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NashVegas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-23-04 07:16 PM
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Poll question: Who Are the Biggest Twits On the Road
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terrya Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-23-04 07:19 PM
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1. There is NO fucking excuse to own a Hummer. Pardon my language.
I'm seeing more and more of these rolling gas hogs in CHICAGO, for Christ's sake. Yep...let's send our servicemen and women overseas to get killed just so some assholes can buy a Hummer to compensate for their tiny penises.

Terry
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NashVegas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-23-04 07:26 PM
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2. You Know What's Odd
Most of the Hummers I see in the Nashville area are driven by very young women. Go figure.

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slackmaster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-23-04 07:33 PM
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6. I agree nobody needs one but if I was filthy rich I'd probably buy one
Not an H2 either.

And I'd buy a big ol' honkin' boat too.
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FreeperSlayer Donating Member (666 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-24-04 06:32 AM
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8. Hell yes!
I've never understood it either.
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greatauntoftriplets Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-24-04 09:48 AM
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10. I saw a purple Hummer in Lincolnwood a week ago.
Sort of dispels the macho image.
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Terwilliger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-24-04 01:49 PM
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19. That's America
do you expect it to change?
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alwynsw Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-24-04 03:32 PM
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24. It depends on your location and need.
A rancher in Montana can justify a Hummer. Folks in parts of the world can justify them because of weather, roads - or lack thereof - and terrain.

For urban types, the only justification is "I want it".

But then, "I want it" is good enough for me. I drive an Escalade.
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TheMightyFavog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-23-04 07:29 PM
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3. Any Wisconsinite will tell you that
Illinois drivers are the worst!
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ScreamingMeemie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-24-04 12:30 PM
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16. True that! They are horrid..
:hi:
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Skittles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-24-04 03:43 PM
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27. HEY !!! THIS FIB RESENTS THAT !!!
JUST BECAUSE YOU GUYS HAVE BETTER ROADS !!!
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CrownPrinceBandar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-23-04 07:32 PM
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4. This guy's a twit....
Edited on Fri Jan-23-04 07:34 PM by foamdad
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bubblesby2002 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-23-04 07:32 PM
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5. You all should make your way to Victoria
This is the land of retirees. And most of the time when you are behind one, all you can see is a hat. No point yellin at them either, cuz they can't hear you. No point flippin them off becuz they can't see you either. I know I'll be one someday but man, on a day like today - when its raining- they can't get up past 20 mph!
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Mikimouse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-23-04 08:01 PM
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7. Any Driver from Mass....
a brief ride down the southeast expressway at any time of the day will provide ample evidence.:crazy:
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beawr Donating Member (358 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-24-04 09:37 AM
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9. Can't stand the Masshole drivers (n/t)
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NashVegas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-24-04 11:33 AM
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12. You Have No Idea
The one difference between a Mass. driver and a Tennessee driver: a MA driver will occasionally accept defeat.
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Kathy in Cambridge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-24-04 11:46 AM
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14. As a Masshole driver, I agree
There are no road rules here, which makes driving in Europe a breeze. I scared the crap out of the Parisian drivers when I was there.

We spend most of our time sitting in traffic so when we finally have an open road, watch out!

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Bertha Venation Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-24-04 09:50 AM
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11. Other, no matter what they're driving: NASCAR fans.
:grr:

I swear, my next bumper sticker will read

BACK OFF -- THIS ISN'T NASCAR
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NashVegas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-24-04 11:36 AM
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13. About the Big White Trucks
This is a recent phenomena I've noticed in the Nashville area. Even more than SUV drivers, this particular vehicle seems to house a disproportionately large amount of people who believe cutting people off is not just a privilege, but a duty.

There must be a sale price for assholes.
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Robb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-24-04 12:26 PM
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15. As a Colorado pass driver....
I have to nominate the people in the little Mazdas (or similar) with the lawnmower engines who dawdle at 40 mph in the left lane as they go up the pass.
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booradleyjr Donating Member (44 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-24-04 12:32 PM
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17. little japanese cars with loud mufflers, lots of stickers and an airfoil
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KTM Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-24-04 01:08 PM
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18. And Cellphone-to-the-ear drivers
Edited on Sat Jan-24-04 01:09 PM by KTM
If you have to use one, use an earpiece and keep your hands free. dont make outgoing calls - if you have to pull over - the buttons are too damn small and you just end up weaving all over into my lane. Better yet, shut up and drive !

Also makeup-appliers and readers... recently i was behind a woman doing her makeup while doing 65... weaving all over. And a man reading the newspaper on his steering wheel. A cop drove right by Miss Makeup and didn't even blink - they bopth should be pulled over and fined, IMHO.

Finally, passive-agreesive drivers who wont move back into the slow lane when they see me coming up behind them. I am a rear-view driver.. I seldomly, if ever, get tailgated, because if I see you coming up behind me faster than I am travelling, I move aside and let you by. I don't know why, but here in the South the old flash-of-the-lights doesn't get people to move - it just pisses them off, and they get angry at ME... but still dont move into the slow lane. (Yes, I'm only talking about highway driving - I have a 23 mile commute down the highway every day.)
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Lydia Leftcoast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-24-04 02:42 PM
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20. I picked "generic SUV drivers" because
I've never actually seen a Hummer on the road, although I have seen them parked on the street.
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Iris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-24-04 06:53 PM
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28. Not only that, but the SUV owners don't even know how offensive they are
They're just following the crowd or keeping up with the Joneses or blindly believing SUVs are "safer".
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wyldwolf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-24-04 02:49 PM
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21. Florida drivers
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RebelOne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-24-04 03:34 PM
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25. Yes, especially South Florida drivers.
After living in Georgia for 13 years and going back to to So. Florida for a visit, I found that So. Florida motorists drive too slow. I have been living in the Atlanta area and no one goes the speed limit. If they do, they tie up traffic.
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Redleg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-24-04 02:52 PM
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22. SUV or Van-driving people gabbing on the cellphone.
They are the friggin worst because they aren't paying attention and they have poor visibility due to the design of their vehicles.
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markses Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-24-04 02:54 PM
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23. Assholes who put their turn signals on after they break for the turn
Hey, ASSHOLE: I don't care where you're fucking going; I need to know when to break. Dickwads.
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Skittles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-24-04 03:41 PM
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26. slow drivers
they are a f***ing menace
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Endangered Specie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-24-04 06:58 PM
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29. People who stop in the merge lane...
People who uturn without yielding
People who dont use their blinkers. Or use them <.25 seconds before turning.
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