My Accident

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Ever been caught in traffic while driving in Los Angeles? Join me on Thee Talkers Podcast, Unscripted, as I recount my personal experiences navigating in traffic and wild roads of LA during the spring months. From the thrill of a new car purchase to the anxiety of fender benders, I share practical driving tips and personal stories that emphasize the importance of road safety. Listen as I tap into my own nervousness and moments of cautious driving, vividly bringing to life the real challenges that come with unpredictable weather.

Navigating through traffic, I delve into a recent car accident that taught me invaluable lessons about brake lights and signaling on the road. I discuss the critical practice of alerting tailgaters with a simple brake tap and reflect on the emotional toll of dealing with insurance and vehicle repairs. Through my journey from an old Honda Civic EX to my new 2020 Toyota Corolla, I explore the significance of choosing the right car for safety and simplicity, sharing insights that might help you on your own automotive adventures.

The aftermath of a car accident is more than just financial; it’s a strain on your peace of mind. I discuss the universal stress and regret that follows such incidents, urging listeners to drive cautiously and be considerate of fellow road users. From the frustrations of traffic to the perils of road rage, this episode is a candid conversation about driving etiquette and the importance of being mindful behind the wheel. Tune in for an episode packed with heartfelt advice, practical tips, and a touch of humor to make those drives a little less daunting.

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Joe: 0:54

What's up, what's up, everybody. What's up, what's up, what's up? This is Thee Talkers Podcast, Unscripted. Hello, what's up, what's up? This is Thee Talkers Podcast, Unscripted. Hello, what's up everybody. My name is Joe and I'll be flying solo today. I'm by myself. You have me to yourselves. What's going on, everybody.

Joe: 1:14

It's a beautiful day in Los Angeles. California, not too hot, the way I like it, guys. It's just the way I like it, thank you. California is not too hot the way I like it, guys. It's just the way I like it, thank you. But um 61 degrees, believe it or not. It's early in the morning, but we'll see what happens in the afternoon. So pretty sure we'll be around the 65s, around there. We'll see what happens.

Joe: 1:40

But, um, this is the kind of fucking type of weather I really fucking like, you know, because I don't summer, oh my gosh. Summer really really unbearable, and I I just don't, I can't stand on summer. But I love fucking winter and winter is my thing, it's my season and like because it's, you could wear a lot of clothing, you know, you could wear like your sweater, you could wear sweats, you know what I'm saying. And you could go out with wearing your gear, you know, like your um jackets and stuff like that leather jacket and all that stuff, and it keeps you warm, keeps you cozy too. You know that's what I like about winter. But there's only one thing, there's only one problem the rain. The rain kind of fucks it up, and that's that's one of the things, um, about winter is rain, rain, rain, rain. It kind of messes up the the whole thing, the whole ordeal. But sometimes I get kind of nervous when I'm driving, when it's raining, you know, but it's what it is. You know you got to stick to it and just be careful and be precautious when you're driving and stuff like that. Yeah, so that's the only thing about winter it rains, but I mean, we're not that bad, you know, we're not like Seattle. Seattle never stops raining. It's they're always cloudy most of the times. You know it's, they're always cloudy most of the times. You know it's probably fucking rains in summer, but it's probably like, probably not cold, but it's like warm rain, you know. So what do I know? Because I never, I never been there, I never been in seattle. So, but maybe someday I would like to go visit seattle. But, um, yeah, so that's the only thing about winter, uh, the rain. But, um, I just got my new car. Um, I don't know if you guys heard my previous episode I mentioned I had a car accident and it's funny because, um, all you, all your drivers out there, should be careful by for experience of my experience, what I, what I've been through, because when you guys are driving out there, you guys should have your brake lights, you should.

Joe: 3:49

When someone's behind you, you should tap your brake, brake lights like three times, guys, because it does happen, there's a lot of people that tailgate you, even though when there's traffic they tailgate you and they don't get themselves enough like at least 15 feet away, space cushion. You know they always have to be in close of you. You know, like they're so in a hurry, they're impatient, it looks like they want to go through you, you know, and they get mad at you because they think you're driving slow, but it's the want to go through you, you know, and and they get mad at you because they think you're driving slow, but it's the car ahead of you. You know what happened to me on, on, like two weeks ago on my, my previous, my woman accident is that, um, the guy that was in front of me, he, his brakes were not working, his back brakes, okay, um, he was saying that, um, they work, but if they would have worked, it would I would have stopped. Okay, I always, when I drive on a freeway anywhere it could be in the street freeway and all that stuff when there's someone behind me coming really fast, really fast behind me, I will tap my brakes three times, giving them a warning there's traffic ahead, up ahead, and it's in a driver's manual book you guys have.

