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The Maroon Hawk: May 10, 2008

yeah, pooping on their hood

# ? Mar 18, 2024 13:12

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# ? May 27, 2024 16:30

cat botherer: Jan 6, 2022; I am interested in most phases of data processing.

I like the self-serve spray hose car washes to wash my mountain bike every so often. I never wash my car except to get salt off. It doesn't deserve it.

Mauser posted:

Got hit by another car, this time just clipped my front wheel while they jumped into the empty bus lane to run a red light as I entered the intersection. Bike is fine and I've got a few more scrapes from falling over. Switched out bikes and home and went on a very angry bike ride

Were you able to get this moron's insurance?

# ? Mar 18, 2024 15:44

Pittsburgh Fentanyl Cloud: Apr 7, 2003

Pittsburgh Fentanyl Cloud posted:

https://www.wpxi.com/news/local/gra...BGT3AX2EDRTSUU/

The driver of a Ram 2500 Kindermulcher crossed the center line on a two lane road here and caused a catastrophic crash that killed a woman and closed the road and an adjacent rail line for four hours. anyway

Update on this. It's been a week and the police have neither charged the driver nor identified her. Local social media has identified her, said she's a known problem drunk driver, and said that she was released from the hospital same day so they're not just waiting for her to heal up before they charge her.

# ? Mar 18, 2024 15:48

Mauser: Dec 16, 2003; How did I even get here, son?!

cat botherer posted:

Were you able to get this moron's insurance?

yeah I got their info. They stopped and were very apologetic and I had some angry words for them about running red lights.

# ? Mar 18, 2024 16:18

cat botherer: Jan 6, 2022; I am interested in most phases of data processing.

Mauser posted:

yeah I got their info. They stopped and were very apologetic and I had some angry words for them about running red lights.

In better news, cycling numbers have doubled in Paris in just a year. They've been going whole-hog on bike infra.

https://www.lemonde.fr/les-decodeurs/article/2023/11/11/a-paris-la-frequentation-des-pistes-cyclables-a-double-en-un-an_6199510_4355770.html
(translated from French)

quote:

This doubling, or even tripling in some places, does not surprise the Deputy Mayor in charge of mobility and public space, David Belliard (Europe Ecologie-Les Verts, EELV): �We already knew that the use of cycling has gone far beyond the simple mode effect. (...) While the weather has deteriorated in Paris in recent weeks, we have still recorded attendance records. �

�In more mobility than elsewhere, the central issue is supply rather than demand,� says the elected representative, who claims that the municipality has �massically amplified infrastructure supply� since its re-election in 2020, building protected cycle lanes and installing parking spaces. This is the induced traffic principle: when an infrastructure is created or improved, it generates an additional volume of traffic, regardless of the mode of transport concerned (road, rail, bicycle, walking, etc.).

quote:

In addition to the lessons of road counting statistics; at peak times, there are more bicycles than cars on certain representative axes of the capital. On the Avenue de Flanders, the boulevard Voltaire and Boulevard Magenta, the average never exceeds 384 motor vehicles per hour on the central part of the road, compared with 537 bicycles on the cycle tracks in September and October.

The roads are saturated during peak hours, while a relative fluidity remains on the cycle lanes, in particular because of the low ground occupancy of the bicycle. A bicycle takes about 1.5 square meters to the ground to transport a person, five times less than a car (7.5 square meters for the best-selling SUV, the Peugeot 2008) � in Paris and Ile-de-France, there are 1.1 people on average per vehicle.

# ? Mar 18, 2024 16:29

Mauser: Dec 16, 2003; How did I even get here, son?!

cat botherer posted:

In better news, cycling numbers have doubled in Paris in just a year. They've been going whole-hog on bike infra.

https://www.lemonde.fr/les-decodeurs/article/2023/11/11/a-paris-la-frequentation-des-pistes-cyclables-a-double-en-un-an_6199510_4355770.html
(translated from French)

Chouette.

