Driving Anti-Patterns - Necro Edition
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i'm far more interested in getting you off my ass than teaching you a lesson about safe driving.
Sure, but that's not something that's within my control. I cannot force the fuckhead behind me to pull out and overtake. I can force them to be at least two seconds behind me, even if doing so requires coming to a complete stop in the middle of the highway.
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having been rear ended twice already there's also the issue of trust where i'm far more interested in getting you off my ass than teaching you a lesson about safe driving
Given where you live, you should just buy a wiffle ball bat and mount it horizontally pointing backwards from your rear bumper. I actually some old Mainiac who did that to a truck when I lived there. He had a huge "NO TAILGATING" sign on the tailgate, too.
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I stuck with a bumpersticker that reads:
"If you're going to be riding my ass you'd better be pulling my hair"
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I keep considering installing a switch to activate the brake lights without having to actually tap the pedal.
You'll find that most brake lights are activated by a spring loaded switch that actually rests on the pedal arm and turns on well before the take-up point for the hydraulics. Just getting the pedal to move very slightly is usually all that's required.
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My usual response to red-faced neck-vein-throbbing morons screaming abuse as they hurtle past is to blow them kisses.
That works too, but the smile and wave is usually enough.
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Then you press a little harder on the brake and let up on the gas. Sometimes you've got to shed 10-25mph, but eventually they'll go around you.
Usually it's a semi though and/or I'm on my motorcycle. The semis that tailgate (thankfully rare IME) have no incentive to slow down no matter what's in front of them.
But you have wombats?
I misread that as womp rat which don't exist anywhere.
Sure. But now you have two cars potentially locked together and still traveling at high speed, at least one of which has a vastly reduced ability to steer. All kinds of ways that can go bad quickly.
7,000-pound pickup truck with a 2,000-pound soda can stuck to the rear? No big deal.
as does living in a country where most people are not allowed to carry firearms.
Not sure what that has to do with anything.
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I stuck with a bumpersticker
Sure, you can do that, but that's not as much fun.
Also, I left out the rest of your post, but that was an invitation for @algorythmics to comment.
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You'll find that most brake lights are activated by a spring loaded switch that actually rests on the pedal, and come on well before the take-up point for the hydraulics. Just getting the pedal to move very slightly is usually all that's required.
Clearly you underestimate the fun a big red button.
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hmm... i bet that exists, or could be custom printed...
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The semis that tailgate (thankfully rare IME) have no incentive to slow down no matter what's in front of them.
Caltrops.
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Clearly you underestimate the fun of bearded men blowing kisses at enraged redneck homophobes :)
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> as does living in a country where most people are not allowed to carry firearms.
Not sure what that has to do with anything.
He's reminding you Europeans have self-control issues, so it's better that they don't have guns, or they might shoot at him for braking.
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Also, while we're doing fun accessories: I drive one of the aforementioned soda cans (a three-cylinder, 660cc Daihatsu Mira) and one of these days I swear I am going to get a Mack truck air horn and mount it rear-facing underneath, next to the muffler.
That's what the big red button is for.
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> flabdablet:
as does living in a country where most people are not allowed to carry firearms.Not sure what that has to do with anything.
As an Australian, I'm unlikely to experience bulletholes through the back window as a consequence of driving like a self-righteous prick.
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As an Australian, I'm unlikely to experience bulletholes through the back window as a consequence of driving like a self-righteous prick.
That doesn't happen here very often, and it generally makes the news when it does. I also agree with @FrostCat: you do seem to be implying that if guns were allowed where you live, that people shooting up cars for driving too slowly would be a common occurrence.
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That doesn't happen here very often
Are you telling me that the rear window depicted in this disturbing documentary footage is not in fact representative of the typical state of vehicles travelling US roads?
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typical? no.
unheard of? also no.
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Would probably count as an antipattern tho.
