New Car

Nov 6, 2008
Lakewhore Bradley

 

I recently visited the Crysler Jeep dealership on 96th street to purchase a new car. When inquiring about the gas mileage I was informed by the salesman that MPG should not be a factor in determining a car because gas prices are low right now. I understand that car salesmen are known for their bullshit, but this is a new low, especially in this struggling economy.

More: fishers, traffic,

 

f*%kers

Nov 15, 2008
Kara

 

Just because you stopped before the line at a stop sign, doesn't mean you get to go before me. Whoever stops first at the intersection, goes first... dick.

More: traffic,

 

Slow

Dec 18, 2008
ChasGotti

 

Why is it everyone going south on 69 in the morning and north in the evening are doing f'ing 12 mph... Also wtf is with the rubberneckers??? Never seen an accident before, never seen someone get pulled over? huh, why dont you hit your brakes again and maybe you'll be next...

More: noblesville, traffic,

 

Ice

Dec 18, 2008
Pepe

 

How long have you lived in Indianapolis? Have we not learned by now that it snows in Indiana? How much longer will it take for you to learn how to drive in inclimate conditions? I'm wondering because driving 35 mph down an icy road and nearly sliding off just honestly doesn't seem like a good idea to me. Also please remember that just because the roads are bad doesn't mean you should drive 5mph down the road asshole.

More: weather, traffic,

 

d'bag drivers

Dec 30, 2008
Chasgotti - noblesville

 

what's with all the douchebag drivers who speed up the far left lane on 69 all the way until it ends and then try to cross 3 lanes of traffic to get off at 96th st. 'bout time to get side swiped or t'boned.

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They're Back

Jan 2, 2009
Finch - Broadripple

 

Like a bad case of VD, potholes are in full force again this year. In particular, there's one at Kessler & Kingsley I've named "The Widowmaker." It's about a foot and a half wide, a foot deep, and if that's not enough, there's a cement island in the middle of this crater that puts the finishing touches on your wheel. And just so you know that it's one bad muh'fucker, there are tire shards and hubcaps scattered around it any given day. Luckily, I'm wise to the Widowmaker but I always check my rearview and hope that the schmuck behind me isn't.

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Re: To you smokers

Jan 7, 2009
Pearl - Indy

 

I doubt if you are really a smoker. More than likely a disguised smoker critic. You speak of driving in the car noticing smokers with kids and want more laws to protect them. The car you are noticing is probably behind a semi or a bus spewing far more chemicals into the air or maybe they are driving right by an unprotected pond they could slip off the road and drown in.... as, sadly, many do everyday. That is a far worse dangerous and immediate situation!! What about the thousands of "real" child abuse cases which laws dont protect the children from death or suffering and happen everyday? Or what about the fact you are not paying attention to your own driving and you are posing a risk to the car with kids because you are so busy noticing what the drivers are doing and if their window is rolled down? Do you talk on your cell phone when driving while also taking the time to notice what others are doing or not doing in their own cars? If so, you are unlikely to admit that you do, but you are a greater risk than a smoker with their window down smoking a cigarette. You choose to not smoke around your kids, okay, but why do you want a "law" to force people to do what you think is a good idea? If you need an idea to champion the cause, there are plenty of serious life threatening things to lobby against. I cant stand someone who wants a "law" for everything they dont agree with.

More: smoking, parenting, traffic,

 

click it or ticket

Jan 22, 2009
Charles - SE side

 

So I got a ticket today on Prospect for not wearing my seatbelt. DAMMIT! How the hell could he possibly have seen that?! especially considering how fast I was speeding past him over the limit! Oh well, at least it's only a $25 ticket, but still! catch a murderer or something!

More: traffic, local government,

 

unhip to be square?

Jan 20, 2009
Rusty - Fountain Square

 

Alright, this has been stewing in me for a while, specifically, since the last week of September. I was never so happy for Fountain Square than I was that week. I saw a tattoo parlor move into the theatre building as well as a couple really cool spots like a Spa and a printer move into vacant places/antique shops. I was stoked. That's exactly what the area needed. So, a week later, the tattoo parlor disappears... ok... the printer people act like total dicks to me... fine... the cool little artsy shop ("Gnosis" I think) puts up a sign saying they're moving to Broadripple... and all this happened in about a week span... then winter happened. Jesus H... WTF? If somebody doesn't want to take a chance on the Square, fine, but what's with the half-assed attempts? I was hoping the new additions would translate into spring and summer attractions for all Indy, and do something to help out the area, but they didn't even try to make it through winter! It's like the local culture migrated..... NORTH! What the hell do we have to do to get (and keep) quality shops in the Square?

