You got people enforcing those in your state? That must be nice.Quote:
Originally Posted by skaredshtles
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You got people enforcing those in your state? That must be nice.Quote:
Originally Posted by skaredshtles
He didn't match my skid into the 4 way stop, so I'm first.
Do you imagine that matching speed with traffic isn’t a basic traffic concept? Especially in high traffic density situations? That’s not a thing you do?Quote:
Originally Posted by old goat
Let’s chat over coffee.
And no, nobody should actually be slamming on brakes. But if somebody is traveling significantly faster than traffic I’m not terribly concerned if they have to slow down after I’ve entered a roundabout if I’m at the same speed as the person in front of me when they approach.
Hey, man... I never said *that.*Quote:
Originally Posted by concretejungle
:rolleyes: :D
Intersection design is based on sight distance for entering traffic. If you are going significantly above the design speed for the roadway, then the sight distance will be quite a bit more than the intersection was designed for and the speeding car has just made the intersection unsafe.Quote:
Originally Posted by old goat
So, if you are entering a roundabout at +35mph, you are the unsafe driver, as everyone else is going 15-20mph and expecting you to do the same. Remember that is not really excess speed that is dangerous to other drivers... its unexpected differences in speed that is dangerous.
this is why properly designed roundabouts will always have a chicane/wiggle, or other traffic calming device before entering to ensure entering traffic has slowed way down from standard road speed.
The worst is when you get stuck behind someone on an on-ramp who not only doesn't try to accelerate to freeway speed, but basically just gets up to about 40 and keeps it there. It's infuriating.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mofro261
PASS 'EM ON THE RIGHT! :DQuote:
Originally Posted by The AD
40mph frequently is freeway speed.Quote:
Originally Posted by The AD
Or feed, since a lot of people are eating ramen or cereal while on the freeway.
Fuck you man. My +20yr old 4runner takes a while to get up to speed at any kind of elevation, at any kind of incline. Respect your elder cars!Quote:
Originally Posted by The AD
A good traffic circle should be designed so you can take it at 70MPH without going over the middle.
Fuck off, cunt! :wink:Quote:
Originally Posted by riser4
There are a couple of intersections in Truckee where people can turn right on red onto 267, a 55 MPH road. People are incapable of judging closing distance of cars going that speed. I've had a couple of near misses over the years.
One issue with roundabouts, esp winter weekends, is that cars get backed up and people won't let cars enter. Per the chief of police when you're stopped in a roundabout you have to keep the entering lane clear, just like you do at any other intersection. In practice this means zipper merging, which a lot of people refuse to do.
Yup - roundabouts are only limited by the morans using them. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by old goat
The gaggle of geese gratuitously gathering and greatly gumming up the road annoys me.
The honking of horns and the honking of geese is horrible.
plenty in Fallon NevadaQuote:
Originally Posted by skaredshtles
What? Roundabouts or morans?Quote:
Originally Posted by BFD
yes
Roundabouts when you're in a real hurry. Car passed me after the 2nd roundabout.
https://youtu.be/GxSbHgu0kcs?si=SNw4...pBZAEo&t=1842s
Other shit that annoys me is the increasing number of times my fingers type something different than my brain is thinking. I don't know where the fuck "feed" came from.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rideski
Because “O” is next to “E” on your keyboard. Duh.
I make a lot of “typos” where my fingers do sort of their own thing. Has little to do with what is where on the keyboard.
Also annoying, my 20/20 vision I had my whole life is now suddenly gone. Frequently have no idea wtf I'm typing.
Heh. Summer of my 46th yr and it was like a switch was flipped. Still have 20/20 for distance, but reading print under artificial light, and my arms were no longer long enough. 1.25X drugstore readers are enough to compensate.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rideski
Huh. 48 here, have always had really good vision. Camping hiking biking etc I'm always the first to spot wildlife. I have seen dark brown rabbits in the field behind my house in the dark multiple times etc.
Definitely noticed a degradation of sight in the last year.
I always thought my fighter pilot eyesight was bullet proof and that I would never need glasses while my mother would just be rolling her eyes and saying just you waitQuote:
Originally Posted by Rideski
I could hear her cackling from the beyond one day in my 40s when I went to get some meds out of the cabinet and said why did those fucksticks change the labels to a smaller font…head slap…ah fuck
Readers shmeaders; in another 15-20 years they'll be sticking scalpels and micro-vacuumes in your eyeballs for cataracts.
Annoying.
Maybe annoying. But Dad got his cataracts removed about 5yrs ago, and his eyes turned from green to blue! That was a bit startling.Quote:
Originally Posted by PB
I do that too. I'm slower typing on the phone though but instead get the most annoying autocorrects. I could understand if it's an uncommon word. It will change "in" to "on" or "than" to "that" so that what I've written makes no sense if I don't catch it.Quote:
Originally Posted by The AD
45 here...and still the only person in my whole family without glasses. But that may end soon. Having a bit of trouble seeing things at a distance especially at night. Mostly notice with bright lights where I see multiples (overlapped) of things like lettering on a road sign or the moon, or if looking thru binoculars.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rideski
That's when I had to finally get glasses myself. Now at 50 I have progressive lenses. I can't see without my glasses anymore and wear them from wake up to bedtime.Quote:
Originally Posted by evdog
My night vision went to hell in my 30s, but I just tell myself that no one can see anything when driving at night in the rain. Pushing 50 now and can still read books and screens unassisted -- readers make things noticeably easier, but I'm in denial for now
This has just happened to me (54) since January of this year, didn't help that I got a chalazion on my eyelid in March. I'm still really good with far away and detail but close up now I need those stupid 1.25 readers, it's been an adjustment.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rideski
I've been here since 4th grade. :mad:Quote:
Originally Posted by Buzzworthy
I was very nearsighted until Lasik in 2003, then had perfect vision for almost 20 years. Now the eyes have started their downward slide, both distance and close. :(
Summers here. They’ve gotten too hot for my enjoyment. Now that it’s cooling off I’m getting happier again. The heat annoys me anymore.
What the fuck is this?
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the wing stop delivery commercial that opens with the sound of a door bell ringing and causes my dogs to lose their shit.
I too am watching this game and it causes my two Danes a lot of frustration. It’s sooooo freaking annoying.Quote:
Originally Posted by stealurface831
I want to kick their marketing guy/gal in the nuts for signing off on this horrible decision. Clearly a cat owner.
Annoys me, but also amuses me at times…
My dog flips out when he hears a screeching eagle or hawk on the TV.
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Movies or tv showing a bald eagle....and using a redtail hawk audio.
That drives me nuts, too. I guess any raptor sounds like a redtail to Hollywood.Quote:
Originally Posted by Grizz