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My Driver's Ed final test was in a blizzard. The teacher said we'd pass if we kept it on the road and didn't hit anything. I'm really not a great driver but I am certified better at it than a Tesla
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Last Chance posted:during some bad times in my life when i was deeply unhappy id walk to work and cross this gnarly 4 way stop sign with crosswalks and when someone would start driving while i was still crossing i'd stop, turn and stare at them and force them to stop in the middle of the intersection. one time i even yelled "loving DO IT!" no one ever did, luckily. lol that owns
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Sagebrush posted:I always stare directly into the oncoming driver's eyes when I'm crossing a street. It invariably makes them stop further away from me and not creep forwards. Some kind of monkey brain thing I think the Time Out travel guide to Naples I had when I first went in the mid-2000s stated that you have to walk out confidently into the street and under no circumstances look at any of the oncoming cars. whether this is at a pedestrian crossing is irrelevant. if you show weakness you die. it's somewhat true! also my girlfriend got mugged minutes after we got there.
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Jan 12, 2023 19:41
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akadajet posted:Have you seen those videos of people driving in India? i did some driving in hyderabad when i was over there for 6 weeks back in 2010. it's fuckin wild, like some semi organized chaos that mostly somehow works. the guy we were driving around with said i was a very good india driver lol
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knox_harrington posted:the Time Out travel guide to Naples I had when I first went in the mid-2000s stated that you have to walk out confidently into the street and under no circumstances look at any of the oncoming cars. whether this is at a pedestrian crossing is irrelevant. if you show weakness you die. This is definitely true for Sicily.
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Jan 12, 2023 19:54
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akadajet posted:wow you’re wrong as hell. maybe you shouldn’t be driving??? No they're not. There should be no or little overlap between the mirrors, and then there's no blind spot  https://www.caranddriver.com/features/a15131074/how-to-adjust-your-mirrors-to-avoid-blind-spots/
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mobby_6kl posted:No they're not. There should be no or little overlap between the mirrors, and then there's no blind spot so long as they're set up like this there shouldn't be a blind spot, but you'd be surprised how many people don't even realize the mirrors are adjustable because of that when reversing you had to grab the passenger seat and basically turn around during the driver's test in nj, although i did mine about 20 years ago so idk if it's changed since then. if you didn't you failed and a lot of my friends had to re-test with 6 extra hours of instruction because of this
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Jan 12, 2023 20:03
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mobby_6kl posted:No they're not. There should be no or little overlap between the mirrors, and then there's no blind spot "there should be" is doing a lot of heavy lifting here
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Jan 12, 2023 20:04
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mobby_6kl posted:No they're not. There should be no or little overlap between the mirrors, and then there's no blind spot anyway, i got my license in florida, so the driving test never left the parking lot of the dmv, they didn't care that the 3-point turn took me like 7 points, there was no parallel parking at all, and the only thing i got points off for was failing to signal a turn around the end of a row of parking spots (i *did* signal before the start of the turn, just my turning radius was wide enough that i never straightened out to signal again)
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Jan 12, 2023 20:07
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Sagebrush posted:You cancel the aircraft carrier and divide the money up and give it to the states just like federal highway funding or whatever. Yeesh that's not how federal budgeting works. congress doesn't start with "okay we have this many dollars to spend, what can we fit in there?" congress isn't limited to "ooh, we'd love to fund that program, but we gotta prioritize this aircraft carrier." congress decides what they want to spend on, then the feds borrow whatever tax revenue doesn't cover. that's it. it's like people saying "ooh if we could just ditch those wasteful manned spaceflight programs we could get so many more robot probes to mars or neptune or wherever." no we couldn't. cutting a program doesn't "free up" diddly poo poo, it's just that many fewer dollars that get borrowed. that's it.
