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Mirror damaged by merging woman

Discussion in 'Fred's House of Pancakes' started by Troy Heagy, Sep 23, 2014.

  1. Troy Heagy

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    I-5 south. I am in the right lane, preparing to exit. A 20-something girl comes off the ramp directly next to me, sits there for several seconds waiting for me to let her out, and then merges onto the highway (impacting my mirror). After I pulled over to exchange insurance information, she started balling me out by saying, "You should have left me out you stupid nerd!!!"

    I kept my cool and said nothing. I waited for the CHP to handle her instead. She of course was ticketed.

    Soooooooooo: Why are people so dumb? Why did she expect me to move my car & make way for her ramp exit? The sign is clearly posted at the end of every ramp: YIELD.
     
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    Let's hope you'll never need to merge into a lane and want someone to give way to you. Do you know what it's like to be human? With a little compassion and human decency? Life is not all about posted signs.
     
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    Anyone notice the pullovers and accidents of the OP is very frequent?

    His insurance should be very high....companies will raise it even when the insured is frequent but not at fault.
     
  4. ETC(SS)

    ETC(SS) The OTHER One Percenter.....

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    The OP really should consider mass transit.

    If only one in five of your stories are true then you have NO BUSINESS on public roads.
    I used to discount "Prius Hate" as exaggerations made by self-abosrbed eco-weenies with an automotive Naploeanic complex, but your posts give me pause to reconsider this assumption.

    I'm really REALLY glad that TH is not a sport shooter.
     
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    I was EXITING on the very next road a few hundred feet down..... I needed to Stay in the right lane to make that happen. Did you not read the VERY FIRST sentence in my post? ;) :) :D Anyway it's obvious who was at fault, given the cop's ticketing of the woman.
     
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    I read all your sentences, including the one sentence you said the girl waited several seconds for you to let her out. Several seconds and you didn't let her out?????? Of course you having social issues and being somewhat autistic can't figure out how to give way and let the girl out. Her calling you a "stupid nerd" says a lot about who you are! But I forgive you, I know special people and you can't always get through to them.

    Our roads and freeways will never move if everybody followed just the posted signs and nobody gave way.
     
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    You DID NOT answer the question, but that's alright because you are broadcasting your story is pure fiction.
     
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    What, are you prejudiced against post-mortal posters?
     
  10. Onager

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    There is one and only one viable response to the un-dead.
     
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    You guys call the police when you clip side mirrors? o_O
     
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    Depends on local rules. Where I live and IIRC most places in California won't send police unless there is an injury. Most accidents on freeways will get the Highway patrol to respond.
     
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    In a nation where one in five drivers are armed....wouldn't YOU?
     
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    IN regards to the post, and not in defense of any behavior

    There seems to be a lot more drivers to "bully" their way onto roads. and many people seem to have forgotten how to merge. IE get up to speed and then move over into a space. But this also involves cooperation of the folks in the right lane to either change lanes or ease on the gas to help the space open up for the merging car.

    when traffic is stop/go and well below the speed limit (rush hour) its common to use the zipper method. every other car.

    Hopefully TH will think about if he had allowed the other driver to merge, and been 20 seconds late to his destination. he' d not be having to deal with another insurance company, and the time he will be wasting droping off cars,. picking up a rental, and waiting on the side of the road for the CHP....
     
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    Sorry, MarcSmith, but Troy Haggle died in a horrible automobile accident

    Troy Heagy Dies In Car Crash

    Please do not feed the Zombie Troll impersonating him.
     
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    Not feeding. But a lot of people, at least around the dc area suck at merging. It's like they forget about the gas pedal.
     
  17. Onager

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    It ain't just around D.C. and as you stated above it takes a minimum of effort to raise your foot off the gas so that someone may merge with traffic.

    But what drama could a Troll generate in forums like this without tall tales?
     
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    can we give him an oscar?
     
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    Only if "Oscar" is his middle name.

    Troy Oscar Heagy . . .
     
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    ^ for the anti-troll guys...I frequently posted what a moderator said about Troy Heagy in 2004 - I'll give you the entire link and connect more dots > Ooops... I got banned for saying I get 90 mpg! - Page 4 - Insight Central: Honda Insight Forum

    • If TH can "borrow" Rick Reese's pictures of a 100 mpg run, I suspect he can do the same with a Mercedes FCV picture, upload it so it's harder to detect as fraud, and claim it's "proof" on one of his other threads here.
    • Note TH said this almost verbatim at PC a few months ago
      How many forums has Troy Heagy claimed to grow up from trolling? If...IF I were in his shoes and serious about turning a new leaf, I would start all over with a screen name that can't be linked to my dubious past, and over the next couple of years demonstrate I'm a meaningful contributor, have few posts that disrupt, actually meet some PC members. Even then, I'm not sure of revealing a past as a serial troller. So is Troy Heagy wanting to reform or take you for a sucker? The answer should be obvious.
    • He's claimed to have a Prius, Insight, now a Mercedes FCV. He complains about price yet can have all this and more. What is he - a car editor?
     
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