Woman's Car ends up sideways being pushed by 18 Wheeler Wheeling at Highway Speed

I'm sorry all you ladies out there, but I've never seen anything like this in my life as I'm sure you haven't either. So, frankly it's only fitting a "woman driver" was the "victim" the first time. we've ever seen it. Firstly, thank goodness she and others didn't end up dead and we can joke about it now. 

And yes indeed,  there are just as many moronic men drivers out there as well, it's most definately an equal opportunity problem on our roads.

This little video below reminds me of the scene in "Christmas Vacation" where Clark the idiot merges underneath the tractor trailer trying to pass 2 shotgun wielding rednecks hassling him down the highway, remember?

btw...No matter man or woman, this is a lesson to be learned by everyone as we all encounter this daily if you drive, and that is " don't merge in front of Tractor Trailers doing 70 miles an hour unless you're moving as fast as they are".  

In other words, the whole idea of "merging" is to gain enough speed on the ramp to seamlessly glide into the traffic at a similar speed.  Now that doesn't take into account the "assholes" out there, and there's no shortage, who refuse to let people merge in for no reason whatsoever, who then cause the entire process to be harder  and more dangerous than it already is.

And for those people, I have a special greeting, I cut right in front of their ass whether they like it or not,  and then,  for an encore I jam my brakes on 'em when they ride up on my ass to send them another freakin' message.

And you pricks know who you are, so if you're in Chicago and that happened to you in past 20 years by a man in a white '76 Corvette Stingray or this Chrysler convertible, it was ME who did it.. Get the message did you? lol. If not it was "Next time let the people merge in, and the traffic moves effortlessly, you prickwad".

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How to stop your car when the throttle is stuck ? A couple possible life saving tips......

Motorists today have a habit of dealing with crisis's when they arise never having given any thought to what they would do if and when certain emergencies arise. It's all part of our let someone else worry about it" culture just as we saw yesterday with the man who's car was out of control SUPPOSEDLY.

I say supposedly because if he and other Toyota owners gave it some previous thought, he and they would have known how to handle the situation without needing to call CHIPS to slow down the car.

I don't care what he says was happening in the car, why these people don't put the car in neutral is beyond me.

And you would think with all the attention being given to the Toyota malfunctions the company would send some sort of emergency check down for the owners to observe and practice if and when the situation arises as happened yesterday strangely while the company was giving a demonstration as to how this shouldn't be happening!!!

So I thought I would post something that might get in the hands of the right people on what to do, since I do own one of these cars that I bought for my mother, and we had the accelerator get stuck on the floormat a couple times nearly 10 years ago!

1st thing to do is this: 

We took out the floormat, cut the top three inches off it, and the problem never re-occurred to this day.

In addition I also had an accelerator stick on a '84 trans Am of mine which blew the motor by the time I thought about turning the key off when I was only 17, so here's a simple list of three things to do if this happens to you:

So if the floormat cutting didn't work and this happens to you , try this:

First put on your turn signal and negotiate your car over to the furthest right lane, turn on your emergency flashers, and put the damn car in neutral.

It will slow down on it's own and come to a stop, unless you're headed down Mt Everest at the time.  Do not turn off the vehicle at until stopped because you may lose control of the steering and could possibly lock the wheel.

Wait until it's stopped before turning it off/ Then call triple AAA or whoever you need to to come and get you and the car. Period

Secondly, there is no secondly.

That's all you need to do, put the car in Neutral,  and simply let it slow itself , or slow it down with the brakes coasting in neutral on the shoulder then coming to a complete stop.

And if it doesn't slow down for some reason, inch up against the guardrail and that will do the trick as well, if there is one there to do so, or the cement median works good for that too if you cant get to the right lane on a highway.

Otherwise, pick something soft and unpopulated to run into if all else fails

That's really it.

It's not brain surgery and anyone qho can manage to drive a car can accomplish it if they just keep their heads and follow the simple procedures,......turn signal, right lane, emergency flashers so the people behind you know something is wrong, PUT THE CAR IN NEUTRAL, and let the car coast to a stop.... which it will eventually do.

