Stopping a full car length behind the car ahead at stoplight….
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I’m mostly a proponent of this. Why?
First, if that car in front of you stalls, you have room to change lanes and go around it.
Most importantly, though, if I find it necessary to ram into them, it gives me a bit of room to get a little speed going.
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I should have provided an example. Let’s say that I pull up to a stop light and don’t immediately notice that @CowboyUp is in front of me in his Prius. Hell, I don’t even realize it’s Cup until I see the “I’m with her” and Harris/Walz bumper stickers.
Well ****, bro. You’re not gonna need much of a run at that point. But every extra foot is gonna count.
Make more sense now?
Well ****, bro. You’re not gonna need much of a run at that point. But every extra foot is gonna count.
Make more sense now?
lol. I like it.
Plus, I’m jealous of the Wyoming thing. Anyway….
I take issue with it when I’m in a hurry and sometimes some ole sumbitch in their Harris/Walz/Cockholster special is on their phone just a text assin and twitch assin with their other Harris/Walz/Cockholster special drivers/friends/salami hider contenders…then *GASP*….the light changes….and instead of seeing it, this ole LBJ-QT-Butthole surfer has their head buried into a full on message about sammiches and bottom tales, and doesn’t go. When they finally get done typing their favorite flavor of edible *****, the light has changed and now I’m stuck behind them like their buddy Billy. At the light. It’s maddening.
More often than not there’s a whole slew of these butt spelunkers and instead of 4-5 cars being able to go through the light that has the shortest duration green, only about 2-3 can go, so it just increases time stuck being Billy Behind.
All the gigglin Harris stuff aside, I don’t see the point in such practices when traffic is tight and there’s no way anyone is gonna be able to dart left or right anyway. Just suck up to the car in front of ya, keep your eyes off your phone and away from Billy’s package and pay attention, when you sense movement….push that little pedal on the right and enjoy the symphony under the hood…or, in the case of Billy Behind/***** muncher/Butt Pirate, smile gently at the sound of a whirring blender sound, and say a prayer that the batteries don’t run out….
But, that’s just my own opinion, I’m old school and remember when people peeled out at stop lights while listening to Billy Squire, and felt manly about it…..
Plus, I’m jealous of the Wyoming thing. Anyway….
I take issue with it when I’m in a hurry and sometimes some ole sumbitch in their Harris/Walz/Cockholster special is on their phone just a text assin and twitch assin with their other Harris/Walz/Cockholster special drivers/friends/salami hider contenders…then *GASP*….the light changes….and instead of seeing it, this ole LBJ-QT-Butthole surfer has their head buried into a full on message about sammiches and bottom tales, and doesn’t go. When they finally get done typing their favorite flavor of edible *****, the light has changed and now I’m stuck behind them like their buddy Billy. At the light. It’s maddening.
More often than not there’s a whole slew of these butt spelunkers and instead of 4-5 cars being able to go through the light that has the shortest duration green, only about 2-3 can go, so it just increases time stuck being Billy Behind.
All the gigglin Harris stuff aside, I don’t see the point in such practices when traffic is tight and there’s no way anyone is gonna be able to dart left or right anyway. Just suck up to the car in front of ya, keep your eyes off your phone and away from Billy’s package and pay attention, when you sense movement….push that little pedal on the right and enjoy the symphony under the hood…or, in the case of Billy Behind/***** muncher/Butt Pirate, smile gently at the sound of a whirring blender sound, and say a prayer that the batteries don’t run out….
But, that’s just my own opinion, I’m old school and remember when people peeled out at stop lights while listening to Billy Squire, and felt manly about it…..
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Omgosh I was not ready for all that! But I do enjoy giving Cup a little hell every now and again. Call it a character flaw, but I can’t help myself.
Wyoming has its strong points. Lots of open spaces, mountains, wildlife. I sold one of my neighbors some hay and now the elk have discovered it and are raiding her haystack. Elk are cool, but losing your hay supply isn’t. Neighbor is going to have to get better fencing. My wife spotted about 100 head on the ridge above neighbor’s place yesterday.
Three of the seasons are just perfect. And then comes winter. It’s long. It’s going to snow for the next few days. It’s been below zero several nights already. It snows off and on, but it doesn’t melt off. It just piles up. I can count on a minimum of 2.5 feet accumulation over the winter. Couple of years ago it was 4 feet.
Overall, I’m glad to be here. But it’s not for everybody.
I see that Stillwater is supposed to be 60 today. I miss that sort of thing.
Wyoming has its strong points. Lots of open spaces, mountains, wildlife. I sold one of my neighbors some hay and now the elk have discovered it and are raiding her haystack. Elk are cool, but losing your hay supply isn’t. Neighbor is going to have to get better fencing. My wife spotted about 100 head on the ridge above neighbor’s place yesterday.
Three of the seasons are just perfect. And then comes winter. It’s long. It’s going to snow for the next few days. It’s been below zero several nights already. It snows off and on, but it doesn’t melt off. It just piles up. I can count on a minimum of 2.5 feet accumulation over the winter. Couple of years ago it was 4 feet.
Overall, I’m glad to be here. But it’s not for everybody.
I see that Stillwater is supposed to be 60 today. I miss that sort of thing.
