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Originally Posted by Peptron
Ok... I've always known that, but after shaking for about one hour in anger, I've noticed that I need better methods to cope with stupid people..
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Alternative punishment! I say give the crash test dummies a rest and replace them with the traffic offenders. If they get hurt, you can always tell them you were merely trying to broose their ego, that you read somewhere there was a good change they would pass straight through the wall and can't be helt responsible for the failure of QM. Should be fun to watch... Educational too, in a sense.
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Originally Posted by Peptron
Sadly, you cannot file a complain because:
1- Police handles crimes, not stupidy. You have to proove there was a criminal intent.
2- From number 1: You have to proove the event. If the car didn't actually hit you, you got no proof.
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I don't really think law enforcement can be blamed for this one. Sure, some of them are really just there to pick up their pay-check, but mostly I think they just realized long ago they can't help: if you got the license plate (and preferably some witnesses), it's a different story, but if you try to file a complaint saying 'Some idiot who I don't know, driving a car of which I can only specifically state that it had four wheels, nearly killed me...", they'll probably go "Nice, what'd you want me to do about it - Question everyone with a drivers license?"...
You can always file a complaint against 'unknown persons', but there's really no point in it - probably invented to give you at least a sense of justice... Saw a neat video once, though: a parking lot camera taped a female driver backing up into a free space, when some "the things that I attached to my car are more expensive then the car itself and my 1000 Watt sub-woofers really help me better to concentrate on the road" macho dude comes in with screeching wheels and blocks her path. The female driver tries to (rather politely) indicate that she was first and should therefor be able to park, but the guy doesn't budge. You see the woman give up and drive off in search of another free space, letting the moron have his way. Ten minutes later, you see the woman approach his car and flattening his 4 tires - not by cutting them, just deflating. Shame the video never showed the guys reaction (but I guess it wouldn't have been suitable for prime time broadcasting anyway...)
I've been driving for 6 years now, and I always try to keep it in the back of my head that I'm in a potentially deadly vehicle with a lot of momentum. And I don't mind the honking behind me whenever I slow down or stop to let a pedestrian cross - rain or no rain. Not that I'm completely void of traffic violations, but I always remember the wise words of my driving instructor: "If you leave 5 minutes late, you should arrive 5 minutes late...".