A small commuting rant - Page 4

xoxoxoBruce · 04-04-2006, 02:06 AM

Watching the news with one eye while getting ready for work Monday. They are showing the truck carrying 54k lbs of flour, tipped over on the I-95 ramp, when the crawl at the bottom of the screen says, "Driver Ed car hits two police cruisers". Somebody is so screwed.

Undertoad · 04-04-2006, 07:31 AM

422 should slow down this week... J reported that a state trooper took a bad wreck around the st. gabe's curve... cops will have a bad sense of humor for a while. This has been a public service announcement

Flint · 04-04-2006, 09:33 AM

Basic Rule: You can't go through the car in front of you.

Flint · 04-04-2006, 09:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SteveDallas

Weaving back and forth between the two lanes will not get you where you're going faster.

In fact, spastic lane-changing has the opposite effect. I study this phenomenon every day. As I stay in one lane, that being the lane from which I will eventually have to turn, and maintain a safe, respectable distance from the car in front of me, I observe the most aggressive lane-changer/tail-gater as they attempt to ram their way through traffic. As I make my way across town, I watch as each of their maneuvers backfires and they end up way back in traffic, and madder than ever.

xoxoxoBruce · 04-05-2006, 08:23 AM

You miss the point, Flint. The maneuvers don't backfire because they are just a way to amuse themselves.... make the commute more fun.

Flint · 04-05-2006, 08:26 AM

@xoxoxoBruce: There is another, more practical, element to it. While accelerating, any vehicle is gtting about 1/50th of it's rated MPG. What the lane-changer/tail-gaters do is accelerate and slam on the brakes, accelerate and slam on the brakes, accelerate and slam on the brakes, you'll wear your car out quickly, driving that way, and waste alot of fuel.

xoxoxoBruce · 04-05-2006, 08:30 AM

Mileage? Mileage! We don't need no stinking mileage! We're having fun, we're masturbating with motors.

Undertoad · 04-05-2006, 08:49 AM

The new hybrids use that braking force productively... amazingly, in the future we will even recover the energy lost from the stupid!

Flint · 04-05-2006, 08:54 AM

Harnessing the energy of the stupid is what makes the world go around, always has.

xoxoxoBruce · 04-05-2006, 10:09 AM

Once upon a time, long ago and far away, there was a horse. A very special horse...bright red with wings. He lived at the Socony-Mobil ranch.

Socony-Mobil along with the Automobile Association of America, AAA not to be confused with AA, sponsored an annual event called the Mobil Gas Economy Run.

Sure, the cars were ringers. Specially prepared, narrow hard tires, no extra weight, no accessories like power steering or AC. But still, they turned in some amazing mileage compared to their standard brethren.

The secret was in the driving..... never, ever use the brakes unless absolutely necessary. Every time you brake, you're dissipating speed/energy/motion that you used gas to create.

Many people think avoiding rapid acceleration is the key, but tests have proved it's not a big factor. Rapid acceleration that causes you to have to brake hard, is.

Driving without brakes isn't practical or safe but you can use them less by planning ahead. Letting rolling and wind resistance slow you down as much as possible before braking. I've tried it normal daily driving, with a conscious effort, and got a 20% increase in mileage.

Sure, the guy behind you will be having apoplexy if you take it to extreme, but used in moderation most won't even notice you're doing it. Every time you don't brake, you're saving gas.

Kitsune · 04-05-2006, 10:18 AM

Dear Greasy-Haired Man in the 2000 Black Eclipse,

I'm sorry to see you were having a bad start to your day this morning. Of course, you weren't able to verbally express it to the commuters around you, but I assure you that everyone at the intersection of Morris Bridge Road and Fletcher Ave at 0830 this morning heard your polo shirt angst as you proudly blared Papa Roach at full volume. If only all of us had hearing damage as bad as you soon will, we could have continued to enjoy the fresh, morning air with our windows down in peace.

