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Enfield
May 30, 2011

by Nyc_Tattoo
ops never been on a steel frame 1200 cc motorcycle

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Bareback Werewolf
Oct 5, 2013
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Old Man Pants posted:

45MPH road: everyone does about 50 and is calm
55MPH highway: everyone becomes a Formula 1 racer and must go as fast as their car will go, constantly switching lanes to get to pole position

I still don't understand it.

Also, is there some sort of prize you get for being the first person to a stoplight? I see people accelerating towards lights that are obviously red and not changing soon all the time and can't figure out why.

The only time the speed you're traveling makes a difference is when you're traveling hundreds of miles along the freeway, and even then it's not really worth it.. A person traveling 100mph might make Las Vegas from LA an hour ahead of somebody traveling 70 mph. Just because your car can smoke me in a quarter mile doesn't mean you're getting to get to where you want to go that much faster.

Bareback Werewolf
Oct 5, 2013
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Enfield posted:

ops never been on a steel frame 1200 cc motorcycle

No but I've been on a 356,000 cc carbon frame ferris wheel at the fair this past weekend.

Enfield
May 30, 2011

by Nyc_Tattoo

SweetKarma posted:

No but I've been on a 356,000 cc carbon frame ferris wheel at the fair this past weekend.

oh cool did you eat any deep fried snickers bars? ive always wanted to try one but im too scared

Vorik
Mar 27, 2014

I had a two hour and thirty minute (that's including both the trip to and from work) commute for all of 2012 and it was basically awful and made me feel like poo poo every day. I moved to a place 10mins away from work after that and life has been 1000x better since. I am never ever going to go through that again and I don't know how so many people can stand such long commutes.

Live close to work, because gently caress driving and rear end in a top hat drivers.

Vorik fucked around with this message at 18:54 on Oct 4, 2015

Bareback Werewolf
Oct 5, 2013
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An hour commute on the southern I-5 is pretty much hell on Earth. Once you pass the bay area it gets better.

A Bakers Cousin
Dec 18, 2003

by vyelkin
I drive to work at 180 km/h as my cruising speed. Germany :shrug:

Sancho
Jul 18, 2003

The average person spends a year of their life waiting in queues- most of those are traffic queues. Going 5 over probably frees up at least a month of life.

mind the walrus
Sep 22, 2006

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZo2hhvvlpw

Luvcow
Jul 1, 2007

One day nearer spring
drive fast, speed turns me on

Luvcow
Jul 1, 2007

One day nearer spring
actually please don't drive fast, most people are terrible at doing it

Sancho
Jul 18, 2003

Most people think other people are the bad drivers. If you've seen me drive a jeep in Halo you'll know I'm a drat good driver IRL.

Maldoror
Oct 5, 2003

by R. Guyovich
Nap Ghost

SweetKarma posted:

I drive about 30 minutes down the I-5 every morning on my way to and from work and drat near every one of you people are going 10+ miles an hour above the speed limit. What's your loving rush? You got a baby on the way or something? I have motherfuckers flipping me off as they pass me because I dared to drive the speed limit while passing a semi. Are you that desperate to get where you're going that you would endanger yourself and everyone else on the road just to get to your poo poo rear end job? Get up early and/or leave earlier so you can get to where the gently caress you're supposed to go. Once I hit 70 (California freeway speed limit) I hit the cruise control. It saves gas and my life.

we don't like people who drive slow u just hosed up real bad

Hot Karl Marx
Mar 16, 2009

Politburo regulations about social distancing require to downgrade your Karlmarxing to cold, and sorry about the dnc primaries, please enjoy!
i drive fast on empty country roads which are abundant around my area. i also smoke weed while doing so and its great stress relief.

Teriyaki Koinku
Nov 25, 2008

Bread! Bread! Bread!

Bread! BREAD! BREAD!

Isaac posted:

New South Wales, Australia. Apparently it can get you if you haven't smoked in days but it still counts as a crime and you have to go to court and court sucks!!!

This is especially retarded since drunks tend to speed up on the road while potheads slow down out of paranoia and being high.

