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I've had my share
of bad drivers — the ones that take the long way, the ones that jabber on their phones, the ones that go over San Francisco's hills so fast that your stomach drops — but none can compare to the drivers of Crazy Taxi.
Here is the boneheaded premise: Fallon plays Washburn, a New York City detective that just so happens to be one
of the worst drivers in the city.
That suggests why the sporty Acura RSX, Ford Mustang, Mitsubishi Eclipse and Nissan 350Z had
some of the worst driver death rates.
If you've ever walked or driven the streets of Chicago, you know that cab drivers are
some of the worst drivers out there.
Statistically, Alberta has
some of the worst drivers in Canada.
Here are a few more moves that
some of the worst drivers usually make, and which you should avoid.
Not exact matches
Uber,
of course, has promised to clean up its corporate culture after a spate
of bad publicity about sexual harassment and a damning video
of CEO Travis Kalanick cursing out a
driver.
There are places with
worse drivers,
of course.
The Trump campaign counters the history
of bad blood between Trump and the Bay Area, saying it values the tech industry as a
driver of economic growth, according to Re / code.
When Uber developed a reputation
of not caring for
drivers, it rebranded — and made things
worse.
A promotion in France that promised to pair male passengers with sexy women
drivers backfired
badly, clanging with the all - too - real stories
of women riders getting propositioned or
worse by their
drivers.
Sometimes scientific findings
of such head - slapping obviousness — talking on the phone makes you a
worse driver and men generally favor large breasts, for example — that they make the average lay person wonder how anyone ever got funding to investigate the question in the first place.
There's no question that sports is a big
driver of engagement, which is something Twitter
badly needs.
Uber wouldn't exist if it felt
bad for all
of the taxi
drivers it is displacing.
If Uber wants to create the same kind
of fan base and avoid scaring away new customers with
bad - weather sticker shock, it should cap the amount riders pay at two or three times the normal rates, while still paying
drivers whatever rates it needs to get them to come out onto the roads.
A gaffe about his opponent's race, allegations that he is the backseat
driver from hell and, most recently, an indelible photograph
of him in the middle
of a wild party
of teenagers — is Maryland Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler having the
worst run...
When we looked at this the
driver (
bad pun intended) was the growing number
of people using their vehicles as mobile offices.
how good
of a
driver a person is... do they change lanes erratically, talk or text on the phone while driving, tailgate, or any other
bad habits that would cause a person to not own the vehicle for a long period
of time?
Bad market timing derived from overreaction to past stock market returns (individual option traders seem especially prone to overreact) and high trading costs are probable
drivers of this poor performance.
That's good news for
drivers, but could be
bad news for parts
of the job market.
The primary
drivers behind this bearish movement were the release
of a
worse - than - expected US labor report and a Philadelphia Fed manufacturing survey disclosing falling employment and a declining new orders outlook.
Jake Fisher, Consumer Reports» head
of automotive testing, said human
drivers «are
bad at paying attention to automation and this technology is not capable
of reacting to all types
of emergencies.
There are very few thing sin life that bother me other than
bad drivers abnd religious believeres who though some fault
of their own think I should be bound by their beliefs.
Another thought: If you poll
drivers, most think that 90 %
of drivers are
bad drivers — but they don't think they are
bad drivers,
of course.
But Lance, who was already using marijuana and dabbling in speed and cocaine, says, «The truck
drivers were as
bad [a bunch]
of junkies as anybody you ever met.»
The Haas
driver crashed out
of qualifying and claims the session should never have started because conditions were too
bad
It also puts Vergne at the top
of the
drivers» championship and Techeetah at the top
of the teams» standings - not
bad for a customer squad!
It's
bad enough that
drivers struggle to follow other cars closely because
of the dirty air, but when that's also causing
drivers to worry about future reliability, there's a reduced incentive for them to challenge each other unless they're confident
of being able to make a pass fairly quickly.
Now we like to blame the current power units for a lot
of the things that are currently
bad about F1, and Max says it was the power unit that was to blame for his spin, and not a
driver error.
In light
of this we thought we'd take a look at seven other
drivers who showed that suffering a
bad injury doesn't have to spell the end
of an F1 career.
It seems like a good way
of allowing fast
drivers to easily get ahead
of slow
drivers without actually having to overtake them, which is surely
bad for fans.
Millions
of fans look to NASCAR
drivers for the proper way to conduct themselves on the road, and if NASCAR and the race teams don't take a DUI charge seriously by issuing a severe penalty, it sends the message that drunk driving is somehow not that
bad.
Whether its Snapchatting during a press conference or posting a
bad joke on Twitter, there'll definitely be some kind
of social media controversy involving a F1
driver in 2017 — and it'll be hyped up loads in the press and turned into a big thing.
F1 teams and
drivers have another week
of testing ahead and will be hoping that
bad weather doesn't cause another week
of stuttered running.
It was made
worse by the fact the two
drivers who initially clashed were in the fight for third place entering Turn 1, with the rest
of the field having to avoid them.
A combination
of parts failures,
bad luck and a lack
of execution derailed the Team Penske
driver's playoff run before he could make it to Homestead with his title hopes still intact.
But, it was a hard battle to get to fourth for Buemi, and wasn't happy with some
of the other
drivers on the grid (we imagine he was in an even
worse mood later on, when he was disqualified for his car being underweight).
As a result he now occasionally seems to crop up in lists
of the
worst F1
drivers ever, but despite his dismal races with Ferrari, and the fact that no other
driver has started more races without scoring a point, it's a grossly unfair assessment.
When a fan put it to him that it sets a
bad example for young
drivers, Button explained the penalty Vettel received is basically «game over» for that race and is enough
of a deterrent.
Of the 12
drivers going into the Chase, he had the third -
worst career average finish on the 10 playoff tracks (17.4); Johnson had the best (10.1).
He went on to say that Vettel's reaction to the initial contact was the wrong way
of going about things and that it could be a
bad influence on young
drivers coming up through the ranks.
To make matters
worse,
drivers aren't allowed to stockpile elements like they have done in the past, such as in Belgium last year when Lewis Hamilton took a load
of penalties at once in order to see him through the rest
of the season.
Instead
of a successful last year before retirement, NASCAR's 14 - time most popular
driver has finished 30th or
worse in eight
of 20 races and finds himself 22nd in the standings.
To make matters
worse the second day
of the test had to be abandoned too because
of a lack
of spare parts, denying GP2
driver and Ferrari reserve Antonio Giovinazzi the chance to complete some more laps in an F1 car.
Although a name like Sebastian Montoya virtually guarantees that he'll be a stupidly good racing
driver, being part
of the FDA isn't exactly a
bad place to be.
Pros: Potential for jumbled - up grids, you get to follow every lap
of every
driver Cons: Not always entirely fair, less track action for fans trackside,
drivers qualifying with race fuel was always
bad
Another spectacularly
bad idea came in 2005 when
drivers grid positions were decided by the result
of two single - lap qualifying runs added together.
But even though
drivers quite liked the track, the event had gone too
badly for F1 to even entertain the thought
of going back, and so the race ended up being a one - off.