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Phanatic posted:These are the people you share a sidewalk with because you threw rocks at them when they were on the road: I mean, of course.... OF COURSE you shouldn't run someone over for throwing rocks at cars. On the other hand... bet they won't be throwing any more rocks any time soon! Everyone in the video is awful and they probably deserve whatever bad things come their way.
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BMW uses emotionless robots to install the turn signals now
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taqueso posted:BMW uses emotionless robots to install the turn signals now But enough about Germans.
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BigPaddy posted:But enough about Germans. *snerk" this is exactly what I needed today without my morning coffee.
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PT6A posted:I mean, of course.... OF COURSE you shouldn't run someone over for throwing rocks at cars. On the other hand... bet they won't be throwing any more rocks any time soon! Everyone in the video is awful and they probably deserve whatever bad things come their way. I'll be honest, I was kind of rooting for car guy.
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Jun 18, 2020 17:29
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PT6A posted:I mean, of course.... OF COURSE you shouldn't run someone over for throwing rocks at cars. On the other hand... bet they won't be throwing any more rocks any time soon! Everyone in the video is awful and they probably deserve whatever bad things come their way. That said, I always have a hard time finding any kind of sympathy for someone who picks a stupid fight and loses. Also depending on exactly where and when this happened getting hit by a car might have been the safer option for the rock thrower.
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The video is gone now but I remember thinking the guy throwing rocks looked a little too old for that, so I'm assuming he had some mental issues in which case hitting him with the car is probably not the appropriate response.
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Jun 18, 2020 21:05
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I, too, think smashing into someone with a lethal weapon weighing several tonnes is fair retaliation for throwing and missing with a stone.
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Jun 18, 2020 21:22
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and a stone was already right there and handy
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Stolen from the OSHA thread:Whooping Crabs posted:I don't know where to post this, so I'm putting it here
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Jun 19, 2020 16:21
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Of course it's New England.
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Jun 19, 2020 19:11
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Here's an article on it. The driver being 85 wasn't surprising to me, but this was:quote:Dorelus says troopers have already been dispatched to over 100 calls reporting a wrong-way driver on Connecticut highways in the first five-plus months of this year.
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Well hopefully that guy loses his license forever after this. He clearly has no business being behind the wheel anymore. That isn't even very far from me. Last time I drove on that highway, some loving jackwagon in a Jeep liberty with a distressed-American-rifle-cartridge flag tire cover (you know exactly the one I'm talking about, I was very surprised to see it without 47 chud bumper stickers around it) saw the bumper stickers on my wife's wagon, flipped out, and decided the correct response to someone who disagrees with them and is calmly driving in the right lane was to race past me, honk, swerve in front of me and flip me off for a mile. Then hang out in front of me regularly flipping me off as if I didn't see it the first time. I am also a manchild so I just hung back in case he brake checked me or threw something at me, then waited till the last minute to flash him the "you have a tiny penis" gesture out the window and take my exit and a few turns. I kinda hope he tried to back up in the breakdown lane and catch up to me, but never saw him again. kastein fucked around with this message at 08:11 on Jun 20, 2020 |
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Jun 20, 2020 08:03
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Saw a Charger with RGB headlights that cycled colors like a freaking GPU, looked pretty cool but I can't imagine they're legal.
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kastein posted:Well hopefully that guy loses his license forever after this. He clearly has no business being behind the wheel anymore. In this year alone we've had two patients (that I know of) that had a TIA while driving and had no memory of them hitting other cars. They were super surprised when the cops angrily pulled them over. Thankfully the police here understood that they needed to get to a hospital. VVV: Transient ischemic attack, i.e. a stroke that doesn't leave any permanent damage. MrOnBicycle fucked around with this message at 09:34 on Jun 21, 2020 |
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Jun 20, 2020 13:46
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what is TIA? and for someone like that, I don't think not having a license is going to stop them, unfortunately
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https://twitter.com/jackdwagner/status/1274793215372062720?s=19
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Jun 21, 2020 22:39
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Story? How dead is the motorcyclist?
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Jun 21, 2020 22:52
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It looks too perfect to be real. I'd be it's something the driver purposely added to his car to get reactions in the same way you would from those balloons that look like missiles you can tie to your car.
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Jun 21, 2020 23:09
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I didn't consider that it could be fake, but that's pretty high up there on the list of "how the hell can a driver not notice that?" videos I've seen online. It even looks like the driver's window is down.
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Jun 22, 2020 00:36
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It's real and the motorcyclist isn't doing too bad, surprisingly. The driver was tracked down and arrested after crashing the minivan into a pole or something and running from the scene
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That's good to hear, I only had a link to the video and didn't know the source.
