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MrOnBicycle posted:Moral of the (all) stories is trust no one in traffic. I would have been hit by a car while crossing the road at the crosswalk the other day, if it wasn't for me trusting no one. it was a 2 lane road with a crosswalk and (as you are required by law) the van stopped to let me cross. However the dude in the next lane was too stupid to realize that the van had stopped at a crosswalk to let a pedestrian by, and raced through. I had a lady actually roll down her window and yell at me for not crossing when she waved at me to cross a 2 lane street with a bus in the other lane. The bus driver, who I could clearly see, was looking the other direction and moving. I just don't trust other drivers/people. I like to take note of how absent minded people are when they're pushing a shopping cart in a store, and how almost every one of them drove to that store.
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I applaud the polo shirt+sunglasses alpha male rear end in a top hat who laid on his horn trying to convince people to inch forward so he could make a right turn at an intersection that had no turn lane. I guess he was late for his tee time or something? Eventually people inched up far enough that he could squeeze his Acura through, which might have been fine except he stopped right next to the first car that had blocked him, stuck two hands out the window, and gave some gray haired old lady a pair of middle fingers. His jaw was flapping too, I was too far away to hear anything but I'm sure he wasn't complimenting her dress. Then the light turned green and traffic cleared and he had saved absolutely no time after all those theatrics. 
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Apr 14, 2014 19:10
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This is where you turn your engine off, your hazards on, pop the hood and fake a mechanical issue.
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Apr 14, 2014 19:52
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To be fair it's super annoying when the car could easily pull forward enough for you to make a right turn. Not saying this guy isn't a douche but when the SUV is staring at their phone 1.5 car lengths back a quick beep of the horn usually gets them to move up.
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Apr 15, 2014 03:34
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Bovril Delight posted:To be fair it's super annoying when the car could easily pull forward enough for you to make a right turn. Not saying this guy isn't a douche but when the SUV is staring at their phone 1.5 car lengths back a quick beep of the horn usually gets them to move up. There are a lot of people who pull all the way to the left line, and up to the stop line so cars can still turn right if there's enough room at the intersection to do so. Every once in a while you get that douchebag a full car length back from the stop line, and nearly hugging the curb, as if they are intentionally blocking people out. gently caress those people, they get the horn.
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Apr 15, 2014 03:37
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Got stuck behind some retard (or senile old person, or drunk, not sure which) doing 20 in a 40 for 5 miles on my way home from work today... in a white minivan with CT vanity plates. Even doing half the limit they couldn't keep it between the lines and still swerved right and panic braked every time a car came the other direction. I wished I could pull them over and cut up their goddamn license. Get off the loving road if you're that poo poo at driving.
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Apr 15, 2014 06:16
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I ran into that before except it was a Neon doing 5-10km/h with no lights on at night. I called it in and the OPP picked up the driver. It turned out to be a really old grandma and I had mixed feelings about sicking the cops on her.
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Apr 15, 2014 06:35
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You did the right thing, both for her safety and for everyone else's safety, as well.
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Apr 15, 2014 07:29
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kastein posted:Got stuck behind some retard (or senile old person, or drunk, not sure which) doing 20 in a 40 for 5 miles on my way home from work today... in a white minivan with CT vanity plates. Even doing half the limit they couldn't keep it between the lines and still swerved right and panic braked every time a car came the other direction. You should have called the police and maneuvered around them when safe. Its never a good idea to be behind an impaired driver. You are better to pass them on a double yellow *when obviously safe to do so* and get distance than sit behind them waiting for disaster.
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Apr 15, 2014 07:47
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Chinatown posted:You should have called the police and maneuvered around them when safe. Its never a good idea to be behind an impaired driver. You are better to pass them on a double yellow *when obviously safe to do so* and get distance than sit behind them waiting for disaster. This is my attitude when riding my motorcycle except I consider all drivers 'impaired'.
