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Fried Watermelon
Dec 29, 2008


MrChupon posted:

They should legalize Spy Hunter-esque oil slicks and smoke screens on all cars.

I keep a box of nails to throw out my window just in case

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Dr. Arbitrary
Mar 15, 2006

Bleak Gremlin
What's so hard about following basic instructions. The speed limit is the maximum legal speed so that's what you want to be going in the fast lane.

Each lane to the right should be slightly slower until you reach the merge lane which is gonna be quite a bit slower as people try to accelerate up to a safe merging speed.

a bone to pick
Sep 14, 2011

by FactsAreUseless
a bag of hammers would be much more efficient

chemosh6969
Jul 3, 2004

code:
cat /dev/null > /etc/professionalism

I am in fact a massive asswagon.
Do not let me touch computer.

Bold Robot posted:

Protip: If someone is tailgating you, pull the little wiper control stick and hold it down and after a couple seconds your wiper fluid will start to go up over the top of your car and hit the windshield of the person tailgating you. They back off every time. Way more effective than brake checking.

When they turn on their wipers, that's when you let off the gas.

Back in my day we had machine/laser guns, grenades, and death rays
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ate7CFDnHw8

I showed that to today's young adults and they were all "that's so violent".

hemale in pain posted:

worst people are the ones who go at one speed which is too slow on fast roads and too fast in residential areas. gently caress those people.

I drive at my speed aka God's speed.

Moridin920
Nov 15, 2007

by FactsAreUseless

Dr. Arbitrary posted:

What's so hard about following basic instructions. The speed limit is the maximum legal speed so that's what you want to be going in the fast lane.

Each lane to the right should be slightly slower until you reach the merge lane which is gonna be quite a bit slower as people try to accelerate up to a safe merging speed.

no to all of that

people merging need to speed up to the freeway speed, the merging lane doesn't need to slow down to 30-40 mph to let idiots get on.

also the official DMV position is 'if you are slow get the gently caress out of the way, that poo poo causes accidents.'

Mr. Stingly
Sep 1, 2001

Satanic cop-killing henchman with a heart of gold
I'm late, if I go 65 I will be late. If I go 80 I will be on time. The only obstacle to my plan is Ned Flanders, going exactly 65 in the fast/carpool lane so his brain doesn't short out from overload. Get out of the loving way. Also the guy meandering through the grocery aisles and doing a week's worth of shopping. I just need coffee creamer and bananas but woops, you're here. In my way, taking 20 minutes to checkout too. Slow and steady, you don't want to fall down!

Dr. Arbitrary
Mar 15, 2006

Bleak Gremlin

Moridin920 posted:

no to all of that

people merging need to speed up to the freeway speed, the merging lane doesn't need to slow down to 30-40 mph to let idiots get on.

also the official DMV position is 'if you are slow get the gently caress out of the way, that poo poo causes accidents.'

Look at this guy getting mad at people who don't accommodate him as he engages in criminal behavior.

If you want to drive 80mph, take it to the racetrack.

theultimo
Aug 2, 2004

An RSS feed bot who makes questionable purchasing decisions.
Pillbug
We have cameras that can be fun to see.

http://www.dot.state.mn.us/tmc/trafficinfo/traffic.html

2 accidents right now blocking in rush hour :nsallears:

Moridin920
Nov 15, 2007

by FactsAreUseless

Dr. Arbitrary posted:

Look at this guy getting mad at people who don't accommodate him as he engages in criminal behavior.

If you want to drive 80mph, take it to the racetrack.

75 is reasonable. It's the weaving in and out of lanes that is dangerous and I don't advocate that at all.

You're the one blocking traffic behind you and making the DMV tell people not to do that :shrug:

Either way if the limit is 65 you shouldn't be going slower than 60 in the slow lane unless it's because of traffic. If you drive 40-50 in the slow lane so people can merge you are causing poo poo tons of traffic and you're doing it wrong because the rules of the road specifically say the people merging need to get up to speed, not the other way around.

