OSHA: definitely bent in the straight places

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Ornamental Dingbat: Feb 26, 2007

LifeSunDeath posted:

basically the premise of an anime:

If those are stink lines that's basically how I ride a bike too.

# ? Jan 31, 2018 19:11

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# ? May 17, 2024 20:50

Malek: Jun 22, 2003; Shut up Girl!
And as always: Kill Hitler.

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

Ornamental Dingbat: Feb 26, 2007

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"?

# ? Jan 31, 2018 19:21

tactlessbastard: Feb 4, 2001; Godspeed, post; Fun Shoe

The_end posted:

I hate when people ride their bikes on the road i pay a license fee to use.

# ? Jan 31, 2018 19:23

Potrzebie: Apr 6, 2010; I may not know what I'm talking about, but I sure love cops! ^^ Boy, but that boot is just yummy!; Lipstick Apathy

Malek posted:

Not so much OSHA as "stupid driver" BUT....

https://giant.gfycat.com/TiredUnacceptableHartebeest

(it's too big and will break the table, just click the link)

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Is this really OSHA?

# ? Jan 31, 2018 19:32

JB50: Feb 13, 2008

Malek posted:

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)

Fixed

# ? Jan 31, 2018 19:35

The_end: May 17, 2014

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.

# ? Jan 31, 2018 19:49

Explosionface: May 30, 2011; We can dance if we want to,
we can leave Marle behind.
'Cause your fiends don't dance,
and if they don't dance,
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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.

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"?

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.

# ? Jan 31, 2018 20:16

evil_bunnY: Apr 2, 2003

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.

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"?

In civilized countries drivers slow down at the yellow. Some also use a short (<1s) red+yellow setting between red and green so people can put their car in gear or start pedaling before green lights up. It�s rad.

# ? Jan 31, 2018 20:28

Halser: Aug 24, 2016

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.

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"?

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

# ? Jan 31, 2018 20:31

Weembles: Apr 19, 2004

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.
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

Some countries have a yellow light before turning green. Nobody is baffled about why the light turns yellow before a red.

# ? Jan 31, 2018 20:33

Tafferling: Oct 22, 2008; DOOT DOOT
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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.

# ? Jan 31, 2018 20:48

The Bloop: Jul 5, 2004; by Fluffdaddy

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?

# ? Jan 31, 2018 20:53

Taerkar: Dec 7, 2002; kind of into it, really

I see people do that in automatics.

# ? Jan 31, 2018 20:55

evil_bunnY: Apr 2, 2003

The Bloop posted:

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?

Race clutch to hold back our wild rear end euro inline 4�s.
Real answer: it�s loving annoying to hold the clutch regardless of weight.

# ? Jan 31, 2018 21:01

Nenonen: Oct 22, 2009; Mulla on aina kolkyt donaa taskussa

Lime Tonics posted:

trains always win, why don't people get it.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/wor...uises-only.html

Shoes didn't come off, good job with the shoelaces.

# ? Jan 31, 2018 21:07

Kibayasu: Mar 28, 2010

Nenonen posted:

Shoes didn't come off, good job with the shoelaces.

Wheel did though. RIP bike.

# ? Jan 31, 2018 22:04

Say Nothing: Mar 5, 2013; by FactsAreUseless

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.

# ? Jan 31, 2018 22:13

GotLag: Jul 17, 2005; 食べちゃダメだよ

That's what you get for naming an area Burnside.

# ? Jan 31, 2018 22:53

Buff Skeleton: Oct 24, 2005

Ah, LOGS. I thought those were stacks of tires at first. That would have unleashed one hell of a stink.

# ? Jan 31, 2018 23:44

Butterfly Valley: Apr 19, 2007; I am a spectacularly bad poster and everyone in the Schadenfreude thread hates my guts.

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.

# ? Feb 1, 2018 00:46

glynnenstein: Feb 18, 2014

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.

# ? Feb 1, 2018 00:50

FCKGW: May 21, 2006

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

# ? Feb 1, 2018 00:55

boner confessor: Apr 25, 2013; by R. Guyovich

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

# ? Feb 1, 2018 00:56

Blast of Confetti: Apr 21, 2008; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

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

# ? Feb 1, 2018 00:58

Arrhythmia: Jul 22, 2011

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.

# ? Feb 1, 2018 01:11

Butterfly Valley: Apr 19, 2007; I am a spectacularly bad poster and everyone in the Schadenfreude thread hates my guts.

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.

# ? Feb 1, 2018 01:17

Fallows: Jan 20, 2005; If he waits long enough he can use his accrued interest from his savings to bring his negative checking balance back into the black.

Why do you need yellow again before going back to green?

# ? Feb 1, 2018 01:20

Phanatic: Mar 13, 2007; Please don't forget that I am an extremely racist idiot who also has terrible opinions about the Culture series.

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.

# ? Feb 1, 2018 01:22

Brute Squad: Dec 20, 2006; Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human race

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.

# ? Feb 1, 2018 01:28

boner confessor: Apr 25, 2013; by R. Guyovich

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

# ? Feb 1, 2018 01:43

Say Nothing: Mar 5, 2013; by FactsAreUseless

GotLag posted:

That's what you get for naming an area Burnside.

Now it's raining heavily and starting to flood.

# ? Feb 1, 2018 01:44

Kith: Sep 17, 2009; You never learn anything
by doing it right.

https://i.imgur.com/aoIutle.mp4

# ? Feb 1, 2018 01:52

Volcott: Mar 30, 2010; People paying American dollars to let other people know they didn't agree with someone's position on something is the lifeblood of these forums.

What got gonked, the oil pan or the actual engine block?

# ? Feb 1, 2018 02:56

Space Kablooey: May 6, 2009

So that's how those things stay lubricated.

# ? Feb 1, 2018 02:59

Three-Phase: Aug 5, 2006; by zen death robot

Interesting Vox video on danger symbols:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOEqzt36JEM

# ? Feb 1, 2018 03:25

Memento: Aug 25, 2009; Bleak Gremlin

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.

# ? Feb 1, 2018 03:33

The Lone Badger: Sep 24, 2007

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.

# ? Feb 1, 2018 04:20