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last night. Was coming around a dark ~45 degree corner at speed when I spotted three things : (A) a ballcap lying just after the apex of the curve, the in my lane, right near the centerline (B) a Person, dressed in non-reflective clothing, walking towards the corner, in my lane, ostensibly to retrieve said ballcap (C) a motor-scooter, stopped (parked) at the end of the curve, in my lane, no lights or flashers going went wide so as to miss the person and scooter but in doing so made certain to put two wheels over the cap flip me off if you want, motherfucker. I just saved your life.
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El Jebus posted:I once drove from San Antonio to Portland in a moving truck and my dog spent the entire first half of the trip in the passenger seat. Then I picked up my wife in Denver and the dog moved to the floor between us. Then she figured out she could share the seat with my wife by climbing into her lap and laying down, still able to sniff out the window. Is that a Rapids shirt?
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GutBomb posted:Is that a Rapids shirt? Germany away. From 3 world cups back, I think.
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I saw a bunch of small dumb, low speed accidents today because we got ice rain in the morning for awhile. Gee, I think I will wait till i'm about 10 feet away to start braking at stop signs and red lights. I GOT SNOW TIRES  Winter, now that it has started, is going to suck.
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Dec 29, 2015 01:32
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http://i.imgur.com/jTriOwS.gifv
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Lime Tonics posted:I saw a bunch of small dumb, low speed accidents today because we got ice rain in the morning for awhile. Gee, I think I will wait till i'm about 10 feet away to start braking at stop signs and red lights. I GOT SNOW TIRES Can't count how many cars were going too fast today during the snow and sliding through stop lights/signs. Saw a guy slide through a 4 way intersection by my job and spin into a ditch, and surprise, he was driving a 4WD SUV
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Dec 29, 2015 04:50
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It still isn't cold enough where I am to enjoy the annual Mustangs On Ice show 
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Ozz81 posted:Saw a guy slide through a 4 way intersection by my job and spin into a ditch, and surprise, he was driving a 4WD SUV This is my first winter driving an AWD vehicle (4-motion VW) and I'm finding it's every bit as squirrely as FWD on unplowed snow and ice. Sure, there's a lot less 'spinspinspinspin aaaaaaaand maybe some grip' feathering the throttle from a stoplight - the thing just gets up and goes - but doing anything other than accelerating in a straight line is just the same. I now understand the fallacy behind 4wd being all you need to handle the snow safely. The driver puts acceleration to the test time after time and gets good feedback, and infers that cornering and braking will be just as fine. The thing is, when you put either of the last two to thr test, and the results aren't so good, good chance you're in trouble and won't get anothet shot at it. I've got to get some dedicated snow tires to replace these all-seasons, I had a set for a car I had 10 years ago and it felt like going from bowling shoes to soccer cleats.
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Dec 29, 2015 07:53
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From the annals of "What did you think was going to happen?  "
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buttcrackmenace posted:last night. Was coming around a dark ~45 degree corner at speed when I spotted three things : Typical goon interaction, destroys your property for 'your own good', expects praise for it. Meanwhile I'm sure you got thru to the scooter dude, and next time he will do everything that you expect of him because you magically transferred that knowledge to him when you ran over his cap.
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nsaP posted:Typical goon interaction, destroys your property for 'your own good', expects praise for it. Meanwhile I'm sure you got thru to the scooter dude, and next time he will do everything that you expect of him because you magically transferred that knowledge to him when you ran over his cap. blind corner, no streetlights, late at night on a Sunday, leaving an area where drinking is a Thing guarantee that if a Jeep full of tourists-with-they-buzz-on came around that corner at speed the only thing surviving that encounter would be the hat
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Dec 29, 2015 15:11
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nsaP posted:Typical goon interaction, destroys your property for 'your own good', expects praise for it. Meanwhile I'm sure you got thru to the scooter dude, and next time he will do everything that you expect of him because you magically transferred that knowledge to him when you ran over his cap.
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Dec 29, 2015 15:38
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Deedle posted:You're making it sound like he ran over someone's Pomeranian... Is that before or after it freaked out, clawed the owner in the balls and caused the driver to run over a toddler? 
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ratbert90 posted:Is that before or after it freaked out, clawed the owner in the balls and caused the driver to run over a toddler?
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Dec 29, 2015 16:05
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I should make more videos of my dog being a distraction.
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Dec 29, 2015 16:20
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PenisMonkey posted:I should make more videos of my dog being a distraction. Yes, please make more videos while driving. Hopefully near a faulty guard rail.
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Dec 29, 2015 16:43
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Having the phone in the cup holder is also a major distraction.
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Dec 29, 2015 16:52
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"It's a Jeep thing, you wouldn't understand."
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Disgruntled Bovine posted:"It's a Jeep thing, you wouldn't understand." Not enough hashtags Standard Wrangler owner post. 
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Dec 29, 2015 17:33
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Why are people who are obsessed with zombies such utter dweebs?
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Dec 29, 2015 17:54
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Because only a dweeb would be obsessed with a fantasy monster.
