That's pretty much the reason I don't ride a motorcycle any more.Originally Posted by Brian Runau
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That's pretty much the reason I don't ride a motorcycle any more.
Yoga class makes me feel like a total stud, mostly because I'm about as flexible as a 2x4.
"Design"? Possibly. "Intelligent"? Sure doesn't look like it from this angle.
We used to be hunter gatherers. Now we're shopper borrowers.
The three most important words in the English language: "Front Towards Enemy".
The world makes a lot more sense when you remember that Butthead was the smart one.
You can never be too rich, too thin, or have too much ammo.
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My favorite when I was racing was when I had a passing lane I would pull into the slow lane so everyone could get by. I always ran the speed limit. There would always be someone that waited till the lane was merging back in to pass. My rig was 53' long, and I am not running on the shoulder for anyone with a million dollar rig. I'd just pull over just as they were getting close to the back of the trailer.
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Same with me. I watched too many of my friends roll across the hood of some old lady's car.
Dunning–Kruger effect
That's right. I laugh internally whenever I talk to someone from somewhere else. Everyone where they are from drives much better than where they currently are. All I can say is look up the Dunning–Kruger effect.
"A hen is only an egg's way of making another egg".
– Samuel Butler
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90% of drivers believe they are in the top 10% of drivers. 🤓
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Yesterday I was stuck in stop and go traffic. A trucker had his signal on to get over a lane. I slowed down to let him in and some guy behind me starts blowing his horn at me to go faster. I’m thinking if I don’t give the trucker a break the poor guy will never be able to get in with a big rig. Some people just don’t get it.
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At least it adds up to 100%.
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As an old lady I kind of resent that.... it isn't just old ladies
https://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/corvette-driver-was-going-155-mph-before-hitting-killing-motorcyclist-court-documents
(Happened about 4 miles south of me...)
Last edited by Patty Hann; 05-23-2024 at 10:18 PM.
"What you see and what you hear depends a great deal on where you are standing.
It also depends on what sort of person you are.”
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Thats sad Patty. (not the old lady part) too many people with powerful cars that dont know how to handle them and also do crap on roads. I rode bikes for 18 years and stopped as I got tired of thinking for other drivers and reading their minds. One past time I went to the city three times people did insane things and I wish I had a dash cam to put them on you tube.
the other day some knob in a power boat hammered it and killed at least three young people and maybe one more. He has a post on his instagram about could not wait to get out to hammer it. Well he did and took a bunch of lives.
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Just saw this on FB...kinda sums it up:
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Yoga class makes me feel like a total stud, mostly because I'm about as flexible as a 2x4.
"Design"? Possibly. "Intelligent"? Sure doesn't look like it from this angle.
We used to be hunter gatherers. Now we're shopper borrowers.
The three most important words in the English language: "Front Towards Enemy".
The world makes a lot more sense when you remember that Butthead was the smart one.
You can never be too rich, too thin, or have too much ammo.
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HAHA...too funny Warren... thanks.
"What you see and what you hear depends a great deal on where you are standing.
It also depends on what sort of person you are.”
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Be thankful you don't have any interactions with that person. I'll bet a psychologist would have a term for that behavior and it wouldn't be one to be proud of.
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Quite common here. Maybe not come to a full stop but slow down quite a lot. Perhaps they slept thru the part of driver's education where they talked about merges.I've seen worse, people drive to the end of the merge lane and stop waiting for a break in traffic to pull out. Not seen it often, perhaps those they have done it don't survive long.
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Or the part where people already in the right lane should be courteous and move over to let people in. I've run out of merge lane a few times because of that aggressive behavior Patty describes. Young folks learn from video games and TV, not drivers ed. And older folks take everything as a personal challenge.
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I'm impressed that the latest update on the Full Self Driving software on my Tesla knows to get out of the left lane after some unspecified period of time that it decides. It actually tells you that it is getting out of the passing lane. It may see a car behind you approaching, or who knows what, but it does do it automatically.
- After I ask a stranger if I can pet their dog and they say yes, I like to respond, "I'll keep that in mind" and walk off
- It's above my pay grade. Mongo only pawn in game of life.
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