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 Spotted this today after work. It seems to have been a case of confusing the brake and gas on the part of an elderly driver according to the cop on the scene, right over the curb and into 3-4 foot of water in the retention pond. Apparently the water had dropped by nearly a foot from its highest level by the time I arrived, so its also possible that the curb was under water and she couldn't see them at the time.
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Edit: poo poo, double postin
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Jul 17, 2015 05:02
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SyHopeful posted:1. Drive to [chain store/restaurant] in [strip mall] located near [spec home housing development] Used to be, if you were in Portland, you had to drive to Vancouver for recreational marijuana.
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Jul 17, 2015 05:48
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SyHopeful posted:Counterpoint: Living in Vancouver Ill take my no taxes, and no bicyclists (cause people are too afraid to ride them here). It all about trade offs. You enjoy your 405 (or 26, or i5, or ....) traffic at 11 am on a Saturday.
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Jul 17, 2015 16:24
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ratbert90 posted:You are literally advocating throwing a poor person in jail for a crime of having no insurance. What would that teach them? When they get out they will have even LESS money and possibly no job which will just turn it into a vicious cycle. While I do agree that tossing a poor shlub in jail isn't the best response, something needs to be done about public transport, seriously. Problem is, nobody wants to pay the taxes that go towards funding public transit, and lots of people sure as hell wouldn't trust the US government to subsidize ANY insurance (hell, look at the bullshit we dealt with from ACA). I'd say yeah, more reasonable punishments based on the person's current situation, maybe even counseling or other assistance to find out why they're down and out, but that's just crazy talk in the USA since we have more jails than schools or mental health facilities and it's easier for folks to ignore the problem and blame victims until something lovely happens.
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Jul 17, 2015 18:15
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Paradoxish posted:Seems pretty unlikely that someone who's uninsured would actually have enough money on hand to cover any significant damages. They'll have assets though, such as a car that can't be legally driven as their license is suspended.
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Jul 17, 2015 20:26
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corgski posted:They'll have assets though, such as a car that can't be legally driven as their license is suspended. well, if it's their car, maybe. it also could be a complete jalopy, and not even worth taking.
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Jul 17, 2015 20:36
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You guys do understand that you can't just take someone's poo poo because they owe you money, right? Not even creditors can do that if the assets in question aren't collateral. edit- I guess you could theoretically get a lien against some property, but jesus christ
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Jul 17, 2015 20:44
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If you're too poor to have insurance, you really shouldn't be driving. That means that you're too poor to maintain a safe vehicle, and too poor to cover damages that your busted ride will cause to other people. I know that life is hard when you're at the bottom, it doesn't justify that risk.
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Jul 17, 2015 20:46
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Paradoxish posted:You guys do understand that you can't just take someone's poo poo because they owe you money, right? Not even creditors can do that if the assets in question aren't collateral. In Britain it may take six months and a few court appearances but you can get a court order for bailiffs to take peoples stuff for a debt (with the costs added to the debt owed). The only way to stop them is to become bankrupt. Most people don't go through with it because of the hassle and time needed and courts don't like taking peoples stuff but it is a legal route. See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbj-nA0YWY0
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Jul 17, 2015 21:20
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Why would somebody do this? (rat dog perched on the gas tank, not the terrible shot)
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Jul 17, 2015 22:16
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Foxtrot_13 posted:In Britain it may take six months and a few court appearances but you can get a court order for bailiffs to take peoples stuff for a debt (with the costs added to the debt owed). The only way to stop them is to become bankrupt. Oh, I know you can do it through a settlement. I just mean that you can't take someone's stuff just because they owe you money - it requires an entirely separate judgment. It's also, like you say, unlikely that a court will actually award that kind of judgment in cases of legit financial hardship.
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Jul 17, 2015 22:54
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NoWake posted:Why would somebody do this? (rat dog perched on the gas tank, not the terrible shot) My brother taught his dog to ride on the back of his motorcycle with no strap or harness. Considering the number of shirtless and helmetless motorcycle riders out there, having a dog aboard is negligible in terms of risk. Hell, having a tiny purse dog cushion your fall might save you a few broken bones.
