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"Oh, that guy's hurt." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRM3bFXlyNk I'm in the wrong... Uthor fucked around with this message at 19:33 on Aug 10, 2015 |
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Uthor posted:"Oh, that guy's hurt." Why shouldn't they? In auto racing it would be a yellow flag situation. There's an unexpected hazard there.
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Aug 10, 2015 19:16
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Roadies are loving idiots at the best of times, this here is a perfect example of why. ...and I say this as someone who rides a road bike.
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Aug 10, 2015 19:19
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GutBomb posted:Why shouldn't they? In auto racing it would be a yellow flag situation. There's an unexpected hazard there. I figured the racers would see that something was wrong up ahead and be slowing down on their own. Or that it would be better to stand to the side and further up the road to wave a flag/shirt/whatever instead of just yelling at everyone when they're already at the corner. It also seems like a lot of yelling seemed to be directed at riders who already slowed down enough to navigate around the accident. I get the instinct to warn the riders, just not how it was being done. 
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Aug 10, 2015 19:20
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GutBomb posted:Why shouldn't they? In auto racing it would be a yellow flag situation. There's an unexpected hazard there. You figured wrong, Uthor.
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Aug 10, 2015 19:22
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its not like theyd of paid attention to a yellow flag or lights
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Aug 10, 2015 19:22
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Uthor posted:I figured the racers would see that something was wrong up ahead and be slowing down on their own. Or that it would be better to stand to the side and further up the road to wave a flag/shirt/whatever instead of just yelling at everyone when they're already at the corner. The whole video takes place in just over a minute. It's not like they had time to think things through and organize a team of flaggers
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Aug 10, 2015 19:26
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go3 posted:its not like theyd of paid attention to a yellow flag or lights 
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Aug 10, 2015 19:26
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Krakkles posted:I mean, they are bicyclists - signals don't pertain to them! Oh my gently caress I had a guy on a bicycle in front of me on the road the other day just decide to ride into the intersection on a red, ride in a circle around it, TWICE, while the other direction had a green and there were cars who wanted to go, and ended his loop going what would have been a left turn from where he started. I really really wished the old guy on the right in the beat up old pickup had just said "gently caress this poo poo" and went while he was loving around.
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Aug 10, 2015 19:28
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Krakkles posted:Uh, and also, before they started doing that, two idiots hurt themselves and probably the guy on the motorcycle. The motorcycles really shouldn't have stopped in the middle of the road...they were just making themselves another hazard on a corner that's obviously already problematic. On the other hand wow way too many of the racers were over cooking that corner and if that first guy hadn't hit the car it looks like he would have shot off the edge of the road and down the mountain. Wonder what the grade leading into that corner was.
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Aug 10, 2015 22:01
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Levitate posted:On the other hand wow way too many of the racers were over cooking that corner and if that first guy hadn't hit the car it looks like he would have shot off the edge of the road and down the mountain. Wonder what the grade leading into that corner was. If you look closely, he hits a bump as he's braking and is riding on only his front tire when he slams into the car. He probably wouldn't have been able to slow down much more had he kept both wheels down, but he would have at least been able to turn.
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Aug 10, 2015 22:06
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They would have been going 50-60mph before that corner. I assume he just mis-judged his braking point, plus carbon wheels don't have as good of bite. Broken pelvis, ribs, collapsed lung from what I hear.
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Aug 10, 2015 22:06
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Levitate posted:The motorcycles really shouldn't have stopped in the middle of the road...they were just making themselves another hazard on a corner that's obviously already problematic. Yeah what jerks, they should have just continued on in their lane, instead of trying to stop in an uncertain situation with people laying on the ground in front of them in the road and oh right, their lane being full of stopped vehicles.
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Aug 10, 2015 22:09
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Uthor posted:If you look closely, he hits a bump as he's braking and is riding on only his front tire when he slams into the car. He probably wouldn't have been able to slow down much more had he kept both wheels down, but he would have at least been able to turn. He's in the air as he comes into frame... He had no chance.
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Aug 10, 2015 22:13
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As someone who watches a lot of motor racing, it looked to me like all of them took horrible lines through that corner. I would have thought carrying speed through corners would be even more important on bicycles.
