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I was the guy without headlights at night once. In my defense, that was the first day of driving a new rental Focus that had DRL and always-on backlight, but not auto headlights like the BMW I drove immediately before that. Or normal manual headlights like in my Miata, which I manage to turn or myself just fine. The main thing that got me was the backlit cluster, as that's how I quickly verify if the headlights are on, and the outside being bright enough for the headlights not to make a difference. Anyway, this got me pulled over by a cop at like 3 am driving round Cape Canaveral, whose only question was if it's a rental. Sorry guys.
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That's a sled and not a cart, though...
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Mar 20, 2014 15:43
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Well, wherever you are, wouldn't we all benefit from having an "Iceman" option in our cars?
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Mar 27, 2014 21:37
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There's a pretty small circle around here that happens to be ~20m diameter as well: I really like ones like these because you can pretty much blast through at full speed if there's no one coming from the left when going straight.
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Jul 30, 2014 18:20
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This, this motherfucker right there: Why yes let me just puff along this narrow single-lane road when there's a perfectly fine bike path right loving there 
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Aug 24, 2014 17:14
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 Holy poo poo sorry I ever mentioned that.Speaking of dumbasses breaking the law and getting caught instantly, I had a good example recently. There's this road that basically starts at the highway exist and for some stupid reason has a 70km/h limit instead of 90. Still, it's usually safe to go at least 100-110. The trick is to make sure the coast is clear before speeding. Specifically, there's a crest that obstructs the view where the cops were hiding this time:  Now enter the dumbass in VW van or something. He was on my rear end the whole time even though I was clearly slowing down for the cops. While I was still waiting to break the line of sight in the rear view mirror, he started to rather unsafely overtake me (visibility + construction + speeding), then cutting me off an spraying with some gravel from the construction. Either the cops took off then or were already following us, but they gave chase and pulled him over right in front of me. I'm really not a nazi about this sort of thing, but if you're breaking the law, don't be a loving moron about it and do it right in front of the police!
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Aug 27, 2014 23:10
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Michael Scott posted:It is really perfectly shot. What are the chances this not only would happen, but would happen RIGHT in front of a car with a perfect dashcam, and that it would then get uploaded and shared? I am skeptical as well. I too think there's a good chance that's a viral for Saints Row or something, but have you seen any other Russian dashcam footage? The kind of insane poo poo you see there makes this not totally unbelievable by comparison.
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Sep 3, 2014 19:31
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The basic roundabout is definitely way simpler. It literally only requires looking to the left and seeing if someone's going to crash into you if you were to continue. The only problem is that it's contrary to the right-hand priority rules elsewhere but they usually get a yield sign to make up for that.
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Oct 4, 2014 15:39
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wallaka posted:Works in Europe. Trucks are speed limited and usually can't pass cars except in special zones. Makes it so there aren't miles and miles of traffic backed up because of a 65.99 to 66 mph drag race that goes on for 10 miles. Define "works". You still get trucks trying to overtake each other except at 79.99 and 80 km/h unless explicitly forbidden, which is a separate thing. What this causes instead is a huge speed difference between the trucks and the rest of traffic which is a huge pain in the rear end. Coming up to the two trucks drag racing? Gotta lose 50+ km/h of speed and then accelerate again. A truck cuts you off to begin its maneuver? Hit the loving brakes RIGHT NOW because its bumper is approaching at 50km/h. Want to take an exit? Tough poo poo, the exit lane is packed with trucks going half your speed for miles.
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Apr 15, 2015 15:38
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Only ever saw a minor one happen in real time (guy making a left turn across jammed oncoming traffic, didn't see the car in the next lane), otherwise only the consequences. Here's a genius that made it 2 km along a mountain footpath to "take some pics". In a Ford Puma.  
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May 5, 2015 10:39
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atomicthumbs posted:Well, did he get the pics? He did get these ones in the national news so I think that should be good enough.
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May 5, 2015 19:25
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PT6A posted:I'd try driving here, except all the roads change names every few blocks, and join each other at strange angles, and I'm still not sure if I get what the traffic lights mean. I was surprised to find out that traffic turning right on their own green light must stop and queue at the crosswalk until the "green man" starts flashing; I'm guessing I probably would've blown all kinds of lights if I rented a car here (and I'd probably still be trying to figure out how to get back to my apartment). I've never seen anyone do this, ever. You only stop at the crosswalk to let the pedestrians through, then gun it the moment there's no one directly in your path.
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May 9, 2015 08:56
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This is pretty low key, but how about this dickwad? I got in without too much trouble (the tree is far enough for the rear overhand, as it turns out), but is it that loving difficult to let off the brake for a moment and park a bit more considerately?
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May 31, 2015 21:21
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Uthor posted:loving cyclists He was on a unicycle, of course it's his fault.
