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OH HI THERE  Both are uncontrolled side streets, and since there's been a bunch of construction on the through streets there's been more idiots bombing around than usual. I think the white SUV got torpedoed on the back driver's side door, and half-turtled while Long Lance spun around - there's a big wet mark the other side the SUV, uphill, and water-mark heading down to the accident. edit - finally fixed goddamn Zamboni Apocalypse fucked around with this message at 20:19 on Jul 10, 2017 |
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Riding with other people tends to be a social thing, so we ride side-by-side to talk to each other. Imagine trying to talk a a friend while driving, but he is in the back seat behind you and all the windows are down. Also it is a 3 hour car ride. The other thing is that a group of 10 bikes riding in a double line is shorter and easier to pass than 10 bikes single file. You have to cross the center line to go by safely either way. Sorry adiabatic. jamal fucked around with this message at 19:33 on Jul 10, 2017 |
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Jul 10, 2017 19:21
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xzzy posted:That's why drones need to be deregulated so you can have one hover 100 feet above your car giving you real time information about every idiot converging on your location. https://www.topgear.com/car-news/concept/renault-concept-has-roof-mounted-drone
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Jul 10, 2017 20:17
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PCOS Bill posted:I was driving on the highway yesterday and came upon a gaggle of about seven motorcyclists who are doing the old "block all lanes at 40MPH so our friends ahead of us can pop wheelies and hoon despite the other people who just want to loving get where they're going" Speaking of that, Traffic is awful in Cincy right now cause there's all kinds of work being done right around downtown so places are getting really backed up during rush hour. I was in a 2 mile line of traffic when I noticed that all of the cars were nice enough to leave me a motorcycle sized lane right down the middle! Very considerate of them. As I rode past, 5 or 6 extra nice people honked their horn at me to tell me to have a nice day. I can't believe how sweet people can be, even when they're stuck in awful traffic. Nah for real tho, the honks are the best and make me laugh in my helmet every time because all they're doing is letting me know that they're annoyed by me. Unless they think by honking I'll come to my senses and realize I shouldn't be doing what I'm doing....lol
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Jul 10, 2017 23:10
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nsaP posted:Speaking of that, The only reason I honk when motorcyclists do that here is because it's definitely illegal. Quick Google leads me to believe that's not necessarily the case in Ohio, but people are stupid and will honk anyways.
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Jul 10, 2017 23:14
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Protocol7 posted:The only reason I honk when motorcyclists do that here is because it's definitely illegal. The only state lane splitting is legal in is California. nsaP posted:Speaking of that, I don't know how that ties in at all to what I posted about but you're nsaP so
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Jul 10, 2017 23:19
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PCOS Bill posted:The only state lane splitting is legal in is California. There aren't any state laws in Ohio that explicitly prohibit lane splitting. California's different since it's the only state that has a law explicitly allowing lane splitting.
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Jul 10, 2017 23:23
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Do they differentiate between lane splitting and filtering? I always think of it as the first one is sharing the lane with another bike at the same speed, and the latter is passing traffic down the line between lanes.
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Jul 10, 2017 23:24
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The differentiation between them in my mind is that the traffic is moving or isn't, tho some would say filtering is done up to stop lights. Bike are allowed to share a lane, it's not called splitting tho.
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Jul 10, 2017 23:27
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InitialDave posted:Do they differentiate between lane splitting and filtering? Probably technically, but I've heard lane splitting/lane sharing/filtering all refer to basically the same thing, which is the latter definition in your post. I don't think anyone (with a brain) would really care if two bikes ride abreast. Macichne Leainig fucked around with this message at 23:30 on Jul 10, 2017 |
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Jul 10, 2017 23:27
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nsaP posted:The differentiation between them in my mind is that the traffic is moving or isn't, tho some would say filtering is done up to stop lights. So what do they call it if bikes share the same lane keepign abreast? Just sharing a lane? Protocol7 posted:I don't think anyone (with a brain) would really care if two bikes ride abreast.