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Aug 10, 2015 22:16
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Rev. Dr. Moses P. Lester posted:As someone who watches a lot of motor racing, it looked to me like all of them took horrible lines through that corner. I would have thought carrying speed through corners would be even more important on bicycles. Probably, but the racing line would have cut them across overheated bikers and all the. cars. Whole thing was a clusterfuck.
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Aug 10, 2015 22:22
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Rev. Dr. Moses P. Lester posted:As someone who watches a lot of motor racing, it looked to me like all of them took horrible lines through that corner. I would have thought carrying speed through corners would be even more important on bicycles. It really is but again, road cyclists generally have awful bike control. If you ever go out on a ride with a bunch of people on road bikes it's all to easy to tell those that only ride road and those that ride mountainbikes and such too because the roadies are the ones that are barely in control of their bikes. They can happily bang out 100 miles a day with ease but being behind one descending a road like that is loving scary.
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Aug 10, 2015 22:23
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I present to you, the worlds worst wedding tradition from Chechnya: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JQqJuo7Hwo http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=8ad_1439115941#TxSqmJk8FDzUr1lB.16 https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=139&v=qSzj0BBj5kI etc 
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Aug 10, 2015 22:44
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Some are better than others. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxXqQqAc2pA Two weeks ago we had someone go off the road in a corner on a small descent, after we had ridden up the road, and there was pretty much just that one corner. Also they were on a TT bike, which is a pretty good sign of an even worse bike handler.
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Aug 10, 2015 22:44
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jamal posted:Some are better than others. All respect to that man. 
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Aug 10, 2015 23:43
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jamal posted:Some are better than others. So I'm not a cyclist, but it strikes me as pretty loving stupid to have all those cars sharing a narrow mountain road with the bikes like that. What the hell?
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Aug 11, 2015 05:00
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The Locator posted:So I'm not a cyclist, but it strikes me as pretty loving stupid to have all those cars sharing a narrow mountain road with the bikes like that. What the hell? They're support cars, carrying extra bikes and snacks and such.
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Aug 11, 2015 05:12
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Yeah they are trying to stay out of the way as best as possible but sometimes that happens. They kind of need to be there, but in an amateur race you will be lucky to have one wheel car plus lead and follow, and maybe neutral support. With big tours every team has a couple of cars along plus there are marshalls, tv, medical, and then other support cars that aren't the team. Basically to make sure if someone has a problem with their bike they can get an immediate fix/replacement and be back with the group. Actually poo poo like that happens fairly often. Just recently a camera motorcycle took out a race leader: http://velonews.competitor.com/2015/08/news/moto-collision-knocks-van-avermaet-out-of-contention-in-san-sebastian_380192 Also https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWb0bACcDc0 https://pbs.twimg.com/tweet_video/CB1BamtUIAAR3io.mp4 jamal fucked around with this message at 06:30 on Aug 11, 2015 |
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Aug 11, 2015 05:14
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Enourmo posted:The crazy part is that for a second the driver hits 25 km/h (127 mph), and continues on at 190/118 after matching speeds. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jye40dwDDlc I thought this was a sick song mix. e: To stay relevant with this page, check out the cyclist on the right side at about 1 minute exactly. Wonder how his eardrums/pants are doing. Michael Scott fucked around with this message at 05:19 on Aug 11, 2015 |
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Aug 11, 2015 05:17
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Today at work I had a customer come in and ask for "A spray that you can spray on your brakes to stop it from squeaking" that she could use until her next paycheck to replace the brakes. She looked at every lubricant and asked me if it would work cause the label said "stops squeaks". I honestly don't know if she legit thought that would work or if she was trying to get me to say it would work, crash when her brakes don't work cause she sprayed lubricant on the pads and try to sue the store over it.
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Aug 11, 2015 06:24
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I got woken up early this morning. Keep in mind I have an automatic Ford Focus, she drives a Ford Fusion. "I can't move your car." "Hrmglewha?", hello person in face "I don't know how to let the brake off", okay "It's the exact same way as your car." "No its not" Engine on? Yes Hold down the foot brake? Yes Take right hand from shifter, move it towards you along the console, grab the lever that's sticking up press the chrome button on top and guide the lever down? "You're an rear end in a top hat, you do it." I was less than impressed. I'm not proud about going from zero to road rage in less than a minute awake, but Jesus Christmas I haven't even rolled out of bed yet.
