Hi, I am a Gig Harbor resident who is concerned about the lack of attention to the law. At an intersection just down the road from my house, and 2 schools, is a 4 way stop that no one seems to obey. (Unless they have to!) I have reported it to police and had an interview (shown below) on KIRO news 7 following a skateboarder accident that happened right in front of my eyes two weeks ago. I made this You Tube video comical so that it hopefully gets some attention. Please share it with those who would find it funny or those who could help it get greater exposure. The video is a 4 way stop where 25 cars blow the stop signs in 3 minutes. You HAVE to watch it to appreciate it. Hope you like it, it took quite a few hours to make. Thanks, A concerned resident ~prefer not to have my name involved~ MY VIDEO: http://youtu.be/dWjpCk_2dLY

Looses her parking garage ticket and refuses to pay the full fee.  Holds up the entire line for 1 hour until they open up another booth!  This bitch is crazy!!!   She just locks herself in her car and has no consideration for others!  If you loose your ticket, you pay full price.  Who do you think you are, holding up everyone else because you are too CHEAP to pay your fine!

CT License plate 297 ZBW 

The Beijing Auto Show got the very first look at the BMW i8 Spyder in the flesh. The i8, BMW's gorgeous mid-engine, plug-in hybrid sports car, is set to debut in 2014, with the convertible following in 2016. With the right auto loan financing, you may be able to snatch up an i8 Spyder pretty quickly.

Mission of the car

The “i” series is something BMW has been working on to be able to get some “green” vehicles on the road. BMW announced last year that there were two vehicles being worked on specifically. There was the i8 and the i3. The i3 was a compact electric city car, and the i8 was a sports vehicle that was a plug-in hybrid. The look of the i8 will get it sold pretty quickly.

The rear wheels of the i8, according to the Chicago Tribune, are powered by a mid-mounted 223-horsepower turbocharged three-cylinder motor and a 131-horsepower electric motor drives the front wheels, giving it 354 horsepower and 0 to 62 miles per hour time of five seconds.

The i8 Spyder is the convertible version of the vehicle that was announced. The Beijing Auto Show showed the way the automobile looks, according to USA Today, although there were only sketches released for a while.

Comes with an eDrive badge

According to MotorAuthority, the i8 Spyder in Beijing had an “eDrive” badge on it. Whether a vehicle is electric or plug-in hybrid does not matter; any vehicle with electric drive-train technology will be designated an eDrive automobile. The BMW electric 1 series also got the badge.

The coupe edition of the i8, according to AutoCar, is going to be a 2-plus-2, as it will have a rear seat. The Spyder will come as a roadster. It isn’t known what form of removable roof it will get, but AutoCar reports that it will come as a targa top with removable carbon fiber panels. The concept also has an indentation on the rear engine cover, which is said to be a storage compartment for the roof panels.

[Be not afraid; car loan finance is a cinch]

The Spyder will be released two years after the i8. The i8 is prepared to go on sale in early 2014 after production begins in 2013.

Find out more

The i8 and i8 Spyder will have a top speed of 155 miles per hour on them. This will be a limit put to the automobile. The i8 is not heavy at all, according to MotorAuthority, with a weight of around 3,200 pounds.

The gas motor will not kick in until 20 miles, which is the range of the electric part of the automobile. If a driver wants all wheel drive, they can do that and use electric and fuel at the same time. It is unknown what the gas mileage is, but it is anticipated to be around 94 miles per gallon, according to AutoCar.

The vehi-cle will cost at least $150,000, which makes it very costly.



Sources

Chicago Tribune

USA Today

Motor Authority

AutoCar: http://www.autocar.co.uk/News/NewsArticle.aspx?AR=262052

MotorAuthority: http://www.motorauthority.com/news/1074789_bmw-i8-spyder-to-enter-production-two-years-after-coupe-report

This driver was inept beyond any hope of measurement.  He pulled his appliance out directly in front of me, running a stop sign in the process, cutting me off.  Lucky for both of us, I was ready for him, anticipated his titanically inept driving, and avoided trouble.  I flicked the high beams at him and honked, but he was in la la land - utterly oblivious.

