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08/23/08: Stupid Drivers
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01/18/07: Stupid Drivers
A Chicago-area couple began the New Year by racking up an impressive $1,400 in speeding tickets.
Piotr Pac, 21, of Prospect Heights, Ill., had just gone to sleep after some late-night New Year's Eve partying when his girlfriend called at 4 a.m., the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel reports. Emilia A. Goralczyk, 18, of neighboring Mount Prospect, Ill., was at a party where she'd just had a fight with a friend. Being the chivalrous type, Pac offered to come pick her up — 180 miles away in Wisconsin Dells, Wis.
"I would do everything for her," he told the newspaper. But Pac's mission of mercy had to be executed quickly. He had exactly six hours to get to Wisconsin Dells and back — 360 miles round-trip — before he was due for work at Nordstrom Rack at 10 a.m.
So he got onto Interstate 90 and put the pedal of his 2004 Nissan Altima to the metal, and boy did the Wisconsin state police notice.
At 5:59 a.m., Pac was pulled over for doing 100 mph just north of the Illinois state line.
At 6:56 a.m., he was nailed doing 84 mph halfway between Madison and Wisconsin Dells.
At 7:28 a.m., the blue meanies busted Pac-Man for doing 77 mph in Sauk County, just outside Wisconsin Dells.
The Altima was pulled over a fourth time that morning, at 9:08 a.m., just north of Madison — but this time it was Goralczyk who was driving as Pac took a nap.
She proved to be even more of a speed demon than her boyfriend, clocking in at 108 mph.
"I don't even go that fast with the [emergency] lights on, unless it's a real bad emergency," said State Trooper Thomas Licari, who had just been joking with colleagues on the radio about being the next to pull over the Altima when Goralczyk went zipping by.
Total cost of the speeding tickets: $1,393, of which Pac is liable for $902, Goralczyk for $491.
Pac took it in stride. Informed Jan. 12 by the Journal-Sentinel that it was doing a story on his speeding spree, his first reaction was to whoop, "I'm famous!" He did hope his parents wouldn't find out, especially since his father put the car under his own name after Pac's insurance premiums came to $6,000 per year.
"My father kicked my ass" after an even more recent ticket in Illinois, he said, "so I can't tell him about this stuff in Wisconsin." Pac maintained that he's safe at any speed, having been driving in his native Poland since — he claims — the mature age of 9. Nevertheless, he's had to hire lawyers several times to fight his many traffic tickets and license suspensions. "You have to have an exciting life," he told the newspaper, "because [otherwise] life is boring."
Piotr Pac, 21, of Prospect Heights, Ill., had just gone to sleep after some late-night New Year's Eve partying when his girlfriend called at 4 a.m., the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel reports. Emilia A. Goralczyk, 18, of neighboring Mount Prospect, Ill., was at a party where she'd just had a fight with a friend. Being the chivalrous type, Pac offered to come pick her up — 180 miles away in Wisconsin Dells, Wis.
"I would do everything for her," he told the newspaper. But Pac's mission of mercy had to be executed quickly. He had exactly six hours to get to Wisconsin Dells and back — 360 miles round-trip — before he was due for work at Nordstrom Rack at 10 a.m.
So he got onto Interstate 90 and put the pedal of his 2004 Nissan Altima to the metal, and boy did the Wisconsin state police notice.
At 5:59 a.m., Pac was pulled over for doing 100 mph just north of the Illinois state line.
At 6:56 a.m., he was nailed doing 84 mph halfway between Madison and Wisconsin Dells.
At 7:28 a.m., the blue meanies busted Pac-Man for doing 77 mph in Sauk County, just outside Wisconsin Dells.
The Altima was pulled over a fourth time that morning, at 9:08 a.m., just north of Madison — but this time it was Goralczyk who was driving as Pac took a nap.
She proved to be even more of a speed demon than her boyfriend, clocking in at 108 mph.
"I don't even go that fast with the [emergency] lights on, unless it's a real bad emergency," said State Trooper Thomas Licari, who had just been joking with colleagues on the radio about being the next to pull over the Altima when Goralczyk went zipping by.
Total cost of the speeding tickets: $1,393, of which Pac is liable for $902, Goralczyk for $491.
Pac took it in stride. Informed Jan. 12 by the Journal-Sentinel that it was doing a story on his speeding spree, his first reaction was to whoop, "I'm famous!" He did hope his parents wouldn't find out, especially since his father put the car under his own name after Pac's insurance premiums came to $6,000 per year.
"My father kicked my ass" after an even more recent ticket in Illinois, he said, "so I can't tell him about this stuff in Wisconsin." Pac maintained that he's safe at any speed, having been driving in his native Poland since — he claims — the mature age of 9. Nevertheless, he's had to hire lawyers several times to fight his many traffic tickets and license suspensions. "You have to have an exciting life," he told the newspaper, "because [otherwise] life is boring."
