Not everyone is born a driver, but the majority of the population just suck it up and learn to drive whether the hard or the easy way. But in reality, a driver’s license doesn’t protect you from road rage, dangerous situations, or reckless behaviors that happen way too often.
So this list from Bored Panda serves as a crucial reminder to keep our eyes on the road for any bizarre, unexpected, and plain dumb sightings. Like this crazy person who drives cross-legged or this driver who holds a plate with a fork in what seems to be a fancy rendezvous dinner while driving.
This is not safe, this is not funny, but unfortunately it happens and we'd better learn what to expect and how to react in such unfortunate cases from the images rather than real-life circumstances. More people who shouldn't be allowed on the road can be found in our previous post right here.
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Someone Hit My Mail Box And Drove Off
Pick Your "Poison"
I Have Many, Many Questions
The national survey known as the 2021 Travelers Risk Index on distracted driving showed some illuminating findings on safety on the roads in the US. Luckily, one in four drivers thinks that roads are safer today than they were before the pandemic. However, alarmingly, a growing number of respondents reported using their mobile devices in unsafe ways while driving, including:
- Texting or emailing (26%, up from 19% pre-pandemic).
- Checking social media (20%, up from 13% pre-pandemic).
- Taking videos and pictures (19%, up from 10% pre-pandemic).
- Shopping online (17%, up from 8% pre-pandemic).
Literally, The Only 2 Cars In Belgrade Managed To Hit Each Other
How bad is your driving!? I feel like even if i tried i couldnt do this
When The Traffic Jam Is Actually A Parked Car
This happened to me the other week. I was waiting behind a car, which was waiting behind another car. Behind me were even more cars. Suddenly the car in front of me pulled out and I realised that we were all waiting behind a legally parked car. I pulled out, and saw in my rear vision mirror, all those behind me following my example.
Idiot In Hummer Filled 5 Gas Cans Expecting Shortages. Put Them In His Car And Lit Up A Cigarette. Hummer Destroyed
In that sense, the findings are twofold. Even though people feel safer on the roads, reality shows quite the contrary. According to the National Safety Council, 2020 motor vehicle deaths were up 8% from 2019. It makes it the highest percentage increase in 13 years.
Chris Hayes, the Second Vice President of Workers Compensation and Transportation, Risk Control, at Travelers commented on the current state of road safety: “Not only did distracted driving increase, data from our telematics product IntelliDrive shows that speeding also became more prevalent. As travel restrictions are lifted around the country, it’s critical to slow down and stay focused on the road by eliminating distractions.”
Let’s Report Someone Suspected Of Drunk Driving After Hitting Their Car
They Couldn’t Do It
Dude Drove Through Barriers And Onto A Bridge Under Construction On I-70 Bridge In KC. Shear Studs Ripped His Undercarriage To Shreds
Some Idiot Hits A Completely Stopped Bus. It’s Me, I’m The Idiot
Two Idiots Take Their 4x4s Sunbathing On The Beach
I Survived Being In This Car. The Idiot Fell Asleep Behind The Wheel And Drifted Into My Lane. Combined Total Of 120mph. That Used To Be A 2007 Audi A4
That's Why They Have Doors Like That
That's A Lot Of Damage
My Oblivious Neighbor
Apparently, that happens surprisingly frequently. I was talking to a gas station worker who said it happens at his station at least once every month or two.
Car Decided Wet Cement Is A Good Place To Drive
Yes. By all means, take this lane. It is clearly reserved just for you. Dumbass
Does This Count?
The Road Is Lava
Street Racing Is Not A Crime
Does This Count
Stupid People Are Not Born Stupid, They Simply Exist
This Counts Right?
Moving Trucks Are For Amateurs
I’m In Lions Gate. Broken Clavicle, Scapula, And Eight Ribs, Punctured Lung, But Happy To Be Alive. This Hit Me From Behind Going 80 Km/H
Gosh, hope they are fined and made to pay you a hefty compensation amount!
Some People Are A Unique Kind Of Idiot
I mean, I've done exactly this in GTA but I fail to see how it would actually be possible irl.
