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Municipal charge stations are bullshit, and they've been popping up in my area. Why the gently caress should my taxes pay for some other jackoff to charge up his Tesla.  There's one Leaf I pass by regularly, parked in the exact same spot, plugged into the exact same outlet every drat day. The owner is milking the poo poo out of it, paying exactly zero dollars for his commute.
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xzzy posted:Municipal charge stations are bullshit, and they've been popping up in my area. Why the gently caress should my taxes pay for some other jackoff to charge up his Tesla. I can't imagine no one has put a credit card reader on a charge station.
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Mar 24, 2016 18:02
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people who park where they shouldnt or park badly in parking garages deserve the harshest death imaginable.
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Mar 24, 2016 18:30
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EightBit posted:I can't imagine no one has put a credit card reader on a charge station. There's probably a gas station lobby out there somewhere that would unleash hell on any city that tried to charge money for car charging.
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Mar 24, 2016 18:44
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Pretty sure the only gas station lobby is the oil companies, and given that they want to see EV's die, i would expect them to want to put CC readers on there. I would suspect that it's not more popular probably due to transaction costs. Nobody wants to pay three cents to run a six cent transaction for your teeny top-up.
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Mar 24, 2016 20:15
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EightBit posted:I can't imagine no one has put a credit card reader on a charge station. I'm under the impression that most public charging stations charge a fee. Card reader charging stations aren't a new thing. Also, they really need to stop putting charging stations at the closest spots. This would solve a few issues. Hummer owners aren't going to park in ev spots if you have to walk (gasp) across the parking lot to get to the building. Ditto with the fully charged tesla owners who often park in these spots without even connecting to power. They seem to see close parking as a gift for buying a $100,000 car.
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Mar 24, 2016 21:24
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EightBit posted:I can't imagine no one has put a credit card reader on a charge station.
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Mar 24, 2016 22:04
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Deedle posted:Over here they haven't. You need an RFID tag to enable the public charge points. Said RFID tag is acquired by getting a contract with an electricity company of your choosing. So no free charging for Tesla owners. 
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Mar 24, 2016 22:25
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I have quite a few public charging options, many of which are free, but the irritation is them being run by different people and needing a different RFID card to use them.
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Mar 24, 2016 22:34
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Deedle posted:I've basically come to the point where I have accepted that dysphysica is a terrifyingly common disability that both warrants and justifies putting up signs at railway crossings and movable bridges, because people really are that dumb... InitialDave posted:I have quite a few public charging options, many of which are free, but the irritation is them being run by different people and needing a different RFID card to use them. Somehow we, here in North Carolina, have multiple free charging stations put up by employers, consumer businesses, and even community groups of one stripe or another. This is also the state that banned sales of Tesla cars due to "unfair competitive advantage" or some tripe. The Prong Song fucked around with this message at 22:49 on Mar 24, 2016 |
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Mar 24, 2016 22:45
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From context, it appears to be an inability to understand physics. Similar to "dyslexia". Roots: "dis- ": Latin. Reversal or removal. "phyisca": Latin. The study of nature. The branch of science concerned with the study of properties and interactions of space, time, matter and energy.
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Mar 24, 2016 22:49
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Say what you will about EV charging stations, this is erotic as hell https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMM0lRfX6YI
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Mar 24, 2016 22:53
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The Mandingo posted:Say what you will about EV charging stations, this is erotic as hell https://youtu.be/H8yQhXDquII
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The Mandingo posted:Say what you will about EV charging stations, this is erotic as hell https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GIv8oYCcmY
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Mar 24, 2016 23:00
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Safety Dance posted:From context, it appears to be an inability to understand physics. Similar to "dyslexia".
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Mar 24, 2016 23:15
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Well that's a first, I managed to intimidate someone into getting the gently caress out of my way.. unintentionally. On a 35 mph chunk of road, some twit in a truck cuts me off so hard I had to put the pedal through the floor to avoid hitting him, and I lean on the horn for a few seconds to let them know my opinion on the matter. I was pretty steamed but that's as far as it was going to go. I tail them for a mile or so because our routes just happened to be going the same way, until we approach a gas station and they flip on their blinker to pull in. I beep my horn a final time to let them know I think they're shitheads and continue on my way. In my rear view I watch them do a u-turn in the gas station, and get back on the road behind me.  I make the next right and they go straight so no harm done, but hopefully it means they feel like poo poo for the rest of the night or were at least questioning if I was going to escalate.
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Mar 24, 2016 23:25
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Krakkles posted:From Google, it appears to be a made up word to try to sound smart. They're all made up.
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Mar 25, 2016 00:24
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SpannerX posted:Uh, I was joking. I live on a main st. with a large hill beside me, and I hate large pipes. They suck. Sorry, my sarcasm parser is faulty.