11/30/06: Stupid Drivers
TAMPA, Fla. -- Tampa officials said a drunk driver rammed into police headquarters overnight, causing $5,000 in damage to a pillar.
Christopher Jones apparently crashed into the building, causing the pillar the crack. He refused to get out of the car, wrapping his arms around the steering wheel before officers tried forcing him out and eventually shot him with a stun gun.
Jones was charged with DUI and resisting arrest without violence.
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Christopher Jones apparently crashed into the building, causing the pillar the crack. He refused to get out of the car, wrapping his arms around the steering wheel before officers tried forcing him out and eventually shot him with a stun gun.
Jones was charged with DUI and resisting arrest without violence.
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02/24/06: Stupid Drivers
My boyfriend and I were speeding down this highway, when all of a sudden, this women in front of us COMPLETELY STOPS!! She just slammed on her brakes and just STOPPED! My boyfriend had to slam on his brakes, so we wouldn't go crashing into her, the people behind us had to slam on their brakes to not crash in to us, etc... Turns out this lady just missed her exit.....so, like any NORMAL PERSON would do, she slammed the brakes...waited a couple of seconds...and slowly proceeded to back up until she got to her exit, then slowly maneuver her car to turn towards her exit....then took her exit.....all this on a highway...all this with about 50 cars just totally silent with shock and amazement at this woman's total stupidity!!!
02/20/06: Stupid Drivers
One night I was on my way to a meeting on campus, the quickest way to get there is usually a rather congested commercial road with many traffic lights and businesses (but still the most direct). I must have left home about 2 minutes too late because I found myself stuck behind an 18-wheeler with a long line of cars slowly building behind me. Alright no big deal, so I'll be a few minutes late. Well the guy was going about 15 in a 35 zone (sometimes speeding up on the inclines), but I figured he'd get off when the commercial section ended and the road ran through a wooded farmland area. Much to my chagrin the trucker went right on through towards campus. We reached the first turn and he slowed down to about 7 miles an hour to navigate it (the turn is sharp, but the lanes are very wide). As no one was coming toward me, I decided to quickly and neatly pass the rig. He slowed down a little more for me and I passed with no hesitation, giving a friendly wave out my window! . I look back, expecting to find similar responses from the motorists behind me, but instead they sat complacently behind the truck, crawling at just under 7 miles per hour in a 35 zone!! I saw no other cars for the next 2 miles in the oncoming lane, and when I stopped at the next stop sign, I looked back to see absolutely no other headlights coming down the road, THEY WERE STILL BEHIND THE TRUCK!! Morons!
02/19/06: Stupid Drivers
I was driving home from work, and of course, it was rush hour. I had a little old lady driving in front of me, and everyone was driving fast. Then another driver came down the on ramp to merge with the traffic. This lady in front of me slams on her brakes and comes to a complete stop (on the expressway)in order to let the other driver in. Everyone behind her had to slam on there breaks in order to keep from hitting each other. This lady just sat there for at least thirty seconds. The guy who was trying to merge looked terrified to get on the road after seeing what was happening, but the lady wasn't about to move. One guy gets out of his car (sense we were all stopped) and yells at her to go "before he goes over there and beats her for being stupid." Then, another driver yells out that he will help the other guy beat this poor little old lady. Terrified, she took off (after sitting there blocking both lanes of traffic) and gets off at the first off ramp.
02/04/06: Stupid Drivers
Here in the Norfolk, VA area we have a pair of H.O.V. (Carpool) lanes that run in the middle of the freeway (i.e. 3 east bound, 2 H.O.V. and 3 west bound lanes). These lanes are separated from the rest of traffic by a concrete barrier and the traffic direction can be changed to run either east or west depending on the amount of traffic. Each end of these lanes have a set of six drop down barricades similar to those used at railroad crossings to keep opposing traffic from entering the HOV lanes. There have been three instances where people have been driving the wrong way on the HOV lanes killing themselves and/or others.
The first was an Alzheimers patient that decided to enter the HOV and travel the wrong direction at one of the openings designed to allow emergency vehicles to enter.
The second was two days later when a drunk motorcyclist decided to make a U-turn after he had gotten onto the HOV lanes. He was killed when he was thrown off an overpass and landed on the freeway below.
The third was from a 70 year old who after smashing his way through the first 3 barricades, and carefully maneuvering around the other three, killing not only himself but the innocent driver that he hit.
The first was an Alzheimers patient that decided to enter the HOV and travel the wrong direction at one of the openings designed to allow emergency vehicles to enter.
The second was two days later when a drunk motorcyclist decided to make a U-turn after he had gotten onto the HOV lanes. He was killed when he was thrown off an overpass and landed on the freeway below.
