Didn't want to inconvenience anyone
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Practically everyone trying to make a right hand turn at the intersection where my apartment is. You have exactly 1.5 miles to get into the right lane, but 90% of drivers wait until they get right to the turn, with 5% getting in the lane well ahead of time and the last 5% turning from the straight lane around the little pedestrian island thing instead of actually using the right hand turn lane.
for anyone else wondering, โ is a "care of" sign and is apparently used in writing addresses on envelopes.
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A friend of mine got a phone call at daft o'clock one evening from his son who hadn't turned up home.
"Dad, can you pick me up from the city centre please?"
Bear in mind that he lived in a smaller town 40 miles or so from the city; on a bus route that spanned two cities about 90 miles apart.
Turns out that he had been taught how to board a bus; ask for a ticket; pay; and take a seat... but never learned how to leave a bus.
His dad was understandably pissed off, having been kicked out of bed at midnight to do a near two-hour round trip drive to pick his lad up. He asking him why he hadn't pushed the bell to signal the driver to stop.
"I thought they were just emergency stop buttons, and because I told the driver where I was going when I got the ticket, I thought he would stop for me... and when he didn't, I just sat and waited until the end of the line".
Poor soul.
How many of us haven't actually done that but feel like we should have?
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I hate when the info saying what lane goes where is showed last moment, always makes me stressed
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Huh? How does changing lanes to pass someone make me an asshole? That's what passing lanes are for! Please explain. I don't understand these downvotes.
And no I don't drive a BMW. I think they're ugly, especially in a boring color like white (except for the Z series, and even those still have the ugly BMW grille).
No. I prefer Asian vehicles. I drive a 350Z Roadster Touring 6MT w/the DE engine in Daytona Blue.
I'm not sure I understood you. Do you pass people on the faster lane, or on their blind-spot slower lane? Do you pass people already driving the speed limit? Do you give slower drivers the chance to switch to the slower lane before you go around them? and nothing personal man it's all cool lol
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for anyone else wondering, โ is a "care of" sign and is apparently used in writing addresses on envelopes.
wrote last edited by [email protected]How am I today years old and still encountering new typed symbols?
Also, I'm assuming the person you're responding to accidentally used it instead of a percent sign. How the heck did you manage that @[email protected] lol
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A friend of mine got a phone call at daft o'clock one evening from his son who hadn't turned up home.
"Dad, can you pick me up from the city centre please?"
Bear in mind that he lived in a smaller town 40 miles or so from the city; on a bus route that spanned two cities about 90 miles apart.
Turns out that he had been taught how to board a bus; ask for a ticket; pay; and take a seat... but never learned how to leave a bus.
His dad was understandably pissed off, having been kicked out of bed at midnight to do a near two-hour round trip drive to pick his lad up. He asking him why he hadn't pushed the bell to signal the driver to stop.
"I thought they were just emergency stop buttons, and because I told the driver where I was going when I got the ticket, I thought he would stop for me... and when he didn't, I just sat and waited until the end of the line".
Poor soul.
I canโt say Iโve never done almost exactly that
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Everyone look!
(Crowd looks up at the sky)
It's Captain Pedantic here to save the day!!
Captain Incorrect Pedantry more like
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I'm not sure I understood you. Do you pass people on the faster lane, or on their blind-spot slower lane? Do you pass people already driving the speed limit? Do you give slower drivers the chance to switch to the slower lane before you go around them? and nothing personal man it's all cool lol
Maybe I'm not explaining myself well enough:
I drive 15 MPH over the speed limit in the right lane, so that people don't tailgate me (but as I've pointed out, they still do anyway). I pass on the left, unless they're illegally blocking the passing lane, doing the speed limit. In which case I have no choice but to pass on the right. I give people a chance to switch lanes but they rarely do. People like to just pick a random lane and drive one speed in it the entire time, completely unaware of their surroundings. Except when they don't.
Maybe you live in an area where drivers are consistent and courteous, but I don't. Drivers are all over the place, which is why I have to be adaptable. Everything is made up and the rules don't matter where I live.
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How am I today years old and still encountering new typed symbols?
Also, I'm assuming the person you're responding to accidentally used it instead of a percent sign. How the heck did you manage that @[email protected] lol
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I never cruise in the passing lane, ever. It's a major pet peeve of mine. If I'm not passing anyone, I'm as far right as possible.
Unfortunately literally nobody else does this in my town. They drive side-by-side and then get upset when I try to go around. Going the speed limit does not give you the right to block traffic, assholes. Drives me insane.
wrote last edited by [email protected]Sounds more sane than your original comment, but I still want to point out that you are part of the problem if you keep passing on the right.
It's better to calmly wait and/or teach the drivers in the left lane to change lane when not needed, rather than enabling them by just "solving" the problem by passing on the right.
Edit: spelling
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How am I today years old and still encountering new typed symbols?
Also, I'm assuming the person you're responding to accidentally used it instead of a percent sign. How the heck did you manage that @[email protected] lol
yeah they edited the comment to be all three actual % symbols after i replied, it was two โ symbols and a final % before.
โ shows up as a long-press option on my particular android keyboard after the % key, so probably something like that.
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i love the strong-breath birdy
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Saying I heard once: "Good drivers sometimes miss their exists. Bad drivers never miss their exists." Stuck with me for a very long time.
I came here to say this exact thing.
I can't tell you how many times I've missed my exit. It's just not worth getting bothered about.
I might be another 5-10 minutes, but I'll get there alive, and nobody else will be at risk by my error. I consider that an absolute win.
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Maybe I'm not explaining myself well enough:
I drive 15 MPH over the speed limit in the right lane, so that people don't tailgate me (but as I've pointed out, they still do anyway). I pass on the left, unless they're illegally blocking the passing lane, doing the speed limit. In which case I have no choice but to pass on the right. I give people a chance to switch lanes but they rarely do. People like to just pick a random lane and drive one speed in it the entire time, completely unaware of their surroundings. Except when they don't.
Maybe you live in an area where drivers are consistent and courteous, but I don't. Drivers are all over the place, which is why I have to be adaptable. Everything is made up and the rules don't matter where I live.
Ok ok I think you're alright. Your first comment was like "I never slow down nor switch my cruise control even in the inner city and just overtake around people instead because I drive a sport car..." lmao
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Ok ok I think you're alright. Your first comment was like "I never slow down nor switch my cruise control even in the inner city and just overtake around people instead because I drive a sport car..." lmao
wrote last edited by [email protected]I didn't say that I "never slow down". I was just pointing out that it's irritating having to slow down and speed up all the time. I rather just change lanes so I can maintain my speed.
The point I'm making is that I don't understand why people like OP would rather take the wrong exit than simply change lanes to get to where they need to be. If you're afraid to change lanes, then your mirrors are probably set incorrectly. It also couldn't hurt to buy blind spot mirrors if your car doesn't have them (or at least blind spot monitors). They're only about $3.
And if you're still afraid, then you shouldn't be driving at all. Scared drivers are dangerous drivers.
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How am I today years old and still encountering new typed symbols?
Also, I'm assuming the person you're responding to accidentally used it instead of a percent sign. How the heck did you manage that @[email protected] lol
wrote last edited by [email protected]I didn't even notice until I got the replies about it. It has to be the weird autocorrect dictionary on FUTO keyboard. I switched to this from Gboard not that long ago, and it wants to do even weirder shit to change what I actually typed even more than Google's.
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Long pressing the percent sign on FUTO doesn't even have the one that ended up in my comment like Gboard does.
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