Southern Maryland Drivers

[willie]

Originally Posted by dems4me

No appsy, I am not happsy.

What did you do that was so bad that you were mandated to go?

[itsbob (Premo)]

Originally Posted by 2ndAmendment

Sad, but no. Road rage goes both ways. Biker kicks door because biker is mad and think self is bad ass because biker is biker. SUVer goes swerve and biker is sliding down road at 60 MPH in a tumbling tangle of metal and body parts and maybe even goes under the wheels of the SUV. "But officer, the bike was in my blind spot."

ATGATT, dress right and you won't slough off skin while you are sliding down the road..

[aps45819 (Premo)]

Originally Posted by willie

What did you do that was so bad that you were mandated to go?

She was driving like this.

[dems4me (Premo)]

Originally Posted by willie

What did you do that was so bad that you were mandated to go?

I went too fast in a 30 or 35??? mph speed zone... couldn't miss work for the court date.... then was unable to attend the 2 hour point conference due to not getting the notice in the mail until a few weeks after it'd gone to the house (roommate carried it around in her bag a few weeks) and then the only weekend I could have attended this conference left on the list was the weekend me and BF were moving... so it was mandatory at this point that I go to the 6-8 hour class. It was torture.... I forgot how hard metal folding chairs can be when you have to sit in one for 6 hours straight and no room for crossing your legs or anything due to it being packed in the room - for 6 hours... I almost kissed the ground when I got out...

[itsbob (Premo)]

Originally Posted by dems4me

I went too fast in a 30 or 35??? mph speed zone... couldn't miss work for the court date.... then was unable to attend the 2 hour point conference due to not getting the notice in the mail until a few weeks after it'd gone to the house (roommate carried it around in her bag a few weeks) and then the only weekend I could have attended this conference left on the list was the weekend me and BF were moving... so it was mandatory at this point that I go to the 6-8 hour class. It was torture.... I forgot how hard metal folding chairs can be when you have to sit in one for 6 hours straight and no room for crossing your legs or anything due to it being packed in the room - for 6 hours... I almost kissed the ground when I got out...

You DO know that you are an adult right?? you don't have to ask permission to take a break, get a drink of water, go the bathroom etc..

[dems4me (Premo)]

Originally Posted by itsbob

You DO know that you are an adult right?? you don't have to ask permission to take a break, get a drink of water, go the bathroom etc..

If you did have to use the bathroom or whatever, you missed parts of the lecture and there were two tests you needed to pass at the end of lecture to get a certificate that gets sent to MVA that was based on this 6 hour lecture.

[willie]

Originally Posted by aps45819

She was driving like this.

She has big feet.

[Mikeinsmd]

Originally Posted by dems4me

If its any consolation, there'll be one more safe driver on the roads in Mechanicsville ... I took a stated mandated driver improvement course (6 hours) all day on Saturday...

Why does this not surprise me....

[kom526]

Originally Posted by dems4me

I learned, that a U.S. Park Police outranked a county or state boy... apparently they are federal police OUCH!!!

I think the "U.S." part sort of gives you a clue.

[MargeInCharge]

Originally Posted by mrweb

Another good school. A little more expensive but you can take courses in accident avoidance and highway safety to high performance training. I plan on taking my two young'uns after the youngest gets on the road here in another year or so for the accident avoidance course.

Plan on an overnight stay if you can, its a bit of a drive to Summit Point, WV from here. I've had a bunch of training from BSR and every course I took was a blast and I learned a lot.

I've got my son on the waiting list for the Driver's Edge course. It was booked up last spring, but hopefully he'll get in next time around. They've had it each spring in the Largo area, I believe. I read about this program in Dr. Gridlock's column and it sounds like a good course, and best of all it's free:

http://www.driversedge.com/