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Rhyno posted:I saw a cop flash his lights to bypass a red light a while back. All Cops Ate Burgers
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GnarlyCharlie4u posted:What's up nova goon? I'd like to add that 66 inside the beltway being tuned into express lanes until 7pm is terrible car stuff. I don't mind the express lane part, but what was wrong with 6:30? The 5:30am start is going to make me change my routine to neighborhood streets because my shift starts at 6am but Metro opens too late and is too unreliable to count on to be on-time then. I'm certainly not going to pay whatever astronomical toll rates that we'll have given this region's wealth. I'm a little too physically broken for a bike commute now, or that might really be the best option, which would be cool if I could do it.
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Nov 16, 2017 18:03
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Darchangel posted:First step: probably don't drive a CRV, unless you want them to be granny panties. Them shits have picnic tables in the back, maybe the panties are dropped because ladies love impromptu roadside picnics?
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Nov 16, 2017 18:08
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Rhyno posted:I saw a cop flash his lights to bypass a red light a while back. Is this supposed to be shocking? It seems that cops abusing their power is SOP pretty much everywhere. See also cops blatantly talking on their cellphones while driving (its a 3-point offense and a like $ 400 ticket where im from).
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Nov 16, 2017 18:15
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BlackMK4 posted:Probably looking for a hamburgler. Robble robble
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Nov 16, 2017 18:18
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Darchangel posted:Well, it's mandated that the only white light on a car be forward-facing, and turn indicators can't be white (flashing), so the easiest way for manufacturers is to make the lens amber. Some are brave enough to spec amber bulbs, trusting the consumer to replace with same.  That orange thing ahead of the front wheel? Not present on our versions.
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Nov 16, 2017 18:55
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InitialDave posted:That's true here, too, though, but we don't get the gently caress-ugly corner markers. Not sure if it's a factory option or what but some us models have those corner markers painted with some sort of finish that matches the paint yet stil allows them to show Amber light
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Nov 16, 2017 19:36
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Un chien andalou posted:Is this supposed to be shocking? It seems that cops abusing their power is SOP pretty much everywhere. See also cops blatantly talking on their cellphones while driving (its a 3-point offense and a like $ 400 ticket where im from). No cell phone regulations here. But yeah, it was pretty shocking that he'd flip his lights to get a burger.
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Nov 16, 2017 19:43
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Rhyno posted:No cell phone regulations here. But yeah, it was pretty shocking that he'd flip his lights to get a burger. lol... I used to see a Phoenix motor officer using his lights to drive in the emergency lane down I-10. Every single day at the same time, because hey, he's a cop, why should he have to get up in time to get to work using legal traffic lanes like all of us mortals? Cops gotta cop sometimes, and they don't seem to give a poo poo that people notice and it paints all of them with a patina to us normal citizens.
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Nov 16, 2017 19:46
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Chaosfirev posted:What about reverse lights which are also white? When your reverse lights are on, they're on the side of the car that is facing forward.
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Nov 16, 2017 19:49
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davebo posted:When your reverse lights are on, they're on the side of the car that is facing forward. I'm not sure you understand facings. At least on my car, the reverse lights are always on the side of the car that is facing backwards.
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Nov 16, 2017 19:51
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The Locator posted:I'm not sure you understand facings. At least on my car, the reverse lights are always on the side of the car that is facing backwards. i bet you're one of those people who thinks it's okay to drive backwards down a one-way street because your car is facing the right way
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Nov 16, 2017 19:56
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The Locator posted:The world was different if you go back in to the past far enough. My father has lots of funny cop stories that would get you shot or thrown in jail immediately now, but back then were either a stern talking to, or nothing at all. For example he got into drag races with a cop on Central Ave. in Phoenix in the late 50's while driving a DeSoto with side-pipes, and it was the cop who gave the challenge. Still can happen. A couple years back I was driving a beater Lesabre up I69 from Indy to Fort Wayne. I just wanted to get home and traffic was light. Well needless to say there was a group of us that felt the same way and we formed into a wolf pack of sorts. After leading for awhile you feel you are pushing your luck with what would amount to a very healthy ticket so you move right and someone else takes the lead for a while and you drop back in line type of scenario. Had a Charger behind me when I was out in front. In these circumstances you are analyzing every drat detail of the car from lights, antennas, plates...anything that could give it away as an unmarked. We are all doing 90-95 or so in a 70 and swapping positions. After about an hour the Charger moves out in front, flashes his lights in the back glass for a couple seconds and exits off the interstate. That was a hell of a send off and I'm sure he was laughing his rear end off as we all collectively poo poo ourselves.