This Idiot Hit Me While He Was Pulling Out Of A Gas Station, He Said He Didn't See Me
Saw This Guy At The Light
Only In Texas. This Horse Is Either Very Well Trained Or Scared To Death. We Passed This Truck Highway 59, Past Lufkin
I’m all for a GoFundMe account for the horse so we can get a proper trailer. Lol
Animal cruelty and dangerous driving. Truly the epitome of fnckwittery.
How About Idiots In Trucks?
Horrible Driver Shames Other Driver For Not Accommodating Her Awful Parking Job
My Friend's Dumb Girlfriend
Have you seen the x-ray of that girl with the feet on the dashboard? After a crash? You won't hula-hoop for a long time..
What Is He Doing
Jimmying The Door Because The Duct Tape And Plastic Is Just Too Hard To Get Past
Thank You, Very Cool
Happened In Germany Today. Elderly People Really Should Take A Second Driving Test
Young men, if you want to be really acvurate. That's why their insurance rates are the highest.
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You don't know Germany: the principle of ''acquired rights'' lets you keep your driver's license until you do something that REALLY proves your incompetence. Not sure this counts.
In the US people over a certain age can take a drivers test for insurance discounts
Samantha Lomb: I looked into that "discount". You have to take a course, it can be in person or on line, you have to pay $20-$30. The course is about four hours and you have to take it every 3 years ( depends on the ins co I guess) and WHOA!!! for all that BS they give you a $20 reduction on your premium ( per year) Let me invest that savings, I'm gonna be rich.
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At a certain age you have to retake your test here. (Ontario, Canada)
We do that where I live too (southern California). I always see people on here talking about this and how it's not a thing in the US. It makes me wonder if maybe it's just a thing here.
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My great grandmother went through a grocery store wall a few years back… they took away her license after that. She is now 97 and healthy as someone her age can be! (She was 89-ish at the time of the incident)
The German lwa drives me nuts. My parents were a menace on ther road. They just refused to stop driving. Only recently, my mom had fainting spells and FINALLY a doctor sais, she can'T drive anymore.
We had an old dude that backed in to a cafe a few weeks ago. He mixed the pedals.
Him: 'OK Doris, don't f'in move!', Her: 'I can't sit here all day! I'm getting out'. Him: 'Where are you going to go Doris?'
Or at least a second eye exame. I would say at least every 5 years if not every year. My Mom drives like crazy sometimes.
Sadly it's not just caused by eyesight issues - often memory lapses where they forget which is the correct pedal. I've seen this a few times unfortunately and that's been the cause every single time.
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When they took the first test, they had to cope with dinosaurs in the streets. 😂😂😂
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young ones have to pay a much higher insurance than oldies because its the wet behind the ears ones that cause more accidents.
Well, thank God the steel bar made it impossible for the drive to try and get out and fall 15 feet. Lol.
She bought a new pair of frames. She looked better without the lenses, so made do without them.
how elderly is elderly I'm 71 drive every day and have a maximum no claims bonus as I have never had an accident.
in america, your driver's license expiration date changes the older you get, so you have to take the test more often. (teenagers also don't have long before theirs expire)
They don't in Germany? My granddad just did, got another 5 years on his licence. He's 90.
It’s often a medical issue, nothing to do with driving ability . Medical issues can happen at any age
I would lay odds most of the other accidents in this article are not elderly.
The day you turn 60 and every 5 years after you should be retested for basic vision, hearing and reflex capacity. Elderly people will complain like we're taking their rights away but in asking for like 20 minutes once every five years to keep people safe. You already have to spend 6 hours once every three years to keep your insurance rates low.
This is a huge issue in Florida. Everytime a politician mentions forcing the elderly to have to retake the drivers test after a certain age, they all freak out and threaten to vote them out of office. So it never happens. And accidents involving seniors here is absolutely staggering.
Florida: For the younger drivers,(15-24) there were a total of 16 deaths and 520 injuries, according to the Florida Department of Transportation. The older drivers (75-89) suffered 14 deaths and 181 injuries.
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No, no, they should stop driving altogether ! The person here was lucky to only damage their car but they could have hurt themselves or worst, someone else !
This is why we took away my grandparents keys. I was not going to endanger anyone driving on the roads around them.
Load More Replies... Looks like the driver is trying to open the door - gonna fall down go boom!
One hand on the wheel, one hand on top of the door. Where do you see the driver is reaching for the door handle?
