessly maneuver into a parking space bound on one side by a planter and scraped the car in the next space. Took a month and a half to finally get the lady to file her claim because taking care of that sort of minor paint damage wasn't on her priority list.
Slid around a bend on a mud road and ended up halfway in a ditch. Guy driving a pickup in the other direction (lucky it wasn't a head-on) helped me get out of it (1981 Honda Civic hatchback).
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In my case, blocked from my mind, yes. :ded:
OK, I thought of a few non-dirty things.
1. Back in high school, I like to drive REALLY fast. I once drove the 27 miles from Colby to Atwood (KS) at 110 mph. In the dark. In the fog. On the left side of the road. Just for fun.
2. I also used to like taking curves on gravel roads as fast as possible. While driving with a foreign exchange student in the car, I completely lost traction, spun nearly two full circles in the middle of the gravel road, and came to rest just a few feet from one of those white-and-yellow gas line thingy deals.
One of the first times I drove, I misjudged the yellow light and blew through the red. Right in front of the police station. Fortunately the only authority figure that saw it was my father in the passenger seat.
I once proposed to my girlfriend while sitting in the passenger seat of her car. She turned me down, then drove me a little bit further down the parking lot. Being really upset by the experience, I then got out of the car. Except she hadn't stopped yet.
Note this, kids: don't get out of a moving vehicle.
Quote from: kphoger on May 11, 2021, 04:40:14 PM
I once proposed to my girlfriend while sitting in the passenger seat of her car. She turned me down, then drove me a little bit further down the parking lot. Being really upset by the experience, I then got out of the car. Except she hadn't stopped yet.
Note this, kids: don't get out of a moving vehicle.
Did she then say yes?
The dumbest two things to which I will admit were both while driving golf carts.
First was attempting to turn a donut while driving a golf cart on a gravel parking lot. With my mom in the passenger's seat. The cart almost tipped over. Not a good move.
Second was attempting to jump a creek in a golf cart, Dukes of Hazzard style, to go retrieve a ball I had shanked off to the right. Dumb move. Golf carts don't handle like the General Lee. They had to bring a pickup with a chain to tow me out of the creek. Good thing it was at the Reunions golf tournament at a course owned by the University of Virginia–I was neither kicked off the course nor banned from the property. I will add that I had not consumed any alcoholic beverages until AFTER this incident occurred.
Ooh! non-car stories? I used to spin tight circles in a three-wheeled Komatsu electric forklift, then come out of the spin and lift one wheel off the ground. That probably could have ended poorly...
Probably the dumbest thing I've ever done while driving is making the decision to drive to the place where I've done my dumbest thing. :spin:
I remember one time about 20 years ago I was driving around the city of Detroit which I know pretty well. I was over by Henry Ford Hospital made a turn onto Trumbull and ignored the 25 mile an hour speed limit and crashed into the curb at the end of the street at Holden Street not thinking that Trumbull makes a jog at Holden. The only damage I did was I got a flat tire so I just threw the spare tire on and waited until the morning and rolled over to Belle Tire in Royal Oak where I was living at the time and got a new tire.
I made it home from college with the gas light on the whole time. About 50 miles. Gambled and won...that time.
Driving home from college in a blizzard. The collage was closed and I couldn't afford a motel.
Would you ever say yes to someone who jumped out of a moving car after you declined to marry them?
Tailgating other cars when the roads were wet.
I considered making a thread like this, but that would mean I would have had to share the very dangerous maneuver I did, that, had a car come along while making it, I probably would not be here writing this. Even though I have only been driving for two years, I've done some pretty stupid shit in that time.
Here it is: After driving the "Glade Top Trail" in south-central Missouri, I take a right on MO 125 (north). After a while, I change my mind: Instead of driving north on a crooked 125 at night, I figured that if I drive west on US 160, I can make it to the US 65 expressway before dark. I attempt to use a driveway as a turn around, but I miss it. So, on a two-lane road, with hills blocking the line of sight of a potential oncoming car, I make a three point turn. On the highway.
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I considered making a thread like this, but that would mean I would have had to share the very dangerous maneuver I did, that, had a car come along while making it, I probably would not be here writing this. Even though I have only been driving for two years, I've done some pretty stupid shit in that time.
