I hate driving...

United States
September 1, 2011 1:07pm CST
Well I went out to pick my son up from school and I get ran off the road by a fire truck. I guess they were not paying attention and no the lights were not on. The worst thing about it is they didnt even have the courtesy to stop and make sure we were okay. I was starting to think they were doing it purposely because they just kept coming over into my lane. Its pretty annoying.
5 responses
@ShepherdSpy (8544)
• Omagh, Northern Ireland
1 Sep 11
Annoying?! You got run off the road by a fire truck that wasn't on a Call with your son in the car and they didn't stop? Did they hit you? Contact the station and the cops!
• United States
1 Sep 11
Its annoying because they dont know how to stop. This has happened to me before by a pickup truck turning in the same lane. If I hadnt ran off the road they wouldve hit me. I am pretty confused as to why they didnt just stop in the middle of the road instead just kept on driving. If it had messed my car up or if anyone was hurt I wouldve called the cops. It just scared us.
• Omagh, Northern Ireland
2 Sep 11
Sounds like they could use a "How's My Driving?" sticker on the back....OK,they're emergency responders,but they have to abide by the rules of the road..they're not above the law when not responding,and causing someone to take evasive action to avoid a crash is not good driving or acceptable road manners..it should be reported,IMO..
• United States
2 Sep 11
There is not a whole lot that could be done about it. they are not going to know who did it so nothing would be done.
@megamatt (14292)
• United States
16 Sep 11
I think its not the art of the driving that is the problem. It is rather the people on the road. I think that with each passing year, any restrictions that might have been in place for people to get their driver's licenses have vanished into a puff of smoke. It is rather something where a lot of people seem to not either pay attention to where they are going or who knows what. It is fairly annoying to say the least. I will say that would in fact be the case for sure. Sometimes it is more than annoying, it is rather horrifying. And when something does happen, people don't care. Which really is just a problem with society these days in general. Not just people behind the wheel of a car. It makes me want to shake my head in shame to tell you the truth. Situations like this are horrifying and not to mention far too common.
• United States
16 Sep 11
It surely scared me. I had to sit there for a minute before I started driving again because I was shaking.
• United States
1 Sep 11
I hate that so much. So many drivers out there have no respect at all for other drivers what so ever and that to me is so wrong and so annoying. Alot of drivers dont pay attention to what others are doing and either that is might be rush hour traffic and they shouldnt be doing what they are. Where i live when you get off the turnpike there are four lanes two are to turn left one is a straight lane and then the other is a straight and a right hand turn lane. But the people going straight will get in the only right hand turn lane there is and back up the entire intersection of people getting off the turnpike and it will get all the way backed up onto the turnpike during rushhour traffic and its really bad because just because of one person wont make the right hand turn and have to go straight and not have respect for all the others behind them. I just cant stand that at all and it bothers me alot.
• United States
1 Sep 11
Oh yea that happens here to. Its also annoying when it clearly states "right lane ending" and everyone waits to the last minute to merge over and expect you to just stop to let them over.
@webgirl01 (689)
• United States
3 Sep 11
Hi there, sorry to hear you got ran off the road by the fire truck. I know some people don't pay attention to what they are doing when driving. I generally hate driving at times. Too many cars..lol. Oh wells.
• United States
3 Sep 11
I try to take back roads half the time to avoid traffic. I dont know what a fire truck was doing on a back road in the first place. Just glad no one got hurt.
• United States
1 Sep 11
Fireman and police always think that they are above the law. So they do a little illegal and annoying things to see how much they can get away with, i personally don't hate driving because it takes me one place to another much faster. This is my opinion on this.
• United States
1 Sep 11
Well thats true but I dont walk anywhere lol. If I have to go somewhere I will be driving.