The third was from a 70 year old who after smashing his way through the first 3 barricades, and carefully maneuvering around the other three, killing not only himself but the innocent driver that he hit.
01/25/06: Stupid Drivers
I used to vacation with a few friends at a cottage in northern Ontario. The morning of this particular tale we set off at about 8 a.m.; four of us traveling in our own cars, loaded up with the necessary baggage and food for our stay. Three of us arrive at the cottage at about the same time, having made the trip in just over an hour and a half, but our friend Gus is conspicuously missing. Just after noon he rolls up in his shiny new point-of-pride, a CRX.
He casually gets out of his car to a round of questions, everyone wanting to know what'd taken him so long.
He replies "What do you expect, guys, this is a brand new car," which we're apparently supposed to take as sufficient explanation. Of course we ask him to elaborate; so he obliges....
"No, I didn't stop for anything, I just drove slower." Why? "Well, you know that if you drive slower you'll put less mileage on your car, don't you?"
Yes, folks, he *was* serious, and was even offended at our doubting his radical speed/distance theory. He went on to explain, exasperated at our stupidity in the face of reason, "When you're driving, just look at your odometer, first when you're driving around town, and then look at it again when you're on the highway. You've gotta notice that the odometer rolls a hell of a lot faster when you're go'n' 60 or 70 m.p.h."
It took us hours to convince him that he was not saving any mileage driving slower. We needed maps, rulers, calculators -- it took every resource we could pool, even a demonstration, to make him believe us. But I still think Gus is out there, somewhere, driving around at half the speed limit....
He casually gets out of his car to a round of questions, everyone wanting to know what'd taken him so long.
He replies "What do you expect, guys, this is a brand new car," which we're apparently supposed to take as sufficient explanation. Of course we ask him to elaborate; so he obliges....
"No, I didn't stop for anything, I just drove slower." Why? "Well, you know that if you drive slower you'll put less mileage on your car, don't you?"
Yes, folks, he *was* serious, and was even offended at our doubting his radical speed/distance theory. He went on to explain, exasperated at our stupidity in the face of reason, "When you're driving, just look at your odometer, first when you're driving around town, and then look at it again when you're on the highway. You've gotta notice that the odometer rolls a hell of a lot faster when you're go'n' 60 or 70 m.p.h."
It took us hours to convince him that he was not saving any mileage driving slower. We needed maps, rulers, calculators -- it took every resource we could pool, even a demonstration, to make him believe us. But I still think Gus is out there, somewhere, driving around at half the speed limit....
01/22/06: Stupid Drivers
I used to vacation with a few friends at a cottage in northern Ontario. The morning of this particular tale we set off at about 8 a.m.; four of us traveling in our own cars, loaded up with the necessary baggage and food for our stay. Three of us arrive at the cottage at about the same time, having made the trip in just over an hour and a half, but our friend Gus is conspicuously missing. Just after noon he rolls up in his shiny new point-of-pride, a CRX.
He casually gets out of his car to a round of questions, everyone wanting to know what'd taken him so long.
He replies "What do you expect, guys, this is a brand new car," which we're apparently supposed to take as sufficient explanation. Of course we ask him to elaborate; so he obliges....
"No, I didn't stop for anything, I just drove slower." Why? "Well, you know that if you drive slower you'll put less mileage on your car, don't you?"
Yes, folks, he *was* serious, and was even offended at our doubting his radical speed/distance theory. He went on to explain, exasperated at our stupidity in the face of reason, "When you're driving, just look at your odometer, first when you're driving around town, and then look at it again when you're on the highway. You've gotta notice that the odometer rolls a hell of a lot faster when you're go'n' 60 or 70 m.p.h."
It took us hours to convince him that he was not saving any mileage driving slower. We needed maps, rulers, calculators -- it took every resource we could pool, even a demonstration, to make him believe us. But I still think Gus is out there, somewhere, driving around at half the speed limit....
He casually gets out of his car to a round of questions, everyone wanting to know what'd taken him so long.
He replies "What do you expect, guys, this is a brand new car," which we're apparently supposed to take as sufficient explanation. Of course we ask him to elaborate; so he obliges....
"No, I didn't stop for anything, I just drove slower." Why? "Well, you know that if you drive slower you'll put less mileage on your car, don't you?"
Yes, folks, he *was* serious, and was even offended at our doubting his radical speed/distance theory. He went on to explain, exasperated at our stupidity in the face of reason, "When you're driving, just look at your odometer, first when you're driving around town, and then look at it again when you're on the highway. You've gotta notice that the odometer rolls a hell of a lot faster when you're go'n' 60 or 70 m.p.h."
It took us hours to convince him that he was not saving any mileage driving slower. We needed maps, rulers, calculators -- it took every resource we could pool, even a demonstration, to make him believe us. But I still think Gus is out there, somewhere, driving around at half the speed limit....