Here it is: After driving the "Glade Top Trail" in south-central Missouri, I take a right on MO 125 (north). After a while, I change my mind: Instead of driving north on a crooked 125 at night, I figured that if I drive west on US 160, I can make it to the US 65 expressway before dark. I attempt to use a driveway as a turn around, but I miss it. So, on a two-lane road, with hills blocking the line of sight of a potential oncoming car, I make a three point turn. On the highway.
You lived on the edge.
Once backed into a short wall that I couldn't see. $800 bumper repair and a lesson learned to be extremely cautious when backing up (until I can get a proper backup camera installed).
drove halfway to work before i realized i hadn't put pants on.
imagine my surprise when i reached into my lap to find my cigarette lighter...
Quote from: zachary_amaryllis on May 11, 2021, 10:38:12 PM
drove halfway to work before i realized i hadn't put pants on.
imagine my surprise when i reached into my lap to find my cigarette lighter...
Did you remember your underwear?
My dumbest thing I did was when I was 15. I was driving down the freeway and what appeared to be a drunk driver (or someone under the influence of some drug, as it was a Sunday afternoon). I passed the guy who was going relatively slow and got off at my exit. I turned right into the slip lane and stopped at the yield sign. I looked out behind me back at the freeway to see if the drugged guy had crashed or done something crazy, but after looking for a few seconds, I started to go without looking back to my left for traffic, and I didn't realize a car was coming until I had pulled out into the intersection.
Luckily they were able to stop in time to avoid me, but I got an earful from my dad about that. Strangely enough, I almost got into an accident at that slip lane a couple months ago when I almost sideswiped another car at night when I didn't see their headlights (granted, they were speeding), but that was still a dumb move by yours truly.
Quote from: CoreySamson on May 11, 2021, 10:55:31 PM
My dumbest thing I did was when I was 15. I was driving down the freeway and what appeared to be a drunk driver (or someone under the influence of some drug, as it was a Sunday afternoon). I passed the guy who was going relatively slow and got off at my exit. I turned right into the slip lane and stopped at the yield sign. I looked out behind me back at the freeway to see if the drugged guy had crashed or done something crazy, but after looking for a few seconds, I started to go without looking back to my left for traffic, and I didn't realize a car was coming until I had pulled out into the intersection.
Luckily they were able to stop in time to avoid me, but I got an earful from my dad about that. Strangely enough, I almost got into an accident at that slip lane a couple months ago when I almost sideswiped another car at night when I didn't see their headlights (granted, they were speeding), but that was still a dumb move by yours truly.
You could drive at 15?
Last June, I opened my back passenger door to put in a beanbag toss game I was bringing to a friend's party. Realizing I forgot something in my house, I went back inside forgetting to close the passenger door. A few minutes later, I backed out of my garage and heard the *POP* followed by the *SNAP* of my back passenger door folding in on itself. The hinges snapped, the entire door crushed like a soda can, (somehow) the window pane managed to stay in one piece. The front passenger door also sustained some damage. I had to duct tape my door shut because it couldn't close. One week, two new doors, and $2500 later, I learned my lesson to ALWAYS make sure all of your doors are closed before pulling out of a garage. The garage door suffered no damage.
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Quote from: CoreySamson on May 11, 2021, 10:55:31 PM
My dumbest thing I did was when I was 15. I was driving down the freeway and what appeared to be a drunk driver (or someone under the influence of some drug, as it was a Sunday afternoon). I passed the guy who was going relatively slow and got off at my exit. I turned right into the slip lane and stopped at the yield sign. I looked out behind me back at the freeway to see if the drugged guy had crashed or done something crazy, but after looking for a few seconds, I started to go without looking back to my left for traffic, and I didn't realize a car was coming until I had pulled out into the intersection.
Luckily they were able to stop in time to avoid me, but I got an earful from my dad about that. Strangely enough, I almost got into an accident at that slip lane a couple months ago when I almost sideswiped another car at night when I didn't see their headlights (granted, they were speeding), but that was still a dumb move by yours truly.
You could drive at 15?
In most states the you can get a permit at 15, and in a few it's 14.