Joe: 5:20

When someone's behind you gotta warn, you gotta press your brakes three times to be careful there's traffic ahead of you, just to warn the people, just to warn the driver that's coming behind you. Okay, you have to do that because this is what happened to me, because this driver explained to me that he said he was driving slow because he was trying to let the semi-truck pass by and he was trying to go through which. I thought he was driving, I thought he just moved and I just pressed my brake, I accelerated my gas and I hit him from the back of his truck, you know, and I didn't see his brake brake lights on. He was just moving and I and I usually um careful on that. I keep an eye on that. But I don't know, like some reason, his brake lights weren't working. I told him your brake lights are not working. He said no, no, no, no, you're crazy. He was talking to me in sp and I told him you know, no, sir, no, no, no, you're crazy. No, no, no, you're crazy, no, no, you're crazy. No, I was not asleep, sir. I go, sir, I'm not asleep. You know, I'm driving. I thought I was dying and I threw my gas. I go, señor, yo no estoy durmiendo, yo estoy manejando. Yo pensé que estaba muriendo Y yo le eché mi gas. You know, I accelerated, so he told me that he was driving slowly and I literally thought he was leaving. I mean, he was moving. So that's when I pressed on my gas and hit him from behind and, um, that's what happens.

Joe: 7:06

Guys, all your listeners out there, you guys got to be careful when you're driving, especially when someone's behind you're driving really fast. Uh, try to warn your, your back brakes. Give them like get three taps warning them that is, there's traffic ahead, because if you just press it once, they're going to think you're going to stop and go, stop and go. You know, you got to like press three times to warn the person that's behind you when you're driving. Because these guys, man, these people, they're assholes, they're drivers. There's some assholes right there, they don't care, they're so impatient, they're in a hurry, they, they're just zigzagging, they just want to, you know, be the head of you. They want to beat the train or some shit like that. They want to be the head of it, um, the the road, they want to take over the road, and and then they end up hitting someone from behind.

Joe: 7:56

You know, but see, my and my situation is, um, where what I, what I go at, um, it was there was traffic, bumper to bumper. But I leave a lot like I leave. I left like around around 15 feet space, cushion, right. So I, I mean I could, I, I, I could have stopped sooner. But I pressed my, my gas really fast, thinking that he was moving and I thought the whole traffic was going already. I mean, it was, you know, done, you know, okay, well, the traffic's already gone. So he was just driving slowly. I thought he was already moving. So I hit him from behind.

Joe: 8:35

No brakes I didn't see no brake on or anything like that, because you're supposed to warn If you're slowing down. You got to press your brakes, your back brakes. I didn't see no brake on or anything like that. And because you're supposed to warn If you're slowing down, you got to press your brakes, your back brakes. Okay, not just move slowly when you're. You know, I don't see your back brakes. But I'm thinking that his brakes weren't working, because I would have seen it way before and I told him to turn to see step on your brakes so I could look at if they work.

Joe: 9:04

And you couldn't hardly see the brake on, the brake lights on. I mean, they were probably on, but they were like not too bright enough to see it. You know, they were too dim. And I was telling him that, I was explaining that to him and he didn't want to admit to it. But well, everything went good. Okay, we didn't want to call the authorities. You know that stuff.

Joe: 9:27

We did it by insurance and all that stuff. So I guess my insurance paid his. I mean, it wasn't too much damage, it only bent his bumper. But my car was a total loss. So I had to like sign in and said you know what, you know, it was a total loss. So I had to like sign in and said you know what, you know, it's a total loss and so just tow it away, I guess. But yeah, that's all I was.

Joe: 9:49

It was a terrible day that month. Um that two weeks ago and I'm glad it's over I got myself a new car, got me a 2020 toyota. It's a corolla. Um, I'm really happy with this one because it's a different color now it's black and you know I'm really happy about it. You know it's a good car, I like it.

