Bad drivers! Cars that break down! Those with which we share the road Mk. 2

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Humbug Scoolbus: Apr 25, 2008; The scarlet letter was her passport into regions where other women dared not tread. Shame, Despair, Solitude! These had been her teachers, stern and wild ones, and they had made her strong, but taught her much amiss.; Clapping Larry

Solar Coaster posted:

So Washington State has been getting hammered by snowstorm after snowstorm, especially in the Cascades. We've already broken 20 year snowfall records and it's the first week of January.

As such, we are in the unusual predicament of essentially being cut off from the rest of the US at the moment, as all passes across the Cascades are closed until at least Sunday. Flooding in the south means that I5 is shut down in parts because its underwater.

WSDOT posted this today and I gotta say, this is some spectacular work:

That is some primo truckfuckling

# ¿ Jan 8, 2022 18:41

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# ¿ May 13, 2024 06:20

Humbug Scoolbus: Apr 25, 2008; The scarlet letter was her passport into regions where other women dared not tread. Shame, Despair, Solitude! These had been her teachers, stern and wild ones, and they had made her strong, but taught her much amiss.; Clapping Larry

Olympic Mathlete posted:

Yeet

https://twitter.com/Tim_Oldland/status/1505479831034728450?t=Q-uLJa5ONQHJf6HiAwSvGA&s=19

https://twitter.com/chazzydawgg/status/1505535475645235201?t=k2NYYShz_ssCSKWNkQowYA&s=19

Them Musk boys done it again....

# ¿ Mar 20, 2022 18:29

Humbug Scoolbus: Apr 25, 2008; The scarlet letter was her passport into regions where other women dared not tread. Shame, Despair, Solitude! These had been her teachers, stern and wild ones, and they had made her strong, but taught her much amiss.; Clapping Larry

KozmoNaut posted:

This should be mandatory viewing for anyone trying to understand the mind of The British Motorist.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=niA9fFdvp8E

It's classism and wankers all the way down.

That's real? Not a parody? gently caress.

# ¿ Apr 17, 2022 17:27

Humbug Scoolbus: Apr 25, 2008; The scarlet letter was her passport into regions where other women dared not tread. Shame, Despair, Solitude! These had been her teachers, stern and wild ones, and they had made her strong, but taught her much amiss.; Clapping Larry

ionn posted:

It seems to me that whenever the first snow hits every year, newer AWD cars are overrepresented among those I see having gone off the road. Because "I have AWD I have all the traction snow don't bother me" or something.

Attest. I was driving my Scirocco in the Twin Cities during blizzards and never had an issue, while I saw SUVs and Subarus in the ditches constantly.

# ¿ May 1, 2022 15:32

Humbug Scoolbus: Apr 25, 2008; The scarlet letter was her passport into regions where other women dared not tread. Shame, Despair, Solitude! These had been her teachers, stern and wild ones, and they had made her strong, but taught her much amiss.; Clapping Larry

I've done the cross-America ride five times and it is fantastic, but allocate a poo poo ton of time.

# ¿ May 25, 2022 04:21

Humbug Scoolbus: Apr 25, 2008; The scarlet letter was her passport into regions where other women dared not tread. Shame, Despair, Solitude! These had been her teachers, stern and wild ones, and they had made her strong, but taught her much amiss.; Clapping Larry

When I was growing up in super rural Northern Wisconsin, I had a two-mile walk down the dirt road to our house to get to the county road, then a sixteen-mile ride on the school bus to elementary school and junior high. Oneida County was pretty empty in the 60s and early 70s.

# ¿ May 25, 2022 17:27

Humbug Scoolbus: Apr 25, 2008; The scarlet letter was her passport into regions where other women dared not tread. Shame, Despair, Solitude! These had been her teachers, stern and wild ones, and they had made her strong, but taught her much amiss.; Clapping Larry

Phanatic posted:

But in fairness Wisconsin should have invaded and annexed that poo poo a long time ago.

You think we want Iron Mountain? Are you insane?

# ¿ May 26, 2022 02:18

Humbug Scoolbus: Apr 25, 2008; The scarlet letter was her passport into regions where other women dared not tread. Shame, Despair, Solitude! These had been her teachers, stern and wild ones, and they had made her strong, but taught her much amiss.; Clapping Larry

Zero One posted:

Hey, we won it fair and square in our war with Ohio!

Yeah, and you didn't have to keep Toledo, so I'd consider that a win.

# ¿ May 26, 2022 15:00

Humbug Scoolbus: Apr 25, 2008; The scarlet letter was her passport into regions where other women dared not tread. Shame, Despair, Solitude! These had been her teachers, stern and wild ones, and they had made her strong, but taught her much amiss.; Clapping Larry

slidebite posted:

jfc it looks massive. Do they have their own refinery on site?

That is one of a chain of gas station/department/grocery stores (seriously Buc-ees are all gigantic). Then there are the Love's Travel Stops...

When you have as much highway as the US does, you need places like these.

