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kastein posted:My allegedly good G1W loving completely bricked itself and won't even boot after a couple months, F----- would not buy again. Yes but was your initial review 30min after opening the box "OMG it so awesome A++++++ buy again!" ?
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There are a couple of one-way streets near my office, so I occasionally get to see people either go the wrong way down them or assume the two-way streets are actually one-way. Today I witnessed someone drive an entire block in the wrong direction and then attempt to make a left at the next intersection from what was, to the driver, the right lane. Apparently the fact that there were only signals in three of the four directions was not enough to clue him in because they actually tried to pull into the intersection as if they had a stop sign. For better or for worse, the driver actually managed to make his left turn without realizing what he had done. What's the German word for being mildly disappointed that a bad thing didn't happen to somebody as a result of a stupid act? (Shockingly, the driver couldn't have been much older than 40. He had a similarly-oblivious passenger, which made the whole episode even more impressive. And in true Seattle fashion, no pedestrian bothered to knock on the window and let them know what was up.)
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Jan 17, 2015 02:47
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Not mine. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RR7wJEmKds0
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Jan 17, 2015 06:11
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quote:I like to drive in the lane that gives me the most distance between me and the vehicles ahead of me. That's for my SAFETY. But if that's the passing lane, then I do go fast enough to justify being there. I'm more likely to pass than be passed, anyway. 
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Jan 17, 2015 06:36
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kastein posted:My allegedly good G1W loving completely bricked itself and won't even boot after a couple months, F----- would not buy again. I got a G1W based on AI chat, but bought from an ebay listing, so a different seller and could have different internals. It's been good so far, and I've had it for ages, ever since mentioned here and on the dash cam talk website, so I've had it for about 18 months or more.
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Jan 17, 2015 06:43
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So like four months ago I got cut off by this idiot in a black Mazda3 driving like a total rear end in a top hat: http://youtu.be/gMiNE6agvr8 Today on the way home, driving down the same stretch of road, a black Mazda3 cuts me off and then proceeds to tailgate the guy in front of me and starts weaving through traffic. I look at the plate, and sure enough, it's the very same idiot: http://youtu.be/JXUzGxGqCsY Guess he hasn't learned his lesson (or totaled his car) yet. 
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Jan 17, 2015 06:45
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkjWQRVvKYc I recorded this truck doing a right turn yesterday afternoon. Being a truck driver must require so much loving patience.
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Jan 17, 2015 07:00
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Saw an old rear end dude pee on his car yesterday before getting in (otherwise normal seeming other than the vis' dick) on my walk (don't own a car) home. Luckily, he was getting into the passenger side.
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Jan 17, 2015 07:01
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dennyk posted:So like four months ago I got cut off by this idiot in a black Mazda3 driving like a total rear end in a top hat: Dude needs a motorcycle, it makes it even easier.
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Jan 17, 2015 07:08
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eriddy posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkjWQRVvKYc Whoever planned that route is dumb as hell.
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Jan 17, 2015 14:27
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eriddy posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkjWQRVvKYc He's a newbie politely waiting for someone to volunteer him the space he needs. As he gains experience/loses patience, he'll learn that it's never voluntarily given up,
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Jan 17, 2015 14:45
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eriddy posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkjWQRVvKYc That's impressive. . . Where did this happen, I know sometimes that is unavoidable, but I would love to look at a map to see if the truck could have taken an alternate route, like say entering it straight from across the intersection instead of trying to make the impossible right.
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Jan 17, 2015 14:49
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dennyk posted:So like four months ago I got cut off by this idiot in a black Mazda3 driving like a total rear end in a top hat: He didn't cut you off. Come to a place where there's real traffic and he gave you more than a car length. Everything after that? Yeah, he's aggressive and weaving.
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Jan 17, 2015 16:05
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Crotch Fruit posted:That's impressive. . . Where did this happen, I know sometimes that is unavoidable, but I would love to look at a map to see if the truck could have taken an alternate route, like say entering it straight from across the intersection instead of trying to make the impossible right. In my small city there is a sanctioned route from the highway to the Walmart loading dock that keeps them off the main drag. The route is signed but their drivers go out of their way to try slightly shorter but unnavigable (no turning space) routes or paths through residential streets. I'm guessing this is more like that.