Joe: 10:09

And that's finally 2020, because I think 2020 is the most valuable year. It's like a classic car 2020, because everything happened in that year. You know what I'm saying. I think, like COVID and all that stuff, you know, like wearing the mask and all that stuff, and we had, like, you know, we had restrictions that day. You know we had to stay home and, you know, not go out or things like that. You know, but it was the most popular year. 2020 was the most popular year. I don't know, people know that out there, all your listeners know about that, but if you have a car or anything that's on 2020, you should keep because that's really it's like a 1957. When you have a car, it's 1957, it's the most value, popular car. It's a. It will be known as a classic car. Right, everything happened in 1957. Rock and roll, elvis came out and all that stuff. Rock and roll was exploding, everything happened in that year and the cars were invented right there 1957 Chevys and Bel Airs and all that stuff. So whoever has a 1957 Chevy, it's a classic car. A 1957 Chevy, you know, it's a classic car.

Joe: 11:25

So 2020, whoever has a hatchback like a or anything, that's 2020 for a car, it's going to be real like a classic car. So it depends on the make of the model too Maybe like a, let's say, like a Honda hatchback 2020, because those look nice. You know that's one of my favorite cars of like a hashback, uh, type r, 2020 or things like that, or 2019. You know well, not much of a 2019, but 2020, um, hashback, um, type r looks pretty nice. It looks not. It looks really awesome. So, um, it depends on who buys a lot of those cars back in the day, like in 2020 and stuff like that. So you know you could see them around. You know I like the framework of the honda civic type r and it's it really goes really fast. But, um, that's one of my dream cars, uh, hashback, 2020, um, type r, stuff like that.

Joe: 12:19

But I saw that and I want to go get my car, to get me a new car. I saw it in the lab but the only thing was that it was white, and I don't like a white car, you know. And um, and the only thing too, it was a manual car too. It's like standard. So you, I don't know how to drive standard yet. So I would love to, to learn. You know, I like to all. I know that you just got to balance the clutch and all that stuff. So maybe someday, if I have a manual car or standard, whatever you want to call it maybe I'll let Gooch teach me how to drive standard, because he knows how to drive standard. You know Because you got to be multitasking in that you know, with the clutch and the brake and the gas. Just imagine, fuck, I don't think I could do that. But it doesn't hurt to learn. But other than that, yeah, so I got my new car. It's a 2020.

Joe: 13:11

Finally, I got an upgrade and I just got to deal with what's going on with my previous finance company, what I finance on the car with. So I just got to figure that out. I know my insurance um probably gave them a check already, but, um, I just got away from my um, what's gonna happen next? So, yeah, so I mean, we're all good long as we're good. We're all good as long as we're good, we're safe. Nothing happened, we weren't hurt. But, um, other than that, um, I feel I felt bad because, you know, I, you, I'm usually a a, a careful driver, you know, but it does happen. You know, you could be a good driver, you could be, you could, you could be a best driver in anything, but it happens.

Joe: 13:57

Okay, accidents do happen, but, um, I'm not gonna say I think I'm gonna say it's both our faults because, um, yes, I, I hit him from the back of his truck, but yet him, he has no brake tail lights on, like his brake lights were not working, or something like that. Because if I would have seen them on, I would have stopped. You know what I'm saying. But they were completely off, you know. And and he was saying, no, they work, they work, but I don't think they work because I would have seen them. You know, I want I would have seen them on and I would have stopped. I would like, you know, you know, I would have stopped my brakes really hard, you know. But, um, yeah, just, uh, just.

Joe: 14:39

I, all your listeners out there, keep in mind when someone and you're driving on a freeway or being in the street, try to warn others behind you, press your brake three times to warn that there's traffic ahead of you or the traffic is slowing down. That's the only way you can slow the traffic from behind you. Step on your brakes three times because, um, it's just warning that you're stopping. Okay, it's just warning that you're stopping. And and um, this is what the gentleman didn't do. He didn't warn me that. Oh, you know I'm preparing to stop, but he didn't do it.

Joe: 15:13

Um, I just thought he was. I thought the whole you know, the whole shit was going already. You know that. I thought he was going already. You know, I thought he was going already, so I just ran into him. But I guess we're okay. Okay, that's what, that's what matters, as long as I got my two, two arms and my two legs, and you know, everything intact. So you know, nothing major, you know. But my car, my car was a total loss and that was a good car because it, um, it really went fast when it was on the freeway. It drew fast, um, it was a sport. Uh, toyota corolla sport, oh 2015. I really liked that car. But, um, now I like this car, now the 2020 corolla, and you know what?

