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DR FRASIER KRANG posted:my new modified car brains thought process is that if I'm driving in an area where there are pedestrians and cyclists then it's a strict adherence to the speed limit but as soon as I'm on any kind of express way it's all-out (otherwise you will get run off the road).
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people around me get mad if you're not doing 10 over the limit. you can't just be speeding, you have to be doing it legit.
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Oct 4, 2023 23:37
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Yeah, I do exactly the speed limit and stay in the right lane and it enrages people even if I’m not obstructing them in any way. Best part of driving.
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Oct 4, 2023 23:49
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A guy in a clapped out truck passed me on the right in a turning lane once on US 30 because I was doing the speed limit. There was no one in the left lane.
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Oct 4, 2023 23:50
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I think about it in terms of percentages. ok 55 in a 50, that’s actually 10% over the speed limit. can do better
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Oct 4, 2023 23:53
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dont go exactly the speed limit. like dont do stuff to prove a point while driving, it's dangerous - people will do dangerous poo poo because they're dumb and once they get upset they stop thinking of hazards. there's a lot of mentally unwell and armed people on the road just drive a safe speed for your car & drive to be away from other traffic if you have to go slower or faster for a second, it's always safer and all around less stress inducing to stay away from other cars and then equalize your speed to them so they remain distant, if there's no way to keep a distance, then go the same speed so traffic's less likely to hit you u get better gas mileage that way too
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Oct 5, 2023 01:12
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FirstnameLastname posted:dont go exactly the speed limit. like dont do stuff to prove a point while driving, it's dangerous - people will do dangerous poo poo because they're dumb and once they get upset they stop thinking of hazards. there's a lot of mentally unwell and armed people on the road "Just break the law bro, it's cool everybody does it."
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Oct 5, 2023 01:22
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Harik posted:"Just break the law bro, it's cool everybody does it." u a cop? u gonna talk about jaywalking next?
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Oct 5, 2023 01:25
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Second Hand Meat Mouth posted:u a cop? u gonna talk about jaywalking next? sure, I love talking about that! Jaywalking isn't a crime and the whole thing is a stupid propaganda campaign made up by car companies to claim roads for themselves.
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Oct 5, 2023 01:27
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FirstnameLastname posted:dont go exactly the speed limit. like dont do stuff to prove a point while driving, it's dangerous - people will do dangerous poo poo because they're dumb and once they get upset they stop thinking of hazards. there's a lot of mentally unwell and armed people on the road You should most definitely drive a safe speed. 
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Oct 5, 2023 01:28
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Harik posted:sure, I love talking about that! Jaywalking isn't a crime and the whole thing is a stupid propaganda campaign made up by car companies to claim roads for themselves. it is a crime though
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Oct 5, 2023 01:30
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Ham Equity posted:You should most definitely drive a safe speed. looks like the faster I go, less risk of serious injury 
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Oct 5, 2023 01:31
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Second Hand Meat Mouth posted:it is a crime though not in Pennsylvania
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Oct 5, 2023 01:31
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Pittsburgh Fentanyl Cloud posted:not in Pennsylvania okay well we don't all have landlord money to afford living somewhere fancy like pennsylvania
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Oct 5, 2023 01:32
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technically you can cross the street here anywhere you fuckin wanna, as long as you wait for traffic to clear
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Oct 5, 2023 01:32
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FirstnameLastname posted:dont go exactly the speed limit. like dont do stuff to prove a point while driving, it's dangerous - people will do dangerous poo poo because they're dumb and once they get upset they stop thinking of hazards. there's a lot of mentally unwell and armed people on the road Just to be clear, when you say "safer" here what you actually mean is "less likely to hurt the feelings of the Boomer in the F-350," and not "actually safer," right?
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Oct 5, 2023 01:33
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Oct 5, 2023 01:34
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Pittsburgh Fentanyl Cloud posted:technically you can cross the street here anywhere you fuckin wanna, as long as you wait for traffic to clear no u can't, not in cities quote:Between adjacent intersections in urban districts at which traffic-control signals are in operation pedestrians shall not cross at any place except in a marked crosswalk.
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Oct 5, 2023 01:34
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Ham Equity posted:Just to be clear, when you say "safer" here what you actually mean is "less likely to hurt the feelings of the Boomer in the F-350," and not "actually safer," right? when do you think the boomers pull out their guns buddy
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Oct 5, 2023 01:34
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Pittsburgh Fentanyl Cloud posted:technically you can cross the street here anywhere you fuckin wanna, as long as you wait for traffic to clear They changed the law in California to this after it turned out that jaywalking laws were basically only used to persecute minorities.
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Oct 5, 2023 01:35
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Weembles posted:They changed the law in California to this after it turned out that jaywalking laws were basically only used to persecute minorities. The state senate made vague noises about doing this in Washington last session.
