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alarimer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-12-07 07:12 PM
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I was almost run over at the grocery store
Asshole in a Mustang was driving about 30 mph in the area closest to the store where a lot of people were walking. I was in the crosswalk (Hello, pedestrian crossing here!) and luckily for me I was pushing a cart in front of me so she would have hit that. Came very close though. I couldn't tell if she was talking on a cell phone or not. Another ignorant asshole allowed to drive.
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graywarrior Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-12-07 07:14 PM
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1. In Florida, you can get killed by a shopping cart in a supermarket aisle pushed by old people.
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alarimer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-12-07 07:28 PM
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3. Do they even move fast enough to hurt you?
Watch out for the ones on the scooters though.
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graywarrior Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-12-07 08:35 PM
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6. They're menaces. Killers. Serial cart murderers.
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Parche Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-12-07 07:36 PM
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5. elderly people
That is when they have to get home quick because they have the hit and runs...........
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cwydro Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-12-07 11:03 PM
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8. Tell it honey!
Edited on Fri Jan-12-07 11:03 PM by cwydro
You speak the truth!
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Haole Girl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-12-07 07:16 PM
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2. At the risk of offending anyone who owns a Mustang...
...they are usually the *worst* drivers in the world! If I owned an auto insurance company, I would refuse to even insure them. :grr:
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alarimer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-12-07 07:31 PM
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4. Sports car drivers in general
I never knew anyone who owned a Mustang so I couldn't say but I know people who own other sports cars.

I think that might be partly why insurance rates for those cars are higher.

Around here, Mustangs are mostly driven by college students although i don't think this person was.
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nytemare Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-12-07 11:09 PM
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9. I drive a Mustang.
:D

And I will yell at people speeding through parking lots or not stopping at crosswalks. I think a lot of people have no recognicion that other people actually exist. They just don't care. It is sad.

I admit, on the freeways I pick it up a bit, but I do not cut people off, or ride up on people's bumpers. Now, in neighborhoods, school zones, and parking lots, that is no place to be driving fast. I give the evil eye when people drive through my neighborhood fast. People are walking their dogs, and children play.

I suppose as far as owning a Mustang, I try not to be the cliche.
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Haole Girl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-12-07 11:13 PM
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12. Yeah...it was wrong of me to generalize...
....sorry. :hug:
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nytemare Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-12-07 11:18 PM
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14. I think we all generalize.
I think all people with buzzbomb mufflers are assholes. They may not be, but I wonder why they want a car that sounds like a swarm of bees in a leaf blower that you can hear from a mile away, even if it is only going 35 mph.

Of course, they may not all be assholes, but I still wonder.

:hi:
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Ptah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-12-07 11:11 PM
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11. .
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Rosemary2205 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-12-07 11:24 PM
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15. sorry but the worst drivers on the planet are thin tall blonds in Hummers
Escalades, Explosions, or whatever the hell those gynormous SUV's are -- especially the one's with "my child is" stickers on um. Every time it's a mom going forward above the safe speed limit, on the phone and turning all the way around in the seat to swat at the kids all at the same time.

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bullwinkle428 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-12-07 10:49 PM
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7. GIANT pet peeve - anyone that speeds through parking lots!
I was T-boned in a huge way by a young punk in a small pickup in a parking lot when I was driving in the "main artery" of the lot. He was coming from one of the "parking lanes", so I had the right of way. Little punk was claiming I was speeding, but his insurnace ended up paying for the damage - good thing...I was driving my (at the time) wife's car, and she was PISSED at the kid!
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Roon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-12-07 11:11 PM
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10. People are in such a hurry, especially at the grocery store.
I have no idea why.
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SPKrazy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-12-07 11:15 PM
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13. Asshole driver!
damn that makes me mad

in a parking lot.

I've been almost hit a couple of times myself crossing where I was supposed to.
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