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Powershift posted:Around here, most school zones are also playground zones which are 30 from sunrise to an hour after sunset. At least it's a great opportunity to do a WOT 0-130km/h run mostly legally every time you're the first at the light.
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wolrah posted:Yup, that's why I bring it up, I drive past this crap on a daily basis. https://www.google.com/maps/@61.1336168,-149.8332382,612m/data=!3m1!1e3 Lake Otis is a 45 mph road and was when the elementary school was built. There's a tunnel to cross the road but it adds a quarter mile of walking to any kids trying to cross the road, so of course you have young kids trying to dash across a street with no stop lights and no crosswalk. The nearby middle school has a 20 mph zone, but not the elementary school. It's been like this since the 80's. 
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Lots of school zones in NSW come with the full flashing lights and times treatment on the signs. Not all signs get the lights though which is how I found out the hard way that you could get your licence suspended for speeding on a provisional licence. There weren't any students in the school because it was a staff development day. Still counted as a school day though regardless
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https://gfycat.com/InsistentSecondhandFlyingsquirrel These are the tires you share your office with.
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I guess you could say he was feeling a little...... exhausted
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iospace posted:https://gfycat.com/InsistentSecondhandFlyingsquirrel I'm going to guess that didn't feel very good.
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iospace posted:https://gfycat.com/InsistentSecondhandFlyingsquirrel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TE1dFHmFCRk
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Powershift posted:I guess you could say he was feeling a little...... Rim shot
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wayfinder posted:Rim shot Wheely?
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Powershift posted:I guess you could say he was feeling a little...... well at least he wasn't two tired.
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Sunny clear day, driving 35mph. Lady at the stop sign decided that the "stop" part was optional and accelerated into the road in front of me. No time to stop. This is the second time I've been in a red vehicle in the spring and gotten hit by a woman in a Ford SUV who ignored a stop sign... light abrasions to my legs from the lower airbag, and a bunch of soreness everywhere else but I'm generally ok. Now to deal with the insurance cluster gently caress.    I was driving forward in this view and she was where the grey Fusion is 
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Apr 20, 2017 22:05
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Clear day? Perfect visibility? Big red car? Still pulled out? poo poo like that makes me want to give up riding motorcycles immediately.
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Apr 20, 2017 22:25
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Try driving a color not invisible to colorblind people.
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In the unlikely case that someone is literally incapable of seeing a car of a particular hue, they shouldn't be driving.
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Dave Inc. posted:Clear day? Perfect visibility? Big red car? Still pulled out? The last time it happened I was on a bike...that resulted in a shattered pelvis and broken ribs, broken nose etc. As far as colorblindness, it was a woman so it's unlikely to the point of being improbable.
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Dave Inc. posted:Clear day? Perfect visibility? Big red car? Still pulled out? Yeah, my bike is bright red, and still assume I am invisible. Even bright red is no match for drawing attention compared to that oh so important text that has to be sent Right Now! edit: There is one group of motorists that notice me. Traffic cops.
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So yea... I found this short clip on YT that's worth the 40'ish seconds... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5VG0kAAqx0
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Flint Ironstag posted:Yeah, my bike is bright red, and still assume I am invisible. Even bright red is no match for drawing attention compared to that oh so important text that has to be sent Right Now! Pcos bill parachute spotted
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iospace posted:Pcos bill parachute spotted Ouch. And I actually lolled. I do agree with him just enough to be flattered. But I do disagree with him just enough to be offended.
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Imperador do Brasil posted:I was driving forward in this view and she was where the grey Fusion is Gotta wonder if you disappeared momentarily into the blind spot behind her A pillar. Not that it excuses her failing to double-check, or not waiting a goddamn moment at the stop sign.
