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PT6A posted:No, that's so you can pretend your foot just slipped off the brake if the cop sees you. I think it was something like this. The green left turn lights had just changed red, but the red "straight" lights hadn't yet turned green. Seemed like they started to roll when the turn light turned red, caught themselves most of the way into the intersection, then "gently caress it" and ran the light.
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PT6A posted:No, that's so you can pretend your foot just slipped off the brake if the cop sees you. “Running a red light and failing to maintain control of a vehicle? It’s my lucky day.” —The cop, probably.
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Sep 7, 2016 21:17
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So, turning onto a multilane street here is supposed to be "turn into the nearest lane unless signage/marking indicate otherwise", which is pretty much only used for multiple turn lanes. Not that 98% of drivers actually *do* so unless they actually want that lane, or are physically blocked from doing otherwise. Heading back to work after lunch, left at the light, SUV ahead of me turns wide into #2 (second from left) lane, what a surprise. (The surprise is he didn't swing further out into #3 or 4.) I crank right into the leftmost lane, and start passing Captain 20 MPH... whereupon the land barge flips on his signal and starts back over into the left lane because that's the one he *really* wanted, yup. Starts merging back without looking, of course. Aborts the maneuver when he *finally* notices a red minivan is already in the lane and passing his dumb rear end (front end well past the driver's window before he signaled, and I'm loving shocked that he did). Slowly waddles over after I pass and continues down the street at maybe 25, and then slops into the carwash three blocks down from the light. No surprise there, either, asshat drivers are *always* hitting that carwash - they have a nice little set-back lane so you can pull out of traffic before actually turning into the driveway, but maybe 1 in 5 will use that, instead of just turning right out of traffic. Can we just put up Jersey barriers to force proper lane usage when turning? I mean, it won't fix these pinheads' driving, but at least there'd be more high-centered/half- or -fully-flipped cars to laugh at.
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Sep 7, 2016 21:32
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TotalLossBrain posted:It's okay if you do it slowly. (don't actually do this) wayfinder posted:How about really obese people? I have no idea. I haven't seen that yet.
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Sep 7, 2016 21:34
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nm posted:Now to be honest, there is massive placard fraud here (becausr you get free unlimited street parking) and those people are loving assholes. If there a double yellows, that means parking there is an obstruction or otherwise a hazard. Disabled status does not affect that. No-one should be allowed to, so ticket them. If it's safe for a given car to park there, then it's safe for any car to park there, so it shouldn't be double yellows.
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Sep 7, 2016 21:57
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kastein posted:I thought it was like stealing a base in baseball, you gotta start doing it when no one is watching and make it to the other side without anyone hitting you with sometihng. If you run a red light and nobody is around to see it, did you break the law?
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Sep 7, 2016 22:08
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You're disabled, but your car isn't. No parking in no parking zones!
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Sep 7, 2016 22:29
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InitialDave posted:One of my personal bugbears, which I'm sure I've ranted about here before, is that in the UK it's general policy not to give parking tickets to disabled badge holders even on double yellows ("do not park here at all").
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Sep 7, 2016 23:47
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Crotch Fruit posted:I still remember my favorite abuse of parking was seeing someone pull there BMW SUV onto the hatch marks beside the handicapped spot before running into the store, car still running. No placards, plates or visible disability (except for the Beemer. . .) just stereotypical gently caress you, I'm special . . . and its not a handicapped spot. Had a staff member (intern or student, certainly not fully licensed nurse/whatever) decide that she could park her lil' sportbike in the clearly-marked loading space between the two handicapped spots. Tried to tell me "oh, I didn't know you can't do that", and kept blowing me off when I told her to move the bike. Facilities called to tell her it was going to be towed, she got her rear end out and moved it. Had to tell the receptionist at a different one of our buildings to go find the staff member that parked their truck in the space on the far side of the handicap spot - which *isn't* a space, it's the driveway. Third building, someone thoughtfully parked in the spot, no plates/placard/nothing, directly in front of the sign that says "permit/plates required". Of course, cops come by fairly often (we're a behavioral-healthcare provider) and if they don't just park up the fire lane, they tend to pull into the handicap spots of they're open. (Non-emergency calls - emergencies, they'll park wherever and I don't have an issue with it.)
