The Tow Files: One Steaming Dump

[notalwaysright]

PA's license test has to be a joke. The drivers around here are horrendous. (Of course I failed my first try back in 1980 something. But I was too nervous.)

Here's all the awesome stuff I did on my test! When asked to pull over and park (street parking) I immediately pulled over without my blinker or looking and parked next to a fire hydrant. I backed around a corner using only my mirrors without checking for pedestrians, and the tester didn't even let me finish trying to parallel park I was apparently doing that badly.

And.... I passed.

[DGoddessChardonnay]

Judging by the idiots I encounter on the daily commute...I can only come to one conclusion. That is...PA's license test is a joke.

If it's anything like the test in NC, it's a joke.

Of course the same could be said for VA (my youngest sister studied online for her license using the VA DMV site - they give the answers for their tests.)

Of course seeing as she had to take the test twice to get her license the first time, that may not be such a hot idea.

[OfficeSlug]

I totally missed these stories over the past year or so. I'm glad you're still at it (sorry about the headaches that people give you)!!

[Mamochan]

At least they are not this out of it.

http://kdvr.com/2016/03/03/woman-dri...felony-charge/

Reading all the fake parking permits and seeing this news article made me instantly think of you.

[WishfulSpirit]

Yesterday I saw a pizza driver with a handicap placard up. I'm not one to judge invisible disabilities, but seeing him vault up the stairs made me think he probably was borrowing the tag. Also, he had the Come Get Me Lights on, and wasn't even in a legal space (handicap or otherwise). Arga, care to come to Denver and do some work?

[Argabarga]

I'd love to, but that thin air may make me pass out somewhere inconvenient, like, behind the wheel.....

[WishfulSpirit]

Altitude won't make you pass out! The most people get in the city is headaches (which can be alliviated by drinking enough water). If you go up the mountains unprepared it can get worse, but a few days in Denver is enough to acclimate. I'll have to look you up if I'm ever in Philly, would love to take you out for a cheesesteak and a beer.

[Mr Hero]

You'll get light-headed in the Mile High city, but not because of the altitude or thinner air.

[XCashier]

"But if I'd parked just ONE SPACE over, nothing would have happened!"

"Then why didn't you park one space over?! Gosh, let's think about this, two spaces, one legal, one not. Decisions, decisions, oh, whatever shall we do?"

It would appear we have another person who thinks themselves too good for the rules, and didn't put their parking permit in their car

You know, I had to park in a Permit Parking Only lot for a while. Guess what I did? I bought a permit. The permit said to place it in the car, hanging from the rear-view mirror. Guess what? I hung it from the rear-view mirror inside my car, just like the directions said. And guess what happened? That's right! My car never, ever got towed! Not even once! Gosh, isn't it amazing how things work out for you when you follow directions and obey the rules?!

[/sarcasm] I just do not comprehend the mindset of those who break the rules, then are absolutely gobsmacked that they get punished for rule-breaking. How does one not comprehend that misbehavior has consequences? You don't have to be a genius to figure that out.

[Rosco the Iroc]

Found one of your out of state customers.
http://www.poconorecord.com/news/201...-woman-in-jail

Homemade, cardboard license plate lands NY woman in jail

[eltf177]

Well, when you have a suspended registration and can't get a real tag what else was she supposed to do?

Please, DON'T answer that!

[wolfie]

That one is already posted in another thread.

[Rosco the Iroc]

Dam thats right, I forgot that thread. ah my local paper sucks it was new news.

[DiRF]

I'd love to, but that thin air may make me pass out somewhere inconvenient, like, behind the wheel.....

Nonsense. I knew someone who drove a bus in Denver for 35 years, at the end of a long career, he died peacefully in his sleep.

...his passengers at the time, on the other hand...

[Sapphire Silk]

Arga, I came back just to read your posts.

I needed the laugh.