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Oct 5, 2023 01:36
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Second Hand Meat Mouth posted:no u can't, not in cities well that law loving sucks and I'm going to cross where I want anyway
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Oct 5, 2023 01:37
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Pittsburgh Fentanyl Cloud posted:well that law loving sucks and I'm going to cross where I want anyway oh I agree... but officer harik is gonna arrest you
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Oct 5, 2023 01:39
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FirstnameLastname posted:dont go exactly the speed limit. like dont do stuff to prove a point while driving, it's dangerous - people will do dangerous poo poo because they're dumb and once they get upset they stop thinking of hazards. there's a lot of mentally unwell and armed people on the road "I'm driving with the flow of traffic" is the excuse every driver uses to drive 5-10 mph over the speed limit all the time. Maybe if people drove the speed limit instead of using that excuse, traffic would be 5-10 mph slower and much safer. Gun murder is way too common in the US, but it's about half as common as car death. A few of those shootings are road rage related, but most of them aren't. Driving faster is more likely to kill you (or someone else) than someone flipping their lid because you were going the speed limit. The most likely place for someone to get killed while driving is at an intersection where cars are traveling different directions, and in those types of collisions, less speed is undeniably less deadly. Of course, driving slower is always safer for people walking along or crossing the road.
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Oct 5, 2023 01:40
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Second Hand Meat Mouth posted:it is a crime though It's imaginary crime used to harass minorities in some backwater shitholes, not a real crime that causes actual harm like operating heavy machinery at unsafe speeds which is illegal everywhere.
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Oct 5, 2023 01:40
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Harik posted:It's imaginary crime used to harass minorities in some backwater shitholes, not a real crime that causes actual harm like operating heavy machinery at unsafe speeds which is illegal everywhere. nice goal post shifting
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Oct 5, 2023 01:41
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Second Hand Meat Mouth posted:oh I agree... but officer harik is gonna arrest you gonna need to see if they're black first. can't enforce an anti-minority law on a white guy, duh.
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Oct 5, 2023 01:42
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FlutieFlake posted:"I'm driving with the flow of traffic" is the excuse every driver uses to drive 5-10 mph over the speed limit all the time. Maybe if people drove the speed limit instead of using that excuse, traffic would be 5-10 mph slower and much safer. I drive with the flow of traffic to keep myself safe from road rage, just like I drive without my seat belt to keep myself safe from being trapped in the car if I'm in an accident.
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Oct 5, 2023 01:42
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Ham Equity posted:Just to be clear, when you say "safer" here what you actually mean is "less likely to hurt the feelings of the Boomer in the F-350," and not "actually safer," right? less likely to collide with like the car doesn't care what point you're making or who upset who if they rear end you and gently caress your neck or back up forever, and there's a significant enough amount of people who will snap and pull a gun and shoot you on purpose to where its just not worth it. you have no idea who is in the car behind you
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Oct 5, 2023 01:43
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Second Hand Meat Mouth posted:nice goal post shifting sorry that i wasn't aware that some racist hellholes still had that specific anti-minority law on the books. I'm not well versed on "bigot".
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Oct 5, 2023 01:43
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FirstnameLastname posted:less likely to collide with "You should drive as fast as the guy behind you wants you to, or else they might rear end you" is an unwinnable game I sincerely believe drivers would do 100mph on 55mph freeways if the flow of traffic let them do that
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Oct 5, 2023 01:44
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FirstnameLastname posted:less likely to collide with Yeah, just gotta keep that seat belt off, make sure I'm not trapped in the flaming car. That's definitely way more likely than getting pancaked in a rollover accident, for sure.
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Oct 5, 2023 01:44
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if the speed limit is only 55mph it doesn't count as a freeway imo
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Oct 5, 2023 01:45
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Anybody who has even gone 1mph over the speed limit should be trussed like a thanksgiving turkey and rolled down the side of a mountain
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Oct 5, 2023 01:45
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Epic High Five posted:Anybody who has even gone 1mph over the speed limit should be trussed like a thanksgiving turkey and rolled down the side of a mountain rules are rules....
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Oct 5, 2023 01:46
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speed limits are only used by cops to pull over minority drivers though, they should be abolished
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Oct 5, 2023 01:47
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Second Hand Meat Mouth posted:speed limits are only used by cops to pull over minority drivers though, they should be abolished They should be, but first we need to abolish roads where it's possible to go over 30.
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Oct 5, 2023 01:48
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we need speed governor so nobody can speed and then the police won't be able to pull anyone over for speeding
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Oct 5, 2023 01:49
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Cops would have to speed to catch up to a speeder. Verdict: guilty
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i looked it up, and only DC, New Mexico and South Carolina have what we'd consider "jaywalking" laws, where pedestrians are confined to specific marked areas and is a crime to leave those. Everywhere else has a fairly uniform code of "It's legal to cross roads as long as you don't jump out in front of a car" Another common provision is "if you're next to a crosswalk loving use it instead of crossing wherever", but it's still the driver's responsibility to stop for you. Texas owns for drivers though: "When traffic signal is not in place, vehicles must yield to pedestrian in crosswalk on vehicle’s half of road or close to it. Pedestrians must not step off curb and into path of vehicle when vehicle does not have time to stop. If vehicle violates this statute and hits a blind or disabled person, they must pay a $500 fine and perform 30 hours of community service for a charity that serves blind or disabled people."
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