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Mar 25, 2016 02:40
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Krakkles posted:From Google, it appears to be a made up word to try to sound smart. I understood what he meant with the latin/greek roots and the context.
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Mar 25, 2016 03:20
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nitrogen posted:Sorry, my sarcasm parser is faulty. It's okay, I thought I was being obvious. I doubt there are many people on here that would say that with a straight face.
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Mar 25, 2016 05:14
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Why is there always some shitheel, that when they see the lane merge sign, must try and stuff their car in the space in front of me and behind the car in front? Even if that space is tiny? There's always a large space behind me that makes it incredibly easy to get into the one lane, but NOPE, gotta get in front of A car to make it feel like I'm getting somewhere quicker! I was in the lane that was being merged into and had the right of way - but this asshat apparently thinks that since his lane is ending, it's between life or death to get in front of me. The guy went from cruising at a normal speed behind me in the merging lane, to speeding up and literally going door to door with me and start forcing me over. I need to get a dash cam, both for the front and rear so I can at least have something when eventually some idiot makes a fatal mistake into me. I'm also going to write a will - "if I die because of an idiot doing stupid poo poo on the road, beat the crap out of them yearly".
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Mar 25, 2016 15:01
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I had exactly the opposite happen to me last night... coming out of tollbooths zipper merging down to 3 lanes, I was lined up fine on a good spot coming in from the extreme right when the loving assknob behind me decided that couldn't stand and floored it to stay next to me, nearly forcing me into the breakdown lane. with two loving EMPTY lanes on the left of us. Once they decided they had put me in my place, they flew out into the middle lane and took off at 80 or so. I would have simply gone around in the first place, but I was taking the very next exit in like half a mile. what the hell is wrong with people? I've never had anyone jealously defend ~their spot~ in the right lane at 5 under the limit on an empty highway before.
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Ringo Star Get posted:Why is there always some shitheel, that when they see the lane merge sign, must try and stuff their car in the space in front of me and behind the car in front? Even if that space is tiny? There's always a large space behind me that makes it incredibly easy to get into the one lane, but NOPE, gotta get in front of A car to make it feel like I'm getting somewhere quicker! Bonus points when they do this and then slam on the brakes to make a turn or exit the highway.
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Mar 25, 2016 17:00
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Geoj posted:Bonus points when they do this and then slam on the brakes to make a turn or exit the highway. Yeah, I have way too many people who pull onto the main drag right in front of me, then refuse to go even the speed limit. I could understand if they sped off in a hurry or something, but if they're in such a rush to get onto the main road, why hold the rest of us back?
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Solkanar512 posted:Yeah, I have way too many people who pull onto the main drag right in front of me, then refuse to go even the speed limit. I could understand if they sped off in a hurry or something, but if they're in such a rush to get onto the main road, why hold the rest of us back? SouthwestFloridaInSnowbirdSeason.txt
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I get really, really mad at gore violations in Denver, people change lanes across solid whites all the time. I'm like....they put them in this particular spot for a reason, please wait the 1/8 mile until they end. They factored in you needing to get over. I promise.
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Solkanar512 posted:Yeah, I have way too many people who pull onto the main drag right in front of me, then refuse to go even the speed limit. I could understand if they sped off in a hurry or something, but if they're in such a rush to get onto the main road, why hold the rest of us back? This and people who jump the gun or act like they're going to move quickly, then go slow as balls, are annoying as hell. I was behind a person recently who kept inching up to the car in front of them while we waited for the light to go green. Started from about 4 feet back from the other guy, then kept easing off the brakes until there couldn't have been more than a foot of space between their bumpers. Light turns green, I'm thinking this doofus is gonna be quick after the guy ahead of him goes...and they ever so gingerly hit the gas and go through the intersection at a blistering 4 miles per hour. I passed said doofus and wouldn't you know...an old lady probably at least in her 60s trying to drink her soda while she's checking her phone  I don't loving know any more
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Mar 25, 2016 21:16
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Jonny 290 posted:I get really, really mad at gore violations in Denver, people change lanes across solid whites all the time. I'm like....they put them in this particular spot for a reason, please wait the 1/8 mile until they end. They factored in you needing to get over. I promise. While I agree, it turns out that in most states a solid white line is only an advisory. A double white is manditory. Not that that stops anyone in the rare even there is a double white.
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Is the inching forward behavior some sort of self-reinforcing Pavlovian thing? "If i inch forward the light will turn green" inch inch inch inch . . inch inch *light turns green* "works every time"
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I don't get it but it's really annoying driving a manual behind one of these guys because the guy behind me sees the guy ahead of me moving and gets pissed off that I'm standing still because gently caress that.
