Anybody else keep getting an error message while trying to log in? Happens about 80% of the time and goes to an "error" page.

I didn't get the plate since he turned away too quickly, but a motorcyclist at lunchtime today was behind 4 or 5 cars stopped at a red light where he wanted to turn left.  So what did he do?  He crossed the double yellow line and passed all the cars in the oncoming lane, staying to the right, stopped fully in the crosswalk in front of the lead car, and then turned left in front of the oncoming traffic the instant the light changed.

What a jackass.

Now this will be taken the wrong way by 90% of the cars out there and we have gone over this before...IT DOES NOT MEAN you should cross the yellow to give them 3' even if that means forcing the oncoming car off the road and into a telephone pole. GREAT! Wish they'd have included instructions on how to properly handle this. "Share the Road With Bicyclists" "As the weather becomes warmer and some of us try to exercise more and drive less, perhaps saving a few dollars in the process, the rubber that meets the road will not only come from cars, but from running shoes and bicycle tires as well. That means we all need to look out for each other during our commutes and recreational drives. A new Connecticut law, passed by the state Legislature last October, puts another protective mechanism in place for cyclists, pedestrians and motorists alike. The law requires Connecticut motorists to allow at least three feet of separation when overtaking and passing cyclists. Failure to do so could cause motorists to be fined. Because of the large disparities in size, weight and speed between bicycles and motor vehicles , cyclists are at a tremendous disadvantage if they were to collide with a car or truck. This new law strives to increase motorist awareness of bicycles and make conditions safer by preventing collisions. According to the National Center for Statistics and Analysis, in 2007, 698 cyclists were killed and an additional 44,000 cyclists were injured in traffic crashes. In Connecticut, the number of bicycle fatalities is about three per year, according to the Connecticut Strategic Highway Safety Plan. In 49 percent of those accidents, the report says, the cyclists failed to grant the right of way correctly at an intersection or other location . The cyclist was driving the wrong way on the road in 15 percent of cases, and in 13 percent of cases the cyclists didnt obey stop signs or traffic signals. To help raise visibility for this measure and educate Connecticut motorists , pedestrians and cyclists, the Connecticut Department of Transportation has launched a statewide “Share the Road” public awareness campaign comprising radio and bus advertising elements, and an informative and easyto-use Web site, www.sharetheroadct. org The effort is designed to improve the knowledge of all highway users to promote safe travel and minimize the likelihood of crashes. Whether you are driving a car, truck, SUV, riding your bike, running or walking, your safety depends on sharing the road safely with other vehicles and drivers. The Web site will help visitors learn what they can do to stay safe on the roads and provides safety tips for all road users. There are also simple images and messages that can be easily shared. Motorists, cyclists and pedestrians must take it upon themselves to become familiar with the rules of the road and take responsibility for their safety every time they travel. Safety is a two-way street, and we all benefit from sharing the road."

Another trend I've noticed lately is when a driver pulls out in front of me all I see is the back of their head! They only seem interested in looking in the direction they are going and not in who is coming from the other side. Can't count how many X this happens in 1 day! To save my brakes I just swerve around them if it's clear. Gettin' tired of cleaning brake dust off the wheels.

OMG! I Can Not Wait To Use This! Soon Ima Have Everyones Tag on Here!  

Anyone else using Firefox?  The main page is almost completely unreadable at this point, because all the hidden text from the wires is showing up in the foreground.

Instead of giving me those dirty looks, honking, and the bird when I have the right of way and turn left across you at the intersection, coming with in inches of your car...TRY STOPPING BEFORE THE WHITE STOP LINE!

It's so awful what happened yesterday. I just wonder, was the operator having a medical issue that prevented her from stopping?  Was she unaware that another train was stopped? Due to the fact that the train she was operating was a model that was supposed to be fazed out and had no "black boxes" on it, we may not know. How long was the first train stopped for? Where was the communication? Was there communication? I know it's all too early to know but it bothers me greatly as many a family and friend ride the Metro daily.

  In the 23 years I've lived in the D.C. Metro area, I've never been afraid to ride. I hope this isn't human negligence. But if not, maybe they'll faze out these older trains immediately. The loss of life ( 9 ) is astounding for something like this.

 HAVE ANY OF YOU ASTUTE DRIVERS OUT THERE NOTICED......AND I'D BE SHOCKED IF MOST OF YOU HADN'T.......THAT AS TRAFFIC FLOWS ALONG  SAY A TWO-WAY RURAL ROAD OR STREET, THAT WHEN SOMEONE FROM THE ONCOMING LANE WANTS TO TAKE A LEFT TURN IN FRONT OF YOU, NOT ONLY DO THEY 'NOT' HAVE A BLINKER ON BUT THEY JUST TURN RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU WITHOUT STOPPING OR LOTS OF TIMES NOT EVEN SLOWING DOWN........I HAD NOTICED IT IN RARE INSTANCES SOME YEARS AGO BUT IT SEEMS TO BE MORE COMMONPLACE AND FREQUENT LATELY.........

A local Houston TV station is working on a story about PlateWire and bad drivers and would love to interview members in the area. drop me an email Mark @ PlateWire.com with your contact info if interested!

