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spog posted:(So, 55 isn't a blanket limit? Guess my reference material for US traffic laws, 'Smokey and the Bandit' is out of date) One thing I loved about driving in the US was finding single carridgeway roads in Nevada which would have been 60mph A roads in the UK having a 70 limit. Of course the downside of contextual speed limits all the fun twisty roads with super low limits which would have been a 60 limit in the UK.
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spog posted:I've heard mentioned a few time about the US police having a policy of not chasing bikers. I've heard this any maybe some counties have this policy, but you bet they'll play relay overwatch with choppers until you stop for gas or crash, unless you're in a podunk area with no birds in which case Jim Bob will call the sheriffs and tell them THAT DURN ROBERTSON BOY IS RACING AGAIN. We have bike chases all the time in LA and the cruisers just hold back at a reasonable speed until the guy runs out of fuel, jumps a fence and gets owned by a police dog on live TV.
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iwentdoodie posted:100 on a bike also totally depends on the bike. If you're on a quiet, sport touring bike or the like and you're in full gear with reflective gear most cops don't even glance at you.  Around here they won't bother chasing most of the time. They'll just wait for you to wreck then scrape you off the pavement. Once they have your plate and description it isn't worth the risk, a few have run only to find them waiting in the driveway when they get home.
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spog posted:(So, 55 isn't a blanket limit? Guess my reference material for US traffic laws, 'Smokey and the Bandit' is out of date) The bottom half of Utah is 80 MPH and it's magical. That said I've seen people pulled over for 85, and 90 is pretty much a guarantee that you're getting pulled over. meatpimp a Honda Odyssey is easily the best mini van, but the best non-minivan available is the Ford Flex. We bought a '13 ecoboost Flex and love it. Captains chairs in the middle row so getting to the back seat is easy and doesn't require kids jumping over a seat. The tech is great and it's super comfortable. It's basically a modern wagon that kicks major rear end.
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May 15, 2016 18:59
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ilkhan posted:Did nobody see my weird car post? Not a single reply... I saw it, didn't know what to say.  corn in the fridge posted:I watched Deadpool on my flight and holy poo poo what a terrible film. Boring start to finish and every joke painfully forced and unfunny. I can't see how anyone with an IQ higher than room temperature actually finding this sort of tripe enjoyable. I haven't seen it but wouldn't it be edited a lot if being shown on a plane?
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Somewhat Heroic posted:The bottom half of Utah is 80 MPH and it's magical. That said I've seen people pulled over for 85, and 90 is pretty much a guarantee that you're getting pulled over. From what I've heard, the 80mph states have less tolerance for speeding. I've even heard the parts of Texas with 85mph speed limits will pretty much pull you for 1mph over that. Personally I believe on most U.S. Interstate highways 80-85 is the upper limit for what's safe for continuous cruising. I know nearly every AIer will talk about cruising at 100+ for miles but I wouldn't want to encounter an errant pebble or have a blowout (or be behind someone having a blowout) Edit: Also once you get to that point the commercial truck vs passenger vehicle speed delta is getting more and more dangerous. Aren't a lot of trucks limited to 62 or 65?
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CharlesM posted:No dashcam? It crapped out a few weeks ago. corn in the fridge posted:I watched Deadpool on my flight and holy poo poo what a terrible film. They should have shown Snakes on a Plane instead. Or Airplane.
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spog posted:I've heard mentioned a few time about the US police having a policy of not chasing bikers. No, because you'd get to your first fuel stop and get turbofucked, because they can just park a helicopter over your rear end. They're not going to chase you by car, they'll do it by radio instead. Liquid Communism fucked around with this message at 21:49 on May 15, 2016 |
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Huh.. Well, looks like I now have my own AI catte. While my wife and kids were out, they brought back a Maine coon kitten.
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keykey posted:Huh.. Well, looks like I now have my own AI catte. While my wife and kids were out, they brought back a Maine coon kitten. Maine Coons are adooorable little rascals. 
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The Royal Nonesuch posted:We have bike chases all the time in LA and the cruisers just hold back at a reasonable speed until the guy runs out of fuel, jumps a fence and gets owned by a police dog on live TV. Liquid Communism posted:No, because you'd get to your first fuel stop and get turbofucked, because they can just park a helicopter over your rear end. 