I'll be in Paris very briefly and will have to see if it looks different from last time I actually spent some time there. I'm going to buy an old road bike when I get to my actual destination and stash that with the in-laws so I can ride around the Gironde area and get out of the house. Tons of bike paths around and drivers are generally pretty respectful of other road users. Not exactly a lot of hills to climb in that area unfortunately.

# ? Mar 18, 2024 17:25

Ensign Expendable: Nov 11, 2008; Lager beer is proof that god loves us; Pillbug

gradenko_2000 posted:

https://twitter.com/aldrinpelicano/status/1769294875907031334?t=HJJ65it2GQkDtMlE7yLabQ&s=19

I frequent this route and can confirm that this is what it's like

Does traffic modelling software model the fact that only about 50% of drivers are able to recognize lane markings and street signs?

# ? Mar 18, 2024 17:27

FirstnameLastname: Jul 10, 2022

Ensign Expendable posted:

Does traffic modelling software model the fact that only about 50% of drivers are able to recognize lane markings and street signs?

traffic modeling is mostly done with those big black tubey cables you'll see laid over the road in pairs
they're pressure sensors & sit in pairs to measure vehicle speed

those kinds of problems can't be fixed through that though because they arise from having mixed speed/size traffic at all, it's always bad bc as it approaches capacity you can't keep it safe without splitting the vehicles up or dropping them all to the same speed

# ? Mar 18, 2024 18:00

Pepe Silvia Browne: Jan 1, 2007

every intersection of two streets should be an all-way stop if it's not a traffic light imo
so many bad intersections in my neighborhood where t-bones are frequent could be greatly helped by making it an all-way stop.

# ? Mar 18, 2024 18:02

my bony fealty: Oct 1, 2008

my new favorite way to pass time when in the passenger seat of a car is to look at other cars and note how many people are on their phones while driving. it's a lot lmfaaaooo

best is the ones who have the phone in a holder and are clearly facetiming or watching youtube while driving

# ? Mar 18, 2024 18:13

Pepe Silvia Browne: Jan 1, 2007

i like the trend of putting the phone on speaker mode, then holding it directly in front of your mouth anyway. just put it to your ear man rotating it 180 degrees doesn't suddenly make this whole operation safe.

# ? Mar 18, 2024 18:15

Pittsburgh Fentanyl Cloud: Apr 7, 2003

my bony fealty posted:

my new favorite way to pass time when in the passenger seat of a car is to look at other cars and note how many people are on their phones while driving. it's a lot lmfaaaooo

best is the ones who have the phone in a holder and are clearly facetiming or watching youtube while driving

I had to run out for fifteen minutes yesterday and saw two drivers go over the yellow line specifically because of this

# ? Mar 18, 2024 18:16

LonsomeSon: Nov 22, 2009; A fishperson in an intimidating hat!

oregon has a law specifically about using your phone for anything other than talking/listening to music through an earpiece while driving and while of course it�s not perfect there�s a lot less loving around with a handset while in traffic here than where im from (texas lol)

it�s like the locals grow up with the idea that it�s not ok, or is less ok, and that sticks with a lot of them for life

# ? Mar 18, 2024 18:25

Fitzy Fitz: May 14, 2005

LonsomeSon posted:

oregon has a law specifically about using your phone for anything other than talking/listening to music through an earpiece while driving and while of course it�s not perfect there�s a lot less loving around with a handset while in traffic here than where im from (texas lol)

it�s like the locals grow up with the idea that it�s not ok, or is less ok, and that sticks with a lot of them for life

We got a law like that a few years ago, and it did nothing because everyone knows there's no enforcement of traffic laws anymore.

