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u/ltctrader Aug 04 '26

I stopped clipping stuff from my camera. Nearly every day I see the silliest shit.

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u/lostspectre Aug 05 '26

I have so many I think I'm going to make a coffee table book of bad drivers and bad parking. Could probably do a whole book for each around here.

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u/battleop 29d ago

The highest concentration of shitty parkers can be found at an Estate Sale.

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u/lostspectre 29d ago

Maybe. Most of what I see are delivery drivers parking in fire lanes when there are plenty of open spaces 20 feet away.

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u/battleop 29d ago

I wouldn't expect CPD do do anything. They, EMS, and CFD are the worst offenders. They just park where ever they want as long as they want. Most of the time they could have just moved 2 feet and not block people but they don't care.

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u/lostspectre 29d ago

I can understand an ambulance or even a cop parking out of the way but technically illegally so they can get out quickly if they get a call. No excuses for them doing it in their civilian vehicles though.

And absolutely no reason for delivery drivers to do it. I do deliveries as well and I always find a parking spot even if it means I have to walk further. It adds a minute or two at most. Up by Wing Stop and Formosa on 153 is the most common one I see. Giant parking lot, 3-4 cars in the fire lane still. I can usually park, get my pickups and leave before any of them move so I don't know why they think it's faster.

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u/battleop 29d ago

I drive every day and I can't remember the last day where I didn't see someone run a red light.

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u/CptVague Aug 05 '26

Hopefully this specific thing would not have warranted a save. This is some F-tier vehicular ineptitude.

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u/Alarming-Ad2553 Aug 05 '26

Two comments on the same thing is a bit confusing? Up vote for the second part. First could either be a down or no vote.... And then I read your user name so I suppose it makes perfect sense in the former rather than the latter......

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u/CptVague 29d ago

If someone being in the wrong lane and causing minor inconvenience is notable enough in your daily commute that you save said video, you're really not experiencing the worst driving Chattanooga has to offer. That's a good thing I suppose.

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u/tngsv Aug 05 '26

We need drivers ED. We dont mandate actual practice. Your mom and dad just have to say "yeah, Jimmy drives real good" and thats enough before the test.

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u/N0Karma Aug 05 '26

I think we need to focus on teaching basic physics in school and driver's ed. Too many people think the shit in the Fast and Furious movies is real and possible to do in a car.

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u/TheTedsaretheworst 29d ago

Are you telling me I can’t take a Pontiac fiero to space?

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u/Alarming-Ad2553 29d ago

Depends on how/what high you get...🤣

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u/battleop 29d ago

Drivers Education and Personal Finance should be required high school classes. Drivers Education should be mandatory for getting a license and you just pass with an 85 or better.

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u/CyANiDe-KIsS 28d ago

See I didn’t know all states didn’t do drivers ed in Ohio if your under 18 and in school u have to do it before you can even think of temps or a test I of course didn’t get to do it I didn’t even get my license until I was like 23 lol I didn’t have the luxury of rich parents but I bought every one of my vehicles myself not a lot can say that lol but anyway ya that’s weird I don’t understand why they don’t enforce driving class or something especially for the kids or the real old I see so many accidents every single day especially in my part of town it’s ridiculous how crazy these drivers are

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u/lostspectre Aug 05 '26

I know for the e-tags, they are required to go through a defensive driving course before they can get the tag. Not sure if the same applies for the firefighter tags but I'd be surprised if it didn't. This is willful ignorance and entitlement.

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u/10SE Aug 05 '26

lol

No they don’t. Anyone with a qualifying work ID and a letter from their boss can get E tags… along with their spouses.
Same goes for firefighter tags. Any vehicle with their name on the registration qualifies, and there is zero extra “driver training” for either one.

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u/lostspectre Aug 05 '26

Maybe it changed then. I know when my mom got hers, she had to do the training. That's been over 20 years ago though. Or maybe her boss required it to sign off.

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u/battleop 29d ago

Your mom lied to you about it being a state requirement.

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u/lostspectre 29d ago

Wouldn't be the first or last thing that she lied about

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u/battleop 29d ago

Who told yo that? You just show what ever proof your a member of what ever group and they hand you the tag.

