The absolute panic/loss of sleep etc of thinking you really fucked up a project at work, to then realize you didn't actually fuck anything up and all is well.
Fuck...what a rollercoaster
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The absolute panic/loss of sleep etc of thinking you really fucked up a project at work, to then realize you didn't actually fuck anything up and all is well.
Fuck...what a rollercoaster
Part of a long article on the blindingly bright headlights on new cars.
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https://www.theringer.com/2024/12/03...cars-accidents
My wife's Highlander came with the headlights pointed up, so got flashed constantly. Was under warranty and had it in for oil change, so told them to align properly...and they just pointed them all the way down, so could only see about 10 ft in front of car. Seems like a major liability not to follow the Toyota procedure to point them correctly. I ended up pointing them myself and no longer get flashed. On top of the aftermarket overly bright lights, I think a lot of new cars are also ncoming with not properly aligned lights.
Yeah, the article does touch on alignment, but also points out that misalignment is a much bigger problem when the headlights are more than twice as bright as the used to be.Quote:
Originally Posted by 406
was a time, If you bought a set of headlights from the JC Whitney catalog that were as bright as the headlights on these new cars, you would receive a ticket in my state.
fact.
I'm pretty much too afraid I'll get melted in the face of a supernova if I flash anyone.
While we're on the subject of headlights...
Modern cars with daytime running lights are great, but most of them seem to have the dash illuminated all the time. So I see people all the time who do not actually have their lights on, they have the DRL and they can see their dash. In brightly lit areas, you don't always know that the light you're seeing emanating from your car is just DRLs. In brightly lit areas, we used to figure out that our lights were not on at night because we couldn't see the dash! But they don't know that now, and so they don't realize that they have zero tail lights on.
Tell me you've got cataracts without telling me you've got cataracts :)
I'm hoping the adaptive matrix headlights become the norm at some point. Following curves and making a dark spot on the driver of oncoming cars is such a win.
Hell, forget DRLs, the number of people I see every day driving around in the dark without any lights on at all is terrifying. I don't bother flashing my lights at them anymore because none of them ever get it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Danno
Same. It's several vehicles per night (which starts around 4:45), every night of the week.
98.3% of them are Nissans.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dantheman
My Tahoe requires me to override the automatic headlights every. single. time. the vehicle is started, otherwise they default to auto. This is standard across all new GM models. I don't understand why this isn't mandated. It's clear the general population is too stupid to figure this out.
Why do you bother?Quote:
Originally Posted by Touring_Sedan
I don't. I like it on auto. I just don't understand why it isn't standard or mandated.Quote:
Originally Posted by PNWbrit
I also leave the auto stop/start enabled unless I'm trying to zip out of a parking lot. Quelle Horreur!
Cruel shoes ......Quote:
Originally Posted by The AD
Cataracts suck and mine aren't super terrible yetQuote:
Originally Posted by The AD
I wouldn't know this except my wife just had cataract surgery on one eye. She more or less couldn't drive at night before. Unfortunately the surgery only helped somewhat, but she still has another eye to do.
Honestly, where i live, i just leave my lights on full time for 4-5 months of year. They automatically shut off 10 seconds after the engine turns off and the door shuts. I drive to work in the dark, i drive home at dusk, and when i drive during the day its nearly always rainy... so i just leave them flipped on.
Don't modern cars with Daytime Running Lights have automatic headlight sensors that automatically turn on when its dark? Even my wife's POS 2011 Escape has automatic headlights. Am i missing something here?
They do, but apparently some people turn off the automatic lights. I will say they work pretty well, but not perfectly. I was driving in dense fog a couple days ago and realized my lights weren't on. There must have been enough scattered light to throw off the sensor, but they clearly needed to be on due to the visibility.Quote:
Originally Posted by californiagrown
The auto mode on my F-150 works pretty well to detect when it's getting close to the point of me needing the headlights to see but not such a great job determining that inclement weather means I want them on so I can be seen. I do also need to remember to turn it back to auto after it's been in the shop (I think they just turn lights off to minimize battery impact).Quote:
Originally Posted by The AD
I will say that I've flashed a few vehicles driving without lights on the past couple of weeks and all three did shortly turn on their headlights. Maybe it helps that my driving lights come on with my brights and the combo is suitable for landing small aircraft (and yes, I'm well aware of that and am careful to minimize the amount I have them on when they could adversely affect someone else, to the point that I won't usually flash one car in a line that has left brights on or lights off).
Maybe more than annoyed but kinda amazed that I destroyed the conduit and didn't even knick the lines. Brand new service that they explicitly put in the wrong place and didn't flag/mark. Thanks power company. And yeah call before you dig...even though we did.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...83aaa20514.jpg
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Commuting 25 miles each way a day on I15 for one year of my life gave me enormous insight into this exact scenario. It’s incredible. And terrifying.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dantheman
This is controversial. It annoys me when people pickup a lost pair of gloves, or hat, or baseball glove, etc from a public place (like a park) and bring it home so they can post about it being lost on Nextdoor/Facebook. This annoys the shit out of me because whenever i lost things as a kid i was always sooooo relieved to go back the next day to find whatever i lost at the place i was pretty sure i lost it. Now you apparently have to search through a clusterfuck feed of Social media bullshit to hopefully find the one post about your lost item, get in contact to coordinate a time to meet, and then travel out of your way to that persons house to retrieve it... instead of just going to the neighborhood park where you left it.