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Repo Man posted:I like the flashing yellow lights in the school zone that let you know unambiguously that it is an active school zone, and you need to obey the lower limit. Arizona also has those (and some other states) but California does not. KRON's Stanley Roberts recently had a People Behaving Badly segment that involved a school zone, and I commented about how I thought California should adopt those lights in schools zones since I thought they were helpful in Arizona, and some guy was arguing with me that they aren't needed. Well screw that guy, I like them and still think California ought to have them. Crotch Fruit posted:So are California school zones just reduced speed 24/7 or what? Everywhere I have been the signs have specific and kinda random hours depending on what time the school starts, sometimes the list of poo poo is long with different hours on different days of the week or an exclusion for summer, it's a lot easier to just look for lights instead of trying to decipher the wall of text at 40mph. And well, Cali seems like a nanny state in every other way. I don't know what your guys are talking about. California has flashing lights in school zones. Also school zone speeds are reduced "when children are present". If you see kids walking around, then you slow down. Pretty easy stuff. Also lol @ your "nanny state" comment. 
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What's the deal with road ragers? I had a guy run a red light to make a right turn as I was making a left turn on a green arrow earlier, so I gave him a "gently caress you" honk as I was going around him. He came back and flipped me off as he was passing me...because I had honked at him for running a red light? Anyway, I gave him the bird in return, and was like "you ran a red light" and he was like "say that to my face" and I'm like "I'm saying it to your face right now, rear end in a top hat". This went back and forth for a while, with him wanting me to pull over and fight him, and me wanting him to go gently caress himself and realize that he ran a red light and almost caused an accident, and was totally in the wrong. Why is this even a thing? If I hadn't just dropped off my CZ at home, I would have stopped just long enough for him to get out of his lovely Ford Escape and then hastily get back in and drive off. But seriously, why do some people get so loving unhinged on the roads?
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This poo poo happens too often: http://abc7.com/news/video-semitruck-drags-car-for-miles-along-cajon-pass/1896074/
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FCKGW posted:I don't know what your guys are talking about. California has flashing lights in school zones. Also school zone speeds are reduced "when children are present". If you see kids walking around, then you slow down. Pretty easy stuff. Not in any school zone in California that I've ever seen. And since you can be ticketed for not going the lower limit if it is during one of the times (CVC 22352 "When approaching or passing a school building or the grounds thereof, contiguous to a highway and posted with a standard “SCHOOL” warning sign, while children are going to or leaving the school either during school hours or during the noon recess period.") even if you cannot see any children, and otherwise have no clue, I wish they did have such warning lights.
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I've seen plenty with lights. In any event the California law is actually far more specific because it establishes that the limits apply only during school hours and when children are entering/leaving (or when the school doesn't have a fence, which is rare). It is fairly simple to comply with and fairly simple to fight compared to other states. I'd rather have the lights, admittedly, but not the hill I'm going to die on. Regarding the other guy: Complaining about CA nanny state laws when it comes to speeding is hilarious because California has among the most driver friendly speed laws in the US. Speed trap bans which include an honest to god 85% speed survey before you can use radar/laser. No unmarked cars for CHP. A loving dispute by mail system that if you lose you get to start the gently caress over in regular court. Well defined rules regarding traffic court that can be bend to help the driver. Fairly strict rules about when your insurance rates can be raised or cancelled for a ticket. poo poo, the law even tries to limit when they can tow your car, even when you don't have a DL.
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nm posted:This poo poo happens too often: This poo poo happens with fatal results all the time on I-81 in VA, and is exactly why I did not take a particular "promotion" from one of my old employers. I'll be god damned before I'm responding to those accidents.
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I mean would you at least here those tires screaming? I have zero truck experience so I legitimately dont know. Also that car was definitely visible in the rear view mirror. Does V8 Interceptor still post in AI?
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BLARGHLE posted:What's the deal with road ragers? You tell us.
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Cocoa Crispies posted:You tell us. if flipping the bird is defined as road rage, I'm John McEnroe
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BLARGHLE posted:What's the deal with road ragers? This post is a great way to get a menacing or brandishing charge. Seriously you think it's ok to escalate a verbal disagreement to the stage where you pull out a loving gun? I say this as someone with a CZ and a carry permit: Jesus gently caress you're stupid as poo poo if you aren't trying to defuse and get away from the situation. Pull out a loving gun, gently caress off.
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BLARGHLE posted:What's the deal with road ragers?  Because some people don't want to take responsibility for their actions and others want to take law enforcement into their own hands and think its cool to escalate situations. I had an idiot moment of my own the other day. I was driving home and failed to see a pedestrian who was about to cross the road as I was approaching a stop sign. She did the whole "what the hell" thing and I felt like a huge rear end in a top hat for the rest of the day since I try to be really good about that kind of thing.