Load More Replies...My Dad Who Drives And Plays Hearthstone And Screams At Me If I Say Anything
Talk to him seriously when he's not driving. If he continues, tell him you'll find other transit. Let him throw his fit. Ride with friends, take the bus. If those aren't options and your dad still won't listen, show this photo to the adults at your school until someone steps in to help you. What he's doing seriously endangers you and others. Adults who care about you would want to know.
Father Of The Year Has A Ps4 Setup In His Car For His Kids. Monitor Is In Front Of The Airbags
Improvise. Adapt. Overcome
Yeah, I'd Like To Have A Double Smashed Windshield Pls, Thanks
Result Of My Mother's Drunk Driving
I'm so sorry. I hope you're okay. I hope she's alive. I assume her license has been revoked. I hope this is rock bottom for her and she makes better choices after this.
We Have Been Forced Quarantined For 48 Hours. Notice The Empty Street And The Closed Gas Station And These Guys Managed To Get Into A Crash
Left guy: oh! A gas station! *Turns at the last second* Right guy: oh, it's s closed *turns away at the last second* *oopsie*
Thought I Was Being Pulled Over Thanks To These Illegal Blue LED Headlights
Unless Racing, It’s Time To Change The Tires
Drunk Driver Turned Directly In Front Of My Van. Tried To Run And Rev His Engine But Only Succeeded In Setting His Car On Fire. Also Wasn't Wearing A Seatbelt. Don't Drink And Drive Kids
One of my closest friends got into a similar crash thanks to some idiot who thought it was a good idea to drive drunk. But he wasn't so lucky. He died at the scene. :(
Some Guy Stole A Car And Repainted It To Avoid Suspicious
Behind Them For 30 Minutes. "Don't You Have Internet Friends That Like This Kind Of Stuff?" - My Wife
This Person Going 80 With A Dog In The Back
Windshield Breaking Machine
We Are The Idiots That Got Stuck Out In The Bonneville Salt Flats Yesterday
An Idiot In A Car Nevertheless
A Friend Was Fined For Driving In A Bus Lane, And He Argued That It Was Unclear On The Road. They Sent Him This
Two Police Cars Managed To Crash Into Each Other In The Currently Empty Streets Of Milan
This Car Driving On The Freeway With White Tail-Lights. Scared The Hell Out Of Me
Argh! They’re going to cause an accident. I hope their car was taken away and crushed into a cube.
Driver Tried To Cross Pedestrian Bridge
Someone Doesn’t Know His Own Size In The Historic English Town Of Alnwick
This occasionally happens in York - large tourist buses and narrow medieval gateways are a bad combination
Protective Shield Activated
Shields down to ten percent captain! Reroute power from life support!
Driver Ignores Street Construction Barricade And Gets Car Stuck In A Massive Hole Where A Water Main Break Was Being Repaired
My Dad (A Firefighter) Just Sent Me This. The Real Question Is How He Got Out
Another Idiot Hoarding Gas
This Idiot Didn’t Even Put Lime In His Corona
She Was Snapchating While Driving (40 Mph Road (64.4 Kph)). She Also Had A Little Brother In The Passenger Seat While Doing This
Hate how often I see people doing stuff like this (photo taken by a passenger of my car).
The different color front-left fender says isn't the first time she is snapchatting at the wheel.
These Collective Idiots Making An Illegal Left And Causing Gridlock
I’m 60, so it’s been 45 years, but I remember it like it was yesterday. Basic driver training lesson. If you miss a turn or an exit, or if traffic is too heavy to cross, then just keep driving until you reach the next exit, or a safe place to turn around. Plenty of stoplights ahead on this road. One of them has to have a safe place to turn around—-a parking lot on the left side with its own light, perhaps?
Two Guys Drove Off With One Sitting In The Engine Bay Controlling The Throttle By Hand After Finding Out Throttle Cable Wasn't In Stock
Well It’s That Time Of Year Again Where "No Passage" Sign At The Top Of The Concrete Paved Pedestrian Pathway Down To Dunquin Pier Gets Ignored
Drive Thru Dentist
How Stupid Do You Have To Be To Park There?
