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kastein posted:More in the spirit of the original direction this thread took than bad drivers, but goddamn. I really try sometimes and I don't know why. That's ridiculous, but so is explaining what a VIN is... and a "google"
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PCOS Bill posted:Why brake check or try loving with the other guy when you can just get out of the lane you clearly shouldn't be in if someone behind you wants to go faster? Someone obviously hasn't been to Maryland. They pass on the right there. Moreover, they go slow in the left lane, UNTIL someone passes them on the right. Then they make it their motherfucking life mission to play leapfrog with that car, even if it means crossing 3 lanes of traffic, passing everyone on the shoulder, and cutting all the way back over to the left. Dave Inc. posted:Yeah I don't know how many times I've had tailgaters undertake me while we were in heavy traffic and then proceed to stay one car ahead of me for the next 20 miles going the same speed as me (and the hundred cars ahead). Good job, dude, you did it. You won. This is usually the end result of said dangerous driving. Coolstorybro: I was coming home from the beach on Monday. 495W in MD. Traffic was moving along about 45-50 mph. Cop coming Eastbound on the opposite side of the road SLAMS on his brakes and pulls to his left (middle) shoulder, after just cresting a hill. He then proceeds to fly BACKWARDS UP THE SHOULDER WITH NO LIGHTS ON past me. I'm still going 50, and this cop is doing at least 70 backwards on the shoulder into oncomming traffic without his lights on.  He cuts into the "Authorized vehicle only" crossover in the median with a chrisp flick of the wheel and tight powerslide. Reverses into traffic in front of me and floors it forward without ever breaking momentum. Why would an officer drive so recklessly and dangerously? I have no idea but he pulled over some black guy in a silver altima that had been chillin in traffic in ahead of me for the last 15ish miles. I'm sure it was a good reason. GnarlyCharlie4u fucked around with this message at 17:45 on Jun 1, 2016 |
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PCOS Bill posted:Glock 17 on my hip all day every day. Namaste.  Javid posted:80% of this thread essentially amounts to no two drivers being able to agree on the correct speed to be traveling at, ever. Everyone faster than me is an rear end in a top hat. Everyone slower than me is an idiot.
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PCOS Bill posted:My hands are too big for anything smaller than the full size line, I hate it. Get that finger extension magazine. +1 finger, +1 bullet. That thing is sorta painful to shoot otherwise. .40 S&W with a 3 finger grip... no thanks. kastein posted:These are the roads we share the other people with What the gently caress is going on here? Did they just plop a highway on top of what used to be an intersection. and separate it with a sidewalk? I need a maps link. My brain is all twisted trying to figure this out.
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Jun 2, 2016 13:41
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kastein posted:It is in worcester mass just slightly northwest of the commuter rail station. Would link but I am on my phone and the maps app is infuriating to get a link out of. That's even worse! Couldn't they at least loving paint over the lines or put up barriers or SOMETHING.
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MrLonghair posted:
Apparently it's mustangs.
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88h88 posted:A lot of new cars these days automatically switch the hazards on when you're braking semi-hard on a motorway/freeway. What the gently caress are brake lights for then?
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Jun 22, 2016 13:00
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88h88 posted:'the users are loving idiots' pretty much this. I generally give at least a car's length following distance, even when I'm basically parked on the highway (see: DC traffic). Last year, some jerk in a Prius apparently didn't like this, or the fact that I let people zipper merge properly so as soon as we started to move again he hit the shoulder to pass me, cut me off and SLAM into the back of the car in front of me. Didn't even touch the brakes. Traffic was moving like 10-ish mph when we were moving. I'm pretty sure he hit the car at about 30mph. No idea if they took his license, but they probably should have.
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Tubesock Holocaust posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oih1Yf7l-c0 I get the feeling she was doing the Uber equivalent of "are we there yet?" the entire way there.
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Karma Monkey posted:Agreed. I'm wondering if she made it clear at the start that she needed to go to the ER, and if that was the case, why she didn't say something like "please I really need you to drop me at the ER, I'm too sick/injured/whatever to get there from here on foot" or, ya know, CALL A loving AMBULANCE!
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how the gently caress? Did the steering wheel lock or something? I mean I know it's tough to turn without power steering, but that wheel wasn't budging with 2 people fighting it.
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Ineptus Mechanicus posted:I live in upstate NY so these same people-you-share-a-road-with occasionally leak onto our roads. I know the whole "[state] has the worst drivers" meme is as old as the car itself and loaded with confirmation bias but seriously, Mass, what the gently caress. Sorry, but Maryland is actually the problem. Pennsylvania you wipe that stupid loving smirk off your goddamn face right now because you're not far behind. Jersey? Get the gently caress off my planet. MD as a state generally employs the following rules: 1) You must either drive at 20 above or 20 below the posted speed limit. Nothing else. 2) You may only pass on the right. Unless it's extra dangerous to pass on the left, in which case do that. 3) Bonus points for swerving to defend your lane position. 4) You are entitled to one half of the road. Which portion of the road you take that half out of, is up to you. 5) Reversing on the highway is cool and good.
