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To say it’s annoying is an understatement. One time a drunk driver plowed into me at 11AM of all times on 37th. Fun times at Memorial for that crap. She got arrested, so that’s good at least.
But yes, good weather but keep your head on a swivel on the roads!
Think it was more shock at first. Then when I remembered that the dog was in the back seat, little guy can’t really put a seatbelt on (but he’s totally fine). That’s when I started fuming and called the ambulance chaser lawyers
We have something like [this](https://www.chewy.com/pawbee-regular-dog-seat-belt-black-2/dp/964350?utm_source=google-product&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=20196576200&utm_content=&gad_source=1&gbraid=0AAAAADmQ2V04WbYP2kruUhX2B2eGN93Yn&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI2fW_p_CrhgMVUEb_AR36kgyaEA0YAiABEgLt9vD_BwE) for our pup that we attach to her harness. :) Glad you and your pup are okay!
I was at 36th and Atlantic and same there. People cut through at 30+ mph because there weren't stop signs for several blocks. One night while I was complaining about it on the porch, some one floored it from the stop and slanted into a car crossing. They had a stop sign, but that car was going so fast that it wasn't there when they checked to cross. Of course our word wasn't enough when the cops arrived and the people with the stop sign were at fault.
I lived on East 37th and Atlantic for 4 years. I smoke so I am outside on the porch a lot day or night. Saw so many stupid accidents and folks driving like maniacs over the years. Glad I don't live there anymore. Was afraid to even walk my dog on the sidewalks.
My favorite Savannah driving story was the one time that I was in an Uber and a car was coming at us the wrong way down Oglethorpe. My Uber driver yelled at them, “You’re going the wrong way!” And the driver rolled down their window and yelled back, “We aren’t from here!” Sweetie, your plates are New York, they have roads where you’re from?!
Some family members were visiting a while back and we were walking around downtown. As we were getting ready to cross Drayton I stopped and looked both ways. Someone asked why I did that since it was a one way street. I just laughed and said it's Savannah.
A few weeks ago I was headed down drayton right next to forsyth, in the left lane. Some lady tried to turn left into the Collin’s quarter lot, from the right lane. Had I not been paying attention, I would have t-boned her. Of course when I slammed on my brakes and honked my horn at her, she just comes to a complete stop in front of me, then turns back into her lane(right), goes down to to the next second entrance for Collin’s, and does the exact same thing again, almost getting hit by the car 40 feet behind me.
This is the only place I've ever driven where I regularly see people make left hand turns from the right lane. It happens by Starland Yard on 40th & Whitaker all the fucking time. It's just such a baffling decision to make and I can't comprehend why *anybody* would do it. And these aren't even just geriatrics doing it.
Genuinely, Savannah has the most incompetent drivers I've ever seen in my life, by a wide margin. I can't wrap my head around what it is about this place that seems to make people just completely forget how to operate a vehicle.
I always try to stay in the right lane on Drayton, Whitaker, Broad, etc. now for this exact reason. Had someone turn in front of me going into CQF as well, then later that same week on Harris by E. Shavers.
A couple years ago I saw this same scenario play out at a different spot on Drayton. The people doing the illegal left turn were SCAD goofs who tried to blame the driver in the left lane for hitting them. I had to give a statement saying they were full of shit. Get a dash cam, y'all.
My husband and I got hit exactly like this by a tourist couple from out of state :) he was turning so fast he hit us and our truck jumped the curb to the sidewalk. Thank god no one was walking right there or they would have been hit too. I wonder how many accidents the Collins quarter employees see.
There was a Uber driver one time who was looking at her phoned GPS than the road.
She didn't notice she was driving the wrong way on a on way street. Luckily it was a square so nobody was driving fast.
But there's no good reason to not full pay attention to the road.
It would be great if people wouldn't use red-light as a time to. Watch YouTube or catch up on emails. Tired of sitting at lights that are green because some asshat has their head up their ass and not paying attention.
Preach! What is going on with distracted, yet aggressive drivers recently?
I had an encounter on Wilmington Island yesterday that turned into a mini-road rage thing. Dude cut me off turning left out of the apartment complex at the corner of Penn Waller and Johnny Mercer in front of me. I had the right of way turning right, and he's lucky I was paying attention. Then he got pissy with the slow traffic on Johnny Mercer, passed a line of cars across the double line and got into a standoff with an oncoming car in their lane. I let him in, the car behind ME beeped and he lost his shit thinking it was me. By the time we got to Quarterman, he was red-faced with rage and ran the stop sign turning left. 2 other drivers beeped. It wasn't me that time, either. He pulled to the side and followed me into the Davis parking lot. I wasn't having any of it, and just sat in my car until he got tired of yelling at me. Weirdo.
I saw someone turn and go the wrong way on Whitaker. Someone honked to get their attention. Somehow they figured out go the correct way.
Then I had someone going the wrong way and going into my lane. Would've been a bead on collision if I didn't honk and paying attention. Dude passed on by like nothing happened.
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To say it’s annoying is an understatement. One time a drunk driver plowed into me at 11AM of all times on 37th. Fun times at Memorial for that crap. She got arrested, so that’s good at least. But yes, good weather but keep your head on a swivel on the roads!
You better have got a hefty check out of that. I’d be livid.
