I live adjacent to a T intersection that has three stop signs.  This street is parallel and one block north of a busy street that has three lanes in each direction.  Our street has a 25 mph speed limit, but the traffic to and from the busy street exceeds the limit, and ever since the pandemic a lot of drivers ignore the stop signs, but so far there have been no accidents.  What fascinates me is watching when an electric scooter drives by.  It looks exhilarating, but what gets me is that people on them are standing up straight while going 30-35 mph.  What happens if they hit a small pothole or if a driver of a parked car suddenly opens their door to get out?  There's nothing to stop the driver from flying off the scooter and being in a world of hurt.

I came upon these videos of some electric scooter drivers that I would like to submit for consideration as Darwin Award candidates:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And let’s not forget those videos that were taken by drivers, causing them to become “distracted drivers”, increasing the odds of a massive cluster-**** occurring.

Wow, that is absolutely ridiculous. I hope that the mods do not edit your thread title, because that is exactly what these guys are.

1 hour ago, Mike A said:

And let’s not forget those videos that were taken by drivers, causing them to become “distracted drivers”, increasing the odds of a massive cluster-**** occurring.

and let's not forget that these drivers have dashcams and passengers in the right seat,
to film for them as well, causing the driver no more distraction than the electric scooters do.

Meh, doesn't bother me, Darwin Wins Again, and it thins the herd 😁

I'm curious why there would be three stop signs at a T-junction. In this part of the world that would be managed by (a) the road crossing the T having priority, with the stop sign on the "vertical" road only, (b) a mini-roundout or (c) traffic lights. Neither of those arrangements prevents rule-breaking of course.

(Mini-roundabouts do occasionally provide entertainment when three cars reach it one the same time and each stops waiting for one of the others to make a move and you get a scene reminiscent of the Sad Hill face-off in The Good The Bad and The Ugly. 😆 )

Edited August 19, 2025Aug 19 by Holdit

The Texas guy is an absolute nutter. No helmet, short sleeve shirt, short trousers, and moving at over 60mph on a busy Interstate That takes a special kind of person. One that eats Darwin Awards for breakfast.

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@Mike A  It's the same with the idiot dirt bikers roaming the city and highways!

 

 

26 minutes ago, charliearon said:

It's the same with the word not allowed dirt bikers roaming the city and highways

I wasn’t aware of that, interesting.  But then again, it’s really nothing new.  These things happen in “cycles”:

 

Ireland also has this problem

https://www.independent.ie/videos/video-of-e-scooter-speeding-along-dublins-m50-motorway-goes-viral/a1108447636.html

2 hours ago, Christopher Low said:

The Texas guy is an absolute nutter. No helmet, short sleeve shirt, short trousers, and moving at over 60mph on a busy Interstate That takes a special kind of person. One that eats Darwin Awards for breakfast.

https://imgur.com/InFhWnn

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What has society wrought?

Noel

5 hours ago, Holdit said:

I'm curious why there would be three stop signs at a T-junction

It’s probably due to the streets being narrow with parked cars on the streets limiting visibility.  When approaching this intersection, you can’t see any crossing traffic until you’re right at the line marking where to stop at the stop sign.  Most of the traffic comes from or goes to the vertical part of the T, as it connects to the larger boulevard to the south.

I mentioned this intersection because of the number of cars that go through the stop signs. There’s not a lot of traffic, but those careless drivers mixed with the random electric scooters speeding and going through the stop signs means there’s a non-zero chance of an eventual collision.

FreeDUMB

Not sure how this is any different from all the Car, Truck, Semi, Motorcycle rider videos where people exercise their freeDUMB?  Seem to recall a series narrated by Chris Barrie comments on Car Crash TV or something like that …  https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5980930/

One positive the smaller the vehicle, the less damage it can do when one exercise's their freeDUMB.