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Topic Started: Aug 28 2006, 04:09 PM (2,665 Views)
Tom Joad
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I hit a curb today and I am a teen. I friend of mine wrecked a Camaro five days after he got it. One of the few times I rode with Zer0 we went in the ditch. All the teens I know suck at driving.
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That's somewhat to be expected, though. Practice makes perfect when talking about driving.

Of course, you always have them asshats you people are talking about. Really pisses me off when people are on the cellphone and driving.
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My city (Laredo, Texas) probably has the smallest mean IQ in all of the United States. As far as an intelligence test for your driver's license, they assume that if you are able to pass a written test (which is very damn easy) you should be mentally capable of handling a 1.5-tonne motor vehicle. People in here like to drive big trucks (Chevrolet Silverados, Ford F-Series, GMC Yukons, Chevy Tahoes, etc.) even though they don't need to pull boats or carry cargo. People here drive aggressively; they drive at 80 km/h on 50 km/h residential roads, tailgate slower cars, and do other stupid things while driving. Oh yeah, and they talk on their cell phones, apply make-up while driving (women...), get their infant (on a rear-facing child restraint set on the front passenger seat) to stop crying/whining, and do pretty damn stupid things while operating a massive vehicle (usually trucks in this part of Texas) at high speeds and then those shitheads wonder why they get into car collisions. I think police should be ordered to shoot bad drivers in the head on sight. It makes the world a safer place -- even if it orphans kids (who cares, it's better if they end up with more intelligent foster parents).

Here's a story. I was driving home from work, and some jackass was talking on the phone and he hit the side of my car (my side) while I was crossing an intersection with four stop signs (he went through the stop sign). He was going 30 mph, and I was going 10 mph (I stop all four wheels at stop signs and red lights -- not that "slow down and keep going" bullshit) -- you can guess that I was injured pretty badly. I couldn't move out of the car. When the police arrived, guess who was put at fault? You guessed it, me. They always blame the goddamn teen driver. It took two months of court to place responsibility on the other guy (thankfully a store's security camera recorded the incident -- those stupid cops couldn't figure that the other car was going pretty damn fast for crossing an intersection, even though there was a HUGE dent on the side of my car). The fuckhead went to prison and the jury awarded us a decent sum of money (enough for a new car to replace the crashed-up one, the insurance company offered us another car but the rates would skyrocket).

I'm lucky I survived that.
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Although you suffered some horrible injuries, at least you were able to sue the dumbass and his insurance company. It is sad that it took you two months in a court room to get justice and show people that prejudice against teen drivers is not always justified. And you are very luck to have survived, I've always thought being hit from the side was more dangerous because of the lack of protection between driver and the oncomming car.
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If you did things right (ans I'm not saying you didn't) you would have a considerable fortune right now. People in auto accidents where they are not at fault usually make about 4-5X their hospital bills in settlements. I would actually have a big grin on my face in some ass-hat rear ended me and it was his fault.
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I got a new car with the court settlements. The medical bills were covered by my HMO.
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Old people are the worse at driving, drives me nuts.
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All of this can be solved quite easily, at age 18 simply give everyone an IQ test and if they are 105 or above they get the elite jobs, perks, ect. and if you are 104 and below they are shipped off to "Special" camps where they get elbow pads and helmets and do all the manual labor for the smarter people.
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Dec 10 2006, 11:58 PM
All of this can be solved quite easily, at age 18 simply give everyone an IQ test and if they are 105 or above they get the elite jobs, perks, ect. and if you are 104 and below they are shipped off to "Special" camps where they get elbow pads and helmets and do all the manual labor for the smarter people.

A lot of people with high IQs are stupid.
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Victor
Dec 12 2006, 12:45 AM
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Dec 10 2006, 11:58 PM
All of this can be solved quite easily, at age 18 simply give everyone an IQ test and if they are 105 or above they get the elite jobs, perks, ect. and if you are 104 and below they are shipped off to "Special" camps where they get elbow pads and helmets and do all the manual labor for the smarter people.

A lot of people with high IQs are stupid.

I second that. A lot of this has to do with maturity too. You can have a high IQ but if you are immature with your desicion making it isn't going to help the greater good at all.
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Tom Joad
Dec 7 2006, 11:04 AM
If you did things right (ans I'm not saying you didn't) you would have a considerable fortune right now. People in auto accidents where they are not at fault usually make about 4-5X their hospital bills in settlements. I would actually have a big grin on my face in some ass-hat rear ended me and it was his fault.

How is that fair? People make accidents. There's no reason to make them pay more then they have to. What if you were in their shoes?
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Timi Hendrix
Dec 12 2006, 01:45 PM
Tom Joad
Dec 7 2006, 11:04 AM
If you did things right (ans I'm not saying you didn't) you would have a considerable fortune right now.  People in auto accidents where they are not at fault usually make about 4-5X their hospital bills in settlements.  I would actually have a big grin on my face in some ass-hat rear ended me and it was his fault.

How is that fair? People make accidents. There's no reason to make them pay more then they have to. What if you were in their shoes?

It isn't.


But then again, you have to remember that people will screw over one another for their own personal gain. Perhaps not all of them, but the majority will.
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NeoAegis
Dec 12 2006, 11:48 PM
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Dec 12 2006, 01:45 PM
Tom Joad
Dec 7 2006, 11:04 AM
If you did things right (ans I'm not saying you didn't) you would have a considerable fortune right now.  People in auto accidents where they are not at fault usually make about 4-5X their hospital bills in settlements.  I would actually have a big grin on my face in some ass-hat rear ended me and it was his fault.

How is that fair? People make accidents. There's no reason to make them pay more then they have to. What if you were in their shoes?

It isn't.


But then again, you have to remember that people will screw over one another for their own personal gain. Perhaps not all of them, but the majority will.

That means that I'm in the minority zone then...

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Dec 10 2006, 11:58 PM
All of this can be solved quite easily, at age 18 simply give everyone an IQ test and if they are 105 or above they get the elite jobs, perks, ect. and if you are 104 and below they are shipped off to "Special" camps where they get elbow pads and helmets and do all the manual labor for the smarter people.

Aldous Huxley, much?
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Tom Joad
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Timi Hendrix
Dec 12 2006, 12:45 PM
Tom Joad
Dec 7 2006, 11:04 AM
If you did things right (ans I'm not saying you didn't) you would have a considerable fortune right now.  People in auto accidents where they are not at fault usually make about 4-5X their hospital bills in settlements.  I would actually have a big grin on my face in some ass-hat rear ended me and it was his fault.

How is that fair? People make accidents. There's no reason to make them pay more then they have to. What if you were in their shoes?

The person at fault wouldn't pay, the insurance company would. And that is the point of insurance companies, right?
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