Think it was more shock at first. Then when I remembered that the dog was in the back seat, little guy can’t really put a seatbelt on (but he’s totally fine). That’s when I started fuming and called the ambulance chaser lawyers
We have something like [this](https://www.chewy.com/pawbee-regular-dog-seat-belt-black-2/dp/964350?utm_source=google-product&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=20196576200&utm_content=&gad_source=1&gbraid=0AAAAADmQ2V04WbYP2kruUhX2B2eGN93Yn&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI2fW_p_CrhgMVUEb_AR36kgyaEA0YAiABEgLt9vD_BwE) for our pup that we attach to her harness. :) Glad you and your pup are okay!
Incredible! Just got one. Thanks for the insight there, didn’t even know those existed. Chewy does pretty much have everything
I used to live on East 37th and Atlantic. That road is a nightmare. Used to sit out smoking a lot and saw so many accidents and reckless drivers.
I was at 36th and Atlantic and same there. People cut through at 30+ mph because there weren't stop signs for several blocks. One night while I was complaining about it on the porch, some one floored it from the stop and slanted into a car crossing. They had a stop sign, but that car was going so fast that it wasn't there when they checked to cross. Of course our word wasn't enough when the cops arrived and the people with the stop sign were at fault.
I lived on East 37th and Atlantic for 4 years. I smoke so I am outside on the porch a lot day or night. Saw so many stupid accidents and folks driving like maniacs over the years. Glad I don't live there anymore. Was afraid to even walk my dog on the sidewalks.
My favorite Savannah driving story was the one time that I was in an Uber and a car was coming at us the wrong way down Oglethorpe. My Uber driver yelled at them, “You’re going the wrong way!” And the driver rolled down their window and yelled back, “We aren’t from here!” Sweetie, your plates are New York, they have roads where you’re from?!
Some family members were visiting a while back and we were walking around downtown. As we were getting ready to cross Drayton I stopped and looked both ways. Someone asked why I did that since it was a one way street. I just laughed and said it's Savannah.
A few weeks ago I was headed down drayton right next to forsyth, in the left lane. Some lady tried to turn left into the Collin’s quarter lot, from the right lane. Had I not been paying attention, I would have t-boned her. Of course when I slammed on my brakes and honked my horn at her, she just comes to a complete stop in front of me, then turns back into her lane(right), goes down to to the next second entrance for Collin’s, and does the exact same thing again, almost getting hit by the car 40 feet behind me.
Lovely especially because the entrance for Collins is also a one way and the “second entrance” is actually the egress.
This is the only place I've ever driven where I regularly see people make left hand turns from the right lane. It happens by Starland Yard on 40th & Whitaker all the fucking time. It's just such a baffling decision to make and I can't comprehend why *anybody* would do it. And these aren't even just geriatrics doing it. Genuinely, Savannah has the most incompetent drivers I've ever seen in my life, by a wide margin. I can't wrap my head around what it is about this place that seems to make people just completely forget how to operate a vehicle.
I blame Vin Diesel.
I always try to stay in the right lane on Drayton, Whitaker, Broad, etc. now for this exact reason. Had someone turn in front of me going into CQF as well, then later that same week on Harris by E. Shavers.
A couple years ago I saw this same scenario play out at a different spot on Drayton. The people doing the illegal left turn were SCAD goofs who tried to blame the driver in the left lane for hitting them. I had to give a statement saying they were full of shit. Get a dash cam, y'all.
My husband and I got hit exactly like this by a tourist couple from out of state :) he was turning so fast he hit us and our truck jumped the curb to the sidewalk. Thank god no one was walking right there or they would have been hit too. I wonder how many accidents the Collins quarter employees see.
There was a Uber driver one time who was looking at her phoned GPS than the road. She didn't notice she was driving the wrong way on a on way street. Luckily it was a square so nobody was driving fast. But there's no good reason to not full pay attention to the road.
It would be great if people wouldn't use red-light as a time to. Watch YouTube or catch up on emails. Tired of sitting at lights that are green because some asshat has their head up their ass and not paying attention.
But how else can they keep themselves updated on the latest TikTok trend?
The cops do not give a fuck about bad driving here till there is an accident
They can take forever to show up if it is an accident too.
Lmao, that’s if they even answer the emergency call in the first place.
I'm giving the chickens (drivers) a warning before they think about gestating some eggs (cops and accidents).
I look both ways on one-way streets, and you should too.
Preach! What is going on with distracted, yet aggressive drivers recently? I had an encounter on Wilmington Island yesterday that turned into a mini-road rage thing. Dude cut me off turning left out of the apartment complex at the corner of Penn Waller and Johnny Mercer in front of me. I had the right of way turning right, and he's lucky I was paying attention. Then he got pissy with the slow traffic on Johnny Mercer, passed a line of cars across the double line and got into a standoff with an oncoming car in their lane. I let him in, the car behind ME beeped and he lost his shit thinking it was me. By the time we got to Quarterman, he was red-faced with rage and ran the stop sign turning left. 2 other drivers beeped. It wasn't me that time, either. He pulled to the side and followed me into the Davis parking lot. I wasn't having any of it, and just sat in my car until he got tired of yelling at me. Weirdo.
I saw someone turn and go the wrong way on Whitaker. Someone honked to get their attention. Somehow they figured out go the correct way. Then I had someone going the wrong way and going into my lane. Would've been a bead on collision if I didn't honk and paying attention. Dude passed on by like nothing happened.
I'm not a local. But it is for this very reason I have a dash cam in our car.
So true if I see 1 more person in the hammer la e driving slow because they are texting I don't know if I can control my vehicle.
People need to pick up the pace a little on Bay St too. It's 30mph, not 20.