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Apr 15, 2014 08:07
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Chinatown posted:You should have called the police and maneuvered around them when safe. Its never a good idea to be behind an impaired driver. You are better to pass them on a double yellow *when obviously safe to do so* and get distance than sit behind them waiting for disaster. With my luck a cop would come along exactly as I did that. Nope. I flicked the high beams every time they hit the double yellow line and eventually they pulled over into a parking lot (which meant slowing to a crawl for 1/8th mile, then coming to a full stop in the middle of a state highway before a very leisurely right turn.) Probably should have called the cops, oh well.
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Apr 15, 2014 12:35
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Chinatown posted:You should have called the police and maneuvered around them when safe. Its never a good idea to be behind an impaired driver. You are better to pass them on a double yellow *when obviously safe to do so* and get distance than sit behind them waiting for disaster. You're better off:
If you pass them, they can swerve into you. If you are in front of them, you cannot control the situation as effectively because your only option is outrunning them. You're giving them control over a large portion of the possible eventualities. This is the same silly logic people seem to whip out with drunk drivers and it's remarkably short-sighted.
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Apr 16, 2014 01:58
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Yeah, the last thing I want to do is pass a drunk which involves getting closer to them while I complete my pass. If I'm passing them on a double yellow, which seems to be the case here since Kastein said he was stuck behind them, you're also making an illegal and dangerous traffic move, which could potentially piss off aforementioned drunk. Get away from them by going a different way or pull over for a bit to let them go away. That'd when you'd call the cops - it's not like they're going anywhere fast.
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Apr 16, 2014 02:16
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Oh this one's a classic: http://www.standard.net.au/story/2219242/i-just-dont-care-texting-p-plate-driver-hits-cyclist/ quote:A P-PLATE driver who used her mobile phone behind the wheel 44 times before running down a cyclist near Koroit has been fined $4500 and lost her licence for nine months.
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Apr 16, 2014 02:36
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Bovril Delight posted:Yeah, the last thing I want to do is pass a drunk which involves getting closer to them while I complete my pass. If I'm passing them on a double yellow, which seems to be the case here since Kastein said he was stuck behind them, you're also making an illegal and dangerous traffic move, which could potentially piss off aforementioned drunk. Get away from them by going a different way or pull over for a bit to let them go away. That'd when you'd call the cops - it's not like they're going anywhere fast. If I was gonna call the cops I probably would do it while following them so I could say exactly where they were. It's not like I'm going to find talking on the phone while doing 20 in a 45 in broad daylight difficult. I just wanted to get home, damnit. And yeah, I'm not afraid to make use of passing zones, if I could have passed legally I probably would have.
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Apr 16, 2014 02:48
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You Am I posted:Oh this one's a classic: I want to write a lot of bad words but have refrained. 
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Apr 16, 2014 02:49
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One consolation prize is down around warnambool the next thing she side swipes whilst texting and driving might be a log truck.
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Apr 16, 2014 05:30
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Krakkles posted:Why do so many people think this? Yes. Note that increase aggressiveness and widely varying speeds are symptoms of alcohol intoxication (on reason alcohol intoxication is more dangerous than MJ for driving). You could be half way through that pass and fucko speeds up to 120. Then he weaves into you. Best case is get a plate, fall back, and call the cops if you think there is a serious safety issue.
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Apr 16, 2014 05:49
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Yeah, if I'm on a long trip and someone's driving like a jackass, I pull into the next parking lot and take a quick nap. 10-15 minutes, I'm refreshed and ready to go, and they're hopefully miles away and pissing off someone else by that point. Doesn't help much if you're on a deadline, or something, but it helps a ton in not getting some drugged-up tweaker pissed off at me for daring to pass his braking rear end.
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Apr 16, 2014 06:18
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I was stuck at a light next to two trucks, one behind the other, both filled with obnoxiously loud frat assholes (tank top, sunglasses, beanie; "bros.") The passenger in the front truck was throwing coins at the rear truck.. just grabbing a handful of coins and tossing them at the truck behind him... I had no idea what the gently caress the guy was yelling and laughing about. He was just making incomprehensible noise. Holy poo poo, people like them are why I generally can't stand frats and sororities.
