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    WhiskeySandwich
    啓蒙家
    @flannel slut
    Joined: 1 Mar 2023

    @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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      WhiskeySandwich
      啓蒙家
      @steelworker
      Joined: 1 Mar 2023

      @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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        seawolf
        Mod Squad
        @WhiskeySandwich
        Joined: 28 Oct 2011

        @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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          yannis
          Haraki san Expert
          Joined: 26 Aug 2020

          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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            WhiskeySandwich
            啓蒙家
            @seawolf
            Joined: 1 Mar 2023

            @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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              WhiskeySandwich
              啓蒙家
              @yannis
              Joined: 1 Mar 2023

              @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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                yannis
                Haraki san Expert
                Joined: 26 Aug 2020

                Trust me. They are going absolutely nowhere. Lol.

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                  Go For Chill
                  Haraki san Prodigy
                  @WhiskeySandwich
                  Joined: 3 Jan 2025

                  @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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                    gazza61
                    Raw and Unwashed
                    @seawolf
                    Joined: 12 Feb 2023

                    @seawolf unless you need a rest at the back.

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                      steelworker
                      見習いボス
                      @GraemeE
                      Joined: 16 Apr 2014

                      @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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                        RobeOfTheMagi
                        Haraki san Expert
                        Joined: 15 Apr 2024

                        Interesting. Looks more like a European city.

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                          Brian
                          Joined: 24 Nov 2022

                          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 slut
                            Raw and Unwashed
                            @steelworker
                            Joined: 21 Feb 2022

                            @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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                              ddtrash
                              Haraki san Expert
                              Joined: 2 Dec 2010

                              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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                                ddtrash
                                Haraki san Expert
                                Joined: 2 Dec 2010

                                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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                                  ddtrash
                                  Haraki san Expert
                                  Joined: 2 Dec 2010

                                  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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                                    seawolf
                                    Mod Squad
                                    @RobeOfTheMagi
                                    Joined: 28 Oct 2011

                                    @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
                                      SKT
                                      見習いボス
                                      Joined: 26 Aug 2019

                                      I don’t love cat eye buttons.

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                                      • MattM
                                        Matt
                                        見習いボス
                                        Joined: 4 Oct 2011

                                        That’s weird.

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                                        • SKTS
                                          SKT
                                          見習いボス
                                          Joined: 26 Aug 2019

                                          Should have put it in the weird opinions thread…i got a lot

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