Joe: 15:56

I'm'm not usually a Toyota guy, but I find it hard that it's starting to hook on me now, toyota cars, but I don't like huge cars, I don't like luxury cars, I just like a simple Toyota car like a Corolla, nothing fancy and all that stuff. Just like me, because I'm usually a Honda Civic guy. I'm really into the Honda Civics, but I don't like the way the model, the body frame look in the Honda Civics these days. Now I will go with the old models of the 20s or 2019 model of the honda. Make the model, make, uh, because I don't.

Joe: 16:43

The framing, this, this frame is this this year? They don't look. It looks too plain. I don't. I don't like the way it look. I mean they look too large, too too huge. Now they're making them like they used to make them compact and now they're making them huge, and I don't like that. I don't like the, the the frame looks and all that stuff. It looks too plain. They should put some little style on it. Now it looks like they got lazy on the, the framework, um, but, um, the toyota corolla I was, I was gonna give me a hashback, because, um, I love hashbacks and, um, the reason why I never got me a hashback, because at the time they were expensive.

Joe: 17:24

And, um, when I, and this one too, when I saw it over there at the car dealer at the lot, it was really a trick, it was really expensive. So, um, I, so I just took with the corolla, because I saw this one, my brother, remo, saw this car. So he told me what saw this car. So he told me, what about this car? It looks pretty awesome, it looks nice. It's all dark and black, you know. So I said, oh yeah, I should get this car, huh, and it has nice rims and everything.

Joe: 17:52

So I got the one with the Toyota Corolla, but I was on the hatchback. Okay, my, my, I was on the hashback and so I, you know it was too expensive. I think they wanted 30 000 for, like for the hashback. So it was a toyota. So, yeah, I couldn't afford that. So I just got whatever like a budget car.

Joe: 18:13

So I stuck with the toyota corolla and I like it and it joins real smooth and you know it has a lot of good features on it. Well, not too much of a good feature. It's not a 2024, but because of 2024 model cars, they had a lot of features. Um, I guess like 2020 was beginning with the features and all that stuff. So, but, um, why need all those features? You're not going to use them, you know. So that's why I think it's not too important if they didn't have enough features, because I probably don't even know how to use them and maybe I wouldn't use them anyway. So so I'll just need the bluetooth and that's it, so I could just hook on to my music, you know, and put my music on and stuff like that. But, um, yeah, so I know about that too. So that's why I got my car. So I'm happy and everything's going good right now.

Joe: 19:06

So, and, um, yeah, and then um, and then I love, um Honda Civics. I love Honda Civics and but, um, the last Honda Civic that I had was a 20. I mean, it was a 2000, 2006. It was a black Honda Civic. That was my nice, my nice, favorite um Honda Civic. It was an EX and, oh my gosh, it was a beautiful car. It had, um, a rooftop on it. Um, it was nice. It was nice, but, um, it broke down so the engine failed and, um, I don't know, I mean I guess I guess I didn't take care of it well. So I mean that was that was a nice car that I had and it was a beautiful car.

Joe: 19:58

But, um, so now and then after that, I ended up driving a Honda Accord. After that, my car messed up, so I bought another Honda Accord, which I don't like Accords. I really don't like Honda Accords. They're too huge. I'm a small guy. Okay, I'm going to be honest with you, I'm a small guy. I'm like 5'4" guy, I'm like five, four and um, and I don't think I have no choice to drive a car like the size, oh, like oversized and all that stuff, I mean I can't. I don't like driving trucks either. So I mean maybe a jeep, but I don't really like driving trucks. But, um, yeah, so I got a 2004 honda accord I bought for my cousin and it failed on me on the freeway.

Joe: 20:48

But, um, I think the, but what? I think it was the, the oil pump or something like that, a gas pump or something like that. It failed. They didn't want to turn on, so, or I think it was the alternator. So you know, I was like I was fucked both ways. This happened like three years ago. Believe it or not, that's when I got my toyota roll of 2015. It happened like three years ago and it just stopped on me. It just it just went off, you know, and um, so I just I was gonna been fucked both ways.