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Apr 16, 2014 06:24
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I was driving through south-east Iowa on Sunday on the interstate when I came up on a car in the left (passing) lane going ten under the limit. An Oldsmobile Alero was riding their back bumper pretty hard trying to get them to move over. I come up on them in the right lane and right as I'm about to pass the Alero driver cuts me off and floors it past them. That's not even why I'm posting, though. After the alero passes, another group of cars come up behind them and they slow down even more and put on their hazards, and when the highway widened to a third lane, went to the leftmost lane. they ended up exiting on the same exit I did, and nothing looked off other than every window but the windshield being completely fogged up. 
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Apr 16, 2014 08:42
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This morning, I was nearly hit head on by a moron who swerved into my lane to avoid a truck parked on his side of the road. He just swerved right across the double lines straight at me without even slowing down 
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Apr 16, 2014 09:53
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nm posted:Yes. Note that increase aggressiveness and widely varying speeds are symptoms of alcohol intoxication (on reason alcohol intoxication is more dangerous than MJ for driving). You could be half way through that pass and fucko speeds up to 120. Then he weaves into you. I thought about passing this guy.. for about 1 second. And yes, cops did get involved on that one.
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Apr 16, 2014 12:19
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It's April. That means that we don't have to brush the eighth inch of powder off of our cars right? Because everybody knows that it doesn't snow in April.
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Apr 16, 2014 14:54
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Driving to work this morning on 95 north bound in CT. Crest a .5% grade hill to find traffic has slowed to a 40 mph crawl...why? Oh, because there is a State cop half way down the "hill." Does it boggle anyone else's mind that people drive that slow past a cop when the limit is 65? 
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GramCracker posted:Driving to work this morning on 95 north bound in CT. Crest a .5% grade hill to find traffic has slowed to a 40 mph crawl...why? Oh, because there is a State cop half way down the "hill." Does it boggle anyone else's mind that people drive that slow past a cop when the limit is 65? It does boggle my mind. Was the cop even in the right jurisdiction? A cop driving somewhere usually has something better to do than watch every single person on the road, that's what parked cops do.
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EightBit posted:It does boggle my mind. Was the cop even in the right jurisdiction? A cop driving somewhere usually has something better to do than watch every single person on the road, that's what parked cops do. He was a state cop, so yes I believe he was. Just posted up on the side of the highway at the end of an unused access ramp. If I were him I'd be pulling over people left and right for going too slow.
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Apr 16, 2014 17:58
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I have been in central Italy for the last week. The car rental place hosed up and we ended up with a Mercedes van that seats nine, but in the end it has worked out since this is my first time driving in Europe and a bus is kind of nice for learning the traffic, people give you room. Everything you have heard about Italian drivers is true. Passing on a mountain road with a blind turn? Check. Mopeds driving down both sides in city traffic? Check. Parking your fiat wherever? Check. On the plus side though, while crazy I have not seen any road rage and heard almost no honking. You may cut off or get cut off, but no one takes it personal. Our van is nice as people seem to let you go vs cutting in front. Drivers are pretty patient and while you may get tailgated for a bit, rest assured you will also get passed at the first opportunity. On the autostrada the left lane is strictly passing only unless you are doing 130kph or up. (Limit is 100kph fwiw) On tiny mountain roads 1.5 cars wide people seem to make room at the last second. They mostly stop for pedestrians too. I don't know what to think, they are nuts, but it seems to work really well for the most part. My one caveat is I have only been in the smaller cities and rural areas. I expect Rome sucks for driving.
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I lived in Italy for 6 months and they are just crazy. I've come up to a turn and seen a car passing a car that was passing another car on a 2 lane road. They are absolutely crazy drivers especially the people on Vespas. Nothing like seeing a family of four on a drat moped.
