# The people with whom we share the road

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-people-with-whom-we-share-the-road/178889>\
**Category:** General Discussion\
**Created:** [August 22, 2021, 2:44pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-people-with-whom-we-share-the-road/178889 "2021-08-22T14:44:36Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2021, 2:44pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-people-with-whom-we-share-the-road/178889/1 "2021-08-22T14:44:36Z")

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… might not always exercise good judgment…

😲

> **[Man sinks car into Yakima River to 'fill up radiator' with water](https://kimatv.com/news/local/man-sinks-car-into-yakima-river-to-fill-up-radiator-with-water)**
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> YAKIMA, Wash. (KIMA) — Emergency crews responded Tuesday to an SUV that drivers spotted submerged in the Yakima River, but the Yakima County Sheriff's Office says the driver claims he did it intentionally. At about 11 a. m. , callers said they saw...

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**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2021, 2:56pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-people-with-whom-we-share-the-road/178889/2 "2021-08-22T14:56:10Z")

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Clearly some people should NOT work on their own vehicles!

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**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2021, 3:30pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-people-with-whom-we-share-the-road/178889/3 "2021-08-22T15:30:43Z")

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I agree with you, but there is also the possibility that this guy can’t own-up to his mistakes and actually just failed to engage the e-brake. Maybe he thought that a hare-brained maintenance mistake _somehow_ sounded less dumb than failure to secure the truck properly. But–either way–his judgment is flawed.

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**Author:** ![weekend-warrior](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/weekend-warrior/32/26122_2.png) [@weekend-warrior](https://community.cartalk.com/u/weekend-warrior)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2021, 3:33pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-people-with-whom-we-share-the-road/178889/4 "2021-08-22T15:33:27Z")

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some drugs will make you do some strange things. LOL

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**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2021, 3:45pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-people-with-whom-we-share-the-road/178889/5 "2021-08-22T15:45:02Z")

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That is another good point! I wonder if he was given a sobriety test.  
🤔

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**Author:** ![Renegade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Renegade](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Renegade)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2021, 3:54pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-people-with-whom-we-share-the-road/178889/6 "2021-08-22T15:54:30Z")

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Something like this just proves that STUPID can not be FIXED. 🙃

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**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2021, 4:07pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/the-people-with-whom-we-share-the-road/178889/7 "2021-08-22T16:07:29Z")

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😱🤦🏼:man\_shrugging:t3: says it all