Driving Anti-Patterns - Necro Edition
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@HardwareGeek said in Driving Anti-Patterns - Necro Edition:
it's summer on some planet
most likely the one where Windows updates work flawlessly
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@HardwareGeek Just missed the fact that the word "always" was not used, and that it currently is summer in the south.
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@HardwareGeek said in Driving Anti-Patterns - Necro Edition:
During spring or fall, it is fall or spring in the opposite hemisphere
It'll be rather summer-like on the equator at that point, what with having the sun directly overhead…
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I kind of figured that's what their pothole non-repair policy was about.
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@boomzilla said in Driving Anti-Patterns - Necro Edition:
I kind of figured that's what their pothole non-repair policy was about.
Proof that it doesn't work: speeding tickets are still getting distributed in Quebec.
FileUnder: if you go fast enough, you can fly over potholes
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It reminds me of a joke about two Polish policemen.
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@Zerosquare Well, do tell. I can't seem to recall...
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Two Polish policemen are on duty watching traffic ; one of them is a rookie, the other is an experienced one.
A car comes their way, violently swerving left and right. The rookie wants to stop the driver, but his colleague tells him "nah, it's OK".
Then another car comes. Same thing.
Finally, they see a third car. That one is driving normally. The experienced policeman tells his colleague "stop this one, he's drunk". He does and gives the driver a breathalyzer test, which is indeed positive.
The rookie asks his colleague :
"How did you know he was drunk? He was driving perfectly straight!"
"That's the thing. He wasn't avoiding the potholes."
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@Zerosquare Pretty run-of-the-mill by YouTube standards, although knocking himself down with his own door is a nice touch.
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That's the best car metaphor I've ever seen to illustrate working on legacy code straight in production.
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@boomzilla Holy hell. And he was backing across.
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@dcon said in Driving Anti-Patterns - Necro Edition:
@boomzilla Holy hell. And he was backing across.
The latest changes to production didn't work. They are trying to revert them.
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That is seriously impressive.
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@JBert said in Driving Anti-Patterns - Necro Edition:
on his snow skis
They are more popular than fog skis.
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@dkf They likely mentioned "snow skis" because at the same time he was enjoying some brewskis.
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@dkf said in Driving Anti-Patterns - Necro Edition:
@JBert said in Driving Anti-Patterns - Necro Edition:
on his snow skis
They are more popular than fog skis.
The fins on his water skis would not have worked well with the snow.
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@boomzilla said in Driving Anti-Patterns - Necro Edition:
@dkf said in Driving Anti-Patterns - Necro Edition:
@JBert said in Driving Anti-Patterns - Necro Edition:
on his snow skis
They are more popular than fog skis.
The fins on his water skis would not have worked well with the snow.
And Texans are much more likely to own water skies than snow skis, at least in Houston.
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@Benjamin-Hall Still, talking about snow skis makes as much sense as talking about field hockey - it's redundant because it's the default state of hockey.
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@PleegWat said in Driving Anti-Patterns - Necro Edition:
@Benjamin-Hall Still, talking about snow skis makes as much sense as talking about field hockey - it's redundant because it's the default state of hockey.
Only for people from the frozen northlands beyond the Wall
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@PleegWat said in Driving Anti-Patterns - Necro Edition:
field hockey - it's redundant because it's the default state of hockey.
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@Benjamin-Hall said in Driving Anti-Patterns - Necro Edition:
Only for people from the frozen northlands beyond the Wall
You mean… Texas, and you're speaking from the perspective of Mexico? OK.
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@dkf said in Driving Anti-Patterns - Necro Edition:
@Benjamin-Hall said in Driving Anti-Patterns - Necro Edition:
Only for people from the frozen northlands beyond the Wall
You mean… Texas, and you're speaking from the perspective of Mexico? OK.
@Wikipedia said:
In most of the world, the term hockey by itself refers to field hockey, while in Canada, the United States, Russia and most of Eastern and Northern Europe, the term usually refers to ice hockey.
So like soccer, but even more of the world is right.
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@coderpatsy said in Driving Anti-Patterns - Necro Edition:
@Wikipedia said:
In most of the world, the term hockey by itself refers to field hockey, while in Canada, the United States, Russia and most of Eastern and Northern Europe, the term usually refers to ice hockey.