Hello all, just wanted to let you know that my colleagues have finished working on the new look for PlateWire - please note this is not the new version which they are still working on, this is a temporary update to fix numerous little bugs. Please take a look (understanding it is still a work in progress) and submit any feedback.

http://beta.platewire.com

Can we finally have this poster from NV banned.  Now he has started using abbreviations to insult black people, as if insulting Mexicans, gays, and others he hates isn't bad enough.  

A shaved headed white guy (he caught himself in one of his photos) writing "ngr" to describe someone is not what this site is about.  http://www.platewire.com/viewrate.aspx?rid=37062

He is getting more and more vulgar each time he posts something.  He takes pictures while driving, and posts stuff months after it happens to make his favorite targets look worse. 

For God's sake, he stalks people at a daycare center and posts pictures of the kids...

AO

I guess the State of Utah has bought some new cars, they are white Prius'... They have the little green "Circle C" sticker on the License Plate, along with the tell tale EX...
Doesn't stop them from driving like Idiots...
Traffic, as it usually does, was going along at about 80-85mph this morning, about 6th South on I15, and the HOV was going uncharacteristically fast, so was the left lane...
This guy, and the woman with him, changed lanes right in front of me, and proceeded to go about 10 mph slower than everyone else on the road...enough people got tired of it that they were passing on the right...
This guy even failed to move right, which is required by state law, after I flashed my lights and tapped the horn...
I guess state employees can get away with being retards.

There is a road, with no sidewalk, having a bike lane, and main travel lane for motorists.  There is a cyclist riding in the bike lane, with traffic.  There is auto traffic filling the road.  There is a pedestrian or two, walking against the flow of traffic, in the bike lane.

In this situation, who has to make way?

 Has anyone seen this video? -

http://www.foxnews.com/video2/video08.html?maven_referralObject=5940973&maven_referralPlaylistId=&sRevUrl=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,526037,00.html

This the 2nd time now in the same spot....Driving down this backwoods road from work on the HD and here's this Gilligansislandlookin' goofball on a JD riding mower sitting smack in the middle of the road with his back to me. I stop the bike and sit there about 5' away. Finally I hit the horn and he turns around and looks at me. "HELLO!" I said and he mumbles somethin' and moves off. Today the same thing only it's a old fart on an old red mower cruisin' up the middle of the road with his back to me. Blast the horn and nothin'! Deaf, blind and dumb! Now it's not like these inbreds are reaching the end of the lawn and hitting the pavemnet just to turn around and it's about 20' from a major route so it's not like a dirt road. There is still lots of traffic. Maybe next time I'll just drive over their lawn if they have to drive on my road.

"A story of a Russian guy going home by the highway and then his car’s windshield hit suddenly by a 10 inch (25 cm) metal particle which depleted from the ahead moving lorry truck was popular today in Russia. Having a nice reaction a lot of luck he managed to lean left when the thing still hit him into the right should and then made a nice hole in the back seat.

The driver of the truck that presented him this metal thing first slowed down for a second but then probably decided it’s better not to he got away to the next exit.

So beware moving behind the trucks!"

a driver who got pissed at me for not making a right turn (on red) fast enough for him learned at the next block why I waited until it was clear to go.  Someone turned in front of me on a red light, and did not speed up.  I had to go around him, and the person behind me was forced to slam on his brakes.  There was someone on his left side, but far enough back that I could change lanes safely.

anyone someone going straight has to hit their brakes or swerve the turner is at fault, unless the one going straight ran the red light of course.

AO

Stopping distance DOUBLES for an empty 18 wheeler vs a fully loaded one:

 http://www.howwedrive.com/2009/06/08/things-i-didnt-know-8/

I am on a side street approaching a light. I put on my blinker and indicate that I am entering the left turn lane. I notice that it isn't moving and people are going around a vehicle up front. Of course my turn comes and I am now behind the stopped vehicle. I notice that there is a vehicle stopped also but on the opposing side of the highway and on the side of the road. Now what we have here is a vehicle PARKED in the turn lane. Just as I get the window down to offer to help (what a concept huh?) I notice a man gets out of the car on the side of the road and gets a child out of the backseat?

This IDIOT (I cannot stress that enough) then flags traffic to stop, while he walks the child over the the verhicle parked in the turn lane. I have now watched the weekend daddy baby swap take place IN THE TURN LANE OF A PUBLIC, VERY BUSY STREET!

Dear God you can't cure stupid! 

Some stuff we all can relate to here plus some interesting links to more. http://www.weeklygripe.co.uk/a209.asp

 A traffic stop for speeding in Travis County, Texas, led to the tasering of a 72-year-old great-grandmother by a deputy. Feisty Kathryn Winkfein apparently so frightened the law-enforcement officer when she "used some profanity" and "got violent" that he felt it necessary to subdue her with a potentially dangerous jolt of electricity.

Texas cop tasers great-grandmother

People don't use signals or turn on their headlights anymore because they are too busy talking on their cell phones.  They would have to take the phone away from their face to use the controls for the signals and headlights.

Saw a woman today make a right turn without using signals because she was on the phone, after she got off the phone she miraculously found the turn signal switch for her next right turn.

AO 

Guns 'N Roses "Patience" should be the theme song to this website...you got something better?