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Jul 17, 2015 23:03
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NoWake posted:Why would somebody do this? (rat dog perched on the gas tank, not the terrible shot) Same reason car driving idiots think it's a good idea to let their rat dogs sit in their lap while driving - they're idiots.
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Jul 17, 2015 23:54
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Almost got rear ended by a semi. There were two left turn lanes and he was in the right one. I was in the go straight lane behind another car. I noticed that the semi was going straight instead of turning about half way through the intersection, so accelerated to avoid getting side swiped (I was about even with his cab by this point). It would have been fine except the car in front just then stopped to turn into the Portillo's (mmm, Portillo's). Heard the semi lock up his brakes behind me before I had a chance to pull away.
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Jul 18, 2015 02:41
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHS6eGcn6FE No sound, so you will have to imagine the point at which I laid on the horn.
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Jul 18, 2015 14:38
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spog posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHS6eGcn6FE This whole video is rage-inducing...did three people run the wrong way down a one-way (the first almost getting creamed by a large truck) before the incident in question even started?
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Jul 18, 2015 15:31
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Looks like an emergency vehicle went the wrong way to pass traffic.
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Jul 18, 2015 15:33
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That makes more sense, something about the perspective and the way that Fiat turned in was confusing me.
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Jul 18, 2015 15:35
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Cellular Suicide posted:That makes more sense, something about the perspective and the way that Fiat turned in was confusing me. Two left lanes are going in my direction, the third lane is incoming
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Jul 18, 2015 15:47
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This happened earlier today. Had no idea the time stamp was wrong, I am not actually a time traveler. This kind of lack of awareness of ones surroundings is the norm it seems. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqR0OB3MIII&feature=youtu.be
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Jul 19, 2015 01:56
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antisodachrist posted:This happened earlier today. Had no idea the time stamp was wrong, I am not actually a time traveler. This kind of lack of awareness of ones surroundings is the norm it seems. And that turn by the mini Kroger. No one can stay in their own lane there.
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Jul 19, 2015 02:23
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Uthor posted:Almost got rear ended by a semi. There were two left turn lanes and he was in the right one. I was in the go straight lane behind another car. I noticed that the semi was going straight instead of turning about half way through the intersection, so accelerated to avoid getting side swiped (I was about even with his cab by this point). It would have been fine except the car in front just then stopped to turn into the Portillo's (mmm, Portillo's). Heard the semi lock up his brakes behind me before I had a chance to pull away. Saw a UPS semi on the inside lane of an offramp casually drift into the outside lane then whoopsie back into his lane! This is the same offramp (Albany, I-87 to I-90) where I've seen trucks either panic-swerve onto the branch leading to the toll road or off of it. Sometimes they choose the third option, just stop in one of the lanes with their signal on, waiting. Then there's the truck that got stuck trying to go under a narrow railroad bridge at the bottom of a hill. After depositing a piece of fairing onto the road he threw it in reverse and snake-wiggled his way back up the hill into a T-intersection, stopping traffic in all directions. I've learned to give these Emmy award winners a wiiiiiide berth or pass them as soon as it's safe. I always thought truckers were generally safer drivers, are hiring standards getting lower for some of these companies? redgubbinz fucked around with this message at 02:37 on Jul 19, 2015 |
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Jul 19, 2015 02:28
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PaganGoatPants posted:And that turn by the mini Kroger. No one can stay in their own lane there. I see that when walking down to that Kroger all the time.
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Jul 19, 2015 02:45
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1aSvoIpVss
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Jul 21, 2015 00:41
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^^^^ JFC! ^^^^ Different kind of motorcycle video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJTXLuu7_0Y
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Jul 21, 2015 00:48
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I like the old lady. "He was right here, wtf!"