Moridin920 fucked around with this message at 22:21 on May 15, 2015

Xaris
Jul 25, 2006

Lucky there's a family guy
Lucky there's a man who positively can do
All the things that make us
Laugh and cry

theultimo posted:

We have cameras that can be fun to see.

http://www.dot.state.mn.us/tmc/trafficinfo/traffic.html

2 accidents right now blocking in rush hour :nsallears:

That's cool. I wish California had that.

I'm also not sure why we don't have speed cameras that trigger for 90+ but I'm not complaining. tbh though i did wish they had carpool cameras cause gently caress people who use it without being a hov

Moridin920
Nov 15, 2007

by FactsAreUseless

Xaris posted:

tbh though i did wish they had carpool cameras cause gently caress people who use it without being a hov

Xaris
Jul 25, 2006

Lucky there's a family guy
Lucky there's a man who positively can do
All the things that make us
Laugh and cry
i guess they run the risk but ive never seen police patrol it, and i see quite a few non hovs go across the lane to bay bridge everyday :shrug:

im not even sure if hte fastrak cameras try to catch it. i guess it would be a nightmare because ~little kids~ or something could be hard to see

Xinlum
Apr 12, 2009

Merry Christmas to all, and to all a Dark Knight

For fun I was stuck in traffic one day and counted how many assholes are in the HOV by themselves. Of the 30 cars I saw, 20 we're just lone people. gently caress them assholes.

theultimo
Aug 2, 2004

An RSS feed bot who makes questionable purchasing decisions.
Pillbug

Xinlum posted:

For fun I was stuck in traffic one day and counted how many assholes are in the HOV by themselves. Of the 30 cars I saw, 20 we're just lone people. gently caress them assholes.

We don't have the hov issue as much, they patrol it nicely and we have an optional "pay for hov" mnpass that charges non hov people in hov lanes.

Chairman Wao
Mar 5, 2013

go star
People at stop signs leading to major roads who sit there while there's a gap and just lazily drift out not leaving enough time for anyone else to go should have their license revoked.

you irl
Jan 22, 2014
everyone except for me should have their license revoked and vehicular manslaughter should be legal

SHISHKABOB
Nov 30, 2012

Fun Shoe

Grem posted:

I'm the goon wondering why you guys think the way I drive is bad

Look all I'm asking is that you drive 55 on this windy rural road like everyone else.

SHISHKABOB
Nov 30, 2012

Fun Shoe

chemosh6969 posted:

When they turn on their wipers, that's when you let off the gas.

Back in my day we had machine/laser guns, grenades, and death rays
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ate7CFDnHw8

I showed that to today's young adults and they were all "that's so violent".


I drive at my speed aka God's speed.

My uncle gave me a little plastic machine gun laser gun thing that made all those sounds just to piss the hell out of my mom. It worked cause I fuckin loved that thing.

Fetus Tree
Feb 2, 2003
Probation
Can't post for 2 years!

SHISHKABOB posted:

Look all I'm asking is that you drive 55 on this windy rural road like everyone else.

you can always tell the non locals honestly.

SHISHKABOB
Nov 30, 2012

Fun Shoe

Fetus Tree posted:

you can always tell the non locals honestly.

Then there's the old people in their trucks and the moms with a bumper sticker of the local school district on them and gently caress people who drive slow. You should always be going at least ten over the speed limit on non highway non residential, and no highways go 9 over or less to be safe.

Horniest Manticore
Nov 23, 2013

Hello, you!
Lipstick Apathy
when you pass someone, do you stare them down? i don't, as much as i want to sometimes. that's why i'm a beta

salt shakeup
Jun 27, 2004

'orrible fucking nights
It's called a speed LIMIT for a reason. It's not the minimum speed, but actually the maximum.

