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Old Nov 5, 2023 | 05:59 PM
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This is a classic.....one of my favorite dumb-driver videos. A girl tries to gas up a Tesla.

Old Nov 5, 2023 | 06:18 PM
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Haha I remember that, you gotta wonder if that’s a staged video…
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Originally Posted by mmarshall
This is a classic.....one of my favorite dumb-driver videos. A girl tries to gas up a Tesla.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/P0zpHNJvwEs
This is staged.
Old Nov 6, 2023 | 11:30 AM
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Originally Posted by tex2670
This is staged.
this however doesn't seem to be


oh looks like you have to click the link directly... well anyway its someone asleep in their tesla as it drives on autopilot
Old Nov 6, 2023 | 02:27 PM
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Originally Posted by tex2670
This is staged.
Unless you were actually there to see it, there's no way to know that.

And even if it WAS staged, it's still funny.
Old Nov 6, 2023 | 02:33 PM
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Here's another one of my favorites.....a Superior Court Judge gets arrested for a DUI, although, unlike some other officials and cops that get caught, she co-operated and did not try and weasel, bribe, or bully her way out of it. She pleaded guilty and got a one-day sentence.


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Originally Posted by mmarshall
Unless you were actually there to see it, there's no way to know that.

And even if it WAS staged, it's still funny.
It's 100% staged. Whether you choose to believe it or not is totally up to you.

I didn't say it wasn't funny ... but it was funny the 1st time I saw it about 5 years ago. Do a Google search - there are LOTS of similar videos, and most of them are virtually all the same .... some attractive woman made to be seemingly and stereotypically ditzy driving a Tesla trying to find where to put gas in and someone laughing hysterically in their car not bothering to help.
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I have to agree it was staged...
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Old Nov 6, 2023 | 03:35 PM
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No footage, but one thing that gets on my nerves is the fact that Americans really love driving in the left lane on highways as opposed to using it for passing. I would prefer not to pass on the right, but the other option is to get stuck behind them. Almost without failure, when I do pass on the right, the left lane bandit accelerates and matches my speed for a while before slowing back down and holding up other drivers.
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No footage, but one thing that gets on my nerves is the fact that Americans really love driving in the left lane on highways as opposed to using it for passing. I would prefer not to pass on the right, but the other option is to get stuck behind them. Almost without failure, when I do pass on the right, the left lane bandit accelerates and matches my speed for a while before slowing back down and holding up other drivers.
YES! This has gotten progressively worse over the years. It gets to the point where the left lane becomes the cruising lane and the right lane becomes the passing lane.
Old Nov 6, 2023 | 07:36 PM
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Originally Posted by link13
No footage, but one thing that gets on my nerves is the fact that Americans really love driving in the left lane on highways as opposed to using it for passing. I would prefer not to pass on the right, but the other option is to get stuck behind them. Almost without failure, when I do pass on the right, the left lane bandit accelerates and matches my speed for a while before slowing back down and holding up other drivers.
Yep. If I have to pass on the right and they try that I just make it clear they can't.
Old Nov 7, 2023 | 07:09 AM
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Its also amazing to me how people get passed by everybody on the right and never get the hint.
Old Nov 7, 2023 | 07:32 AM
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Originally Posted by SW17LS
Its also amazing to me how people get passed by everybody on the right and never get the hint.
It is amazing. There could be a looooong line of cars that are unable to pass because of one car holding up traffic and they have no clue. When I am finally able to pass I always look at the person driving and the person couldn't be more clueless. It's angering.
Old Nov 7, 2023 | 07:54 AM
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Originally Posted by SW17LS
YES! This has gotten progressively worse over the years. It gets to the point where the left lane becomes the cruising lane and the right lane becomes the passing lane.
If this ain't the 100% truth....


Old Nov 7, 2023 | 08:16 AM
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Originally Posted by patgilm
It is amazing. There could be a looooong line of cars that are unable to pass because of one car holding up traffic and they have no clue. When I am finally able to pass I always look at the person driving and the person couldn't be more clueless. It's angering.
a worrying amount of people literally have 0 idea that the left lane of a highway is exclusively for passing, they just think it's the "fast lane" and don't realize they should be moving over

the road test does nothing whatsoever to drill this into people, nor do police ever enforce keep right except to pass



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