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Endless Mike posted:anyway, i got my license in florida, so the driving test never left the parking lot of the dmv, they didn't care that the 3-point turn took me like 7 points, there was no parallel parking at all, and the only thing i got points off for was failing to signal a turn around the end of a row of parking spots (i *did* signal before the start of the turn, just my turning radius was wide enough that i never straightened out to signal again) got mine in florida too but the first time i tried i insta-failed for loving up the three-point turn (cuz i wasn't exactly clear on where they wanted me to like, aim the car after the turn, so i just sorta wiggled it back and forth a few times until the instructor was like "okay you failed let's go back to the office") you only have to wait a day to try again so i just came back the next day and did fine lol
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Jan 12, 2023 20:11
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Last Chance posted:during some bad times in my life when i was deeply unhappy id walk to work and cross this gnarly 4 way stop sign with crosswalks and when someone would start driving while i was still crossing i'd stop, turn and stare at them and force them to stop in the middle of the intersection. one time i even yelled "loving DO IT!" no one ever did, luckily. i do this too and it sounds like you're apologizing for it. gently caress people who start creeping on you when you're still IN FRONT OF THEIR loving CAR in a reasonable society that would be considered assault
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PIZZA.BAT posted:i do this too and it sounds like you're apologizing for it. gently caress people who start creeping on you when you're still IN FRONT OF THEIR loving CAR that can be considered attempted vehicular homicide here lol
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Jan 12, 2023 20:20
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Attempted assault on a vehicle by a pedestrian, punishable by life in prison probably
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iirc they did it because of the terrorist trucks or whatever. loving ridiculous that's what it took but it's better than nothing
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If they can argue that you were protesting they might be legally protected in some states I guess don't wear your r/fuckcars tshirt
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i think in florida the governor gives you a medal
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Farmer Crack-rear end posted:that's not how federal budgeting works. congress doesn't start with "okay we have this many dollars to spend, what can we fit in there?" congress isn't limited to "ooh, we'd love to fund that program, but we gotta prioritize this aircraft carrier." yep the us government hasn’t passed a normal complete budget in like, what, 15 years now? it’s just last minute omnibus spending bills and the occasional shutdowns now
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Jan 12, 2023 20:38
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i've mentioned many times to friends i'd live in nyc when i retired bc of the transit options would be best for my aging body plus could find other olds like me easier. so many places do free delivery, including pharmacies. maybe by then they'll actually have their ADA poo poo sorted but lol MTA doing anything fast. i had to travel with a broken shoulder and the platforms without elevators are a nightmare when you can't lift your luggage. but there's nice new yorkers who will offer to carry you bag down for you 
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I went to a DC metro town hall before covid, and my girlfriend and I were the only non retirees there. I'll admit I was nervous because I blindly assumed it was gonna be a bunch of boomers wanting an end to homosocialist public transit spending. Instead they were all there to argue for more and better public transit because "gently caress driving in DC at my age".
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Jan 12, 2023 20:47
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gently caress driving in dc at any age imho
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Soylent Pudding posted:I went to a DC metro town hall before covid, and my girlfriend and I were the only non retirees there. I'll admit I was nervous because I blindly assumed it was gonna be a bunch of boomers wanting an end to homosocialist public transit spending. Instead they were all there to argue for more and better public transit because "gently caress driving in DC at my age". There are still dumb people in dc like that anti bike lane church though
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I lived in NYC for ages and my general opinion was "ehh, it's okay, having everything within walkable distance is convenient I guess" Then I moved to Cambridge MA for shits and grins because I'm full-remote and Cambridge is still fairly doable car-free. Within a week my opinion on NYC changed to "jesus christ I am never living in that fuckawful hellhole again what the hell was I thinking" There's definitely incipient carbrain here but whitey's houses were too precious to just bulldoze en-masse to build six-lane stroads everywhere. So there are vast swathes of residential-only streets but it's mostly semi-detached and multi-family housing and there are no mandatory front yards or any of that stuff. Need to get myself an ebike because things are just spread out enough that walking everywhere is too time-consuming.