Once I rolled up behind this nitwit, I saw what one of his additional problems was, besides being a Camry driver in the first place.  The damn fool had his phone mounted on the windshield, directly in front of his fool face, playing a video.

Somebody is going to get Darwin'd by this idiot; fortunately it wasn't me.  Only a truly monumental ass watches videos on their phone, at night, with the display directly in their line of sight, while driving.

I noticed the in memory of "Brenda M. Greene" decal on the rear window of BMG-ANGL due to it being inches from the front passenger side of my car, as he attempted to change lanes with no signal and no room to do so. I honked my horn and slammed on my brakes, this jerk than finishes cutting me off and charges ahead. No less than a minute later he slams on the brakes and swerves into the left lane to go around a car that was turning right in front of him. Again no turn signal or a glance in the mirror, he almost hit someone else. He than precedes to turn right onto a side street a 1/2 mile down the road. Three times he should have used a turn signal, twice he almost killed and/or injured someone or some car to make it ONE MILE DOWN THE BLOODY ROAD!!! What in the heck is wrong with the drivers in the Northern Virginia, DC, Maryland area. You get home no faster than I do and yet you drive like lunatics and no one uses their turn signals for anything. I hate driving here, you should all have your licenses revoked, for the turn signal thing alone.

This Guy has a real problem, tryed to run me off the road.
Called 911 and gave them his plate number UWW-39Y new jersey plate.
Coming out of Dover he is behind me, and I was a little confused with the flow of trafic, I live in PA, Now I know why!! He gave me a toot on the horn and I stuck my hand out and gave him a wave as to say I'm doing my best, Not the finger!!
As I get on rt15 going north this guy decides hes going to pass me on the right and then proceeds to push me off the road in Friday bumper to bumper traffic and he is waving out the window!! I called 911 gave his plate and location. Not sure if they caught up with this A hole but I'm not done.
 

 i'm driving along route 28 northbound and as i'm coming towards mclearen road (still light out from daylight savings 7pmish).  not much traffic and there's a grey range rover license plate 27202z that is zig-zagging all over the road.  i notice him like 500 feet from me and my natural state of mind from seeing something like that is: what the fudge?

anyways, i keep plugging along not paying attention to it.  mind you, i am speeding a bit, going 73mph, but i am in the fast lane and i never tail-gate and i slow down when necessary.  with that in mind all of a sudden i see this grey range rover come alongside my car in the middle lane, while i'm in the fast lane for about 15 seconds.  glaring at me with his sunglasses he decides to put a cap on at that moment and cover some of his face and then starts drifting towards my lane, so i start to slow down.  one point he's ahead of me, the next he's behind me flashing his lights at me.  i have no idea what to expect.  after this he goes in front of me again and i speed a little bit to catch him so i can get his license plate.  after that he hauls @$$ out of there before i can let 9-1-1.  he didn't break any traffic laws besides the speeding.

my whole point out of all this is: african-american ~45years-old, exercise some caution when around this driver.

  Asshole cuts across lanes without looking, runs me into guardrail and doesn't stop. When I catch him at a light coming off the highway, he looks at me as though I'm crazy and he has no idea what he's done wrong!!!!!

NOT SURE IF THIS IS THE CASE IN YOUR STATE BUT SOME IN THE EASTERN HALF OF THE COUNTRY MIGHT RELATE TO THIS......WHENEVER THERE'S TO BE A DUI/SEATBELT CHECK POINT IN THE AREA THERE'S USUALLY A PRESS RELEASE OR ARTICLE IN THE LOCAL NEWSPAPER ANNOUNCING THE LOCATION AND TIMES....PERSONALLY I THINK IT'S NEAT....BUT DOESN'T IT DEFEAT THE PURPOSE....

Many people, including a good percentage of those who post on this very site.

