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Award a good driver for their good deed Award
flag or warn a bad driver of their bad action Flag
notify a driver of a physical danger or hazard with their vehicle Hazard
send a flirtacious message to a driver you liked Wink

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Award Flag Wink Hazard

To "Award" a driver, is to say thanks to a driver for showing courtesy and thoughtfulness.

To "Flag" a driver, is to warn a driver of his/her rude and/or careless behavior that you have witnessed.

To "Wink" at a driver, is to send a flirtacious message to a driver you've encountered.

To "Hazard" a driver is to warn them of a physical hazard that their vehicle exhibits.


DDD 2009








Latest Wires for United States : Minnesota
  • Passed a motorcyclist in the right side of his own lane while weaving traffic and speeding excessively (80 to 90 in a 55) on the interstate in their late-model SUV. They're going to get someone killed, but they don't care, because it's not them.
    340--BYW
    Minneapolis
    September 6 2010
  • Blew through a red light at Como, Dale, & Front in St. Paul, Minnesota.  Used the left turn lane to pass cars stopping for the light.  I hope the next red light he runs results in his death.
    D79656
    St. Paul
    August 16 2010
  • Middle aged woman driving this vehicle is rude, reckless, inconsiderate, and selfish.  While we were allowing other drivers to merge, she continuously honked her horn, and drove around other cars causing a precarious situation - while talking on her cell phone.  If you see this woman (white, middle aged) driving - stay away. Minn RLL 480.
    NLL-480
    Shoreview
    May 27 2010
  • Entering 35W northbound from Co. Rd. 42 this idiot did not even attempt to get up to the pace of traffic - she just decided that going 50mph in a 65mph zone was good enough to cross from behind the 3-4 cars in front of her all the way into the left lane causing all left lane traffic to slow down abruptly. After I somehow managed to avoid hitting this dimwit, I honked and she just throws her hands up as if to say "What?" then proceeded to STAY at 50mph for the next mile or so, then accelerated to well over 70mph. (All I know is she pulled away very fast and I stopped at 70mph).
Watch out for this moron-behind-the-wheel if she decides to enter a freeway near you.
She doesn't care about other traffic - she just wants to be "in front".
    443-CBA
    Burnsville
    January 3 2010
  • This person just blew past an necessary stop sign by making a wide right turn onto the very busy, left-laned, two lane street, Madison Ave.  But then again, the person's "vanity" license plate read "JUST KUZ".
    JUST-KUZ
    Mankato
    December 1 2009
  • Every time I drive around Mankato I encounter a surplus of high school-ish jerks like this guy who help prove why defensive driving is so important.  

At around 1:00 pm today, the driver peeled-out from a red light, double-turn lane intersection at N. Riverfront and Madison.  He drove a newer, black, Chevy, muscle car so maybe that's the reason?  Maybe he forgot that the driver side car door has "Mankato Crunk & Chrome" printed on it which could signify it belongs to his employer and not him.
    813-CYZ
    Mankato
    December 1 2009
  • This was nearly nine miles of absurdity. On 11/20 around 12:45pm, from northbound Snelling Ave to westbound I-94 to Hwy 280 to northbound I-35W, it stayed as ridiculous as it started. The only credit I can give the eff-head on the big riceburner was that he actually signaled every lane change (albeit with not much notice). Now the problems. Moving cars are not, in most cases, slalom gates. When a motorcyclist cuts off a four-wheeler, and sets off a chain of brake lights several times, that doesn't bode well for the rest of us in the riding community. Getting respect, that is. I was right behind the dumbass at the entrance ramp to Hwy 280, two and a half miles in on the chase. I was able to merge quickly to the right lane (it's a left side entry). The metric started to make a move right that would have scraped my front left fender, but he looked over his shoulder at me - and I shook my head at him. He gestured that I was number one. That's why he's Wired. Contemplating contacting the State Patrol, I kept up with him appropriately. Bad judgment continued to be displayed by him (dangerous lane changes, speed) until I had to exit the freeway. What's most surprising was that this idiot should know better - he appeared to be in his fifties. His choice may be to not wear a helmet, but I'll have no sympathy when he takes a deathly face plant due to his moronic riding skills.
    71636MC
    Saint Paul
    November 21 2009
  • This old jackass was on 35W Northbound towards downtown and came raging up behind me every time I went to pass a vehicle, driving with his brights on at 3pm on a clear day.  I would stay right as always, and he'd be hanging back in the left lane, not passing, and then when I would move left to pass he'd pound it down by 20mph or more and run up right on my bumper during the pass, only to back off once I moved back into the right lane.  What an unbelievable horse's ass.  It was like he was a robot driver that was programmed to 1) Always stay in the left lane, 2) Run right up inches behind any other car in the left lane, if present, and 3) Ride in the blind spot of the next right lane driver if there is nobody in the left lane.

