These are the people you share a road with: Let's play "drunk or hyper-miler?"

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You Am I: May 20, 2001; Me @ your poasting

Jonny 290 posted:

Are rear fogs really that vicious? Was thinking of hooking mine up.

Rear fog lights would be the only reason I'd own a BB gun so I could shoot them out

# ¿ Sep 19, 2013 23:41

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# ¿ Apr 23, 2024 21:59

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Snowdens Secret posted:

That being said, if you run daytime running lights, you're endangering motorcyclists. The whole point of bikes running lights in the day is so that car drivers give them the extra attention they need (because they're smaller). When cars run DRLs, it desensitizes drivers, and further tends to make them think oncoming bikes are just cars with a light out.

That's a pretty long bow to draw, especially since it is law in EU nations to have DRL on all new cars.

# ¿ Sep 22, 2013 23:36

You Am I: May 20, 2001; Me @ your poasting

Thank God I don't live in a place where it snows.

# ¿ Nov 16, 2013 07:09

You Am I: May 20, 2001; Me @ your poasting

It is surprising to see the number of P (Probationary) Plate drivers in Commodores that do stupid poo poo like this. It's also hilarious to see them rocking a Commodore Executive (aka fleet hack spec) with 20" rims that cost double the price of the car.

If I was going to do something with a Commodore, surely you should be aiming at a Berlina or Calais. At least they have some extra gear in it.

# ¿ Dec 4, 2013 01:17

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Das Volk posted:

Just out of curiosity; did they close a lane of traffic to make that?

JBark posted:

And even worse than that, it's not a shoulder, it's a dedicated 2-way bike/pedestrian path:

From the looks of this top down photo of the intersection, no.

Some nice metal bollards (especially the ones that pop out of the ground) would fix that situation quickly

# ¿ Feb 8, 2014 00:31

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PainterofCrap posted:

The emissions, however...

Biodegradable, within a week it is gone. And can be used on the garden.

Although some used sump oil is good on weeds

# ¿ Mar 20, 2014 03:57

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SHUT UP ABOUT THE LEGALITIES OF THE LEXUS/BORDER PATROL CRASH

loving hell you lot can be more pedantic than the F1 Goons

# ¿ Apr 13, 2014 03:55

You Am I: May 20, 2001; Me @ your poasting

Oh this one's a classic:

http://www.standard.net.au/story/2219242/i-just-dont-care-texting-p-plate-driver-hits-cyclist/

quote:

A P-PLATE driver who used her mobile phone behind the wheel 44 times before running down a cyclist near Koroit has been fined $4500 and lost her licence for nine months.

Kimberley Davis, 21, of Grant Street, Port Fairy, yesterday pleaded guilty in the Warrnambool Magistrates Court to dangerous driving.

She was originally charged with 47 offences covering each time she had used her phone.

The cyclist suffered a spinal fracture which required surgery and placement in a spinal cage at Melbourne�s Austin Hospital. He was originally told he could be left a paraplegic and spent three months recovering.

He also suffered a broken big toe and lacerations to his head and body.

The court heard that the victim couldn�t believe that Davis rang triple-0 after the accident but refused to offer him help after she parked 100 metres up the road.

Even more stunning was Davis� answers when interviewed by police two days after the accident and asked about using her phone.

�I just don�t care because I�ve already been through a lot of bullshit and my car is like pretty expensive and now I have to fix it,� she told a police officer.

�I�m kind of pissed off that the cyclist has hit the side of my car. I don�t agree that people texting and driving could hit a cyclist. I wasn�t on my phone when I hit the cyclist.�

Davis had driven from a supermarket in east Warrnambool to just west of Koroit when she hit the cyclist at 7.20pm on September 20 last year on the Penshurst-Warrnambool Road.

The cyclist was on the edge of the road heading west when Davis hit him from behind, despite there being lights on the back and front of his bike.

Records showed Davis used her phone 44 times in her drive from east Warrnambool to Koroit, sending and receiving 22 text messages to seven different phones.

At 7.18pm she received a text message and 51 seconds later made the call to triple-0 after hitting the rider.

Magistrate John Lesser said there were issues surrounding the case of great community significance, especially drivers using mobile telephones.

He noted that Davis� comments were poorly put when she was interviewed by police.

The wife of the bike rider was in court for the hearing yesterday and was deeply disappointed Davis did not lose her licence for longer.

Nice slap on the wrist fine and disqualification

# ¿ Apr 16, 2014 02:36

You Am I: May 20, 2001; Me @ your poasting

Driving to work today, and of course usual heavy traffic and one dude in the far right hand lane who wants to turn left. And of course he's left it to the last minute, about 50 metres from the intersection.

So he slows up the right hand lane to a crawl because the left lane is bumper to bumper and there's no room let him in. Cops a blast on the horn from the motorists in the right lane.

Then he cuts off a car in the left lane, cops a horn blast from that dude.

Then he pulls into the left hand turn lane, in front of me. Even though there was ample space, I felt like blowing the horn at him as well, cos you know, to keep continuity

# ¿ Jun 16, 2014 23:55

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Geirskogul posted:

Phoenix uses the Robocop voice, then a machine gun noise when it's time to cross. I'm not joking

http://youtu.be/p28QONEGQe8

Some Australian pedestrian crossings have the machine gun effect as well, but don't have a countdown or a voice telling you to what to do.

# ¿ Jun 18, 2014 23:45

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CharlesM posted:

I don't know if this is a universal thing but around here lampposts are designed to break away like that, because of physics and all that.

In my state there is a huge mixture of power/light poles, ranging from the old wood ones, to concrete "insta-death" ones and the hallow aluminium ones that sit on a flange near the bottom and held on with four large bolts and nuts. There is an old farm road near my place which is now a main access road for large housing developments these days which has a number of wood and concrete power poles within a metre of that road scares the poo poo out of me.

