What is it with all the distracted driver lately.

[Blue Mule]

This just happened in my area on Wednesday and left the interstate closed in one direction for over 24 hours

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And that same day I had to dodge 3 drivers that about hit me head on because they were on the wrong side of the road. And I wan't even 10 miles from home at that point. And another 10 miles down the road had a car pass me and 2 other vehicles in a no passing zone.

We had two rollover crashes on Friday and I live in a small town! The larger cities are wild. Semi trucks driving off bridges and the whole nine yards. Drivers are getting perpetually worse and we're all suffering for it due to the added danger AND the insurance premiums.

 

[RB5]

I used to live on a street that was near a shopping mall. It was a side street and it did not go directly anywhere. As the area kept growing it became so busy that I had trouble getting in and out of my driveway. I used to park my boat in the garage with no problems. I'd come down the street and hit a certain spot and back in first shot every time. Then we had multiple families living in each house paying one set of property taxes while all their children went to school. Some houses had as many as 8 cars. That is 4 in a 2 car driveway and 4 in the street. Some were probably illegally here. The city allowed it. It became dangerous to drive or walk on our street. Between the increased number of idiots going fast down our street to get to and from the mall and the extra cars I could no longer count on being able to get my boat in the garage easily. Our school taxes kept going up. Another time I was hit trying to turn in front of a truck that was easily traveling at least 20 mph over the speed limit not far from our house. The witness in the car next to him said the guy was looking down at hist stereo when he passed the witness. I realized how fast he was going and almost got out of the way by punching the gas in my truck. He hit the right rear corner of my ruck and totaled his little toyota tacoma. I mean bent the frame and destroyed it. I was in a Ram. I know this is a long ramble, but to get to my point.. all of this happened before everyone had cell phones and giant touch screens. There have always been idiots. All the gadgets in cars now and the fancy phones just make things worse, and a higher percentage of people, some of which actually can walk and chew gum at the same time, can't handle all the tech and distractions while driving.

We moved away from the city not long after that.