Our LT Forgot To Disengage The Brakes For The Water Buffalo. Drove At Least 10 Miles With Them Engaged, Not Realizing The Tire Was On Fire And The Rim Was Being Decimated
Idiot Didn’t Want To Wait In Traffic And Thought They’d Take A Shortcut And Got Stuck. Karma Sucks
Saw a bunch of 18-wheelers do this in Texas - absolutely blew me away!
I Do Valet For A Living. I See Way Too Many Idiots Pull In Like This
I don’t understand why people wouldn’t wear something that would prevent them going headfirst through the windscreen.
So Customer Drove About 2 Miles With It Like This
Idiot Of The Week Award Goes To This Lady
Driving Down A Sidewalk In Manhattan. Accelerated At Me And Went Over The Curb When He Saw Me Taking A Pic
My Mom Everyone
Driver Feeling Threatened By 16 Year Old Girl Raising Awareness For The Climate Crisis
Car Crashes While Trying To Pass Ambulance Today In Massachusetts
Apparently It’s A Bad Idea To Try To Drive From New Orleans To Jacksonville On 6 Year Old Tires While Towing A 5x8 Uhaul Trailer. Shockingly The Tire Didn’t Actually Pop, The Tread Just Separated. Silly Me. Lesson Learned. And Yes. I Wear Crocs. Get Over It
Does This Count?
Idiot Tourists Beach Rented Maserati
Does This Count?
Behind Us In Mcdonalds Drive Thru
He's Scared That Someone Will Steal His Plank
Currently Headed Down I-25
At Least She Had Her Eyes On The Road
My Brother Saw This On His Drive Through Wisconsin
Parking Your Car Like A Pro
To be fair, if you just glanced at it without looking well, the grass 'divider' looks about the same between the stalls as in the stalls.
Roadside Paint Job
This Guy Parked In The Middle Of The Road. It's Not Like There Are Many Empty Parking Spaces
Idiot Ends Up On Train Tracks After Not Looking Where He Was Going
Just Another Day In My Hometown
This Guy Watching "The Office" On His Laptop While Driving
Expect to see more of this with the increasing number of Tesla cars that can "drive autonomous." If idiots do this in a normal car, they will certainly do it in a car that is sold as a car that is so intelligent that you don't even have to drive it yourself.
Yes, The Middle Of A Busy Road Is The Best Place To Remove A Foot And A Half Of Snow From A Blizzard That Happened 3 Days Ago
To be fair, if it shifted while they were driving, then at least they're not continuing on unable to see as many other examples in this list would've done. She's an idiot for not doing it beforehand, but lets hope she learnt from the experience.
Krakow Taxi Driver Didn't Like The Beeping Caused By Not Wearing A Seat Belt So He Compromised By Using The Passenger Seat Belt
Today, My Mother Was The Idiot
No, No, You’re Fine
I'm Not The Idiot. My Friend Saw This Go Down At Ocean Shores, Wa Last Weekend And Sent It To Me
Drag Racing After Buying Groceries
She's Writing A Ticket And Parked Her Car In The Main Traffic Lane So People Have To Drive Into Oncoming Traffic To Get Around Her
Driving Down The Highway Like This The Day After A Blizzard
I Thought This Belonged Here
"His windshield was tinted as well."
Found This Gem On I-5, She Was Cruising At A Steady 70mph With No Windshield
Someone Needs To Explain The Benefits Of A Pick Up Truck To This Man
I like how the song being played is "Through Glass", just predicting the future
These Exhaust Pipe Extensions Look Sick. Not Sure Why Nobody's Done It Before
A New Trend
Drunk Driver Outside Bridgeport, California This Morning
Something I Saw Down My Road
Is This What We Do Now? At 70+ Mph. Smh
No Straps? No Problem. The Driver Can Just Hold It In Place
Now we just need a couple of kids jumping up and down on it and scenario would be complete.
Someone Actually Posted This In A Real Facebook Group About 45 Minutes Ago And Was Bragging About It
This Is What My Sister Did To Her First Car
Objects In The Mirror Are Even Stupider Than They Appear
Saw This Guy Driving On The Interstate The Other Day
I Don't Care For This New Marketing Campaign By The Local Windshield Glass Company
Well, that IS one way to drum up business… An illegal way, but still a way.