More: retail, traffic,

 

Where the hell are the snowplows?

Jan 27, 2009
T.B. - Downtown

 

So I just drove from downtown to Broadripple and back again and... where the hell are all the snow plows that I read about right before leaving the house?! They knew this shit was coming, everybody did, they've been warning us about it for days. So why weren't the streets being taken care of AT ALL?! Here are a few of the streets on my route today: Delaware, 38th, College, Keystone, 70, Mass Ave, etc... Am I wrong, or are these some of the major streets in the city? I saw 4 plows TOTAL (on this 2 and a half hour trip). 3 had their plow UP and one was parked. WTF?!! I have to say, people were driving pretty reasonably for the conditions, so that's good, but where the hell is the cavalry of snow plows that I heard the city was gonna deploy?! Maybe we should throw another "Luau," Mayor Ballard, and keep on pretending winter just doesn't exist.

More: local government, traffic, weather,

 

Ahh! Raptors!

Feb 3, 2009
Rusty - indianapolis

 

Holy Crap! I couldn't be more proud of our local nerds taking it on themselves to continue the national trend of hacking these roadsigns. I wanted to do it sooo bad! (but it's been so damn cold and snowy or mushy, and leaving the house requires putting pants on). But come on, why are the comments from motorists so f'in stupid? RTV reports: "I'm totally confused, I'm kind of expecting... dinosaurs to run down the road, or something." and "Which raptors?" I blame the reporters. Sure it's cold and you just wanna get the story and get back to the studio, but can't you find anybody with anything better to say? Come on, there are frickin RAPTORS loose in Carmel! This happens way too often on the news, (poor interviews, not raptors) and is one of the major reasons I can't stand local newscasts. They just have a knack for finding the absolute stupidest person in the vicinity for an interview... On the plus side, at least we don't have any Nazi zombies loose in our fair city... good luck Austin, TX, those bastards are tough. RTV Channel 6 article: Here

More: traffic, media,

 

Stoplight Creeps

Feb 7, 2009
cass

 

What is so hard about staggering cars a little bit at stoplights? I don't want to look at you! I don't want you looking at me! How hard is it to stop a couple feet ahead or behind? Just a couple feet! And we wouldn't have to feel the awkwardness of looking over and seeing someone right there... doing their thing... in their car. And when you're a passenger, jesus, that other person is like two feet away! It's not quite as awkward as someone buddying up to you at the urinals, but really, all it takes is a couple feet and we wouldn't have to see each other. You're another car on the road, you're not a person, don't force me to acknowledge your existence, I don't want to, I hate you. Are you so lonely that you want to feel the companionship of strangers on the road? And don't pretend you're not looking at me, cuz every time I pull up a couple feet to get out of your tractor beam, you pull up too. I'm practically humping the car in front of me and you're still creeping up to be creepy some more. Is etiquette a sin or something now?

More: traffic,

 

Potholes and dumbasses: friday the 13th??

Feb 13, 2009
Rusty - Downtown

 

I'm gonna snap on the next jackass that can't drive. In front of me, behind me, it's like they're possessed. Maybe it's because of Friday the 13th. The full moon was earlier this week, so that can't be it. Unless everyone is as lazy as me and hasn't gotten fully dressed since Monday... then yeah, let's blame it on the full moon.

 

On i70, I have a jackass riding me like three feet behind and swerving around like it's fucking dodgeball or something. Getting off on Keystone, there's a Mustang in front of me going about 20 and taking up several lanes in an almost admirable ballet of drunken lane-drifting.

 

And to top it all off, the potholes on Keystone are goddamn ridiculous. I feel like I'm on a cheap carnival ride. It's not gonna be so cheap for my alignment, that's for sure. I was trying to call my mom and had to dodge a huge cement crater while the call was in progress. So this is how that went:

 

Mom: "Hello"
Me: "JESUS FUCKING CHRIST!!!"
Mom: "hello?"
Me: "Oh... Hello Mother. How are you?"

 

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