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From: Marengo, Iowa
Well, I have been able to avoid accidents many many times by being able to read waht a driver is doing and anticipate what they will do next... Speeding I don't believe in itself is the safety risk, but speeding in traffic to where you are really passing a lot of people can be, it depends on the situation. If you are going the speed limit, and everyone around you is blasting past, you are unfortuately causing a safety risk. It isn't as cut and dried as speed limit alone... you have to go the speed that the conditions dictate, whether it is road conditions or traffic conditions.
That all being said, I feel I at least rate an 8, as I watch well ahead of my position to see what is going on so I can be ready for trouble if it comes. I wait until I feel a safe opening comes in traffic to either pass or enter the roadway. I will not pass if I do not have the visibility I want to feel that there is without a doubt no traffic coming. Uphill passes are one of my absolutely not's, as there is too many times there was someone just over the crest. I have a little bit of a habit of looking off the road once in a while, but I don't look too long, unless there is no traffic at all.
That all being said, I feel I at least rate an 8, as I watch well ahead of my position to see what is going on so I can be ready for trouble if it comes. I wait until I feel a safe opening comes in traffic to either pass or enter the roadway. I will not pass if I do not have the visibility I want to feel that there is without a doubt no traffic coming. Uphill passes are one of my absolutely not's, as there is too many times there was someone just over the crest. I have a little bit of a habit of looking off the road once in a while, but I don't look too long, unless there is no traffic at all.
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From: China Grove, TX
hehe, DT, i like your train of thought. i'm about the same i guess. when my gals with me, i'm super careful, when she's not, i'm pretty careful. can you have an arm around her and shift lefthanded? oh yeah.... the other day "good job shifting left handed, i'm impressed". granted, its not super safe, but at 3 am when theres not anybody on the road, its ok.
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From: South Texas
Probably about a 7. There is a horrible intersection that I have to cross everytime I leave my home. I've prevented about 6 accidents in the last couple of years because I know there are a bunch of morons that don't know how to deal with that intersection. I've only been in 1 accident about 3 yrs ago and since then I will NOT HESITATE to lay on the horn if I even think someone is about to do something stupid.
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From: Montreal Canada
i don't speed, keep plenty of distance between me and the car ahead, even did the brakes on my escort just yesterday. i'd have to say at least a 7 maybe an 8. riding wtih my friend's girlfriend last weekend was an absolute nightmare. she only knows how to stomp on the gas and the brakes. she also tailgates the car in front of her and passes where she can't see. it is a miracle they come back in one piece every week.
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From: Montreal Canada
oh yeah i definitely use the horn when i'm driving and there's morons on the road. it gets me the number of people who change lanes without bothering to check. personally i think we'd have a lot fewer accidents if instead of tickets we just impounded your car for a week and you had to take the bus instead of paying a ticket.
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From: Adams TN
Well red, don't have that problem, she usually wants to shift when she's with me. So i let her, but with my truck it's a granny box, is start in 2nd which takes me to 10 mph, 3rd takes me to 20-25, 4th the rest of the way, so it's not much shifting. so i'm able to to keep my arm around her for a good amount of time.
When i'm shifting i usually rest my arm on her leg, till i get to 4th, then it goes around her shoulders.
She's a 6 about cause she doesn't really drive that much. I have faith in her to become close to an 8 if she practiced alittle more.
I let her drive my truck sometimes, that's when i sit in the middle!!!
DT
When i'm shifting i usually rest my arm on her leg, till i get to 4th, then it goes around her shoulders.
She's a 6 about cause she doesn't really drive that much. I have faith in her to become close to an 8 if she practiced alittle more.
I let her drive my truck sometimes, that's when i sit in the middle!!!
DT
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From: China Grove, TX
yeah, my gal don't have her license yet (no need for it yet), but next time she's here in Texas (she just left for back home to Oregon this afternoon) i'm gonna teach her to drive my Powerstroke. i told her it slots of fun to drive and a complete baby. let the cluth out in 1st and it rolls forever.
she loves my truck though. powerstroke with straight pipe and twin 5 inch stacks and i quote her words: "its loud, but not loud enough"
she loves my truck though. powerstroke with straight pipe and twin 5 inch stacks and i quote her words: "its loud, but not loud enough"
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From: Adams TN
Ha, you got a sweetheart. Mine loves my 3" straight pipe. I just can't wait to see what she say's when i Stack the 92-94 IDI 4x4 i'm getting next summer to drive while i restore the 85' .
I told her just put it in 2nd and dump the clutch, it worked.
I told her jokingly i'd sell my 85' to her and no one else, If i ever sold it, she told me her dad would give my 5k for it. I had to break her heart and tell her if she wants that truck she's gotta be with me for the long run, cause that's the only way she'll be able to get it, I ain't selling it.
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I told her just put it in 2nd and dump the clutch, it worked.
I told her jokingly i'd sell my 85' to her and no one else, If i ever sold it, she told me her dad would give my 5k for it. I had to break her heart and tell her if she wants that truck she's gotta be with me for the long run, cause that's the only way she'll be able to get it, I ain't selling it.
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From: California Desert
Compared to my dad, I'm a 6. Compared to my friends I'm an 8. I drive however the conditions allow, from "seemingly" reckless (I never exceed my or my vehicle's limits) to straight as an arrow. I have a lot more driving experience than all of my friends and it always astounds them what I can make a vehicle do. I'm not 100% safe though. I do have one accident (my fault) about 7 years ago. $3000 worth of damage to a Toyota Camry. Fixed my Toyota pickup for $50 in parts at the junk yard and $10 in paint.
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From: Southern Louisiana
Are you a cautious driver, or sometimes careless and speed?
Speeding I don't believe in itself is the safety risk, but speeding in traffic to where you are really passing a lot of people can be, it depends on the situation. If you are going the speed limit, and everyone around you is blasting past, you are unfortuately causing a safety risk.