# ¿ Jul 28, 2014 11:48

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The Locator posted:

I see this sort of thing in dash videos from other places too, people just suck in general I think.

Watched a Russian video the other day where a woman was hit by a van and went airborne and landed in front of the car with the camera. Guy talks in Russian briefly then drives into the opposing lanes and accelerates off.

poo poo like that just amazes me and I see it quite often in dash videos.

I think the issue in Russia is that there are a number of people who walk into traffic on purpose to sue drivers, so I think most drivers there these days just keep on driving rather than deal with the hassle.

# ¿ Jul 30, 2014 00:08

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Willfrey posted:

Saw some content today. Note the tread marks.

They almost got it parked within the lines. Then again the Charger next to it has done an awful job as well.

# ¿ Aug 7, 2014 01:46

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blk posted:

These are the people(?) Russians share the road with:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wnsdc7cTPuU&t=35s

That is brilliant

# ¿ Sep 3, 2014 04:39

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Powershift posted:

Field goal attempt is good!

That's a pretty good version of the old "mistook the accelerator pedal for the brake" trick

# ¿ Sep 4, 2014 10:01

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Seat Safety Switch posted:

Public transit drivers are pretty variable. I used to have a regular guy on my route who got his 40 year accident free medal. He was courteous, gentle, smooth and had no trouble with snow or ice. We used to talk about fishing on the ride home.

Then he retired, and I got a new(er - I think like five years' exp) driver who was the exact opposite. Jerky controls, no looking ahead, rude to riders, etc. She put the bus over a curb and across an embankment almost into a valley one December morning just before Christmas after doing a 90 degree spinout on a two-lane road.

I think they're really just like any other driver.

e: Train drivers are even more variable, because I think hand controls are harder to be smooth with. Everyone who can drive knows how to modulate pedal pressure well but not everyone knows what wrist motion will equal to however many hundred horsepower of traction motor regeneration.

And then you have ex-SA Goon tram drivers being sacked for, well, not using their brains when it comes to work/social life separation:

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/archive...80496440d334b07

# ¿ Nov 20, 2014 02:35

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InitialDave posted:

White Toyota. Probably an old who has confused the brake pedal with the accelerator

# ¿ Jan 7, 2015 05:21

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InterceptorV8 posted:

I miss the open hood to fuel tank on my old VW Bug.

The Lamborghini Urraco and Silhouette had the fuel filler in the engine bay, so you had to lift up the engine cover to fill the car up :stonk:

# ¿ Apr 9, 2015 00:30

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eriddy posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dl6K8ai5J9s

Amazing how many Aussie males don't understand oversteer, considering how many RWD cars there are here

# ¿ Apr 23, 2015 23:38

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xzzy posted:

When I get mad at cyclists I take my frustration out in GTA 5. Every once in a while you'll see some bikers and I take special effort to run them over.

As long as it's just a video game I can't get in trouble.

Shoot the cyclists with cars

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=auTa7rfyOoE

# ¿ May 14, 2015 23:39

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`Nemesis posted:

Not sharing the road much anymore I guess

And to add insult to injury, the driver's door got bent around the wrong way

# ¿ Jun 18, 2015 05:43

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Long Francesco posted:

I dunno if this has been posted before but here ya go

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJ8WKscGo8I

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aULRhgG_Az8

# ¿ Aug 13, 2015 23:57

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`Nemesis posted:

Trigger warning: music

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7MKIk3sSjM&t=13s

What a loving moron, deserved that accident. Lucky he didn't kill the road construction workers

# ¿ Aug 27, 2015 23:39

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Sudo Echo posted:

It's a Jeep Thing�

http://i.imgur.com/j6jIy6B.gifv

linked since nobody wants the 54mb gif version

Or the person had a stroke or blackout

# ¿ Sep 18, 2015 03:37

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Ozz81 posted:

Weight shift, high winds, bad driving...a number of things can cause it. Saw a tipped semi last spring near my job on the interstate during a super windy day - combination of a guy taking a looping on-ramp too fast and the wind catching it just right, sent it right on its side.

The road looks wet as well, which is a rare thing in the outback

# ¿ Nov 4, 2015 01:20

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wayfinder posted:

http://i.imgur.com/8ODdi5s.webm

They fight and bite
And fight and bite and fight

# ¿ Jan 1, 2016 01:46

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Safety Dance posted:

.

And how!

# ¿ Jan 25, 2016 06:22

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wayfinder posted:

http://i.imgur.com/heXjzjk.gifv

I wonder if the driver had a stroke or black out

# ¿ Jan 30, 2016 04:42

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xzzy posted:

it came from reddit:

http://i.imgur.com/GYbPkXl.gifv

No deaths, somehow.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/subur...0919-story.html

1000 points

2000 points

Damage Multiplier

MMMAXXXIMUM DAAAAAAMMMMAAAAAAGGGGEEEEE

# ¿ Sep 22, 2016 23:28

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FBS posted:

https://twitter.com/rsumm3/status/784930133735911424

I can't even tell what car that was

It's a Mitsubishi Lancer two door. I think they were known as the Mirage in the US.

# ¿ Oct 10, 2016 03:29

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InitialDave posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UmaOYz38Uc

That was a work of art, and back on its wheels at the end

# ¿ Oct 17, 2016 01:35

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kastein posted:

Today I saw an idiot on a pitch black highway hogging the left lane, and when I passed him on the right it turns out he had one working DRL and his foglights on instead of headlights.

So many Commodore drivers in Australia used to do this a few years ago. Just put on their parking lights so they could have their fog/driving lights working. Thankfully the cops have come down hard on that.

# ¿ Oct 26, 2016 02:24