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Jan 17, 2015 16:06
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thetechnoloser posted:He didn't cut you off. Disagree. He would have had to suddenly brake much harder coming up to the light due to the Mazda 3. Maybe not a full-on panic stop, but any time someone rips the wheel over forcing you to brake to avoid them, that counts as cutting off.
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Jan 17, 2015 16:18
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Probably because most truckers just use regular GPS's which don't take that into account. Hell, we've had truckers picking up from our company who have needed directions because they're a trucker in the year of our lord 2014 who don't have GPS.
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Jan 17, 2015 17:14
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Powershift posted:He's a newbie politely waiting for someone to volunteer him the space he needs. As he gains experience/loses patience, he'll learn that it's never voluntarily given up, When I was in high school, I was working in a Zellers back-office and one day we had this very young trucker pull into the loading dock. Probably only a few years older than me at the time. He said it was like his third or fourth job ever and he got stuck in a situation just like the video describes on the way over (since the Zellers was outside of some hellish canted intersection just like this and the loading dock was only accessible by driving through the regular parking lot or driving way out of the way to cut through the loading dock of a different store). About a month later I caught up to him again and asked him if his job was getting any better. He smiled and in a Newfie accent I can't hope to replicate, bragged about how he made an Accord swerve onto the sidewalk to avoid him on his way in this afternoon. I wonder what that guy's up to now.
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Jan 17, 2015 17:38
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If you ever have occasion to drive in western Montana, be aware of the first one or two digits on most license plates. 4 denotes Missoula County, 1 is Silverbow,13 is Ravalli, etc. The old joke goes, "What happens when you fail your driver's test three times? You get 13 plates." Well, that's not quite correct. The true answer is "You get 15 plates". I've seen more bonehead maneuvers from Lake County drivers than any others around here. Not half an hour ago, I was signaling to turn left into a parking lot. The guy coming the other way came to a dead stop. I wondered out loud, "What the gently caress is wrong with you?" Then I saw the 15."Oh, yeah.Lake County idiot" I turned in front of him, then watched in the mirror as he turned in behind me (without signal). I made a point of parking in a single space so he couldn't park next to me. Maybe it's confirmation bias, but I heard somebody else say "The worst loving drivers around here have 15 plates, and the worst of the worst drive blue Fords with 15 plates".
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Jan 17, 2015 18:30
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Both my parents grew up in Montana, they have every single county code memorized. A quick glance at their bumper and they can tell where the car is from. Kinda cool in a stupid trivia way. Out east where states are postage stamp sized people get labelled idiots by the state they're from. Same stereotyping, different implementation.
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Jan 17, 2015 19:25
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We have the same thing in Kentucky except instead of a convoluted number system the plate just says the county...
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Jan 17, 2015 19:36
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Not really convoluted, they are in order of population, or were initially.
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Jan 17, 2015 19:41
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New York state has county prefix/suffix codes for plates that are in the formats: 1 or 2 character code (NY State outline) 1-3 numbers 1-3 numbers (NY State Outline) 1 or 2 character code I only have the codes for my county and the two neighboring. Edit: In most rural counties the County Code plate 1 in prefix and suffix are taken by county officials or the well connected.
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Jan 17, 2015 19:43
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waffle iron posted:New York state has county prefix/suffix codes for plates that are in the formats: When did they go back to that?
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Jan 17, 2015 19:47
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PCOS Bill posted:When did they go back to that? I forgot to mention these plate numbers are now treated as vanity plates. They were the original issuing system from decades and decades ago. Last time I had one, I went to the county DMV office and they had a list of plates that were unissued. New plates are all LLL NNNN. Edit: So people with county code plates are people who have had them forever or people who know to ask for them. My father was the kind of guy who over time had both ZZ 123 on his car and 123 ZZ on the car my mom drove (not real plate numbers). waffle iron fucked around with this message at 19:56 on Jan 17, 2015 |
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Jan 17, 2015 19:53
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Would anyone care to explain what's wrong with passing on the right, even conceptually? Maybe I'm the people you share the road with, but if someone's going slower than I'd like to the left of me, I'll pass them on the right without a second thought. I don't even really care when someone does the same to me. It's legal where I drive, for what that matters... If you enter a freeway, and someone's doing 10 under in the center lane, do somehow struggle all the way to the left before accelerating? If they're doing it on the far left, do they just govern down the whole road?
