Things that you're sick of... - Page 3

**DudeMan** · 01-08-2005, 12:21 PM

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Originally Posted by GhostintheShell

The rules over here are a little different.

The speed limit is generally exceeded by up to about 10 miles an hour without much interest from the police (15km/hr for you and I).

Except apparently in Iowa. I nearly spent the night in jail in Iowa for doing 67 in a 55.
(I'm not exaggerating.)

Also, you are required by law to move over (to the right), if a faster moving vehicle approaches you from the rear, regardless if they are doing 2x the speed limit or not.

first off the UK is miles per hour not KM.... and ok, not so bad, rule to begin with i suppose i get away with 80 on the motorway.. as for the last bit... i would say that is ridiculous.... let the hot head behind you slow the hell down because he is the one who decides to endanger others with his spped... i think that law is a reversal of justice.

either decide to make an autobarn or expect your citizens to follow th damn law.

**USN_Squid** · 01-08-2005, 12:57 PM

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Originally Posted by DudeMan

first off the UK is miles per hour not KM.... and ok, not so bad, rule to begin with i suppose i get away with 80 on the motorway.. as for the last bit... i would say that is ridiculous.... let the hot head behind you slow the hell down because he is the one who decides to endanger others with his spped... i think that law is a reversal of justice.

either decide to make an autobarn or expect your citizens to follow th damn law.

Funny you mention the autobahn. I saw a Discovery special on it and statistically they have many fewer fatal/injury accidents than in the States. They strictly enforce the "stay right except to pass" law and they have very few accidents which they attribute to this fact.

[\threadjack]

**CingularDuality** · 01-08-2005, 01:49 PM

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Originally Posted by DudeMan

so reguardless of the speed limit, you move as fast as the fastest car... shouldnt the fastest car stop being so stupid and just follow the limit, it is there for a reason.

No... Forget about the speed limit. It doesn't matter. If you're driving slower than everyone else, then you should be in the far right lane on US roads, so that faster traffic can pass you in a lane to your left. It's not any driver's duty to regulate the speed of any other driver, that's dangerous and just plain stupid (and, again, illegal in almost all, if not all, US states).

Wintermute · 01-08-2005, 02:08 PM

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Originally Posted by RGM-79N_GM_CUstom

I am sick of people who think the only thing wrong with this country is there aren't enough bike paths.

I'm sick of there not being enough bike lanes and I'm sick of people driving in them, or even worse, sitting stationary in them in heavy traffic.

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Originally Posted by RGM-79N_GM_CUstom

Sick of people who don't know how to drive. Difference is for me its people who drive too slow and people that think its cool to hit the breaks for no good reason. (Nearly cost me my life.)

I'm sick of tailgaters

(FYI I both drive and cycle.)

**Wolfie** · 01-08-2005, 09:05 PM

I am sick of aggressive, Michigan drivers...

I am sick of companies that take advantage of their workers...

I am sick of reality shows...

**DudeMan** · 01-08-2005, 11:22 PM

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No... Forget about the speed limit

ha ha ha ... yeah thats what this law is telling traffic on the roads.

**DudeMan** · 01-08-2005, 11:24 PM

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I'm sick of there not being enough bike lanes and I'm sick of people driving in them, or even worse, sitting stationary in them in heavy traffic.

are you kidding... i am sick of all the damn bike lanes they are putting up, and the stupid bus lanes. i mean honestly a 24 hour buss lane and a lane a whole lane catering for cycles even though you dont pay the tax on it.

motorists pay for your cycle lanes and we are not allowed to use them its rubbish...

im sick of suicide cammel jockies.

Deprecated · 01-09-2005, 08:10 PM

I'm sick of fad diets and profit-driven attempts to sell "health products" to people.

Saw some girl the other day that started a conversation with me at a restaurant over our respective dinners, specifically chewing me out for eating red meat, and out of curiosity I asked her why she thought it was bad. After a long time, she lost the subject entirely and started listing the things she did to stay "healthy", with some gems in there including overdoses of some designer vitamins and some perscription anti-chloresterol drugs. There was no mention of exercise. Seriously people, just don't eat too many sweets, don't eat only meat (Atkins can go to hell), don't touch pills unless you have a medical problem, and get some amount of exercise. Not that hard.

Ok, that seems really superficial after everyone else's stuff. Oh well.

--Dep

**leejo** · 01-09-2005, 09:00 PM

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Originally Posted by DudeMan

ha ha ha ... yeah thats what this law is telling traffic on the roads.

