|
Reign Of Pain posted:If you are driving in the passing lane passing nothing but the time you need to go buttfuck yourself to death with a broken bottle. You are not the speed setter....The police do that(especially in Virginia). tldr but you're probably an rear end in a top hat driver so congrats
|
#
?
Aug 7, 2014 19:19
|
|
|
|
| # ? Apr 24, 2024 14:56 |
|
|
Robo Reagan posted:tldr but you're probably an rear end in a top hat driver so congrats and you're probably a human being
|
|
#
?
Aug 7, 2014 19:23
|
|
|
no guys see i can imagine a car burning gas, i cant imagine million ton tankers burning whats essentially crude oil and airplanes circling burning gallons of jet fuel so cars are the problem
|
|
#
?
Aug 7, 2014 19:24
|
|
|
Reign Of Pain posted:and you're probably a human being guilty
|
|
#
?
Aug 7, 2014 19:24
|
|
|
Cream_Filling posted:no guys see i can imagine a car burning gas, i cant imagine million ton tankers burning whats essentially crude oil and airplanes circling burning gallons of jet fuel so cars are the problem Wait so it doesn't matter if youre pumping poo poo out into this beautiful planet as long as there's other people producing greater levels of poo poo? Pretty sure there's a bunch of non harmful methods of transport you could use instead e.g. bicycle, skateboard, hand glider, pogo, roller skates, walking.
|
|
#
?
Aug 7, 2014 19:31
|
|
|
riding a bicycle is a death sentence in my town lol
|
|
#
?
Aug 7, 2014 19:32
|
|
|
Cream_Filling posted:no guys see i can imagine a car burning gas, i cant imagine million ton tankers burning whats essentially crude oil and airplanes circling burning gallons of jet fuel so cars are the problem also how many cars worth of exhaust does a single chinese factory produce hmmmmmmmmmm a lot its why I dont use at least one set of catalytic converters because gently caress china
|
|
#
?
Aug 7, 2014 19:34
|
|
|
Gypsum Fantastic posted:Wait so it doesn't matter if youre pumping poo poo out into this beautiful planet as long as there's other people producing greater levels of poo poo? Pretty sure there's a bunch of non harmful methods of transport you could use instead e.g. bicycle, skateboard, hand glider, pogo, roller skates, walking. the emissions of whatever gay organic poo poo you eat to power that bike are probably worse than just driving your fat rear end around
|
|
#
?
Aug 7, 2014 19:36
|
|
|
It is extremely cool to live in a pancake flat state. Lol if you can't see obstacles from 3 miles away
|
|
#
?
Aug 7, 2014 20:28
|
|
|
Erethizon_dorsatum posted:It is extremely cool to live in a pancake flat state. Lol if you can't see obstacles from 3 miles away Just have to watch out for that corn visibility factor
|
|
#
?
Aug 7, 2014 21:51
|
|
|
ArbitraryC posted:The "chill" driver is the catalyst for the accident though, if they weren't there everyone else would just be going their 5 or whatever over and there wouldn't randomly be a guy doing 35 on a road all the locals drive 40+ on. They really tried to correlate speeding with accident risks to have some valid motivations behind speeding tickets and such but every study ever done on it has shown that if everyone else is going 5 over the least safe person is the one doing the speed limit and the most likely to be involved in the accident. Any sort of point is totally moot, because 5 under guy is the same guy who enters the freeway 20mph under the speed limit, making the onramp a deathtrap for any cars behind them.
|
|
#
?
Aug 7, 2014 22:11
|
|
|
Ha ha, I've just: A) got a new job 3 miles from my flat B) bought a push bike to travel there and back. Your problems are no longer my problems! In fact, I pity you, you sad, bestial, traffic jam inhabiting losers. While you're sat fuming in your 2 tonne prison cell due to congestion/roadworks/diverted traffic/accidents/special events etc etc etc, I'm smugly cruising past you on my completely uninterrupted journey to work and back. 
|
|
#
?
