Range Rover w/ dangerous driver - Norwood sticker

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The problem is OP is posting in anger not as a public service announcement. If she were truly concerned, she would have said Black Range Rover with private school sticker. To take the time to describe the woman in such detail and then name the school speaks to someone with an axe to grind. There are crazy drivers everywhere in Metro DC. (Don't get me started on the lunatic cyclists!)

OP here. Yes, I was angry. I do have an axe to grind, moreover, and that is against really dangerous drivers who endanger the lives of others. Having been hit by a drunk driver and DH nearly killed, I will admit to the crime of it having made me angry. As for the PSA business, and whether it is a good thing or not to post, as I read these comments it appears some people think it is a good thing, and some do not. But you cannot know my intentions (beyond what I just acknowledged) so maybe is would be a little better not to try to assert what my intentions are. Feel free to post about the result of my behavior, including your own personal reactions, which you do have information about. As to my intentions, you don't. (I could say STFU, as an earlier delightful person did, but that would be rude.)

[Anonymous]

I actually may have been the driver to which the OP refers. I was driving on River Road at approximately 3:30 on Monday pm. However, we disagree on the details beyond that. I was driving at a safe, posted speed when a few cars (probably hers included) veered into my lane from theirs to go around what must have been, I learn now, a stalled car. I, in turn, had to swerve onto the shoulder to avoid hitting them and, yes, I did honk my horn. But I continued on my way (without running the next light), never thinking to post about her/them on a public forum. I do not feel publicly shamed, as my driving was not erratic. I avoided colliding with her and/or others.

I am signing off for good now. I do understand, however, why so many believe that DCUM is toxic.

[Anonymous]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTqQcNPE41Q&feature=related

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The problem is OP is posting in anger not as a public service announcement. If she were truly concerned, she would have said Black Range Rover with private school sticker. To take the time to describe the woman in such detail and then name the school speaks to someone with an axe to grind. There are crazy drivers everywhere in Metro DC. (Don't get me started on the lunatic cyclists!)

OP here. Yes, I was angry. I do have an axe to grind, moreover, and that is against really dangerous drivers who endanger the lives of others. Having been hit by a drunk driver and DH nearly killed, I will admit to the crime of it having made me angry. As for the PSA business, and whether it is a good thing or not to post, as I read these comments it appears some people think it is a good thing, and some do not. But you cannot know my intentions (beyond what I just acknowledged) so maybe is would be a little better not to try to assert what my intentions are. Feel free to post about the result of my behavior, including your own personal reactions, which you do have information about. As to my intentions, you don't. (I could say STFU, as an earlier delightful person did, but that would be rude.)

As I expected you're angry and with good reason doesn't give you the ri

[Anonymous]

Hit reply too soon, it doesn't give you the right to organize A lynch mob against someone who obviously made a mistake. It seems you've made your point I just question your method. When you point your finger at someone there's always three pointing back at you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am a Norwood parent, and I see nothing particularly wrong with OP's post. I think it's a warning to all of us, wherever our kids go to school and whatever we drive, to drive more carefully.

+1

[Anonymous]

My child attends WES (yet another school on that stretch of road), and at least twice in the last year, someone has been hit by a car where the Crescent Trail crosses over River Road. One woman was killed. I have told my child never ever to attempt to cross the road near her school because of the completely insane way that people drive in that area.

Doesn't the trail go over River Road on a bridge?

[Anonymous]

Threads like this. -- why I removed the big 3 bumper magnet from my car....

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

My child attends WES (yet another school on that stretch of road), and at least twice in the last year, someone has been hit by a car where the Crescent Trail crosses over River Road. One woman was killed. I have told my child never ever to attempt to cross the road near her school because of the completely insane way that people drive in that area.

Doesn't the trail go over River Road on a bridge?

Yes, it does and the students typically use it. There's also a street-level crosswalk. It's used by all the people who either visit or work in the many businesses in that area. I saw a mother crossing with a baby in a stroller the other day, and I was just sick waiting for her to get across safely. Drivers are usually so happy to get across that light at River and Little Falls that they just gun the moter and accelerate right at the crossing point.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Did he have a Norwood sticker too?

I don't think the paramedics, the helicopter crew, the ER Attendings, the Neurosurgeons, the Priests and the funeral home cared to ask even the name of the offending driver , but just like you. I'm sure he was important to one person: himself.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hit reply too soon, it doesn't give you the right to organize A lynch mob against someone who obviously made a mistake. It seems you've made your point I just question your method. When you point your finger at someone there's always three pointing back at you.

I don't think she did enough. I think, if she had it, she should have posted the plate number.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Did he have a Norwood sticker too?

I know you think this is a funny response but it just shows that you are a small person, with no sense of humor, hiding behind the anonymity of these boards. You have no idea what its like to lose a child in a car accident and your small mind can't even try to understand so you think its funny.

Terrible car accidents happen on River Road, deadly accidents. It so good to see how callous so many of you are towards the lives of children.

Life has a way of dealing with the arrogant.

[Anonymous]

There is no excuse for aggressive driving. It is all too common in this area, and impacts the quality of life here, as well as imperiling others.

Also, stomping on the gas aggressively spews out even more pollutants into the atmosphere, which negatively impacts the health of all our children.

I think this entire area has gone insane and lost sight of what is really important.

[Anonymous]

As a Norwood parent myself, I can affirm that a couple Norwood moms are among the most aggressive, nastiest drivers I've ever seen anywhere. Not going to other schools, I don' know whether there's a couple in every bunch, but I doubt Norwood is unique in having a couple nasty moms.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As a Norwood parent myself, I can affirm that a couple Norwood moms are among the most aggressive, nastiest drivers I've ever seen anywhere. Not going to other schools, I don' know whether there's a couple in every bunch, but I doubt Norwood is unique in having a couple nasty moms.

I'm a parent at a "Big-3" and I have to agree. There are very aggressive moms and DADS and NANNIES who are setting awful examples for their children based upon their driving behavior. Some of the things I've seen in the last week:

1) Cars racing out of the school with the children UNBUCKLED
2) Changing lanes in the middle of an intersection
3) Disobeying traffic cops IN FRONT OF THE SCHOOL
4) Cutting in the carpool lane (an honest mistake at the beginning of the year, but in MAY?!?)
5) Merging instead of yielding