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prefect posted:what are "parking lights"? bullshit nobody uses
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prefect posted:what are "parking lights"? halfway between off and on it's the white reversing lights only
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Sagebrush posted:i mean hey i'm not suggesting we revoke the licenses for anyone but those people who can't pass the test they already passed once. what's so bad about that? why are you scared? what are you worried about?? most people don't have two hours to take a driving test especially when the dmv is open from 9-4 m-f
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keyboard vomit posted:halfway between off and on no, she literally pointed at the parking brake when i was all "parking... lights? what?"
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Jan 5, 2015 18:17
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duTrieux. posted:no, she literally pointed at the parking brake when i was all "parking... lights? what?" then your driving test person was dumb and shouldnt be driving a car at all considering that i had to put my car in a ditch this morning because no one can drive i'm fine with less people being allowed to drive
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Jan 5, 2015 18:20
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Sagebrush posted:what this country needs is a good milquetoast fascist dictator you're welcome to come back to canada at any time
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Jan 5, 2015 18:33
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Shaggar posted:yeah most of the time the real problem is in the modeling of the intersection. either its out of date or someone hosed with it. you can tell when stuff is setup properly cause you don't wait long. if you think that you've been waiting at an intersection "forever" that's your driverbrain telling you that you've just exceeded 80 seconds or so stopped at a red
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Jan 5, 2015 18:34
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H.P. Hovercraft posted:if you think that you've been waiting at an intersection "forever" that's your driverbrain telling you that you've just exceeded 80 seconds or so stopped at a red traffic lights should only stay green long enough to let one car through at a time, with sensors to skip a road if there are no cars there i like this idea, and want to figure out how things behave when there are no cars coming/waiting
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Jan 5, 2015 18:35
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Gum posted:people get failed on driving tests for bullshit reasons all the time. its bad enough when it just means having to retake the test, it could be devastating if your lifestyle depends on your ability to drive Sounds like you hosed up in choosing your lifestyle, why should I possibly pay with my life because you made poor decisions?
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Jan 5, 2015 18:38
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someone should at least figure out how to make a stoplight that stays red all ways when an intersection is gridlocked
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Jan 5, 2015 18:39
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Jan 5, 2015 18:43
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qirex posted:someone should at least figure out how to make a stoplight that stays red all ways when an intersection is gridlocked traffic lights should also have retractable mechanical arms with hammers that they can use on cars that clog up intersections
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Jan 5, 2015 18:43
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Sagebrush posted:amazing to think that we live in a country where the president would be more likely to be impeached for making everyone in the country take a driving test than for spying on them, holding them without trial, promoting unbelievable wealth disparity, etc well yeah, licensing drivers is clearly a power left to the states (read your Constitution) so the president doing anything about them is a Constitutional violation god bless the Founders
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Jan 5, 2015 18:48
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i passed my first drivers test but like... i was driving my gfs 20+ year old busted up 3 series bmw for it and the driving instructor was like 'ooooooh this is a faaaaaaaaancy car, i can't believe i finally get to ride in one of these!" and she gets in and she's an apprentice instructor and like the teacher person gets in the back taking notes. the apprentice starts like taking pictures of the inside and calls her mom to tell her she's in a BMW and you would NOT believe how nice it is but like, the seats are all ripped up and the car is basically a pos and none of the ac/heat work and the parking brake lever moves but doesn't actually engage anything. but no matter, she's freaking out and mashing all the ac buttons and non-functional heat-warmer buttons (in july, in dallas). she's all 'all right let's roll' and the teacher in the back clears her throat and the apprentice jumps out and is like 'oh right, we gotta check the signals' which i do and she's all "wow that's so fancy the way the blink" i'm totally dumbfounded and a little nervous, but the driving test goes fine up until the very end when I come to a T intersection with a red light. the light is red on approach so I come to a complete stop. a cyclist goes by in front of me I then turn right as per her instructions safely, and get back to the dmv and she gives me the little form and she's like 'you did great except you don't need to stop at a red light at a T intersection if you're turning right." the instructor lady nods in agreement. i take my 90/100 and drive off forever, still making stops at red lights at t-intersections. that's my driving test story, i hope that helps
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Jan 5, 2015 18:59
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Gum posted:people get failed on driving tests for bullshit reasons all the time. its bad enough when it just means having to retake the test, it could be devastating if your lifestyle depends on your ability to drive if you don't understand the rules of the road well enough to follow them to the letter once every decade or so, why should you be allowed to keep driving? you're a hazard. your desire to get to work in your own personal suburban assault vehicle doesn't supercede other drivers' human right to safety of person computer parts posted:most people don't have two hours to take a driving test guess what, people find the time to do things they don't really want to do when there's enough of a reason to do it
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Jan 5, 2015 19:02
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lol if you had to take a driving test. poor not being able to take driver's ed. texas now allows (or maybe it was always this way) parent-taught driver's ed. blind leading the blind
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Jan 5, 2015 19:04
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Sagebrush posted:
that's why we have 100% voting turnout
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Sagebrush posted:
People working lovely wage slave jobs don't always have the option of taking time off
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Jan 5, 2015 19:05
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"either get fired for taking time off to take a dumb test or get fired for not being able to drive to work anymore, what a choice!"