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Apr 16, 2014 18:59
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KozmoNaut posted:This morning, I was nearly hit head on by a moron who swerved into my lane to avoid a truck parked on his side of the road. He just swerved right across the double lines straight at me without even slowing down Many of your uncaged kind have taken to wearing those "visible from several Scandinavian miles away" vests to get an easier time in our traffic, might be something for you to consider.
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MrLonghair posted:Many of your uncaged kind have taken to wearing those "visible from several Scandinavian miles away" vests to get an easier time in our traffic, might be something for you to consider. I was driving the car when it happened. It's silver and my bike is bright loving orange, so I think I'm actually more visible on the bike even without a vest. Then again, when you're on a bike, car drivers seem to think it's perfectly OK to just steal 50-75% of your lane whenever they feel like it. Cagers 
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Apr 16, 2014 20:39
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MrLonghair posted:Scandinavian miles I learned something today
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GramCracker posted:Driving to work this morning on 95 north bound in CT. Crest a .5% grade hill to find traffic has slowed to a 40 mph crawl...why? Oh, because there is a State cop half way down the "hill." Does it boggle anyone else's mind that people drive that slow past a cop when the limit is 65? The first several people to see him probably slowed down to 65. The next group saw the cars slowing to 65 before they saw the cop, and slowed down to 62 just in case there was an accident or something. The group behind them slowed to 58. Et cetera. A better question is why the trooper didn't just move somewhere else.
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Apr 16, 2014 21:05
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GramCracker posted:Driving to work this morning on 95 north bound in CT. Crest a .5% grade hill to find traffic has slowed to a 40 mph crawl...why? Oh, because there is a State cop half way down the "hill." Does it boggle anyone else's mind that people drive that slow past a cop when the limit is 65?
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Apr 16, 2014 22:20
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Krakkles posted:Years ago, I'd make them flash "99" with my motorcycle. Yea, I used to see them as a challenge. Thankfully I have calmed down in my old age.
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Apr 16, 2014 22:59
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triple clutcher posted:not as much as when they slow down for one of the "SPEED LIMIT XX // YOUR SPEED XX" displays. The other day I was on a two-lane 35mph road ( traffic usually goes 40 or so ) caught in a line of people who either slammed on their brakes so the sign would read "27" or slammed on their brakes because the person ahead of them didn't want to get pulled over by an LCD display. There's one near me that has blue and red lights on it (is that even legal not on an emergency vehicle?) that flash if you go over the speed limit. That's pretty drat annoying. There's another pair not far away. One seems calibrated just fine, the other reads ~5% too fast, so people going south slow down even more than they need to because of it.
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Krakkles posted:Years ago, I'd make them flash "99" with my motorcycle. Negromancer posted:Yea, I used to see them as a challenge. Thankfully I have calmed down in my old age. I'm have no evidence that the two things are related, but in multiple states all the ones I've seen now will blink the speed limit or something like **SLOW** once you're doing about 10+ over. I'd like to think that it's because the signs double as high score displays though.
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Ror posted:I'm have no evidence that the two things are related, but in multiple states all the ones I've seen now will blink the speed limit or something like **SLOW** once you're doing about 10+ over. I'd like to think that it's because the signs double as high score displays though.
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I always try to slow down for these (usually to within ~5 over the limit) because I'm paranoid that they've gotten sneaky and installed speed cameras in them. They've gone nuts with the red light cameras around here in the last couple years. I trust nothing.  Is that a thing? Do these ever have cameras in them? The kind that snaps your plate if you are  BREAKING THE LAW AND ENDANGERING EVERYONE ON THE ROAD BECAUSE SPEEDING , and then you get a nice love letter from your local friendly police precinct a couple weeks later? When I was in HS like 17 years ago, we actually had a cop come in to talk to the class about something, and I asked her this point blank in front of everyone. She dodged the question. 
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