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Dick Trauma posted:So that's intentional? I see that all the time and wonder when the hell the driver is going to start reversing. Yes and its maddening. 
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Maker Of Shoes posted:Yes and its maddening. wait seriously? What was the reasoning behind this?
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Nov 29, 2018 20:02
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Solar Coaster posted:wait seriously? Probably "make your car easy to find after unlocking it by illuminating all the lights."
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Nov 29, 2018 20:08
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Using the reverse lights for anything other than "this vehicle is about to move backwards" is a lazy loving design decision that dilutes the meaning of what is a pretty important indicator. Also not a fan of motorcycle lights that flash in a way that imitates emergency vehicles. I get the visibility thing, but like GM lighting up the reverse lights when you hit the unlock button, it's lazy. I've seen better setups that do what can be considered a "blink" of the light, and it accomplishes the same thing without being obnoxious. On the subject of running lights, in heavy daytime rainstorms I bet a third of the people on the road are only using their running lights, and therefore have no rear illumination. Front-facing running lights have gotten so effective and widespread that people don't feel the need to turn on their headlights even in downpours when visibility is terrible. I don't live in a region that gets serious snow storms but I suspect the situation is similar.
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Easychair Bootson posted:Also not a fan of motorcycle lights that flash in a way that imitates emergency vehicles. I get the visibility thing, but like GM lighting up the reverse lights when you hit the unlock button, it's lazy. I've seen better setups that do what can be considered a "blink" of the light, and it accomplishes the same thing without being obnoxious. First car I ever got with that feature, I went out of my way to turn it off.
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Nov 30, 2018 01:52
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*looks back and forth, then at the grenade in her hand* gently caress it *pulls pin, throws grenade* These are the bikes you share the road with: https://twitter.com/stevenrmitch/status/1067550933108674560
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Nov 30, 2018 16:01
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I posted that in the bike commuting thread but I’m not sure why it should be in here, seems rather hamfisted as it doesn’t fit the content of this thread
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Nov 30, 2018 16:03
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big crush on Chad OMG posted:I posted that in the bike commuting thread but I’m not sure why it should be in here, seems rather hamfisted as it doesn’t fit the content of this thread Shush. I'm trying to bait people into going "BIKES ARE THE PROBLEM". I failed  Alternately get people to ride bikes more but alas
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Nov 30, 2018 16:12
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iospace posted:Alternately get people to ride bikes more but alas ew no
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Nov 30, 2018 16:15
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Damnit! I'm here to buy large, gas-guzzling American cars and bitch about everyone else on the road. Get out of here with those reasonable transportation alternatives.
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Nov 30, 2018 16:17
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Protocol7 posted:Damnit! I'm here to buy large, gas-guzzling American cars and bitch about everyone else on the road. Get out of here with those reasonable transportation alternatives. Well GM and Ford are here to provide! One even gives you free auto activating reverse lights!
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Nov 30, 2018 16:18
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iospace posted:Well GM and Ford are here to provide! ew no
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Nov 30, 2018 16:19
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Dick Trauma posted:So that's intentional? I see that all the time and wonder when the hell the driver is going to start reversing. It's called "approach lighting" and is trivially easy to disable if you scroll through the car's settings but people are dumb.
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Nov 30, 2018 16:20
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wallaka posted:It's called "approach lighting" and is trivially easy to disable if you scroll through the car's settings but people are dumb. GM is dumber for making it a feature at all.
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xzzy posted:GM is dumber for making it a feature at all. I can see a couple niche uses for trucks or work vans, but making it standard and default on for every vehicle...
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Nov 30, 2018 17:39
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After 2 days of freezing temperatures and snow, warm moist air has settled in, creating dense fog (school was delayed 2 hours this morning). Surely no one would be driving without any lighting in these conditions only about half of them, including the oft-mentioned DRLs with no rear lighting
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Nov 30, 2018 17:50
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Dagen H posted:After 2 days of freezing temperatures and snow, warm moist air has settled in, creating dense fog (school was delayed 2 hours this morning). Don’t you live in Sweden? When I lived there (admittedly it was 18 years ago) it was the law to just run your headlights all the time and the car we had didn’t even have a way to turn off the headlights outside of pulling the fuse.
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Nov 30, 2018 18:32
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I seriously hate the "click the fob and it turns in the reverse lights" thing. I've slammed my brakes many, many times thinking some geriatric is going to back into my car. poo poo should be illegal. There should never be a reason for the reverse lights to be on unless you're loving in reverse gear. It's been pissing me off since I learned how to drive. Also, Illinois has a law that if you're using your windshield-wipers, you must have your headlights on. Guess how many gray cars I've seen who don't obey that law.
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Nov 30, 2018 18:40
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GutBomb posted:Don’t you live in Sweden? Don't know about the person you quoted, but about ten years ago cars here in the EU started having the rear lights off in day time. I imagine it was pushed through by the manufacturers to ale the car go a few feet longer per litre/gallon. The first generations of those cars didn't have light sensors, so they'd have rear lights off at night. Newer cars do, but they rarely go on in heavy rain. On other cars I've seen them suddenly turn on as they go under an underpass or into a tunnel, acting much like a brake light u til you register that it's weaker and only two lights. I don't know which is worse. At least always-on rear lights are coming back. Is it just because LED are efficient enough that it doesn't matter, or has the number or rear end collisions gone up measurably?
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GutBomb posted:Don’t you live in Sweden? Despite my name/av/text, I actually live in Ohio, USA.