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I don't think he meant to say he was going to draw on the guy if he stopped and got out, but instead just bait him into getting out of his car and then drive off while he's standing there. That being said, escalating a situation because you're carrying is goddamned retarded.
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IronDoge posted:That being said, escalating a situation ftfy
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IronDoge posted:I don't think he meant to say he was going to draw on the guy if he stopped and got out, but instead just bait him into getting out of his car and then drive off while he's standing there. That being said, escalating a situation because you're carrying is goddamned retarded. Then why mention the gun at all?
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um excuse me posted:I mean would you at least here those tires screaming? I have zero truck experience so I legitimately dont know. Also that car was definitely visible in the rear view mirror. Does V8 Interceptor still post in AI? There was some British truck driver that got a car hung up on his front bumper, drove some distance completely unaware. It went to court too and they found him innocent. I know British law is not US law, but the point is that apparently it is possible to be completely ignorant you're dragging a car around in a semi truck.
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um excuse me posted:I mean would you at least here those tires screaming? I have zero truck experience so I legitimately dont know. Also that car was definitely visible in the rear view mirror. Does V8 Interceptor still post in AI? I can say from personal experience, no you might not even have a clue as far as noise or feel. My family used to have one of the bus-style RVs, 38 feet long on a Freightliner chassis with a Caterpillar engine in the back. Medium duty truck parts, basically, not even semi grade equipment. Behind that we towed a Jeep Liberty to get around with at the destination. One trip the Jeep's steering rack somehow lost its ability to return to center as we were getting back on the highway after a driver change. The front wheels of this thing were pointed at full lock to the left and we didn't have a clue up in the front of the RV until someone driving by flagged us down. When we turned on the rear camera's audio you could hear the tires screaming away, but without that we couldn't hear it or feel it. I can not believe that driver couldn't see it though. That car was sticking far enough off the side that it had to be visible in his mirrors. His reaction, and still being in the cab when the camera guy got there makes me think he still hadn't really realized what had occurred.
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BLARGHLE posted:What's the deal with road ragers? The real irony in road rage is that up until the rage started, they were in some extreme hurry to get somewhere, so rushed that they couldn't be bothered to obey traffic laws. Just like this one I posted in the thread a while back: LloydDobler posted:It just reminds me of the time I was following two guys through my very own neighborhood, which has a residential 25mph speed limit. So the first guy was doing 25 and the second guy was riding his rear end REAL HARD because he desperately wanted to speed through this neighborhood where children play and people live. So as the lead guy turns at his street, he flips the second guy off. Now suddenly 2nd guy slams on his brakes, throws it in reverse, and almost backs into me because for some reason HE'S NO LONGER IN A HURRY, NOW HE HAS TIME TO FIGHT AN OLD GUY. I basically blocked him and really enjoyed laying on my horn. He looked so confused, because now he was the guy who was holding up traffic which just 5 seconds prior was really pissing him off for some stupid reason. He got out, tried to yell at the old guy, and then got back in his truck and took off at way too high a speed. LloydDobler fucked around with this message at 17:06 on Apr 21, 2017 |
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iospace posted:Pcos bill parachute spotted My bike is purple and I stop at people's windows to tell them to put the loving phone down routinely.
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Most of the time when a motorist almost runs me over and I even say something as mild as "Watch out!" I'm rewarded with a string of screamed obscenities. One guy made an illegal turn and stopped just short of knocking me down while I was in a marked crosswalk at a stop sign. I said "You're going to kill someone!" and that was enough for him to get out of his truck with traffic stacking up behind him and try to start a fight with me. I was crossing at a major intersection and when the light turned green a guy in an SUV made an "emergency" left, tearing through the intersection and cutting off the oncoming traffic. I was crossing in a marked crosswalk with the light and he had to screech to a halt to avoid crushing me, blocking crosstraffic. I threw my hands up in the air and shouted "WHAT THE gently caress" and he proceeded to follow me for almost a mile screaming obscenities at me. After five years of commuting to work on foot I feel that most people are aggressive assholes without a shred of decency. No one ever responds with surprise, or dismay that they almost hit and possibly killed me due to their ignorance/impatience/aggression. It's always anger. Always.
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