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May 15, 2016 22:20
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How to evade police helicopters: drive near a military base. That'll change all the spawns to hydras and jeeps and those are cake to dodge.
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Holy poo poo. New "Me at ur posting" gif!
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E: you know what's brown and black and looks good on a politician's arm? a german shepherd Previa_fun posted:From what I've heard, the 80mph states have less tolerance for speeding. I've even heard the parts of Texas with 85mph speed limits will pretty much pull you for 1mph over that. Honestly, as someone who speeds like a mad oval office (75-80 and sometimes 85 is speed of traffic around here, I usually maintain around 80-85) I would probably stay right at 80-85 if the limit was one of those. I get decent fuel economy at that speed still and have no real desire to go any faster than that. kastein fucked around with this message at 22:36 on May 15, 2016 |
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It kind of depends on what you drive too, in my brother's car with purple heart plates, I was routinely butting up against the speed governor down I-57, so that's like 105 mph IRCC. But that Texas speed limit poo poo is no joke, we got pulled over and issued a warning for driving 3mph over the limit on an open highway at 4am
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corn in the fridge posted:I watched Deadpool on my flight and holy poo poo what a terrible film. Boring start to finish and every joke painfully forced and unfunny. I can't see how anyone with an IQ higher than room temperature actually finding this sort of tripe enjoyable. You need some International Women's Day to cheer you up.
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keykey posted:Huh.. Well, looks like I now have my own AI catte. While my wife and kids were out, they brought back a Maine coon kitten. I miss my little buddy every day. Maine Coon best cat.
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scuz posted:I watched Deadpool in a theater with my friends and holy poo poo what a fun film. Tongue-in-cheek start to finish and every joke really fit the characters and source material. I can't see how anyone with a sense of fun wouldn't find this kind of movie-going experience enjoyable. Oh yeah I forgot that I hate fun. Actually I really enjoy fun except zany wacky puerile humour isn't fun it's intellectually bankrupt. Boooorrring. Good film for overweight manchildren with an inflated sense of their own intelligence i guess
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Goddammit Stump, your van's power steering is a bad influence on impressionable vehicles. Ok, that's actually not so bad. Let's try it with pressure.  
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corn in the fridge posted:I watched Deadpool on my flight and holy poo poo what a terrible film. Boring start to finish and every joke painfully forced and unfunny. I can't see how anyone with an IQ higher than room temperature actually finding this sort of tripe enjoyable. I see you're new to superhero movies.
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corn in the fridge posted:Oh yeah I forgot that I hate fun. Actually I really enjoy fun except zany wacky puerile humour isn't fun it's intellectually bankrupt. Boooorrring. Good film for overweight manchildren with an inflated sense of their own intelligence i guess What are some films you enjoy, just for comparisons sake
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Slavvy posted:I see you're new to superhero movies. See, the point that has not been addressed is -- what room? Different rooms have different temperatures. I'd be very displeased with the IQ of the temperature of a shaded room in Iceland in the middle of Winter. I'd be quite comfortable with the IQ of the temperature of a room in a shack in Death Valley in August. 
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corn in the fridge posted:Oh yeah I forgot that I hate fun. Actually I really enjoy fun except zany wacky puerile humour isn't fun it's intellectually bankrupt. Boooorrring. Good film for overweight manchildren with an inflated sense of their own intelligence i guess I do say, I also will not accept the commoners in their theatrical choices. I especially will not partake in their enjoyment in their poppycock known as Deadpool. I would rather enjoy the cukinary delighy of spotted dick. Oh, what's that? My Ascot is once again in my dickey? Oh bother..
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Oh poo poo Dave. What vehicle is that? My van has now passed its MOT and done 135 miles with its bodged connection. Mechanic I took it to shrugged and said it would probably be fine, but I think I'll fix it at some point. It's not weeping or anything but I figure it's mode of failure will be straight from fine to hosed in a fraction of a second.
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Great Beer posted:What are some films you enjoy, just for comparisons sake *copies and pastes imdb's top 50* Also lol at watching an entire movie when the first 5 minutes annoys you.
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Great Beer posted:What are some films you enjoy, just for comparisons sake I don't watch films very often I'd rather read a book
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corn in the fridge posted:I don't watch films very often I'd rather read a book do you even own a television?