# ¿ May 29, 2022 16:56

Humbug Scoolbus: Apr 25, 2008; The scarlet letter was her passport into regions where other women dared not tread. Shame, Despair, Solitude! These had been her teachers, stern and wild ones, and they had made her strong, but taught her much amiss.; Clapping Larry

My Model 3 still hasn't killed me or anyone else or fallen apart, but I am selling it and getting an S60 Hybrid.

# ¿ Feb 14, 2023 18:57

Humbug Scoolbus: Apr 25, 2008; The scarlet letter was her passport into regions where other women dared not tread. Shame, Despair, Solitude! These had been her teachers, stern and wild ones, and they had made her strong, but taught her much amiss.; Clapping Larry

Phanatic posted:

Okay...

Was the Las VegasJudge, who sentenced the speeding woman, on cocaine who killed the drunk driver, high on meth?

OR

Was the Las VegasJudge, who sentenced the speeding woman,who killed the drunk driver high on meth, on cocaine ?

# ¿ May 16, 2023 15:51

Humbug Scoolbus: Apr 25, 2008; The scarlet letter was her passport into regions where other women dared not tread. Shame, Despair, Solitude! These had been her teachers, stern and wild ones, and they had made her strong, but taught her much amiss.; Clapping Larry

SlowBloke posted:

50/50 chance that doing the usual hot water bottle trick will make the ~~glass~~ entire vehicle explode, I think.

# ¿ Jan 17, 2024 01:33

Humbug Scoolbus: Apr 25, 2008; The scarlet letter was her passport into regions where other women dared not tread. Shame, Despair, Solitude! These had been her teachers, stern and wild ones, and they had made her strong, but taught her much amiss.; Clapping Larry

Have you seen the glory that is an East Bay roundabout?

Four-way stop, of course, and you must go around this lovely greensward...

That image was taken a few years ago, and that particular greenery is now over two meters high and completely fills the planted area which means you can't see anything coming at you, like cars or cyclists blowing through the stop sign and going the wrong way around the circle.

There are a lot more than just that one, and all are horrific.

# ¿ Mar 23, 2024 17:55

Humbug Scoolbus: Apr 25, 2008; The scarlet letter was her passport into regions where other women dared not tread. Shame, Despair, Solitude! These had been her teachers, stern and wild ones, and they had made her strong, but taught her much amiss.; Clapping Larry

Yeah, I didn't do driver's ed, but somehow I've managed not to get in any accidents over the last 50 years.

# ¿ Apr 6, 2024 22:00

Humbug Scoolbus: Apr 25, 2008; The scarlet letter was her passport into regions where other women dared not tread. Shame, Despair, Solitude! These had been her teachers, stern and wild ones, and they had made her strong, but taught her much amiss.; Clapping Larry

Nidhg00670000 posted:

Things are never predestined to happen because of something you do or don't do. I'd still rather have everyone around me have a robust education in operating machinery that can kill me in a literal instant.

I learned to drive on rural Wisconsin dirt roads in godawful weather. You get pretty good at judging traction, stopping distances, and visual conditions in a Wisconsin winter.

# ¿ Apr 7, 2024 01:18

Humbug Scoolbus: Apr 25, 2008; The scarlet letter was her passport into regions where other women dared not tread. Shame, Despair, Solitude! These had been her teachers, stern and wild ones, and they had made her strong, but taught her much amiss.; Clapping Larry

ChickenOfTomorrow posted:

yeah but back when you learned, a man with a red flag had to run in front of the car warning pedestrians

Only in cities, so the lady-folk wouldn't get spooked and go into hysterical tremors.

# ¿ Apr 7, 2024 16:29

Humbug Scoolbus: Apr 25, 2008; The scarlet letter was her passport into regions where other women dared not tread. Shame, Despair, Solitude! These had been her teachers, stern and wild ones, and they had made her strong, but taught her much amiss.; Clapping Larry

Safety Dance posted:

This one's off camber, so drivers carry too much speed into it and understeer directly into the ditch.

This one is actually on the way to my doctor's office. It's a highway exit from a tunnel that's super narrow and spits you out into an immediate merge and a traffic light.

Street View:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/4DxQ6B5pKTMZJGq79

I know that one! I was stationed at Fort Lewis and was following a buddy into town when he wrapped his IROC around that light pole.

# ¿ Apr 15, 2024 17:16

Humbug Scoolbus: Apr 25, 2008; The scarlet letter was her passport into regions where other women dared not tread. Shame, Despair, Solitude! These had been her teachers, stern and wild ones, and they had made her strong, but taught her much amiss.; Clapping Larry

Colostomy Bag posted:

Carbon off~~set~~camber credits.

# ¿ May 1, 2024 18:05

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# ¿ May 13, 2024 06:20

Humbug Scoolbus: Apr 25, 2008; The scarlet letter was her passport into regions where other women dared not tread. Shame, Despair, Solitude! These had been her teachers, stern and wild ones, and they had made her strong, but taught her much amiss.; Clapping Larry

I had a 3 on the tree early 70s Nova with the 250 inline six. That car was indestructible. until the entire undercarriage turned to powder (Wisconsin winters are not kind).

# ¿ May 4, 2024 19:33

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