The Walrus
Jul 9, 2002

by Fluffdaddy

SweetKarma posted:

The only time the speed you're traveling makes a difference is when you're traveling hundreds of miles along the freeway, and even then it's not really worth it.. A person traveling 100mph might make Las Vegas from LA an hour ahead of somebody traveling 70 mph. Just because your car can smoke me in a quarter mile doesn't mean you're getting to get to where you want to go that much faster.

what about when you drive the same 60 min commute every day? you are literally stealing my life from me and if you actually take longer than about 3 sec to pass a truck you're a dangerous moron.


e: 70 mph isn't that slow though, so long as you stay out of the left lane as much as possible and consider it a passing lane and not a make-a-point-to-the-world lane I think you're good

Bolow
Feb 27, 2007

SweetKarma posted:

I drive about 30 minutes down the I-5 every morning on my way to and from work and drat near every one of you people are going 10+ miles an hour above the speed limit. What's your loving rush? You got a baby on the way or something? I have motherfuckers flipping me off as they pass me because I dared to drive the speed limit while passing a semi. Are you that desperate to get where you're going that you would endanger yourself and everyone else on the road just to get to your poo poo rear end job? Get up early and/or leave earlier so you can get to where the gently caress you're supposed to go. Once I hit 70 (California freeway speed limit) I hit the cruise control. It saves gas and my life.

That's cool OP just stay the gently caress out of the left lane

Kleen_TheRacistDog
Feb 17, 2014

Can't bust the Krust fuckman
www.skullmund.com
i have a little satirical joke from my stand-up routine that goes "anyone who wants to drive slower than me is an idiot and anyone who wants to drive faster than me is an rear end in a top hat."

live and let live, that's my policy.

Luvcow
Jul 1, 2007

One day nearer spring

Kleen_TheRowdyDog posted:

i have a little satirical joke from my stand-up routine that goes "anyone who wants to drive slower than me is an idiot and anyone who wants to drive faster than me is an rear end in a top hat."

live and let live, that's my policy.

I mostly concentrate on airplane food jokes, prop comedy and casual but witty observations about audience members but I may have to steal that one.

Fargin Icehole
Feb 19, 2011

Pet me.
I remember somebody overtaking me in a two lane road and giving me the finger because I was doing 42 on a 40.

I know where this guy works now and what he drives

Broken Machine
Oct 22, 2010

the other day this guy passed me on the highway, driving recklessly and speeding excessively. Then about 30 seconds later a highway patrol car drove by and pulled them over, love it when that happens

Aesop Poprock
Oct 21, 2008


Grimey Drawer
one thing I've learned recently is that goons are huge pussies when it comes to cars and drive like they're older than death

Broken Machine
Oct 22, 2010

Aesop Poprock posted:

one thing I've learned recently is that goons are huge pussies when it comes to cars and drive like they're older than death

what if you like driving and have fast cars, you just take them to a track when you want to drive fast rather than risk killing people on public roads

Jukeboxblues
Jul 29, 2015


Grimey Drawer
I like to speed. I like to take off from lights really fast too. I like to go around corners fast. I really enjoy weaving through traffic.

I don't agree with the flipping people off thing unless they are doing something ridiculous like doing 20 in a 70 zone or some poo poo. Even then I probably wouldn't bother flipping them off when I passed them.

I don't know man, if you for sure know how to handle a car you can speed all you want and you probably won't ever crash. My father has never been in an accident his entire life and he speeds all the time. I have never been in an accident in my life and I speed all the time. I sometimes do stupid poo poo alone at nights with no one around but its never so dangerous that I would die instantly with one minor misstep. I have also been professionally trained in how to handle a car, so I know I am a minority of actual speeders out there. Only thing that pisses me off is people sitting in the fast lane either going under or doing just barely the speed limit.

Only rule I always follow is to give way to super cars etc.

goat manilla
Nov 13, 2003

Newer cars can do 100 mph and feel like they're doing 50 anymore. How about we increase the speed limits put in place in the 50s so dickheads like the OP would be forced to shake their rear end. Besides if EVERYONE but you is doing 10 over then who's the hazard? The OP or everyone else?

johnny sack
Jan 30, 2004

One day, this team will play to their expectations...

Just not this year..

I'm with you, OP. I can understand driving a few mph (<5mph) over the speed limit on freeways or major highways, but gently caress everyone who speeds down residential roads. There is no reason to be speeding through neighborhoods, where parked cars line the streets, kids are playing, people are walking dogs, etc.

The double whammy are those who text while speeding through neighborhoods. :fuckoff:

Jukeboxblues
Jul 29, 2015


Grimey Drawer

johnny sack posted:

The double whammy are those who text while speeding through neighborhoods. :fuckoff:

People who text while they are driving are actually mentally retarded. And I say that with the utmost respect to people who suffer from downs syndrome.