Here's a few more tips from the cop who helped stop the man out of control yesterday who if he followed my directions would not have been through the harrowing experience he went through not knowing WTF to do even though he knew the car is one of the Toyota's needing repair unless he spent the past month on Mar

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How to stop your car when the throttle is stuck - Autos- msnbc.com: "With fear of unintended acceleration approaching the dimensions of mass hysteria, now is a good time to review the fundamentals of operating cars so that drivers are prepared in the event of a stuck throttle, whatever the cause.

The first order of business is to ensure familiarity with the car and its controls, advises Popular Mechanics magazine’s automotive editor Larry Webster. Check the placement of the pedals to avoid accidentally pressing the accelerator instead of the brake. Practice shifting the transmission into neutral. Practice shutting the engine off with the transmission in drive.

The shifters and keyless engine stop/start buttons in many new cars may be unfamiliar to drivers who should study them in preparation for an emergency situation. Beyond simply examining these controls, practice using them, Webster suggests." 

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Woman Racing Fan Killed by Deadly Airborne Dragster Tire

Everyone hates seeing fans injured any time any where during any sporting events, and frankly as many car racing events they have that go on without a hitch is a testament to the reasonable level of safety most of the time at these car races. Yet the cries will come to "build higher walls" or make 'lighter tires' or better yet "nerf tires".

You can see where I'm headed with that, so we'll just leave it with 'may God bless her' and  'Our hearts go out to her loved ones', who obviously must be stunned from the sudden, unexpected loss on a day which was intended to absorb some pleasure, I'm sure.

'It's a dangerous activity for '  is maybe the message here,  and that some things are just plain old, sad and terribly regrettable accidents.

A race official climbs over a barrier with a fire extinguisher to aid Antron Brown after Brown crashed his Matco Tools/U.S. Army dragster during the NHRA Arizona Nationals auto race at Firebird International Raceway, Sunday, Feb. 21, 2010, in Chandler, Ariz. A fan later died after being hit by a tire from the crashing dragster. (AP Photo/The Arizona Republic, Crystal Ochoa)"]

Fan dies after hit by debris from NHRA crash CHANDLER, Ariz. - A woman died Sunday after being hit by a tire from a crashing dragster at the NHRA Arizona Nationals. The woman was watching a first-round Top Fuel run at Firebird International Raceway when Antron Brown’s Matco Tools/U.S. Army dragster went out of control on the strip and its left rear wheel came off.

Alia Maisonet, a spokeswoman for the Gila River Indian Community, said the woman was airlifted to a hospital for treatment and later died. Gila River emergency personnel were among the first to respond to the scene. more  nbcsports.msnbc.com.

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Dead Cheerleader Texted Friend "I'm Hammered":

This is sad, yet I can't rag about it too much because I spent a good sized portion of my youth doing often the same damn dangerous and deadly things, you just wish you could shake these kids and wake them up but they do same thing we did then too, not listen to people who've already been through it, love us the most and really the only ones who care, our parents.

But everyone seems to have to learn the most heedful lessons the hard way, some in the worst way like this sad sad story. There's been a real string of tragic teen drunk driving deaths around the country, and last night claimed two drunk teens in separate accidents, one which two drunk drivers hit each others, and that's no bullspit.

I'm waiting for someone to post a video from the news on that one, but here's the cheerleader texting video on the sad and untimely deaths of Veronica Aguirre, a cheerleader from Poway High School in San Diego, and Jeffrey David Hodson, who just turned 18..

Cheerleader Text Friend "I'm Hammered"

Report | NBC San Diego: "It’s a frightening trend that teenagers don’t seem to be heeding.

Two more collisions have claimed the lives of two more teenagers – 17-year-old Veronica Aguirre, a cheerleader from Poway High School, and Jeffrey David Hodson, who just turned 18.

Investigators believe alcohol played a role in both crashes.

'I'm hammered,' Veronica Elizabeth Aguirre texted to a girlfriend in Poway just before midnight Thursday, according to the San Diego Union-Tribune.

Cheerleader, Teen Killed in Separate Crashes

The friend sent a text message back, offering to pick her up.

Aguirre drove instead.

Less than 90 minutes later, the 17-year-old cheerleader was dead."

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Fox Car Report Inside Jay Leno's Expansive Garage

I happen to have been a big fan of  "Jay Leno's Garage" where he takes viewers on rides in all kinds of exotic cars he owns and shows on the web a different episode every week which I'm not sure if he's still doing, but the videos can be enjoyed here (same link as above).....

Meanwhile here's the 5 minute tour....

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