Mar
9
2010
Traffic Scoop Boston supporter sends in their story:
“I was heading down 128 South and noticed the asshole in the BMW, who not only was talking on his cellphone, but smoking a cigarette at the same time. I thought, typical BMW driver. Then, just when I thought it couldn’t get better, he took a sip from his coffee at the same time. I’m thinking to myself, boy do I want to just hit your car so hard. Arrogant f***.”
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Mar
8
2010
Ya know what? F*** the RMV. Those lines are more frustrating than waiting in line with 200 children to go see Santa Claus.
Side note: Lady to the far right either looks shit faced, pissed, or hates coffee.
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WATERTOWN, Mass. — Some government workers are offering a sweet apology while trying to drive down problems at the Registry of Motor vehicles.
Employees handed out free coffee and donuts were handed out at the RMV branch in Watertown on Monday morning to those waiting in long lines.
The treats provided by the National Association of Government Employees.
Source: WHDH.com
Mar
8
2010
To put it in english for everyone to understand… Takyra Murphy is a f****** [brilliant] idiot.
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JONES COUNTY, MS (WDAM) – An unidentified 3-year-old male was killed in an ATV accident in Jones County Sunday morning.
The accident occurred around 11:30 a.m. on Burt Creel Road in the Hebron community. Jones County authorities say four people, including three children and one adult were on the four wheeler.
The three children were ejected when the vehicle flipped. Two children suffered scrapes and bruises; one child was pronounced dead upon arrival.
18-year-old Takyra Murphy was the driver of the ATV.
Source: WLOX.com
Mar
5
2010
What are all these signs telling me to do? Go f*** myself? I mean, damn. Can’t go left. Can’t go right. Can’t go straight. Can’t go back the way I came from. Are all four of these roads “one way,” that run right into each other?
Please, someone try to explain this mystery to me.
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Mar
5
2010
I’m sure this horror show would have been rated G, had bus companies installed seat belts. Buses scare me more than the flying aluminum coffins.
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GILA RIVER, AZ — Six people were killed and at least 15 others were injured in a rollover crash involving two semi trucks, several cars and a tour bus south of Phoenix early Friday.
The accident occurred at 5:27 a.m. on westbound Interstate 10 and milepost 173, one mile east of the Gila River bridge and east of Riggs Road.
Bart Graves with the Arizona Department of Public Safety said a Tierra Santa Inc. tour bus, out of Los Angeles, was traveling west on I-10 when it hit a vehicle.
Graves said the bus then rolled over and caused a chain reaction. Six people were thrown from the bus and killed. Ten others, including an 11-year-old boy and an 11-year-old girl, were transported by ground to hospitals. Five more were transported to hospitals by helicopters.
Police say westbound traffic is being diverted at Casa Blanca Road, or Highway 387.
The detour will take traffic north on Highway 387 in Chandler where traffic can continue north to connect with Loop 202 and Loop 101, or take Riggs Road or Queen Creek Road back to I-10.
Source: abc15.com
Mar
4
2010
“Roads? Where we’re going, we don’t need, roads.” – Doc Brown, Back to the Future
I would only expect this plate to appear on a Delorean like so. Other plates that would suffice on a Delorean would be: FLUX and OUTATIME
Awesome.
-Paul
Mar
3
2010
Matty from iBlackedOut.com gets really pissed again on Boston’s 93 South. It really is a f****** joke we have to put up with the stupidity of other drivers in this state.
To read more from his “You Know What Really Chaps My Ass?” segment, click here.
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“I know I’ve ranted on Route 93 before, but last night was such a pain in the ass that I had became so enfuriated my nose began to bleed. I was on my way to my night job, and I was running a little late when 93 South all of a sudden became gridlock, at 7:15 at night. I figured there was roadwork being done, and hopefully the traffic would relegate itself in a few minutes. No, about a half an hour later I realized there was traffic because two state troopers had pulled someone over. That’s it. We, as a state, just needed to stare and see what kind of citation was being handed out. We, as a state, needed to stop and look to see what a person could have done to warrant not one, but two state troopers. I don’t know, maybe drunk driving, maybe speeding? I didn’t see a body bag next to the car, nor was anyone brandishing a fire arm, SO MOVE THE F*** ALONG!”
- Matty, iBlackedOut.com
Mar
3
2010
We are almost there Massholes. Read the story below and you can see our comments highlighted in red. There’s a lot to take in.
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BOSTON – The Massachusetts Senate voted Tuesday to ban text messaging while driving and require motorists 75 and older to undergo regular cognitive and physical screenings. (WOO!)
The Senate rejected a plan approved by the House that would have banned all cell phone use by drivers except hands-free models with voice-activated dialing, but agreed to make text messaging a primary offense, allowing police to stop and cite drivers they see texting. (You’re considered really smart if you text while driving. Just like the person below.)
