Random Thoughts... [Automotive Edition]

Same with roadworks when they have to shut off one lane and force everyone into either the left or the right. Most people, upon seeing the 'lane closed' sign roughly 2km before the actual cones immediately go for whichever lane is unblocked and causing massive, and unecessary tailbacks. If I'm in an aggressive enough mood, I'll drive right up to the barrier (a little before it so I can merge on the fly without having to stop), then cut on in regardless of whether the poor guy I'm cutting up there wants me there or not. Generally I'll try and find an old person in a Camry or a heavier vehicle which tend to have slow getaways, especially if the line has been stopped. Yeah, it's a dick move sometimes but stuffed if I'm gonna hang around for five minutes when I dont have to. Honestly, if everyone did that and obersved a sort of zipper fashion, we'd all get through there efficiently and effectively.

Luckily life outside of our cars and the motorway is a little more polite or we'd all be living in some sort of Mad Max society. Queueing in a line for Maccas? Dont mind if I cut in? Fuck you too :p
 
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No, you're going to look like an asshole, regardless. Because when you stop in the right lane to merge onto the exist, the cars behind you will be forced to slow down and merge into the left lane. And that generates bottlenecks, and that generates traffic jams, and that generates immense road rage, and that generates me wanting to rip somebody's balls out through their eye sockets. Lastly, the queue itself exiting off the ramp will move even slowly, as "good Samaritans" are forced to slow down and yield to lane jumpers to stomp all over their dignity.

If everybody queued up like decent human beings, traffic would flow more smoothly and lead to less frustrated, pointless stopping as perpetuated by selfish pricks who think their few minutes of time shaved off their commute is more valuable than others. Don't be a clot; wait your turn! Commuting is a frustrating, time-consuming, painful process, and this only makes it worse.

P.S.: I'm not calling you a prick, unless you are. ;)
 
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Thats the average day in Sri Lanka. (Arrows show how the cars SHOULD go!)
 
where is everyone getting these images so perfectly tailored for their driving styles/country driving D:
 
BlaRo said:
No, you're going to look like an asshole, regardless. Because when you stop in the right lane to merge onto the exist, the cars behind you will be forced to slow down and merge into the left lane. And that generates bottlenecks, and that generates traffic jams, and that generates immense road rage, and that generates me wanting to rip somebody's balls out through their eye sockets. Lastly, the queue itself exiting off the ramp will move even slowly, as "good Samaritans" are forced to slow down and yield to lane jumpers to stomp all over their dignity.

If everybody queued up like decent human beings, traffic would flow more smoothly and lead to less frustrated, pointless stopping as perpetuated by selfish pricks who think their few minutes of time shaved off their commute is more valuable than others. Don't be a clot; wait your turn! Commuting is a frustrating, time-consuming, painful process, and this only makes it worse.

P.S.: I'm not calling you a prick, unless you are. ;)
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As I say, it's an asshole move, and I'm definitely a bit of a prick everytime I pull it (which is rare these last few months, just dont have the enthusiasm anymore...I'm a good boy :p). That said, I dont condone the image Clockwerk originally posted. He should queue with the others, because what happens when someone wants to go straight on, as is their right in that lane, but have to wait for that jerk to be given access to a lane he should've already been in. The situation I described above is slightly different.

I think the zipper point is valid though. There's literature on the internet in support of this theory. If everyone (in a perfect world...yeah right :p) observed it, I think there'd be less congestion, and less angst. Basically instead of having everyone queueing in one lane, why not have both lanes filled, and at the merging point just before the lane end, cars let each other through one at a time. You let the guy in the other lane merge ahead of you, and the guy behind him comes across behind you, and ahead of the car who was behind you in your lane. One car from the right lane, one from the left, then one from the right, etc. Hope you're still with me? On paper I'd say it is better, but requires drivers to be somewhat aware and courteous which 90% of the time, they wont be.
 
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If that's teh intersection it looks like (turun motari - keh?1) then everyone knows that a lot of people are trying to cut anyway and those wanting to go straight on the main two lane start to pile uo pn the left lane anyway...

Most morning this is not a problem, but enough of people like you and the whole damn road is clogged up making me half an hour late...

It's not you I hate, I hate the idiot who designed the road.
 
BlaRo said:
No, you're going to look like an asshole, regardless. Because when you stop in the right lane to merge onto the exist, the cars behind you will be forced to slow down and merge into the left lane. And that generates bottlenecks, and that generates traffic jams, and that generates immense road rage, and that generates me wanting to rip somebody's balls out through their eye sockets. Lastly, the queue itself exiting off the ramp will move even slowly, as "good Samaritans" are forced to slow down and yield to lane jumpers to stomp all over their dignity.
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If only we could harness that energy for the common good!

I'm sure BlaRo could power a bitching calculator (or two!) with fully lit back light.

Archie411 said:
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Thats the average day in Sri Lanka. (Arrows show how the cars SHOULD go!)
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That doesn't look healthy. "Hey guys going the other direction let's share the same one way road and collide!"
 
