Giving line cutters what they deserve

DYM wrote:
> "Dave" > wrote in news:1134278830.416135.263140
> @o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com:
>
> >
> >
> > My digital camera has a fully-auto mode, where I just hold the shutter
> > button and it takes 3 pictures/second. I've been, for the past two
> > weeks, been taking series of pictures of bad drivers in action,
> > espescially if they have any kind of employer ID on the vehicle.
> >
> > It seems after 2-3 seconds most LLBs or other bad drivers calm down and
> > stop doing the offending action, since they realize what you're doing.
> >
> > And no, I don't hold the camera to my face, just use my right hand to
> > blindly point it at them and hold the trigger down. It's less
> > distracting than adjusting the volume on the radio.
> >
> > The call to FedEx where I explained I had pictures of one of their
> > drivers tailgating and almost hitting a subcompact was quite fun. I
> > love having spare time, and a great hatred for people who are too
> > stupid to drive.
> >
> > Dave
> >
>
> Dave, I commend your calling FedEx. Whether you have pictures or not,
> calling to comment on a driver's actions does get noticed.
>
> Doug

A friend of a friend works for FedEx, and they have handled the
situation in a way that I'm satisfied with.

I want to stress that, as a corporation, FedEx exceeded my
expectations, and I should have made that clear previously. Although
their drivers are very inconsiderate at times, I've learned the company
seems to care about our safety. That said:

http://img223.imageshack.us/img223/8125/fedex8du.jpg

I've removed the plates (which were visable at 4 megapixel) since, as I
said, I'm satisfied with the outcome. You can see the brake lights,
and how close the truck was at this point. It got much closer between
shots, but this is the best evidence.

Both vehicles were going over the 30mph speed limit & 85th percentile
speeds by my estimation. I walk that street quite often, as well as
drive it, and the average speed is about 30 mph because of the narrow
lanes and poor visability.

Robinson Ave @ CA-163 is the location, for those curious.

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=92103&...0274&t=h&hl=en

And the reason I was taking pictures there, a sign still posted on
12-2-05:

http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/1350/oldca1635fk.jpg

Dave

bc wrote:

> Sometimes people are in a hurry and cut in line.

If those people felt that it was very likely one or more people would go
ballistic on them, they would be much less likely to cut in line in the
first place.

On 10 Dec 2005 21:27:10 -0800, "Dave" > wrote:

>My digital camera has a fully-auto mode, where I just hold the shutter
>button and it takes 3 pictures/second. I've been, for the past two
>weeks, been taking series of pictures of bad drivers in action,
>espescially if they have any kind of employer ID on the vehicle.

Well, let's see 'em!

http://www.tinypic.com will host them for you for free.

On Sun, 11 Dec 2005 21:52:59 GMT, DYM > wrote:

>Dave, I commend your calling FedEx. Whether you have pictures or not,
>calling to comment on a driver's actions does get noticed.

What do you suppose FedEx would tell me if I called them to report how
their drivers double-park in the street, blocking traffic and/or
boxing in other vehicles, while they run inside to deliver their
packages? Do you suppose the FedEx honchos would put an end to this
asinine practice?

Scott en Aztlán wrote:
> On Sun, 11 Dec 2005 21:52:59 GMT, DYM > wrote:
>
> >Dave, I commend your calling FedEx. Whether you have pictures or not,
> >calling to comment on a driver's actions does get noticed.
>
> What do you suppose FedEx would tell me if I called them to report how
> their drivers double-park in the street, blocking traffic and/or
> boxing in other vehicles, while they run inside to deliver their
> packages? Do you suppose the FedEx honchos would put an end to this
> asinine practice?

They honestly don't seem to care, since UPS and FedEx are above the law
on that one. I asked a traffic cop to ticket a FedEx truck that was
double parked in downtown SD.

"We don't do that," he said.

Dave

Dave wrote:
>
> They honestly don't seem to care, since UPS and FedEx are above the law
> on that one. I asked a traffic cop to ticket a FedEx truck that was
> double parked in downtown SD.
>
> "We don't do that," he said.

There's a lot of things they don't do in downtown South Dakota ...
--
C.R. Krieger
(Been there; done that)

Motorhead Lawyer wrote:
> Dave wrote:
> >
> > They honestly don't seem to care, since UPS and FedEx are above the law
> > on that one. I asked a traffic cop to ticket a FedEx truck that was
> > double parked in downtown SD.
> >
> > "We don't do that," he said.
>
> There's a lot of things they don't do in downtown South Dakota ...
> --
> C.R. Krieger
> (Been there; done that)

Good guess, but you're about 2000 miles and 1 million people off.
Think cities (since they have downtowns.)

Dave

On 13 Dec 2005 10:15:24 -0800, "Dave" > wrote:

>> What do you suppose FedEx would tell me if I called them to report how
>> their drivers double-park in the street, blocking traffic and/or
>> boxing in other vehicles, while they run inside to deliver their
>> packages? Do you suppose the FedEx honchos would put an end to this
>> asinine practice?
>
>They honestly don't seem to care, since UPS and FedEx are above the law
>on that one. I asked a traffic cop to ticket a FedEx truck that was
>double parked in downtown SD.
>
>"We don't do that," he said.

I was in a food court/strip mall one day when some delivery truck
driver did his usual double-parking job. Just then an Irvine
policeman, who was apparently returning to duty after his lunch break,
called over to the truck driver "say, why don't you park your truck in
a parking space instead of out here blocking traffic?" The truck
driver meekly got back into his truck and pulled into one of the many
available parking spaces.

Kudos to the Irvine PD!

Dave wrote:
> Motorhead Lawyer wrote:
> > Dave wrote:
> > >
> > > They honestly don't seem to care, since UPS and FedEx are above the law
> > > on that one. I asked a traffic cop to ticket a FedEx truck that was
> > > double parked in downtown SD.
> > >
> > > "We don't do that," he said.
> >
> > There's a lot of things they don't do in downtown South Dakota ...
> > --
> > C.R. Krieger
> > (Been there; done that)
>
> Good guess, but you're about 2000 miles and 1 million people off.
> Think cities (since they have downtowns.)
>
> Dave

Huh! Another humor-challenged dweeb on Usenet! Who'da thunk it?
--
C.R. Krieger
(Been there; done that)