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View Poll Results: Which of the following car companies have the worst drivers?
Mercedes
52
23.32%
BMW
72
32.29%
Porche
16
7.17%
Other
75
33.63%
Volvo
8
3.59%
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Which of the following car companies have the worst drivers?

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Old Feb 26, 2007 | 10:22 AM
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Question Which of the following car companies have the worst drivers?

Which of the following car companies have the worst drivers?

I was coming into I-40 today off of 55, and there was a semi up ahead that was having to really row through the gears, he had quite a load. Well, we were still going pretty slow, but there was plenty of space for him to get up to speed, so no one seemed in a hurry to pass him.

Well, here comes this guy in his Mercedes, blasting around everyone in the right lane which merges into the left on-ramp lane a few hundred feet later. He realizes that, in instead of signaling to the person behind me that he wants to come in, he decides that its better to get in front of a "big old slow Dodge truck". So I see him in my mirror, and I put my foot on the floor to get up closer to the car behind me, but you know... its my stock Dodge with a bad transmission vs. a Mercedes, so he pulls in front of me, doesn't signal, and with not more than 6" of space in front of him or in front of my truck, he pulls in front of me. So I just lay down on the horn, give him a friendly gesture, and once on the highway I pull in the middle lane to get by him, but he decides that he wants to get there too, and cuts me off a second time. Then he gives me this "helpless" looking gesture, kind of like a shrug.

So my vote goes with Mercedes drivers, I've had this happen a couple of times.
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Old Feb 26, 2007 | 10:25 AM
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VOLVO station wagons.
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Old Feb 26, 2007 | 10:54 AM
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Around here, it's always the rich snobby clueless platinum blond suburban wife driving around in the convertible Beamer that's yacking on her phone and generally not giving a hoot about who else is on the road. Swerving all over the place, or driving like 20mph in a 45mph zone, wearing her big "J-Lo" shades, with her little rat of a dog yapping on the passenger seat next to her! And right after BMW, comes H2s. I don't know if it's because they can't see out of those little windows, or if they just think that everyone else WILL move out of there way.....???
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Old Feb 26, 2007 | 10:57 AM
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Ya I second the Volvo had one put me right off of a bridge. Volvo says they build the safest cars, but it is for the worst drivers.
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Old Feb 26, 2007 | 12:59 PM
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Suburban/H2/Sequoia driving soccer/football/baseball/lacrosse/cheerleading moms that still want to look 19 on a cell phone, doing their makeup, and trying to drive...
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Old Feb 26, 2007 | 01:48 PM
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Virginia stump jumpers are pretty bad. with an old cavalier or something with a hole in the muffler.
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Old Feb 26, 2007 | 03:14 PM
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i say around here is has to be Stupid teens in there little rice burners, that they think can outrun anything and they cant even outrun the old dodge, that ways 4 times what they do, but they dont think of that
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Old Feb 26, 2007 | 03:25 PM
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Originally Posted by gomerpile
i say around here is has to be Stupid teens in there little rice burners, that they think can outrun anything and they cant even outrun the old dodge, that ways 4 times what they do, but they dont think of that
i was gonna say honda since thats what most ricers are. most import drivers are teens who grew up on fast and furious movies.
teens+crappy imports+racing=terrible drivers!!!!!!
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Old Feb 26, 2007 | 03:42 PM
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The yupp mobiles, Lexus, Hummer, Land Rover, Mercedies and the likes. Complete with yuppie, cell phone in use and drinking a Starbucks.
A while back Houston TV CH 13 had a video clip of a yuppie, drinking Starbucks and yakking on the cell phone, steering with her knees. It was one of my nieces.
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Old Feb 26, 2007 | 03:55 PM
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any brand with female+cellphone

^^^ runs for cover
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Old Feb 26, 2007 | 04:00 PM
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Ford Taurus, hands down. It's like they have nothing to lose. Ease over 4' in front of my bumper? Doesn't matter, I'm already driving a Taurus.

Everytime I see a Taurus, I think, you actually went to a car dealership and voluntarily bought one of those things? Like, you got up that morning and said, you know what would really make my day would be a new Taurus?

Mercury Grand Marquis and most Ford SUVs are honorable mentions.
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Old Feb 26, 2007 | 04:08 PM
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I had to pick "other" no one in the trailer park owns one of those fancy cars... And i'm scared of whats outside "the park" Ricky and Julian buy me groceries, I drive a go cart...
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Old Feb 26, 2007 | 06:14 PM
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Volvo, hands-down. Can't pick BMW, I have one of those. Pontiacs get honorable mention. I can't figure out whether they just flat don't have switches for the fog lights, or if the drivers can't figure out how to use them, but I don't think I've ever seen a Pontiac without its fog lights on.
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Old Feb 26, 2007 | 08:06 PM
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I picked other, for Nissan.

Altima, Maxima, and Titan drivers are the source of about 90% of my road anger.
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Old Feb 26, 2007 | 08:14 PM
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Originally Posted by Timmay2
I picked other, for Nissan.

Altima, Maxima, and Titan drivers are the source of about 90% of my road anger.
HEY!!! I resemble that remark...

I dont think its any particular type of vehicle, its more of a type of person. It does seem the more expensive the vehicle, the worse the driver.

There are also some studies that have been done that show the "safer" the vehicle, the worse the driver
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