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I can't make out the plates, but I'm guessing somewhere south-ish. e: dee eight fucked around with this message at 03:00 on Apr 23, 2018 |
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These are the watercourses you share the road with: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10SjlFFg77E
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Apr 23, 2018 08:53
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That probably qualifies as the most beautiful road hazard I've seen.
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Driving home from work Friday I witnessed, and was probably nearly caught up in, what was almost a really bad accident. There's a lane closure on 695 on my way home from work, and traffic always gets a little backed up here. I'm in the left lane, and there's an SUV to my right. Traffic in the right lane ahead has slowed down almost to a stop. I ease up on the gas because I don't want that big speed differential between us. The SUV continues on at it's original pace. I assume he's going to get over in front of me so I ease up on the gas even more. The SUV continues on at it's original pace. The space between them and the car in front of them is shrinking rapidly. They're obviously unaware of this, probably because they're loving with their phone. I move my foot over to my brake pedal, and cringe because this is not going to be pretty. At the very last moment I I guess they looked up. They slam on the brakes, swerve into the left lane (where I would have been had I not slowed down) with maybe inches to spare, and cross onto the left shoulder where they take out three big orange and white construction barrels before regaining control of their vehicle. There are bits of white plastic in the road, either from construction barrel or the SUV or both. When they found a gap in the right lane the crossed two lanes of traffic to take the next exit. I don't know if they were exiting there anyway, or just didn't want to be stuck in traffic with people who just witnessed their gently caress up, or wanted to check out any damage they just did to their SUV. It all happened in a matter of seconds. By the time I even began to think about honking the horn in an attempt to get their attention they were already reacting. The adrenaline rush lasted the whole way home.
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Apr 23, 2018 13:28
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Platystemon posted:These are the watercourses you share the road with: Oh no no no no no no NO
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Apr 23, 2018 13:35
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It doesn't take all that much water to move a car. The pucker factor of driving up would be a bit much.
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Apr 23, 2018 13:45
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These are the planes you share a highway with: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/coquihalla-plane-landing-1.4630936
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Apr 23, 2018 13:58
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IronDoge posted:It doesn't take all that much water to move a car. The pucker factor of driving up would be a bit much. Looks like they have about 8 people loading it down so they're probably as least likely to die as possible. Soon as it starts to float though say goodbye road trip. 
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Apr 23, 2018 14:05
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Platystemon posted:These are the watercourses you share the road with: Oh gently caress no. There is a 0% chance I would have tried to drive through that in any vehicle with any amount of weight on it.
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Apr 23, 2018 15:08
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This is why you don't hire Frank Lloyd Wright to design your highways
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Apr 23, 2018 16:58
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Goddammit don't stop for a funeral procession coming the other way on a 2-lane highway
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Apr 23, 2018 19:47
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Or drop to 45 mph on a highway because a cop has someone pulled over on the far side. "But what if he sees me speeding and comes after me??" 
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Apr 23, 2018 19:49
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The other day traffic came to a screeching halt on a 75mph divided four lane highway because an ambulance was coming the opposite direction
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Apr 23, 2018 19:54
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But emergency vehicle = stomp on the brakes, right? 
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Proud Christian Mom posted:The other day traffic came to a screeching halt on a 75mph divided four lane highway because an ambulance was coming the opposite direction LOL people in your area stop for emergency vehicles? Around here if you pull over for an emergency vehicle you're likely to get passed. By the guy behind you, the emergency vehicle, and then the 4 guys tailgating it.
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Disgruntled Bovine posted:LOL people in your area stop for emergency vehicles? Around here if you pull over for an emergency vehicle you're likely to get passed. this happens around here with the Hassidic Jews all the time e: username/post joke spoilers I'm an Israeli-born Jew and ZDR gave me this name semi-randomly
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Mein Kampf Enthusiast posted:this happens around here with the Hassidic Jews all the time Did you change your avatar?
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Apr 24, 2018 04:23
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iospace posted:Did you change your avatar? Yes, courtesy of the amazing TVsVeryOwn and his thread: https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3854284 Get yours done and donate to help Lowtax get A Real Boy's spine
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Speaking of throwing bones at Lowtax and avs, drop into the best cat thread and make some avs if you would be so inclined. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5cL-h3Pj1o
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 quote:HUNTINGTON WOODS, Mich. — More than a dozen tractor-trailers lined up beneath a Detroit-area freeway overpass to aid police trying to help a man contemplating suicide.
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Apr 25, 2018 10:04
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I mean, heart in the right place, but wouldn't he just jump into the gaps between the trailers?
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Apr 25, 2018 16:12
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It's probably like a nice visual demonstration that people care
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Apr 25, 2018 16:26
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xzzy posted:Or drop to 45 mph on a highway because a cop has someone pulled over on the far side. I pass them up and flip them off when/where applicable because gently caress those tools. More often than not it has nothing to do with speeding, it's gawking morons that can't mind their own business and/or end up causing an accident because their eyes were glued to an problem they had no part of. Need to have some kind of instant pop-up tarp or something with like 10'x10' panels to put around that poo poo so nobody can see or rubberneck.
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Apr 25, 2018 18:30
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flightless greeb posted:It's probably like a nice visual demonstration that people care Man jumps, survives but breaks legs, sues trucking company. Ying and Yang.
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um excuse me posted:Man jumps, survives but breaks legs, sues trucking company. Ying and Yang. 
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Apr 25, 2018 20:49
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um excuse me posted:Man jumps, survives but breaks legs, sues trucking company. Ying and Yang. What do the Ying Yang twins have to do with this?
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Disgruntled Bovine posted:LOL people in your area stop for emergency vehicles? Around here if you pull over for an emergency vehicle you're likely to get passed. I'm not an expert on Louisiana traffic laws, but I'm pretty sure that passing an ambulance on the right is not legal. Still saw it last week.
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Apr 25, 2018 21:26
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This fire is not going to deliver itself! 
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Dick Trauma posted:This fire is not going to deliver itself!
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Possibly superfluous advice: if you are driving whilst drunk, you might not want to leave your dashcam on: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgqx_AuHSQ4&t=12s (skip the first 10 secs to avoid spoilers)
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Don't forget to properly block off your work site. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LK06OoIyorQ
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Never having worked concrete, is it a huge problem to bring the guys back out and smooth it over again? I mean yeah they gotta dig their gear back out of the truck and maybe pay some overtime, but it doesn't require a whole new pour does it?
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xergm posted:Don't forget to properly block off your work site. That hard hat throw is universal.
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spog posted:Possibly superfluous advice: if you are driving whilst drunk, you might not want to leave your dashcam on: After driving those roads/roundabouts last fall 100% sober, that video terrified me.
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xzzy posted:Never having worked concrete, is it a huge problem to bring the guys back out and smooth it over again? IANACL, but as I understand it concrete starts "setting" pretty much as soon as it's mixed, and sure as hell as soon as it's poured. (I recall stories, possibly from this very thread, about how delays in transporting/pouring a load can end up with the whole load being dumped and a new mix/por being scheduled.) So, once it's down, minor fuckery will just piss off the workers, but something like digging a couple new trenches through the pour will probably cause that area to cure at different rate, and that's without the wheels loving up the compacted base and maybe ending with a couple little gutters in the slab once it's all done. Concrete seems to be happiest when it's all one big homogenous mass, like a brownie, but the baker doesn't get screamed at if the end product isn't nice and smooth and begins cracking waaaaay sooner than expected. Again, I'm not a concrete la
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um excuse me posted:Man jumps, survives but breaks legs, sues trucking company. Ying and Yang. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4J-Fuo0vLE
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