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Sep 8, 2016 00:13
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Working evening shift at the grocery store, nothing made my day like tipping off our evening security officer (sworn LEO) about some "I'm better than you" college student parking their BMW/VW/Merc in the handicap spots to hit up the ATM. If I still had my old Imageshack account I'd post the writeup I got for telling one girl "You'd better get another $250 for that ticket you're about to get". I don't have any friends or family with a placard, I just enjoy ruining someone's day when they're also being dickheads. Schadenfreude addict I guess.
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Sep 8, 2016 00:29
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wayfinder posted:How about really obese people? gently caress em, they ate themselves into that state, they can go on a loving diet.
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Sep 8, 2016 04:30
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They're the ones who should be walking more 
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Sep 8, 2016 05:41
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I saw the parking lot cop again and turned on my blinker in the parking lot this time because our little piece of the world will operate by the rules set forth in the constitution
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Sep 8, 2016 16:33
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Elsa posted:I saw the parking lot cop again and turned on my blinker in the parking lot this time because our little piece of the world will operate by the rules set forth in the constitution
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Sep 8, 2016 17:10
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Use your indicator when the road curves, as well.
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Sep 8, 2016 17:24
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Use your hazard lights to indicate that you are going straight.
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Sep 8, 2016 17:31
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What we need as standard equipment is a 24 inch led matrix that allows us to display emoji to the car behind us, allowing us to indicate an unlimited variety of intentions to the traffic behind us.
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Sep 8, 2016 17:36
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mine would display "levitating businessman" (🕴) 100% of the time
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Sep 8, 2016 17:38
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Protocol7 posted:If you run a red light and nobody is around to see it, did you break the law? Not in some states, although you may be required to be on a motorcycle or bicycle.
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Sep 8, 2016 17:50
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xzzy posted:What we need as standard equipment is a 24 inch led matrix that allows us to display emoji to the car behind us, allowing us to indicate an unlimited variety of intentions to the traffic behind us.  http://www.thinkgeek.com/product/d138/ Not standard equipment but for $40 we can use it in our ancient rust buckets! Uthor posted:Use your hazard lights to indicate that you are going straight.
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Sep 8, 2016 18:02
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mobby_6kl posted:No kidding, people here use their turn signals to indicate going straight. Like, the major road is curving right and a minor is continuing straight and there's also a left turn. They'll indicate left and then go straight. Hahaha, that must be maddening. People near me do that on a roundabout all the time. Going straight? Well, I do have to turn right then a little left, so I'll indicate as such! People also tend to use whatever lane they want and take whatever exit they want, screw the flow of traffic and right of way.
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Sep 8, 2016 18:11
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I frequently signal to go into a turn only lane and then turn off the signal, because why does it still need to be on?
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Sep 8, 2016 18:27
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At this point, signals mean "something may or may not happen in the near future", same as brake lights.
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Sep 8, 2016 18:42
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jamal posted:I frequently signal to go into a turn only lane and then turn off the signal, because why does it still need to be on? Is blinker fluid particularly expensive where you are?
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Sep 8, 2016 18:43
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jamal posted:I frequently signal to go into a turn only lane and then turn off the signal, because why does it still need to be on? It signals you aren't the jackass who doesn't know what lane you're in like the jackass who almost hit me in the bike lane and the car next to me because she wanted to go straight from the right tyrn lane.
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Sep 8, 2016 19:13
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It's more like when I'm stopped in a left turn lane that gets a protected left, why sit there and listen to it click?
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Sep 8, 2016 19:27
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Because the rules say to have your blinker on. Obviously you're free to ignore those rules, and all drivers routinely break rules so no one's got the moral high ground, but it doesn't change that that's what the rules tell you to do.