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Aug 11, 2015 12:39
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Guy, the reason I turned my lights off and on again twice while behind you isn't because I'm an rear end. It's because you are driving down the dark highway with just your DRL on. This is the 3rd time I've seen you do this. I realize you have paper tags so you may not know but you're going to cause an accident.
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Aug 11, 2015 15:50
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Public flogging for people who are unable to use their lights at night is really the only way to go.
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Aug 11, 2015 16:04
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I'd be content with some effective policing. Slap someone with a $100 fine and they learn real quick.
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Aug 11, 2015 16:10
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xzzy posted:I'd be content with some effective policing. Slap someone with a $100 fine and they learn real quick. No, that only works for things that aren't immediately obvious, like speeding or failing to signal or talking on a cellphone. If you can't figure out why lights are necessary at night, and/or how to activate them, I don't think it's a problem that can be fixed. Your brain is simply defective at that point.
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Aug 11, 2015 17:43
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PT6A posted:No, that only works for things that aren't immediately obvious, like speeding or failing to signal or talking on a cellphone. If you can't figure out why lights are necessary at night, and/or how to activate them, I don't think it's a problem that can be fixed. Your brain is simply defective at that point. I don't want to go that far. Most cars with DRLs turn on the lights for the gauges as well, and it's generally thought that if the cluster lights are on, the rest of the lights are on. Hit them with a ticket for it and they will hopefully be reminded to check to see if their lights are on. A simple solution that unfortunately doesn't work for everyone: Leave your lights on all the time. Unfortunately there are still new cars out there that don't turn lights off automatically when you turn off the ignition.
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Aug 11, 2015 17:48
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GutBomb posted:A simple solution that unfortunately doesn't work for everyone: Leave your lights on all the time. Unfortunately there are still new cars out there that don't turn lights off automatically when you turn off the ignition. I still dont understand how this wasn't the standard instead of creating DRLs in the first place. Another bulb to burn out instead of just expecting everyone to have their lights on all the time
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Aug 11, 2015 18:10
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BraveUlysses posted:I still dont understand how this wasn't the standard instead of creating DRLs in the first place. Another bulb to burn out instead of just expecting everyone to have their lights on all the time I understand the life expectancy on automotive headlights isn't so hot, so less bright but more resilient DRL bulbs make sense.
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Aug 11, 2015 18:16
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DRLs on cars minimize the effect of always-on headlights on motorcycles and make us stand out less, which decreases our safety.
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Aug 11, 2015 18:24
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I swear because of DRL's a ton of people seem to think that the blue headlight light on the dashboard means that their headlights are on with no idea what highbeams are. I actually had that conversation with a lyft driver one night and she would not believe me that it in fact meant she was blinding every other driver on the road. It was a bit of a terrifying car ride.
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Aug 11, 2015 18:27
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PCOS Bill posted:DRLs on cars minimize the effect of always-on headlights on motorcycles and make us stand out less, which decreases our safety. Light based indicators: the exclusive realm of motorcycles  If they banned all vehicles with >2 wheels from the road who would you blame?
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Aug 11, 2015 18:38
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Geoj posted:Light based indicators: the exclusive realm of motorcycles Liberals.
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Aug 11, 2015 18:39
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PCOS Bill posted:DRLs on cars minimize the effect of always-on headlights on motorcycles and make us stand out less, which decreases our safety. make your pipes louder
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Aug 11, 2015 18:42
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QuiteEasilyDone posted:I got woken up early this morning. Keep in mind I have an automatic Ford Focus, she drives a Ford Fusion. God drat, that style of parking brake is pretty drat common, too. Negromancer posted:I swear because of DRL's a ton of people seem to think that the blue headlight light on the dashboard means that their headlights are on with no idea what highbeams are. I actually had that conversation with a lyft driver one night and she would not believe me that it in fact meant she was blinding every other driver on the road. It was a bit of a terrifying car ride. I visited family yesterday which meant spending 3+ total hours on the highway, round trip. The amount of times I changed lanes to get away from really loving bright people was insane. All newer cars, all clearly running brights. Also props to the idiot cyclist on the shoulder of the highway wearing absolutely no reflective anything at 9:00 at night. Death wish. Macichne Leainig fucked around with this message at 19:25 on Aug 11, 2015 |
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Aug 11, 2015 19:23
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QuiteEasilyDone posted:I got woken up early this morning. Keep in mind I have an automatic Ford Focus, she drives a Ford Fusion.
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