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PostPosted: 12/08/14 10:25 am • # 1 
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It's about 4minutes long and makes you shake your head. This person should not have a license. Unfortunately, with all immigrants, they don't even have to take a road test if they have a license from their country of origin. Just show your license, pay and viola' your licensed here. Sigh. She got a $115 ticket after the footage from a store camera was shown to the police. Not sure about the collision portion, although she said she didn't know she had hit a car?! :eyes



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PostPosted: 12/08/14 10:44 am • # 2 
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YIKES!!! ~ I note the driver didn't even notice the car that was in her/his way pulled out ~ but one question: do you know for a fact this was an immigrant? ~ I ask because rotten drivers are in plentiful supply all over ~

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PostPosted: 12/08/14 10:57 am • # 3 
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No I do not sooz, but it's a pretty sure bet. We have tons and tons of immigrant drivers here and many times we'll see some stupid driving maneuver and try to guess the nationality of the driver. Most of the time, we are right. Older Asian drivers drive a "certain way" that is hard to explain. Middle Eastern drivers (a LOT of the taxi drivers here) drive another way.....like Mario Andretti, weaving in and out at high speeds. I'm sure a lot of their driving habits have been brought with them from their country of origin.

I am not trying to be racist or trying to stereotype, it's just the way it is.


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PostPosted: 12/08/14 11:06 am • # 4 
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I was just curious, roseanne ~ I'm guessing you've never been on southbound Lake Shore Drive here in Chicago during morning rush hour ... sometimes referred to as "Demolition Derby" ~ it's truly amazing that there aren't more serious accidents ~

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PostPosted: 12/08/14 11:34 am • # 5 
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Well, that was painful to watch. I'm thinking she gets maybe 22 mpg highway and 1 mpg parking lot.


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PostPosted: 12/09/14 12:33 am • # 6 
ugh....you're kidding me!?!


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PostPosted: 12/09/14 12:59 am • # 7 
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the video in post 1 is better than most of these 10:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jo4QUvkDDfI


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PostPosted: 12/09/14 8:00 am • # 8 
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sooz06 wrote:
I was just curious, roseanne ~ I'm guessing you've never been on southbound Lake Shore Drive here in Chicago during morning rush hour ... sometimes referred to as "Demolition Derby" ~ it's truly amazing that there aren't more serious accidents ~

Sooz


I've been through Chicago at rush hour, remember? I likened it to "Frogger" on speed. LOL! We planned our last trip to make sure we avoided it.


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PostPosted: 12/09/14 10:46 am • # 9 
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grampatom wrote:
Well, that was painful to watch. I'm thinking she gets maybe 22 mpg highway and 1 mpg parking lot.


A logical fallacy. ;)


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PostPosted: 12/09/14 12:07 pm • # 10 
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Compared to some folks invading Florida I think she did great. She could have hit the red car first, the black one next and for good measure the white one on the way out. Out in three moves!


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PostPosted: 12/09/14 12:09 pm • # 11 
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Compared to some folks invading Florida I think she did great. She could have hit the red car first, the black one next and for good measure the white one on the way out. Out in three moves!


No curb jumping? Who needs driveways and roads?


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PostPosted: 12/09/14 1:39 pm • # 12 
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Well, that was painful to watch. I'm thinking she gets maybe 22 mpg highway and 1 mpg parking lot.


A logical fallacy. ;)

Damn. I was trying for an illogical fallacy.


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PostPosted: 12/09/14 2:32 pm • # 13 
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roseanne wrote:
It's about 4minutes long and makes you shake your head. This person should not have a license. Unfortunately, with all immigrants, they don't even have to take a road test if they have a license from their country of origin. Just show your license, pay and viola' your licensed here. Sigh. She got a $115 ticket after the footage from a store camera was shown to the police. Not sure about the collision portion, although she said she didn't know she had hit a car?! :eyes



Immigrants like you are, roseanne?


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PostPosted: 12/09/14 3:10 pm • # 14 
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Yes, like I am. I didn't have to take a test, but only swapped my license.
You have a point?


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PostPosted: 12/09/14 3:37 pm • # 15 
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roseanne wrote:
Yes, like I am. I didn't have to take a test, but only swapped my license.
You have a point?


That was it. Only a playful dig at one of the least biased people I've come accross on the boards.


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PostPosted: 12/09/14 4:41 pm • # 16 
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lol, ok. And thanks!


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PostPosted: 12/10/14 8:39 am • # 17 
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That looks like "Anyparkinglot" Richmond, B.C. on a good day. You ought to see what happens if it rains and, if it snows, they've been known to bail out of their cars on a hill and just let them slide.


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