  Why is it so difficult for drivers to use their turn signals?? Is it just laziness, being too cool or just not aware of the rules of the road. It makes the other drivers aware of your intentions and they will most likely allow you to change lanes or turn, without jamming on the horn, giving you a dirty look or flashing the universal salute with the middle finger. Now I'm sure you've already witnessed this already... but it's not just being done by us poor commuters who enjoy the daily grind of the road...nooooo, actually the folks that enforce the rules of the road are some of the worse culprits...I just saw today one of our highly respected boys in blue bobbing and weaving from lane to lane like he was boxing with Tyson...and yes, not once did he use his signals...what does that say to the rest of us...if BIG BLUE can "do it" in this case "not do it" why should I have to follow the rules, well, because you are a better driver, you were not the reason for an accident today, the car in front, behind, or at the side of you, knew your intentions and reacted appropriately in order to get safely to their destination and so did you, more so, the young-man or young-lady in the car with you, saw the way you maneuvered the vehicle and uses your signals to indicate your intentions and they have learned a valuable lesson in the rules of the road and proper driver etiquette. Be safe and Arrive Alive.

 ONCE AGAIN THE SUBJECT OF 'RED LIGHT' CAMERAS HAS BEEN BROUGHT UP BY LOCAL GOVERNMENT....WHILE I CAN UNDERSTAND THE LOGIC IN AN OBVIOUS WAY, A PART OF ME STILL IS UNCOMFORTABLE WITH THIS TACTIC....ANYONE CARE TO WEIGH IN.....

Oncoming Ambulance. Driver in front of me and I both deciding whether it was safe to move to the right in case the ambulance needed to come to our side of the road. I start to move to the right - not even halfway out of my lane. OHANA 90 is behind me, guns it, pulls to the left (because I was in 1/2 the lane) and tries to pass me - you know, to get 10 feet further ahead. The ambulance turns. Neither the car in front or I need to continue the right merge. OHANA 90 Lays on his horn, stays right on my driver's side quarter panel and tries to force me into the right lane. I wouldn't go. I show him the siren signal with my index finger and he gives me the middle finger and is screaming like an idiot in his car. The rule is simple, you pull to the right for sirens and lights. Not try to pass everyone who's actually following the law. 

 ... but they don't!



It's amazing how quickly traffic comes to a standstill with even the lightest of dustings... end of last week for example, I94 had people going 25 in a 60 in the left lane, with no congestion, when it started snowing lightly... even by the time I got to work (it took almost an hour for a 15-mile trip) less than 1/16 of an inch had fallen.

Then this monday, we have maybe half an inch of snow and slush, and SOMEONE manages to spin out in the left lane despite moving with traffic at less than 10 mph... needless to say, traffic after that was going less than 5 mph and was stop and go for miles upstream of that idiot.

The day after, people were going 30 in a 60 despite the roads being completely clear and dry and having half a minute of following distance on the traffic ahead, as if the snow the day prior had given them some kind of post-traumatic stress disorder that made them incapable of operating a vehicle. They always like to drive matching speed across the road, too, so no one can pass them, causing traffic to stack up for miles.

This is Minnesota, one of the coldest, snowiest places in North America... driving in snow is not rocket science, and these people have no excuse for these shenanigans. They are not snow virgins. With the same road conditions as people are scared to go 15mph in a straight line, I have no trouble at all racing pylons in an empty lot, and when people are SOMEHOW managing to spin out doing 10 on the interstate, I can do 40 around a hairpin without losing control of my car. WHY are drivers here so obtuse? WHY can't they handle such a simple task as commuting to work in the snow? it boggles the mind!

P.S., snow tires should be compulsory between December and March for a Class D. Can't afford them? take a bus.

You can increase your bottom line by eliminating two things that most drivers don't use anymore.
First, there does not seem to be any reason to put ashtrays in vehicles, since most smokers just toss their butts (and ashes) out the window anyway.
Second, most vehicles don't need power steering.  I've encountered too many drivers going to the right curb lane to make a left turn, and vice versa.