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ionn posted:It seems to me that whenever the first snow hits every year, newer AWD cars are overrepresented among those I see having gone off the road. Because "I have AWD I have all the traction snow don't bother me" or something. Attest. I was driving my Scirocco in the Twin Cities during blizzards and never had an issue, while I saw SUVs and Subarus in the ditches constantly.
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Can confirm in NE Ohio as well, every year the ditches are full of people who have just been taught an expensive lesson about how AWD doesn't mean they can just ignore the road conditions.
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Humbug Scoolbus posted:Attest. I was driving my Scirocco in the Twin Cities during blizzards and never had an issue, while I saw SUVs and Subarus in the ditches constantly. Light weight FWD cars are often better than heavy AWD/4WD vehicles in snow or mud. At least this was true with my 2050lbs Echo and 1500lbs CRX
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Loved my Prelude. Got me to the train station and back many a snowy days way back when. I think I've actually lost traction more on my Escape now that I think about it. (Like two minor spinouts over the last half dozen years, nothing terrible though.)
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Speeder crashed in the center of Helsinki yesterday. That street goes by the spot for the traditional largest gathering spot for May Day. Watch to the end to see a police van designed to pick up drunkards by the pallet load, and a proper loonie. He's yelling: "Stop, in the name of God! Retreat from beside me Satan!". In a weirdly formal and archaic way. The driver is suspected to be the owner of the car, a government official and a candidate of our biggest right-wing populist political party. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2TlUqDB9fA Police report busy May Day Eve, probe Helsinki and Hyvinkää crashes
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slidebite posted:Jesus christ that crosswalk It is amazing he didn't hit anyone crossing it That was one hosed Mercedes
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How fast was that going? Holy poo poo I had the exact same reaction as the people who were just about to step into the road.
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Saukkis posted:He's yelling: "Stop, in the name of God! Retreat from beside me Satan!". In a weirdly formal and archaic way. Sounds like sovereign citizen and/or "legally insane" defense tactics imo. Saukkis posted:The driver is suspected to be the owner of the car, a government official and a candidate of our biggest right-wing populist political party. There we go.
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We are doomed ... https://twitter.com/TG22110/status/1520753060838088707
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I'm not quite sure what the plan was here but they're incredibly lucky those didn't break in a way to have them violently smash the driver's skull. Or maybe the world is UNlucky? *edit: I forgot to post the thing https://twitter.com/TakuroSpirit/status/1521191319024160772?t=u4RxPugvMbBR9Dq9ApXaWQ&s=19 Olympic Mathlete fucked around with this message at 19:26 on May 2, 2022 |
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Olympic Mathlete posted:I'm not quite sure what the plan was here but they're incredibly lucky those didn't break in a way to have them violently smash the driver's skull. Y'know, I always complain that people who buy Barret-Jackson cars don't drive them, so go on ya to this guy. Also, the guy on the right appears to be pregnant.
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PeterCat posted:Y'know, I always complain that people who buy Barret-Jackson cars don't drive them, so go on ya to this guy. Maybe they should register it and learn how to drive first, though.
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PeterCat posted:Y'know, I always complain that people who buy Barret-Jackson cars don't drive them, so go on ya to this guy. Deteriorata posted:Maybe they should register it and learn how to drive first, though. Yeah, someone with fuckaround money to buy a nearly $1mil car, then drives it on a suspended license, with no registration or insurance? That's a poster child for entitlement that needs a brutal punishment that he'll never get.
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Saukkis posted:Speeder crashed in the center of Helsinki yesterday. That street goes by the spot for the traditional largest gathering spot for May Day. Watch to the end to see a police van designed to pick up drunkards by the pallet load, and a proper loonie. He's yelling: "Stop, in the name of God! Retreat from beside me Satan!". In a weirdly formal and archaic way. The driver is suspected to be the owner of the car, a government official and a candidate of our biggest right-wing populist political party. What's the yellow thing the one cop unholsters and very calmly sticks into the guy's side and pulls the trigger on?
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Taser. He pulls up the dude's clothes to get some skin. Doesn't look like he actually pulls the trigger though.
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StormDrain posted:I saw this guy handing out chips today.  This guy was a loving contractor, which suggests he does this pretty much every day. The trailer was also riding on the bumpstops and had no signal lights or brake lights.