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Last night I was on the highway, just me and one other car as far as the eye can see, both of us in the left lane, me approaching from behind. They make no sign of changing lanes, so from about 10 seconds out I give them a quick flash of my high beams to say hey, I'm here, please excuse me. Nothing. Get a bit closer, a few seconds later, another flash. They tap their brakes. 3 car lengths back, they're still doing about 60, I flash my high again, they stand on their brake and come to a near stop, I pass them quickly on the right. They finally change lanes to the right lane. To ride my rear end. With their high beams on. Laying on the horn. What a night to pick to drive instead of my two wheeled jet.
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Dec 29, 2015 18:55
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The other day, I'm on a stretch of road where there are three left turn lanes, and people almost always merge at the last minute. Knowing this, I left a car's length in front of me, knowing someone will want to merge. Someone did. A lady in a Subaru right next to me. But instead of accelerating and going in the space in front of me, she just puts her blinker on and starts merging. She gets about an inch away from my car - as I'm laying on the horn - before realizing she's the one getting honked at. She never even looked over once. 
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Dec 29, 2015 18:59
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PCOS Bill posted:Last night I was on the highway, just me and one other car as far as the eye can see, both of us in the left lane, me approaching from behind. They make no sign of changing lanes, so from about 10 seconds out I give them a quick flash of my high beams to say hey, I'm here, please excuse me. What sucks is that's the part where I'd be a dumbass and floor it to just get away from them, and then I'd get a ticket.
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Dec 29, 2015 19:01
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I was only ~1.5 mile from my exit so I didn't have to put up with it for long, and they were smart enough to not follow someone off the highway.
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Dec 29, 2015 19:05
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PCOS Bill posted:Last night I was on the highway, just me and one other car as far as the eye can see, both of us in the left lane, me approaching from behind. They make no sign of changing lanes, so from about 10 seconds out I give them a quick flash of my high beams to say hey, I'm here, please excuse me. Why even do any of that? Just quietly pass them in the right lane and cruise on. I generally just live in the right lane and sail past everyone who's in their favorite lane. Cautiously of course, with my cat meowing out the drivers side window.
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Dec 29, 2015 19:45
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Because passing on the right makes you turn into Hitler.. even if the reason you're doing it is because someone else is a moron.
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Dec 29, 2015 19:47
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Making life more difficult for yourself is literally what being a goon is all about
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Dec 29, 2015 19:52
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StormDrain posted:Why even do any of that? Just quietly pass them in the right lane and cruise on. I generally just live in the right lane and sail past everyone who's in their favorite lane. Cautiously of course, with my cat meowing out the drivers side window.
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Dec 29, 2015 19:53
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Passing on the right is illegal in many jurisdictions, as is cruising in the left lane and not getting over when you are slowing down other traffic. But goons are going to be weird and recommend doing the illegal and usually more dangerous thing.
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Dec 29, 2015 21:10
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Oh no a ticket for passing on the right
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Dec 29, 2015 21:16
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Flashing your highs at someone else on the road seems like it would never be the safe option, people are crazy. Quietly pass on the right.
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Dec 29, 2015 21:28
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I will happily be that guy cruising along in lane 1, passing the clown sat in lane 3/4 and braking for every camera gantry. To my mind just staying in my lane is safer than crossing 3 lanes, overtaking and then crossing straight back to lane 1.
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Dec 29, 2015 21:30
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So why were you driving in the left lane when there are no other cars on the road?
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Dec 29, 2015 21:31
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go3 posted:Oh no a ticket for passing on the right Around here, not keeping right is a ~$150 fine, while passing on the right is a ~$300 fine and a mark on your license (if you get 3 marks within 3 years, you'll have to retake it, to the tune of ~$750). So yeah, stop loving around in the left lane if you're not actively passing anyone.
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Cage posted:Flashing your highs at someone else on the road seems like it would never be the safe option, people are crazy. Quietly pass on the right. Until that person sees you coming one day and actually moves over, sees that you already moved and starts to move back at the same time as you do. You get to hit the brakes or play a dangerous highway dodging game, or you can follow the prescribed procedure for passing. Hmm, difficult choice.
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Cage posted:Flashing your highs at someone else on the road seems like it would never be the safe option, people are crazy. Quietly pass on the right. Honestly if flashing your highbeams at someone is enough to set them off on a homicidal rage then there probably isn't much that they won't take offense to, and quietly passing on the right is just as likely to set them off as flashing to pass.
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xergm posted:Part of hopes they did leave the county, and they get caught at customs in a country with an extradition treaty. Deportation to stand trial would be just what this story needs. Called it! Affluenza kid was detained in Mexico and is being shipped back to the US. http://www.cnn.com/2015/12/28/us/mexico-affluenza-teen-ethan-couch-detained/index.html
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EightBit posted:Passing on the right is illegal in many jurisdictions, as is cruising in the left lane and not getting over when you are slowing down other traffic. Which one is more dangerous - undertaking an inattentive idiot or getting said idiot upset to the point of road-rageyness by flashing your high beams at him/her? KozmoNaut posted:Around here, not keeping right is a ~$150 fine, while passing on the right is a ~$300 fine and a mark on your license (if you get 3 marks within 3 years, you'll have to retake it, to the tune of ~$750). Sounds like your local jurisdiction has its priorities hosed up. It should be the other way around.
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I can already hear the lawyers at the trial. "This child did not know that probation meant he couldn't leave the country, he's so rich he thought the entire planet was his home and therefore it was within limits."
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