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If you can't control the dually enough to park it well, don't drive it. Also, unless there is a barrier of some sort, edge spots are the worst, as they can be exposed to passing traffic. My stepdad was hit and run for $4500 once on that.

It's hard to focus on a cell phone conversation and driving at the same time. I tried it once. I didn�t really comprehend what the person was saying because I was focused on my driving. I think some people do the opposite and they forget they are driving while focusing on their cell phone conversation.

Apparently talking on a cell phone is worse than driving drunk! link

I can believe it though. There was no end to the women yapping on their phones driving 5000lb SUV's when I was down in FL

Edge spots have their treacheries too though. One of my friends got a footprint dent in his quarter panel from some drunk kid who was passing by the car. Granted this was a college parking lot, but still. Bottom line is if you want your car to be protected, never drive it.

I had my Maxima for a total of one month - it was in perfect condition when I bought it, and parking in the commuter lot for one month netted it several long black dings on the sides (even with the gigantic ding strips on this car). I got mad and parallel parked on the street, where I was hit by some idiot driving a Mystique - his car was so much into my rear bumper, the front license bracket had cracked in all four corners (and probably fell off when I drove away).

As for cell phones - I rarely use my own but when I do it's quite handy. As soon as my first real paycheck rolls in (it's been three weeks now .. getting paid monthly sucks ) I'm purchasing a new phone (Nokia 9500 methinks) and possibly a data plan. Both my WPI and Gmail accounts are blocked, as well as CEG and a number of various other sites that have hindered my ability to stay informed or gather contact information. I come home to 50 or so e-mails each day from friends as well as threadfuls on CEG ... I'd like to use my lunch break to catch up on these things and hopefully the cell can aid that.

I hate when people don't use cell phones in a polite and responsible manner, especially while driving.

As for people who damage other's stuff, here is what I posted a while ago in the general forum in response to someone who got their car badly dented in a praking lot:

I know how having inconsiderate ass-holes tear you car up feels. I'm generally a nice person, but I remember one time when I had my Chrysler that I turned not so nice. I was parked in a Wal-mart lot near the very end because I didn't want anybody parking near my car. (most of the people around here drive trashed cars and I've seen them hit other cars way too many times for my comfort) Just as I go to get out, this lowered Chevy truck pulls in right next to me and way too close to me, as if they didn't have the entire rest of the lot to park in. This 300 pound lady gets out of the passengers side, and while doing so basically slams her door into mine. I cringe, get out, and say to the guy driving the truck, you just dented my car buddy. He's like, dude it's just a Chrysler, it's not a big deal. Mind you my car is a top of the line Lebaron GTC that is only a couple years old, and his car is a 7 year old S-10. I'm like, I don't care what kind of car it is, you still dented it. He's like, well too bad, [censored] happens. So he goes into the store, I'm sitting there looking at my dent. Then as I get into my car to leave, the wind caught my door and flung it into the side of the bed of his truck leaving a 15" tall crescent shaped dent between the wheel arch and the cab.

Try parking a bike in a parking lot. In the rare instance that I don't put it up on the walkway somewhere I have to park in a space. My buddy owns a 2005 Big Dog chopper and I have my Triumph. we put them in a single parking spot and put them real close together so there is plenty of room to not hit one of them while parking in the adjacent spots. One time at the local mall some asshat with a BMW slides in next to my friends bike about a foot over the line within eighteen to twenty inches from his bike. Close enough that he couldn't pick the bike off the sidestand without hitting the car. We were still taking off gloves and helmets to go eat lunch, and we said "hey, how about respecting our space?" He reply's that bikes are small and you have plenty of room. I told him "you get one chance to move it". He thought we were kidding. I figured if he beat us out of the mall fine. Well he didn't, and since he probably only had one spare he was f'ed. Serves the dumbazz right.
I can't STAND people that have no respect for others property.

Jim T