I think the point is that people shouldn't be using their cars as devices of vigilante justice - move over and let the police do their job, you do yours. Maybe he shouldn't be speeding but you shouldn't be in the left lane if there's someone behind you who is going faster.

Just because that other guy is breaking the law doesn't mean you get to.

Anyway, it's not really a problem except a lot of the people who do this seem to set their cruise control to match the traffic 5 ft. to their right.

**DudeMan** · 01-09-2005, 09:07 PM

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Originally Posted by leejo

I think the point is that people shouldn't be using their cars as devices of vigilante justice - move over and let the police do their job, you do yours. Maybe he shouldn't be speeding but you shouldn't be in the left lane if there's someone behind you who is going faster.

Just because that other guy is breaking the law doesn't mean you get to.

yeah whatyever, the logic is all wrong on that one sorry, either allow an auto barn which would mean you have to keep up with traffic in that lane or expect people to drive safely, what you need are some motorway speed cameras with a fixed penalty fine to the owner of the car,

**DudeMan** · 01-09-2005, 09:08 PM

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Originally Posted by USN_Squid

Funny you mention the autobahn. I saw a Discovery special on it and statistically they have many fewer fatal/injury accidents than in the States. They strictly enforce the "stay right except to pass" law and they have very few accidents which they attribute to this fact.

[\threadjack]

yes i have been on the autobarn and it is a really useful lane. you get some people with a fast car and just keep up... coool i want to do it on a bike though.... now that would be some riding... oh yeah it would.

**leejo** · 01-09-2005, 09:15 PM

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Originally Posted by DudeMan

yeah whatyever, the logic is all wrong on that one sorry, either allow an auto barn which would mean you have to keep up with traffic in that lane or expect people to drive safely, what you need are some motorway speed cameras with a fixed penalty fine to the owner of the car,

No the logic is that you shouldn't be speeding AND you should move over and let faster traffic pass. Period. The law doesn't say "unless you feel that traffic is going quite fast enough, thank you very much" or "unless the guy behind you is a jerk" or anything else. It says move over. So move over.

**phyllis** · 01-09-2005, 10:01 PM

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Originally Posted by IceCold

Not that it will stop the offers anytime soon, but it'll make you feel better if you remove all personally identifying information, stuff everything back inside their self-addressed, postage paid envelope and mail it back to them. They pay for that postage by weight, so if some of your other junk mail ends up in there, all the better! Eventually, if enough people do this, they'll stop advertising in such a manner, as it will become uneconomical for them to do so...

Heh...I don't bother removing the identifying info at all...plus I tend to empty a full ashtray into it before I send it back

Either that, or tear up the rest of the junk mail for that day, and stuff it all in one of them

edit :

oh yea...my "sick" list

sick of work(I know...a repeat..but worth repeating)
sick of a 13 year old know-it-all(anyone willing to pay for shipping?)
sick of media sensationalism(and the ilk that feed on it)
sick of DIAL-UP!!!!

sick of Ohio weather (any recommendations for a new state ?)
sick of naive folks that look at the world with rose colored glasses

meh....I better quit....giving me a migraine deciding which ones to list

**Wolfie** · 01-09-2005, 10:58 PM

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Originally Posted by DudeMan

or expect people to drive safely

just wanted to point out...

speeding does not always equal unsafe driving

**CingularDuality** · 01-09-2005, 11:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Wolfie

just wanted to point out...

speeding does not always equal unsafe driving

Indeed. The autobahn and Montana highways are proof of that...

01-08-2005, 09:05 PM	#35 (permalink)
Wolfie Join Date: May 2003 Location: Michigan Age: 33 Posts: 1,405	Re: Things that you're sick of... I am sick of aggressive, Michigan drivers... I am sick of companies that take advantage of their workers... I am sick of reality shows...

01-09-2005, 08:10 PM	#38 (permalink)
Deprecated Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Madison, WI Posts: 63	Re: Things that you're sick of... I'm sick of fad diets and profit-driven attempts to sell "health products" to people. Saw some girl the other day that started a conversation with me at a restaurant over our respective dinners, specifically chewing me out for eating red meat, and out of curiosity I asked her why she thought it was bad. After a long time, she lost the subject entirely and started listing the things she did to stay "healthy", with some gems in there including overdoses of some designer vitamins and some perscription anti-chloresterol drugs. There was no mention of exercise. Seriously people, just don't eat too many sweets, don't eat only meat (Atkins can go to hell), don't touch pills unless you have a medical problem, and get some amount of exercise. Not that hard. Ok, that seems really superficial after everyone else's stuff. Oh well. --Dep

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