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LifeSunDeath posted:basically the premise of an anime: If those are stink lines that's basically how I ride a bike too.
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# ? Jan 31, 2018 19:11 |
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Not so much OSHA as "stupid driver" BUT.... https://gfycat.com/TiredUnacceptableHartebeest (it's too big and will break the table, just click the link) (EDIT: Fixed, lag of regulation enforcement for public safety caused me to make the error) Malek fucked around with this message at 14:49 on Feb 1, 2018 |
# ? Jan 31, 2018 19:15 |
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I've seen this in a bunch of places overseas and can't really see the advantage to stop lights that turn yellow prior to turning green since they're basically used as a signal to gun the engine 90% of the time. Is it just a holdover from an older standard that required switching Green->Yellow->Red and Red->Yellow->Green for mechanical reasons that was kept around because "that's what everyone knows"?
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# ? Jan 31, 2018 19:21 |
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The_end posted:I hate when people ride their bikes on the road i pay a license fee to use.
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# ? Jan 31, 2018 19:23 |
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Malek posted:Not so much OSHA as "stupid driver" BUT.... code:
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# ? Jan 31, 2018 19:32 |
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Malek posted:Not so much OSHA as "stupid driver" BUT.... Fixed
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# ? Jan 31, 2018 19:35 |
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Wasabi the J posted:I pay taxes too you gently caress face. Get a license for your toy you insist on playing with on the roads.
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# ? Jan 31, 2018 19:49 |
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Ornamental Dingbat posted:I've seen this in a bunch of places overseas and can't really see the advantage to stop lights that turn yellow prior to turning green since they're basically used as a signal to gun the engine 90% of the time. I could be wrong, but I think it has more to do with manual transmissions being more popular in non USA places. The extra yellow gives them a warning to get in gear before the green hits.
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# ? Jan 31, 2018 20:16 |
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Ornamental Dingbat posted:I've seen this in a bunch of places overseas and can't really see the advantage to stop lights that turn yellow prior to turning green since they're basically used as a signal to gun the engine 90% of the time.
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# ? Jan 31, 2018 20:28 |
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Ornamental Dingbat posted:I've seen this in a bunch of places overseas and can't really see the advantage to stop lights that turn yellow prior to turning green since they're basically used as a signal to gun the engine 90% of the time. it's a good way to give people a warning so they can slow down more smoothly instead of hammering the brake because it just suddenly turned red. It's also a good way to tell people it's time to put the pedal on the metal because you're about to be stopped by a red light get the gently caress going now
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# ? Jan 31, 2018 20:31 |
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Halser posted:it's a good way to give people a warning so they can slow down more smoothly instead of hammering the brake because it just suddenly turned red. Some countries have a yellow light before turning green. Nobody is baffled about why the light turns yellow before a red.
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# ? Jan 31, 2018 20:33 |
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Weembles posted:Some countries have a yellow light before turning green. Nobody is baffled about why the light turns yellow before a red. With the new shutdown/restart engines being a thing I can see these relics make sense again.
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# ? Jan 31, 2018 20:48 |
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evil_bunnY posted:so people can put their car in gear Why would your car be out of gear? I mean, I can see it at a long RR crossing or something, but do people really just put it in N at a red light?
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# ? Jan 31, 2018 20:53 |
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I see people do that in automatics.
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# ? Jan 31, 2018 20:55 |
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The Bloop posted:Why would your car be out of gear? Real answer: it’s loving annoying to hold the clutch regardless of weight.
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# ? Jan 31, 2018 21:01 |
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Lime Tonics posted:
Shoes didn't come off, good job with the shoelaces.
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# ? Jan 31, 2018 21:07 |
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Nenonen posted:Shoes didn't come off, good job with the shoelaces. Wheel did though. RIP bike.
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# ? Jan 31, 2018 22:04 |
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Meanwhile, across from my parent's house... https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/burnside-blaze-100-homes-evacuated-overnight Record high temperatures and high winds aren't a good combination when it comes to fire. Fortunately, it's raining now.
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# ? Jan 31, 2018 22:13 |
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That's what you get for naming an area Burnside.
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# ? Jan 31, 2018 22:53 |
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Ah, LOGS. I thought those were stacks of tires at first. That would have unleashed one hell of a stink.
