you forgot to mention reading books nono 
I'am in Arizona; I've worse i've seen is some guy playing a trumpet, but i'd be shocked if someone read a book around here, especially while driving (lol).
LOL
i've seen a few people shaving, thats somewhat unusual but.. a trumpet HAHA
i've seen a few people shaving, thats somewhat unusual but.. a trumpet HAHA
Good thing I was not driving at the time, or else I would have crashed from the laughter.
:ices_rofl
that guy... has lost it
illepall LOLOMG, possibly the funniest/scariest photo I've seen in my life.
Hehe. But bollocks, that's not commuting. I'm travelling from Portsmouth to the West End and back everyday (hence no time for LFS-related goodies). Thankfully I leave in 6 weeks.
To the topic: don't really have anything to add, but agree with most stuff that was said. The sillyness is ricers cannot be over-estimated though.
Hehe. But bollocks, that's not commuting. I'm travelling from Portsmouth to the West End and back everyday (hence no time for LFS-related goodies). Thankfully I leave in 6 weeks.
To the topic: don't really have anything to add, but agree with most stuff that was said. The sillyness is ricers cannot be over-estimated though.
I wanted to post here about the folks I've seen heading to work smoking, drinking a coffee, eating a bowl of cereal, and reading the morning's paper all at the same time. But the guy playing the trumpet, well, just kind of blows mine away.
Speaking of blows, I've gotten a bl... Eh, never mind.
Speaking of blows, I've gotten a bl... Eh, never mind.
People who overtake you and then pull back in and drive slower than you were before.
On the road outside my house, they are closing one side at a time to do roadworks. They are using traffic lights to let people through, there have been several occasions where I've nearly had an accident because someone has got bored with waiting at their end and decided to go AGAINST A RED LIGHT (!). One person came about an inch from driving their car down a 3ft trench, I was very tempted to back my car into theirs so they fell in.
On the road outside my house, they are closing one side at a time to do roadworks. They are using traffic lights to let people through, there have been several occasions where I've nearly had an accident because someone has got bored with waiting at their end and decided to go AGAINST A RED LIGHT (!). One person came about an inch from driving their car down a 3ft trench, I was very tempted to back my car into theirs so they fell in.
1. fart cans on ricer cars (eg. civic)
2. their big spoilers
3. ricers looking at my evo7 and then want to race me because they think their TypeR stickers boost the speed.
4. people who run through the intersection when light is yellow, i want to TURN LEFT
5. theres a multitasker in a car either in front, behind, on my right or left.
2. their big spoilers
3. ricers looking at my evo7 and then want to race me because they think their TypeR stickers boost the speed.
4. people who run through the intersection when light is yellow, i want to TURN LEFT
5. theres a multitasker in a car either in front, behind, on my right or left.
Sounds strange.
We usually appreciate indicating beforehand, indicating the intention to change lane, thus being predictable, not making "a surprize" at the very moment.If, in a separated road, someone is in the left lane and wants to take the next U-turn, it's normal to signal that beforehand, expecially if the U-turn is tight - then those behind will understand that stop signs mean not just some slowing, but much slowing down. Otherwise it may even lead to a collision.
Hi mate,
Thats me then.. or do you folks just drive on the wrong side of the road..
Most of you guys might not have this as it seems that there are not many automatic transmissions outside of the US. So, most would seem to understand what happens with a manual tranny when starting on a hill. But, many women over here (in their automatics) will just pull up half an inch from you're back bumper at a stop light. Hmm, wonder what happens then when you are sitting on a steep grade waiting on that stoplight? Sometimes (in my quite small pickup truck) I can't even see any of their car in my rear view mirror, that's how close they pull up to. Light turns green, you drift back a bit before going........
no, just because you drive on the right side doesnt make us drive on the wrong side!
In a more easy to understand form - in the UK we drive on the Left
solution: learn how to start on a hill without rolling back
That's probably one of the reasons why you are not allowed to drive a manual here if you took your test in an automatic, thank god. You would fail your test in a manual car if you rolled back whilst doing a hill start.
And lefty.....hmm, I guess we do
Where I live - it's all flat....flat flat flat a pitcher's mound is a hill over here
I learned on a standard (manual)
I dunno if it's the "correct" way, but I sorta heel and toe it, if i'm stopped on an incline (the 4th largest city in the US Does have parking garages and highway overpasses
) it keeps the car from rolling back.But nasty driving habits... Definately those idiots using cell phones & driving
Women putting on make up is another one. Those idiots that pile the car up with toddlers & not using a child seat.... And lately, those two digit IQ types that some how managed to afford an in dash TV.......
I have to commute thru rush hour traffic all the time. I can go all day on this
uh ... no
the correct way is to either be fast or if you have to make sure you dont roll back the slightest bit use the handbrake
Motorcyclists who overtake people on both sides by riding at 80mph between two lanes (often the slow lane and middle lane). I don't mind you doing it when traffic is stopped, but it's just dangerous at motorway speeds. I don't care about you if you want to do something that stupid, but I feel sorry for whoever it is that kills you when they pull back into their lane.