So like soccer, but even more of the world is right.
That's a load of bull hockey
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Ice hockey is the national sport of Latvia
What a nice country
and the national winter sport of Canada
IOW: our national sport 50 weeks per year
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@TimeBandit Only 50?
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@TimeBandit said in Driving Anti-Patterns - Necro Edition:
Ice hockey is the national sport of Latvia
What a nice country
No, it's not. But ok,
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@dcon said in Driving Anti-Patterns - Necro Edition:
@Rhywden said in Driving Anti-Patterns - Necro Edition:
ssholes who think that "right of way" only applies to cars or that 20 cm are an acceptable distance when overtaking
CA has a 3ft law. Some of the cyclists around here have attached wands to their handlebars to enforce that.
I'm all for allowing that space (I cycle too!), but those sticks are annoying as hell.
I'm not quite sure how that will look, but I like it. I like making myself as visible as possible.
It's funny that I prefer biking on 5th Avenue that has no bike lane versus 6th Avenue which has a bike lane but it is too narrow.
ETA: I didn't realize how far behind I was on this thread.
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@Karla said in Driving Anti-Patterns - Necro Edition:
I like making myself as visible as possible.
Wear RGB clothes?
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@Zerosquare The RGB LED everything thread is
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@Zerosquare said in Driving Anti-Patterns - Necro Edition:
@Karla said in Driving Anti-Patterns - Necro Edition:
I like making myself as visible as possible.
Wear RGB clothes?
Sure. Easier to put it on the bike. I have lights on the wheels and wrapped around the tubes.
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@Karla Sometimes someone might think this kind of things is overkill. And then again, the only time I had a bike accident with a car (*), I was wearing a backpack with reflective strips and had a bright red flashing rear lamp, and yet the car that had been following me for at least a block somehow "didn't see me" when I turned in front of them (at a roundabout, after signalling and slowly drifting to the middle of the lane). Luckily the car was going slowly enough that they just lightly bumped me and made me fall where I was, no more damage, but still.
So yeah, looking like a Christmas tree probably isn't overkill if you don't want to be the one over-killed.
(*) I also had an accident with a pedestrian but that one was my fault... going too fast around a blind corner of a country-ish lane... fortunately no wounds for anyone, but I bent my wheel!
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@remi said in Driving Anti-Patterns - Necro Edition:
red flashing rear lamp
The flashing is not doing you any favors, you know. It just pisses people off. And makes it harder to note which direction you're moving in.
somehow "didn't see me" when I turned in front of them
Flashing is irritating to humans. It demands focus to itself. But the driver behind you needs to take in the rest of the traffic as well. So he has to mentally block you.
As a result of the mental blocking, I can very well believe that the driver didn't notice that you started to turn.
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I wouldn't go that far, but flashing bike lights are illegal in France, so it may not be a good idea anyways. You don't want to give insurances an argument against you if there's an accident.
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@Zerosquare Flashing white or red lights are illegal just about everywhere with sane road legislation. For good reasons.
And the yellow turns-signals have a regulated frequency and duty cycle. Also for a reason.
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@acrow said in Driving Anti-Patterns - Necro Edition:
Flashing white or red lights are illegal just about everywhere with sane road legislation. For good reasons.
tl;dr Apparently, it's legal in the UK to have flashing lights on a bike as long as:
- Only white facing forwards, only red facing backwards
- A minimum intensity threshold is reached (4 candela)
- The frequency is between 1 Hz and 4 Hz
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@acrow said in Driving Anti-Patterns - Necro Edition:
The flashing is not doing you any favors, you know. It just pisses people off.
I'd rather piss off people and be noticed, than being killed by a happy driver. In a night city environment, there are far too many continuous lights (from cars, shops, traffic lights, reflections in water puddles...) that a driver is IMO much more likely to not see at all one more red dot. OTOH, a flashing light is more likely to attract their attention.
Now, if being forced to pay attention to other road users is pissing people off, well, I guess they'll have to find a private road where they can be assholes just by themselves.
And makes it harder to note which direction you're moving in.