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Colostomy Bag posted:Still can happen. A couple years back I was driving a beater Lesabre up I69 from Indy to Fort Wayne. I just wanted to get home and traffic was light. Well needless to say there was a group of us that felt the same way and we formed into a wolf pack of sorts. After leading for awhile you feel you are pushing your luck with what would amount to a very healthy ticket so you move right and someone else takes the lead for a while and you drop back in line type of scenario. As a former Ball State student who's driven part of that route many many times, it's not often you can get a smooth drive on that road after the lanes narrow leaving Indy. I'm sure he was relishing the opportunity.
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Un chien andalou posted:See also cops blatantly talking on their cellphones while driving (its a 3-point offense and a like $ 400 ticket where im from).
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Nov 16, 2017 21:28
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slidebite posted:LEOs are specifically exempted from distracted driving legislation here. Obviously they must be far better multi-taskers than every other human being. Uhhhhhh they've got special training, don't you get that knowing how to use the equipment means it's less distracting to use it while driving?
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Nov 16, 2017 21:32
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Enourmo posted:Uhhhhhh they've got special training, don't you get that knowing how to use the equipment means it's less distracting to use it while driving? Their awesome driving training allows them to completely safely use an in-car computer to run the plates of the car in front of them, while talking to their sergeant on the cell phone, answering the dispatcher on the radio, and driving in traffic simultaneously.
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Nov 16, 2017 21:40
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The Locator posted:I'm not sure you understand facings. At least on my car, the reverse lights are always on the side of the car that is facing backwards. I posit that whatever direction you are looking and moving in, at that moment, is forward. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zl8AlwddthU&t=61s
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Nov 16, 2017 21:49
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slidebite posted:LEOs are specifically exempted from distracted driving legislation here. Obviously they must be far better multi-taskers than every other human being. Locally the LEOs are exempted because the city can't be assets to provide navigation in their vehicles, and frequently rotate officers from zone to zone. In a major metroplex, the phone is often the only means of getting somewhere.
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Colostomy Bag posted:Still can happen. A couple years back I was driving a beater Lesabre up I69 from Indy to Fort Wayne. I just wanted to get home and traffic was light. Well needless to say there was a group of us that felt the same way and we formed into a wolf pack of sorts. After leading for awhile you feel you are pushing your luck with what would amount to a very healthy ticket so you move right and someone else takes the lead for a while and you drop back in line type of scenario. If I was that cop I'd be laughing my rear end off for sure. Semi related: El Paso to Dallas, was on I-10. That's a long, boring drive. Had a pack of cars go flying past me, so I caught up and joined in. Same thing, we'd change leads now and then. Probably 8 or 10 cars? Radar detector goes off when I'm up front, I hit the brakes, everyone else hits them. Cop coming the other way flips a u-turn, and pulls over grandpa in an F-150 that we were coming up on, who looked like he was doing the speed limit. I always wonder if his radar actually caught us (we were going around a bend in the road if that matters?), and he just assumed it was the first car he saw. I managed to make that trip in 7 1/2 hours, door to door. It's normally a 10 hour drive. (the next time I made that trip I wound up getting a ticket or 15 or 20 over  )Last time I was coming back from Austin I was flying low on I-35, and TWICE I saw a State Trooper flying up behind me. I assumed they were trying to catch up to me to pull me over, thought I was getting a ticket both times, but they just blew past me. No lights. I'd guess they were doing over 100.
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I drove to LA and back from Houston several years ago. Got pulled over the first time in my life going 90-something on I-10 near Ft. Stockton. The funny thing is I had a guy shoot past me going well over 100 so I decided to slow back down to the 80-something mph speed limit. Not long after a state trooper shoots past me and over the next hill I see that he's pulled over the other guy. I change lanes to pass them and the trooper jumps out into the road and flags me down. That is he is attempting to pull over two people at once I'm 100 degree heat. (In my 160k mile, beat up 240sx.) After at least fifteen minutes writing up the other guy he wanders over to my car, I guess looking for something to ticket me for, then gives me a verbal warning to slow down. So I guess he never clocked me. It was an odd experience. Miraculously the 240sx was reliable for those trips but the next year both the radiator and the fuel tank both developed cracks/leaks and I wound up fixing them and later selling the car since I was about to finish grad school and it seemed like everything was starting to fall apart.
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I had a new S60R and I was a young rear end in a top hat, so at about 1am I decided to open it up on an empty freeway and hit 150mph... at which point I shot right past a CHP sitting on the side of the highway. I slowed to 70 and never saw him behind me, so he must have been working on paperwork or otherwise distracted. It still scared me enough to keep me from speeding for a good, like, week.
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e: I probably shouldn't be telling these stories 
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i have walked from every traffic infraction ever save red light cameras. 
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This is boring but I noticed ever since I started doing track stuff that I am driving like a relative grandpa. The last ticket I got was solely because I didn't notice a speed limit change prior to a small town speed trap.