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Quote from: Roadgeekteen on May 11, 2021, 11:01:54 PM
Quote from: CoreySamson on May 11, 2021, 10:55:31 PM
My dumbest thing I did was when I was 15. I was driving down the freeway and what appeared to be a drunk driver (or someone under the influence of some drug, as it was a Sunday afternoon). I passed the guy who was going relatively slow and got off at my exit. I turned right into the slip lane and stopped at the yield sign. I looked out behind me back at the freeway to see if the drugged guy had crashed or done something crazy, but after looking for a few seconds, I started to go without looking back to my left for traffic, and I didn't realize a car was coming until I had pulled out into the intersection.
Luckily they were able to stop in time to avoid me, but I got an earful from my dad about that. Strangely enough, I almost got into an accident at that slip lane a couple months ago when I almost sideswiped another car at night when I didn't see their headlights (granted, they were speeding), but that was still a dumb move by yours truly.
You could drive at 15?
In most states the you can get a permit at 15, and in a few it's 14.
In Massachusetts you need to be 16.
I haven't driven long enough to damage the car...luckily...but I have done some dumb things.
1. I forgot to play some music before leaving my house. So while I'm on PA 995, a 45 mph road, I try to find a random song and drive. Very lucky I didn't cross over onto the other side.
2. On the same road, there is a four way intersection with a smaller road. This small road is a useful shortcut to parts of Chambersburg, but has stop signs (PA 995 doesn't). While I'm trying to turn left from the small road onto PA 995, a pickup with a trailer takes his sweet time to cross the intersection...while an SUV going 50 is coming in hot from my right. The second his trailer clears the road, I make my turn very quickly. Nearly clipped the trailer too. I consider this my fault since I misjudged the SUV's distance and should've waited for the pickup...instead I ended up in the middle of an intersection.
3. My first time driving in Washington DC, I was on Connecticut Avenue trying to turn onto 17th Street NW. Random ped is in the crosswalk. We spend three seconds staring at each other (with traffic behind me) until I decide to floor it in front of the ped. Also the wrong move since peds go first.
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Quote from: zachary_amaryllis on May 11, 2021, 10:38:12 PM
drove halfway to work before i realized i hadn't put pants on.
imagine my surprise when i reached into my lap to find my cigarette lighter...
Did you remember your underwear?
well.. i didn't forget them.. but generally during the summer, i do the commando thing.
i guess its a good thing i didn't stop for coffee or something..
I-83 northbound around York, PA has two lanes and a white line on the right, denoting where you're normally not supposed to drive. The four of us did a road trip from Penn State down to Dupont Circle in DC to hit some bars. We didn't drink that much, and I wasn't driving impaired. At least from alcohol. But we didn't sleep, and the sun was up when we were heading back to PSU.
I nodded off and woke up with the car straddling the white line on I-83. It must have been near that first rest stop, as I was able to insist on pulling over and taking a nap before moving on.
No crash, no injuries, no tickets. I count that as a "freebie" from the deity of your choice, and I've never put myself in that position again.
Putting blind faith in a GPS.
Quote from: Big John on May 11, 2021, 06:31:24 PM
Driving home from college in a blizzard. The collage was closed and I couldn't afford a motel.
This is mine as well. March 1993 southern blizzard. Approaching Chattanooga, our driver side windshield wiper snapped off (the whole arm, not just the blade). Stopped at a service station that swapped the good wiper over to the drivers side. Decided to proceed toward Nashville with one wiper. It was a terrifying 4 or so hours averaging barely 30 mph on I-24. Found out later that I 24 out of Chattanooga got closed shortly after we left (wondered why nobody passed us when we were going so slow). Really should have stopped in Chattanooga, though we would have been there for 3-4 days.
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You could drive at 15?
In most states the you can get a permit at 15, and in a few it's 14.
In Massachusetts you need to be 16.
Both of the Dakotas are 14. That always seemed crazy young to me, but plenty of crazier stuff has happened in farm country!
