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Vanagoon posted:This here never gets old: Man, I really hope that guy didn't murder anyone cause that was too awesome not to cheer for him a little
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# ? Aug 3, 2018 16:18 |
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Geoj posted:You'd be surprised how far a department can push this law. What the hell was that name of that Ohio "village" that was so notorious for pulling over people they dissolved it? I can't think of the name wolrah posted:I've always found that funny too. Of all the states I've driven in, I feel like Ohio is the easiest to speed in particularly because of this. There are only certain places the cops can sit when running speed patrols, they have to be marked with a light bar, and they have to have at least their parking lights on any time drivers would have to have their headlights on. Only place not to speed is across borders when going into OH. Indiana is notorious now. They'll use the DOT truck stuff, all the tricks (lets leave the trunk open to block the lights, etc.
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# ? Aug 3, 2018 16:44 |
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Vanagoon posted:This here never gets old: holy poo poo the last one made me spit out my coffee laughing
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# ? Aug 3, 2018 16:46 |
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dee eight posted:I'm teaching a kid how to drive and yellow light timing is a part of the lessons. Thank god there are no red light cams around here to complicate things. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NEFYCaKakE
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# ? Aug 3, 2018 16:53 |
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FBS posted:Lucky me, Dallas cops are both clearly marked and too understaffed to deal with anything as unimportant as traffic violations I've seen them work in coordination on the Dallas highways. One guy parked on the shoulder of an overpass looking for speeders, and then 4-5 cop cars a mile later who have bagged everyone their buddy pointed out. And yeah, thank gently caress Texas police are still too into tradition to do sneaky poo poo like that shadow-text. All of their cruisers and SUVs are black and white with visible lightbars, and the sherrifs are in brown.
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# ? Aug 3, 2018 18:17 |
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Colostomy Bag posted:What the hell was that name of that Ohio "village" that was so notorious for pulling over people they dissolved it? I can't think of the name New Rome. Wikipedia posted:New Rome police had systematically taken advantage of the village's sudden drop (from 45 mph (72 km/h) to 35 mph (56 km/h)) in the posted speed limit along the busy thoroughfare of West Broad Street to pull over thousands of motorists, raising nearly $400,000 gross annually from speeding tickets, but primarily vehicle citations, including trivial offenses such as dusty taillights and improperly tinted windows. Nearly all of this money was funneled back into the police force, which almost exclusively dealt with traffic violations and so essentially existed to fund itself. The 60-resident village had as many as 14 policemen (all part-time), with the Village Council wanting more.[3] And also Wikipedia posted:New Rome also had longstanding problems with internal corruption. Several past New Rome officials, including a past clerk, were caught stealing thousands of dollars in public funds; others, including a past mayor, resigned after misuse of village credit cards came to light. Approximately $120,000 was stolen from New Rome over the course of a decade, according to the Ohio State Auditor, who also concluded that the village's poor accounting practices made continuing theft likely. Mayor's court records were also reported to have been destroyed and falsified. A federal grant to the village in 1996 to fight purportedly rising burglaries, vandalism, and gang activity was instead used for traffic enforcement. In 2003, the New Rome police had their access to a State Highway Patrol driver identification database revoked because of misuse against the political rival of a council member. As well as Wikipedia posted:New Rome last held elections for the village council in 1979, and did not hold elections for mayor from 1995 to 2002. During that period, the incumbents simply reappointed themselves, taking the line that with so few residents, there were not enough people interested in running.
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# ? Aug 3, 2018 18:27 |
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Making a left turn (with an arrow, mind you) on my bicycle from the right turn lane onto a 2 lane road. Someone blows through the red light, nearly hits me while turning right. But it's just a bicycle problem
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# ? Aug 3, 2018 18:50 |
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Dagen H posted:New Rome. Thank you. I thought it had Rome in its name but I second guessed myself. I think all the crap that was chronicled was on some Geocities site that was always a good read for updates on the disaster.
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# ? Aug 3, 2018 19:12 |
lol as if there'd be only one in this lovely state https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linndale,_Ohio#Speed_trap_history
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# ? Aug 3, 2018 19:14 |
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Sounds similar to the one that's east of St Louis who's name I can't remember now. Their city hall is a mobile home that never has anyone working there.. about a block from the town's only intersection where their lone police officer runs a speed trap.
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# ? Aug 3, 2018 19:15 |
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Submarine Sandpaper posted:lol as if there'd be only one in this lovely state I think the funniest line is this: According to the 2010 census, the village achieved the second highest growth rate in Cuyahoga County: 53% as the population increased from 117 to 179, although the last house was built in 1968 and there are only 37 residential addresses 53% population increase!!!!
