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    • mclaincauseyM
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      Shoot drivers were great in Berlin, Barcelona, and Croatia. Drivers are also great in Mumbai but it’s another kind of thing. Lanes aren’t even suggestions, it’s get in where you fit in amongst all the cars, trucks, buses, and motorized rickshaws. I’d have wrecked in seconds there but it works for them.

      Think it, be it.

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      • WhiskeySandwichW
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        @flannel-slut def helps get obnoxiously close to other vehicles when parking. I miss the front camera I had on my previous car which my truck doesn’t currently have. It reinforces my habit of only backing into spots.

        "The greatest obstacle to living is expectancy, which hangs upon tomorrow and loses today...The whole future lies in uncertainty: Live immediately."
        -Seneca

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        • WhiskeySandwichW
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          @steelworker @Matt @seawolf i have a theory about why MD drivers are notoriously bad : it’s because they’re from everywhere else. Md is FULL of transplants and military people. This means everyone brings a different style and habits formed by their home state and laws/designs. Combine that with road infrastructure designed for half the current volume of traffic and you get a “fuck you, me first” attitude.

          Also: the police don’t enforce much anything on MD roads anymore.

          "The greatest obstacle to living is expectancy, which hangs upon tomorrow and loses today...The whole future lies in uncertainty: Live immediately."
          -Seneca

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          • seawolfS
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            @WhiskeySandwich you’re absolutely right. But that doesn’t explain why Virginia drivers are generally way better drivers. There’s a massive military population in the Norfolk area and the DC area, and my experience with VA drivers was never as jarring as it was with people from Maryland.

            “Good design is actually a lot harder to notice than poor design, in part because good designs fit our needs so well that the design is invisible” - Don Norman

            @zeebeeleather

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              Also Maryland drivers, drive with one hand on the horn permanently. Never seen so many 5 year olds behind a wheel. You have exactly 1 tenth of a second when the light turns green before a moron blasts the horn.

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              • WhiskeySandwichW
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                @seawolf I think that difference with VA is because they do more enforcement. And VA roads are ALWAYS under construction, so everyone is on high alert because their commute changes daily. 😂

                "The greatest obstacle to living is expectancy, which hangs upon tomorrow and loses today...The whole future lies in uncertainty: Live immediately."
                -Seneca

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                • WhiskeySandwichW
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                  @yannis it’s because you need to drive faster to save them time lol

                  "The greatest obstacle to living is expectancy, which hangs upon tomorrow and loses today...The whole future lies in uncertainty: Live immediately."
                  -Seneca

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                    Trust me. They are going absolutely nowhere. Lol.

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                    • Go For ChillG
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                      @WhiskeySandwich said in Unpopular opinions:

                      @flannel-slut def helps get obnoxiously close to other vehicles when parking. I miss the front camera I had on my previous car which my truck doesn’t currently have. It reinforces my habit of only backing into spots.

                      I’m in Texas. If you don’t back into your parking spot, everyone knows you’re a transplant.

                      "Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work." -Thomas Edison

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                      • gazza61G
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                        @seawolf unless you need a rest at the back.

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                        • steelworkerS
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                          @GraemeE said in Unpopular opinions:

                          MASSholes made me fear for my life out east

                          Driving in Boston is not for out of towners.
                          No grid like NYC. Paved cowpaths with one way streets. You can see where you want to go but you arent going to get there.

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                          Those are my principles, and if you don't like them…
                          Well, I have others.

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                          • RobeOfTheMagiR
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                            Interesting. Looks more like a European city.

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                            • BrianB
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                              If you want bad drivers come and visit Adelaide
                              No idea on merging, change lanes and then indicate, no giving way ever, sit on the bumper of the car in front, and 1 of the only roundabouts in the state that has multiple crashes per week due to the fact that no one here knows how to drive
                              I blame automatics also for this as it takes the guess work out of driving put it in D and just use the 2 pedals

                              I really hope manuals are still around for when Jacob is old enough to drive just so he can learn even if he doesn’t end up with a manual

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                              • flannel slutF
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                                @steelworker said in [Unpopular opinions]

                                You can see where you want to go but you arent going to get there.

                                🤣🤣🤣 it’s funny because it’s true

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                                • ddtrashD
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                                  My most "interesting" driving experiences were from a short stint working in Cairo Egypt.

                                  I had a driver assigned to me and on day one he missed the motorway exit and rather than drive to the next exit, he proceeded to slow down in the outside lane and pulled into a gap in the carriageway barrier. The gap between the barriers was sandy and the vehicle got stuck. The driver asked me to get out and push. I am now pushing a stuck in vehicle in the middle of a 4 lane (each way) motorway, with traffic whizzing past, so we could get onto the other side of the carriageway to retrace steps.

                                  There is no 'I' in team …............ however there are five in 'individual brilliance'.

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                                  • ddtrashD
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                                    I requested for a new driver.

                                    Driver number 2. One evening leaving work during rush hour we were confronted with a completely choked roundabout. Typically we needed the last exit on the roundabout. rather than join the flow of traffic and queue the driver proceeded to go against the oncoming traffic on the roundabout to get to the exit we needed as it was a shorter route.......

                                    There is no 'I' in team …............ however there are five in 'individual brilliance'.

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                                    • ddtrashD
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                                      I requested for another new driver.

                                      Driver number 3. He got caught speeding on the motorway and asked me to pay his fine for him. I told him that I had not asked him to break the speed limit so would not be contributing to him paying his speeding ticket. We drove into the back streets of Cairo. The driver shouted up into a tenement block and a basket on rope was lowered down. The speeding ticket along with some cash was placed into the basket and the basket hauled up into the police chiefs apartment. Bung paid, the stamped ticket was returned and we carried on our way.

                                      There is no 'I' in team …............ however there are five in 'individual brilliance'.

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                                      • seawolfS
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                                        @RobeOfTheMagi said in Unpopular opinions:

                                        Interesting. Looks more like a European city.

                                        It's part of New England, so the colonists were doing what they knew at first.

                                        “Good design is actually a lot harder to notice than poor design, in part because good designs fit our needs so well that the design is invisible” - Don Norman

                                        @zeebeeleather

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                                        • SKTS
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                                          I don’t love cat eye buttons.

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                                          • MattM
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                                            That’s weird.

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