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Jul 21, 2015 01:06
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Pop quiz: You and your buddy are riding along on your bicycles and suddenly you realize that something isn't quite right with your bike. Maybe you have a flat, or maybe you just realized the color isn't really working for you. Where should you stop and park up while you guys stand around poking at it and scratching your heads? (A) The sidewalk ten feet to your right (B) The empty parking lot a hundred feet away (C) In the middle of the right lane of a 45MPH highway, behind a blind curve. If you answered (A) or (B), congratulations, you just might live long enough to have children and thus fulfill your evolutionary purpose. If you answered (C), congratulations, you qualify to live in Cobb County! 
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Jul 21, 2015 01:11
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B4Ctom1 posted:^^^^ JFC! ^^^^ What is up with the stabilization in this video? Is it something youtube has started doing recently because I've seen a handful of videos lately where stuff distorts kind of like rolling shutter, but it's not. It just looks really drat weird.
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xzzy posted:What is up with the stabilization in this video? Is it something youtube has started doing recently because I've seen a handful of videos lately where stuff distorts kind of like rolling shutter, but it's not. It just looks really drat weird. YouTube has had auto stabilization for about a year now. It hasn't gotten any better either.
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Jul 21, 2015 01:48
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I saw a motorcyclist launch at high speed from a set of lights downtown, rapidly approach the next light, and, going well above the speed limit, use the right-turn only lane to shoot into the bus stop on the other side of the intersection (the light was green, but traffic was still getting started) and presumably cut someone off at that point. I mean, I don't doubt that a lot of motorcyclists are killed or injured because of someone else's negligence, but I'm guessing an equal or greater number die because they're loving retarded.
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Jul 21, 2015 01:58
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PT6A posted:I saw a motorcyclist launch at high speed from a set of lights downtown, rapidly approach the next light, and, going well above the speed limit, use the right-turn only lane to shoot into the bus stop on the other side of the intersection (the light was green, but traffic was still getting started) and presumably cut someone off at that point. Look up motorcycle crash compilation on youtube sometime. Motorcyclists are people, just like car drivers. Lots of people are stupid.
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Jul 21, 2015 02:12
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PT6A posted:I saw a motorcyclist launch at high speed from a set of lights downtown, rapidly approach the next light, and, going well above the speed limit, use the right-turn only lane to shoot into the bus stop on the other side of the intersection (the light was green, but traffic was still getting started) and presumably cut someone off at that point. As much as riders like to complain about distracted drivers, the majority of crashes are single vehicle with at least one bit being the fault of the rider. Watching the No Prisoners compilations it is generally lack of skill, like locking the front when panic braking where they had plenty of time to stop, or many just blow turns cause they out ride their skill. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzqsGJXcLJc nsaP fucked around with this message at 02:46 on Jul 21, 2015 |
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Jul 21, 2015 02:40
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Shouldn't have been riding on the wrong side of the road   The lady is awesome 
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Jul 21, 2015 06:31
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PT6A posted:I mean, I don't doubt that a lot of motorcyclists are killed or injured because of someone else's negligence, but I'm guessing an equal or greater number die because they're loving retarded. I seriously consider buying a bike about every three months. As I am old and dull, I can remove the 'young, dumb and full of cum' attitude, so perhaps it's not going to be that dangerous now. Then I Disgruntled Bovine posted:Look up motorcycle crash compilation on youtube. Also, instead of everyone driving unsafe cars whilst drunk, they drive while texting/talking on the phone.
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Jul 21, 2015 10:05
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http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-33570707
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Jul 21, 2015 10:38
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The bus blocking the entire freeway to make his illegal turn is nice. I also like how many turn on their hazards, as if that makes it all cool.
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Jul 21, 2015 15:38
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Meanwhile, in Gloucester: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-33608816
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Jul 21, 2015 20:38
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Saw a strange thing today. As I was going down the highway a van goes cruising by me in the left lane with its break lights lighting up for about half a second every 2 seconds. It never seemed to slow down at all and was keeping at about 80. What the hell? Could some faulty wiring do that?
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jammyozzy posted:Meanwhile, in Gloucester: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-33608816 I'm pretty impressed with that, honestly. Sure it's dangerous as gently caress, but still, this person had a plan and stuck with it to the bitter end.
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