I think/wonder some of it is that CAFE and other factors has trended the population toward a preference for higher sitting SUVs and trucks with square-ish (not downward sloped) hoodlines that degrade forward visibility. Point being, if people (especially shorter drivers) in these vehicles stop at the point where they no longer see the tires of the car in front, they've left, as you said, an entire car length or more of space in front. I hate that it chokes off the turn lanes near the intersections.
Ugh. Bored at 3am. But…..was driving today and got a GUT FULLL of my favorite traffic pet peeve. So, I thought I would come over here and use my giant *** paws with monster thumbs to punch around on this keyboard and misspell the **** out of words and have the predictive text frustrate me to hellacious high blood pressure stratospheres and try to expel the angst from my soul about said driving practices….
Been typing for 5 Min just to get that
Much. Ain’t looking good.
I’m just full of piss and vinegar huh?
Anywhar…..
JEEEZUZ. Saw it over and over today. It wasn’t tall car and midgets, just the opposite. But the one constant was the assholin around on their phones. FFS. We have an epidemic of shitassery in this country with people text assin while stopped at lights. I don’t get it. I’m not one that texts while driving, I’m too busy watching the scenery and driving. Ya know. That **** you do when you are in control of anyone of a number of cars these days that even in 4 door form could probably blow the doors off of most production muscle cars we all love from the late 60s and early 70s (oh **** I know gas crisis lower horsepower fart fart fart fart yes I remember **** oh god yes it’s cool another topic later yeah fist bump and drink a beer buddy). Sooooo….text when ya geet thar….its easier.
Anyway, just had to blast out some nonsense like a chili fart in a crowd, bored, back to watching 40 year old movies and TV shows so I can avoid all the butt piratey chicanery on the new stuff and other hilariously placed characters to satisfy **** *** current hollyweird. Again, just full of piss and vinegar? Huh? Uh huh.
Right now I’m enjoying some “Amazing Stories”. Didn’t see them all when I was a kid, that was 1986 and I was starting to do more outside activities and didn’t sit in front the TV as much. This is some decent ****. I haven’t looked at IMDB or any other history backstory stuffs about these shows, just want to enjoy them as they are for now.
Maybe one day we can get back to driving without staring at phones, having TV shows and movies without political overtones (at least not the current overtones….yeah I know…it’s probably always been there in different forms fart fart fart fart Kafart blah blah yadda yadda biddah buddah allakazot Rump shaker, but at least before I could stand the political overtones….and maybe I’ll get some f+^%#ing sleep this week.
Peace, love, crispy fried chicken and beer farts.
PS. Yeah, I said fart a lot. I’m immature. So, suck a fart.
Been typing for 5 Min just to get that
Much. Ain’t looking good.
I’m just full of piss and vinegar huh?
Anywhar…..
JEEEZUZ. Saw it over and over today. It wasn’t tall car and midgets, just the opposite. But the one constant was the assholin around on their phones. FFS. We have an epidemic of shitassery in this country with people text assin while stopped at lights. I don’t get it. I’m not one that texts while driving, I’m too busy watching the scenery and driving. Ya know. That **** you do when you are in control of anyone of a number of cars these days that even in 4 door form could probably blow the doors off of most production muscle cars we all love from the late 60s and early 70s (oh **** I know gas crisis lower horsepower fart fart fart fart yes I remember **** oh god yes it’s cool another topic later yeah fist bump and drink a beer buddy). Sooooo….text when ya geet thar….its easier.
Anyway, just had to blast out some nonsense like a chili fart in a crowd, bored, back to watching 40 year old movies and TV shows so I can avoid all the butt piratey chicanery on the new stuff and other hilariously placed characters to satisfy **** *** current hollyweird. Again, just full of piss and vinegar? Huh? Uh huh.
Right now I’m enjoying some “Amazing Stories”. Didn’t see them all when I was a kid, that was 1986 and I was starting to do more outside activities and didn’t sit in front the TV as much. This is some decent ****. I haven’t looked at IMDB or any other history backstory stuffs about these shows, just want to enjoy them as they are for now.
Maybe one day we can get back to driving without staring at phones, having TV shows and movies without political overtones (at least not the current overtones….yeah I know…it’s probably always been there in different forms fart fart fart fart Kafart blah blah yadda yadda biddah buddah allakazot Rump shaker, but at least before I could stand the political overtones….and maybe I’ll get some f+^%#ing sleep this week.
Peace, love, crispy fried chicken and beer farts.
PS. Yeah, I said fart a lot. I’m immature. So, suck a fart.
I guess this is being taught in driver's education schools.
"I checked with a few driving instructors to see what’s being taught and here’s what they said: Tires on tar. You should stop at a distance from the car in front of you where you can still see where their rear tires touch the pavement. That’s what Mr. Kowalke taught in driving class back when I took it, so the training is consistent. To see how far apart the “tires on tar” approach would put you, I tested it out and found that in my data set of one, it’s 13 feet between bumpers."
https://www.bellinghamherald.com/news/traffic/rules-of-the-road/article257093747.html
"I checked with a few driving instructors to see what’s being taught and here’s what they said: Tires on tar. You should stop at a distance from the car in front of you where you can still see where their rear tires touch the pavement. That’s what Mr. Kowalke taught in driving class back when I took it, so the training is consistent. To see how far apart the “tires on tar” approach would put you, I tested it out and found that in my data set of one, it’s 13 feet between bumpers."
https://www.bellinghamherald.com/news/traffic/rules-of-the-road/article257093747.html