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watermelon mon
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Re: r u an angry driver [Re: ClockCode]
#18918791 - 10/01/13 10:44 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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I am not a angry driver at all just speed sometimes got to be safe though
and wen there is no bike lane I ride my bike on the side of the road as far as possible away from cars cant believe some people ride in the road they must think they are invincible or something or have a death wish
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Yeah it is way too easy to get your license here.
I'm most comfortable in the NE out of the places I've driven, aside from south florida like..well outside of Miami(which isn't all that bad), though it's a bit slower, not nearly as bad as I expected.
The south(atlanta area and any area around the big sunbelt cities, particularly ahem) are just scary. At least people in the NE tend to let every other car merge into heavy traffic as an unspoken rule and they usually try to switch lanes if they see someone trying to merge...at least around PA they do.
Jersey is a little nervewracking, I always just like how smooth their roads are compared to ours lol, but yeah, I usually aim for 5-10 over on most days if I'm not in a rush and I go the speed limit if I'm not sure about the cops in a particular area, and I always stay in the slow lane, but in jersey it's still always kind of white knuckled and I'm always usually the slower car on the road(while in PA I'm usually among the faster ones doing 10 over lol).
...but goddammit, they don't sit in the left lane(looking at you NY.. ) , and for that, I give them credit.
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I usually try to stay pretty calm, Its been working up until Saturday when some idiot totalled my Evo in a hit and run!!!! >:(
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I loved driving on 285 around Atlanta. People getting shit done, going places. Jersey was pretty good too, but way too fucking congested.
Basically as long as people aren't congesting the fucking shit out of the left lane by going 35 under the speed limit, i can deal with their other shortcomings.
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No shit. THE LEFT LANE IS FOR PASSING. If you aren't passing the lane on your right, then you got no place in it.
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In some countries, being a douchey fuck who hangs out in the left lane is a ticket. Good shit, right there.
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I think it should be a ticketable offense. I think the police need to stop going after people for petty shit like speeding that doesn't really cause many problems and instead go after people for shit like this that actually causes problems. I guess they're just after the low hanging fruit though.
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nicechrisman said: No shit. THE LEFT LANE IS FOR PASSING. If you aren't passing the lane on your right, then you got no place in it.
Right? Isn't this like..common sense?! Why don't more people get this??? grr, definitely my number one pet peeve.
I've actually met people who have told me that they don't move over because they're doing the speed limit, and the car behind them is wrong and "that's too bad for them".
Makes me want to tear my hair out. No, it's not your job to fucking enforce speed, you are being unsafe and you are causing heavier traffic congestion you dimwit. Quote:
sVs said: In some countries, being a douchey fuck who hangs out in the left lane is a ticket. Good shit, right there.
Yeah that's true, driving in America is a cakewalk compared to uh...most places. A lot of countries in Europe are bonkers, but less developed countries(particularly India) are literally terrifying to even be a passenger in.
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watermelon mon
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when I went to Europe to visit some family I noticed they drive insane I know people that wont drive in the united states because they are scared for some reason people are a bit more chill around here at least were I am at they go pretty slow to
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Its really noticeable how people drive differently in different countries here. Here in Holland its okay, but I live here so I am used to it.
Germans are pretty good drivers too, and most of them have very nice cars. Some highways in Germany have no speed limit. You better not keep cruising in the left lane cause you get rear-ended by a Mercedes doing 220 km/h.
In France the people drive like jackasses. They will go out of their way to annoy foreigners. Regardless of traffic regulations its Frenchies first everybody else later.
As soon as you hit the Spanish border all is cool again. The Spanish are decent drivers and take everything a bit more easy.
Portugal is straight up mayhem but the people are really nice. They just drive really fast and have zero regard for common traffic rules
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Re: r u an angry driver [Re: Tripsurfer]
#18919930 - 10/02/13 08:19 AM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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I recall one of my high school teachers saying she hated spain because people blew stop signs, went insanely fast all the time, and etc...
Now I wonder if she was just being a pussy.
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Re: r u an angry driver [Re: ClockCode]
#18919935 - 10/02/13 08:21 AM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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I assume anyone who's afraid of speed, or to drive at an acceptable speed, to be a pussy and a danger to other drivers on the highway. So yeah, probably a pussy.
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pirate-blues said: I always just like how smooth their roads are compared to ours lol
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i cant help it i wanna smash into everyone on the road sometimes
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watermelon mon
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wen I was chilling in the city one time some guy was driving around and around blasting we will rock you by queen on repeat made me laugh
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I hate how people on bikes don't follow traffic rules like they should. They just blow right past stop signs without even slowing down. You know they gotta follow the rules too. That really grinds my gears.
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Re: r u an angry driver [Re: huffinglue]
#18922052 - 10/02/13 03:47 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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Today I realized a pet peeve I have while driving. When people in front of you (whether one or several cars up) slow WAAAAAAAAAAAAAY the fuck down (or to a bewildering stop as in today's case) before turning. I guess it's somewhat understandable if you're turning into a narrow driveway or something but there's no excuse for holding up 30 cars while turning into a goddamn gas station.
Though it's not something to rage over. Maybe a little.
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Re: r u an angry driver [Re: ClockCode]
#18922133 - 10/02/13 03:59 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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ClockCode said: Today I realized a pet peeve I have while driving. When people in front of you (whether one or several cars up) slow WAAAAAAAAAAAAAY the fuck down (or to a bewildering stop as in today's case) before turning. I guess it's somewhat understandable if you're turning into a narrow driveway or something but there's no excuse for holding up 30 cars while turning into a goddamn gas station.
Though it's not something to rage over. Maybe a little.
yes it is. Let it out man
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pirate-blues said: Jersey is a little nervewracking, I always just like how smooth their roads are compared to ours lol, but yeah, I usually aim for 5-10 over on most days if I'm not in a rush and I go the speed limit if I'm not sure about the cops in a particular area, and I always stay in the slow lane, but in jersey it's still always kind of white knuckled and I'm always usually the slower car on the road(while in PA I'm usually among the faster ones doing 10 over lol). .
Wut are you talking about? I always enjoy driving in PA because the roads are in so much better shape. Perhaps you were driving around South Jersey, the roads down there are nice, but up here in North Jersey the roads are like a slow suicide on your suspension. Potholes like a mofo, shitty patch work, shitty pave jobs. And yeah, the standard in Jersey is pretty much 15 over the speedlimit.
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Re: r u an angry driver [Re: Gumby]
#18923038 - 10/02/13 07:34 PM (10 years, 4 months ago) |
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SoJo is no exception the roads here are ass as well for the most part, but a SIGNIFICANT step up from North Jersey. North gets shittier weather and there's much more volume, constantly, so that contributes. I always laugh in the winter here in SJ because if there is a slim chance of snow (a max of half an inch), they'll have guys out icing all fucking night, plows ready to go, everything. Morris County, calls for 18 inches of snow, township decides "NAHHH we'll wait this one out", next morning, completely snowed in, whole neighborhood fucked, main roads are a disaster, accidents everywhere. I just find it funny that where the actual serious weather is, they don't do dick, and in South Jersey, where if you get half an inch people freak out, they handle it so seriously.
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