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Sagebrush posted:What the gently caress is wrong with people in London? Dick Trauma posted:As a pedestrian I thank you for having a bell on your bicycle. I'm glad when they bother to be nice about it, but if they don't, it's their problem, particularly if they just try to barge through. I'm going to win that argument. All the cyclists I've encountered over the last few years have been sensible/civil, anyway.
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I usually go with an "excuse me" but often that is futile for the majority of earbud wearers. The bell seems to work better, something in the lizard brain picks it up above the music I think. Pokemon go idiots have given me a few near misses lately.
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Aug 15, 2016 23:49
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ReelBigLizard posted:The bell seems to work better, something in the lizard brain picks it up above the music I think. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7oGk-ozhKI&t=96s
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Aug 16, 2016 00:17
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It was only 2 hours ago that I was working out if it were practical to mount a truck horn on my bike. A bell isn't going to have any effect on the morons who overtake me so close that I can read the screen on their radio.
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Aug 16, 2016 00:23
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spog posted:It was only 2 hours ago that I was working out if it were practical to mount a truck horn on my bike. A bell isn't going to have any effect on the morons who overtake me so close that I can read the screen on their radio. https://deltacycle.com/airzound-horn
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Aug 16, 2016 00:28
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ooh that's nice you could use this thing I built ten years ago  it's all pipe thread. -used fire extinguisher -various pipe threaded fittings from any plumbing or general hardware store -your choice of air valve, a cheap tire pressure gauge combo will do (also has pipe thread fittings) -truck horn from any freight truck supply store
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Aug 16, 2016 00:49
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InitialDave posted:It's one particular small area where it's a thing, and at this point I'd say the majority of supercar people there know exactly what's going on, and are courting it. There's really no other reason to be in central London with that kind of car anyway, it's not a particularly nice place to drive even in a city car. I've found that around 2/3 of the times that I say "On your left" when I'm about to pass someone, they step to the left and stop dead instead of getting out of the way.
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Aug 16, 2016 01:21
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Passed a guy on the toll road today doing 80 in the left lane with both arms hooked through the top of the steering wheel, resting his hands on top of the dashboard texting away with both hands. Face was probably 4 inches away from the airbag. Terrific.
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Aug 16, 2016 01:25
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you ate my cat posted:I've found that around 2/3 of the times that I say "On your left" when I'm about to pass someone, they step to the left and stop dead instead of getting out of the way. Better still is when there are two of them and the one on the left darts right while the one on the right darts left. Great job guys. I prefer the oblivious pedestrians on a bike path to cars on the road. I've learned to slow down around the pedestrians and expect them to act stupidly. Fact is, they are walking and absolutely not expecting anyone going faster than them. It stinks, but that's what it is. It beats getting passed with about 6 inches of space. I used to catch up to them at lights and properly yell - but that's not doing anyone any good. They won't learn, they want to pass. If you do have to ride on the road and you're worried about passers like that, take the whole lane and force them to pass in the other lane. While legal (WA), it obviously has problems, too and I really can't recommend it.
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Aug 16, 2016 03:33
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spog posted:It was only 2 hours ago that I was working out if it were practical to mount a truck horn on my bike. A bell isn't going to have any effect on the morons who overtake me so close that I can read the screen on their radio. In highschool I mounted an old car horn on my bike and used a 7Ah 12V gelcell. It saved my rear end a few times. Today you could do this with a 3S or 4S lithium ion pack a quarter the weight. I do like the airhorn idea, but wonder if there is a longer lasting propellant since those do use a fair bit of air.
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Aug 16, 2016 04:45
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kastein posted:I do like the airhorn idea, but wonder if there is a longer lasting propellant since those do use a fair bit of air. It's all about modulation and trigger discipline.
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Aug 16, 2016 07:41
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kastein posted:In highschool I mounted an old car horn on my bike and used a 7Ah 12V gelcell. It saved my rear end a few times. Today you could do this with a 3S or 4S lithium ion pack a quarter the weight. I have this in my ute: http://www.globalmarket.com/product-info/air-horn-296567.html You could probably hook one of the compressors up to a LiPo easily enough, they're really small, like 120mmx50mm.
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Aug 16, 2016 07:41
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just carry a bugle and learn this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sE1huPYerp0
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Aug 16, 2016 14:31
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Ugh, nearly participated in a multi-car pileup this morning. The highway here is a state highway with a speed limit of 60, with traffic usually flowing closer to 70. North is up. I was heading west (sun to my back) behind a VW Golf doing about 70. We're in the left lane, passing a line of cars, and there's a few more cars behind me. Cue our idiot, Mr Honda Accord. This guy has been sitting in the middle of the highway, at the intersection, waiting to turn left to go west. The only way this guy didn't see the dozen+ cars coming at him is either he didn't look, or was blinded by the sun and decided to make a leap of faith. Thankfully, everyone else was a little more aware than our idiot and managed to brake in time. The icing on the cake was when we finally got back up to speed, the guy immediately got over and starting going 10 under. Must be in more of a hurry to the grave there wherever he was actually driving to. I gave him a looooong honk and one finger in particular as I passed.