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Jan 5, 2015 19:05
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Sagebrush posted:if you don't understand the rules of the road well enough to follow them to the letter once every decade or so, why should you be allowed to keep driving? you're a hazard. your desire to get to work in your own personal suburban assault vehicle doesn't supercede other drivers' human right to safety of person actually no, many of the tested rules are useless, and many of the untested stuff is necessary to be a good driver
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Jan 5, 2015 19:06
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itt people seriously argue that it's better to allow people who are totally incapable of operating a motor vehicle safely to continue driving because they might find it inconvenient to sit in an office for a couple of hours one day in ten years https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqP3Bk_cX-4
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Jan 5, 2015 19:09
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Beast of Bourbon posted:i passed my first drivers test but like... i was driving my gfs 20+ year old busted up 3 series bmw for it and the driving instructor was like 'ooooooh this is a faaaaaaaaancy car, i can't believe i finally get to ride in one of these!" and she gets in and she's an apprentice instructor and like the teacher person gets in the back taking notes. the apprentice starts like taking pictures of the inside and calls her mom to tell her she's in a BMW and you would NOT believe how nice it is but like, the seats are all ripped up and the car is basically a pos and none of the ac/heat work and the parking brake lever moves but doesn't actually engage anything. but no matter, she's freaking out and mashing all the ac buttons and non-functional heat-warmer buttons (in july, in dallas). she's all 'all right let's roll' and the teacher in the back clears her throat and the apprentice jumps out and is like 'oh right, we gotta check the signals' which i do and she's all "wow that's so fancy the way the blink" i'm totally dumbfounded and a little nervous, but the driving test goes fine up until the very end when I come to a T intersection with a red light. the light is red on approach so I come to a complete stop. a cyclist goes by in front of me I then turn right as per her instructions safely, and get back to the dmv and she gives me the little form and she's like 'you did great except you don't need to stop at a red light at a T intersection if you're turning right." the instructor lady nods in agreement. i take my 90/100 and drive off forever, still making stops at red lights at t-intersections. when I passed my drivers test I was in my parents suburban. there was an electronic yahtzee on the passenger side dash or something and the instructor played it the entire time, only looking up now and then to point at where to turn.
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duTrieux. posted:also the first time i took the driving test the examiner failed me for two things: not being able to identify/turn on the "parking lights" and for pulling over into a spot she told me to pull over into. (the rules specifically said you wouldn't be dinged for following the instructions of the instructor, but the rules were a lie!) i failed the written test the first time i took it. the question that got me was: when are you allowed to make a left turn on red? a ) bullshit b ) bullshit c ) when you're going from a one way road and to a one way road d ) when there is a sign permitting you to do so d was the wrong answer 
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H.P. Hovercraft posted:automated bollards should piston outta the ground within the stop bar of each intersection that has a pedestrian crossing whenever that approach has a red https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQDy-5IQvuU
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Jan 5, 2015 19:11
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Necc0 posted:i failed the written test the first time i took it. the question that got me was: when are you allowed to make a left turn on red? what state was that? i've seen at least one "left turn on red okay, just wait a second" sign in massachusetts
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Sagebrush posted:itt people seriously argue that it's better to allow people who are totally incapable of operating a motor vehicle safely to continue driving driver's tests don't test for that, child
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Jan 5, 2015 19:12
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when i did my driver's test i came within one error of failing because i didn't check my right-side blind spot while turning right from the right lane. i had noted that there were no pedestrians in the area as we drove up to the corner, so when i turned i was pretty sure that no pedestrians had materialized there in the two seconds i looked away, but because i didn't actively check i got a MAJOR ERROR because YOU COULD HAVE KILLED SOMEONE and you only get one of those. i am okay with this because it would in fact have been safer if i had looked in the blind spot.
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Jan 5, 2015 19:13
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prefect posted:what state was that? i've seen at least one "left turn on red okay, just wait a second" sign in massachusetts PA
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Jan 5, 2015 19:13
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prefect posted:what state was that? i've seen at least one "left turn on red okay, just wait a second" sign in massachusetts massachusetts drivers don't know how to drive
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Jan 5, 2015 19:13
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my friend failed his driving test three times for speeding. when we'd yell at him to watch his speedometer he'd get mad and say 'I KNOW HOW FAST I'M GOING DAMNIT'
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Jan 5, 2015 19:14
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Nintendo Kid posted:driver's tests don't test for that, child "criminals will get guns whether we like it or not, so why try and regulate them at all"
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Jan 5, 2015 19:14
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prefect posted:what state was that? i've seen at least one "left turn on red okay, just wait a second" sign in massachusetts im trying to think where that sign would make sense that wouldnt be better served with a stop sign
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Jan 5, 2015 19:15
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blinking red for a left turn is the best why arent there more of these
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Jan 5, 2015 19:16
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Sniep posted:blinking red for a left turn is the best because its the same thing as a stop sign
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Jan 5, 2015 19:18
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ayn rand hand job posted:because its the same thing as a stop sign no
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Jan 5, 2015 19:18
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i took my driver's test right before christmas and my driving instructor looked just like santa claus and even said "Ho Ho Ho!" when I passed well that's my driving test story hope you enjoyed it he also remarked it would have been easier to take the test in an automatic rather than the manual i had but i'm a boss shifter so it was all good
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Jan 5, 2015 19:19
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Sagebrush posted:"criminals will get guns whether we like it or not, so why try and regulate them at all" you're basically saying we should force people who don't have time to take a test that we know doesn't work because it makes you feel better. it's you, you're the uber ceo
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Nintendo Kid posted:you're basically saying we should force people who don't have time to take a test that we know doesn't work because it makes you feel better. don't be harsh he could be rick scott
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Jan 5, 2015 19:20
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IPvSH6T posted:im trying to think where that sign would make sense that wouldnt be better served with a stop sign https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Bill...tts°=90&z=19
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