Joe: 21:24

If I would have took it to the mechanics by tow truck, I would have lost a lot of money. I would have. They would have charged me 300 and then, plus the fucking mechanics to fix it, go fuck, man, and I'm fuck. You know, I there's no way and there's no way to fix this car because it's going to be a lot, it's going to be pointless and it's going to be useless to pay to fix something that's going to be fucking up. So I just you know what I called a tow truck. You know what? Just tow it away, it's a loss. And I just called my cousin, benny to just take me home and all that stuff. So Benny met me over there in the freeway when I was stranded on Chino Hills. So that's what happened and that's when I got my 2015 Toyota Corolla. And that's the bottom line Toyota Corolla, and that's the bottom line, you know. So I mean you guys got to be careful when you drive too out there too.

Joe: 22:29

But things happen, things happen. And you know, sometimes I think what fucking happened with this accident that I had was, I mean, I know I was paying attention because I was coming home from work and I guess I was so in a hurry to go to work, I mean go to home, I was so in a hurry to go home and you know I was anxious to go home and just just, you know, is that the guy the brakes weren't on, you know, he didn't warn me that he was stopping, or, you know, he just was just on on driving, driving slowly, with no brakes on. You know, I mean you got to see the reds so you could be warned that he's stopping, you know. But I didn't see that, you know, I didn't see that. That's why I went, I accelerated my gas and, you know, and I hit him from the back, you know. So that's what messed it, that's what fucked up.

Joe: 23:25

But as long as I got a car, I was I was kind of worried. I was not, I was kind of worried because I was thinking, oh man, it's going to be a total loss. That part of the insurance is not going to help me out and you know I was kind of worried and then my finance was going to, you know, reject it or something like that. So now everything's all good, now Everything's fixed. I was a little worried, stressed out at work, so I was a little moody at work because it was a bad week for me.

Joe: 23:54

What I was going through, I mean I don't want to be so selfish about it when I'm talking about it because it happens to everybody. I mean it just happens, you know. I mean I'm pretty sure everybody everybody has some of you out there who has an accident know how that feels. You know, especially when you're driving in a freeway or you're in the street, you see an accident, you go damn, I know how that fucking feels. You know it feels fucked up. It does feel fucked up and sometimes you know, you know you feel weird after that like fuck man you, because you just want to go home.

Joe: 24:23

You know when that happens, when you have an accident, you're going somewhere, maybe you want to, you're going home, maybe you're going to a store, or maybe you're going somewhere to family's gathering or something like that, and you could have said oh man, I should just just do it home. I had that feeling and I did have that feeling I was going to have an accident. I don't know why, but some people feel that and some people say I should have just stood home. I should have just stood home. I mean, it does fuck you up in your mind, it does affect you, it affects your mind and sometimes you feel like you should have just stood home and I go, man, I should have just fucking waited a little while. I should have just I just want to go home and this happens.

Joe: 25:05

I was fucking, you know, coming out of work, you know tired. You know who doesn't come out of work tired. You know who does not come to work. Come out of work sleepy and tired. Everybody does. You know what I'm saying.

Joe: 25:20

That had nothing to do with my accident. I just know damn well that his brakes weren't on. In front of me You're supposed to warn someone that stopped or you're stopping. He just had his no brakes on. He had no brakes on. He just kept on going and I assumed that he was driving. Now I got to not assume that he's moving when you don't see the brake.

Joe: 25:49

Now I've got to have that mentality now. Now I'm driving my new car. I've got to have that mentality to think that when I see the brakes are not on, they're stopped. I've got to be careful on that. I got to be precautious and be careful when I'm driving, because when their brakes are off they're not moving, they're stopping, they're driving slow. Now I'm worried about now. I got to be precautious on that. Now I got to be. I'm kind of traumatizing that shit now.

Joe: 26:21

So you got to be precautious out there everybody, because it's really dangerous, because people out there there's some people that don't know the techniques of driving. You know there's a lot of things. You got to warn people. You can put your hazard. He could have put his hazard lights on, so that way I could have been warned. So I got to drive slow, you know, knowing that he's what the fuck was going on. I could have been aware you could at least put his hazard lights on Right, but he didn't do that. You could have put his. You could have stopped his brakes Like three times, stop it, stomp, stomp his brake, like three times. But he didn't do that. I assumed that he was. I assumed that he was driving. I was assuming he was driving, so I took off and that's what happened. So now I got to be precautious on that. So now you guys are out there.

