Thread over. That's the answer, people just don't give a shit about anything that they might be doing to someone else. They just flat don't care.
What the hell is wrong with people?
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Thread over. That's the answer, people just don't give a shit about anything that they might be doing to someone else. They just flat don't care.
yeah, many "adults" act like children, likely due to the fact that their parents were just kids having kids. and when these "adults" don't know the difference between being an adult and being a child, they can't teach their children how to grow up to be adults, and the vicious cycle continues.
it's depressing.
Glad I could give you all a laugh today. I was laughing too at sheer absurdity of it all. Just the difficulty the guy was imposing on himself, the way he had to sloooowly creep around that tree planter and past my car. Not to mention the fact that his parking choice then forces his wife to then walk the rest of the distance herself. What a sweet guy.
There's another traffic screw up that people seem to keep making when I'm around. I should probably make another chart to show what happens but it should be easy enough to describe. The freeway off-ramp I take to get to work has two right turn lanes. In order to wind up in the correct lane later on, I take the outside turn lane. It almost NEVER fails that the person in the inside turn lane will, at the very end of their right turn, go wide and slide into my lane...while I'm occupying it. I always have to hit the brakes and honk, and they always jerk the wheel to the right back into their lane. They always have the same look on their face in the mirror of shock and a little bit of anger. Because, you know, I was in *their* lane.
One of these days I'll wait until there's a BMW or Jaguar owner in that lane and just let the bastard hit me.
There's another traffic screw up that people seem to keep making when I'm around. I should probably make another chart to show what happens but it should be easy enough to describe. The freeway off-ramp I take to get to work has two right turn lanes. In order to wind up in the correct lane later on, I take the outside turn lane. It almost NEVER fails that the person in the inside turn lane will, at the very end of their right turn, go wide and slide into my lane...while I'm occupying it. I always have to hit the brakes and honk, and they always jerk the wheel to the right back into their lane. They always have the same look on their face in the mirror of shock and a little bit of anger. Because, you know, I was in *their* lane.
One of these days I'll wait until there's a BMW or Jaguar owner in that lane and just let the bastard hit me.
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I didn't realize you were behind me that day. You won't tell anyone about the makeup, right?
I'm just jealous of the fact that he got to see the new Chevy Planet Raper before I did.
Many people really don't. I know a guy who always throws his litter out the passenger side window when we're in the car together. I tell him that people have to clean that up, and he just shrugs and says to the effect of "better them than me".
You should punch him in the face, then say, "Hey, better you than me."
There's far too much cynicism in this thread. There are a lot of shitty drivers out there, but I think the standards are too low for a license. People get too used to driving around huge machines without thinking about what they're actually doing.
That being said, I find most of humanity quite pleasant. And not all BMW drivers are bastards.
That being said, I find most of humanity quite pleasant. And not all BMW drivers are bastards.
Hm...it's not always a sense of entitlement. Now THAT one I don't get, but having done a few stupid things behind the wheel, and realizing after I got myself into the situation just how dumb it really was, I can say that sometimes it is just very bad judgment of depth, distance, and what the car will actually do under given circumstances.
Here is an example of something I did. Yes, it is mock-worthy. Yes, it is as bad as Austin Powers in the golf cart. But I didn't do it out of a sense of "entitlement," just real inexperience with the kind of situation I was in.
Where I live, we rarely ever park in parking garages. And the ones that I do encounter on a more normal basis have a sensible design with plenty of room just like a regular parking lot. Then I went downtown and went into an older garage. Mistake #1: I went to this old garage's basement level...lots and LOTS of support pylons. Now, in my defense, I think this thing was horribly, horribly designed for modern vehicles. I think it should be torn down and rebuilt. But what I did in there wasn't such a good idea.
I went down this one row that had a dead end, looking for a parking spot. The row was split by columns in the area that you drive, creating 2 distinct lanes. The trouble was where these columns were placed. In retrospect, I should have just backed up as soon as I realized this area was too difficult for me, and gone in reverse down the row until I got out.
Idiot I was, I thought I could turn the corner. I DON'T have that large of a vehicle, just a 4-door sedan. Still.
Problem was I misjudged the radius of the turn. And I scraped a damn column. I had to repaint my car afterwards. (Thankfully touch-up paint worked, and it's been a month and no one I know has noticed yet.)
I felt like SUCH an idiot afterwards. It wasn't malice...just bad judgment and complete unfamiliarity with the situation and particular building I found myself in.
ETA: I AM a decent driver on the interstates, and good on normal roads and parking lots, have only had a couple minor fender-benders and NEVER on the interstate. (The one near-fenderbender on the interstate was absolutely NOT my fault because the guy in front of me did not appropriately secure his cargo...which was a huge piece of sheet metal.) I don't do so well on 2-lane roads, but my form of "not too well" involves driving like an old granny and pissing off everyone behind me until they get to a passing zone. I just didn't know how to handle the particular situation I was in, in that garage.
Here is an example of something I did. Yes, it is mock-worthy. Yes, it is as bad as Austin Powers in the golf cart. But I didn't do it out of a sense of "entitlement," just real inexperience with the kind of situation I was in.
Where I live, we rarely ever park in parking garages. And the ones that I do encounter on a more normal basis have a sensible design with plenty of room just like a regular parking lot. Then I went downtown and went into an older garage. Mistake #1: I went to this old garage's basement level...lots and LOTS of support pylons. Now, in my defense, I think this thing was horribly, horribly designed for modern vehicles. I think it should be torn down and rebuilt. But what I did in there wasn't such a good idea.
