Royd 0 #51 November 13, 2006 QuoteThe whole point of the process is to MERGE. This will happen much more efficiently when the difference between your speed and that of traffic is minimized. Ergo, STEP ON IT. Then there's the assholes in the right lane who have room to move to the left. Instead, they close the gap on you to prevent you from getting in, thus slowing you down and jamming everyone. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jcd11235 0 #52 November 13, 2006 QuoteQuoteThe whole point of the process is to MERGE. This will happen much more efficiently when the difference between your speed and that of traffic is minimized. Ergo, STEP ON IT. Then there's the assholes in the right lane who have room to move to the left. Instead, they close the gap on you to prevent you from getting in, thus slowing you down and jamming everyone. They're there because they don't have anyone to pass!Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andy9o8 2 #53 November 13, 2006 Quote...the shadow of my truck was cast back into my headlight beams, virtually making the first 50' in front of the truck completely black. I'm no physicist, but is that possible? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 2,147 #54 November 13, 2006 QuoteQuote...the shadow of my truck was cast back into my headlight beams, virtually making the first 50' in front of the truck completely black. I'm no physicist, but is that possible? God must have made it happen, because it violates the known laws of optics.... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Airman1270 0 #55 November 13, 2006 The ones I see too often have to do with left turn etiquette. Attention class: When waiting to make a left turn, pull your car straight into the middle of the intersection, wheels facing forward, and wait for your opportunity to execute the turn. Do not sit back there, behind the line, at a green light. Do I really need to explain why? Furthermore, when making the turn, again pull straight into the middle, then cut a sharp turn to the left at as close to a right angle as is possible. Not only does it look cool but it provides plenty of clearance from the car to your left which is waiting there at his red light. (Exceptions would include those really, really large intersections which have the turn path laid out in dotted lines across the road.) After driving for 30 years I'm having trouble understanding why so many people cut those long, shallow left turns which almost take the paint off my front left bumper. And a note to the speed limit worshipers: Fine. I may be willing to go 45 in a 40 zone, but if I'm stuck behind you going 40, so be it. I have nothing unkind to say about you. But if you're going 30 you're a jerk. Knock it off. And, of course, it does not need to take 30 seconds or more to get up to speed. Accelerate rapidly to your desired speed. Light turns green, GO. Car in front of you moves, YOU move. Don't just sit there, waiting until the preceding car clears the intersection before you start to roll. There, problem solved. That was easy. Cheers, Jon S. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 3,114 #56 November 13, 2006 > Accelerate rapidly to your desired speed. If you don't have a hybrid, accelerating rapidly wastes gas. Those slow accelerators may be trying to save money. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Airman1270 0 #57 November 13, 2006 QuoteI hate those people who would slow down to watch a car accident, I wanna get the fuck off the road already,,, but some people choose to look at the traffic accident as they drive by, causing even more delay..... _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ We're not slowing to watch. We're slowing because the car in front of us slowed. As long as we're sitting there, might as well glance over as we pass by. Cheers, Jon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Airman1270 0 #58 November 13, 2006 Quote> Accelerate rapidly to your desired speed. If you don't have a hybrid, accelerating rapidly wastes gas. Those slow accelerators may be trying to save money. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Yeah. I didn't mean the jack-rabbity stuff, just a deliberate effort to get moving as quickly and efficiently as possible. Perhaps many of the situations we like to describe as "road rage" would be eliminated if we all adopted an attitude of trying, as best as is possible, to get out of each others' way. Jon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
steveorino 7 #59 November 13, 2006 It seems red lights are only a "suggestion" here in Tulsa. steveOrino Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 3,114 #60 November 13, 2006 >Perhaps many of the situations we like to describe as "road rage" > would be eliminated if we all adopted an attitude of trying, as best > as is possible, to get out of each others' way. I think "road rage" could be eliminated if people simply acted like human beings. It's really not that important to get to the store 90 seconds sooner by cutting people off. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Airman1270 0 #61 November 13, 2006 Quotei hate every fucker who has a "child on board" sticker...i actually want to ram people with these stickers on just because they have them _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ I got a laugh (well, many) during a "Simpsons" episode in the '90's. Marge comes home and announces "Homer, look! I got one of those 'Baby on Board' signs. Now people will stop deliberately ramming us." , Jon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andy9o8 2 #62 November 13, 2006 Quote...trying, as best as is possible, to get you the fuck out of each others' my way.!!!!! Fixed it to reflect what most people really think! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gravitymaster 0 #63 November 13, 2006 Quote>Perhaps many of the situations we like to describe as "road rage" > would be eliminated if we all adopted an attitude of trying, as best > as is possible, to get out of each others' way. I think "road rage" could be eliminated if people simply acted like human beings. It's really not that important to get to the store 90 seconds sooner by cutting people off. Road rage isn't about getting to the store 90 seconds faster. It's about POWER!!!!!! - Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LisaM 0 #64 November 13, 2006 QuoteThe ones I see too often have to do with left turn etiquette. Attention class: When waiting to make a left turn, pull your car straight into the middle of the intersection, wheels facing forward, and wait for your opportunity to execute the turn. Do not sit back there, behind the line, at a green light. Do I really need to explain why? Now here is one I have pondered lately. Here in town, we have about 20 red light cameras. If you get stuck in the intersection waiting for traffic to clear when the light turns yellow, are yu gonna get busted with $100 ticket? I figure the more cameras we get, the more people are not gonna go in the intersection while they wait. ~ Lisa ~ Do you Rigminder? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