Quote from: EpicRoadways on May 11, 2021, 11:02:35 PM
Last June, I opened my back passenger door to put in a beanbag toss game I was bringing to a friend's party. Realizing I forgot something in my house, I went back inside forgetting to close the passenger door. A few minutes later, I backed out of my garage and heard the *POP* followed by the *SNAP* of my back passenger door folding in on itself. The hinges snapped, the entire door crushed like a soda can, (somehow) the window pane managed to stay in one piece. The front passenger door also sustained some damage. I had to duct tape my door shut because it couldn't close. One week, two new doors, and $2500 later, I learned my lesson to ALWAYS make sure all of your doors are closed before pulling out of a garage. The garage door suffered no damage.
This is exactly why I always default to closing a car door, even if I'm planning to come back to it in less than a minute. You never know if you might forget and drive away, or you might forget and go inside the house for a while leaving your door open. It's best to automatically close it.
Quote from: EpicRoadways on May 11, 2021, 11:02:35 PM
Last June, I opened my back passenger door to put in a beanbag toss game I was bringing to a friend's party. Realizing I forgot something in my house, I went back inside forgetting to close the passenger door. A few minutes later, I backed out of my garage and heard the *POP* followed by the *SNAP* of my back passenger door folding in on itself. The hinges snapped, the entire door crushed like a soda can, (somehow) the window pane managed to stay in one piece. The front passenger door also sustained some damage. I had to duct tape my door shut because it couldn't close. One week, two new doors, and $2500 later, I learned my lesson to ALWAYS make sure all of your doors are closed before pulling out of a garage. The garage door suffered no damage.
A couple of weeks ago I had to push my RX-7 out of the garage when it wouldn't start. I was terrified of that happening with the door, but I managed to get it closed. Rolled it out into the street and jumpstarted it. So when I got home, I put the top down (to reduce blind spots) and backed it into the garage so that if I have to jumpstart it next time, the battery will be facing out and I can jump it without moving it. I was terrified I was going to break the door off. It's a one-car garage, so it's pretty narrow.
Quote from: kphoger on May 11, 2021, 04:40:14 PM
I once proposed to my girlfriend while sitting in the passenger seat of her car. She turned me down, then drove me a little bit further down the parking lot. Being really upset by the experience, I then got out of the car. Except she hadn't stopped yet.
Note this, kids: don't get out of a moving vehicle.
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on May 11, 2021, 06:54:06 PM
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Quote from: Rothman on May 11, 2021, 04:42:17 PM
Did she then say yes?
Ha! No, no she didn't.
Did she ever say yes?
Dude. I'm married. If she had said
yes, then I would have said 'proposed to my wife'. No, we didn't get married.
Quote from: bm7 on May 11, 2021, 11:04:22 PM
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on May 11, 2021, 11:01:54 PM
Quote from: CoreySamson on May 11, 2021, 10:55:31 PM
My dumbest thing I did was when I was 15. I was driving down the freeway and what appeared to be a drunk driver (or someone under the influence of some drug, as it was a Sunday afternoon). I passed the guy who was going relatively slow and got off at my exit. I turned right into the slip lane and stopped at the yield sign. I looked out behind me back at the freeway to see if the drugged guy had crashed or done something crazy, but after looking for a few seconds, I started to go without looking back to my left for traffic, and I didn't realize a car was coming until I had pulled out into the intersection.
Luckily they were able to stop in time to avoid me, but I got an earful from my dad about that. Strangely enough, I almost got into an accident at that slip lane a couple months ago when I almost sideswiped another car at night when I didn't see their headlights (granted, they were speeding), but that was still a dumb move by yours truly.
You could drive at 15?
In most states the you can get a permit at 15, and in a few it's 14.
Yeah, I got my full-fledged DL when I was 15.
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on May 11, 2021, 11:14:22 PM
In Massachusetts you need to be 16.
Well, not everyone lives where you do.
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Quote from: kphoger on May 11, 2021, 04:40:14 PM
I once proposed to my girlfriend while sitting in the passenger seat of her car. She turned me down, then drove me a little bit further down the parking lot. Being really upset by the experience, I then got out of the car. Except she hadn't stopped yet.
Note this, kids: don't get out of a moving vehicle.
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on May 11, 2021, 06:54:06 PM
Quote from: kphoger on May 11, 2021, 04:42:45 PM
Quote from: Rothman on May 11, 2021, 04:42:17 PM
Did she then say yes?
Ha! No, no she didn't.
Did she ever say yes?