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Jun 28, 2015 00:29
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I was just out on the balcony watering plants when I overheard some screaming on the street below. It was a jogger shouting at a driver about his lights being off... while jogging in the middle of the street 
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Jul 8, 2015 21:10
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I know whining about cyclists is a cliche but apparently the weather is now just right and they're all over the place. All of this is just over the last couple of days, and I haven't even been driving that much. First there are at least two guys who just blew past red traffic lights - not much to explain, everyone stops they just continue as if the lights don't apply to them. Then there's this rear end in a top hat who randomly switches between riding on the road, the sidewalk, then crossing the street by riding over the pedestrian crossing and continuing on the other sidewalk. And of course just now there was this guy who thought he was in Tour de France, when he was actually in a post office. Wearing all the spandex gear , with his stupid bicycle in the middle of the hallway. Finally on the way home now I almost took out a guy taking a left off a main road without slowing down to let oncoming traffic through. I'm not at all hostile to cyclists but goddamn why do they insist on breaking the rules in dangerous ways in such high numbers. Drivers are assholes too but in all my experience I haven't seen more than two cars blow a red light when it wasn't just a fraction of a second late.
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Jul 13, 2015 17:57
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Almost got flattened from behind by a moron on a kickscooter and his stupid child on my way to work today. To balance things out a bit, came pretty close to a head-on with another car that was overtaking someone on a narrow blind city street. I enjoy these experiences as they make me appreciate life a little more.
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Jul 14, 2015 18:34
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Paradoxish posted:Seems pretty unlikely that someone who's uninsured would actually have enough money on hand to cover any significant damages. Well she was driving an Escalade so she could sell that at least.
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Jul 16, 2015 15:37
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Another day, another cyclist making a "right on red" which totally isn't a thing here and super illegal.Seat Safety Switch posted:Yeah, but insurance is deregulated in Alberta, so cops at the roadside can't tell if the piece of paper you give them is a legitimate insurance card or not. Well I can print an insurance card here myself too. Possibly even completely legally, I think. It's not a big deal, just call the company and confirm that Joe Blow and his shitbox is insured.
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Jul 16, 2015 17:28
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Guys, what if a a car from the oncoming direction jumps into your lane going 80 mph? You should leave enough space to go 80-0, make a U-turn, and accelerate to 80 mph again. PT6A posted:I am the guy you share a road with. I'm trying to come to terms with our new sucking loving piece of poo poo bike lanes, but today, it just got the better of me. I was first at a red light, and I had to make a right-hand turn shortly after the light, across the bike lane. The light turns green, and I accelerate slowly (no gas, just letting out clutch at first) until I realize.... all the cyclists have no interest in actually getting anywhere, so I'd probably be holding up traffic as I wait 15 seconds for them to actually reach the place I was turning. I pinned it, and turned right across that cocksucker. Probably not a responsible choice (I think the guy behind me honked at me), but it's not like I even came close to hitting or inconveniencing any of the stoned out cyclists. What I don't get about bike lanes that are part of the regular roads is how anyone could think that basically this was a good idea: 
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Jul 28, 2015 09:37
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GramCracker posted:I vote we never play this, ever. Within a minute I saw a cyclist cross the zigzag lines into the oncoming lane, overtake a car that was yielding to the pedestrians and then jump onto the pavement by the crosswalk. Brilliant. Edit: Holy poo poo this is infuriating. It should be legal to shoot these people on sight. Maybe putting a traffic light there could work too but but let's not half-rear end this. Maybe the fox hunting people could be useful for once.   Let's just stand in the middle of the road there. There were just a whole bunch of assholes doing the thing and being cunts in general. mobby_6kl fucked around with this message at 17:51 on Aug 4, 2015 |
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Oh man, remember my whining about cyclists a couple of pages back? That's nothing. I'm now in Heidelberg, Germany, and the cyclists here are just loving mental. I almost took out one on my first drive into the city when he decided to jump onto the road form a pedestrian crossing on his red. I stomped on the brakes and managed to stop before the zebra but he just looked at me like I'm the rear end in a top hat. Any benefit of well-behaved drivers here is more than offset by these nutcases. Despite having well-marked cycling lanes on the roads and/or sidewalks, they'll ride anywhere, the wrong way, and ignoring all signs and rules. It seems that the more effort is made to accommodate them, the bigger nuisance they become to both cars and pedestrians. So in conclusion, we should put a stop to this bullshit before it spreads everywhere.
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nsaP posted:Passive aggressive fuckheads piss me off and you never explained why the other parker was a huge rear end in a top hat. Cause they were over the line? Did you even talk to them before confronting them? Don't really see a problem with what he did there, that's not even passive-aggressive, that's just "parking".
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B4Ctom1 posted:Bicycle Insanity I'm sure it was deserved 
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xzzy posted:That dude on the right has one hell of a swagger. Why wouldn't he .jpg)
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Aug 28, 2015 17:54
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IOwnCalculus posted:I was wondering why I never seem to see ambulances / fire trucks blowing through intersections, and now I know why. Surprising that it saves that little time, but I guess it makes sense when considering that you guys probably aren't hitting speeds that much higher than peak regular traffic speeds either. You can see what happens when they do try that in those russian dashcam videos. Unless you're looking to have a crash on each call, it's clearly necessary to slow the hell own and ensure that each intersection s clear. I assume the sirens are still used to get through the traffic quicker, however.
