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Old May 24, 2010 | 11:33 AM
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There is clearly some distracted driving going on leading up to the majority of those crashes.
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Old May 24, 2010 | 11:48 AM
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Originally Posted by RA40
This time of year, the roads see many new drivers and even some of the seasoned drivers who are not paying attention. Let's be safe not only at the intersections:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qvXbIenivk
Meh, I commute to San Francisco almost regularly and I say Muni bus drivers are pretty freakin' bad. They make teenagers or seniors look good.

The 3 major TAs here(BART, AC Transit, SF Muni) have a knack for hiring random knacks and druggies off the street and they have full union immunity. At least BART doesn't have buses or streetcars as they operate on dedicated ROW and are computer controlled on every inch of track.

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Old May 24, 2010 | 02:21 PM
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Originally Posted by RA40
This time of year, the roads see many new drivers and even some of the seasoned drivers who are not paying attention. Let's be safe not only at the intersections:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qvXbIenivk
MAN!!!!!!!!!!!

Some of those were just EPIC!

Sorry bastards just NOT paying attention to the road. This is why driving is sooooo damn dangerous.

I literally rarely drive on rainy days and even then it's within close proximity.
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Old May 24, 2010 | 02:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Rashoodz
WTF, as I remember the red light runners are the ones who cross the red light because it was green/yellow and they couldn't stop (not saying it's a good thing). But why the **** do they cross like that since it was red in the first place?

In where I live, when the signal is green, and it's close for being yellow/red, the green keeps blinking for a couple of seconds just to show it's time to stop. Dunno about you guys have that.
we dont have the blinking green lights to signal a soon to be changing light, but it does help somewhat that there is a countdown for the crosswalk. it eliminates whether a green has a few more seconds left before a rapid light change.
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Old May 24, 2010 | 04:41 PM
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Originally Posted by meowCat
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Did you guys see the very last part of the video? That motorcylist got hit and his body spun in the air? Thankfully looks like he survived. This is why wearing helmet is an absolute must.


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That was in Taiwan. He grabbed some epic air like he owned the sky.
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Old May 24, 2010 | 07:00 PM
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Anyone notice the lambo at 5:00?
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Old May 25, 2010 | 12:33 AM
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lol, 2 firetrucks. that was great.
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Old May 25, 2010 | 12:50 AM
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Today we were behind a guy in a Hyundai on the freeway, the car was swerving, slowing down-speeding up, drifting over the line. When we exited and passed him, he was texting. Amazing, even with all the new cell phone laws, these people need to learn a hard lesson. Sadly many innocent drivers wind up in this process. Just like in the vid.
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Old May 25, 2010 | 01:58 AM
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OMG this video is crazy its heartbreaking seeing all these morons out on the road.
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Old May 25, 2010 | 08:40 AM
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I've seen sadly quite a few happen right before my eyes.
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