I finally lost him for good once he headed east on 94.
    469GRE
    Minneapolis
    September 29 2009
  • It was around 2:00 pm today (Saturday, September 26th) when I was stopped at a red light where there is a newly reconstructed intersection.  The cross streets are Madison Avenue and North Riverfront Drive.  

The new intersection has two left turn lanes onto Riverfront.  He and a lineup of cars were in one lane; I was in the other even though there is a huge white arrow on blacktop depicting it as that, a turn lane--plain as day.  

When the light changed the guy squealed around the corner and quickly cut in front of me.  He proceeded ahead of me for a mile or more while revving his engine at stoplights and behaving territorially by accelerating and breaking between intersections like the psycho he prides himself as--him in his jacked-up, beige truck, cutesy 'TAYOTA' vanity license plate, and red, x-mas lights above his back bumper.  

What a hater and reckless fool...  As a woman, I am thinking he has his masculinity, image and ego repulsively wrapped up in his poor truck.  I thought about giving him thee ol' hand-job salute, but didn't because I'm trying to incorporate taoism and dudeism into my life right now.
    TAYOTA
    Mankato
    September 26 2009
  • driver zipped past me and a pickup towing a trailer on the shoulder, disrupting the flow of traffic as it merged left. He then proceeded to lane hop without signaling and tailgate other vehicles. Once everyone in the left lane had moved right for this asshat, he slowed down, and blocked the traffic behind him before finally moving right to exit.  

I demand an explanation for this douchebaggery.
    TDU--001
    Minneapolis
    September 19 2009
  • Crazy female Asian driver who blew through stop signs and tried to make a left turn in front of me from the right lane.  Tried to pass me on the left, then passed other cars in an intersection to turn in front of them.  Drove all over the road but didn't save herself any time and earned herself a police report in the process.
    VAV-273
    Saint Paul
    August 18 2009
  • Because regardless of what chemicals someone may or may not put into their bodies, it's still impairment if you remain completely oblivious to the fact that you are driving a motor vehicle down a highway. 

This driver was doing 10mph below the limit in the left lane of southbound 169 and drifting across the center line while traffic stacked up behind him.
    SAY--228
    Hopkins
    July 11 2009

  • Latest Blogs for United States : Minnesota

    MN plate MMGMGM3   Sunday, June 06, 2010

    Minnesota plate MMGMGM3. Dark blue Ford Expedition going from Co Rd 5 to Fleet Farm in Lakeville. Just another vanity plate smack-tard driving to big of a vehicle. This clueless idiot should just stay home. Pulled out in front of traffic with NO attempt to get up to speed causing all of us behind him to slow down. Then about 3 blocks down the road decided to turn left from the right lane causing those of us still behind him to slow down again! Wish this "Super-sized" SUV moron would just STAY OFF THE ROADS! On another note, can anybody explain why I cannot post a wire? Keep getting a web-page error that will not allow me to choose the plate for the wire.  

    plk514 

    Selfish ignorant driver   Thursday, May 27, 2010

    MN plate NLL 480 is a rich middle aged white woman, driving a BMW who thinks that SHE owns the road. While talking on her cell phone & attempting to drive, she was constantly honking while I was trying to allow drivers to merge. She should have her drivers license revolked, and be forced to deliver community service to learn some compassion & humility!

    sparks 

    737ckv   Monday, February 22, 2010

     Driving 40 in a 30 mph zone

    OutofGas 

    Comcast Van   Friday, January 29, 2010

    I was nearly run off the road this morning by driver of a Comcast van. It happened where Cedar Avenue North narrows down to one lane at Lake Nokomis. The driver of the Comcast van had just merged from Hwy 62 and immediately went into the left lane right in front of me causing me to move into the right lane to avoid slamming on the brakes. When we got to the merge, I happened to be ahead of the driver and to the right. I would have been merging behind the car in front of him. The Comcast driver accelerates like crazy and steers to the right so much that his mirror was inches from my window. It was more of an attempted assault with a deadly weapon than a traffic incident. The number for reporting this van is #1235. I reported the incident to Comcast but have not and don't expect to hear back, despite having left my number. This driver was extremely aggressive and dangerous.

    plymouthian 

    Blows off stopsigns   Wednesday, September 30, 2009

    In Mankato yesterday...5ish. White SUV blew through two stopsigns. Don't know where he/she was going but almost didn't get there. License PCY 046 ...watch out if you see this guy coming or going.

    ggrama 

    Litterbug   Tuesday, February 03, 2009

    Hi, I'm new here. I'm really glad I found this site because I saw something the other day that I just had to report and I didn't know what to do about it. I was driving home from work when a car turned onto McKnight from Radatz Avenue, in front of me. As the car slowed down for the next stop sign, someone threw a fast food drink out of the window! I had never seen such blatant littering before. I was so pissed but managed to get the license plate. It was a light colored Impala with the plate number KFS 990. Thanks so much for providing a site like this for drivers and pedestrians to report on the grievances they see.