Bold. You Can Get Impounded For Driving Without Insurance Here
Is this one of those stupid Sovereign Citizens that like to twist the law to their own beliefs?
A Truck Drove On Turf I Layed Yesterday
Stop Sign Made Sure She Was Stopped
That's Why I Couldn't Find Any Skull Emblems
75 Mph, Try Outs To Be The Next Florida Man
I Told My Friend He Might Need A Tire Change, He Told Me It Doesn’t Matter How Much Tread His Tires Have Because His Car Has All Wheel Drive
Bmw Passed Me Going Over 100 On A Bridge, Clipped 3 Cars, Lost The Front Bumper Halfway Through. This Is The Car 3 Minutes After Passing Me
Hard To See From This Angle But There’s A Flag On The Front At Windshield Level
No Special Occasion. He Just Drives Around Town Like This All The Time
Idiot Bus Driver Decided To 3 Point Turn In My Steep Driveway. Been Stuck For An Hour
How Many Times Do You Think This Person Needed A Jump Before They Installed This Decal?
Yeah, The Drivers In California Really Have No Clue What They Are Doing
Virginia Beach, Worst Drivers Ever
The driver of the car drove under the rear of the trailer and kept it going to just under the truck.
My Neighbour Think This Parking Spot Belongs (It Really Doesn't) To Him And Does This To Everyone Who Parks There
This time he did it to me, because I had nowhere to park yesterday, so I woke up to this and I don't think he's gonna leave any soon. Should I take action?
It’s Me. I’m The Idiot. Left My Sunroof Open When It Called For Rain
Compared to the rest of these idiots, you're fine and a rather tame idiot driver
This Is A Parked Car
Mistakes Were Made Today
Rental (this used to be a Penske) trucks tend to have their overall height marked in a dozen different places (including backwards on the corner of the box where it's visible in the side mirrors. All the help in the world isn't enough for some people.
Almost Causing Others To Crash Because They Want To Fight In The Middle Of The Highway
This Driver Blocked The Bus For The Entire Green Light
At A Local Shopping Center
I Work At A Local Grocery Store, And I Had To Go Out In The Cold Rain To Round Up Shopping Carts
And as I’m doing so, the woman that was in this car honked at me to move out of the way, only to park like this.
Putting Your Dog In The Back Of A Full Truck Bed
So A Dude In A Mustang Drove Into My Friends House Today
Two People On The Highway Drove Next To Each Other At 55 Miles An Hour For Several Miles, Causing A Huge Line Of Cars To Build Up Behind Them
In the UK at least, it's an offense to do this, you are not allowed to attempt to "enforce the speed limit" by blocking traffic.
Me Driving Fast On A Wet Dirt Road. Idiot
'murica
Today I Was The Idiot In The Car
Just Another Day In Los Angeles
Apparent Drug Dealer In Stolen Mercedes Took A 50km/h Corner At 130km/h In A Pursuit And This Was The Result Outside My House
Great addiction, now he own a modern art piece on his lawn. "it symbolize the vacuity of humanity".
Someone Threw A Bottle At My Neighbor's Car While He Was Driving Last Night
Some Idiot Got Their Car Stuck. It Was Me
Saw This In Front Of My Work A Couple Days Ago
Little Sister Went Out With A Friend In My Moms Car Yesterday. Didn’t Know Which Lane To Go In So Picked The Middle
This Dude Was Driving Around Blasting The "Team America" Theme Song
Disaster Waiting To Happen
Been In Hard Traffic For 20 Min, When I Got To The Source Of It, Turned Out It Was Just A Cyclist On A Mountain Road
Truck Drivers Who Think They Have To Park All The Way Back
Neighbor Parks Blocking The Whole Alley
Due to the utility nature that alleyways serve in most cities, this can get you a ticket.
They Paid For The Whole Sticker, I Guess They Are Going To Use The Whole Sticker
F*ck all the people that put their animals in the back of their open trucks or on the top of their cars, like the one with the cats. Why get a pet if you don't love them?
Exactly. I don't care, if their stupidity puts their own lifes in danger but when there are animals involved, I'm furious. Makes me wish John Wick was real.
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Did the DMV ever think of including an IQ test with the drivers test!