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Nov 17, 2017 01:23
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   Again i would rock it, still terrible car stuff.
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Needs a horn that sounds like the banshee wails mountain lions make in lieu of roars.
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Yu-Gi-Ho! posted:My actual Integra with the JDM headlamp swap Aren't you being e-stalked, Mr. ©2004?
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Yeah uh, whoever pulled that poo poo already obviously has my name, and it was  to remove a 13 year old watermark.
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  Apparently this GT86 clutch had 298 miles on it. Not 298k. 298 miles.
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What in the hell causes that? Is that terrible customer failure or terrible mechanical failure?
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Cop Porn Popper posted:What in the hell causes that? Is that terrible customer failure or terrible mechanical failure? Clutch dump, and they think they're doing a burnout.
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Goober Peas posted:Why is it that it's always a Honda or Toyota that is driving at night with no lights? I kept blinking my lights at the guy in front of me last night, no lights in a black 4Runner. He didn't see the cop behind me. After a few redlights, I pulled to the curb and let the cop flash some lights. Cop rolled down his window and said he'd handle it from here. I see it with Nissans, Mazdas Hyundai, Kia, some jeeps etc.... My car ('09 Corolla) has auto headlights. Full system comes on once it gets to be a certain...... darkness? When its already dark, as soon as I take off the parking brake. It doesn't shut off again until I turn off the engine. I still use the loving switch because I'm not an idiot. Or maybe because I am, not sure.
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The way most auto settings work is with a light sensor, usually placed on top if the dash towards the front of the windshield. When ambient light gets below a threshold value for a certain amount of time, usually something like 5-10 seconds, the headlights turn on. Remember to keep that sensor clean and unobstructed, lest you want your car to think it's night time all night all day long. 
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Back in the days before auto lights and all that fancy stuff I just turned my lights on whenever I got in the car, and only turned them off when I got out (on account of lights being stupid in those days, and remaining on after shutting off the car). I don't know why you wouldn't. Save electrons?
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I like it the way my Volvo 850 used to do it. Bought the car, switched on the lights, never touched the knob again till the card died cause the lights just turn off when you turn off the car.
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wesleywillis posted:My car ('09 Corolla) has auto headlights. Full system comes on once it gets to be a certain...... darkness? When its already dark, as soon as I take off the parking brake. It doesn't shut off again until I turn off the engine. My 06 Saturn has automatic lights too, except if it's already dark, they kick on as soon as I turn on the ignition. When I turn it to start, it kills the headlights while cranking (but keeps the parking lights on). When I park, headlights themselves stay on something like 30 or 45 seconds, parking lights shut off immediately. The DRLs (which on my car are the front turn signals run at full brightness), if i'm driving during the day, are basically controlled by the parking brake. If I had the automatic transmission version, they'd be on anytime the car wasn't in park. Since I have the automatic headlight option, there's a position on the headlight switch to force everything off - it also turns off the DRLs. It's a momentary contact switch, spring loaded of course, and default behavior takes over every time the car is started, so you have to actively work to shut off the lights or DRLs. I think it was only the top of the line Ion that got the full auto treatment though. On lower trims, you couldn't turn off the DRLs manually (outside of park or using the parking brake). They also have an odd fine line when it's rainy/gloomy - I turn them on manually when it's raining, but if I turn them back off, unless it's a full sunny day, they stay on until I shut off the engine. But when I do shut off the engine, everything goes off immediately (assuming the switch has been moved back to "auto") instead of the headlight exit timer taking over.  The BCM has some other oddities, such as immediately locking the doors when shut if you shut off the ignition before the car was at a full stop (and locking them every time you close the door afterwards until the next time you start the car), and doesn't allow the interior lights to come on if you open the door if you're not at a full stop (I'm doing deliveries for the world's biggest micromanager, seconds count damnit). I'm not talking flinging the door open at 20 mph.. I'm talking 1 mph, as I'm shutting off the engine, setting the parking brake, taking my foot off the clutch, taking off my seatbelt, and jumping out (all in about half a second). i've been bit in the rear end enough times about the "hey gently caress you I'm locking the doors again" bit that I keep a spare key in my wallet now.e: the car is setup to unlock the doors automatically when I shut off the key... it just says "no gently caress you, I'm locking them again" the moment you click the door shut if the car wasn't already at a complete standstill when the ignition was shut off. randomidiot fucked around with this message at 14:04 on Nov 17, 2017 |
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I just want to know which rear end in a top hat at GM decided that reverse lights should be tied to dome lights, or be lit in any gear other than reverse. Can't count the number of times I've waited for someone to back out of a parking space only to see them walk away from their car instead. 
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