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Platystemon
Feb 13, 2012

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I would like it to be known that ending a sentence with a preposition is totally fine and the Victorians who ruled against it had been smoking too much Latin.

Regardless, frequently amusing, anastrophe is.

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Platystemon
Feb 13, 2012

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Reddit posted:

I was standing in line at the DMV, when the gentleman in front of me, who has the definitive look of a Floridaman, turns to me and says "First time getting your license?" It is, I tell him. Why is he here, if I may ask? "Getting my license renewed - they took it away after the fourth DUI." Fourth? I thought they took it away after the third? "They do! That's why the judge was so mad at my trial for the 4th. He yelled at me so much for getting another DUI that during the recess, I went down to my car and finished the bottle of Jack to take the edge of my nerves." Left unsaid was that he drove home after the trial. And to the DMV, that day. He then proceeded to flunk the eye test, and get handed the written test anyway. I have little doubt that he's on the roads in Florida to this very day.

Platystemon
Feb 13, 2012

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Platystemon
Feb 13, 2012

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This one is art.



The chandelier and the remains of the wall clock, the trail on the floor, the robot vacuum cleaner, the lighting, the Deutsch angle—it has it all.

Platystemon
Feb 13, 2012

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https://twitter.com/BrodyLogan/status/1390271590093447169

Platystemon
Feb 13, 2012

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Platystemon
Feb 13, 2012

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This tunnel came up in the OSHA thread.

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

At forty seconds is a car you don’t want to share the road with.

Platystemon fucked around with this message at 14:22 on Jun 13, 2021

Platystemon
Feb 13, 2012

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New road threat just dropped.

https://twitter.com/passthebeano/status/1442165554614177794

Platystemon
Feb 13, 2012

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The driver behind the wheel in the first clip thought that this made him look good.

https://i.imgur.com/l0qdZDW.mp4

The trucker disagreed.

https://i.imgur.com/X6vGXb3.mp4

Platystemon
Feb 13, 2012

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I don’t think anyone disagrees with that, but the cemeteries are full of people who had the right of way.

They’re both idiots.

Platystemon
Feb 13, 2012

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“I hit a tree. How can I pretend that that is someone else’s fault?”

quote:

Looking for some legal advice (we live in Scotland) for my sister (H).
We live in north east Scotland and were hit pretty hard by storm Arwen. Lots of road closures due to fallen trees and other debris and this is relevant for later.

My sister was out in her car and was on her way home from being out with her girlfriend. They were driving a country road and H estimates she was going no faster than 30min due to weather conditions and the fact it was pitch black (no streetlights). There was a tree fallen on the road and my sister ended up crashing into the tree and has caused significant damage to her car. It has come to light that the road was closed by our local council but there were no warnings anywhere on her journey such as a traffic cone or sign to divert her or tell her to turn back. Within 10 minutes of the accident there was another at the other side of the tree where another vehicle did the same as H.

The council did post to their Facebook page and website that the road was closed but there was nothing actually out on the road. H had to return to the scene once a recovery vehicle arrived (there was over an hour wait and H was freezing cold so was picked up my our mum to go home and cosy up) and there was still nothing in place. When she spoke with a local police officer they were shocked / surprised that there was nothing in place to say the road was closed and mentioned doing something about that.

H is trying to prepare for insurance claims etc and wants to know if she can take this up with our local council as there was no warning about the road closure. Would she be able to claim any compensation from them since she is not at fault? Will the insurance company take this into account or fight on her behalf? Or will she have to accept blame?

She’s currently completing an apprenticeship so is very worried about how she will fix her car and settle her finance debt if the car is written off.

I have photos of the accident I can share if they would be of relevance and I can do my best to provide more info as I know I have mindlessly rambled here.

Platystemon
Feb 13, 2012

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I feel sorry for the rock face.

Platystemon
Feb 13, 2012

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I don’t care if people don’t turn on red, but I do care if they don’t even want to go that way yet still block the lane.

I’m not talking about driving straight down the road and not changing lanes for a red light, or they need to be in that lane to be in position for an immediate following turn. I mean that we’re on an a side street, waiting for the light on the arterial, and I can’t turn because there’s some clown that wants to wait in the multioption lane and not the perfectly good through lane right next to it.