RadioactiveKid
Aug 12, 2005

Gato Rebelde
it's me I'm the guy who drives slow on the right lane

ethanol
Jul 13, 2007



oh look another road rage thread

thathonkey
Jul 17, 2012

99 Headmates posted:

It's called a speed LIMIT for a reason. It's not the minimum speed, but actually the maximum.

what is it like to be no fun at all?

theultimo
Aug 2, 2004

An RSS feed bot who makes questionable purchasing decisions.
Pillbug

ethanol posted:

oh look another road rage thread

Miata road rage is the worst

ethanol
Jul 13, 2007



theultimo posted:

Miata road rage is the worst

there are no miata road ragers, miata drivers are always happy good drivers

Xaris
Jul 25, 2006

Lucky there's a family guy
Lucky there's a man who positively can do
All the things that make us
Laugh and cry

theultimo posted:

Miata road rage is the worst

explain

chemosh6969
Jul 3, 2004

code:
cat /dev/null > /etc/professionalism

I am in fact a massive asswagon.
Do not let me touch computer.

SHISHKABOB posted:

My uncle gave me a little plastic machine gun laser gun thing that made all those sounds just to piss the hell out of my mom. It worked cause I fuckin loved that thing.

I always saw those thing in this catalog, http://www.thingsyouneverknew.com/ which was awesome when I was a kid. They also used to have an clock that looked like a bomb, with a bunch of fake dynamite sticks stuck together and a clock stuck to it. It looked like this http://www.waycoolgadgets.com/dynamite-alarm-clock/ except it really looked like sticks of dynamite and used an analog clock. Not surprising they don't make realistic looking ones when someone can get stopped at the airport for wearing a Megatron(the older version where he turned into a gun) shirt.

They need to restart making these because it's not worth spending over $100 on.
http://www.amazon.com/Moonies-The-Toy-That-Moons/dp/B001JTKF2O
Suction cup holds the guy to the back window of the car and there's a bubble you squeeze that makes him moon the car behind you.

Fetus Tree
Feb 2, 2003
Probation
Can't post for 2 years!

Horniest Manticore posted:

when you pass someone, do you stare them down? i don't, as much as i want to sometimes. that's why i'm a beta

i like to do the dikembe mutombo finger wag at people that do dumb poo poo near me as i drive past

i figure it is just about the most insufferable gesture to witness as somebody denies you passing them or something similar

Booourns
Jan 20, 2004
Please send a report when you see me complain about other posters and threads outside of QCS

~thanks!

Bold Robot posted:

Protip: If someone is tailgating you, pull the little wiper control stick and hold it down and after a couple seconds your wiper fluid will start to go up over the top of your car and hit the windshield of the person tailgating you. They back off every time. Way more effective than brake checking.

Adjust one of the spray nozzles so it's shoots right over your windshield at them, works better

Astoundingly Ugly Baby
Mar 22, 2006

"...crying bitch cave bitch boy."
- Anonymous Facebook user
I pretty much flip everybody off. It's hard being the best driver in Ohio.

AlphaKeny1
Feb 17, 2006

i watch porn on my iphone wile i drive. you should try it too you'll be less frustrated

Nolan Arenado
May 8, 2009

I was going to work on a residential road this morning and a stupid guy on some kind of motorcycle that had two wheels in the back and a handicap plate turned in front of me and went about 17 in a 25. I did illegally pass him, but you should all be proud because I didn't honk, flip him off, or otherwise threaten him. Baby steps.

Chonchon
Dec 16, 2013

People can't be trusted to drive cars well, we should put such things in the hands of superior machine minds

Chinatown
Sep 11, 2001

by Fluffdaddy
Fun Shoe
i know its all not good and whatever but a nice break check is extremely satisfying

satanic splash-back
Jan 28, 2009

Dr. Wang posted:

I pretty much flip everybody off. It's hard being the best driver in Ohio.

I think I saw you the other day, I looked like this

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Under the vegetable
Nov 2, 2004

by Smythe

Hobohemian posted:

Break check that dick.

actually shift into neutral so your brake lights don't go on and there's no indication you're slowing down. then they hit you and you can say they just sped up into you when the cops arrive.

dad gay. so what
Feb 18, 2003

by FactsAreUseless
pauly shore

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ethanol
Jul 13, 2007



Under the vegetable posted:

actually shift into neutral so your brake lights don't go on and there's no indication you're slowing down. then they hit you and you can say they just sped up into you when the cops arrive.

pulling the handbrake is a cool way to brake check the person without turning on your brake lights. yup p cool

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