Some places being Legally blind gets you a license to drive SUV's with a Handicap sticker.

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1971 280SE W108
1979 300SD W116
1983 300D W123
1975 Ironhead Sportster chopper
1987 GMC 3/4 ton 4X4 Diesel
1989 Honda Civic (Heavily modified)
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Section 609 MVAC Certified
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"He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." - Friedrich Nietzsche

In Germany you have to go to a proper school to get your license, it costs about $2k and you have to be at least 18.

They also use camra's on overpasses to catch tailgaters, and fines very depending on income.

If you are a left lane bandit on the autobahn you die! Weeds out the stupid ones real fast.

Sounds like a pretty good system. We need less cars on the roads anyway license should be more expensive and harder to get.

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1999 SL500
1969 280SE
2023 Ram 1500
2007 Tiara 3200

My tax dollars are paying for roads. I feel I certainly do own the roads (even ones in Iraq)!! Tell your commie pinko Scout Master to shove it!! Maybe a Mao voice would be better....

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Bill Reimels
Now down to one:
1972 300SE 3.5 W109 (Euro delivery)

I don't like fascist tools like hiway cameras , on star and transponders that record your every moment. I carry an aluminum foil pouch to contain my ezpass transponder all the time (except for toll plazas).

Regarding the maniacs on the road, they tend to weed themselves out. While I was commuting, last year, this jackass in a Ford P/U used to take off around a line of cars in an acceleration ramp on the FL Turnpike. This lasted about a month until he collided into a semi and was helo'd away. I believe he is no longer on this earth. I saw variants of this phenomena several times during my 15 years of Florida commuting.

Having lived in Florida now for 15 years, and in major metro areas for all my driving career, I believe there is nothing you can do to keep people from making mistakes and just driving badly/aggressively. Germany has steep fines and regorous training, but most Germans also take pride in their driving skills. Can't say that about a guy reading the paper or a gal putting on makeup at 70 mph!

Best you can do is keep a defensively well designed vehicle like a Benz ( Ilove my 6 airbags and suspension). And I don't drive an SUV or P/U. Saw several of them roll on the FL Trk. The bigger they are the better they roll!

In Ohio, there is a law against obstucting traffic, but it's never enforced due to "it's a lot easier to hang out a radar gun". Actually, I live right by that stretch of I-75(St. Bernard) where that accident occurred-AVERAGE speed is probably 75 in only a 55 zone-but the posted minimum is only 40. Our biggest problem is that people are moving farther and farther away from the city and driving too far to and from work, and actual police enforcement in that area is virtually non-existent, but not to worry-Cincinnati is installing radar speed cameras in approx. 2 -3 months-a warning to you guys to take it easy from the Ohio River to about mile marker 7, or the man will be sending you a little something in the mail!!

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1982 300DT 190K (Diesel Purge + synthetic oil=smoothness at last!!!)
2004 Ford E-350 6.0 L PSD 227K
2006 Dodge Ram 3500 SRW HO Cummins 4X4 48RE 42K (brute force tow vehicle)
2005 Scion xB wife's rolling pop can
1993 GMC Sierra C3500 6.2 142K

Wow Bill, I don't know what to say, I was just making conversation. You know share the road, be kind to strangers, do unto others, compassionate conservatism……... Please don’t insult a good man, who dedicated a fair portion of his life to helping others, including the Scouts, just because of a memorable goodbye saying he used. What was remarkable is that he did all this with only one leg, left the other on a beach somewhere in the mid 1940's, serving his country.

Sorry if I touched a nerve.

Clay

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2002 E320 Sedan 93K Designo Mocha Black Metallic!
1995 E320 Wagon 205K Black Wagon
1982 240D 183K SloPoke

I believe each of these cars are the final production year for that model.

It may seem futile, but I derive a certain sense of satisfaction by reporting a-holes to a certain 800 smog hotline. (PM me if you don't already know.)

I know, I know... I'm just adding to the AQMD's bureaucratic log jam. (Hmm.. two birds, eh?) But while I'm seething behind the wheel of my pokey wagon, I just take a moment to imagine what the a-hole's day will be like when they have to visit the smog check station...

I've also been known to dial 911 for the truly egregious violators. Driving on the shoulder, weaving, dangerous lane changes. Just make the call, the CHP would love to hear from you.

Now Now commie pinko Scout Master,,, that's a little (actually slot) un called for.

I kinda like that saying,,,we don't own the roads, we just use them. If you want to own your road, then you can own all two feet of your tax dollars worth.