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How much poo poo has that front yard seen that it needs what look to be loving Armco barriers?
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Apr 4, 2022 21:15
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I'd guess "quite a bit" note the condition of the guardrail to the right of the driveway prior to impact
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Apr 4, 2022 22:26
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Hawkperson posted:
What we’re talking about is rear cross-traffic-and-sometimes-people alert. It won’t beep unless there’s a moving car or person. It’ll totally let you hit a wall if you’re not paying attention via another method :-)
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Apr 5, 2022 06:17
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I see you found footage of me playing Forza Horizon 5.
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Apr 5, 2022 06:43
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I know this is a few days late but have a compliation of people who thought they where all in the right enough to send their vids in https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=re2n8kSGIj4
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Apr 5, 2022 10:08
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Dr. Garbanzo posted:I know this is a few days late but have a compliation of people who thought they where all in the right enough to send their vids in Right off the jump with a winner. What’s the thought process there?
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Apr 5, 2022 11:59
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Dr. Garbanzo posted:I know this is a few days late but have a compliation of people who thought they where all in the right enough to send their vids in You should try watching the UK dashcam videos, it's just an endless stream of morons who can't drive sending in footage of them getting into near miss situations and accidents. I'm constantly stunned by how many of the cammers risk death purely to get footage to send in. Either that or they have absolutely minimal hazard perception. Either way I share roads with these dangerous arseholes and they're the prime reason I would like mandatory re-testing every 5 years and licenses revoking.
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Apr 5, 2022 12:14
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Imperador do Brasil posted:Right off the jump with a winner. What’s the thought process there? Being an absolute flop is excusable because he has a dash cam to record the transgression which makes him right? Theres piles of roundabout ones as well which at least in my part of Australia are very much give way to traffic already in the roundabout.
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Apr 5, 2022 12:15
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You also get people like Stephen Bagwell who has hundreds of dashcam clips uploaded of minor inconveniences, none of which have more than a couple of hundred views. Except one. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xdM5JwEHZE Be sure to watch with sound on.
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Apr 5, 2022 13:51
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Lord Ludikrous posted:You also get people like Stephen Bagwell who has hundreds of dashcam clips uploaded of minor inconveniences, none of which have more than a couple of hundred views. Christ. There's a guy who should 100% be forced to walk everywhere, swinging into the other lane to stop a guy undertaking when he's sat hogging the other lane? Psychotic behaviour.
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Apr 5, 2022 14:15
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Lord Ludikrous posted:You also get people like Stephen Bagwell who has hundreds of dashcam clips uploaded of minor inconveniences, none of which have more than a couple of hundred views.
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Apr 5, 2022 14:55
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Imperador do Brasil posted:This is why I back into every parking spot. My son who just got his permit is also doing this everywhere we go. It’s drat near impossible to see around all these goddamn giant trucks and SUV’s if we were to back out in our tiny-for-the-modern-era cars. My wife rolls her eyes and gets a little cross when we're in a hurry and I back in. Of course that's also an opportunity for a little fake hustle on my part to just front in and act like I'm moving quickly. Similar to the Rolls Royce method of downshifting and driving at high revs to make your client think you're going faster.
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Apr 5, 2022 17:13
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IOwnCalculus posted:How much poo poo has that front yard seen that it needs what look to be loving Armco barriers? had a little time to kill while waiting on a flight so I did some research and figured out the crash location - the intersection of Anderson Ave and Spy Run Ave in Fort Wayne, IN. its a 3-lane one-way avenue. 35MPH speed limit and not heavily policed so assume actual traffic speeds are +10 https://www.google.com/maps/@41.0885512,-85.1343259,3a,75y,334.01h,90t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sSu5ahfZ_FHlA6cACScoMIw!2e0!7i16384!8i8192 oh look! you can see the rockpile which the SUV ramped off of additional Terrible Car Stuff : the SUV was a rental
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Apr 6, 2022 16:59
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I like when I'm stopped at a light exactly where I'm supposed to stop at the stop bar and a guy making a left turn chooses to make it too tight and barely misses my car and gives me a dirty look like I'm the one who hosed up by stopping where I'm supposed to stop.