Ooh, cool trick. Got to try that one out
A few from me:
1. The "I enjoy this intersection very much" people.
Small road, gathering people from many villages around mine, who all are queueing up on an intersection with the main road leading to THE CITY. A good 15 minutes of waiting for my turn. Green light. YES! We're going to go at last. Then some lady in front of me hits the brakes REALLY hard when the light for us is about to turn yellow (you can tell by looking at the lights for pedestrians). :doh: . Yes, lady, thank you very much.
2. Stealth lane-changers.
Not using indicators is an obvious thing (why bother?), but that's not 1337. If you want to be leet, you have to make the lane change as fast as possible. You know, like having the car in one lane, batting an eye - the car's already in the other lane.
If for some reason the stealth lane changer doesn't see you (i.e. you're riding a bike), you don't have the slightest chance to do anything to avoid the muppet.
3. The "my car is so big, I won't be able to turn from my lane" people.
This one usually makes me laugh, unlike the other two.
Usually a proud owner of a Fiat 126p (http://www.markiz.terramail.pl/126p.jpg), that needs to make a right turn (from the right lane). But you know, this is one hell of a car, almost a road train, so he can't "just turn", he needs to use half of the next lane. And usually the indicators in these cars use some 0.05W bulbs (exaggerating), so people behind don't have a clue whatsoever of what he's doing, until he's thankfully gone.
I live near a private school. Every second goddam car that comes to pick up little Cynthia is a [giantswearword] Cayenne or Landcruiser or Land Rover or some other fat-arse 4WD that has no business in Melbourne's eastern suburbs. I have no problem with 4WDs per se as I learned to drive in a 1983 diesel Nissan Patrol - but then I grew up on 40 acres of hilly scrubland with miles and miles of crappy old dirt tracks going all over the property. Without 4WD I wouldn't have been able to see half our land, especially if it was raining. We only had the Nissan because it was necessary, otherwise Dad would've stuck with his endless succession of Minis.
Why you need a 300hp Cayenne to pick up your 10th grader is utterly beyond me. Is it ever going to see dirt? Maybe if junior jumps in without taking off his football boots first - and believe me there'll be hell to pay if he does! And if you are going to drive a giant car, ffs drive it like it's a big car! Don't fling it around like it's someone else's Camry. It weighs 2 tons for god's sake!
Tailgaters - my favourite. Especially the ones who ride so far up your rear that you can't even see their number plate in your mirror. Yes, those bastards who sit right on you and duck left and right, trying to see a way past you - even though it's bloody obvious that there's a guy in front of you who's stuck behind several other guys who are stuck behind some hat-wearing lawn-bowler in a Datsun Sunny doing 35 in a 60 zone. Or even worse - behind a tram (the scourge of the Melbourne driver)!
Taxis. The ones who stick their lights on high beam while looking for an address and don't turn them down when you approach - and then look at you like you're Hitler ass you pass by if you happen to flash them a couple of times so they'll stop blinding you.
Straddlers. Right lane - tram tracks. Left lane - empty. Idiot - driving slowly between the two lanes, quite often a taxi driver who has no clue which direction he's taking at the next intersection. Pick a bloody lane and let people who have a clue get past you!
Utter sad bastards. You can usually hear the bass before you hear the car - probably the result of spending more cash beefing up t3h ph@ subz than actually making the car perform better. Usually weighed down by homeboys in white baseball caps and pre-amps, so are quite easy to drag off
Complete no-hopers. I was on the bicycle, threading my way through two lanes of stopped traffic in the CBD of Melbourne. I almost get to the line but there's one car in the right lane, at the front, a little closer to the left lane than the others. No problem, I think "ok, wait for the green". Bing! Green. The left lane isn't moving - they're all turning left but they're waiting for pedestrians to cross first. Lady in front of me doesn't move. Just sitting there - apparently has no idea that green means go. She's not indicating to turn right so she can't be waiting for traffic to come through from the other direction. I tap on the rear of her car and point to the light. "Green! Go!" I say. Nothing. It's going to be yellow any second. I raise my voice. "GREEN! GO!" Looks at me, looks at the light, doesn't move. She looks so utterly lost it's like she's suddenly been transported through time and space from a dimension which doesn't have either cars or coloured lights. There's a tiny gap for me now, the left lane has moved a bit so I can squeeze through. On my way past the stricken idiot I shout "GREEEEN! GO YOU FSCKING IDIOT" and by the time I reach the other side the light's yellow. I turn around to see if she's cottoned on yet and I'm flabbergasted to see that she's still just sitting there as the light turns red, apparently oblivious to the flashing and honking behind her. The silly part is that there were other people in the car who should've been able to tell her to just accelerate gently and cross the intersection. I suppose not. I just have to assume that her two friends/relatives were equally mentally challenged.
