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ChickenOfTomorrow posted:
fits equally well with inattentive drivers and accidentally-became-a-boat BMWs, too! I see people drifting between lanes for miles with their head up their rear end and a random blinker on all the time.
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88h88 posted:Christ what a dangerous oval office God drat, where did he even come from? Did he ride the shoulder to pass that truck? He already "won" by passing the dashcam car so why was he even mad? Jailtime is good but I really hope they took away his license with no chance to get it back too.
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Hikaki posted:God drat, where did he even come from? Did he ride the shoulder to pass that truck? He already "won" by passing the dashcam car so why was he even mad? Jailtime is good but I really hope they took away his license with no chance to get it back too. What a diiiiiiiick.
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Ludicro posted:If you think those roads are bad, imagine doing them in run flat tyres and sport suspension like I have to. My traction control was going ballistic at times. IMO it's a pretty good idea to turn traction control off in situations like that. It will just lead to you getting stuck when the car decides spinning wheels is scary and hits the brakes killing the momentum you need to get through a mud puddle or some soft ground. Ask me how I know:  Turns out these tires arent suitable for off roading in Iceland. I begged for a better vehicle for it but this is all they would give me. 
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It's the coppers! Scram! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=At-ljYtmaE4
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PenisMonkey posted:It's the coppers! Scram! My favorite is when these people wipe out and get arrested
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Top Hats Monthly posted:My favorite is when these people wipe out and get arrested Or the cop just looks at the dashcam to find the licence plate.
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Vorkosigan posted:Or the cop just looks at the dashcam to find the licence plate. Unless "no plate" was the violation.
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You can sort of see the plate as the bike speeds off, but it looks like it's angled sharply to try and make it impossible to read. Wouldn't be surprised at all if that's what he was getting lit up for, it's pretty common for bikers to think they're being clever.
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Top Hats Monthly posted:My favorite is when these people wipe out and get arrested I was hoping so bad for that moron to slam into the car turning left while running that light. No wonder bikers get a bad rep.
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Almost ran over a cyclist tonight. I live in a fairly rural area, lots of farms, so lots of 2 lane road with no sidewalks or lighting. Driving along one of these 50mph road, when I catch a glimpse of... something in my lane so I automatically slowed. Was some dumb fucker on a black bicycle with no reflectors, wearing all black clothing. What the gently caress you moron. It was a good thing I slowed down, because just when I got close enough that my headlights showed me what was actually in the road, he decided that he really needed to be on the other side of the road, so without any sort of signal or looking back, just angled left and crossed the road in front of me to the other side.
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Top Hats Monthly posted:My favorite is when these people wipe out and get arrested That split second where he's out of sight but you hear him mis-shift and blip the throttle.. I desperately expected to hear the engine start bouncing off the rev limiter, indicating he'd just laid it down.
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LOL you all can have your gore justice fantasies but you see what the cop did? That is the real talk reaction, cause he knows there is no point. Just instantly gives up. I've seen the lights twice and not stopped and you know what happened? Nothing. I got home. Both times on a 250 too coincidentally. (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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It's idiotic. If the cop doesn't want you, then he doesn't want you and now you're riding dangerously trying to run for no reason. If he wants you, he has your license plate on his camera and a radio to call the precinct, and you've just added evading pursuit to whatever else. If you're riding without a license plate so you can be a moron on public roads,  being a super badass I guess?
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You can outrun a car, but you can't outrun a Motorola.
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Sagebrush posted:It's idiotic. If the cop doesn't want you, then he doesn't want you and now you're riding dangerously trying to run for no reason. If he wants you, he has your license plate on his camera and a radio to call the precinct, and you've just added evading pursuit to whatever else. KozmoNaut posted:You can outrun a car, but you can't outrun a Motorola. the Network Traffic thread is thataway
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KozmoNaut posted:You can outrun a car, but you can't outrun a Motorola. Sure you can, on a 250. They usually aren't that into catching you.
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KozmoNaut posted:You can outrun a car, but you can't outrun a Motorola. Whenever I hear that phrase, I imagine the cop throwing his radio at the departing biker and knocking him off, a la Crocodile Dundee.