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Sep 8, 2016 19:39
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You're just doing it wrong. You're supposed to get in the turn lane and start your turn, then hit your signal. At least, that's how it works according to every single driver around me.
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Sep 8, 2016 20:06
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No, you're not supposed to use the turn lane, you're just supposed to come to a dead halt, turn on the signal and slowly proceed into your turn, all from at least one lane over from the turn lane.
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Sep 8, 2016 21:21
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Cage posted:Use your blinker all the time even if you're the only one on the road in a turn only lane, please. It was a parking lot, at a T and he's standing in the intersection to help with our zipper because that justifies an hourly wage. I left my signal off because I didn't want to insult his intelligence or be facetious. There was nowhere else I could go, it was silly. Then he dropped his hands and stared for a couple seconds and asked me which way I was going. I pointed and it didn't occur to me what he was getting at, and then he said I need to turn my blinker on. According to his vest and patches he's Police police They give these people guns and that poo poo is disturbing.
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Sep 8, 2016 21:53
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Old timers strike again. Driving home on a limited(ish) access four lane highway, posted 50 MPH zone, road wet with light rain. While approaching a signaled intersection with a stopped left turn lane with about a dozen cars stacked up an older guy in a Nissan SUV about three or four cars back decides he isn't going to turn after all, and he also isn't going to bother to check his mirror or signal, and just pulled out in front of me when I was maybe two car lengths behind him, while I was doing 55. By all means I should have plowed right into him, or at the very least spun out after making a sharp avoidance maneuver given the conditions. But by some small miracle the right lane was empty, I missed him by inches and maintained control through the intersection. Bastard caught back up with me at the next light and wouldn't even make eye contact, gently caress him  And it just dawned on me that I should have stopped and bought a lottery ticket, but now the moment has passed.
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Sep 8, 2016 23:46
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Geoj posted:And it just dawned on me that I should have stopped and bought a lottery ticket, but now the moment has passed. You already blew your luck on avoiding getting murdered by the guy, sorry.
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Sep 8, 2016 23:59
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Elsa posted:It was a parking lot, at a T and he's standing in the intersection to help with our zipper because that justifies an hourly wage. I left my signal off because I didn't want to insult his intelligence or be facetious. There was nowhere else I could go, it was silly. Then he dropped his hands and stared for a couple seconds and asked me which way I was going. I pointed and it didn't occur to me what he was getting at, and then he said I need to turn my blinker on. According to his vest and patches he's Police police Traffic laws don't apply on private property, they aren't roads.
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Sep 9, 2016 03:41
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Raluek posted:Traffic laws don't apply on private property, they aren't roads. Some cop told me it was still reckless driving to do wheelies in the parking lot because it was publicly accessible, and thus (in Texas) traffic laws applied. He was probably full of poo poo, though.
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Sep 9, 2016 03:56
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mobby_6kl posted:
Not worth it if "gently caress you" isn't one of the options Raluek posted:Traffic laws don't apply on private property, they aren't roads. Not necessarily.
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Sep 9, 2016 04:04
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Today he placed hisself out on the street to direct traffic at the outlet. lol The blinker thing was an honest mistake but I get the feeling trouble has found me now, and I don't need to be on youtube as don't taze me bro #2. I'm going to wait until after rush hour or leave campus through a different exit. I'm sure the school has given their police detachment full jurisdiction or whatever. These people get to carry guns around citizens, students for that matter. How inadequate does a person have to be to still feel the need to push their weight around.
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Sep 9, 2016 04:11
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I was going to say civilians but police are civilians too. lol
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Elsa posted:Today he placed hisself out on the street to direct traffic at the outlet. lol So you got triggered by a cop scolding you and somehow he's the wrong one?
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Sep 9, 2016 04:48
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lol. sup bill
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xzzy posted:What we need as standard equipment is a 24 inch led matrix that allows us to display emoji to the car behind us, allowing us to indicate an unlimited variety of intentions to the traffic behind us. Conversely http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=6d8_1473280853
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