Still laughing over this

[NCTexan]

Unfortunately, too many folks have "embraced" technology that is far beyond their capacity to employ.

Computes, telephones, GPS, and remote controls... and automobiles.

 

[steelslaver]

Getting a drivers license should be more difficult than a CC permit and easier to have revoked.

The problem with GPS systems is they assume the driver has some common sense. Some people would drive off a cliff if the GPS directed them to. Hmmmmmmmm that give me an idea on how to get rid of a lot of really stupid people.

Around here there are not that many multi lane roads. What happens around here is people have their GPS set on shortest route and they follow it into the boon docks on to roads that are impassible when its rained, buried in snow in the winter or take their motor home or big trailer across what we call a scenic route, then fail to appreciate the scenery. LOL

 

[Smithboomer]

I heard about a guy in Germany who drove onto a already-collapsed bridge because his GPS unit told him to "turn left".

Germans....love 'em or hate 'em, they know how to follow orders.

 

[Cdog]

Pre GPS, I saw a wife pointing left while beating her husband and driver of the pickup towing the camper that I slammed into as they made that left turn from the far right lane.

My bike was a total loss. After surgery, 3 months in a cast and 30 years I still have a screwed together ankle that's a better weather forecaster than anyone on the tube.

Real life zombies do walk/drive among us...

 

[Brian41]

Makes you wonder how the woman managed to even program the GPS unless she had someone do it for her. Yep they're out there and another reason I've given up on motorcycles and sports cars as I like to be in something a little bigger.

 

[bhayles]

Pre GPS, I saw a wife pointing left while beating her husband and driver of the pickup towing the camper that I slammed into as they made that left turn from the far right lane.

I hope you talked the cops into giving the ticket to the wife instead of hubby. It sounds like he really had no choice if he wanted to live...

 

[Cdog]

I wish I had! Great reply above!

 

[walkin jack]

Anyone remember the comedian from a few years back that went by the name Gallagher? His head was bald on the top but he wore the "finge long and straight. The first few rows of his audiences always had plastic sheeting covering them because part of his act was to smash different fruits and veggies with a huge wooden mallet. The grand finale of this segment of the show was always a watermelon.

Anyway, one of his bits was that he invented a gun that shot "stupid stickers". If you had one of these you could observe another driver do something stupid in his vehicle and shoot a stupid sticker on to his vehicle. If a cop sees a vehicle with 3 or more stupid stickers on it he could pull them over and give them a ticket.

As funny as that was I couldn't help but see what a good idea in might be after all. I could go through a couple of rolls of stupid stickers a day with no effort.

 

[the ringo kid]

We have them here too [emoji57]I need some sort of grenade launcher on the front of my truck..

They are here as well. I,d replace the grenade launcher with twin .50s----you have more than one chance to ''correct'' others of their mistakes.

 

[the ringo kid]

I've had three "Left turns from the outside lane" in front of me while in the inside lane in the last week. Must be something in the air. I wonder what bloomed.....

Nothing bloomed..... They just took too many ''stupid'' pills. Something similar happened to me like that this week.

 

[the ringo kid]

Makes you wonder how the woman managed to even program the GPS unless she had someone do it for her. Yep they're out there and another reason I've given up on motorcycles and sports cars as I like to be in something a little bigger.

She probably enlisted the help from a preteen.

 

[the ringo kid]

That's a great idea. I also like the idea of 'trained' civilian armed with spikestrips. This is to ensure the safety of ones own neighborhood, when speeders drive around speed bumps---or fly over them like they do in my neighborhood.

Anyone remember the comedian from a few years back that went by the name Gallagher? His head was bald on the top but he wore the "finge long and straight. The first few rows of his audiences always had plastic sheeting covering them because part of his act was to smash different fruits and veggies with a huge wooden mallet. The grand finale of this segment of the show was always a watermelon.

Anyway, one of his bits was that he invented a gun that shot "stupid stickers". If you had one of these you could observe another driver do something stupid in his vehicle and shoot a stupid sticker on to his vehicle. If a cop sees a vehicle with 3 or more stupid stickers on it he could pull them over and give them a ticket.

As funny as that was I couldn't help but see what a good idea in might be after all. I could go through a couple of rolls of stupid stickers a day with no effort.