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# ? Aug 3, 2018 19:21 |
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My thoughts on red light cameras and speed cameras are this: If they are clearly marked as such, and you ignore all signs saying "cameras ahead" and get busted for it, pay the loving fine. At that point, you're telling me that you're the type of person who thinks reading street signs are for squares and would cut across the gore point because you failed to.
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# ? Aug 3, 2018 19:32 |
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At first I was against red light cameras, but I then learned, in our city at least, they only trip if you enter the intersection after the light is indicating red, not amber, so if you get nailed you deserve it. I am sick and tired of seeing jackasses run a red light, and then there are another 3 chucklefucks behind them, which only serve to create close calls or shorten the light for the people going the other way because they can't move until the dumb fucks get out of the intersection.
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# ? Aug 3, 2018 19:37 |
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Colostomy Bag posted:What the hell was that name of that Ohio "village" that was so notorious for pulling over people they dissolved it? I can't think of the name Might be thinking of Linndale, a tiny inner-ring suburb of Cleveland that has less than a mile of I-71 running through it and no local access to the highway. At the height of their fuckery they had a year where they were second only to the Ohio state highway patrol in total annual traffic citations issued in the state. Village still exists but they got slapped around by the state to the point where they had to lay off close to 90% of their police force (most of which was dedicated to writing tickets) and you never see them on the highway anymore now that their mayor's court has been dissolved and there's no revenue to collect since the tickets their police write are handled by a neighboring municipal court. From Wikipedia: Linndale Wiki Page posted:Linndale, often called a speed trap,[6][10] had for many years the busiest, on a per-capita basis, Mayor's Court in the State of Ohio.[11][12] The village in the past has successfully defended its legal right to enforce the 60 mph speed limit on the 422 yards (386 m) of Interstate 71 within its jurisdiction under the "Home Rule" provisions of the state constitution.[10][13] The combination of traffic enforcement and Mayor's Court has provided 80% of Linndale's one million dollar annual budget, and underwritten its four full-time and ten part-time police officers.[14] Geoj fucked around with this message at 19:49 on Aug 3, 2018 |
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slidebite posted:At first I was against red light cameras, but I then learned, in our city at least, they only trip if you enter the intersection after the light is indicating red, not amber, so if you get nailed you deserve it. This gets cloudy as gently caress and while I agree on principle and furthermore...
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# ? Aug 3, 2018 19:48 |
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I think the law usually says something like "if you are past the stop line when the light turns red, proceed and clear the intersection." That will let people make left turns when the light changes and to me means if you are past the stop line before it changes that's fine. Some red light cameras probably don't agree though.
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jamal posted:I think the law usually says something like "if you are past the stop line when the light turns red, proceed and clear the intersection." "Claiming the intersection" is also a part of my lessons to the noob.
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# ? Aug 4, 2018 05:23 |
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slidebite posted:At first I was against red light cameras, but I then learned, in our city at least, they only trip if you enter the intersection after the light is indicating red, not amber, so if you get nailed you deserve it. You're also in Calgary, right? Yeah, I have no problem with how our cameras work. They cause the worst drivers among us to suffer, which is the noblest and most necessary of causes. P.S. I actually saw the usual police radar trap on 16th just inside the city limits move from "right at the city limits" to "just past the Stoney exit." I imagine they got a lot of takers with that one, because I see people speed back up all the time as soon as they realize there's no radar trap at Valley Ridge Blvd.
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# ? Aug 4, 2018 12:56 |
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That Prius was doing at least 110 when I passed it. The people you share the road with are posting from inside the thread!
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# ? Aug 4, 2018 13:41 |
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PT6A posted:You're also in Calgary, right? Yeah, I have no problem with how our cameras work. They cause the worst drivers among us to suffer, which is the noblest and most necessary of causes. I do dig the Calgary unmarked trucks though, keeps you on your toes. Sheriffs are now experimenting with unmarked vehicles too for the first time on highway patrol.
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# ? Aug 4, 2018 14:58 |
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Geoj posted:Might be thinking of Linndale, a tiny inner-ring suburb of Cleveland that has less than a mile of I-71 running through it and no local access to the highway. I like that they got owned, tried again, failed, but the thought of a .5% income tax increase was just too much.
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slidebite posted:Nah, YQL but it's pretty much the same from what I can tell, although I have been nailed by photoradar in Calgary so that can suck a bag of infected dicks although I deserved it The other thing about the photo radar is they're so prevalent that you have to be really, really unlucky to have an actual person issue you a ticket, so your insurance/points are fine even if you get dinged.
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# ? Aug 4, 2018 15:22 |
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Bringing you doors again, saw a doozie. This guy was clearly t-boned on the passenger side, so he just unbolted both doors. He is driving around in this late 90s Nissan of some sort with a slightly caved in car with no passenger-side doors.