Aug 7, 2014 22:11
|
|
|
Gypsum Fantastic posted:Well shame on me for being more environmentally conscious than you and for not wanting to leave a massive carbon footprint behind as my legacy when i die. Gypsum Fantastic posted:Way to justify pumping out tons of toxic smoke by saying gently caress it everyone does it. I personally like having polar ice caps and rainforests etc. Gypsum Fantastic posted:Wait so it doesn't matter if youre pumping poo poo out into this beautiful planet as long as there's other people producing greater levels of poo poo? Pretty sure there's a bunch of non harmful methods of transport you could use instead e.g. bicycle, skateboard, hand glider, pogo, roller skates, walking. I like when people act like cars are the literal only cause of greenhouse gases and get all militant about something they don't really understand. Also not everybody owns a car to commute (some people actually enjoy driving) but its laughable to say you could to 50-100 miles in a day while carrying hundreds of pounds of tools so I don't think a bicycle or pogo stick would work for my commute. But if it makes you feel any better, I don't need to pass emissions and I've been thinking about taking my cat/muffler/etc out.
|
|
#
?
Aug 7, 2014 22:26
|
|
|
Umiapik posted:Ha ha, I've just: Winter is coming.
|
|
#
?
Aug 7, 2014 22:36
|
|
|
I drive a motorcycle and am content with the fact that I don't need to pass any emissions tests and my bike fucks up the environment as bad as 2, maybe 3 cars.
|
|
#
?
Aug 7, 2014 22:43
|
|
|
1gnoirents posted:I hate you OP It's not my fault the mods can't read
|
|
#
?
Aug 7, 2014 23:19
|
|
|
Waltzing Along posted:I wish the city would hire a poo poo ton more cops to just cruise around citing the bicyclists. What? You don't have an ID? Ok, being it to the station and pay your fine to get your bike back, fucker. haha it's not an issue of manpower. cops give bikes a wide berth because every study that's ever been done on the subject says when someone replaces car trips with bike trips, it's objectively better for society in every measureable way. so throwing red tape in front of cyclists is bad for everyone, because we're so great sorry you suck, freeloader.
|
|
#
?
Aug 7, 2014 23:59
|
|
|
OMGVBFLOL posted:haha it's not an issue of manpower. cops give bikes a wide berth because every study that's ever been done on the subject says when someone replaces car trips with bike trips, it's objectively better for society in every measureable way. so throwing red tape in front of cyclists is bad for everyone, because we're so great I LOL when I read the stories of the bicyclists getting killed and the driver is never found at fault because reasons. I grew up bicycling in the city. It was fine. Then the city got overrun by bikers and critical mass and you guys are all loving human being douchebags. I wouldn't care if you'd stop at stop signs, but nooooo. Gotta run em. All the time. Even in traffic. Fucktards.
|
|
#
?
Aug 8, 2014 00:02
|
|
|
OMGVBFLOL posted:when someone replaces car trips with bike trips, it's objectively better for society in every measureable way Until your city passes laws which require 30ft of bike lanes to be a part of every road, effectively ceasing the creation of new roads, and spends billions of dollars to extend the sea wall to create an underwater bike tunnel. And still maybe 10 people ride their bikes to work.
|
|
#
?
Aug 8, 2014 00:04
|
|
|
yep my city & I also think state's largest single expenditure in its entire history is underwater bike tunnels that nobody is going to use pet issue voters woo
|
|
#
?
Aug 8, 2014 00:09
|
|
|
Waltzing Along posted:I LOL when I read the stories of the bicyclists getting killed and the driver is never found at fault because reasons. I grew up bicycling in the city. It was fine. Then the city got overrun by bikers and critical mass and you guys are all loving human being douchebags. I wouldn't care if you'd stop at stop signs, but nooooo. Gotta run em. All the time. Even in traffic. Fucktards. critical mass is about the dumbest thing ever. i sometimes hope someone just snaps and pulls this whenever i get stuck trying to go across a road (as a pedestrian and a biker, had that happen twice) when it's going on.   hint: pissing people off, especially people who would generally agree with better bike lanes/etc, is generally not a productive form of protest. biking owns, but disobeying basic traffic signs all the time means you should kill yourself Xaris fucked around with this message at 04:51 on Aug 8, 2014 |
|
#
?
Aug 8, 2014 04:43
|
|
|
Xaris posted:hint: pissing people off, especially people who would generally agree with better bike lanes/etc, is generally not a productive form of protest. biking owns, but disobeying basic traffic signs all the time means you should kill yourself This. If I see a biker stop at a stop sign I will almost always concede the right of way, if it doesn't inconvenience other drivers around me. If I am stopped and a biker doesn't and I have the right of way, I just start driving and honking at them.
|
|
#
?