Thanks for sharing your whiney, suburb-white emotional terror with the world.

-Kitsune

Flint · 04-05-2006, 11:19 AM

I saw a similar guy in traffic the other day, that can only be described as "cell phone, pony-tail, convertible LeBaron"

SteveDallas · 04-05-2006, 12:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Undertoad

in the future we will even recover the energy lost from the stupid!

If that really happened, the whole fucking solar system would explode.

04-04-2006, 02:06 AM	#46
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Watching the news with one eye while getting ready for work Monday. They are showing the truck carrying 54k lbs of flour, tipped over on the I-95 ramp, when the crawl at the bottom of the screen says, "Driver Ed car hits two police cruisers". Somebody is so screwed. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

04-04-2006, 09:33 AM	#48
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	Basic Rule: You can't go through the car in front of you. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

04-05-2006, 08:23 AM	#50
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	You miss the point, Flint. The maneuvers don't backfire because they are just a way to amuse themselves.... make the commute more fun. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

04-05-2006, 08:26 AM	#51
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	@xoxoxoBruce: There is another, more practical, element to it. While accelerating, any vehicle is gtting about 1/50th of it's rated MPG. What the lane-changer/tail-gaters do is accelerate and slam on the brakes, accelerate and slam on the brakes, accelerate and slam on the brakes, you'll wear your car out quickly, driving that way, and waste alot of fuel. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

04-05-2006, 08:30 AM	#52
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Mileage? Mileage! We don't need no stinking mileage! We're having fun, we're masturbating with motors. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

04-04-2006, 07:31 AM	#47
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	422 should slow down this week... J reported that a state trooper took a bad wreck around the st. gabe's curve... cops will have a bad sense of humor for a while. This has been a public service announcement

04-05-2006, 08:49 AM	#53
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	The new hybrids use that braking force productively... amazingly, in the future we will even recover the energy lost from the stupid!

04-05-2006, 08:54 AM	#54
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	Harnessing the energy of the stupid is what makes the world go around, always has. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

04-05-2006, 10:09 AM	#55
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Once upon a time, long ago and far away, there was a horse. A very special horse...bright red with wings. He lived at the Socony-Mobil ranch. Socony-Mobil along with the Automobile Association of America, AAA not to be confused with AA, sponsored an annual event called the Mobil Gas Economy Run. Sure, the cars were ringers. Specially prepared, narrow hard tires, no extra weight, no accessories like power steering or AC. But still, they turned in some amazing mileage compared to their standard brethren. The secret was in the driving..... never, ever use the brakes unless absolutely necessary. Every time you brake, you're dissipating speed/energy/motion that you used gas to create. Many people think avoiding rapid acceleration is the key, but tests have proved it's not a big factor. Rapid acceleration that causes you to have to brake hard, is. Driving without brakes isn't practical or safe but you can use them less by planning ahead. Letting rolling and wind resistance slow you down as much as possible before braking. I've tried it normal daily driving, with a conscious effort, and got a 20% increase in mileage. Sure, the guy behind you will be having apoplexy if you take it to extreme, but used in moderation most won't even notice you're doing it. Every time you don't brake, you're saving gas. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

04-05-2006, 10:18 AM	#56
Kitsune still eats dirt Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 3,031	Dear Greasy-Haired Man in the 2000 Black Eclipse, I'm sorry to see you were having a bad start to your day this morning. Of course, you weren't able to verbally express it to the commuters around you, but I assure you that everyone at the intersection of Morris Bridge Road and Fletcher Ave at 0830 this morning heard your polo shirt angst as you proudly blared Papa Roach at full volume. If only all of us had hearing damage as bad as you soon will, we could have continued to enjoy the fresh, morning air with our windows down in peace. Thanks for sharing your whiney, suburb-white emotional terror with the world. -Kitsune

04-05-2006, 11:19 AM	#57
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	I saw a similar guy in traffic the other day, that can only be described as "cell phone, pony-tail, convertible LeBaron" __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

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