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# ? Jan 31, 2018 23:44 |
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Weembles posted:Some countries have a yellow light before turning green. Nobody is baffled about why the light turns yellow before a red. Are there places with three light traffic lights that don’t go red - red + amber - green - amber - red? Because if you have an amber light you need to have some way of differentiating amber before red and amber before green.
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# ? Feb 1, 2018 00:46 |
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Butterfly Valley posted:Are there places with three light traffic lights that don’t go red - red + amber - green - amber - red? Because if you have an amber light you need to have some way of differentiating amber before red and amber before green. In the US a yellow always means it's about to turn red. Very simple and sensible.
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# ? Feb 1, 2018 00:50 |
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Butterfly Valley posted:Are there places with three light traffic lights that don’t go red - red + amber - green - amber - red? Because if you have an amber light you need to have some way of differentiating amber before red and amber before green. wtf is this simon says bullshit
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# ? Feb 1, 2018 00:55 |
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FCKGW posted:wtf is this simon says bullshit euros need to be notified that a red light is about to turn green like you can't just look to the lights on the cross road and see what status they're in i guess
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# ? Feb 1, 2018 00:56 |
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boner confessor posted:euros need to be notified that a red light is about to turn green like you can't just look to the lights on the cross road and see what status they're in i guess must be all the inbreeding
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# ? Feb 1, 2018 00:58 |
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Butterfly Valley posted:Are there places with three light traffic lights that don’t go red - red + amber - green - amber - red? Because if you have an amber light you need to have some way of differentiating amber before red and amber before green. Vancouver, BC: Lights go Green -> Yellow -> Red -> Green -> repeat. What the gently caress kind of light show are you getting.
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# ? Feb 1, 2018 01:11 |
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I drove for 3 months across North America, I obviously wasn’t paying too much attention to what your traffic lights were doing. Red + yellow makes sense when most people have manual gearboxes I guess.
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# ? Feb 1, 2018 01:17 |
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Why do you need yellow again before going back to green?
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# ? Feb 1, 2018 01:20 |
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boner confessor posted:euros need to be notified that a red light is about to turn green like you can't just look to the lights on the cross road and see what status they're in i guess England traffic lights do that. I'm okay with it. It skips some of the stupid bullshit we have here where the light turns green and it takes the first idiot half a second to realize it and start moving, and then the second idiot a half second to realize that the first idiot has moved and now he can, and repeat for every idiot waiting at the light.
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# ? Feb 1, 2018 01:22 |
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Arrhythmia posted:Vancouver, BC: Lights go Green -> Yellow -> Red -> Green -> repeat. What the gently caress kind of light show are you getting. Mac 2000-based stoplights. Turn every stop into a show.
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# ? Feb 1, 2018 01:28 |
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Phanatic posted:England traffic lights do that. I'm okay with it. It skips some of the stupid bullshit we have here where the light turns green and it takes the first idiot half a second to realize it and start moving, and then the second idiot a half second to realize that the first idiot has moved and now he can, and repeat for every idiot waiting at the light. it would be pointless in the us regardless since everyone is staring at their phones when waiting at red lights
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# ? Feb 1, 2018 01:43 |
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GotLag posted:That's what you get for naming an area Burnside. Now it's raining heavily and starting to flood.
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# ? Feb 1, 2018 01:44 |
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https://i.imgur.com/aoIutle.mp4
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# ? Feb 1, 2018 01:52 |
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What got gonked, the oil pan or the actual engine block?
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# ? Feb 1, 2018 02:56 |
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So that's how those things stay lubricated.
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# ? Feb 1, 2018 02:59 |
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Interesting Vox video on danger symbols: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOEqzt36JEM
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# ? Feb 1, 2018 03:25 |
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Volcott posted:What got gonked, the oil pan or the actual engine block? Probably the pan, could be a cast aluminium thing that cracks easily.
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# ? Feb 1, 2018 03:33 |
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evil_bunnY posted:In civilized countries drivers slow down at the yellow. What my driving instructor taught me was 'if you can safely stop, do that. If the fastest safe stop would put you over the line, then proceed though.' This way you don't have to judge how much time is left on yellow. It's irrelevant.
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# ? Feb 1, 2018 04:20 |
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evil_bunnY posted:In civilized countries drivers slow down at the yellow. So what your saying is there isn't anywhere where anyone slows down for a yellow?
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# ? Feb 1, 2018 04:29 |
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Guy Axlerod posted:Unlike True American Hero Robert Landsberg, who used his last living moments to advance science. It's a god damned shame more people don't know who he is.
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