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iospace posted:Shush. I'm trying to bait people into going "BIKES ARE THE PROBLEM". sorry i don't want to deal with lovely weather nor do i want to get run over by a car.
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Nov 30, 2018 18:54
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GutBomb posted:Don’t you live in Sweden? Traditionally, it's been the law that cars had to have low beam + rear light on at all time. This due to the many months of short and dark day and poor visibility. This is why we always used to get flashed when going on car vacations in Europe. I guess they thought we were retards that forgot to turn our lights off or something. Then cars started to get LEDs and have DRLs and EU in all their wisdom recognized that yes DRLs are good for visibility and safety, but we'll only require the them at the front of the car. This of course "overrules" our Swedish laws, making a loophole if you will where car manufacturers don't have to have the rear lights light up in DRL mode. Of course people never read their manual, so their just assume that it's been like it always has. That's why we now have idiots driving around in low light/fog/snow (even seen a couple of idiots in the dark) with only front DRLs on. I've always liked our law about lights. 
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Dagen H posted:Despite my name/av/text, I actually live in Ohio, USA. You have my empathy and condolences.
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Double post, deal with it. Hey you. Yes, you in the Toyota Highlander with the Christmas tree on the roof. Do you realize you're doing forty loving miles per hour (65fkph) on a heavily-traveled state route during Friday evening rush? I, and the 16 people behind me, think you should secure your load in a confidence-inspiring manner, get the gently caress out of the way, or some combination of the two.
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Anecdotal of course, but one thing I've notice is a marked decrease in motorcycle riding in my neck of the woods.
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Saw a temporary sign last night (one of those LED text signs) that said "1 out of 4 accidents are caused by phone use". It probably should have also said "2 of the other 3 also were but they lied about it". I've been in 2 collisions my whole life, the first was the woman who ran a red while looking at her GPS, and the second was a girl who didn't outright admit to using her phone but accidentally said "I just looked up and traffic was stopped". Fortunately she was in an STI with the beefy brembos and just tapped me hard with no damage to either car.
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It's crazy to look at that and go "I think the motorcyclist came out on top on that crash"
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Colostomy Bag posted:Anecdotal of course, but one thing I've notice is a marked decrease in motorcycle riding in my neck of the woods. There's so many aggressively douchey videos on YouTube about millennials being pussies that don't ride motorcycles. Like not only do they poo poo on the people they want to convince to ride, they miss the point that accidents are happening at faster speeds to forces completely out of their control, and older riders blame millennials for being more dangerous. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGy6yqX2DqU
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I decided a few years back to start riding a bicycle. I decided to buy a mountain bike because the only thing in the woods to hit are trees and it's your own drat fault if you do. A road bike is loving insane. Not only would I be playing chicken with 3000 pound machines, putting my safety completely out of my own control, I'd be pissing everyone off operating them. I feel the same way about motorcycles. I'd buy a dirt bike before a road bike. Am I unreasonable? It depends who you ask, but I absolutely do not see the other side of the coin on this one.
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As an owner of a corner lot with probably 25 or so 40' oak trees I assure you trees can kill you if you are standing in the wrong place at the wrong time.  Only bring that up because my son's car (new to him) was about a foot away from being a causality when a smaller one fell. But yeah, all in jest. I understand what you are saying. Colostomy Bag fucked around with this message at 18:17 on Dec 1, 2018 |
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um excuse me posted:I decided a few years back to start riding a bicycle. I decided to buy a mountain bike because the only thing in the woods to hit are trees and it's your own drat fault if you do. A road bike is loving insane. Not only would I be playing chicken with 3000 pound machines, putting my safety completely out of my own control, I'd be pissing everyone off operating them. I did 50 miles on the road bike today and it was completely fine. One person honked, maybe at me? Hard to tell. Every time you’re on the road you’re putting your safety in the hands of others. Your car isn’t going to do anything if you get smashed by a semi, so you take active measures to avoid getting plastered, just like you do on a bike.
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Wasabi the J posted:There's so many aggressively douchey videos on YouTube about millennials being pussies that don't ride motorcycles. Perfect choice of video because that's the dipshit who torpedoed his bike into a Porsche last year. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oh8jhgRNmV4
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big crush on Chad OMG posted:I did 50 miles on the road bike today and it was completely fine. One person honked, maybe at me? Hard to tell. Well that's the thing isn't it? It's always fine until it suddenly isn't. Id be far too stressed about other drivers to actually enjoy what I was doing. But everyone has a different definition of what acceptable risk is.
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um excuse me posted:Well that's the thing isn't it? It's always fine until it suddenly isn't. Id be far too stressed about other drivers to actually enjoy what I was doing. But everyone has a different definition of what acceptable risk is. I had a revelatory moment a few years ago while I was riding with a group of 20-or-so cyclists on a two lane, 50mph-speed-limit wooded road near Chicago (Willow Springs Road by Little Red Schoolhouse for the locals). I asked myself what I'd do if some rear end in a top hat driver decided to pass while coming the other direction and the answer was - die. At that moment I got over my concern about the safety of motorcycles. I now put about 800 miles a year on my Roubaix and 4000 on my Ducati. At least on the Ducati I can accelerate out of trouble.
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ausgezeichnet posted:I asked myself what I'd do if some rear end in a top hat driver decided to pass while coming the other direction and the answer was - die. Death isn't the scenario that scares me the most.
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big crush on Chad OMG posted:... "There's always risk, therefore bikes and cars are equivalent" is terrible logic. I'm not saying don't bike. I'm not even saying it's more dangerous. But what you've posted is sophistry and makes my eye muscles twitch.
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