Traffic Rants

Cock Throppled

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Who are these morons who don't put on their lights in the dark and rain? Just because you can see where you're going doesn't me we can see you.
What's the deal with leaving a car length or more between cars when stopped at lights? I see this all the time. It is particularly stupid when it backs up traffic and blocks access to a turn lane or entrance/exit lane.
What does a driver gain by tail-gating? If I'm already 10-20 kms OVER the limit, and you're pasted onto my ass what do you want? Am I supposed top go even faster? Maybe I should stop suddenly to discuss it with you.
Why don't they bring back vehicle inspections instead of Air Care.mAlmost all cars pass AC, so what's the point? Meanwhile there are cars all over the place with one headlight, no bumpers, rusted fenders, no taillights, etc.
Why do people swing out in the opposite diection before making a turn. You know, where someone turning right will turn left to swing out around the corner, like the vehicle isn't capable of making the turn.
If I'm making a clean right turn, with no delays, barely slowing down, inevitably the car behind me will pull out and pass into the oncoming lane. What, the 1/4 of a second I take to turn is delaying you? You have no ability to take your foot off the gas for a split second?
Why do no cars in Vancouver have turn signals? I know this is psychic central, but I REALLY don't know what you intend to do, dick wad.
WTF is up with pedestrians? I'm one, too, but I have never seen such blatant stupidity as in Vancouver. There's a reason it says DON'T WALK - it's becaue if a car hits you YOU LOSE - EVERY TIME.
Same for cyclists - I ride a bike, too but I'm careful and don't think I have the right to run red lights because I'm, what - small, hard to see and vulnerable? usually not wearing a helmet, either. That makes sense.
Drivers and cell phones. Most people can't drive without the distraction of a phone. Ban 'em.
Licence suspensions. Enforce them. Anyone I've know that got a suspension continued to drive. Even if caught nothing more was done. I say Denver Boot the cars if the licence is suspended. Charge a daily rental fee for the clamp for the duration of the suspension to pay for the clamp. No need for impound lots.
 

wraith

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Do what I did and move out of town. Life is too short to waste it on ranting over things you can not control. :)

 

The Lizard King

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Yeah and what about the dumb fuck pedestrians or cyclists who dress in dark clothes and wander around during the dark, rainy days/nights expecting drivers to somehow see them? Especially the fucks who are preoccupied with their Ipods.

They get whacked and wham bam "what a tragedy", the media says. Yeah...the tragedy that the poor fucker driving has to live with the fact that he did us all a favour by snuffing out one of the dumb shits.
 

DJLAW

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The Lizard King said:
Yeah and what about the dumb fuck pedestrians or cyclists who dress in dark clothes and wander around during the dark, rainy days/nights expecting drivers to somehow see them? Especially the fucks who are preoccupied with their Ipods.

They get whacked and wham bam "what a tragedy", the media says. Yeah...the tragedy that the poor fucker driving has to live with the fact that he did us all a favour by snuffing out one of the dumb shits.
problem with that is that it will be the drivers fault.

as for the driving with a suspended license, a friend of mine drove without one and got in an accident. his insureance was null and void and almost had to pay 1.2 million dollars because of a lawsuit.
 

The Lizard King

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as for the driving with a suspended license, a friend of mine drove without one and got in an accident. his insureance was null and void and almost had to pay 1.2 million dollars because of a lawsuit
Are you saying he was in the wrong or being "wronged"?
 

Ray

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When I turn on my turn signal, I am not telling the guy in the other lane that he is driving too slow and needs to immediately accelerate and pull up beside me.

Turn signals are also used to signal intentions, not actions. Don't bother signalling me half way through your turn after we've waited a few minutes for a break in traffic.

The slow lane on the freeway really is the right lane, not the left.

If there are two lanes of traffic, and one is going faster, changing lanes to go into the faster one is not a signal for the car in front to take his foot off the gas and drive exactly the same speed as the slower lane after he's pulled alongside a slower car.
 

wolverine

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Damn, and people complain about Edmonton drivers being bad. Must be an epidemic.

At least Vansterdam has all their pedestrian crossings with amber signals. Here in E-town we have unsignalled pedestrian crosswalks going across 6-lane arteries, and in some cases, only a block away from signalled intersections. When it still dark outside at 7:30 AM in the winter, it's hard to see people crossing. And everytime some moron jaywalker is turned into a meat-lovers street pizza, their solution is to put in yet another unsignalled crosswalk. :rolleyes:
 

magician

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Oh, don't get me started to bitch on stupid drivers and pedestrians. Many drivers in the downtown core have no idea which lane is for making left turn. Pull the fuck over to the leftmost lane so you are not blocking drivers who are trying to go straight. I hate it when half of their car is still blocking the middle lane. Lots of pedestrians in Kitsilano have no common sense on how to cross the roads. Just because you see a green light for the cars does not mean it is safe for you to cross the intersection. Pay attention to the pedestrian light so the cars who get the left turn green arrow do not have to wait for you to cross. When there is a red light for the cars and no pedestrian light, you suppose to stop too so the car traveling across won't run over you like road kill. In case you don't know, it's green light for drivers traveling across.

No talking on cell phones while driving!! :mad:
 

metoo113

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wraith said:
Do what I did and move out of town. Life is too short to waste it on ranting over things you can not control. :)


The traffic is one thing I don't miss about Vancouver. I love small town life and I save a bundle on my car insurance.
 

Cock Throppled

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magician said:
Oh, don't get me started to bitch on stupid drivers and pedestrians. Many drivers in the downtown core have no idea which lane is for making left turn. Pull the fuck over to the leftmost lane so you are not blocking drivers who are trying to go straight. I hate it when half of their car is still blocking the middle lane.

No talking on cell phones while driving!! :mad:
Ooooh, yeah, I forgot about that one. It is one of my pet peeves. On Seymour Street seems every other car making a left stays in the middle lane instead of moving to the cub lane. Of course, then the pedestrains block the turn and their car jams up the thru lanes. Fuckwadds.
 

DJLAW

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The Lizard King said:
Are you saying he was in the wrong or being "wronged"?

he was in the wrong.
 

DJLAW

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im suprised.

i clicked on search this thread and put in the word "Richmond" and nothing came up!
 
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