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spog posted:Whenever I hear that phrase, I imagine the cop throwing his radio at the departing biker and knocking him off, a la Crocodile Dundee. I would love to see that actually happen, especially with one of those old 5lbs big-rear end handsets.
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Well, someone went and did it.
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Protocol7 posted:Well, someone went and did it. That reads like my daily itinerary
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nsaP posted:LOL you all can have your gore justice fantasies but you see what the cop did? That is the real talk reaction, cause he knows there is no point. Just instantly gives up. Yeah, we got that, hence our bloodlust for an rear end in a top hat, which you reveal yourself to empathize with. The bad driving is coming from inside the thread
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CharlieWhiskey posted:Yeah, we got that, hence our bloodlust for an rear end in a top hat, which you reveal yourself to empathize with. Water wet, Earth round, nsaP rear end in a top hat
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The Locator posted:Almost ran over a cyclist tonight. I live in a fairly rural area, lots of farms, so lots of 2 lane road with no sidewalks or lighting. Driving along one of these 50mph road, when I catch a glimpse of... something in my lane so I automatically slowed. Was some dumb fucker on a black bicycle with no reflectors, wearing all black clothing. What the gently caress you moron. It was a good thing I slowed down, because just when I got close enough that my headlights showed me what was actually in the road, he decided that he really needed to be on the other side of the road, so without any sort of signal or looking back, just angled left and crossed the road in front of me to the other side. It's part of why I drive with high beams on whenever possible at night. But also the reason why I have stopped caring about bicyclists who can't be bothered to buy a set of clip on lights at the Aldi for 2.95. I'll make an effort to make sure they won't damage my car, but that's it. If you don't care enough about your life to buy a couple of lights for your bike, why do you expect others to? Same with the tossers who have those tiny 5mW led lights dangling from a lanyard and expect people to see that poo poo. Sure technically you have light on your bicycle. But the law states that said light should be "adequate". A glowing pinhead is not adequate. I really don't understand why people don't have a more rational sense of self-preservation.
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A generation raised with such entitlement feels their safety is someone else's problem.
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Protocol7 posted:Well, someone went and did it. Go away, I'm B8in
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Protocol7 posted:Well, someone went and did it. 
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From PYF, presented without comment:
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Protocol7 posted:Well, someone went and did it. There's a similar one in MN, I1L1I or something like that. I think of XKCD every time I see it, which seems to be once every 4 months or so on I494.
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mobby_6kl posted:From PYF, presented without comment: What's the maneuver called when you lose control like that? On a motorcycle it's a "tank slapper", but don't know what to call it when a four-wheeled vehicle does it.
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It's still called a tank slapper. There's another term for it that I forget, because I always call it a tank slapper.
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Pilot induced oscillation. Wait, gently caress
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Uthor posted:What's the maneuver called when you lose control like that? On a motorcycle it's a "tank slapper", but don't know what to call it when a four-wheeled vehicle does it. Driver induced oscillation. If they hadn't jerked the wheel and tried to correct it repeatedly, it would have straightened out, but the weight of the driver becomes part of the resonating assembly.
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That's a bit of an over-reaction.
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Tailgater gets brake checked into a wreck http://i.imgur.com/rkEyCrT.mp4 Source: http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=44d_1457639797
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Literally seven posts above you, buddy.
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What's the high/low on a stuck caliper or a pad worn to rivers that made the truck pull like that under hard braking? Def shouldn't tailgate with questionable brakes, but, alas, these are the people we share the road with. Some days I'm very happy to be at least an hour in every direction from a four lane highway, and even more pumped that I live somewhere where a manual isn't a handicap- the most time I'll ever spend in stop and go is about three minutes. (fingerlakes, NY) Y'all be nuts, dealing with this kinda bullshit on a daily basis.
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Neither, I'd say. Just good old panic and veering because they yanked the wheel over.
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InitialDave posted:Neither, I'd say. Just good old panic and veering because they yanked the wheel over. Somehow, that's even scarier.
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Protocol7 posted:Well, someone went and did it. And I found their Belgian cousin. Well, sort of. 
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