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Jesus. Semi driver stroke out? Also:
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i laughed at that too and now feel bad. Then i looked up the video and laughed again because he's an even bigger dork than he looks like https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmfKN3hT05c&t=476s dudes trying to milk it for donations and t-shirt sales
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Apr 26, 2019 15:02
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I like how he realizes he's waving a bowl around then is like "whoops other hand"
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Apr 26, 2019 18:45
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slidebite posted:Jesus. Semi driver stroke out? Reports are he's claiming his brakes failed.
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Apr 26, 2019 18:59
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Geoj posted:Reports are he's claiming his brakes failed. And the police are talking a big game about how vehicular homicide charges are going to "stick" so it reads to me like they don't believe his explanation.
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Apr 26, 2019 19:19
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xzzy posted:And the police are talking a big game about how vehicular homicide charges are going to "stick" so it reads to me like they don't believe his explanation. If some freak occurrence like running over a mattress severs your brake lines and you lose control, (tho air brakes lock on with pressure loss) yeah you can say your brakes failed. If you didn't do all the things you need to do to prevent a runaway situation, like maintaining a safe speed with your gearbox instead of cooking your brakes, and then fail to recognize & prevent the runaway situation before it becomes deadly (there's a runaway trap 4 miles West), you can't claim brake failure. Guy probably wishes he'd have steered into a bridge abutment somewhere up the line. I know wouldn't want these peoples' deaths on my conscience the rest of my life.
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Apr 26, 2019 19:38
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I work about a mile from there and commute that freeway every morning. That section is the runoff after the final descent down the mountains with several miles of steep grades, up to 6%. Everyone gets to the "flat" part (which is still a very steep downhill) and thinks it's over so they let their brakes cool as they engine brake up to 80 mph. Trucks set their brakes on fire and burn down on a regular basis all along there. Unfortunately on occasion it's rush hour traffic. At 4:00 another accident 3 miles up the road shut the whole freeway down for about a half hour. So he came steaming down the mountain at 5:00 with overheated brakes right into stopped traffic. Tragic as hell and very negligent. https://www.google.com/maps/@39.738...84!8i8192?hl=en This is where it happened, fucker should have steered it in to the ditch and risked himself instead of piling in to traffic. It's a straight shot with miles of visibility, there's no excuse. Obvious he tried to skate past all the traffic but the shoulder gets tight and I'm sure he hooked someone. All over after that.
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Apr 26, 2019 20:07
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Oh, it's that chunk of I-70? I've done that descent a couple times in a passenger car and that last run out of the mountains is pants making GBS threads. It is a straight shot but it's so goddamn steep. Like the drop along I-90 east of Coeur d'Alene is "worse" because of all the bends, but it's not as steep so your brakes don't fade.
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Apr 26, 2019 20:34
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Driver is apparently in custody for vehicular homicide. We'll see if it sticks. Lots more pictures of the aftermath in this article: https://www.9news.com/article/news/local/4-people-killed-in-fiery-crash-on-i-70-semi-driver-arrested/73-ec7ae64a-7183-49c7-8707-28138b86fce3
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Apr 26, 2019 20:41
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Saw the aftermath of a rear-ending where the car that got hit looked to be a good 3ish car lengths into the intersection I presume it was stopped at. Does that sound more like the guy's foot wasn't depressing the brakes all the way or the other dude was just going way too fast when he hit? The speed limit on the road was 45 and people always do way over.
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Apr 26, 2019 20:56
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Brakes? With 80,000 lbs they are the last resort if you miss a gear.
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Apr 26, 2019 21:10
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C-Bangin' it 
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Apr 27, 2019 20:49
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The comparison that comes to mind is a cat stealing a toy. "This is mine now!"
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Apr 27, 2019 21:02
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Apr 29, 2019 08:27
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Came close to hitting a bicycle last night. No lights or reflectors on a dark road, I have no idea how he could even see where the hell he was going. It was pretty wobbly so I'm guessing a drunk.
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Apr 29, 2019 14:04
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It came from my hometown: https://twitter.com/tastyflamingo/status/1122381879179481088
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sleepy.eyes posted:Came close to hitting a bicycle last night. No lights or reflectors on a dark road, I have no idea how he could even see where the hell he was going. It was pretty wobbly so I'm guessing a drunk. Nah, probably just a normal bicyclist.
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Apr 29, 2019 23:15
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sleepy.eyes posted:Came close to hitting a bicycle last night. No lights or reflectors on a dark road, I have no idea how he could even see where the hell he was going. It was pretty wobbly so I'm guessing a drunk. "Oh yeah, oh my my, I don't give a gently caress about a DUI, you can take away my license, but you can't take away my priiiiiiide" ~Wax, 2011
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Apr 29, 2019 23:17
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"Let's play 'drunk, hyper-miler, or SMOKIN'"
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Beach Bum posted:"Let's play 'drunk, hyper-miler, or SMOKIN'" Mods
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nuh-uh no way posted:It came from my hometown: That's a hell of a way to save a few bucks. 
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Ripoff posted:That's a hell of a way to save a few bucks. You're going to get some hop-ons
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Apr 30, 2019 03:03
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Ripoff posted:That's a hell of a way to save a few bucks. One fare is $3.50! You ride the back of the bus twice, that's $7.00! And that's almost an entire combo from Wendy's.