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Aug 16, 2016 14:39
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I saw s Dodge Dart with red lights in the DRLs. Bright red DRLs like brake lights.
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Aug 16, 2016 14:46
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FogHelmut posted:I saw s Dodge Dart with red lights in the DRLs. Bright red DRLs like brake lights. he's fast. you're furious
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Aug 16, 2016 14:47
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That's a great product: but I want something to make dozy road users think there is a truck bearing down on them and pay attention to their surroundings Knowing my luck, they will make a swerve for the curb and take me out. That is seriously impressive. I bet you made a version with flames - go on, admit it. kastein posted:In highschool I mounted an old car horn on my bike and used a 7Ah 12V gelcell. It saved my rear end a few times. Today you could do this with a 3S or 4S lithium ion pack a quarter the weight. thepaladin4488 posted:I have this in my ute: http://www.globalmarket.com/product-info/air-horn-296567.html It didn't cross my mind that you could do it with anything other than a huge car battery. Modern technology has moved on. Any idea what sort of current they drain? 2A enough? http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/DC-12V-30...LkAAOSw8cNUR4Eh EDIT: looks like they draw quite a few amps spog fucked around with this message at 15:12 on Aug 16, 2016 |
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Aug 16, 2016 15:09
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A three-fer (the cop, the red-light runner and the guy in the Camry) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3McC-wBYPX8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APmIiecszgQ 90s Solo Cup fucked around with this message at 15:19 on Aug 16, 2016 |
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Aug 16, 2016 15:17
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spog posted:That is seriously impressive. I bet you made a version with flames - go on, admit it. thank you thank you for my next trick, I will use a compressed flammable gas for a propellant. day 0: Got a tank of propane. The attendant at the gas station looked at me funny but we're good to go. I'm going to wait a day 3: No feds. The adiabatic cooling is making the reed valve freeze internally. The higher the psi the faster it happens. I only get a yelp before it turns to hissing. day 4: igniting the propane to ward off the freezing isn't going to work. The flame only makes it so far into the neck of the horns and it doesn't heat the reed valves. day 5: the horns are plastic and I had buy new ones after melting the first set yesterday. day 6: Attached a heat sink to the back of the reed valves and that seems to ward off the freezing for a few seconds. I have an activation duration of about 2 seconds and a cooldown of 10 seconds. day 7. asked some of my friends to witness me. said they'd come by day 8: IT'S WORKING! It's finally working and I can get flames shooting out with the use of a few pilot lights. Sounds great! Now they'll hear AND see me coming. day 22: been really busy the past two weeks. I got an order from the guy in charge and he wanted me to multiply this across ten cars, fifteen horns each. Almost done. day 30: We lost earl to a propane tank explosion but everyone is too busy geeking out at this super sick flame setup to notice he's missing. That sucks. day 33: We're on the road and I was told my horns are perfect, perfect in every way.  
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Aug 16, 2016 15:26
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Ok, rear end in a top hat, it's not bad enough that four lanes of traffic on 95 have to be funneled down to a single lane on the left shoulder because of the accident on the right, do you really have to bring things to an even slower crawl as you lean across the passenger seat trying to get a better look?
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Aug 16, 2016 15:34
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I don't mind undertaking in general, since it's the only way to pass here sometimes given slow idiots' infatuation with being in the left-hand lane, but at least let me do the right thing and switch out of the passing lane as the earliest safe opportunity before trying to pass me on the right. Also, when I have my right signal on already, it means I'm actively in the process of getting out of your way, so just stay in the loving left hand lane instead of swerving right and then slamming on your brakes.
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Aug 16, 2016 16:25
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Tubesock Holocaust posted:A three-fer (the cop, the red-light runner and the guy in the Camry) Interesting. also : the guy in the Camry is not in the wrong. Look at the second video. - the driver's view of the police unit was obstructed by the cars in the other two lanes - the officer switched on lights but no siren - the officer failed to completely clear the intersection before crossing against the light Hope the Camry driver retains decent counsel.
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Aug 16, 2016 17:05
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Almost got run over this morning during my walk to work. Thanks left turning guy that ran the red to shave 2 minutes off of your commute. That little angry wave you gave me was compensation enough for nearly killing me.
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Aug 16, 2016 17:13
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FogHelmut posted:I saw s Dodge Dart with red lights in the DRLs. Bright red DRLs like brake lights. There's a guy at my work with a Dart with blue (like lovely computer case blue) DRLs. I remember seeing something else with green too. Must be a Dodge thing.