Aug 8, 2014 05:14
|
|
|
OMGVBFLOL posted:haha it's not an issue of manpower. cops give bikes a wide berth because every study that's ever been done on the subject says when someone replaces car trips with bike trips, it's objectively better for society in every measureable way. so throwing red tape in front of cyclists is bad for everyone, because we're so great
|
|
#
?
Aug 8, 2014 05:22
|
|
|
When people on bikes don't stay in traffic lanes and drive down the side lane while the rest of traffic is stopped that pisses me off to no end. They bitch about people in cars all the time but then they can't follow basic driving laws. Yeah I hit you with my mirror you rear end in a top hat you weren't on the road and acting like a douchebag. Stay in your lane.
|
|
#
?
Aug 8, 2014 14:10
|
|
|
Waltzing Along posted:This. If I see a biker stop at a stop sign I will almost always concede the right of way, This drives me crazy. You're the only car at this intersection, so you're the only reason I stopped at all you dumbfuck, go already. Cactus Ghost fucked around with this message at 14:33 on Aug 8, 2014 |
|
#
?
Aug 8, 2014 14:29
|
|
|
Driving in Germany loving owns. I got bumped up to an Audi A3 a few months ago 'cause the rental place overbooked the economy cars, and even though it's not the fastest car in the world it beats the hell out of the Toyota Aygo I had been driving for months before. It was so nice to be able to just floor it when the highway was fairly spare. And people actually understand that the left lane is for PASSING ONLY! Traffic was always fast and smooth and flowing even if there were a lot of cars and semis on the road because people respected and obeyed this rule. Also, people will flash their blinkers when they are approaching a major slowdown and it has a ripple effect of everybody having more time to slow down rather than coming to a sudden stop, preventing massive buildups you have in the US or other countries. Driving in Brussels however is a loving nightmare, especially at night on the weekends. The taxi drivers are all cunts that will cut you off constantly, some of the large roundabouts have a million lanes of chaos with trams and busses cutting through them, pedestrians will just randomly cross the street without even looking for oncoming vehicles (pedestrians always have right of way unless it's a controlled intersection). You're always a bit on edge while driving through the city, but I suppose that might be a good thing because I can only count maybe two or three accidents I've seen here in the past year.
|
|
#
?
Aug 8, 2014 14:43
|
|
|
I wish "same rules, same road" meant that getting into a crash with a bicyclist at 20 mph would just be considered a "fender bender".
|
|
#
?
Aug 8, 2014 14:47
|
|
|
Waltzing Along posted:bicyclists are the worst
|
|
#
?
Aug 8, 2014 14:48
|
|
|
Bicyclists are fine as long as they obey traffic laws and maintain the same speed as the usual flow of traffic for whatever lane they're in. The assholes riding slowly in the regular lanes of 45MPH+ highways or the ones in town struggling to hit 10MPH up gentle inclines on their hipster bikes, however, are just as bad as people who think that driving 30MPH in the left lane of an Interstate is a good idea.
|
|
#
?
Aug 8, 2014 15:14
|
|
|
dennyk posted:Bicyclists are fine as long as they obey traffic laws and maintain the same speed as the usual flow of traffic for whatever lane they're in. The assholes riding slowly in the regular lanes of 45MPH+ highways or the ones in town struggling to hit 10MPH up gentle inclines on their hipster bikes, however, are just as bad as people who think that driving 30MPH in the left lane of an Interstate is a good idea. "but i dont want to get too sweaty!" - heard irl
|
|
#
?
