I think we all have, but besides that point. I find most people who do are very careless will doing it. weaving in and out of lanes and cutting people off. I don't know how everything went down in this event. It pretty much sounds like he got cut off. From the pictures his story sounds right. The worst part about this, is he had bad brakes:crazy:
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I think we all have, but besides that point. I find most people who do are very careless will doing it. weaving in and out of lanes and cutting people off. I don't know how everything went down in this event. It pretty much sounds like he got cut off. From the pictures his story sounds right. The worst part about this, is he had bad brakes:crazy:
S2Knott
Hard-core CEG'er
i got cut off and it shouldve been completely her fault but the cops said that if i was going 20mph slower she might have seen me......BULL! she didnt even look at in my direction before she pulled out.
bob randalls got a sunroof for me that we are throwing in this weekend.
bob randalls got a sunroof for me that we are throwing in this weekend.
elraido
I kant speel
If you weren't going 20 mph over the speed limit you would have been like a 1/2 mile further back...............:nonono:
zorrex
Enjoys the Abuse
Meh, he could have a point. I know of plenty of roads that are 35mph and yet they have the feel of many other 45mph roads. It looks like this was in a rural setting, which would have the feel of a 45mph road possibly.
But it all depends on the width of the road...it's hard to tell in the pictures but 35mph seems like the feel of the road. But then again, those are only pictures
But it all depends on the width of the road...it's hard to tell in the pictures but 35mph seems like the feel of the road. But then again, those are only pictures
Lt_hailBob
Veteran CEG'er
Witnesses don't have radar guns. Their testimony is irrelevent. Next time.... plead the 5th!
many people can say they've been 20 over.
many less can still say that when they KNOW they had no brakes left!
fewer still would CHOOSE to do so in that unsafe condition.
glad you're okay, and all.. but this isn't the first time you've been in a near-hurtful experience with some sort of "I was only doing this" condition.
many less can still say that when they KNOW they had no brakes left!
fewer still would CHOOSE to do so in that unsafe condition.
glad you're okay, and all.. but this isn't the first time you've been in a near-hurtful experience with some sort of "I was only doing this" condition.
Rara
Hard-core CEG'er
20 over is more than 50% over the limit here, and is VERY obvious. You were travelling nearly twice as fast as you should have been on that road (with bad brakes no less). She very likely did look, and didn't realize you were going so much faster than you should have been, so it seemed like she "cut you off".
The bottom line here is that the incident was 100% your fault, you were driving unsafely, and it is unreasonable to assume that she knew you were going so much faster than you should have been. YOU were irresponsible and were putting other people in danger. Plus, its bad enough that you were doing 20 over, but you were doing it with critical safety equipment (your brakes) in poor working order.
The bottom line here is that the incident was 100% your fault, you were driving unsafely, and it is unreasonable to assume that she knew you were going so much faster than you should have been. YOU were irresponsible and were putting other people in danger. Plus, its bad enough that you were doing 20 over, but you were doing it with critical safety equipment (your brakes) in poor working order.
TGO
King of the OFT
well, like most of us you've learned a valuable lesson...don't speed!
That seems tame even for the prune juice and metamucil set. Go 35 most everywhere, and you'll be really late for bingo.
TheMexicanJob
Banned?
i just get to places in my delorean with a hover conversion, alway makes great time, and where i'm going, i don't need roads.
FauxhawkFox
Hard-core CEG'er
Do you have a pink hover board in the back next to the 1.21 jigawatt flux capacitor
TheMexicanJob
Banned?
i keep the hover board strapped on the back right next to the mr. fusion.
TGO
King of the OFT
well hopefully he has, considering he's now wrecked his car.
96RedSE5Sp
Hard-core CEG'er
Does this sound like someone who's learned a lesson?
TGO
King of the OFT
no, but when it comes to the point of wrecking your car, i would expect atleast a little more caution...
oberthecat
Veteran CEG'er
True but much less likely to create orphans.
Nobody is saying that driving recklessly is a good idea. Most auto enthusiasts will agree that a great many speed limits are set low. That's not an argument for speeding all over the place, however. Plenty of New England roads have 45 MPH limits, but you won't catch me or others running 35 in those zones as a general rule. There's no need to drive around like you're old enough to remember when there weren't any cars.
oberthecat
Veteran CEG'er
Laura, this is what you quoted. Late to bingo or not 20 over seems to be pushing the edge a little if this descriptive of the area of this asscident. I don't go under the speed limit normally but I don't go 20 over at night here in black horse drawn buggy country either.