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Bickering about bicycles, now with occasional tips about motorised vehicles
imagist42:
--- Quote from: squawk on 24 Jan 2011, 22:26 ---For being a little less young, I am a pretty decent, rule-abiding yet defensive and anticipatory driver. And I just want to drive more to get better! And now I just miss having access to any fucking car whatsoever, regardless of ownership. If I knew how to hot-wire one I would do so! Two more months I guess
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McTaggart:
--- Quote from: Scandanavian War Machine on 24 Jan 2011, 22:14 ---they're awkwardly shaped (and small!) so you can't really smoothly drive through them.
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This is half the point!
squawk:
uh yeah man i can't drive a car at all. i have to resort to public transit
let me tell you, though, these bus drivers got some MAD skillz. they have those dimensions memorized like their body is the bus, all snakin through the narrow streets and shit
KvP:
#1 thing, guys - Check your fucking blind spots (basically the spot in the middle of your car on either side that mirrors don't easily pick up). Make a habit of turning around and glancing into your blind spot immediately after activating your turn signal to change lanes. They absolutely positively beat this into you if you go to an actual driving class and a lot of people don't learn to do this otherwise (if they even learn to use turn signals). Cars enter your blind spots fairly often, especially when driving in the city, where lots of people drive at variable speeds.
Not doing this is a great way to get in a really bad accident you will be faulted for.
Johnny C:
the term is "shoulder check." do shoulder checks.
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