Joe: 27:11

I'm just letting you guys know, just because a car is moving, it doesn't mean he's necessarily moving. He's slowing down and he's's just stopped. Don't assume that he stopped. I don't assume that he's moving. I mean, do not assume that he's moving because he's particularly stopping or slowing down. Okay, so just uh, be careful on that and um, be precautious, be aware on that. And um, be precautious, be aware, because uh, just warn people, when you're, when someone's behind you, you gotta step, stomp those brakes, step of those brake three times guys, um, because it does happen, they could hit you from behind. Um, you don't want that happening to you. So you got to be Precautions on that. Don't assume that they're going. It could be slowing down, it could be stopped, right. So that's what got me Just letting you guys know it does happen.

Joe: 28:22

You know, it's like when there's an accident on the freeway. Um, there's an accident on the freeway, you think their, their lights are not even on. They don't have, they don't have the brake lights on or their hazard lights on. You're thinking they're moving and just hit them. Boom, you know it, it does happen. It's like, uh, you're in the freeway, you know. So this is what happened to me. So just be careful, warn others behind you, don't warn them that you're stopping three times, you know so, it does happen. I mean that's why it's an accident, so it's.

Joe: 28:56

You know it was a terrible day, it was a terrible day that week and shit like that. But I got over it, it's done, it's over. Now it's a new day and next day and different day, um, but I feel I feel like weird after that. You know it feels weird. You know, I mean you don't, you don't. I'm not going to feel like you know all shit, you know fuck, what the fuck, and I'm gonna be happy about it, but um, it feels weird. When you get in an accident, you start getting like traumatized, like fuck, you gotta be aware, you gotta like look different directions. But you can't do that, but you just gotta focus on the front of your road. You know that's the main, no, the main point, you know.

Joe: 29:39

And um, I have uh like a lot of stuff about people that drive fast. I mean, I know you guys are in a hurry, but you got to be careful how you drive on the freeway too, man, because there's so much in a hurry. You're impatient and you never know what's going to happen. You know, and when I was coming from work yesterday, this guy was just zigzagging on the freeway Like damn, you know she's. I mean some of these people like when they're driving fast, yeah you do it good and all that stuff, but it's going to be a time that you're going to it's going to happen, it's going to. You know that you're going to, it's going to happen, it's going to. You know, I don't wish. I don't wish none of that to happen to anybody, but you know it's going to come upon themselves. You know, I mean sooner or later. He keeps doing that, it's it's, it's about to happen.

Joe: 30:32

You know, uh, zigzagging and just going fast on this traffic just because he's impatient, you know he's gonna end up taking long, where're in a hurry, you end up prolonging your day and you're going to stay forever because you're in a hurry. It's like they say that people are impatient and they're in a hurry and they're like too much in a hurry. Something's going to happen, something you forget Now. Oh shit, man, I forgot something. Now you're going to stay there forever, ever, ever.

Joe: 31:03

You know how it is, but yeah, it's crazy out there. I mean, the traffic is really unbearable over here and everybody just driving fast, even though when there's traffic, they like zigzag and they're behind you and they get pissed because they think you're driving slow. It's not because we're driving slow, it's that there's traffic. You're just impatient. You woke up late. You should just wake up early and you could beat the traffic. You've got to know the time when there's traffic. Go to Google Maps. It lets you know where traffic is at. How long would it take, how long would it get there? That's what I do when I go to work. Before when I wake up in the morning, I put my Google Maps on and it tells me if there's traffic or not. Is it red or is it blue or is it orange? If it's slow or is it ongoing traffic or is it traffic? So you got to get yourself prepared and things like that. I mean, if you guys are not, you guys are impatient on the road, just don't drive at all. Just stay home and don't drive at all. Just wait the next day and then do what you have to do.

Joe: 32:21

There's a lot of people that they have a lot of road rage in their hurry and they they don't like because you you cut them off, um, I mean, I don't see no point. It's not. It's not worth taking someone's life because, um, someone cuts you off and then you get mad and getting road rage and then you know you shoot them just because they cut you off. It's kind of like ridiculous, it's not worth it. And what you're going to spend like 30 years in prison, it's not, it's not worth it. It's not worth it. It's not worth losing your freedom over with.

Joe: 32:53

You know, even when someone's um getting their parking and they don't like their, they, hey, you took the parking, I was supposed to park there. It's public parking, anyone could park there. If you're going to fight for parking, you should have just came here early to the stores and the shopping centers and you got to come early and find some parking. But no, you came in that bad day or in a bad time. There was a lot of traffic. That person beat you and get into public parking. Well, hey, it's not worth fighting for. You got to accept it that you lost that parking. Or you know someone you know is cutting you off on the freeway. You know, don't get mad over that, because it's just anyone could do that.