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MXM said:
Didn't want to derail the funny picture thread, so I'm posting here instead. This is the situation I have to face whenever I need to go to work at the rush hour.

https://pic.armedcats.net/m/mx/mxm/2010/05/11/asshole.jpg

Nobody is taking the right exit, everyone goes straight, and that's what makes the huge multi-km queue. Traffic on main two lanes is very light.
I, pictured as the asshole with blinkers on, need to go right, but I have to go over the small patch of the lane with the heavy traffic.

Obviously I will not end holding anyone up, I leave the lane within seconds from entering, but people on it don't know it. So I look like an asshole if I attempt to squeeze in. But the only alternative is to spend 20 minutes queuing up :(

What do you do? Make yourself look like an asshole, but knowing that you do no actual harm, or be a sheep and waste huge amount of time? I have to admit, that I usually do the first, and some 500m before the exit start looking for a window to jump in. There were 2 or 3 times when the right lane was standing absolutely still, preventing me from joining at speed, and I couldn't hold up the main lane, so I had to go straight for a long detour.
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Take a rattlecan and spray onto the right side of your car that you'll leave for xyz-street immediately :lmao:


Red_Bull said:
I think the zipper point is valid though. There's literature on the internet in support of this theory. If everyone (in a perfect world...yeah right :p) observed it, I think there'd be less congestion, and less angst. Basically instead of having everyone queueing in one lane, why not have both lanes filled, and at the merging point just before the lane end, cars let each other through one at a time. You let the guy in the other lane merge ahead of you, and the guy behind him comes across behind you, and ahead of the car who was behind you in your lane. One car from the right lane, one from the left, then one from the right, etc. Hope you're still with me? On paper I'd say it is better, but requires drivers to be somewhat aware and courteous which 90% of the time, they wont be.
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Zip-like mergers are a case of the prisoner's dilemma. If all parties cooperate everyone gains the most, but if just one defects from the greater good that one person gains more individually, in this case by not letting one in or by squeezing in as a second car.
I've observed a lot of it on the A2 just outside Hannover where a three-lane Autobahn is reduced to two lanes for construction works. The result is all three lanes come to a standstill :cry: because everyone merges into the two remaining lanes miles before the construction itself. Usually I tend to move decently fast in the middle lane, switching to the left lane about 2km before the construction because most people by then try to leave that left lane :lol: only to merge in ahead of everyone directly before the construction. If everyone merged evenly...


gaasc said:
Does anyone else thinks the Mk1 fiesta has achieved cool understated car status now
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How can you understate a Fiesta of any Generation? :lmao:
 
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Does anyone else thinks the Mk1 fiesta has achieved cool understated car status now
http://img16.imageshack.**/img16/5992/fiesta1300s001.jpg


Blayde said:
where is everyone getting these images so perfectly tailored for their driving styles/country driving D:
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I second this
 
mmap said:
If that's teh intersection it looks like (turun motari - keh?1) then everyone knows that a lot of people are trying to cut anyway and those wanting to go straight on the main two lane start to pile uo pn the left lane anyway...

Most morning this is not a problem, but enough of people like you and the whole damn road is clogged up making me half an hour late...

It's not you I hate, I hate the idiot who designed the road.
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That's the place, yeah. And as I said, I had to miss my exit a few times, as I didn't want to hold up the middle lane. To make matters worse, there's a chicane on the right lane these days, some 50 meters before the split due to roadworks or something.
 
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ql-N3F1FhW4[/youtube]
It's an official Toyota add
 
Jens said:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ql-N3F1FhW4
It's an official Toyota add
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This ad campaign for the Sienna is irritating as hell. It's like they are trying to make a minivan sound cool, but lets face it, even though they are some of the most practical vehicles on the planet, extremely safe, drive very well (well Sienna SE, Odyssey and Sedona anyway...) and make more sense than a crossover for a family, they aren't exactly cool to most people.

Guess I'm the exception lol.

EyeMWing said:
FUCKFUCKFUCKFUCKFUCK

Rear-ended this woman. Minor damage to her car, the whole front end of mine is FUCKED.
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At least the most important thing is OK: You. Can't put a price on your life after all...:comfort:
 
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EyeMWing said:
FUCKFUCKFUCKFUCKFUCK

Rear-ended this woman. Minor damage to her car, the whole front end of mine is FUCKED.
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I assume you're okay. This would be the Escort you just killed? If so, take the money and go buy that XJR you wanted.
 
Spectre said:
I assume you're okay. This would be the Escort you just killed? If so, take the money and go buy that XJR you wanted.
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There are no downsides to this. :D
 
Spectre said:
I assume you're okay. This would be the Escort you just killed? If so, take the money and go buy that XJR you wanted.
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Money? What money?

You don't get full coverage on a 1998 Shitcan. Liability-only FTFail.

Also, it's somewhat annoyingly undead.
 
Just got a letter from the "Water Ingress Administration." Was confused. Was even more confused when I opened the envelope and the first thing I saw were the Audi rings. Turns out that Audi has a sense of humor after all despite being German. It was a recall notice for 1997-2009 A6s because the sunroof would let water in. I guess I'm still an Audi owner in their books.

Edit: This also includes 1997-2008 A4s, 1997-2009 A8s and S and RS versions.
Also its not a recall notice, but rather revised maintenance info, and an invitation to a class-action lawsuit thats dealing with all owners of leaking sunroof Audis vs. Audi
 
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