Aug 8, 2014 15:17
|
|
|
The "I'm more important than you, so I need to be in front of you" drivers really get me. There have been times when I'm following the flow of traffic and keeping a safe steady distance from the wall of cars ahead of me on the interstate and I get someone flashing their lights wanting to pass to get in front of me. There's no place for them to go if they were to get in front of me. One of the scariest moments I had driving was at a point where the two interstates in the area merge. The bypass interstate has two lanes. The right lane ends and the left goes to the exit I needed to get off at. I'm on the main intestate and there was a safe distance between cars and they were going a steady speed. As soon as I turned on my turn signal this white Dodge pickup in the left lane surges forward trying to fill the gap and I end up cutting him off and he starting honking angrily and continues this on the way down the exit ramp. There are two left turn lanes and he pulls on my driver's side and rolled down his window and starts screaming at me at the top of his lungs and continues to honk. I'm sitting at the red light just staring straight ahead which only made him angrier. He was shrieking, "LOOK AT ME!" and I continue to ignore him. Thankfully he didn't follow me any further after that. As for the tailgaters, that's something else I don't get. At highway speeds you have no reaction time if someone has to slow down. A little over a year ago I had some lady tailgating me for about 4 miles on the interstate while I was in the far right lane and was going about 5 miles over the speed limit of 65. There was pickup with a trailer about 100 feet ahead of me that started to slow down to pull off onto the shoulder and I had to apply my brakes to safely keep distance and I suddenly hear tires screeching behind me and half expected I was about to get rear-ended, but glanced in my rear view to see the lady losing control of her car after she slammed on her brakes and hitting the barrier on the right side and bouncing back into the lane. A few years ago, I used to see at least one person a day driving with their hazard lights on, but that's gone down a lot. I could never figure out why they were doing that. These were people who were going the speed limit on a dry road. Lately I've been seeing more and more people making left turns at red lights. While it's legal to do that if you're turning left onto a one-way street, these are not.
|
|
#
?
Aug 8, 2014 15:45
|
|
|
Waltzing Along posted:I LOL when I read the stories of the bicyclists getting killed and the driver is never found at fault because reasons. I grew up bicycling in the city. It was fine. Then the city got overrun by bikers and critical mass and you guys are all loving human being douchebags. I wouldn't care if you'd stop at stop signs, but nooooo. Gotta run em. All the time. Even in traffic. Fucktards. i share ur pain and hatred. 
|
|
#
?
Aug 8, 2014 16:03
|
|
|
OMGVBFLOL posted:This drives me crazy. You're the only car at this intersection, so you're the only reason I stopped at all you dumbfuck, go already. u enter our road even tho ur a glorified pedestrian and u still have disdain when we show u curteousy? We could crush u like a bug u hippy bum
|
|
#
?
Aug 8, 2014 16:07
|
|
|
Turmoil posted:The "I'm more important than you, so I need to be in front of you" drivers really get me. those are some fine observations grandpa. thanks for keeping us in the loop. i look forward to more tales of the road
|
|
#
?
Aug 8, 2014 16:11
|
|
|
I keep noting the following on the highway: Driver goes slower when passing. When they leave the passing lane, they then go faster. Also, people being passed increase their speed. Why?
|
|
#
?
Aug 8, 2014 16:37
|
|
|
redshirt posted:I keep noting the following on the highway: Survival Instinct. Don't want to get left behind in the herd or the lions will eat you.
|
|
#
?
Aug 8, 2014 16:41
|
|
|
I drive in the left lane because I'm making a left turn in 3.27 miles. Suck it.
|
|
#
?
Aug 8, 2014 17:07
|
|
|
I drive my motorcycle like an rear end hole mainly because I concede that a motorcycle could stomp a car in a race, but a car could stomp a motorcycle in a fight. My rear end hole riding is essentially speeding the hell away from everyone in cars.
|
|
#
?
Aug 8, 2014 17:13
|
|
|
I drive in the left lane all the time. This way I only have to deal with stuff behind me and the occasional merge from the right. Not many surprises. Seems safer. All the other lanes have poo poo going on 360. gently caress that.
|
|
#
?
Aug 8, 2014 17:13
|
|
|
|
| # ? Apr 24, 2024 14:56 |
|
|
Serious question: During my drive to work, I can predict almost entirely accurately the speed of the drivers in front of me during segments of the trip. Their speed often has little relation to the posted speed - for example, there's a stretch of posted 50MPH where most everyone goes 40-45, and then immediately after that the posted speed is 40MPH and people will almost always go 50-55. And so on. This behavior occurs night and day, both by what I presume are locals and tourists. I have no explanation other than visual cues cause people to unconsciously react in a way I can predict. Does this make sense, or do you have a better explanation?
|
|
#
?
Aug 8, 2014 17:40
|
|