Dude. I'm married. If she had said yes, then I would have said 'proposed to my wife'. No, we didn't get married.
Quote from: bm7 on May 11, 2021, 11:04:22 PM
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on May 11, 2021, 11:01:54 PM
Quote from: CoreySamson on May 11, 2021, 10:55:31 PM
My dumbest thing I did was when I was 15. I was driving down the freeway and what appeared to be a drunk driver (or someone under the influence of some drug, as it was a Sunday afternoon). I passed the guy who was going relatively slow and got off at my exit. I turned right into the slip lane and stopped at the yield sign. I looked out behind me back at the freeway to see if the drugged guy had crashed or done something crazy, but after looking for a few seconds, I started to go without looking back to my left for traffic, and I didn't realize a car was coming until I had pulled out into the intersection.
Luckily they were able to stop in time to avoid me, but I got an earful from my dad about that. Strangely enough, I almost got into an accident at that slip lane a couple months ago when I almost sideswiped another car at night when I didn't see their headlights (granted, they were speeding), but that was still a dumb move by yours truly.
You could drive at 15?
In most states the you can get a permit at 15, and in a few it's 14.
Yeah, I got my full-fledged DL when I was 15.
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on May 11, 2021, 11:14:22 PM
In Massachusetts you need to be 16.
Well, not everyone lives where you do.
Yes, we are quite strict here. I don't even think you can get your full license until 16 1/2 or something like that.
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on May 12, 2021, 10:17:59 AM
Yes, we are quite strict here. I don't even think you can get your full license until 16 1/2 or something like that.
Strict? No, the rules were just as strict when and where I got my license. The rules were just
different.
Quote from: EpicRoadways on May 11, 2021, 11:02:35 PM
I went back inside forgetting to close the passenger door. A few minutes later, I backed out of my garage
My dad did that when I was a kid - with his almost brand new car. Like only days old car.
Crowded parking lot deep inside a National Park, people were parking parallel along an access road and I decided to park there too. There were boulders and bushes intended to keep people from parking there, but I thought I could easily avoid them and still be far enough off the road. Trouble was, a couple of branches of bush obscured one of the boulders so I got a really nice scrape from the point of the boulder along the passenger side door.
To drink.
Yes, they say "Don't drink and drive", but who has not drank a sip of water while driving.
Quote from: CNGL-Leudimin on May 24, 2021, 03:51:01 AM
To drink.
Yes, they say "Don't drink and drive", but who has not drank a sip of water while driving.
When I was like 5 I caught my mom drinking a can of Coca-Cola while driving and could not understand why she was blowing it off when I yelled at her for drinking and driving, like it was no big deal or something.
Yesterday, I got stopped by a cop for going 134 km/h on a rural section of Highway 401 (near Gananoque). Because I have a G2 license (step 2 of 3 of the graduated license system here in Ontario), going 30 over the limit would result in a 30-day license suspension...
I got off with a warning because apparently, the officer got a more urgent call and had to leave.
What a lucky first traffic stop.
Quote from: andrepoiy on May 24, 2021, 05:17:10 PM
Yesterday, I got stopped by a cop for going 134 km/h on a rural section of Highway 401 (near Gananoque). Because I have a G2 license (step 2 of 3 of the graduated license system here in Ontario), going 30 over the limit would result in a 30-day license suspension...
I got off with a warning because apparently, the officer got a more urgent call and had to leave.
What a lucky first traffic stop.
That's like 83 in 62 in MPH... a bit fast, but not outrageous.
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on May 24, 2021, 05:19:29 PM
Quote from: andrepoiy on May 24, 2021, 05:17:10 PM
Yesterday, I got stopped by a cop for going 134 km/h on a rural section of Highway 401 (near Gananoque). Because I have a G2 license (step 2 of 3 of the graduated license system here in Ontario), going 30 over the limit would result in a 30-day license suspension...
I got off with a warning because apparently, the officer got a more urgent call and had to leave.
What a lucky first traffic stop.
That's like 83 in 62 in MPH... a bit fast, but not outrageous.