I went down this one row that had a dead end, looking for a parking spot. The row was split by columns in the area that you drive, creating 2 distinct lanes. The trouble was where these columns were placed. In retrospect, I should have just backed up as soon as I realized this area was too difficult for me, and gone in reverse down the row until I got out.
Idiot I was, I thought I could turn the corner. I DON'T have that large of a vehicle, just a 4-door sedan. Still.
Problem was I misjudged the radius of the turn. And I scraped a damn column. I had to repaint my car afterwards. (Thankfully touch-up paint worked, and it's been a month and no one I know has noticed yet.)
I felt like SUCH an idiot afterwards. It wasn't malice...just bad judgment and complete unfamiliarity with the situation and particular building I found myself in.
ETA: I AM a decent driver on the interstates, and good on normal roads and parking lots, have only had a couple minor fender-benders and NEVER on the interstate. (The one near-fenderbender on the interstate was absolutely NOT my fault because the guy in front of me did not appropriately secure his cargo...which was a huge piece of sheet metal.) I don't do so well on 2-lane roads, but my form of "not too well" involves driving like an old granny and pissing off everyone behind me until they get to a passing zone. I just didn't know how to handle the particular situation I was in, in that garage.
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While I wouldn't punch him in the face (
), I do get frustrated with such "reasoning". If everyone thought like he did, we would live in a cesspool, unfit for our current and future generations. Such shortsightedness bothers me.I do feel, however, that there are more good people than bad, that there are more better drivers than irresponsible ones, and so I hold to that knowledge, that the smarter, more aware persons will continue to succeed and move us forward together.
There's far too much cynicism in this thread. There are a lot of shitty drivers out there, but I think the standards are too low for a license. People get too used to driving around huge machines without thinking about what they're actually doing.
That being said, I find most of humanity quite pleasant. And not all BMW drivers are bastards.
Speaking of really nice cars, a friend of mine owns an Audi. It's a beautiful, sleek silver car with many features. It's powerful and dependable, and boasts things a car owner like myself won't see in the vehicle I own. That said, the most fascinating feature of his car for both him and myself? The cup holder that quietly and smoothly unfolds from the dash when pressed.
One semester in college I had a gap of a couple hours between classes, but it wasn't worth wasting the gas driving home, so I would go buy some lunch and then park in a lot in front of a closed down department store. It was almost always completely empty or at most had only a few cars. I would find an empty section of the parking lot, eat my lunch and then take a nap.
It never failed that someone would pull right up next to my car and remain in their car the whole time I was there. So, I started testing it by moving around to different spots each day instead of picking one favorite spot. Same deal. And it's not like it was one guy who also had time to kill, it would be a different person most times.
I wouldn't normally get self-conscious about such things, but it would make it hard to take a nap with one car right next to me for some reason, whereas if I was in a full parking lot I wouldn't care. The best part though is that some times people would pull close enough to my car to block the driver's side door; fortunately I hadn't planned on getting out.
The funny thing is that I would remain in the same spot even if someone pulled up out of some stupid idea that I would be insulting the other driver if I immediately pulled away.
It never failed that someone would pull right up next to my car and remain in their car the whole time I was there. So, I started testing it by moving around to different spots each day instead of picking one favorite spot. Same deal. And it's not like it was one guy who also had time to kill, it would be a different person most times.
I wouldn't normally get self-conscious about such things, but it would make it hard to take a nap with one car right next to me for some reason, whereas if I was in a full parking lot I wouldn't care. The best part though is that some times people would pull close enough to my car to block the driver's side door; fortunately I hadn't planned on getting out.
The funny thing is that I would remain in the same spot even if someone pulled up out of some stupid idea that I would be insulting the other driver if I immediately pulled away.
I've had similar situations to that as well. Once I was parking at the transit station. Since it was early in the morning, the lot was quite empty. I parked well away from anyone else, with about a dozen empty spots in either direction. I'm exiting my car, about to close the door but keeping it open so I could grab my bag...when I see the headlights of this lady who just *had* to park her SUV right next to me. I then had to close the door quickly and flatten against my car to avoid getting either hit or my door ripped off. As I got my things and she exited her car, I yelled over, "Yeah, 'cause there aren't any other spots out here." while gesturing to the empty lot. She just ignored me and went about her business. I couldn't believe it...it was like I was a magnet for her stupidity.
I always park away from other people if I can. I don't mind the extra walk and I don't want anyone hitting my car.
Haven't you ever seen a little kid drive his/her bike right into the only obstacle within 100 feet?
Ahh, that could have happened to anyone.
One of my colleagues, by contrast, is a truly bad driver.
He offered me a ride home, one time, and as he came out of the parking lot, turning left, he almost ran over a pedestrian. That was rather terrifying.
A much funnier incident happened a few months later, when some of us went to lunch. The bad driver (his name is Joel) parked next to another one of my colleagues, Stephen.
Joel left the restaurant first, ahead of us. When Stephen and I left the restaurant, we saw that Joel was in his car, and was backing out--but was turning too sharply. He was actually going to hit Stephen's car, parked next to his.
At this point, Stephen said, incredulously: "Is he going to hit my car?"
Then: "He hit my car. That son of a bitch!"
Fortunately, no damage was done, on either occasion.
scientists believe hydrogen is the most common element in the universe.
they're wrong.
it's stupidity.
they're wrong.
it's stupidity.
Hm...well, my dad is a flight instructor and driver extraordinaire, so I guess I tend to be really hard on myself with driving after growing up that way.
But I still felt like I'd done THIS: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLKR9tCiwvA&NR=1
And man, if anyone was watching it on camera...
People can be so fucked up.
That said, i loved your diagrams.
That said, i loved your diagrams.
I like this explanation.
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