# ? Mar 18, 2024 18:26

my bony fealty: Oct 1, 2008

yeah encouraging people to wear headphones while driving is really smart. great job Oregon

# ? Mar 18, 2024 18:27

evil_bunnY: Apr 2, 2003

Pepe Silvia Browne posted:

every intersection of two streets should be an all-way stop if it's not a traffic light imo
so many bad intersections in my neighborhood where t-bones are frequent could be greatly helped by making it an all-way stop.

you think anyone�s going to actually stop?

my bony fealty posted:

my new favorite way to pass time when in the passenger seat of a car is to look at other cars and note how many people are on their phones while driving. it's a lot lmfaaaooo

People wonder why I use a light with instant strobe on the bike and that�s why, although it�s not as bad as the US. I don�t think iVe ever made the work commute once without seeing someone on their phone.

evil_bunnY has issued a correction as of 18:50 on Mar 18, 2024

# ? Mar 18, 2024 18:48

Mister Speaker: May 8, 2007; WE WILL CONTROL
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my bony fealty posted:

my new favorite way to pass time when in the passenger seat of a car is to look at other cars and note how many people are on their phones while driving. it's a lot lmfaaaooo

best is the ones who have the phone in a holder and are clearly facetiming or watching youtube while driving

I do this while walking and I've actually got to cut down because it makes me furious. Between all the rolling stops and people parked on the sidewalk, it just tweaks my blood pressure too much. Trying to reserve my ire for people who actually hit me.

Mauser posted:

yeah I got their info. They stopped and were very apologetic and I had some angry words for them about running red lights.

You're still going to call their insurance company, right? Can you even do that without a police report?

# ? Mar 18, 2024 18:48

Pepe Silvia Browne: Jan 1, 2007

evil_bunnY posted:

you think anyone�s going to actually stop?

i absolutely think more people would stop than currently do, where there are no stop signs or only one set, yes

# ? Mar 18, 2024 18:48

Second Hand Meat Mouth: Sep 12, 2001

https://twitter.com/sfcitationdata/status/1574589935775907842

# ? Mar 18, 2024 18:57

HashtagGirlboss: Jan 4, 2005

Pepe Silvia Browne posted:

i absolutely think more people would stop than currently do, where there are no stop signs or only one set, yes

Even if people just do California stops it would probably cut down on collisions I really like this idea

# ? Mar 18, 2024 19:05

500excf type r: Mar 7, 2013; I'm as annoying as the high-pitched whine of my motorcycle, desperately compensating for the lack of substance in my life.

FirstnameLastname posted:

traffic modeling is mostly done with those big black tubey cables you'll see laid over the road in pairs
they're pressure sensors & sit in pairs to measure vehicle speed

those kinds of problems can't be fixed through that though because they arise from having mixed speed/size traffic at all, it's always bad bc as it approaches capacity you can't keep it safe without splitting the vehicles up or dropping them all to the same speed

They're in pairs to determine direction, speed is sometimes collected but not vital

# ? Mar 18, 2024 19:07

Xaris: Jul 25, 2006; Lucky there's a family guy
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Laugh and cry

you can do very sophisticated traffic modeling with fiber optic and it�s very cool what we can do. you get to know exact speed, positioning, weight, if they stop, where they�re at on the street, direction.

honestly it�s almost scary how good it is

# ? Mar 18, 2024 19:16

mawarannahr: May 21, 2019

Pepe Silvia Browne posted:

i like the trend of putting the phone on speaker mode, then holding it directly in front of your mouth anyway. just put it to your ear man rotating it 180 degrees doesn't suddenly make this whole operation safe.

it kicks rear end when people do this on the bus

# ? Mar 18, 2024 19:26

HashtagGirlboss: Jan 4, 2005

mawarannahr posted:

it kicks rear end when people do this on the bus

My favorite is when people on transit are watching porn with the volume up. Ive encountered like maybe three times over the decades but im just like drat dude you have completely obliterated any shred of self awareness

# ? Mar 18, 2024 19:35

The Maroon Hawk: May 10, 2008

Second Hand Meat Mouth posted:

https://twitter.com/sfcitationdata/status/1574589935775907842

clearly that means people are driving more safely :dumb:

# ? Mar 18, 2024 20:22

silicone thrills: Jan 9, 2008; I paint things

my bony fealty posted:

my new favorite way to pass time when in the passenger seat of a car is to look at other cars and note how many people are on their phones while driving. it's a lot lmfaaaooo

best is the ones who have the phone in a holder and are clearly facetiming or watching youtube while driving

When i bus commuted every day, I'd do this, and my count was always more than 50% of the drivers around the bus on i5 were actively doing something on their phone.