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Jun 22, 2020 02:43
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The biker is understandably worried his bike may not be ok https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKdmdnv5YYE
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I think quarantine made drivers worse. Everyone decided the ideal speed to go yesterday was 10 under the limit (in dry, sunny conditions), a few people just stopped in the middle of the road for no reason, and one guy tried to cut across a gore point and ram me because going to the next intersection and making a left wasn't his favourite way. Then after I honked at his stupid rear end and braked to avoid a serious accident, he proceeded to slow down to about 20 under the limit, and then speed up to 30 over the limit. Situational loving awareness, motherfucker: use it!
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PT6A posted:Situational loving awareness, motherfucker: use it! If it is any consolation, as a lifelong motorcyclist, my observations show about 0.01% of cagers have situational awareness. And about 0.05% of motorcyclists. edit: Kinda related to "awareness", WTF, Lowtax? I just found out. Flint Ironstag fucked around with this message at 03:26 on Jun 25, 2020 |
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Jun 22, 2020 18:31
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This light will never change unless you're over the sensor (which thankfully is pretty sensitive and always picks up my bike)
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Jul 5, 2020 20:38
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Why would they call them stop lines if you aren’t supposed to stop *on* them?
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Jul 5, 2020 23:13
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God that pisses me off. I deal with it about every day.
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Protocol7 posted:Why would they call them stop lines if you aren’t supposed to stop *on* them? i yell at every one of these fuckin dopes when im out riding my bike
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Jul 6, 2020 16:55
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Usually when I see that happen it's someone that was trying to get through on a yellow light but it turned red before the intersection was clear, so they got cold feet (or maybe worried about a red light camera) and deciding camping out there was a better choice. And are too stubborn to reverse back to where they should be.
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xzzy posted:Usually when I see that happen it's someone that was trying to get through on a yellow light but it turned red before the intersection was clear, so they got cold feet (or maybe worried about a red light camera) and deciding camping out there was a better choice. And are too stubborn to reverse back to where they should be. Being out there waiting to turn is called taking control of the intersection and you’re supposed to turn when your light turns red and the oncoming traffic stops. Just sayin’, in case you didn’t know. Which I assumed because you talked about reversing which you should never really need to do. Especially in this situation.
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Colostomy Bag posted:God that pisses me off. *Stops 6' past the sensor* "HNNNG THIS LIGHT TAKES FOREVER TO CHANGE!"
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RIP Paul Walker posted:Being out there waiting to turn is called taking control of the intersection and you’re supposed to turn when your light turns red and the oncoming traffic stops. It can vary from state to state. A relative in Tennessee told me that being in stopped the intersection for a left turn when the light turns red can be considered running a red. No idea if that is correct though. I do know that in certain towns/cities/intersections, I don't trust drivers to let me complete the left without some fuckery.
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waffle iron posted:It can vary from state to state. A relative in Tennessee told me that being in stopped the intersection for a left turn when the light turns red can be considered running a red. No idea if that is correct though. I highly doubt that’s true, and if it is I suspect the lights are configured to not let it happen. It’s been a part of the road design guidelines since forever - the intent is to let at least one person through per light cycle. Also I’ve never had anyone gently caress with me when doing that and I’ve driven a lot of different places. Also watched a shitload of dash cam complications and don’t think I’ve seen it there either. TLDR: don’t loving back up in traffic.
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There are some intersections where I live where if you miss the protected turn (assuming it even has a protected turn cycle), you will not get an opportunity to turn until the light goes red. So your choices are to sit and wait for the next cycle (a no-go if there's no protected turn cycle), or to go into the intersection, and wait until you are forced to turn because the light just turned red. In general it's just easier to do the latter, and it hardly affects anyone unless you have to wait for someone else who is blatantly running a red light. Definitely do not reverse into traffic if you can avoid it.
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Protocol7, that’s exactly what you’re *supposed* to do. Here’s a great explainer: https://www.springfieldmo.gov/426/Being-in-Control-of-the-Intersection You’re 100% supposed to be in the intersection when it turns red, you have the right of way. Edit: I think that may have been what you were saying, more or less, but I wanna leave this link here for the many people who don’t realize it’s actually legal and proper and not something sketchy that everyone does. RIP Paul Walker fucked around with this message at 21:28 on Jul 6, 2020 |
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I'm pretty bad at explaining things, but that's basically what I was describing, yeah.
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I agree how that's supposed to work, but there are a couple 4 way intersections where I used to live where the protected left started the cycle, then released to two way traffic. And it would result in lots of people coming the other way gunning it down a hill. I would have preferred the protected left to end the cycle.
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It's 100% not like that everywhere. Where I learned to drive (Alaska) stopping in an intersection (and the crosswalk) is forbidden at all times. So if you want to turn left, you have to stay behind the stop line until you can drive all the way through without stopping. Illinois is more like being discussed in this thread, I forget the exact wording in the code but it says that creeping into the intersection while waiting is the correct behavior. I think it's stupid because it means four cars are gonna pile into the intersection and try to cram their way through, denying cross traffic time on their protected green, but it is what the law says so I go with the flow. 
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