Quote from Mustafur :

That was 100% darios fault IMO.

Wrong crash

But I agree... I'd say it was at least 66% Dario's fault.

Quote from -NightFly- :

umm...hard shoulder=no driving/parking, allowed only if there happens to be an extra sign. How´s that complicated.

I get that. I wasn't talking about the rules of the lane. I was saying that it was more complicated because there doesn't seem to be any benefit to that lane actually existing in the first place.

I don't know about you, but when you add a lane and receive no additional benefit from it, or seemingly it causes issues, then that's a system that's more complicated than it needs to be.

That's bonkers. What a silly system. It's more complicated than it needs to be, and it seems to be a disadvantage to emergency vehicles vs. what we have here. I've never seen an emergency vehicle not get there relatively quickly here, just the other day there was an accident in front of me and the ambulance came fairly quickly up the shoulder, no issue.

If you give a whole bunch of idiots a full lane, just sitting there, with noone in it, during a traffic jam, of course there are going to be morons who just can't wait their turn.

Quote from ACCAkut :

people don't do this here, except there is an exit in sight or a service area. But there are never people standing in the emergency lane. And we have a rule, that on three lane or more highways the drivers on the most left lane keep on the left of their lane, and those on the one right to it on the right, to form a second emergency lane. Worked every time I sat in a bigger traffic jam.

How very.... German

But seriously, why even have this lane? Have a wide soft shoulder, everyone stops, emergency vehicle uses the shoulder, or comes up from the wrong direction. People won't drive on the soft shoulder, because it's not all cementy and they don't want to get their SUV's dirty. Works just fine.

Are you allowed to use this lane for normal driving in the UK, and it's just that you can't stop in it? Or is it not used for driving, and people have deliberately gone out of their way to get into this lane and stop?

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Quote from GreyBull [CHA] :

Danica was and on the lead lap in 6th when this occured.

TV results showed her a lap down when I typed that. And the next driver 2 laps down.

Quote from DeadWolfBones :

I think Power got hit from behind by Sato to start his spin, but yeah... what a farce that race was.

Danica spun, he slowed up, and got hit from behind by Sato.

why was Danica slamming on the power anyways? No one was within a lap of her on either side, she only had to get it around the track for 10 laps without being lapped or crashing...

HAHAHAHAHAHA Will Power flicking off the camera had me rolling on the ground crying.

feel bad for him though... and after Franchitti took himself out...

Quote from flymike91 :

Will that million dollars be spent better by being invested in businesses in say, Silicon Valley, or would the government spend it better on pork barrel pet projects and massive waste?

would that million dollars be better spent on another beach house or on any number of useful services that our government provides for us?

Quote from flymike91 :

http://www.american.com/archiv ... s-the-taxes/article_print

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/t ... ey/tax/article1996735.ece

Funny, Warren Buffett seems to disagree with you. And I think he has the credentials to know what he's talking about.

in the F1 subreddit.

yeah...

Quote from BlueFlame :

Lol dunno why he seems to hate you then.

because I said NASCAR was good

the account with the same name here was banned after like three posts... johnny something or other I think.

http://twitpic.com/63k6tg

Things are indeed messed up in England when Millwall's fans have to be the good guys...

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redditor? *looks at sig* I'm gonna go with yes.

need subreddit? Not like there would be any news to post there anyway...

Quote from DeadWolfBones :

Gotta love this: http://www.guardian.co.uk/worl ... iots-iran-condemns-police

This could be straight out of The Onion.

Funny because I think the oppopsite. I think the British police are being entirely too lax about this situation. What, are things just going to magically return to civility once everyone's shop is destroyed?

that's not allowed in politics

you have to be extreme to one direction or the other, didn't you get the memo?

Quote from Boris Lozac :

Omg that 'english' is dissgracefull.. ennit?

wat ev;;

whop whop

Quote from Mackie The Staggie :

- I don't think the kids were doing anything. They were just on bikes and in masks.

Is that normal behavior in Britain?

Quote from franky500 :

Or, better yet. Shoot these thugs.

I mean, if you want more riots... that would only compound the problem.

EDIT: just thought about rubber bullets as opposed to live ammunition. They would be a better choice.

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Quote from Hyperactive :

How are the harmfulness and the crime calculated in that? Is it relative or absolute numbers? And is does the use and possession of alcohol and tobacco being legal make those less criminal as well?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/5230006.stm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11660210

http://download.thelancet.com/ ... 0673610614626.gr3.lrg.jpg

sorry, I posted the wrong chart... I mean to link to the chart in the second article here. I don't put much weight into that chart because it's tough to distinguish between harm to self and harm to others. There's more info on that study in the articles.

Quote from PMD9409 :

From Michigan and I'm guessing college in Georgia?

yup.

I get made fun of in Georgia for being so northern, but some of the south has rubbed off on me, so I get made fun of in Michigan for being a southern boy... I have no home

EDIT: scratch that.

found a graph. http://neurobonkers.com/wp-con ... 2010/11/uk-drug-harm1.jpg

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Quote from PMD9409 :

It's much better to sit near rednecks then a bunch of yanks or hill-billies. Plus to be fair, rednecks can be hilarious.

well yeah, you can't understand anything hill-billies say... but I like yanks. seeing as you would probably class me as one

But rednecks are hilarious, I love 'em