# ? Mar 18, 2024 20:26

wynott dunn: Aug 9, 2006; What is to be done?

Who or what can challenge, and stand a chance at beating, the corporate juggernauts dominating the world?

driving sucks poo poo so I�m not surprised most people would actively prefer to be somewhere else doing something else

# ? Mar 18, 2024 21:35

LonsomeSon: Nov 22, 2009; A fishperson in an intimidating hat!

not much buy-in for my machine which destroys all cars idea so it�s hard to take this thread seriously atm in terms of solutions

# ? Mar 18, 2024 21:49

leftist heap: Feb 28, 2013; Fun Shoe

Second Hand Meat Mouth posted:

https://twitter.com/sfcitationdata/status/1574589935775907842

nobody wants to work anymore

# ? Mar 18, 2024 21:58

Cup Runneth Over: Aug 8, 2009; She said life's
Too short to worry
Life's too long to wait
It's too short
Not to love everybody
Life's too long to hate

Clearly everyone just drives really carefully, safely, and legally nowadays.

# ? Mar 18, 2024 22:10

Fitzy Fitz: May 14, 2005

Facing the consequences of my actions is like Black Mirror (the only science fiction I've ever experienced)

https://twitter.com/Carnage4Life/status/1769082092095508768

# ? Mar 18, 2024 22:45

Smythe: Oct 12, 2003

Fitzy Fitz posted:

Facing the consequences of my actions is like Black Mirror (the only science fiction I've ever experienced)

https://twitter.com/Carnage4Life/status/1769082092095508768

lol

# ? Mar 18, 2024 23:58

khazar sansculotte: May 14, 2004

Based on the window tinting I used to see everywhere in Florida, I'd think they would be excited about black mirror experiences.

# ? Mar 18, 2024 23:59

Real hurthling!: Sep 11, 2001

sueing for the right to drive in an uninsurable manner

# ? Mar 19, 2024 00:02

withak: Jan 15, 2003; Fun Shoe

You can't just go around telling your insurance company customers that I am a terrible and dangerous driver.

# ? Mar 19, 2024 01:24

Honky Mao: Dec 26, 2012

my bony fealty posted:

my new favorite way to pass time when in the passenger seat of a car is to look at other cars and note how many people are on their phones while driving. it's a lot lmfaaaooo

best is the ones who have the phone in a holder and are clearly facetiming or watching youtube while driving

Yeah you can see everyone pretty easily while cycling and it's seriously like 50% of drivers actively using a phone, it's terrifying

# ? Mar 19, 2024 01:58

Cup Runneth Over: Aug 8, 2009; She said life's
Too short to worry
Life's too long to wait
It's too short
Not to love everybody
Life's too long to hate

You do not under any circumstances have to hand it to insurance companies

# ? Mar 19, 2024 02:11

lobster shirt: Jun 14, 2021

using hard braking is pretty stupid as a metric, sometimes you have to slam on your brakes because other drivers do stupid, dangerous things and you need to avoid a crash

# ? Mar 19, 2024 02:20

Second Hand Meat Mouth: Sep 12, 2001

lobster shirt posted:

using hard braking is pretty stupid as a metric, sometimes you have to slam on your brakes because other drivers do stupid, dangerous things and you need to avoid a crash

that implies you're not following at a safe distance

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# ? May 27, 2024 16:30

lobster shirt: Jun 14, 2021

or that someone pulled out of a parking lot right in front of you, or ran a stop sign

# ? Mar 19, 2024 02:23

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