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3Hotdogs

(15,490 posts)
Sun May 3, 2026, 11:39 PM Sunday

Road Assholery - What did you see? My favorite, it was morning rush hour at the Rt 78 entrance to the N.J. Turnpike.

Usual traffic is backed up at the entrance and I look over at the car in the next lane. He's got his left hand on the steering wheel and I his right hand, he is holding a bowl, probably cereal, with a spoon sticking out of it.

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Road Assholery - What did you see? My favorite, it was morning rush hour at the Rt 78 entrance to the N.J. Turnpike. (Original Post) 3Hotdogs Sunday OP
Have you ever seen women putting on their makeup murielm99 Monday #1
Too many times. Even mascara. 3catwoman3 Monday #2
--- must'a been my wife. 3Hotdogs Monday #5
Seen? Niagara Monday #6
I was passed one time on I 90 west of Cleveland by a guy reading a paper propped on the steering wheel Easterncedar Monday #3
On the Boulder-Denver Turnpike, I also saw a guy with a newspaper on his steering wheel. Harker Monday #7
Just wait True Dough 23 hrs ago #8
The turnpike turkey was in the 1980s. Harker 21 hrs ago #11
Thirty years ago on Ventura Blvd. between Woodland Hills and Tarzana a woman in a Miata convertible shaving her legs Floyd R. Turbo Monday #4
THAT one some_of_us_are_sane 22 hrs ago #9
😁 Floyd R. Turbo 22 hrs ago #10

3catwoman3

(29,713 posts)
2. Too many times. Even mascara.
Mon May 4, 2026, 12:38 AM
Monday

While stopped at a traffic light, I once saw a woman plucking out chin hairs with a tweezer. That is one of the very last things I want someone to see me doing.

Niagara

(11,999 posts)
6. Seen?
Mon May 4, 2026, 06:06 PM
Monday

I was a passenger once while another woman was applying makeup while driving.


That was the first and last time I ever rode with her.


Easterncedar

(6,436 posts)
3. I was passed one time on I 90 west of Cleveland by a guy reading a paper propped on the steering wheel
Mon May 4, 2026, 01:09 AM
Monday

That was way before self-driving cars. In the local paper last week, a woman hit a light pole trying to change her shoes while driving.

Harker

(18,043 posts)
7. On the Boulder-Denver Turnpike, I also saw a guy with a newspaper on his steering wheel.
Mon May 4, 2026, 08:29 PM
Monday

He also had an open cup of coffee in one hand.

True Dough

(27,171 posts)
8. Just wait
Tue May 5, 2026, 07:23 AM
23 hrs ago

Self-driving cars are becoming more common. You're supposed to remain vigilant and take over the driving at any moment, when required. But many people are too complacent. The technology isn't foolproof, so interesting (and maybe dangerous) times will ensue.

Harker

(18,043 posts)
11. The turnpike turkey was in the 1980s.
Tue May 5, 2026, 08:42 AM
21 hrs ago

I have no doubt it's going to get worse. A week or so ago here in upstate New York, a State Trooper caught up with a car that was reported for driving erratically on an interstate.

The woman inside had her face pressed against the window... asleep. Her lane correction assisted steering kept her alive for six or seven miles. Then it took her off on an exit ramp, and she hit the corrugated strips along the edge, and she woke up.

Floyd R. Turbo

(33,184 posts)
4. Thirty years ago on Ventura Blvd. between Woodland Hills and Tarzana a woman in a Miata convertible shaving her legs
Mon May 4, 2026, 09:28 AM
Monday

at every stop light. 😬

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