Yeah, well, the penalties for those learner licenses are a lot more severe than a full license
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on May 24, 2021, 05:19:29 PM
Quote from: andrepoiy on May 24, 2021, 05:17:10 PM
Yesterday, I got stopped by a cop for going 134 km/h on a rural section of Highway 401 (near Gananoque). Because I have a G2 license (step 2 of 3 of the graduated license system here in Ontario), going 30 over the limit would result in a 30-day license suspension...
I got off with a warning because apparently, the officer got a more urgent call and had to leave.
What a lucky first traffic stop.
That's like 83 in 62 in MPH... a bit fast, but not outrageous.
Twenty over will get you a nasty ticket in NY.
I was once heading south on US 91 through Blackfoot, ID and had already passed through downtown, and I got impatient and sped up too fast as I was heading out the south end of town. Whoops. I was pulled over for going 47 in a 35... literally within sight of the SPEED LIMIT 45 sign.
I was 19 at the time and it was my first time ever getting pulled over, so I was understandably a bit nervous... but the officer didn't seem to like that too much. Apparently, all 19 year olds with out of state plates in a random small town are automatically assumed to be carrying weed or perhaps something more serious. Another cop pulled up and they asked if they could search my car. I realize you can say no, but given I was almost certainly going to get a ticket if I tried something like that, I let them. My little brother was in the car with me and they searched his backpack as well. He was definitely a bit traumatized by the whole thing - and that is probably why in the end, I got off with just a warning.
Summary: don't speed in small towns.
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on May 24, 2021, 05:19:29 PM
Quote from: andrepoiy on May 24, 2021, 05:17:10 PM
Yesterday, I got stopped by a cop for going 134 km/h on a rural section of Highway 401 (near Gananoque). Because I have a G2 license (step 2 of 3 of the graduated license system here in Ontario), going 30 over the limit would result in a 30-day license suspension...
I got off with a warning because apparently, the officer got a more urgent call and had to leave.
What a lucky first traffic stop.
That's like 83 in 62 in MPH... a bit fast, but not outrageous.
It is outrageous.
That 20 mph difference means a slower reaction time and longer braking distance. Even on a freeway, that difference can cause serious injuries.
One of my friends was rear-ended by someone speeding "only" 15 mph above the 60 limit on I-5 a few years ago and still has issues walking to this day. All of that to save a minute of driving.
Quote from: Bruce on May 24, 2021, 06:23:46 PM
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on May 24, 2021, 05:19:29 PM
Quote from: andrepoiy on May 24, 2021, 05:17:10 PM
Yesterday, I got stopped by a cop for going 134 km/h on a rural section of Highway 401 (near Gananoque). Because I have a G2 license (step 2 of 3 of the graduated license system here in Ontario), going 30 over the limit would result in a 30-day license suspension...
I got off with a warning because apparently, the officer got a more urgent call and had to leave.
What a lucky first traffic stop.
That's like 83 in 62 in MPH... a bit fast, but not outrageous.
It is outrageous.
That 20 mph difference means a slower reaction time and longer braking distance. Even on a freeway, that difference can cause serious injuries.
One of my friends was rear-ended by someone speeding "only" 15 mph above the 60 limit on I-5 a few years ago and still has issues walking to this day. All of that to save a minute of driving.
Well given that the speed limit on Ontario 401 really should be at least 110 it's not that bad.
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on May 24, 2021, 06:35:43 PM
Quote from: Bruce on May 24, 2021, 06:23:46 PM
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on May 24, 2021, 05:19:29 PM
Quote from: andrepoiy on May 24, 2021, 05:17:10 PM
Yesterday, I got stopped by a cop for going 134 km/h on a rural section of Highway 401 (near Gananoque). Because I have a G2 license (step 2 of 3 of the graduated license system here in Ontario), going 30 over the limit would result in a 30-day license suspension...
I got off with a warning because apparently, the officer got a more urgent call and had to leave.
What a lucky first traffic stop.
That's like 83 in 62 in MPH... a bit fast, but not outrageous.
It is outrageous.
That 20 mph difference means a slower reaction time and longer braking distance. Even on a freeway, that difference can cause serious injuries.
One of my friends was rear-ended by someone speeding "only" 15 mph above the 60 limit on I-5 a few years ago and still has issues walking to this day. All of that to save a minute of driving.
Well given that the speed limit on Ontario 401 really should be at least 110 it's not that bad.