Its people being niceholes and not realizing they are likely just making it harder for others.
Lol. The answer to 80% of on-road bad behaviors. The other 20% are a mix of Dodge Chargers, Challengers and RAM TRXs.Quote:
Originally Posted by Touring_Sedan
This is definitely a major issue in UT. I have a similar commute on I15 then residential streets and if I had to flash all the people who are running dark I'd get tendonitis. And as DTM said most don't get it when you flash them. A few years back I came up on a dark sedan going down 700E (around 21st S so more or less "downtown"), saw it way later than I would have liked and had to brake fairly hard. I got on the dude's ass and flashed him 4 or 5 times, lights never came on but he started getting all erratic, and got out of his car at the next light yelling at me. I popped my head out the window and told him why I was flashing him, he deflated but looked super confused and told me never to flash my lights at anyone or else... Cool bud, I'll make sure to get a loudspeaker to start yelling at people, or maybe mount something to my hood that can scroll text.Quote:
Originally Posted by Buzzworthy
Driving to daycare yesterday morning a taco pulls out in front of me, I notice the bed cover is on but the tailgate is down and the bed is pretty much full. Taco makes it to a stop sign, slows way down, then accelerates out and a carry-on slides out of the back and hit the pavement. I immediately lay on the horn then stop and run in the street waving. They never saw me and kept going. I looked for tags on the suitcase or any other identifier, nothing. Took a quick look inside, bunch of clothing, no identifiers. I sat there for a sec wondering what to do. Didn't see which side street and house the Taco pulled out of so no way to know where to return the luggage. In the end I left the thing on the parking strip of the house it fell in front, hoping the driver would notice quickly and retrace their step. It was gone when I got home from work, hopefully retrieved by its rightful owner... That or it was stolen along with the rest of the shit which slid out of the bed on the way to the airport.Quote:
Originally Posted by californiagrown
This is the correct action. Your service is appreciated.Quote:
Originally Posted by Boissal
I agree. The correct action is to move the lost item to somewhere visible, but nearby where it was lost. If you want to post about it on social media just say what the item is and where you found it. Don't remove it. If it's something valuable that could be damaged by exposure that changes things a bit, but I think this is the general rule.
They post the lost item on Next Door which you can only read if you're a member and who wants to be a member. (Full disclosure, I am, but I stopped reading it when I realized what a shit show it is. Do you still have to be referred by someone to join? I think the main qualification is that you consider all dark skinned people suspicious.)Quote:
Originally Posted by californiagrown
The real shit that annoys me is that people only lose one glove.
It is good for lost pets. I read that site for a month after a cat decided to have kittens in our garden. I was going to be more than happy to have given the bunch of them to someone else. Alas, the little fuckers are ours now.Quote:
Originally Posted by old goat
But to your point, yeah that place sucks, lost pets, people begging, and “suspicious kids/people.”
"Guys there's a car parked on the street and someone's in it. I'm getting really worried, they've been there for twenty minutes now"
When you hurt yourself so badly that your leg hurts so much that you can't stand up, walk, turn around or sit down without intense pain and you have no idea how you did it. That's fkn annoying.
That's called getting oldQuote:
Originally Posted by gravitylover
Yeah that makes it better. Thanx. Good thing we have a set of (well used) crutches and a cool new heating pad.
I fucking slipped down the back steps Wednesday. Middle-aged moment. Dog is injured so he needs to be carried. Retarded me went out in my sandals (with socks) and ate shit because the snow was packed down slicker 'n snot on a doorknob plus the sandals have less than zero traction. I dropped the dog, which really sucked for him due to his existing injuries. I fucked myself up some. And had trouble getting back on my feet. My cell phone was inside on the counter and the only other person home was sleeping. The dog just stood there looking at me while I struggled. Thanks buddy. I discovered that if I put flat ice packs in a string bag they hang at just the right spot on my back, especially if I sit in a chair and lean on them slightly. I am still sore today but dragging myself to my Saturday AquaFit class at the pool helped a lot.
Vibes buddy that really sucks.
So how's the dog?Quote:
Originally Posted by riser4
Right? He's doing ok. Starting the taper for the Prednisone he started on Monday. He fucked himself up on Sunday jumping off the same steps in a fit of Librela induced zoomies and appears to have pinched a nerve in his neck and tweaked two legs. He's also on tramadol and methocarbimol for two weeks. Dropping him didn't aggravate his injuries that I can tell. Which is a miracle because if he sleeps in the wrong position he'll wake up yelping. Unfortunately the Prednisone is fucking with his diabetes and he's super thirsty and pees a lot. We've had to cover the floors with giant puppy pads and he's in an enclosure in our bedroom at night to keep the pee in one place. He still wants to out at all hours, usually after he pees. FML.Quote:
Originally Posted by halliday
Oh, take it from an asspert, it already has. You just happen to grin and bear it with aplombQuote:
Originally Posted by riser4
Get some micro-spikes on those sandals, fercrisakes.