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Jan 17, 2015 20:00
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dee eight posted:If you ever have occasion to drive in western Montana, be aware of the first one or two digits on most license plates. 4 denotes Missoula County, 1 is Silverbow,13 is Ravalli, etc. The old joke goes, "What happens when you fail your driver's test three times? You get 13 plates." I still have my old '38' plates from when I lived and worked up there for half the year. It was the only one I actually knew (county wise) since I only lived/worked there for 2 years from late March to early October. No way in hell I would have lived in East Glacier for the winter months - I don't think there's enough money for that.
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Jan 17, 2015 20:00
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Dr. Jamming posted:Would anyone care to explain what's wrong with passing on the right, even conceptually? The simplest rational is that with the driver sitting on the left of the car, their view is more obstructed on the right side.
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Jan 17, 2015 20:03
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Undertaking can also make merging more difficult, since presumably the merge speed will increase. In a perfect world, no one would undertake because there'd be no assholes hogging the left-hand lane, but until we get there, I'll still happily pass on the right.
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Jan 17, 2015 21:18
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In CA the left lane is the cruise lane so there really is no undertaking. If there are more than five cars on the road they will stack up in the left lane with the other 3,4,5 or 6 lanes having fewer cars in them the more right you go. I like it especially when I don't want to speed on my bike during the busy times. I get on the freeway and into the left lane with everyone else and road train my way to wherever I'm going with only one side to worry about getting hit on. When I want to go fast I just stay in the right lane and pass everyone. The trick is to not get pissed when you're barreling down the right lane at 95 and come upon someone going the speed limit. Tailgating them and fuming about the one person per two mile stretch following the law makes you an even bigger dipshit than the rest of us hogging the left lane.
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Jan 17, 2015 21:46
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I like it when I'm going 5 over in the right lane on a 3 lane freeway and have a dude bear down on me, pass me, and jump back in the right lane. I'm like, guy, that isn't how it works.
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DEAR RICHARD posted:I like it when I'm going 5 over in the right lane on a 3 lane freeway and have a dude bear down on me, pass me, and jump back in the right lane. But getting back over to complete your pass is the correct way to do it?
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Jan 18, 2015 00:29
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Depends how close they cut it.
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Jan 18, 2015 00:37
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The bad drivers... They're in the thread 
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Jan 18, 2015 01:34
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Raluek posted:But getting back over to complete your pass is the correct way to do it? Yes. If you're not overtaking, you should not be in the left hand lane. You don't need to move over right away and cut someone off, but you shouldn't just linger in the left lane because you aren't impeding anyone yet. Staying in the left-hand lane just because no one wants to overtake you is based on the same logic that motivates people to not use their turning signal "because no one's around and it doesn't matter."
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Jan 18, 2015 01:56
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PT6A posted:the same logic that motivates people to not use their turning signal "because no one's around and it doesn't matter." Pointing out that hitting someone you do see is hardly the stereotype of how an accident occurs didn't impress them.
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Jan 18, 2015 02:12
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Raluek posted:But getting back over to complete your pass is the correct way to do it? I said there were 3 lanes. Dude kept tailgating people in the far right lane.
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Jan 18, 2015 02:24
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DEAR RICHARD posted:I said there were 3 lanes. Dude kept tailgating people in the far right lane. It's still correct to go all the way right when done passing if there's not anyone else in that lane. I don't condemn people using the middle lane as a faster cruise lane, as long as they stay out of the far left, but it's not technically correct if the right lane is emptyish.
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Jan 18, 2015 02:48
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Raluek posted:It's still correct to go all the way right when done passing if there's not anyone else in that lane.
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Jan 18, 2015 03:50
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Cage posted:Im ok with this, unless you're on the interstate where exits are like 15 miles apart. In the right lane you'll be getting merged into so why not just stay in the middle? I agree, which is why I say I don't condemn people hanging out in the middle. But it's not wrong to get back over, either.
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It's still wrong to hang out in the middle lane, especially if traffic in the right lane is actually moving faster. If you just learn to modulate your throttle and your desire to always "win" the on-ramp race, getting merged into isn't actually a problem.
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