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Liquid Communism posted:No, because you'd get to your first fuel stop and get turbofucked, because they can just park a helicopter over your rear end. If the biker tries it in a major metro area this might happen, but most law enforcement agencies outside of major cities don't have helicopters, when they do they don't have the budget to keep them flying constantly or even have a flight crew on standby to scramble on moment's notice - even then they probably couldn't get on station fast enough for it to make a difference. Last fourth of July I witnessed a sports bike flee from an OSHP cruiser, and the patrolman made it through the intersection before turning his lights off and pulling into a gas station.
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corn in the fridge posted:I don't watch films very often I'd rather read a book That doesn't answer the question though fam, what films do you rate?
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corn in the fridge posted:I don't watch films very often I'd rather read a book Oh. You're one of THOSE people.. I'm sorry. I've had to read too many goddamn books in my life so if I have a choice of entertainment mechanism whether fed through my eyes to my mind vs eyes and ears to brain, I choose the latter. In the end, I get the gist of the story without being out too much time. A side benefit is beers and friends.
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Sinestro posted:do you even own a television? He spends all of his time trolling AI in Something Awful Forums
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stump posted:Oh poo poo Dave. What vehicle is that? My van has now passed its MOT and done 135 miles with its bodged connection. Mechanic I took it to shrugged and said it would probably be fine, but I think I'll fix it at some point. It's not weeping or anything but I figure it's mode of failure will be straight from fine to hosed in a fraction of a second. They run the pipes across the front behind the mouth of the lower grille, so they act as a cooler, but of course this means they also get blasted with grit, water and winter salt, so it's hardly surprising that the above happens I guess.
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Goober Peas posted:He spends all of his time trolling AI in Something Awful Forums Truly, the most enlightened form of entertainment.
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If it's a beater already it's time to do some science experiments on it. Do they have JB Weld steel stick in Blighty?
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Liquid Communism posted:No, because you'd get to your first fuel stop and get turbofucked, because they can just park a helicopter over your rear end. No. There are long-standing advisories, policies, briefs, etc. as well as legal precedent against pursuit. Most counties and state agencies adopted limited pursuit policies as early back as the 80s; adopted them because of numerous studies and statistics that shows, in the end, it's not worth it. Not because people will get away from a radio, helicopter, and full-court-press defense of every available officer, but because most pursuits end with injury or death and most of the time the runner is running from a relatively minor offense. Often those injuries were police officers or bystanders. To quote one article: "Almost all U.S. law enforcement agencies have adopted a restrictive pursuit policy, according to the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP). About one-fifth of police departments allow pursuits only for felony offenses, while half require the pursuit to end when the suspect has been identified, according to the IACP study. "Ending the pursuit" often means the officer must switch off his lights and siren, stop, and turn around. ...Departments commonly require the permission of a supervisor to allow or continue a pursuit. The new limited-pursuit policies mean that if an officer is chasing someone, the officer—and his supervisors—believes the suspect has done something really bad." So you want to discourage speeding and running from the cops, knock yourself out. But don't try to make reality out to be something it isn't just because a false picture better suits your narrative. Really quick Google searches will turn up articles and briefs about limited pursuit rules, and if you're lucky, you'll even be able to directly find your state or local police's ACTUAL PURSUIT POLICY. Most of them show just how much of a loving pain in the rear end it is to pursue someone.
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meatpimp posted:Holy poo poo. New "Me at ur posting" gif! Hmmm, might be a bit too big once you resize it to really be effective.
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keykey posted:Oh. You're one of THOSE people.. I'm sorry. I've had to read too many goddamn books in my life so if I have a choice of entertainment mechanism whether fed through my eyes to my mind vs eyes and ears to brain, I choose the latter. In the end, I get the gist of the story without being out too much time. A side benefit is beers and friends. Books provide more than just entertainment. Unless, of course, you don't read very good books.
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I'd like to see a venn diagram of people who enjoy superhero movies and people who read books without pictures in them.
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corn in the fridge posted:Books provide more than just entertainment. Unless, of course, you don't read very good books. Ok, since you're dodging the question of "what movies do you consider to be palatable," then tell us what books tickle your intellectual sensibilities. You Am I posted:Hmmm, might be a bit too big once you resize it to really be effective. But how can I use words to fully communicate the air-to-ground dog followed by helicopter-born strike force that is unleashed when I read ur posts?
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Slavvy posted:I'd like to see a venn diagram of people who enjoy superhero movies and people who read books without pictures in them. You can do both.
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