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# ? Aug 4, 2018 17:39 |
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After spending too many hours dodging bullshit on the streets of LA, found this video that touches my soul. Really living is waiting for delivery trucks to do a 3-point turn. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-uM2kpa67I
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Okan170 posted:After spending too many hours dodging bullshit on the streets of LA, found this video that touches my soul. Really living is waiting for delivery trucks to do a 3-point turn. In the lawless jungle of LA driving, everyone knows that the nicer car always has the right of way - regardless of any actual signage, traffic control devices, k-rail, cones signaling construction zones, speed limits, stop signs, one-way streets, HOV lane demarcations, "No Left Turns", "Tow Away No Stopping Anytime" zones, lane ends - merge right, "Passenger Loading Only", and "Do Not Enter". Here, have a bus driving into oncoming traffic. People are always confused when I tell them that in LA there are no traffic laws, only suggestions.
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# ? Aug 5, 2018 03:26 |
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telarium4 posted:the nicer car always has the right of way - HAHAHAHA! gently caress you yield to my 1972 international travelall you lexus driving fucktard! *lays on horn that warbles and squeaks until the steering column catches on fire*
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# ? Aug 5, 2018 04:29 |
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I encountered a brand new Mercedes S class earlier tonight, usually stuff that expensive is pretty immaculate in general but this one was off the lot fresh. No spiderwebs, tires were 100% black, chrome was absolutely brilliant. He indicated to enter my lane, and instead of gunning it to fit into a too-small gap in front of me, actually braked a little bit to slip in behind me. Quite literally the first time in my life a Mercedes owner has both shown they know what a blinker is and not barged into a lane whether I was there or not. Dude was babying that thing.
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# ? Aug 5, 2018 04:38 |
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Probably their boss's car.
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# ? Aug 5, 2018 15:49 |
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I learned to drive in LA and I still have some of that shark instinct that means if you sense weakness or inattentiveness in other drivers then you have to defeat them by passing. People pay a lot of attention there in general but have no respect for each other or the laws of man. Whereas the main theme of oakland up in the bay area is not being aware of the possibility of other cars but also not really being in a hurry about it. I got cut off by someone turning right from the lane to my left three times in three days once.
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xzzy posted:I encountered a brand new Mercedes S class earlier tonight, usually stuff that expensive is pretty immaculate in general but this one was off the lot fresh. No spiderwebs, tires were 100% black, chrome was absolutely brilliant. He indicated to enter my lane, and instead of gunning it to fit into a too-small gap in front of me, actually braked a little bit to slip in behind me. Pro-tip. If you spot one with a V12 badge they didn't outfit those with a turn signal stalk. Factory thought it wasn't necessary.
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# ? Aug 5, 2018 18:35 |
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Just had an interaction with a lady in a Jeep Renegade who was mad as hell that I signaled and merged into the generous space in front of her. She held onto her horn for a solid minute even after I merged into the next lane and was no longer her problem. I don't know if she took it personally or something but I was only in front of her for 10 seconds. Seems like a weird thing to get so infuriated over.
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# ? Aug 5, 2018 21:34 |
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Do you drive an S-class?
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# ? Aug 5, 2018 21:39 |
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Colostomy Bag posted:Do you drive an S-class? Nope, Ford Escape. Blending in with the suburban moms.
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# ? Aug 5, 2018 22:48 |
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Ah, the aristocrat of the Ford family.
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# ? Aug 5, 2018 23:55 |
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I have a Nissan Rogue as a company car and I think it's probably the most invisible possible vehicle, along with the Escape which we apparently used to issue.
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# ? Aug 6, 2018 01:33 |
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"I killed a guy because I was a reckless asshat, but in a way I'm also a victim!" https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/matier-ross/article/Bicyclist-convicted-in-SF-pedestrian-s-death-13131019.php
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PT6A posted:"I killed a guy because I was a reckless asshat, but in a way I'm also a victim!" I know Cali's prisons are mad overcrowded, but a few years in the clink would have made him a bit less of a whiny bitch baby.
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# ? Aug 6, 2018 03:51 |
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PT6A posted:"I killed a guy because I was a reckless asshat, but in a way I'm also a victim!" It clearly is prosecution based on the media. I represented a whole bunch of people who killed people with cars in a much more tough on crime county and unless they were drunk or ran, they were all charged with misdos. I have never seen a sober driver who stayed at the scene charged with a felony. A felony is way overcharged here. If you want to make killing someone with a vehicle a felony, you have my vote, but you need to do it consistently. Show me all the sober drivers who killed peds and cyclists in SF with felony convictions.
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# ? Aug 6, 2018 04:39 |
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You’re not wrong, but Bucchere should keep his mouth shut in public.
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# ? Aug 6, 2018 04:44 |
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Ending a human life being a misdo is America as gently caress.
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