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Olympic Mathlete posted:Taser. He pulls up the dude's clothes to get some skin. Doesn't look like he actually pulls the trigger though. Oh ok, I thought it was odd that there was no sudden extra screaming when that happened.
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Powershift posted:Spotted today:
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How badly is the road leading up to this junction signposted/controlled?! https://twitter.com/MykeyMercado/status/1522270221406375936?t=pqEGUg7qrM2jWDSu8DEgmQ&s=19
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Olympic Mathlete posted:How badly is the road leading up to this junction signposted/controlled?! Replies say it's an off ramp that takes you from an interstate, around a blind corner, directly to the stop light. There are 30mph speed limit signs that should be a clue, and signs warning about the light, but if you ignore those the signal basically materializes out of nowhere and you have 150 feet to react. Blue Footed Booby fucked around with this message at 16:45 on May 6, 2022 |
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Olympic Mathlete posted:How badly is the road leading up to this junction signposted/controlled?! BraveUlysses posted:it's tight in the sense it's difficult for drooling moron drivers to navigate
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That exit is notoriously short compared to all other exits in the area. Most exits are long, and sweeping and give you lots of time to gradually slow down. Exit 165B is like a quarter mile, with a hard right thrown in there, and immediately into a stoplight. People think they can get off there right away and are usually still doing 40 - 60 by the time they come around the corner. 
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Solar Coaster posted:That exit is notoriously short compared to all other exits in the area. Most exits are long, and sweeping and give you lots of time to gradually slow down. Exit 165B is like a quarter mile, with a hard right thrown in there, and immediately into a stoplight. People think they can get off there right away and are usually still doing 40 - 60 by the time they come around the corner. We have an exit similar to this in my town but I've never seen or even heard of anyone loving up this badly on it.
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Large Testicles posted:We have an exit similar to this in my town but I've never seen or even heard of anyone loving up this badly on it. This particular one is right under the Washington State Convention Center and you get a lot of people from out of town taking it and finding out the hard way about the speed limit.
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HenryJLittlefinger posted:Oh ok, I thought it was odd that there was no sudden extra screaming when that happened. That cop had a though choice to make, which would be more annoying to listen to, taser screams or the exorcism. A newspaper consulted a local bishop. His incantation is known as "exorcism of satan" and the phrases are from gospel of Matthew.
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https://twitter.com/wspd6pio/status/1523736887562698753?s=21&t=9UBqZXUs7cK9CUn4Jo9sDg
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I'm curious what the strap is anchored to up top.
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It goes all the way to the front bumper of the UHaul Or maybe it just goes all the way around the UHaul and the ends of the ratchet strap are hooked together underneath against the exhaust.
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slidebite posted:I'm curious what the strap is anchored to up top. You can see the strap over the hood. it's either going to the front bumper/crossmember, or completely encircles the vehicle.
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I see it now. Maybe the wiper arm.
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The dictionary definition of determination right there.
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My mom did that with a Beetle in the 80's. IDK how they got it in but she told me it was a huge pain in the rear end to get out because it had high centered itself on the U-haul's wheel arches.
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from a local FB group about 5-6 years ago...i swear i posted this a while ago but i cant find the post so i'll rehost em:    
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Large Testicles posted:My mom did that with a Beetle in the 80's. IDK how they got it in Beetles are light enough that you could stick one in the back of a U-haul with like 4 dudes. Pick up the light front end and put it in the truck. Lift up the rear end and roll it in. People used to pick them up and move them or park them 90° as a joke. Only 4 bolts hold the body on to the "body pan"/drivetrain/frame. People used to undo those bolts and carry the Beetle on to the roof of buildings. A lot more pranks just carried up the shell.
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MisterOblivious posted:Beetles are light enough that you could stick one in the back of a U-haul with like 4 dudes. Pick up the light front end and put it in the truck. Lift up the rear end and roll it in. People used to pick them up and move them or park them 90° as a joke. We did something like that to a friend's Rabbit in high school, every once in a while a group of people would move it around.
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Mentos commercials are some of the only good things to come out of the 90s.
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Large Testicles posted:We did something like that to a friend's Rabbit in high school, every once in a while a group of people would move it around. I had an X1/9 in high school and had the same experience. I’d come back to find the car moved to different locations at least once a week. best prank was the time they rotated it 90 degrees then shoehorned it between two other parked cars
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