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Right on red owns, I wish we had it here too. Left on red... not so sure. Instead of making sure one lane is clear, you need the whole intersection. At that point, why even have a traffic light there.
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Protected lefts here are usually only marked by a single green arrow placed on the corner of the street on which you're turning. They're only green until suddenly they aren't.Seat Safety Switch posted:Right on red sucks when you're in a Miata, trying to turn right, and the cocksucker on the left of you has stopped his immense SUV in the crosswalk. Well really any intersection where you have to yield sucks in the Miata if the streets are not perfectly perpendicular because you can't see poo poo through the B-pillar with the top up. (I know, I know, but sometimes it's too cold and windy).
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El Jebus posted:The easiest way to do this would probably be on motorcycle with a cam on your helmet. You would easily be able to pull right up next to them and capture their face. Even a short honk could get them to look right at you while you flip them off and wheelie away to the police department. Sounds like a great way to get murdered!
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nm posted:"Yes, lets follow the car in front of me as close as I can? Eratic driving? Lets get closer" -- every SoCal driver The opposite, actually  so yeah the camera car is driven by a dumbass too.
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Sep 9, 2015 15:44
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Mahmoud Ahmadinejad posted:I think we've found winners for the worst people on earth: Don't they have signs there indicating who has the right of way in these cases?
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Killstick posted:What happened there? Has he never heard of counter steering? What counter steering? It's got AWD dude. protastic posted:So today it rained in San Diego. If you aren't aware, San Diegans are totally incapable of behaving like rational human beings when water is falling from the sky, which is only supposed to happen in other places. That's why they all bought trucks, who's the dumbass now huh? 
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nitrogen posted:One is under the back wheels, and the other is on top of the van? I think the question is where they are, not where you want them to be.
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I get stopped by the cops all the drat time here in our socialist european paradise and they never have anything on me, not even a warning. But they always check all the papers and have me do an alcohol test. Luckily no one ever asked for the loving first aid kit, at least. In contrast, I got pulled over in Florida once in the middle of the night for having no lights on. The cop just asked me if it was a rental car, told me to turn them on and sent me on my way. It helps being white, I assume. ratbert90 posted:The general rule is: "Don't talk to cops." Ever. They are building a case against you. Note that "You're missing your ticket quota" isn't a good answer either
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MrOnBicycle posted:Because in Sweden, unless you have some sort of disability you pretty much always get a drivers license with a manual transmission. There are a lot of people who drive automatic cars, but they pretty much all have licenses for manuals. There is no good reason to limit yourself, unless you are having so much problems driving a car that operating a manual gearbox and drive safely at the same time is too much to handle. For me this shows a lack of interest in even the most basic elements of car control and driving. From what I've seen, manual cars are a rarity in the US. That said, I find limiting the license to automatic only, like it's done in some places here, quite silly. Once you're comfortable driving an automatic, it's a matter of an hour or two to get used to shifting gears yourself. The transmission isn't the hard part of driving a car, it's all the other stupid rules and poo poo.
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^^^ That's weird but I guess it's a free pass to slip or dump the clutch like a dumbass! MrOnBicycle posted:So why not just do it from the start? Well, sure. But there are reasons - maybe you just broke your left foot, or would find concentrating on the driving aspect easier without having to think about gears and revs. Or like in my case, my parents had an automatic car so I could get some practice in parking lots or in the boonies somewhere. As for bikes, I'm not into that poo poo either, but the different levels here are:
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Uthor posted:I should have included the picture showing the mother loving tree. And the video! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0K8uFekcP0Q
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From PYF, presented without comment:
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^^^ Yeah it's just you.  The raw numbers are pointless because they tell you nothing - the car could be dangerous or just owned or driven a shitload more than others. The stats per miles traveled would be much more useful.CharlieWhiskey posted:In general you are right, but in rural France, sometimes traffic turning right onto your lane has right of way. It's largely trivia, and harkens to a time of horse and buggy and perpetuates into modern agricultural communities. Drivers are frequently reminded of "priorité a droite" by upside-down yield signs with black Xs in them. I drove in France for a week last fall and I was nervous as hell in the countryside. It's hardly an obscure redneck trivia thing at least in other places in Europe, there's a whole street near me where it's used at every loving intersection and it pisses me off to no end because in addition to the stupid speed bumps, you have to almost stop every 50m because there's no visibility to the right. The street should clearly have priority, but they obviously wanted everyone to slow waaay down.  It's also the go-to rule if nothing else applies. It wouldn't be so bad if it was consistently understood and followed, but as is, there are too many things to process and account for others, so it's always a huge clustfuck unless it's explicitly marked as here. But even then...
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