    gemini22 

      Tuesday, October 14, 2008

     UGG472 at the WB Crosstown 62 exit ramp to Penn Av S. Tuesday, October 14, 2008 5:00 pm (rush hour, you idiot). I was first in line waiting to turn right onto Penn Av S heading north. While right turn on red is allowed, there was a steady two-lane stream of traffic on Penn and thus I could not turn. As the opposing traffic's light turned yellow, the idiot behind me began honking, even as one last car went through the intersection. As our light turned green and I pulled into the intersection, he wedged his dark red Ford Explorer into the space between my car and the next lane, roared past me to turn right in front of me, and was heading straight into a head-on collision with the southbound traffic on Penn. If I had not pulled sharply to the curb to give him space he would have crashed. This is a narrow street with a school, heavy traffic and a completely residential neighborhood. He proceeded to floor his SUV up to a stoplight at 60th and Penn and tailgate and attempt to pass others on the inside lane despite parked cars. He must be terribly important to endanger so many others!

    exminnesotan 

    Westbound Hwy 55 Tip   Thursday, October 09, 2008

     If you regularly take highway 55 west across the Mendota bridge and wish to continue west on 55 to downtown here's an idea:  Follow the 55 West signs that direct you to the right lanes on the west side of the bridge.  If you take the two left lanes that say Hwy 62 you have to merge down to one lane, then make two lane changes to get back onto 55 west...all in 1/4 mile.  I see people make this mistake every day and I don't know if they're clueless or just driving like jerks.

    Signs.  They are actually there for a reason.

    Tommaso808 

    Crazy Driver   Friday, June 20, 2008

     Last Sunday which was Father's Day I saw a car that was driving in the bike lane. When we got out on the highway they would slow down move over I thought maybe they were drunk. The plate is # is UKA 518 STAY AWAY!!

    RDcatspurr 

    Lack of turn signals   Friday, October 26, 2007

      You ever notice that nobody bothers to use turn signals anymore? Why is that? Minivan drivers are the biggest violators, probably distracted by all their bratty kids. Arrogant SUV drivers and my personal favorites, the pickup truck drivers, rarely do as well. Then you have all the douchebags who are too busy talking on their cell phone/text messaging who clearly aren't smart enough to do two things at once. Funny how common courtesy has just gone out the proverbial window these days. People are rude and lack manners. Society thing or personal choice? Interesting debate in my eyes.

    JJD12274 

    Bad Driver... suprise surprise   Thursday, September 13, 2007

     On Sept. 13 2007 at 8 am a Lady driver in a red Ford Focus passed 10-20 cars on the right shoulder at a four way stop. She stopped for the stopsign in the right turn lane. Then proceeds to drive forward (not turning) and nearly side swipped me and come very close to a parked car. This car was seen traveling southbouth on Bonne Ave just south of 63rd Ave in Brooklyn Park, MN. This incident occured at an intersection were there is a school and typically kids. She should be considered dangerous and should not be licensed to drive.

    observer07 

    JDF-493   Friday, August 17, 2007

     This woman was driving Eastbound on 94 in her beige BMW convertible talking on her cell phone.  She changed lanes w/o looking or signaling and when my husband honked at her to aviod a crash, she flicked him off and mouthed 'asshole' as we drove by her.  Real charming lady.  Watch out for this spaced outed ditz. 

    steva 

    What is wrong with minivan drivers?   Wednesday, July 25, 2007

     Maybe it's just me, but almost EVERY time someone does something rude, dangerous, stupid, etc. on the road, it's a #$% damned minivan!!!! Can't buy a (decent) car, can't drive one. I am still amazed at how 98% of idiotic maneuvers I see are perpetrated by these stupid (and they sure do LOOK stupid, too) f#@*ing a$$h*%es. The saddest thing is, many of them have children in the vehicle! Way to set a great example and endanger the lives of innocents! For f%$#'s sake, at least learn how to use a flipping TURN SIGNAL.
        
       

    percypape 

    Tailgate in Minnetonka   Tuesday, July 03, 2007

     While traveling at the speed limit (40 mph) on northbound Hopkins Crossroad this morning, some woman in a gray vehicle (Chevy?) with license #LCU 731 came from out of nowhere behind me and tailgated me for about a mile up to the I394 intersection.  She was so close that I could not see her headlights.  Had I tapped my brakes for any reason (dog, deer, pedestrian) she would have ended up in my backseat.  When I moved to the right when the road became four-lane, she zoomed past me at breakneck speed to the red light!  This woman is a dangerous driver.

    SteveA9160 

      Monday, June 25, 2007

    I'm not sure if everyone caught the news yet on the road rage incident, but that guy who caused that accident needs to be caught.  That is the dumbest thing you could do driving, and now a 15 year old is dead and 3 others with serious injuries.  this guy needs to be caught and sent to jail.  Hopefully this guy has some heart and just comes forward on his own.  Incase you haven't heard, check out Kare11 or KSTP.  

    Kimi_3_8 

     

     

     


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