nick burns

On my commute ride home yesterday, a Cadillac Escalade was approaching from the opposite direction with the left turn signal on intending to turn onto the side street that I was just about to pass on my right. The driver of the Caddy didn't feel like waiting for me to pass and made a quick turn cutting me off. It only mildly irritated me because I kind of saw it coming and avoided it no problem. As I pass by, I hear the sound of screeching tires and a crash. The Caddy had plowed right smack into a "Road Closed Local Traffic Only" sign in the center of the side street. I almost fell off my bike laughing so hard. If the driver had just taken a second to let me pass they would have clearly seen the sign in the street. Made my day!

newbojeff

Ouch. (he, he)

That is close to my fantasy of someone who tries to right hook me going too fast and winds up rolling their car, which bursts into flames. So far, I've only had screetching tires when drivers realized they were going to wind up having to turn too wide into oncoming traffic.

Psydotek

Aww, that would have made for a great "pwn3d!" picture.

jmeier

LOL thats one of the best things I heard all week!!! sucker!

BTW-have you ever noticed the type of ppl driving Escalades?? not the type I generally want to be around...

jeff-o

Heh, serves him right.

Flimflam

Hah, nice Would've been a great pic..

Cassave

Had a similar thing happen to me a year ago but instead of a road sign, the left turner rear ended a parked car
on the narrow side street. Fun to watch.

mwrobe1

+1

nick burns

Yeah, I wish I thought of that at the time!

jyossarian

LOL, that's excellent!

fixed.rider

My boss is on her 2nd Escalade. This one of course, needed 22" "dubs." Just the sight of them, this one in particular, gets under my skin.

wheel

Nice story there,
I had a caddy honk and buzz, alot of jams do this on Baseline.
There is always a traffic jam up ahead.
Sure enough about five min. latter he is sitting there in a line a cars.
I fly between lanes and flip him off.

jmeier

How terrible, I dont know if I could handle that....

At my Fresno office, there is a lady who works in the suite next door that parks her shiny new taho in the 2 (two) (dos) (II), thats right, 2 spots closest to the door for our suite. we have complained but she says she is there early and has the right, besides, she says, the turn into the lot is too tight........I frequently drive to this office (heresy, I know) and this makes me so irritated! If you cant drive or park your m##f### vehicle, stay the %%% home....I want to cut along the line...with a 30" concrete saw
well, I know its not an escalade, but with the rims and all, and tahoe badge...

end rant

LastPlace

Not to get off on a tangent...... but to get off on a tangent..... I have always thought a person should have to be able to parallel park anything they drive. If you can't parallel park it, you can't buy it.

That would get a lot of people out of SUV's. Sorry for the rant. Great story.

CliftonGK1

You should see some of the pll parking jobs around Redmond. My favourites to laugh at are the Excursions (or other giant SUV) pulled crooked backwards into a spot, with one tire up on the curb in back, and the front curbside tire jammed sideways into the curb.
The worst thing I've seen (parking related) was a GMC Denali crammed into a compact space. The owner of the car on the right (who couldn't get into his car because there was a non-compact crammed in on either side) was busy keying the phrase "NOT A F'ING COMPACT CAR" into the rear of the Denali.

caloso

I'd have pulled up to his window and given him a big ol' thumbs up and "That's some sweet drivin', Little E!"

aley

Having a JAM cut you off and immediately run into something: Rich. Hanging around to throw a donut at them when they get out to inspect the damage: Priceless.

ItsJustMe

If there's someone being particularly obnoxious about it (and saying you have the "right" to two spots qualifies IMHO) then I've got a 12-year-old car that I don't mind getting dinged, and I figure I've got the "right" to park 1/2 inch away from their doors and crawl out through the windows.

sam21fire

Sorry for this... but what's "JAM"?

Sam

Sammyboy

Jack Ass Motorist.

Nicodemus

AWESOME

chevy42083

Helmet cam time.

As for trucks parking jammed against the curb. Maybe they know they are big, and are giving as much room as possible to the other side. I drive a small truck, but i often back up till my rear tires hit, and have my fronts cranked till they touch the curb... I'm not big, but I wanna give as much room as possible to avoid dings/scrapes.

I agree about driving the vehicle you own. Anyone can park/drive the little corolla, cavalier, etc that the drivers ed school uses.

noisebeam

Well after making a bad choice to turn in front of you, maybe they made a better choice to crash into the sign to save your ass. The alternate could have been to stop suddenly right across your path.

Al

SDRider

That would have been worth stopping and taking a pic of with a cell phone camera. If for no other reason than to piss off the driver even more.

SingingSabre 

The whole of this thread, imho, can be surmised with the sentence "If you can't drive it, park it. If you can't park it, burn it."