[/rant] Good thread. Had to vent! I won't mention the numerous near-misses I've had on the bike in the city, I've gone on long enough for one day. But for the record it's a bright orange bike, I wear a bright red helmet and it has a flashing red light on it. If you can't see me, you deserve to have me splattered on your windscreen as well as the associated nightmares
I think the fact that I cycle to work every day has made me sensitive to motorised idiocy, so when I drive I'm acutely aware of the high proportion of drivers who may well have found their licenses in the gutter, in the pocket of a drunker derelict, written in crayon on a square of toilet paper.
Why you need a 300hp Cayenne to pick up your 10th grader is utterly beyond me. Is it ever going to see dirt? Maybe if junior jumps in without taking off his football boots first - and believe me there'll be hell to pay if he does! And if you are going to drive a giant car, ffs drive it like it's a big car! Don't fling it around like it's someone else's Camry. It weighs 2 tons for god's sake!
Tailgaters - my favourite. Especially the ones who ride so far up your rear that you can't even see their number plate in your mirror. Yes, those bastards who sit right on you and duck left and right, trying to see a way past you - even though it's bloody obvious that there's a guy in front of you who's stuck behind several other guys who are stuck behind some hat-wearing lawn-bowler in a Datsun Sunny doing 35 in a 60 zone. Or even worse - behind a tram (the scourge of the Melbourne driver)!
Taxis. The ones who stick their lights on high beam while looking for an address and don't turn them down when you approach - and then look at you like you're Hitler ass you pass by if you happen to flash them a couple of times so they'll stop blinding you.
Straddlers. Right lane - tram tracks. Left lane - empty. Idiot - driving slowly between the two lanes, quite often a taxi driver who has no clue which direction he's taking at the next intersection. Pick a bloody lane and let people who have a clue get past you!
Utter sad bastards. You can usually hear the bass before you hear the car - probably the result of spending more cash beefing up t3h ph@ subz than actually making the car perform better. Usually weighed down by homeboys in white baseball caps and pre-amps, so are quite easy to drag off
Complete no-hopers. I was on the bicycle, threading my way through two lanes of stopped traffic in the CBD of Melbourne. I almost get to the line but there's one car in the right lane, at the front, a little closer to the left lane than the others. No problem, I think "ok, wait for the green". Bing! Green. The left lane isn't moving - they're all turning left but they're waiting for pedestrians to cross first. Lady in front of me doesn't move. Just sitting there - apparently has no idea that green means go. She's not indicating to turn right so she can't be waiting for traffic to come through from the other direction. I tap on the rear of her car and point to the light. "Green! Go!" I say. Nothing. It's going to be yellow any second. I raise my voice. "GREEN! GO!" Looks at me, looks at the light, doesn't move. She looks so utterly lost it's like she's suddenly been transported through time and space from a dimension which doesn't have either cars or coloured lights. There's a tiny gap for me now, the left lane has moved a bit so I can squeeze through. On my way past the stricken idiot I shout "GREEEEN! GO YOU FSCKING IDIOT" and by the time I reach the other side the light's yellow. I turn around to see if she's cottoned on yet and I'm flabbergasted to see that she's still just sitting there as the light turns red, apparently oblivious to the flashing and honking behind her. The silly part is that there were other people in the car who should've been able to tell her to just accelerate gently and cross the intersection. I suppose not. I just have to assume that her two friends/relatives were equally mentally challenged.
[/rant] Good thread. Had to vent! I won't mention the numerous near-misses I've had on the bike in the city, I've gone on long enough for one day. But for the record it's a bright orange bike, I wear a bright red helmet and it has a flashing red light on it. If you can't see me, you deserve to have me splattered on your windscreen as well as the associated nightmares
I think the fact that I cycle to work every day has made me sensitive to motorised idiocy, so when I drive I'm acutely aware of the high proportion of drivers who may well have found their licenses in the gutter, in the pocket of a drunker derelict, written in crayon on a square of toilet paper.
omg you guys see front license plates in australia?????
lucky bastards...
speaking of lights; i really really really.. hate police lights at night, especially because they turn them on like high beam or something, so their roof rack is even brighter, and it nearly blinds you..
lucky bastards...
speaking of lights; i really really really.. hate police lights at night, especially because they turn them on like high beam or something, so their roof rack is even brighter, and it nearly blinds you..
Then you should stop speeding at night in stolen cars while you're drunk 
almost sounds like that fits into that birthday thready thing
no just police cars sitting on the sides of roads after pulling someone over.. they are so freaking bright.. i hate it
(also, just an FYI to the community, i absolutely abhor any type of alcohol, i hate the smell and taste of it :S)
last time i stole a car it was about 2 inches long and says hotwheels underneath
lol i still cant get over that picture nono posted
no just police cars sitting on the sides of roads after pulling someone over.. they are so freaking bright.. i hate it
(also, just an FYI to the community, i absolutely abhor any type of alcohol, i hate the smell and taste of it :S)
last time i stole a car it was about 2 inches long and says hotwheels underneath
lol i still cant get over that picture nono posted
God yes! It's worse on the motorway where there's less of a speed difference, so you can see them in your mirror blinding you for ages, then they get past and proceed to blind you for the next 2 minutes.
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