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Apr 30, 2019 17:39
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Can someone explain to me why I've seen three people in the last two weeks facetiming while driving their cars? Cars that I know have bluetooth. Why do they need to video chat? Why doesn't the person on the other end say something? Are they driving too? It's been a while since I've seen someone holding the phone 2" in front of their face talking on speaker, so I guess this is the natural progression.
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Apr 30, 2019 18:00
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FogHelmut posted:Can someone explain to me why I've seen three people in the last two weeks facetiming while driving their cars? Cars that I know have bluetooth. Why do they need to video chat? Why doesn't the person on the other end say something? Are they driving too? You seem rude. I'm driving a 2 ton vehicle which requires a fair amount of dexterity and you expect me to put my phone down? Please.
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Apr 30, 2019 18:17
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The new trend here is huffing nitro while driving. Recently someone wrecked some yards and 7 parked cars by doing so, while putting videos of herself huffing balloons on Instagram. She tried to get away but was blocked by bystanders, and when they opened the car a bunch of balloons fell out and a huge nitro tank was seen in the back. In Amsterdam you can also see people zooming around on mopeds and scooters while inhaling from a balloon. Fun times! https://www.lc.nl/friesland/Auto-met-daarin-Ex-on-the-Beach-realityster-Lena-richt-ravage-aan-in-Leeuwarden-24405877.html
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the gently caress? that sounds like one of those tutuola memes "Yeah, its called huffing. Kids these days dress up like clowns to get balloons and find themselves on the rear end end of a wrecked parking lot"
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Apr 30, 2019 18:20
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Granted never snuffed poo poo from NoS canisters, but holy hell you can get quite the buzz at the dentist office back in the day.
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Apr 30, 2019 18:27
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Entropist posted:The new trend here is huffing nitro while driving. Recently someone wrecked some yards and 7 parked cars by doing so, while putting videos of herself huffing balloons on Instagram. She tried to get away but was blocked by bystanders, and when they opened the car a bunch of balloons fell out and a huge nitro tank was seen in the back. In Amsterdam you can also see people zooming around on mopeds and scooters while inhaling from a balloon. Fun times! Nitrous is supposed to go inside the car, not the driver.
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uhhh, am i Ja, ik ga akoord or Voorkeuren beherenSeat Safety Switch posted:Nitrous is supposed to go inside the car, not the driver. It's like E85, "one for you, one for me, one for you, one for me"
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Apr 30, 2019 18:57
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I had a near religious experience on too much nitrous. Of course, I wouldn't advise driving while experiencing the blackness of the void, but different strokes and all that
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Apr 30, 2019 18:59
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Colostomy Bag posted:Granted never snuffed poo poo from NoS canisters, but holy hell you can get quite the buzz at the dentist office back in the day. First time I was given nitrous at the dentist, it was a Saturday so someone had just queued up the entirety of Pink Floyd's Dark Side Of The Moon on the office speakers. I've never enjoyed dental work so much before or since.
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IOwnCalculus posted:First time I was given nitrous at the dentist, it was a Saturday so someone had just queued up the entirety of Pink Floyd's Dark Side Of The Moon on the office speakers. Yeah, Comfortably Numb (which I just heard in the car a couple hours back  ) is the best way to describe it.
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You're not even supposed to be standing when you do nitrous, let alone driving. Missing the R here, or not? Works either way 
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IOwnCalculus posted:First time I was given nitrous at the dentist, it was a Saturday so someone had just queued up the entirety of Pink Floyd's Dark Side Of The Moon on the office speakers. Man, I wish I had your dentist...granted, mine ended up not mixing the nitrous/oxygen levels & I got high as poo poo (ceiling turned into waves of rainbow color like something out of a Rainbow Brite cartoon) but he was literally the stereotypical "talk to your patient while their mouth is propped open with tools" type
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Yeah, the idea is that people won't be as nervous if someone is talking to them throughout to distract them from the pointy things in their mouth. But I think a lot of dentists also like the sound of their own voice and having a captive audience who can't get away.
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The rare case of instant karma. https://www.click2houston.com/news/motorcyclist-critical-after-flipping-driver-off-crashing-in-road-rage-incident-police-say quote:Authorities said a woman and her child were in a tan Chevy Suburban making a left onto Eldridge from Cypress North Houston Road when she heard a motorcycle revving behind her.
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IOwnCalculus posted:First time I was given nitrous at the dentist, it was a Saturday so someone had just queued up the entirety of Pink Floyd's Dark Side Of The Moon on the office speakers. This feels like the kind of dental experience I would explicitly request. gently caress sedation dentistry.
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Seat Safety Switch posted:This feels like the kind of dental experience I would explicitly request. gently caress sedation dentistry. It has been thirty years so forgive me for my past transgressions. Was 16, drove a '72 Olds 88 Royale. Dentist lit me up with nitrous to the point I was basically flying through space. And they let me go. All I remember is somehow landing the car back in the driveway and I crashed on the couch. My mom was pissed, not at me, but how they could let someone like that go out in a 3 ton lead sled at the age of 16. Simpler times.
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