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Aug 16, 2016 18:13
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kastein posted:In highschool I mounted an old car horn on my bike and used a 7Ah 12V gelcell. It saved my rear end a few times. Today you could do this with a 3S or 4S lithium ion pack a quarter the weight. First thing that comes to mind is airsoft propellant. It's called green gas. It has a relatively low vapor pressure so its a liquefied gas in the bottle, but it also has a decently low latent heat of vaporization, so it expands very quickly. You could probably get a few good honks from a can of that.
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Aug 16, 2016 18:41
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I wonder what its molecular mass is/what the speed of sound in it is? One of those affects the note that will be played, I forget which. And yeah, much like Elsa I really wanted to make a propane firebreathing airhorn at one point, but for some reason I decided not to. Can't remember why. The flame would probably get extinguished at highway speeds anyways.
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Aug 16, 2016 19:06
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buttcrackmenace posted:Interesting. Yea I don't think Camry guy had enough time to stop for that waffling cop. poo poo or get off the pot, don't just sputter through the red light.
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Aug 16, 2016 20:39
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TotalLossBrain posted:I've performed the same bone-headed move in a late 80's LeBaron. What a poo poo box that thing was. I accidentally bumped it into reverse going about 30-35mph. A very loud bang and it rolled to a halt. I had to restart the stalled engine and everything worked fine. Gotta ask, did you also do it to just rev the engine at speed (I was in a tunnel)?
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Aug 16, 2016 21:46
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I don't remember why I was dicking around with it. But that's a good guesstimate what 19-year old me would have done.
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Aug 16, 2016 21:58
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BOOTY-ADE posted:To the rear end in a top hat in the (black? dark blue?) Dodge Dart that almost hit me last night on my way home from my friend's place - RED means STOP, and for gently caress's sake USE YOUR loving HEADLIGHTS. Not a very fun surprise to take a right turn at a green and hear screeching tires because your blind, chucklefuck monkey rear end decided your headlights weren't necessary (not even parking lights) after 10pm while driving a car that's already hard to see at night, and decided to run a red because you weren't paying attention. I hope you get mangled in a wreck and have to be buried in that piece of poo poo Chrysler product you loving dope. I had the mirror image of this on the way to drop my kid off this morning - I was sitting at a dead red and had been for quite some time. JKU Wrangler blows through the red just past me at probably around 60, close enough for the wind to rock my CR-V. So that's my family's brush with death for the day.
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IOwnCalculus posted:I had the mirror image of this on the way to drop my kid off this morning - I was sitting at a dead red and had been for quite some time. JKU Wrangler blows through the red just past me at probably around 60, close enough for the wind to rock my CR-V. I feel like a CR-V isn't a great example of an immovable thing
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um excuse me posted:First thing that comes to mind is airsoft propellant. It's called green gas. It has a relatively low vapor pressure so its a liquefied gas in the bottle, but it also has a decently low latent heat of vaporization, so it expands very quickly. You could probably get a few good honks from a can of that. Isn't green gas just propane plus some suspended lubricant? I know airsoft guys often just use propane stove cylinders, since it's way cheaper, and have to manually lube the gun every once in awhile.
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Aug 16, 2016 23:20
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Some absolute oval office decided it would be fun to try to scare a cyclist by deliberatly swerving off the freeway and pass as close as possible to the cyclist on the dedicated bike lane a full THREE METERS from the freeway edge. I hope that stupid prick either has his motor detonate or at some later point, he loses his license for many years.
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CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:Some absolute oval office decided it would be fun to try to scare a cyclist by deliberatly swerving off the freeway and pass as close as possible to the cyclist on the dedicated bike lane a full THREE METERS from the freeway edge. People are assholes. I keep a spark plug shard with me for those occasions. Haven't had to use it, but I'm looking forward to it.
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TotalLossBrain posted:People are assholes. I keep a spark plug shard with me for those occasions. Haven't had to use it, but I'm looking forward to it. don't forget, that only works on the side windows.
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Aug 17, 2016 00:12
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Elsa posted:don't forget, that only works on the side windows. Most rear windows too.
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Aug 17, 2016 02:57
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FogHelmut posted:I saw s Dodge Dart with red lights in the DRLs. Bright red DRLs like brake lights. That's actually the backwards-driving edition AKA the bodge bart
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Spent the last week or so touring around New Mexico, and while the populated areas have some borderline suicidal drivers that will weave all over the place with no warning, in the rural areas I did witness something I had never actually seen done before: if you peek around someone as if to pass and tail them somewhat closely, they actually pull over at the next wide spot to allow you to pass. I have not once seen this happen anywhere else, even in areas where the law mandates slow traffic clear a path. So good on you, New Mexico (except for the constant fear of wondering which vehicle is going to murder me when in a city).
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Aug 17, 2016 04:51
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In found the American West to be pleasant driving outside the cities. People tend to stay right except to pass and don't take an attempt to pass as a personal insult.
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I found this in the Schadenfreude thread, and it's absolutely glorious. http://soimgoingtochina.blogspot.dk/2007/06/beijing-traffic-lesson-left-turn.html
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