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Jul 10, 2017 23:31
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PCOS Bill posted:I don't know how that ties in at all to what I posted about but you're nsaP so I don't know how you think this is an okay thing to post in the "these are the people you share a road with" thread but you're PCOS Bill so
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Uh huh so anyhow I went out to run an errand a bit ago, wound up on the highway where it's just turned three lanes wide for a bit because of a merge on and then a mile or so later becomes an exit lane, and I have a guy going my speed on my left who's been zoned out passing me at about .3mph for a few minutes, and a guy who just merged on and is driving down the soon to be exit lane who winds up next to me on my right when he gets up to highway speed. It was a good thing I was paying attention because guy on my left started changing lanes to the right, and guy on my right started changing lanes to my left, nobody was behind me so I just dropped anchor and laid on my horn, and they came about 2' from smacking into each other in the space I had just been occupying.
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Jul 11, 2017 03:23
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nsaP posted:Speaking of that, Change Cincy to DFW, and that was my commute this morning. I filtered, sanely, in a place where it is illegal. Yet, I am somehow still alive to tell the tale.
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Jul 11, 2017 03:23
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Proud Christian Mom posted:So close I was in my Cherokee so it would just ruined my evening.
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Jul 11, 2017 03:34
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Zamboni Apocalypse posted:OH HI THERE Welp, 12 hours later when I'm getting ready for bed...    Single tire-squealing-and-crash, followed by multiple calls of "no cops!" and discussion of flipping it back over, everyone had bailed by the time I got off the phone to 911. (Not pictured: beer bottles that fallen out of the rear window.) I guess they tried to claim they were hit and forced off the road, but the skidmarks and lack of debris say otherwise.
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Jul 11, 2017 09:52
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXIUBpuSqvM&feature=youtu.be two bro trucks road rage, who will win? stay till the end to find out!
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Jul 11, 2017 13:29
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All trucks should be outfitted with defective takata airbags.
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Jul 11, 2017 13:38
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That is the most shark-fin looking shark fin antenna that I have ever seen.
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Jul 11, 2017 14:40
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It's amazing to me how many "single vehicle probably under influence goes off road" claims I get in Ohio. I didn't know drunk driving was the state pastime.
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Jul 11, 2017 17:24
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Eifert Posting posted:It's amazing to me how many "single vehicle probably under influence goes off road" claims I get in Ohio. I didn't't know drunk driving was the state pastime. There's a bunch of breweries and little to no public transportation (especially up in Columbus). I'm surprised there's not more tbh.
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Jul 11, 2017 17:39
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I think drinking and driving is pretty loving common but maybe I'm misjudging everyone with horrible lane discipline.
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Jul 11, 2017 17:52
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Last time I came across a bullshit statistic it was claimed that 1 in 10 people on the road are under the influence. Don't know how you'd prove that either way, but it's probably a good reminder to keep your head on a swivel out there.
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Just saw some minivan run an obvious red and the guy next to me in the huge new Caddy SUV jumped on the gas the instant the light changed. He came so close to t-boning the guy it had to be purposeful. After he barely missed the van he swerved wildly in his lane for a few seconds and tore around a corner with one wheel leaving the ground. I wonder who pissed in his Cheerios... I really wanted them to have an accident so I could get both the fuckers in hot water. e: Made me think, when I got rear-ended at a red everybody around me just sort of looked for a few seconds and hosed off. What happened to helping your fellow man nail an obvious drunk by sticking around long enough to give a cell number or something? I relished getting a chance to help the police get the idiot who hit me. sleepy.eyes fucked around with this message at 19:10 on Jul 11, 2017 |
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Lime Tonics posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXIUBpuSqvM&feature=youtu.be Holy poo poo! I don't even know what the gently caress. Hopefully both parties will be off the road for a good long time. Eifert Posting posted:It's amazing to me how many "single vehicle probably under influence goes off road" claims I get in Ohio. I didn't know drunk driving was the state pastime. Yeah, not just Ohio. My wife works on a project tracking auto accidents and the majority are single vehicle with a drunk behind the wheel. And a surprising number of 1-occupant accidents the occupant wasn't driving, because he let some woman who he met at the bar drive and she ran away after the accident and sorry I don't know her name or what she looks like... (while sporting airbag burns or belt marks on the left shoulder.)