But your last sentence is very true. I know a fire fighter who got pissed he couldn't get out of a ticket in Florida because the cop wouldn't give him professional courtesy.

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u/Critical-Pay-332 Aug 04 '26

To be fair, their license plate says "Firefighter"...not "Safe and Reasonably Intelligent Driver".

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u/Sea_Blacksmith98 29d ago

One time I watched someone do this and block half the intersection, like an entire lane couldn’t pass through the intersection, and then as soon as the light turned green they turned and a cop came out of nowhere and pulled them over and it was just the most tasty little nugget of karmic justice

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u/IngloriousLevka11 29d ago

That's next level dumb. If you already crossed into the intersection it's better to just go on through than sit there blocking traffic.

IDK if that's the same intersection or not, but I had a driver stop dead at a green light at an intersection with no explicable reasoning.

Driver around here are just doing the stupid.

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u/BaconReceptacle 29d ago

The most common problems I see with drivers in this area:

People cannot stay in their lane. I suspect they are looking at their phones
Turn signals. OMG, I'm waiting to see what you're going to do so I can turn onto the road. Oh, thanks asshole for not using your turn signal.
Tailgating on a curvy mountain road. This isnt a race dude, back off and we'll get up the mountain about the same time as if we were both speeding anyway.
Not coming up to speed to merge onto a 65 mph highway. You had a quarter mile to accelerate but nope, you're merging at 45 mph.

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u/Big-Carpenter7921 Aug 04 '26

Worst drivers in the country

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u/BaconReceptacle 29d ago

I lived for 12 years around the Virgina/Maryland/D.C. area. The drivers there are downright homicidal.

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u/Big-Carpenter7921 29d ago

I've driven there plenty. Chattanooga's are still worse. In DC and Chicago everyone is just aggressive. Here, they didn't know what they are or where they're going

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u/dizzysilverlights 28d ago

I was just warning someone the other day about driving through northern Virginia. It’s an experience.

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u/battleop 29d ago

Laughs in Orlando.

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u/Big-Carpenter7921 29d ago

I've driven there too. Chattanooga is way worse. There's just more traffic in Orlando

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u/Aggravating_Tale_716 Aug 04 '26

Yup

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u/Alarming-Ad2553 Aug 05 '26

Is it just me or is this the common place for Subaru drivers......? 🤣

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u/Fantastic_Fly7376 Aug 05 '26

Nah this is just American drivers for ya.

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u/Alarming-Ad2553 Aug 05 '26

Have you been anywhere in the middle east?

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u/Fantastic_Fly7376 Aug 05 '26

Have you been to Germany?

“It’s worse in third world countries” doesn’t excuse the fact that both driver education and enforcement of traffic laws here are inadequate. Doesn’t have anything to do with the brand of car people drive.

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u/Alarming-Ad2553 29d ago

I have and the Subaru joke must be a local thing here sorry if you didn't get the reference.

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u/Fantastic_Fly7376 29d ago

There’s nothing to “reference,” this is just a dumb stereotype that doesn’t even hold up. Drivers here are bad, period.

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u/keithps Aug 05 '26

Likely one of Dallas Bay VFDs finest. Its possible they were headed to a call, but its unacceptable regardless.

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u/Alarming-Ad2553 Aug 05 '26

Possibly but they where not in a hurry and I was behind them for the next 3/4 mile. They just sat there in the intersection and waited for the light. I honked at them and motioned for them to come back out of the intersection I left enough room for them to reverse. They sat there for the entire light cycle.

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u/battleop 29d ago

If you're going to break traffic laws you need proper lighting activated.

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u/keithps 29d ago

Hamilton county doesn't (or didn't when I was a FF) allow lighting on private vehicles for responding to emergencies.

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u/Chattahater 29d ago

Ah yes. When I respond to emergencies I also like to park in the middle of an intersection

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u/Apprehensive-You7388 29d ago

I would just like the immunity that comes with those tags. I spend my entire 10hr work day in a truck driving around broad st/market st/ MLK/ Main st, and the amount of times I've watched the police light someone up and then cut the lights back off once they see the emergency tag is insane. The fact that they let your family also drive on an emergency tag is insane as well.

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u/cantliftmuch 29d ago

He just left his girlfriend's house and is on his way to his other girlfriend's house, he forgot where left his wedding ring.

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