Some of the fiercest debate came over the question of mandating tests for older drivers.
The Senate bill would require drivers between ages 75 and 80 to pass cognitive and physical tests. Drivers over 80 would have to pass the tests every three years. (Thank God.)
Initially the tests were to be conducted at the Registry of Motor Vehicles, but senators decided instead to have the RMV create a form and allow a driver’s doctor conduct the tests. (If you are friends with your doctor this is an easy way out, right?)
The House bill would just require vision tests at the RMV every five years for drivers 75 and older.
Sen. Gale Candaras said targeting older drivers is “plainly age discrimination,” especially when older drivers would have to pay up to a $30 fee for tests younger drivers would not be required to take. (That’s because younger drivers are more alert on the road than old f****.)
“This section creates a presumption that persons 75 or older are threats behind the wheel,” said Candaras, D-Wilbraham. (Damn right! 15 accidents in 3 months last year.)
Sen. Brian Joyce, a long time supporter of tighter oversight of elderly drivers, said the extra scrutiny of older drivers is just common sense.
“It is irrefutable that as we age, some of our skills diminish,” Joyce said. “After 75, some of our skills diminish more rapidly.” (As seen in our previous posts with the elderly drivers. Accident, after accident, after accident, after accident, after accident, after accident, you get the point.)
Critics of extra testing targeting just older drivers include AARP Massachusetts State Director Deborah Banda who said the debate should focus on ability, not age. (Last I checked these old bastards wreaked havoc last year.)
“The demonization of older drivers must stop,” Banda said in a statement. (No, it shouldn’t. They suck at driving. Cataractly.)
Senators also clashed on the question of banning handheld cell phones while allowing hands-free models.
“Common sense will tell you that it’s time to put down the phone while driving the car,” said Sen. Steven Tolman, D-Boston. (I’m sure you do buddy.)
The Senate narrowly rejected requiring drives use hands-free phones on a 16-18 vote. (Those 18 use cell phones while they drive.)
The Senate also approved a Republican-sponsored amendment that would require the Registry to again start sending out notifications in the mail when a driver’s license needs to be renewed. (Why?)
The registry stopped sending out the notifications as a cost-cutting measure, but Republican leader Sen. Richard Tisei said the change is unfair to those without Internet access and has led to an increase in the number of motorists cited for driving with expired licenses. (Common sense says, read the f****** expire date on your license you douche. Oh and ya know the month and year on your license plate? Guess what that means?)
“The registry should go back to the policy that we’ve always had in place to let people know when indeed their licenses need to be renewed,” said Tisei, R-Wakefield. (Or in other words, “Babysit the public.”)
The House and Senate bills would both prohibit the use of all cell phones by drivers under 18, except to make emergency calls, and would ban school bus drivers and all public and private bus and train drivers from using cell phones. (I’ve seen shittier drivers older than 18 that can’t multitask on the road with a phone. What about them?)
The bills now head to a joint House and Senate conference committee to come up with a single compromise version. (Great.)
Source: myfoxboston.com
Mar
2
2010
A tractor trailer that rolled over on 495 in Andover is causing major gridlock in the area. Avoid the 93/495 area at all costs.
Stupid ass tractor trailers. There’s not a week that goes by without one of these assholes rolling over. Are they to blame or the prick that cut them off?
*UPDATE 1: 17 year old driver. Need we say more?
*UPDATE 2: We have confirmed reports from inside sources that this was in fact caused by the 17 year old who has his permit. Figures.
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ANDOVER, Mass. - A tractor-trailer accident has snarled rush hour traffic on a heavily-traveled highway north of Boston.
State police said the truck rolled over onto another vehicle on Interstate 495 southbound in Andover. An ambulance took a 17-year-old driver and a 47-year-old passenger to Lawrence General Hospital for treatment of serious injuries.
The boy was later flown by helicopter to Beth Israel Hospital for treatment. The identities of the victims was withheld.
Authorities said only one lane of traffic was being allowed through and the ramp from Interstate 93 to 495 South was also closed temporarily to allow the medical helicopter to land.
The cause of the crash was not immediately known.
Source: myfoxboston.com
Mar
2
2010
Boy, this state really knows how to stick it up your ass, huh? Thank God for the world wide webs.
*UPDATE: The Govenor takes back the $5 bucks. Most likely people were bitching about it.
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BOSTON — Motorists renewing their driver’s license or registration will see an additional $5 fee.
The new fee was passed by the legislature in 2009 as part of a measure to raise $75 million.
Just last year, the license renewal fee went up $10.
The Registry said the fee only applies if you talk with an RMV representative either at the registry or on the phone, but not for transactions done online or by mail.
Source: WHDH.com