Platystemon
Feb 13, 2012

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I heard it was a rental car, but I assumed it was from a commercial fleet.

They did that to just some individual’s car? :psyduck:

Platystemon
Feb 13, 2012

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quote:

He added that the driver who hit the same jump at about the same speed in an identical truck right after his run was hospitalized with a fractured spine as well.

Science marches on

Platystemon
Feb 13, 2012

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slidebite posted:

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

That is the world’s largest convenience store in New Braunfels, sixty‐six thousand, three hundred and thirty‐five square feet.

Platystemon
Feb 13, 2012

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https://i.imgur.com/o4Ip2Sh.mp4

https://news.yahoo.com/wild-nyc-car-chase-ends-235800085.html

Platystemon
Feb 13, 2012

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https://twitter.com/MikeWayland/status/1562518465587851265

Platystemon
Feb 13, 2012

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https://i.imgur.com/ta1ZjlP.mp4

Platystemon
Feb 13, 2012

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Phanatic posted:

Being put on hold for 911 has to be a great feeling.

Howard Jarvis would have felt great about the austerity.

Platystemon
Feb 13, 2012

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https://i.imgur.com/EznL3r5.mp4

Platystemon
Feb 13, 2012

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slidebite posted:

I genuinely thought they closed that off to driving thru.

That’s the Shrine Tree.

It’s one of three coast redwoods that you can drive through.

All of the giant sequoia drive through trees are dead, and that’s true in two senses. The living trees that had tunnels through them have fallen, but there are two trees that were tunnelled through when already dead, and the tunnels are passable today. Yosemite’s is a standing stump open only to foot traffic. Sequoia National Park’s is a log across a public road with an arch cut through it. It has more clearance than a typical overpass.

Platystemon
Feb 13, 2012

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Deeters posted:

Hard to get a good pic in the rain, but this guy parked next to me had at least 4 different EZ Passes on his windshield



Living_in_Georgia.jpeg

Platystemon
Feb 13, 2012

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https://v.redd.it/w7lg6ffnc5jb1/DASH_360.mp4

Platystemon
Feb 13, 2012

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Powershift posted:

Cops should get priuses and smart cars.

I want to see them try a Pitt Maneuver in a Reliant Robin.

Platystemon
Feb 13, 2012

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Grand Theft Auto VI looking dope af

Platystemon
Feb 13, 2012

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https://i.imgur.com/iK8oOvr.mp4

Platystemon
Feb 13, 2012

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IMO it was a bad idea to pass across a double yellow, on a bridge, transitioning into curve, at night.

Platystemon
Feb 13, 2012

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Some men just want to see the world gridlocked.

Platystemon
Feb 13, 2012

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https://i.imgur.com/6NkgRVY.mp4

Platystemon
Feb 13, 2012

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Celexi posted:

cool job on screenshotting it before it got deleted!

Can’t screenshot videos, mate.

Platystemon
Feb 13, 2012

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Platystemon
Feb 13, 2012

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The real snacks are the friends we made along the way.

Platystemon
Feb 13, 2012

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Oregon has non‐emergency channels to report smoking vehicles.

https://www.oregon.gov/deq/FilterDocs/smokingvehicles.pdf

It sounds like they just send a courtesy letter to the owner though.

Platystemon
Feb 13, 2012

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“We have magic roundabout at home.”

Magic roundabout at home:

Platystemon
Feb 13, 2012

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ChickenOfTomorrow posted:

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

The world went woke when they lifted the requirement to fire a gun into the air each furlong.

Platystemon
Feb 13, 2012

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Yellow poles are deadly fixed objects (DFOs). :evilbuddy:

Platystemon
Feb 13, 2012

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This is why synthetic overhead view systems exist.

Platystemon
Feb 13, 2012

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priznat posted:

Big change is rollover safety standards iirc, meaning the C pillars especially got huge. Especially to deal with how vehicles have gotten heavier as well.

Skill issue.

Convertibles are still legal.

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Platystemon
Feb 13, 2012

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totalnewbie posted:

If I ever owned anything in a place like that, I'd definitely install bollards. gently caress me, and a nursey.

That’s illegal in many places.

What you need is some extremely robust garden sculpture.

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