How do these people even pass the driving test? Well, some of them probably didn't and are driving anyway. The ones that blow me away are the ones that managed to get not only a driver's license, but a CDL.
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Q: How did this thread get so many pictures? Q: How did this thread get so many upvotes? A: There is no shortage of these cars/drivers.
Scary to drive anymore. Girl on cell phone on an apparently more import text then paying attention to her driving. Ran a stop sign and T-boned me. Don't text and drive!
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This topic proves again what I've been saying for years now: include a psychological evaluation and an IQ test in the entire process of getting a drivers license. Just too many fools get a license to endanger the public with a 2 ton killing machine.
I hate it to drive a car. Even if everyone drives careful, sober and prudent and all cars are maintained very well, suddenly out of nowhere 'POOF' there is a wasp in your or the car behind you frightening the driver. Or a deer on the street, or or or.. From one second to the next, your life can change completely or just simply stop. It's naive, but I just hate it!
I was taught to drive 'defensively' and it's saved me from a few crashes I'm sure. It basically means you assume every other car on the road doesn't know it's road rules. So if they are indicating, don't go out in front of them until you see them actually turning. Same for people who are meant to give way to you: be prepared for them to come out in front of you anyway. I even used this on my full licence test, on a roundabout and a car pulled out onto the roundabout as I approached it. I was able to stop in time, but the guy next to me testing me went white and shouted out the window at the woman :D I think he was pleased with my driving after that seeing as I avoided a huge risk
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I hope someone called the police for animal cruelty for the pets in the pictures. No pet deserves to be treated like that.
No 7 is local to me. We have some right idiots living in Derby and no 8 is also UK. Message to people of the UK LEARN TO DRIVE
Most of these made me laugh. Some made me scared and sad, and others made me angry.
I have epilepsy and don't drive, but there are many people with active seizures who do. Such idiots who aren't drunk, aren't doing dumb things with their cars, just knowingly doing something that could cost people their lives.
All I can say is "Good grief, people stay away from me" I'm to old to die in a car wreck.
F*ck all the people that put their animals in the back of their open trucks or on the top of their cars, like the one with the cats. Why get a pet if you don't love them?
Exactly. I don't care, if their stupidity puts their own lifes in danger but when there are animals involved, I'm furious. Makes me wish John Wick was real.
Load More Replies... Did the DMV ever think of including an IQ test with the drivers test!
How do these people even pass the driving test? Well, some of them probably didn't and are driving anyway. The ones that blow me away are the ones that managed to get not only a driver's license, but a CDL.
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Scary to drive anymore. Girl on cell phone on an apparently more import text then paying attention to her driving. Ran a stop sign and T-boned me. Don't text and drive!
Load More Replies... This topic proves again what I've been saying for years now: include a psychological evaluation and an IQ test in the entire process of getting a drivers license. Just too many fools get a license to endanger the public with a 2 ton killing machine.
I hate it to drive a car. Even if everyone drives careful, sober and prudent and all cars are maintained very well, suddenly out of nowhere 'POOF' there is a wasp in your or the car behind you frightening the driver. Or a deer on the street, or or or.. From one second to the next, your life can change completely or just simply stop. It's naive, but I just hate it!
I was taught to drive 'defensively' and it's saved me from a few crashes I'm sure. It basically means you assume every other car on the road doesn't know it's road rules. So if they are indicating, don't go out in front of them until you see them actually turning. Same for people who are meant to give way to you: be prepared for them to come out in front of you anyway. I even used this on my full licence test, on a roundabout and a car pulled out onto the roundabout as I approached it. I was able to stop in time, but the guy next to me testing me went white and shouted out the window at the woman :D I think he was pleased with my driving after that seeing as I avoided a huge risk
Load More Replies... I hope someone called the police for animal cruelty for the pets in the pictures. No pet deserves to be treated like that.
No 7 is local to me. We have some right idiots living in Derby and no 8 is also UK. Message to people of the UK LEARN TO DRIVE
Most of these made me laugh. Some made me scared and sad, and others made me angry.
I have epilepsy and don't drive, but there are many people with active seizures who do. Such idiots who aren't drunk, aren't doing dumb things with their cars, just knowingly doing something that could cost people their lives.
All I can say is "Good grief, people stay away from me" I'm to old to die in a car wreck.