City of Tampa
May 6, 2007

by zen death robot
drive as slow as you want, but do it in the loving far right lane or I'm gonna go completely psycho on you

Broken Machine
Oct 22, 2010

City of Tampa posted:

drive as slow as you want, but do it in the loving far right lane or I'm gonna go completely psycho on you

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEH9Zwo8JEM

Mr. Creakle
Apr 27, 2007

Protecting your virginity



City of Tampa posted:

drive as slow as you want, but do it in the loving far right lane or I'm gonna go completely psycho on you

This is doubly true in the Tampa Bay area. You haven't felt aggravation until you've tried to drive in an area full of olds. So many times my commute to work in an almost empty rural area in that part of FL takes longer then average, all because some old bitty in the front of a single-lane road is doing 40-45 on a 55. They also slam their brakes a half mile from the stoplight because they have zero depth perception, weave like drunks, and make their car come to an almost complete stop on the highway before sloooowly turning onto a side road. I time them for fun and my record so far is about 10 seconds, just to make a loving turn off the road.

As for speed limits doing 5-8 over is normal, going the speed limit in an empty area is irritating but harmless, but people who ride your rear end and force you to go progressively faster until you're 20 over and finally can escape into another lane can die in a horrible car crash. Hopefully they run into the old fart doing 10 under in the left lane and take each other out.

Aesop Poprock
Oct 21, 2008


Grimey Drawer

Broken Machine posted:

what if you like driving and have fast cars, you just take them to a track when you want to drive fast rather than risk killing people on public roads

as long as you stay out of the left lane we're not going to have a problem because there's no reason for you and the other old ladies to ever be in it

Cymoril
Jul 1, 2005

Kittens Warm the World
Dinosaur Gum
http://blog.timesunion.com/gettingthere/police-see-bad-behavior-all-around-in-drivers-complaint/6939/

Those comments are fascinating.

Luvcow
Jul 1, 2007

One day nearer spring
when people pass me I get all mad max on their rear end and put on my spiked shoulder pads and poo poo and run them off the road

penus penus penus
Nov 9, 2014

by piss__donald

SweetKarma posted:

I drive about 30 minutes down the I-5 every morning on my way to and from work and drat near every one of you people are going 10+ miles an hour above the speed limit. What's your loving rush? You got a baby on the way or something? I have motherfuckers flipping me off as they pass me because I dared to drive the speed limit while passing a semi. Are you that desperate to get where you're going that you would endanger yourself and everyone else on the road just to get to your poo poo rear end job? Get up early and/or leave earlier so you can get to where the gently caress you're supposed to go. Once I hit 70 (California freeway speed limit) I hit the cruise control. It saves gas and my life.

your speedo is miscalibrated (very common) and you are being a loving jackass. if you are so rasta about it, how about dont block all of traffic passing the semi at +1 mph ? you know you are the reason traffic forms right?

Mr. McGibblets
Sep 17, 2015

by Deplorable exmarx
Why do you do drugs?
Why do you drive fast?
Why do you cheat on your wife?
Why do you cheat on your taxes?
Why do you play sports?
Why do you jump off buildings?
Why do you race cars?


Its fun....grow some nuts or take public transportation and get your Honda Insight off my highway. Some people get their adrenaline rush from coffee or porn in the morning, I get mine from stapling my balls to the throttle.

ass is my canvas
Jun 7, 2003

comin' down the street

Aesop Poprock posted:

one thing I've learned recently is that goons are huge pussies when it comes to cars and drive like they're older than death

God no poo poo... I use the 110 daily. Every day is Gran Turismo map.

flerp
Feb 25, 2014
turns out that both speeders are people who dont speed are equally obnoxious gw every1

kant
May 12, 2003

SweetKarma posted:

I drive about 30 minutes down the I-5 every morning on my way to and from work and drat near every one of you people are going 10+ miles an hour above the speed limit. What's your loving rush? You got a baby on the way or something? I have motherfuckers flipping me off as they pass me because I dared to drive the speed limit while passing a semi. Are you that desperate to get where you're going that you would endanger yourself and everyone else on the road just to get to your poo poo rear end job? Get up early and/or leave earlier so you can get to where the gently caress you're supposed to go. Once I hit 70 (California freeway speed limit) I hit the cruise control. It saves gas and my life.

You're right. You are the odd one driving much slower than everyone else. Speed up a bit before you cause an accident.

Node
May 20, 2001

KICKED IN THE COOTER
:dings:
Taco Defender

kant posted:

You're right. You are the odd one driving much slower than everyone else. Speed up a bit before you cause an accident.

Nope, he's going the speed limit. He won't be the cause of any accidents and won't be at fault for any. Manchildren driving their big vroom vrooms will have to deal with it.

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VendaGoat
Nov 1, 2005
The bigger the truck, the bigger the loving rear end in a top hat driving it.

This is a universal rule.

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