When you're talking tickets, 20 over is 20 over, no matter the design speed. It will hurt you when caught.
Quote from: Rothman on May 24, 2021, 07:09:11 PM
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on May 24, 2021, 06:35:43 PM
Quote from: Bruce on May 24, 2021, 06:23:46 PM
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on May 24, 2021, 05:19:29 PM
Quote from: andrepoiy on May 24, 2021, 05:17:10 PM
Yesterday, I got stopped by a cop for going 134 km/h on a rural section of Highway 401 (near Gananoque). Because I have a G2 license (step 2 of 3 of the graduated license system here in Ontario), going 30 over the limit would result in a 30-day license suspension...
I got off with a warning because apparently, the officer got a more urgent call and had to leave.
What a lucky first traffic stop.
That's like 83 in 62 in MPH... a bit fast, but not outrageous.
It is outrageous.
That 20 mph difference means a slower reaction time and longer braking distance. Even on a freeway, that difference can cause serious injuries.
One of my friends was rear-ended by someone speeding "only" 15 mph above the 60 limit on I-5 a few years ago and still has issues walking to this day. All of that to save a minute of driving.
Well given that the speed limit on Ontario 401 really should be at least 110 it's not that bad.
When you're talking tickets, 20 over is 20 over, no matter the design speed. It will hurt you when caught.
True, but saying 80 mph on a wide open rural controlled access highway is dangerous as far as putting all traffic laws aside... it's really not.
Quote from: Bruce on May 24, 2021, 06:23:46 PM
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on May 24, 2021, 05:19:29 PM
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Yesterday, I got stopped by a cop for going 134 km/h on a rural section of Highway 401 (near Gananoque). Because I have a G2 license (step 2 of 3 of the graduated license system here in Ontario), going 30 over the limit would result in a 30-day license suspension...
I got off with a warning because apparently, the officer got a more urgent call and had to leave.
What a lucky first traffic stop.
That's like 83 in 62 in MPH... a bit fast, but not outrageous.
It is outrageous.
That 20 mph difference means a slower reaction time and longer braking distance. Even on a freeway, that difference can cause serious injuries.
One of my friends was rear-ended by someone speeding "only" 15 mph above the 60 limit on I-5 a few years ago and still has issues walking to this day. All of that to save a minute of driving.
Urban ≠ rural.
How exactly is 80 mph on a straight, wide open, rural freeway with an artificial 60 mph speed limit necessarily dangerous? The artificial limit is more the danger.
Now, 60 mph on an urban, more congested, roadway that is actually meant for those lower speeds (not the 10 lane, straightaway for 20 miles, that's capped at 55 mph cause "urban" ), and speeding at 80 mph? I agree there.
I'm assuming most people on that highway aren't going 100 km/h. Therefore 134 km/h does not result in a 34 km/h speed differential.
Quote from: GaryV on May 11, 2021, 04:38:15 PM
One of the first times I drove, I misjudged the yellow light and blew through the red. Right in front of the police station. Fortunately the only authority figure that saw it was my father in the passenger seat.
I once went the wrong way down a one-way street in front of Omaha police headquarters. Nothing bad happened and I was able to turn at the next intersection.
As for my worst, there was the time I was in the drive-thru of a coffee shop in Omaha where there was a pickup truck parked a little too close to the drive-thru lane. I thought I could get through, but I didn't and had a giant scratch on the passenger side of the first Saturn I had.
Quote from: Rothman on May 24, 2021, 05:36:05 PM
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on May 24, 2021, 05:19:29 PM
Quote from: andrepoiy on May 24, 2021, 05:17:10 PM
Yesterday, I got stopped by a cop for going 134 km/h on a rural section of Highway 401 (near Gananoque). Because I have a G2 license (step 2 of 3 of the graduated license system here in Ontario), going 30 over the limit would result in a 30-day license suspension...
I got off with a warning because apparently, the officer got a more urgent call and had to leave.
What a lucky first traffic stop.
That's like 83 in 62 in MPH... a bit fast, but not outrageous.
Twenty over will get you a nasty ticket in NY.
Yep, I paid $164 for 21 over in south IL I 24.
20 over is the normal speed on MA 128.