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mystes posted:Nice 100% of them post on nextdoor how daring to remove some street parking spots to put in a bike lane will immediately cause the entire city to get stuck in gridlock
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i lived in cambridge for a stretch too and lmao it's not better than nyc it's doable without a car too, but only if you don't need to get anywhere real late/early
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Original Cambridge in the UK is very good for non-drivers. Problem is I'm two towns over so commuting suuuucks. Not as bad the house prices / rent there though.
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i lived in a walkable neighborhood in a flyover state and commuted to midtown one week a month for a few years. i love the walkability, but can't deal with how packed with people everything is. maybe its better out in the boroughs or in jersey, but i'm too old for manhattan
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Elder Postsman posted:i did some driving in hyderabad when i was over there for 6 weeks back in 2010. it's fuckin wild, like some semi organized chaos that mostly somehow works. the guy we were driving around with said i was a very good india driver lol i was in mumbai for a wedding some years ago, and one of the bride's cousins helpfully gave me a ride on the back of his scooter to a place where i could by some booze for me and the rest of the americans. holy poo poo that was an experience.
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like three years ago the dc mayor proposed introducing tolls on every road for cars with non-dc plates and it was immediately shot down but imo it's the only good policy proposal she's ever had
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mystes posted:I feel like I'm an okay driver as long as I've gotten enough sleep, I'm not stressed out, and I'm not driving somewhere I'm not familiar with nah, you're a bad driver. being even "okay" means being able to not suck every time you go someplace new. it's ok, i'm colorblind and have no depth perception - im a bad driver too. or as i like to say, "i'm an okay driver as long as nobody brakes right in front of me"
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PIZZA.BAT posted:i do this too and it sounds like you're apologizing for it. gently caress people who start creeping on you when you're still IN FRONT OF THEIR loving CAR yeah the only reason i'm really hesitant to still do that is that i have stuff to live for now and the way things are right now in the middle of bumfuck nowhere in good ole US of A if i did that id probably be loving dead
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Soylent Pudding posted:Yeah and a lot of the elderly my firm delt with could afford it. The point I'm trying to make is that as Americans we've chosen to make cars foundational to basic adult independence that it does feel cruel to justifiably be as a strict as we should be with drivers licenses. The solution isn't to let dangerous driver stay on the roads but to start actually investing in a society where we're less reliant on driving. But that's impossible so better just wait for Elon to stick a monkey brain in your jar to pilot your lifted cybertrick. https://twitter.com/dril/status/464802196060917762
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I don't know about living long-term but I do love being in NYC and Manhattan in particular, though Brooklyn on the river side is nice too, then it gets kind of sprawlycheese eats mouse posted:i've mentioned many times to friends i'd live in nyc when i retired bc of the transit options would be best for my aging body plus could find other olds like me easier. so many places do free delivery, including pharmacies. maybe by then they'll actually have their ADA poo poo sorted but lol MTA doing anything fast.
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Achmed Jones posted:nah, you're a bad driver. being even "okay" means being able to not suck every time you go someplace new. it's ok, i'm colorblind and have no depth perception - im a bad driver too. or as i like to say, "i'm an okay driver as long as nobody brakes right in front of me" lol i had cataracts a month ago and i was an ok driver as long as i didn't need to read any street signs
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mobby_6kl posted:I don't know about living long-term but I do love being in NYC and Manhattan in particular, though Brooklyn on the river side is nice too, then it gets kind of sprawly i'm in downtown brooklyn (by fulton st, basically right by the bridge) and it's pretty good. it's sort of manhattan-ish but not quite as dense
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Achmed Jones posted:nah, you're a bad driver. being even "okay" means being able to not suck every time you go someplace new. it's ok, i'm colorblind and have no depth perception - im a bad driver too. or as i like to say, "i'm an okay driver as long as nobody brakes right in front of me" At least I've managed to basically not have to commute by car ever except for a cumulative total of maybe a few months' worth of days spread out over a really long time. I did have to drive to school for a couple years in high school and in retrospect I really don't think I should have been doing that and it's kind of a miracle I managed to not not injure myself or someone else (this does not mean I never got into an accident)
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