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rh71

No Lifer
Aug 28, 2001
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Psh - I knew I'd get at least that reaction.

You know what's even easier than cutting lines or even squaring off turns? NOT HITTING ANOTHER CAR
The ability to drive skillfully, with purpose, and safely, doesn't require perfect adhesion to pavement markings. Because smart driving involves adapting to the situation when necessary, whether due to pedestrians, cars, weather, illumination, visibility in general, etc. If cutting a corner means hitting another car - that's a very easy thing to correct for, by not cutting the corner into the other driver's path. It's brilliantly simple for anyone remotely paying attention.

People who struggle with anticipation of future location of bodies in motion, on the other hand, probably just shouldn't be driving. Because that's all this takes. That, and a respect for the road and the rolling 2-ton death machine they are driving.

Otherwise when it's obviously safe to do so, cutting corners will mean more efficient turns at higher speed which can be necessary to safely execute some turns based on traffic. Can also be more efficient for the tires to use all of the available pavement for turns even when it's low speed. It's just another thing that can be done that doesn't reflect anything on a driver's awareness. It can cause issues when done by unsafe drivers in the wrong situations, but frankly rolling in a straight line can trip up those same drivers due to a lack of critical skill and/or awareness, or otherwise their overall alertness and wakefulness. Driving in general should come with a particular attitude while piloting said rolling death machines, but that's not respected by many drivers. Many just aren't cut out to drive and licensing standards should be far more difficult.

That's a lot of words to indicate you're just being lazy. Come on man, efficiency? That's like saying you don't signal when nobody else is around. It's never ok to cut across double-yellows like that.
 

Luna1968

Golden Member
Mar 9, 2019
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That's a lot of words to indicate you're just being lazy. Come on man, efficiency? That's like saying you don't signal when nobody else is around. It's never ok to cut across double-yellows like that.
Both of stfu and take it private.
 

kage69

Lifer
Jul 17, 2003
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NY plates? Just shocking.



Reminds me of the joke Graham Norton made him tell, an example of the ones he gets from fans all the time.

Thor goes out clubbing, incognito. Comes home with a lady, and together the nasty they do, verily. Following morning, he feels he needs to fess up and tell her his identity. So after breakfast, he just says sheepishly, "I'm Thor." To which she replied, 'You're Thor? I can hardly walk."



Bu dum bum TISS.
 

Ichinisan

Lifer
Oct 9, 2002
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And the 2nd car did too even after seeing the wreck...wth, people?
Yeah. That's a real problem around here.

Two lanes that both turn left. First car in the outside lane cuts completely into the inside lane and then gradually moved back into the outside lane as the turn is completed. Every single car behind that lead car follows the same path into the wrong lane and back out again.

There are certain places where I see this happen - Every. Single. Time.

I make a point to follow the correct the path and stay in my lane when someone in front of me does that. Surprise! The people behind me actually maintain the correct lane too (at least one or two of them as far as I can tell).
 

mikeymikec

Lifer
May 19, 2011
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