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well it would be easier to keep in the south where typical snowfall is measured in angstroms
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Given where you live, you should just buy a wiffle ball bat and mount it horizontally pointing backwards from your rear bumper. I actually some old Mainiac who did that to a truck when I lived there. He had a huge "NO TAILGATING" sign on the tailgate, too.
Given some of the people round here, I'd suggest that a purple dragon dildo would be more in keeping. Anyone found with one of those sticking into his grille will need to do a lot of explaining when he gets home.
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Are you telling me that the rear window depicted in this disturbing documentary footage is not in fact representative of the typical state of vehicles travelling US roads?
Probably representative of inner city gang members' vehicles, but outside of the gang wars the U.S.'s "gun" violence problem is relatively nonexistent compared to other issues.
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Oh totally. A country whose Secret Service is overrun with reptilians obviously has far more to worry about than hordes of trigger-happy tailgaters.
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Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos.
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I'll let them know. You'll hear from them shortly.
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I've always been somewhat fond of the idea of removing all vehicular safety devices and having sharpened 12-inch spikes protrude from the center of the steering wheel. My guess is most people will suddenly realize their cell phones really aren't that important.
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Given some of the people round here, I'd suggest that a purple dragon dildo
Yes, well, I was suggesting something I have actually seen where @accalia lives.
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i think i've seen that truck too.
or someone who copied the idea. They've upgraded to an aluminum baseball bat though... kids size Louisville Slugger
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i think i've seen that truck too.
or someone who copied the idea.
Was it an old coot? The guy I saw already was one in the mid-90s, so it might be a hand-me-down truck. :)
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dunno about coot, but judging from the absolute mane of white hair (almost a 'fro, but not as thick and also white) old is probably accurate
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Regarding rear-facing fog lights, they're very common in Europe, and very rare in the United States. At least from what I've seen.
As for my car, I have front-facing fogs lights with yellow HIDs.
(not my car)
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That I wanted to express by "winking" - excuse my non-native english skills ;)
But you are totally on the spot - nothing is more enchanting like a friendly smile.Todays parking wtf:
I was at a busy super market and had to back out of my parking lot. Normally not a problem at all - there are people and others cars around but everybody is aware that cars are moving and so it's just not very stressful at all. Except this guy in an very old Audi, which looked like an 80s model in piss poor shape. He started honking when he was like 50 metres away because I apparently blocked him - but that happens there all the fucking time, because the space between the parking lots is not very big. I simply continued my manoveur because every other option would he caused even more congestion. The guys smashed his horn like a madmen and began to scream - so that other people looked at him and asked what the fuck was going on. When I was driving away he followed me for half a cilometre, and smashed the horn ALL the time. At an intersection he even tried to get out of his car, but onrushing traffic blocked his way.
I was seriously considering calling the police when he finally left.
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The one that I've noticed, and saw again today is more of a DOT anti-pattern.
There are a couple of lights here where they will be green, then they turn yellow, and red, and after a second, the right-turn green arrow comes on. Why not just have that arrow light up when the lights turn yellow? It causes the right-turning traffic to stop for a second when it could keep flowing.
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To give time for oncoming left-turn-yield-on-green-ball traffic to clear the intersection.
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To give time for oncoming left-turn-yield-on-green-ball traffic to clear the intersection.
Neither intersection has a left turn for the opposing traffic. They're either highway onramps or offramps.
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Well, then, that seems like poor design to me then too.
The road I take into work has that sort of red-then-right-arrow pattern, and the "oncoming" road is a one-way that goes away from the intersection. So basically the same stupid design pattern.
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Here's one I saw recently:
I can certainly understand driving 10-15 miles per hour under the speed limit on the interstate when it's dark and raining.
I can even understand, although I disapprove, doing so with one's hazard lights flashing in hopes that people will be more likely to notice they're coming up on a slow-moving vehicle. (I should look that up though, I think in this state driving with your hazard lights on might actually be a moving violation.)
