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gradenko_2000 posted:what the gently caress? how does that happen? As cars get safer for their occupants and enforcement ceases, there is less and less incentive to learn how to operate your vehicle properly, so many people just don't.
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Ensign Expendable posted:As cars get safer for their occupants and enforcement ceases, there is less and less incentive to learn how to operate your vehicle properly, so many people just don't.
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also all education is turning to poo poo and that includes drivers ed moreover, free croup
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Ensign Expendable posted:As cars get safer for their occupants and enforcement ceases, there is less and less incentive to learn how to operate your vehicle properly, so many people just don't. Look, the driver was fine! Functioning as intended.
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fermun posted:probably old. they're driving an automatic, at 8 seconds in they take their foot off the gas, then when they are about to hit the driveway, they go to put their foot on the brake but they accidentally hit the gas, then when the car accelerates they panic and they push harder on the pedal they think is the brake but is actually the accelerator and so they zoom into the garage. i did this when i was learning to drive. i put a basketball-sized hole in the the drywall. i was so ashamed, i didn't leave my bedroom for a day and during that time my dad came in my room to tell me i was a loser lol
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Rauros posted:my dad came in my room to tell me i was a loser lol 
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good. (it'll never pass)
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i took a vacation to Japan a few months ago and took trains everywhere. It was awesome. Okay, a few of those trips were bus trips, a car-alike driven by a professional wearing a hat and white gloves. I think that's forgivable.
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cat botherer posted:The crazy one was with that guy was just uncontrollably going down a freeway. Called 911 himself, but eventually careened into something and died. WHY DIDN'T HE JUST TURN THE ENGINE OFF? He was a cop.
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Platystemon posted:He was a cop. why didnt he just shoot the engine until the car stopped
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Rode my bike today Came within a hairsbreadth of getting doored. Guy was looking at his phone as he exited the driver's seat of a van. Besides that I'm pretty happy with getting faster and stronger over time.
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This person on reddit got told by their HOA that they couldn't use a completely silent electric scooter because of a rule against unusually loud motorized vehicles: https://www.reddit.com/r/ElectricScooters/comments/1abdsjl/won_an_appeal_against_my_hoa_for_electric_scooter/ If an electric scooter is "unusually loud" they must definitely not allow cars, right?
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don't totally silent vehicles pose a threat to blind people? it's why EVs have a whine
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i say swears online posted:don't totally silent vehicles pose a threat to blind people? it's why EVs have a whine not teslas
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i say swears online posted:don't totally silent vehicles pose a threat to blind people? it's why EVs have a whine Not just blind people. Pedestrians and cyclists in general use traffic noise more than they realize unless you actually stop and actively think about it
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even driving i have all four windows down 99% of the time, i feel so much more aware
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mystes posted:This person on reddit got told by their HOA that they couldn't use a completely silent electric scooter because of a rule against unusually loud motorized vehicles: it's unusually loud in that its loudness isn't in the allowed band of 50-80db, op e: also my e-bike has fat all-terrain tires which is great for cycling around town because bike infrastructure isn't the best so being able to just ignore poo poo like insanely placed/high curbs or hostile architecture is nice. it doesn't really matter up to like 25-30km/h, though above 30km/h it does cause enough extra drag to be noticeable however, the fun bit about the tires is that they're loving loud. on a smooth surface they stop being silent as low as 25km/h, but the real deal starts at like 50, and 60-80km/h the bike sounds like a goddamn stuka it owns so much lmao Truga has issued a correction as of 18:30 on Jan 27, 2024 |
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Bikes are pretty quiet. I have to look for them with my eyes, and people don't hear me coming on one. Scooters are essentially the same thing.
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Comedy option: California passes a law requiring speed governors but then the supreme court says speed limits are unconstitutionalFitzy Fitz posted:Bikes are pretty quiet. I have to look for them with my eyes, and people don't hear me coming on one. Scooters are essentially the same thing.
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Fitzy Fitz posted:Bikes are pretty quiet. I have to look for them with my eyes, and people don't hear me coming on one. Scooters are essentially the same thing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EfsOlQa8fw
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here's one more appropriate for this thread https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uxSGH4yJXo
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evil_bunnY posted:the driver tears will fill an ocean lmao It won’t go anywhere because the prevailing narrative is that faster is safer. People will argue that folks driving the speed limit are a hazard because people doing 30 over don't have time to react.
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i say swears online posted:even driving i have all four windows down 99% of the time, i feel so much more aware im seeing a lot of people driving in full-on headphones now lol
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DR FRASIER KRANG posted:im seeing a lot of people driving in full-on headphones now lol i see people riding bikes like this and i'm just like "surely there's better ways to kill yourself dude???"
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Fitzy Fitz posted:Bikes are pretty quiet. I have to look for them with my eyes, and people don't hear me coming on one. Scooters are essentially the same thing. It's a real problem. Maybe there should be mandatory looking with your eyes if using a vehicle on public roads
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Philadelphia and Pittsburgh are facing massive transit cuts. Pittsburgh in particular has less than half the bus routes it had in 2000. The federal government is helping out by stepping in and spending $142m to alleviate flooding in a 700 foot section of highway. https://www.cbsnews.com/pittsburgh/video/i-376-to-get-142-million-in-federal-funding-to-fix-bathtub-and-other-issues/
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I saw such a weird accident the other day that I haven't been able to stop thinking about it. Regular four-way intersection with a stop light. The bottom car had crashed into the lightpole, and also had some damage to its rear. The top car was, at the time, scraped up against the bottom one, also over the curb, but had not hit anything with the front bumper. Neither car was even close to being able to left turn onto the road going south, and I have no idea how the top car even got involved. Are drivers okay?
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i say swears online posted:even driving i have all four windows down 99% of the time, i feel so much more aware Same. I have to put the windows up sometimes for a call, and looking at the speedometer is sometimes a wtf situation without the road and air noise. HashtagGirlboss posted:Not just blind people. Pedestrians and cyclists in general use traffic noise more than they realize unless you actually stop and actively think about it Now I'm wondering if every vehicle should be required to make a sort of ping noise at a regular interval with the volume determined by weight. Doppler effect lets you know how fast it's going and from what direction, the volume lets you know the difference between someone's electric bike and 4 ton electric hummer.
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That Crane bell is the same as on my partner's bike. The dog is now downstairs, I presume staring at the bike and waiting for a run. Good job.
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So take the dog for a run.
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Trabisnikof posted:here's one more appropriate for this thread
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Nettle Soup posted:That Crane bell is the same as on my partner's bike. The dog is now downstairs, I presume staring at the bike and waiting for a run. Good job. lol owned
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Trabisnikof posted:here's one more appropriate for this thread I have one of these on my e-bike, it owns
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Rochallor posted:Are drivers okay? no
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lmfao https://twitter.com/mayormcginn/status/1751074807418880229 moreover, free croup
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