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Jeff Gerber posted:Is the inching forward behavior some sort of self-reinforcing Pavlovian thing? I've always assumed that creepers are people not really paying attention. They barely got their foot on the brake, they go to send a text, and lift a little bit and start to roll. So then they brake again and repeat until they're halfway through the intersection.
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Ozz81 posted:This and people who jump the gun or act like they're going to move quickly, then go slow as balls, are annoying as hell. I was behind a person recently who kept inching up to the car in front of them while we waited for the light to go green. Started from about 4 feet back from the other guy, then kept easing off the brakes until there couldn't have been more than a foot of space between their bumpers. Light turns green, I'm thinking this doofus is gonna be quick after the guy ahead of him goes...and they ever so gingerly hit the gas and go through the intersection at a blistering 4 miles per hour. I hate when the car in the right lane accelerates slooooow up to 5 mph over the speed limit while the car in the left lane accelerates fast up to 5 under the speed limit. One car gets ahead by a car length, then the other catches up and starts to pull ahead, then they invariably catch the next light and start the drag race all over again. There's no way to get around either of them as a gap never opens up.
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Some people need an education on how you merge on a highway. I was driving home on a two lane rural highway. I'm doing 10 over, which is basically the standard speed for the area. I come up top a truck doing 5 under in the right lane, so I calmly move into the left lane to make a pass. In the middle of the pass, we come up to a cross road, which has some light SUV sitting there, presumably wanting to cross the highway to get to the other side. Instead, fuckwit in the SUV decides to pull out on the highway, into my lane instead of the merge lane, and fails to get up to speed. Mind you, had fuckwit waited another minute, the truck and I would have passed by, and fuckwit would have had no traffic to contend with. Instead, I get to threshold brake from 75 to 25 to prevent rear ending said fuckwit, honking my horn at the same time. Fuckwit in the SUV waved at me, and then proceeded to not accelerate. They were still doing dangerously under the speed limit after the truck I was intending to pass moved on, allowing me to move to the right to pass the fuckwit and go on my merry way.
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Jeff Gerber posted:Is the inching forward behavior some sort of self-reinforcing Pavlovian thing? What really grates on my nerves is when people do this and then don't go when the light finally does turn. It's like they can't sit still at a red, but they'll sit at a green all day until someone honks at them.
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xzzy posted:I've always assumed that creepers are people not really paying attention. They barely got their foot on the brake, they go to send a text, and lift a little bit and start to roll. So then they brake again and repeat until they're halfway through the intersection. My mother in law does this, but it's just a bad habit. She's not in a hurry or distracted, just restless. Annoys the hell out of me.
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xzzy posted:He also kept doing that wobble left and right thing that riders sometimes do when showing off. That's called snaking and it's how you get turbo boosts, thank you very much
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nm posted:While I agree, it turns out that in most states a solid white line is only an advisory. A double white is manditory. Not that that stops anyone in the rare even there is a double white. In Arizona, a highway patrol officer in a gore point was killed by some moron deciding to take an exit at the last minute. Because of that they made driving or parking in a gore point illegal except in the case of a disabled vehicle (i.e. breaking down there). It's also pretty aggressively enforced, from 2009-2012 DPS wrote 6000 violations for that.
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Uthor posted:I hate when the car in the right lane accelerates slooooow up to 5 mph over the speed limit while the car in the left lane accelerates fast up to 5 under the speed limit. One car gets ahead by a car length, then the other catches up and starts to pull ahead, then they invariably catch the next light and start the drag race all over again. There's no way to get around either of them as a gap never opens up. MGIF! MGIF! MGIF! If the lights are timed so that the person accelerating quickly up to 5-under is hitting a red you'd gain absolutely nothing by getting in front of either of them other than the satisfaction of being the first person to stop at the next red light. Undoubtedly there'd be another you in traffic behind you annoyed they weren't in your spot. The amount of space that person isn't covering by going 5 under the limit is absolutely miniscule and wouldn't change the outcome. You are the people we share a road with.
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MisterOblivious posted:MGIF! MGIF! MGIF!
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The Locator posted:In Arizona, a highway patrol officer in a gore point was killed by some moron deciding to take an exit at the last minute. Because of that they made driving or parking in a gore point illegal except in the case of a disabled vehicle (i.e. breaking down there). It's also pretty aggressively enforced, from 2009-2012 DPS wrote 6000 violations for that. A friend of mine crossed the gore point, I want to say less than a year after that happened. He got a ticket and about a dozen earfuls. My wife even got hassled by DPS when her goddamn 280ZX vaporlocked in traffic in Tucson once and she could only get it into a gore point until it cooled off.
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