Sure, if you suddenly turn at full speed without any indication, a flashing light probably doesn't help. But if you do so, you deserve to get crushed anyway. If you're being slightly not entirely moronic and give hints to other drivers, the flashing won't matter at all (if it really did matter that much, why do cars indicate changes of direction with... a flashing light?).
@Zerosquare said in Driving Anti-Patterns - Necro Edition:
flashing bike lights are illegal in France
Are they? Wow, I had no idea. I guess I'll keep on being illegal then.
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@acrow said in Driving Anti-Patterns - Necro Edition:
The flashing is not doing you any favors, you know. It just pisses people off.
At least that means they've seen you. It's way too easy for a static red light to be missed by a slightly inattentive driver, particularly if the road's damp and so there's reflections of car lights, traffic lights and street lights everywhere.
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@remi said in Driving Anti-Patterns - Necro Edition:
@Karla Sometimes someone might think this kind of things is overkill. And then again, the only time I had a bike accident with a car (*), I was wearing a backpack with reflective strips and had a bright red flashing rear lamp, and yet the car that had been following me for at least a block somehow "didn't see me" when I turned in front of them (at a roundabout, after signalling and slowly drifting to the middle of the lane). Luckily the car was going slowly enough that they just lightly bumped me and made me fall where I was, no more damage, but still.
So yeah, looking like a Christmas tree probably isn't overkill if you don't want to be the one over-killed.
Can confirm. I was taken down (hit and run) by a right-turning driver who hooked me. Highly reflective jacket, front/rear lights, reflective bags (on rear rack). I was pissed. Nothing broken, except my helmet. And the handlebars had to be straightened.
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@remi said in Driving Anti-Patterns - Necro Edition:
@acrow said in Driving Anti-Patterns - Necro Edition:
The flashing is not doing you any favors, you know. It just pisses people off.
I'd rather piss off people and be noticed, than being killed by a happy driver. In a night city environment, there are far too many continuous lights (from cars, shops, traffic lights, reflections in water puddles...) that a driver is IMO much more likely to not see at all one more red dot. OTOH, a flashing light is more likely to attract their attention.
Now, if being forced to pay attention to other road users is pissing people off, well, I guess they'll have to find a private road where they can be assholes just by themselves.
And makes it harder to note which direction you're moving in.
Sure, if you suddenly turn at full speed without any indication, a flashing light probably doesn't help. But if you do so, you deserve to get crushed anyway. If you're being slightly not entirely moronic and give hints to other drivers, the flashing won't matter at all (if it really did matter that much, why do cars indicate changes of direction with... a flashing light?).
@Zerosquare said in Driving Anti-Patterns - Necro Edition:
flashing bike lights are illegal in France
Are they? Wow, I had no idea. I guess I'll keep on being illegal then.
As someone who rides motorcycles a lot, I can say that the best way to get seen is to look similar to a police vehicle. The usual excuse for when a car runs a motorcycle over is that they didn't see it, despite having proper lights and wearing high vis colors.
On the other hand, if the motorcycle and rider look like a police, people see you and GTFO of your way really fast. Not that it works on every driver.
But blinky lights will not help you be seen if a steady light will not.
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@Carnage I don't know how close you can look to a real police officer without that itself being an offense, but it certainly looks like it would be a very good strategy!
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@remi said in Driving Anti-Patterns - Necro Edition:
I don't know how close you can look to a real police officer without that itself being an offense
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@remi said in Driving Anti-Patterns - Necro Edition:
@Carnage I don't know how close you can look to a real police officer without that itself being an offense, but it certainly looks like it would be a very good strategy!
Around here, this is legal:
As long as there are no functional blue light ramps, and it doesn't say "POLIS" nor have the coat of arms of the police, it's legal.
The police will not like you though.There have been a few people with an almost perfect replica of police cars with the text "GRIS" instead of "POLIS" (meaning pig).
One guy actually even had the balls to put the text "POLIS" in a different font on the sides, and got off because it was apparently not similar enough. The police stopped him every chance they got though, and found every single thing wrong there was to fine him.
Now, I think it's dumb to get this close. You really just have to be close enough for the filters in the brain to think it might be a police for people to notice you.