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Apr 6, 2022 18:29
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Phanatic posted:I like when I'm stopped at a light exactly where I'm supposed to stop at the stop bar and a guy making a left turn chooses to make it too tight and barely misses my car and gives me a dirty look like I'm the one who hosed up by stopping where I'm supposed to stop. I see more people stop on or past the stop bar than stop at the proper location. My favorite is when they are in a left turn lane and stop completely past the stop bar and are no longer on the sensor so they don't get a protected left turn. The intersection doesn't know you're there if you stop on the wrong side of the stop line, ya dummy!
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Apr 6, 2022 18:48
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slidebite posted:Did I just listen to someone actually give themselves a stroke because he didn't get out of the passing lane? Jesus what a jackass. the guy STILL REPLIES TO COMMENTS on the video like a very normal person
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Apr 6, 2022 22:26
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Found myself face to face with my first wrong-way driver yesterday. Luckily I saw them pretty far away and had a lane to move over (and they didn't get target fixation and follow me) but what the gently caress? Wish I had a dash cam for that one. Anyone deal with wrong way drivers before?
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carry on then posted:Found myself face to face with my first wrong-way driver yesterday. Luckily I saw them pretty far away and had a lane to move over (and they didn't get target fixation and follow me) but what the gently caress? Wish I had a dash cam for that one. Yup. 12 years local delivery in Tampa Bay. Late night/early morning driving on some of the most dangerous roads in America. They do that pretty often. So often the configurable displays tell you, "Wrong Way Driver. Exercise Caution!" Two going across the Howard Frankland bridge, one on SR60 in Brandon, one on North Dale Mabry Hwy, one entering an off ramp in Pinellas Park from 118th (I got that one to stop), and the one dude who fell asleep and launched his Neon across the median and almost speared my truck in the driver's door. Dunno what to tell you. Drive something big, keep your head on a swivel, go right, and don't hesitate to just stop on the side of the road with headlights and flashers on.
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BraveUlysses posted:the guy STILL REPLIES TO COMMENTS on the video like a very normal person
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Apr 9, 2022 16:13
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What about the Jag though 
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Apr 9, 2022 18:00
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God what a loving Weiner. Yeah, WHAT ABOUT the jag indeed you loving douche.
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Apr 9, 2022 18:44
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The only thing worse (for your sanity) than reading youtube comments is replying to them.
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Apr 9, 2022 18:52
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Combine people who shouldn't be driving with lovely infrastructure (both lack of transit options and bad roadway geometry), and you'll have the the mistakes bad drivers make amplified to be super deadly. This on ramp design is a confirmed killer. I'm not sure how many victims it's taken over the years, but I know it's been more than one. I guess it's more vital the Burger King occupies that corner instead of a northbound on ramp from the westbound lanes. 
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Apr 9, 2022 19:18
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My truck battery has been dead for months and today my Escape isn't cranking. Pretty sure it's the original factory battery from 6 years ago too. I'm the idiot for not maintaining my vehicles  Edit: Just a small update. I hate new cars. 2 hours of removing just the loving air filter just to replace the battery 
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Apr 15, 2022 16:10
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CannonFodder posted:I see more people stop on or past the stop bar than stop at the proper location. My favorite is when they are in a left turn lane and stop completely past the stop bar and are no longer on the sensor so they don't get a protected left turn. The intersection doesn't know you're there if you stop on the wrong side of the stop line, ya dummy! I also like when you're on the inside lane of a double-left turn, how you can almost loving BET the person next to you, in the outside lane, will 100% drift into the inside lane when they turn. Almost without fail. And then give you a dirty look if you honk at them.
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Apr 16, 2022 03:14
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Protocol7 posted:Edit: Just a small update. I hate new cars. 2 hours of removing just the loving air filter just to replace the battery Lmao yeah, I replaced the battery on my SIL’s escape a year or so ago and it was a massive pain in the rear end.
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Apr 16, 2022 12:03
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Protocol7 posted:My truck battery has been dead for months and today my Escape isn't cranking. Pretty sure it's the original factory battery from 6 years ago too. I'm the idiot for not maintaining my vehicles Oh boy I had a 2015 Escape and I remember looking at the battery and thinking drat that'll be a bitch to replace. I turned it back in without having to though.