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Protocol7 posted:Yeah, that's the problem. You have far too much faith in people if you think the majority of people buying LED light bars know how to, or care to, use them properly. Most of them I see are on lifted trucks or blinged out jeeps where it's more of a stylistic choice than an actual functional element of the car. (Much like chineseium HID lights.) At the very least they'll probably back off or pass you (or hit a tree because blinded) when their headlights are reflected right back in their face. Either way... mission accomplished.
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the worst part about this is the guy recording missed the light.
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Roseo posted:I get that they're heavy and accelerate slow, but is it kosher to be pissed at semis that accelerate really slowly on rural on ramps and merge into highway traffic going 75-80 at 30 per?  These signs exist for a reason. http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/easton/index.ssf/2016/06/tractor-trailer_flips_at_25th.html
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jamal posted:Saw a bro truck with a roof mounted LED light bar yesterday, lit up red. Wonder if he drives around like that at night too. Isn't that the least visible color on the visible light spectrum?
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you ate my cat posted:DC is its own special little shitshow. This weekend I was near the zoo, turning right but waiting for a pedestrian to get out from in front of me. The guy behind me lays on his horn, passes me on the left, makes the right turn in front of me, nearly mows down the pedestrian, and speeds off. I'm planning to move down there fairly soon, and I see I have a lot to learn about being a dickhead first. Move to MD. You'll learn proper quick.
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CharlieWhiskey posted:This and when you are on a 2 lane expressway and peek your nose out to move into the seemingly empty passing lane, you expect any new cars in that lane to be moving with similar relative velocity, not the other direction. Which at a distance might be difficult for you to establish that it's going the wrong direction. Not 70's Beetle bad, but apparently bad enough.
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Besides mirrors, how the gently caress do I signal to someone that their high-beams are on? I tried flashing the brake lights, turning my lights off and on, getting behind them and hitting them with MY high-beams, hazard lights, brake checking them, writing it on a posterboard and holding it out the window and finally just running them off the road. Then they just sat there on the shoulder with their high beams on, hitting EVERYONE that passed.
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InitialDave posted:If you think we're annoyed about it, I bet the truckers are going nuts. They're allowed to do 60 now! This is great. 
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PCOS Bill posted:My last ticket was about eight years ago for a 77 in a 55. My average highway speed is around 104MPH (because VTEC engages at about 106MPH in 6th gear on the VFR) I got pulled over for doing 130 in the rain (on my CBR F3) on an exit ramp by a VA state trooper in our Capital. I thought for sure I was going to jail. Instead, it was probably the only time I DIDN'T get a ticket. The cop just got out of his car, walked up in his plastic bagged statey hat, and said "YOU CAN'T RIDE LIKE THAT HERE!" Then, he got back in his car and drove off.
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BOOTY-ADE posted:he rode right up my rear end for what felt like a quarter mile before hitting his lights. They do that to goad you into speeding. Next time either brake check him or let off the gas and see how long you can coast before he passes you.
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The best part about this is that there is no barrier or anything.
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Just got back from Texas. I forgot how suicidal all the drivers are down there.
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West SAAB Story posted:gently caress I have AAA, I'll get there. I've never used AAA. I've needed it a few times, and completely forgot I had it until after the whole "call friend for ride home, get spare vehicle and tools, fix broken vehicle/tow broken vehicle home" routine. At which point I facepalm and wonder why the gently caress I have AAA or why the gently caress I didn't call AAA.
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mobby_6kl posted:This wouldn't have happened if he was overtaking from the like a smart person. I think you accidentally a word.
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nitrogen posted:How the gently caress is this even remotely acceptable?  swirvin' Irvan GnarlyCharlie4u fucked around with this message at 21:06 on Dec 1, 2016 |
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Powershift posted:I don't think it's going into the cab, probably just using it as a bottle warmer. I gotta say this is a much better solution than using a bunsen burner.
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Boaz MacPhereson posted:It depends on the car. Buddy of mine had a 91 Town Car that was fun. I've heard early Cadillacs would just hammer it and smoke the tire 2nd car was a 92 Lincoln Towncar. It would do 120 no problem and from a stop I could just mash the gas and do rolling burnouts. Probably not the best car for a teenager to have but drat was it fun. One of the best parts was seating for 6 and another 6 in the trunk.
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Domestic Amuse posted:
I had a 1992 Lincoln Towncar . Owns bones.
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Phanatic posted:This happened right in front of me on my way to work a couple weeks ago: 
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Did that trailer's spare fall off in the gif too? Jesus Christ dude get your life straight.
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PT6A posted:letting the clutch out a bit too fast to cause a loss of traction. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjCE7wKlGMU&t=70s sorry for the terrible video.
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PT6A posted:The hell is wrong with that person's brain? That looks like a scrapper desperate to get meth money.
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Geoj posted:This is the sovcit I share a parking lot with at work: What the gently caress is a Torrent? Maybe they're right... maybe I WOULDN'T download a car.
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I want to get a spot-strobe and aim it out the back window for those assholes.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g434EnjOOuU GnarlyCharlie4u fucked around with this message at 00:34 on Feb 8, 2017 |
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Sigma posted:This is the Jeep that was in the ER parking lot  Then there's also this entire thread.  And this thread. 
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