I can even handle people doing this in something other than the farthest outside lane, or maybe the next one over to avoid having to deal with merging traffic.
But if you are driving with your hazard lights going and you try to CHANGE LANES with anyone remotely nearby, you are asking for trouble.
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Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos.
"So," said Arthur, hoping he wasn't sounding ridiculously obtuse, "why don't people get rid of the lizards?"
"It honestly doesn't occur to them," said Ford. "They've all got the vote, so they all pretty much assume that the government they've voted in more or less approximates to the government they want."
"You mean they actually vote for the lizards?"
"Oh yes," said Ford with a shrug, "of course."
"But," said Arthur, going for the big one again, "why?"
"Because if they didn't vote for a lizard," said Ford, "the wrong lizard might get in. Got any gin?"I've always been somewhat fond of the idea of removing all vehicular safety devices and having sharpened 12-inch spikes protrude from the center of the steering wheel. My guess is most people will suddenly realize their cell phones really aren't that important.
I'm also skeptical about this, but it might cut down on people tailgating at 70+ mph.
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My guess is most people will suddenly realize their cell phones really aren't that important.
all i have to say on that manner is if i'm driving at the time you are absolutely getting voicemail. if it's urgent call back a second time and i'll pull over and answer it once i have come to a complete stop.
It's only urgent of one or more of the following is true:
- It's literally on fire and you've already gotten off the phone with 911
- Loss of blood measured in pints per minute is occurring and you have already summoned paramedics
- Someone is going to die in the next five minutes as a direct result of my not answering your call
if you pull that on me and it's not urgent then it's likely to become so in short order.
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I have front-facing fogs lights with yellow HIDs.
Last night I saw some asshole driving a late-model Mustang who had a red ring around his inner headlights.
I guess this post belongs on the bad ideas thread.
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I was seriously considering calling the police when he finally left.
Dang. I would probably have just driven by the nearest police station and then pulled in. That's some serious road rage.
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I should look that up though, I think in this state driving with your hazard lights on might actually be a moving violation.
Back up north, in really severe weather, most people put their hazard lights on, because in, say, a blizzard, it might be the only way you can see another car.
And I said "up north" but I've seen it done in Florida in hurricanes as well, but like I said, I only see it in really heavy downpours or near-blizzard conditions. If a cop stopped me for that in those circumstances I'd ask who else he was going to ticket and threaten to fight it on "you're singling me out" grounds.
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Last night I saw some asshole driving a late-model Mustang who had a red ring around his inner headlights.
I guess this post belongs on the bad ideas thread.
The yellow coloring (3000K) makes visibility great in the fog.
Also, these projector housings have a cutoff for the beam, so they do not blind other drivers.
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Rear fog lights are mandatory in the Netherlands (your car will not pass mandatory yearly checkup if they are nonfunctional). However you're not allowed to use them for signalling, and you couldn't fake brake lights with them since 3 brake lights are required.
The generally accepted signal for tailgating is using your actual brake lights - a quick tap of the brake pedal will do. If that doesn't work, a prolonged press of the brake pedal usually helps. Annoyingly however, anything that makes the brake pedal light up also cuts off cruise control.
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Rear fog lights
I think most European built cars in the US have these. I never could figure out why their tail lights seemed to have something extra there. After reading things here and looking it up, I guess it makes sense. Are these things really doing much more than a regular tail light does?
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Annoyingly however, anything that makes the brake pedal light up also cuts off cruise control.
Ah, an actual reason for my proposed switch!
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I think most European built cars in the US have these. I never could figure out why their tail lights seemed to have something extra there.
So that must be why every once in a while I see a car with white lights in the rear. It's so rare I always assumed it was an electrical fault, like how sometimes a blinker will flicker faster than it should because the solenoid's wearing out or whatever.
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Rear fog lights are red. The only white rear light (here) is the one that lights up when you shift into reverse.