Joe: 33:33

You know, just signal light, put your signal on, your signal light on and then you're good. You know, but there's a lot of people that don't know no tricks on driving. You know, like, um, some people don't put their signal lights on when they're warning us to that they're gonna make a right or left. I see that a lot. There's a lot of people that don't you on stop signs when there's oncoming traffic. They're making a right, they gotta make a right turn. They just pass the stop sign, you know, and then they get hit in a bad accident. You know, it does happen, I see that, and there's a lot. I mean, there's some cars that don't even signal, you know, and it kind of aggravates me on that, but it it's true. You know, some people out there don't signal. You guys have to signal when you're making a left or a right. Okay, we have to see the signal light and it's cool.

Joe: 34:37

But you know what I like about my car. I mean, I had the rental too. I had a rental. The insurance gave me a rental and and it has that feature that if you go across the line on your driving the road, like the solid line, or once you cross it or you weave, it warns you, it beeps. It tells you you know you're going out of the line. The solid line, oh shit, that shit's badass. You know I like it. So my car has that feature. It does. I really like it. It's a good feature. And there's another one too. I think it's when you're in front of some you're too close to a car, it warns you, it beeps. You know you're too close to the car and the person that's ahead of you, you're too close to them. So that's another feature it has on a 2021.

Joe: 35:28

I really like this car. Man. Let me tell you one thing that, um, I enjoy it and you know I wish it was a 2024 because it has a lot of it will have a lot of features. But I'm not ready for 2024. Maybe, like in a couple of more years, maybe when I my credit's improving and all that stuff, because my credit is barely improving right now because I am my cars.

Joe: 35:48

But, um, yeah, guys, just stay safe out there when you're driving. It's real, real important, because you got to think about it. Just, children and family out there, you know, when you're driving fast, you know. So I mean, the thing I don't get is that why they're driving so fast? You know the gas is going up, why they're wasting their gas. I know they probably have a lot of money, you know, but, um, like me, I gotta conserve my gas, you know, because it's really expensive now and um, so that's why I drive. So that's why I've been seeing a lot of cars driving slow on the freeways. Now they drive that same speed, like 65 miles per hour. So that's what I've been doing now. I've been driving 65 miles per hour or up, maybe like in the 70s, and everybody's driving slow because they don't want us. You know, it's wasting gas. You guys are wasting gas out there, you know, and the gas is expensive, it's going up, we might see it go to seven dollars pretty soon. But um, all because of joe, joe biden, you know Exactly, exactly, but yeah, so I've been seeing a lot of cars on the freeway driving slow, maybe like 65 miles per hour, because they want to save their gas, you know, and every time there's traffic bumper to bumper, sometimes I turn off my car. You know, because it does. When you're stalled in the freeway, when it's traffic bumper to bumper. Sometimes I turn off my car, you know, because it does. When you're stalled in the freeway, when it's traffic bumper to bumper, you notice that the gas is wasting. So I just turn it off, you know, just to save that.

Joe: 37:19

There's a feature too in the 2024 cars and I want that feature. I wish I would. I mean, if I get a 2024 car 2024, I would like to get that feature. You just stop completely and it just shuts off. Then once you press your brake and it turns back on, it's real cool. I mean, it kind of saves you gas right there. I really like that feature. I wish I had a car like that. That's very inventive, right. I wonder who gets money for that inventing, inventing that, that um feature. But um, that's a good feature. Though it's a good feature, yeah. So, um, I'm very, I'm very happy with my car, my new. So I think I like this car more than the other one I had. So I'm really, really happy about it. And it's got to move on.

Joe: 38:18

Accidents do happen, you know, no one's perfect in the world and I try not to be too perfect and too careful, because you got to you guys. It's like when you have an ingrown toenail and you're trying to be careful with it and you still hit it. You still hit that ingrown toenail. You keep banging it all the time in the chair or you know anywhere, but it does happen. You know it does happen. No one's perfect and everybody tries to save out there. All right, because California is really getting, it's really getting populated, so traffic is already packed and everybody I mean when I'm coming out of work Saturday morning, I'm getting out of work, getting into the traffic.