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Apr 16, 2022 14:46
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Olympic Mathlete posted:You should try watching the UK dashcam videos, it's just an endless stream of morons who can't drive sending in footage of them getting into near miss situations and accidents. I'm constantly stunned by how many of the cammers risk death purely to get footage to send in. Either that or they have absolutely minimal hazard perception. Either way I share roads with these dangerous arseholes and they're the prime reason I would like mandatory re-testing every 5 years and licenses revoking. This should be mandatory viewing for anyone trying to understand the mind of The British Motorist. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=niA9fFdvp8E It's classism and wankers all the way down.
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Phanatic posted:I like when I'm stopped at a light exactly where I'm supposed to stop at the stop bar and a guy making a left turn chooses to make it too tight and barely misses my car and gives me a dirty look like I'm the one who hosed up by stopping where I'm supposed to stop. It's because they wanted to drive through that space since going wide takes too much effort, and you ruined their lazy turn by very rudely existing there. I see people use that spot as part of the turning arc all of the time if nobody is there, just casually driving on the wrong side of the road.
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Apr 17, 2022 12:59
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KozmoNaut posted:This should be mandatory viewing for anyone trying to understand the mind of The British Motorist. lmao that white shitbox is the car he's so proud of?
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Apr 17, 2022 14:32
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I just got back from a trip that took about 5 hours longer than it was supposed to I think. And it was already a long drive. We got very close to a town on the interstate before they closed it starting at that town. The detour had significant backtracking, then snow, then an accident, rain, more snow.... This was after our driver sped down some two lane roads with about 6" of shoulders, no guardrails and unsigned turns. I was ready to be home. I hate not being in control, and also having no or little influence over the situation. To me, if we're getting home after midnight because of a detour, there's no reason to hurry anymore. It's not like I could still make family dinner or something, once you're five hours late who, cares if it goes to six? I gave a little monologue and I think it helped. I also didn't like that we were in a little convoy, but mostly because the route we took wasn't reccomended by any navigation. Probably it's faster though if you are going 80 in a 40!
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Apr 17, 2022 16:58
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KozmoNaut posted:This should be mandatory viewing for anyone trying to understand the mind of The British Motorist. That's real? Not a parody? gently caress.
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Apr 17, 2022 17:27
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100% real. I distinctly remember 'reps' being a thing in my childhood years. Just scores of sales arseholes driving round in their company cars, staying in lovely hotels trying to get businesses to buy poo poo from their company. Leagues of self-important shitbirds in cheap suits huffing their own farts. (and thank you, I was looking for that video!)
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Apr 17, 2022 23:06
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Olympic Mathlete posted:100% real. I distinctly remember 'reps' being a thing in my childhood years. Just scores of sales arseholes driving round in their company cars, staying in lovely hotels trying to get businesses to buy poo poo from their company. Leagues of self-important shitbirds in cheap suits huffing their own farts. I couldn't believe there was such a business case for so many of these guys to be running around on the company dime. But then one of the comments reminded me that this was the 90's, and these guys were replaced by websites in the 00's.
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About a year ago I called up Vision Engineering and arranged for their traveling salesman to give a demo at my tiny startup the next time they were in my city. We did not have a direct business reason to buy a 3D inspection microscope. But on the other hand, are you really a cool tech R&D lab without a fancy-pants microscope on your bench? This was a case where I, the engineering technician guy, knew this particular piece of kit would sell itself once the boss got to play with it. Doesn't even matter that there wasn't an immediate business use. The plan worked great and it's become one of the most useful instruments in the lab. I use it for electronic soldering inspection. Boss uses it for cleaning optical assemblies and sensors. This particular microscope benefits a lot from an in-person demo, because the website doesn't do it justice. It's absolutely jaw-dropping, Star Trek-level tech, for like $2,300.
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You've very nearly sold my dumb rear end on it. What a cool doohickey.
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When Ford advertises the Bronco as "taking you to places you've never gone before," they didn't mean it literally. 
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Goes Over Any Terrain Sandbars Excepted
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Blue Footed Booby posted:You've very nearly sold my dumb rear end on it. What a cool doohickey. Best general use lense is the 4x. The 8x has a much smaller 'sweet spot'. The 4x lens sweet spot is so large, and the lens relief is so huge, we don't even use a microscope stage to hold the object. Just hold it in your hand and move it closer or farther to focus, until the image 'pops'. Really, the optics are that good. The entire device is just lenses and mirrors. The only part that uses electricity is the LED ring light.
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