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monsterzero posted:And a surprising number of 1-occupant accidents the occupant wasn't driving, because he let some woman who he met at the bar drive and she ran away after the accident and sorry I don't know her name or what she looks like... (while sporting airbag burns or belt marks on the left shoulder.) This is actually pretty clever, minus the physical evidence. People get really creative at lies to avoid liability.
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They even do it for us, even though you're literally always going to be at fault for a single-car off-road accident. These people don't understand that it's actually trivially easy to tell whether a seatbelt was being used during an accident. If we think someone's lying about there being a passenger an experienced estimator can verify that in about 15 seconds.
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Lime Tonics posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXIUBpuSqvM&feature=youtu.be There’s something really loving funny about that dude being SO loving ANGRY that he decided he’s going to attack the truck. ON foot. With a machete???
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Michael Scott posted:This is actually pretty clever, minus the physical evidence. People get really creative at lies to avoid liability. It's almost always the same story verbatim, so I'm starting to believe there might actually be a reverse Death Proof going on ... Happy Noodle Boy posted:There’s something really loving funny about that dude being SO loving ANGRY that he decided he’s going to attack the truck. ON foot. With a machete??? Also posting it to YouTube. I imagine that guy is still fuming from inside his full body cast, and convinced he was 100% right/wronged/innocent/whatever.
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Happy Noodle Boy posted:There’s something really loving funny about that dude being SO loving ANGRY that he decided he’s going to attack the truck. ON foot. With a machete??? I have no idea what outcome he expected, but I can't say I'm surprised with the one he got. Nothing good can come from approaching a moving car on foot with a weapon.
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Lime Tonics posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXIUBpuSqvM&feature=youtu.be I'm the car who sees these assholes coming and gets out of the way. Go buttfuck each other, I don't want any part of it. Except it pulled over at the end so maybe they were together?
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LloydDobler posted:I'm the car who sees these assholes coming and gets out of the way. Go buttfuck each other, I don't want any part of it. My interpretation is they saw the whole thing developing and were either rubbernecking or sticking around to be a witness after the police show up.
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xzzy posted:My interpretation is they saw the whole thing developing and were either rubbernecking or sticking around to be a witness after the police show up. Who wants to be around when bullets might start flying? Call it in and keep driving.
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Jul 11, 2017 21:39
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Saw a bike today with a orange plastic reflector sticking off the side, like it reaches about a foot to the left of the bike. My actual thought process: "oh that's a bit weird. Seems a bit passive aggressive, but I'd hate to judge. I guess it helps make sure people give space and you're trying to be respo- oh you've just ridden through a red light."
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ilmucche posted:Saw a bike today with a orange plastic reflector sticking off the side, like it reaches about a foot to the left of the bike. My actual thought process: "oh that's a bit weird. Seems a bit passive aggressive, but I'd hate to judge. I guess it helps make sure people give space and you're trying to be respo- oh you've just ridden through a red light." Sidecar fell off.
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TIL that when someone is backing up traffic into an intersection because they're trying to merge 1/4 mile before the merge point, they get pissed off when you drive around them on the shoulder. Merge police are a perfect storm of infuriating. Think they're being polite when they are actually being rude, making the traffic worse, and thinking that they are in the right while doing it! I'm taking the bike any day I have to deal with traffic from now on.
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ilmucche posted:Saw a bike today with a orange plastic reflector sticking off the side, like it reaches about a foot to the left of the bike. My actual thought process: "oh that's a bit weird. Seems a bit passive aggressive, but I'd hate to judge. I guess it helps make sure people give space and you're trying to be respo- oh you've just ridden through a red light." That actually used to be a thing here in the 80's. Not sure about the legal status. Doesn't seem all that unreasonable, apart from the dorkiness. The red light running, tho, gently caress that.
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Happy Noodle Boy posted:There’s something really loving funny about that dude being SO loving ANGRY that he decided he’s going to attack the truck. ON foot. With a machete??? https://youtu.be/wF2aWp9YPJ4
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