Joe: 39:05

It's a lot of fucking cars, it's congested on a Saturday. Imagine that on a Saturday. And it's congested on a Saturday. Imagine that on a Saturday. And it was never like this. You know, I always say that to myself all the time. I'll explain it to the podcast. It never was like this.

Joe: 39:21

Where's everybody going? Why can't people just stay home and barbecue, mellow out, have a beer, go go, just stay home and barbecue. They used to do that back in the day. They used to stay home on a Saturday after coming out of work. Friday you just lay low, watch a game or whatever, and then Saturday comes, they make a barbecue. You know, for anything, just for the occasion, just to make a barbecue because it's Saturday, just stay home, and then there was no traffic on the freeway at the time, no traffic on the freeway. I mean, that's kind of. You know, I can't believe it. You know it got. Really it feels like a weekday. Now Saturday does feel like a weekday.

Joe: 40:04

Every time I see traffic on the freeway on the weekends it feels like a fucking a weekday. It does feel like a weekday. It does feel like a weekday. I go. That's what kind of loses me Like. Is it Monday? What is it? Is it Friday? Because, jeez man, oh, it's Saturday. Fuck, it's a lot of fucking traffic for Saturday, you know. But I'm saying it's like the time change. We're overpopulated now, you know, and yet other people are coming from the borders. You know, that's like there's more coming. You know it's going to get even more populated and when it gets populated and we're going to get all heated up, you know everybody's going to start fighting each other and things like that, you know, but excuse me, fighting each other and things like that, you know, but excuse me, but uh, other than that, guys, you guys got to be safe out there and when you're driving on the freeway, you know.

Joe: 40:59

And the other thing too, I keep forgetting to mention in other topics the thing I don't like about Cal- trans. Oh my gosh, when you're driving in the freeway, doesn't it piss you off? When you're driving in the freeway, doesn't it piss you off? When you're driving in a freeway and working on the freeway, when it's a workday and you're coming out of work, you want to go home, they're street cleaning the freeway, you know, and it creates traffic on the freeway. That's one thing that kind of bothers me about Cal-trans.

Joe: 41:33

When I'm going to work, well, I mean, okay, it makes sense, because it's early in the morning, no cars are coming, there's no traffic. But what bothers me? It's coming out of work, everybody's coming out of work, and they're fixing the streets, you know they're fixing the streets, you know, and they're fixing the freeway and then yet they're fixing the freeway and once they're done it still looks the same. Well, what are they fixing? I mean fixing cracks or what. They're fixing bumps or they're cleaning the highway. What are they doing? But it kind of bothers me because you want to go home and Everybody's in a hurry and it's still creating traffic. That's what kind of Bothers me about Cal-trans.

Joe: 42:25

You know you can't do this in the early Saturday morning. You know, get everything done. I mean, all this Caltrans Should be working on the weekends. You can't do this in like early Saturday morning. You know, get everything done. I mean all this culture should be working on the weekends, not in the weekdays, when everybody's going to work, coming out of work, going home, everybody wants to just go home, everybody has to go to work. And you guys, you know like, yeah, okay, you could wake up early to beat all that shit, but it's not going to work, you know. So that's what kind of bothers me about Cal-trans and plus the people like construction out there fixing the streets.

Joe: 42:58

When you're going to work, it's a work day and they're fixing the streets and prolonging traffic and I go, oh my gosh, this happened to me yesterday. I go, oh my gosh, you couldn't do this fucking. But no, it happened on a Friday and you couldn't do this on a Saturday in the morning, early morning, like four o'clock or three o'clock in the morning, fixing the streets. You know you had to do this now, when everybody has to go to work or coming out of work. You know, bullshit man, you got to get your schedule fixed, victor. You got to fix that schedule. You got to start doing it only on weekends.

Joe: 43:35

Okay, I mean, if it pays good money, start working on the weekends and start getting the shit done. Stop fucking with the traffic and all that shit. Stop fucking the roads up while we have to go to work and getting on when we have to go home. You know you're missing everybody's routines. You know what I'm saying? What kind of bothers me about Cal- Trans. Okay, just shit, straight up. Start working on the weekends, on a Saturday and Sunday Early mornings. Stop fucking around on the weekday Because we all have to go to work, we have to get there early and we're late because of it. All right. So that's my rant for today, and all I can say Thee Talkers Podcast , Unscripted and my name is Joe and I'm speaking behalf of my three co-hosts, benny Remo and the Gooch.

Joe: 44:41

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