brettski74 0 #65 November 13, 2006 QuoteWhich implies you think using one less than the maximum available lanes is the most efficient manner in which to move traffic. I disagree. I think the left lane should be used by faster moving traffic. I further believe that the faster car should be given the right of way in the left lane. That caveat means that the slow car would have to yield, and get out of the left lane so that a faster car can pass. It implies nothing of the sort. If there is enough traffic on the road that more than one lane will allow the traffic to flow more efficiently, that will naturally happen because people will start overtaking slower vehicles. There is already a rule that requires you to yield to faster cars - it's called keep right unless overtaking. If you do that, you'll be yielding the lane to faster drivers whenever it is possible to do so. No weaving is required if everyone does this. Weaving is only required when inconsiderate people sit in the overtaking lane and you're forced to pass on their right. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
brettski74 0 #66 November 13, 2006 QuoteThey're there because they don't have anyone to pass! Actually, they would move left to overtake the cars coming on the on-ramp. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shropshire 0 #67 November 13, 2006 Talking of pet peeves.... People who let the animals wonder around their vehicle - idiots . (.)Y(.) Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
brettski74 0 #68 November 13, 2006 QuoteNow here is one I have pondered lately. Here in town, we have about 20 red light cameras. If you get stuck in the intersection waiting for traffic to clear when the light turns yellow, are yu gonna get busted with $100 ticket? I figure the more cameras we get, the more people are not gonna go in the intersection while they wait. It would depend on how the sensors are set up. When they were introduced in Australia many years ago, the information from the department of transport was that you would have to enter the intersection on red. If you were already in the intersection before the light turns red, it wouldn't trigger the camera. On a lot of intersections, you can see where the sensors are from the cuts they made into the pavement for the sensor coils. I'm not sure how close you need to be to them to register a reading, but I'd wager that you'd need to be pretty much over top of them to do so, so as long as you're not over top of that sensor when the light turns red, you're probably good, but don't quote me on that. Note also that they typically take 2 photos, about 2 seconds apart - just to prove that you did actually run the red light, as opposed to a misfire or something. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
brettski74 0 #69 November 13, 2006 QuotePeople who let the animals wonder around their vehicle - idiots Is that like a dog pondering the origins of the universe while it paces around you car in the driveway? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jcd11235 0 #70 November 13, 2006 QuoteThere is already a rule that requires you to yield to faster cars - it's called keep right unless overtaking. If you do that, you'll be yielding the lane to faster drivers whenever it is possible to do so. No weaving is required if everyone does this. Weaving is only required when inconsiderate people sit in the overtaking lane and you're forced to pass on their right. If you "rear end" a slower moving vehicle in the left/fast/passing lane, you are at fault in the US. That means the slow car has the right of way. Give the fast car the right of way in the left/fast/passing lane, and the slower cars will get out of the way, since they would be liable if they are hit from behind. If a person changes lanes to pass, then changes back to the right/slow lane, repeatedly, that is weaving. If the driver can tell he/she is going to pass everyone in the right/slow lane, there is makes no sense to switch back and forth. That driver should stay in the left/fast/passing lane unless there is a faster vehicle coming from behind, at which time he/she should move right and yield the right of way in the left/fast/passing lane to the faster vehicle.Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quade 4 #71 November 13, 2006 What is this "passing" thing you people keep yammering about? In SoCal . . . there is no "passing" . . . simply lanes of traffic moving slightly faster or slower, but in any case at 2 FREEKIN' MPH!!!! I got an idea! No cars are allowed on any road unless they are; 1) Insured. 2) Paid for. The way I got it figured, that's gonna remove about 2/3rds of all cars on the road and there'd finally be enough room to actually drive.quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Royd 0 #72 November 14, 2006 the shadow of my truck was cast back into my headlight beams, virtually making the first 50' in front of the truck completely black. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm no physicist, but is that possible? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- QuoteGod must have made it happen, because it violates the known laws of optics.Are you saying that a vehicle behind me with a bright set of lights is not going to cast the shadow of my truck in front of me just because I have my headlights on? Now, that sounds like a phenomenon. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jcd11235 0 #73 November 14, 2006 QuoteAre you saying that a vehicle behind me with a bright set of lights is not going to cast the shadow of my truck in front of me just because I have my headlights on? Now, that sounds like a phenomenon. If you had your headlights on, they would light up the the area shadowed by your vehicle.Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Royd 0 #74 November 14, 2006 Accelerate rapidly to your desired speed. QuoteIf you don't have a hybrid, accelerating rapidly wastes gas. Those slow accelerators may be trying to save money.Common courtesy is worth more than a few pennies of fuel. When I'm first in line, noone behind me can say that they didn't make through the light because of me. I do it out of courtesy, not desire for speed. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sundevil777 102 #75 November 14, 2006 My memory of the HID issue is that the lights are very effective in clear conditions for the driver of the vehicle with the HID lights, but the frequency/color of the light is fairly isolated to a small range of color, which unfortunately is irritating to the nervous system of most people. That was the upshot of some research I saw a while back, perhaps they were biased, but it appeared reasonable with some real testing to back it up. HID lights are considered a must for upscale vehicles, you just can't design a luxury/sport car without them anymore. Just to reinforce how easily amused/impressed people are, the fact that they turn on in a 'cool' multi step process is too cool to resist for the wealthy customer who wants to impress himself and others. Theft of the expensive HID components is a big issue.People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
