quote:Originally posted by dang65: Isn't there some trick you can do with switching the fog lights on, which look like brake lights, so you don't even slow down yourself but the psycho behind slams his anchors on anyway. I can never seem to find the fog light switch on my car quickly enough to do it though.
My American driving instructor - an instructor who happened to be American, not an instructor of American driving - taught me that in such situations you can tap the brake pedal with your left foot, whilst continuing to accelerate with the right foot. If you do it very gingerly (depending on the car), it will trigger the brake light without activating the brakes. This tends to confuse the tailgater, as they see the "oh shit, stop" signal at the same time as your car pulls away.
I suppose this method hails from a country where there are usually only two pedals, so it was probably unwise to recommend it to a confused 17 year old in a stick-shift Vauxhall Corsa.
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I find that, no matter how close the person behind gets to your rear bumper, they're quite reluctant to actually crash into you and so long as you maintain a steady speed, they'll eventually just give up and back off when they see you're not phased by it.
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quote:Originally posted by MiscellaneousFiles: a country where there are usually only two pedals
Our Defender was like that, except the two pedals were gas and clutch. If you took your foot off the gas then it slowed down as if you were braking. This was great for country lane driving actually, with lots of bends, because you wouldn't lose momentum in the same way as you do when braking. I used to be able to out run much faster cars on roads like that. I really miss that thing actually, despite its much-loathed massive 4x4-ness. It's the only car I've ever had which actually had a bit of character, both to look at and to drive.
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B-but how did you stop quickly? As in when a startled faun gambols into your path?
For some reason 'proper' Landrovers aren't as repellent as most 4x4s - probably as they seem to be driven by people who actually need to cross muddy fields, rather than just Fulham Broadway.
I can't understand how BMW 4x4s exist. Surely the multiple elements of wank should cause a vortex of impossibleness?
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for some reason they only reach a 9.9 on the WankVortex, as it's the only Porsche with rear seats. But still... second against the wall.
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i've only recently learned that most americans never learn how to drive manuals
my uncle gave me driving lessons when i was 14 in a stick shift on gravelled country roads. He would stop the car in the middle of a steep hill,pull the emergency brake, get out of the car and say -"alright, drive - and don't kill it, there might be a car coming over that hill"
quote:Originally posted by ben: With this cock-head attitude, you are probably increasing the sum total of danger on the road.
You should probably keep your retarded, ill-founded allegations to yourself, ben. Unless you can provide hard evidence to justify your comment. You fucking cocksucker*.
quote: More boringly, you're definitely increasing the sum total of misery and bad manners on the road.
Definitely?? Who the fuck do you think you are? Our Almighty Masterful Overlord who knows all and sees all? You have no idea how I drive on a daily basis. I am actually a very considerate driver, you know - giving way, smiling at old people, beeping my horn and shaking my fists at local scallywags. I am a credit to an otherwise vicious, over-competitive, knucklehead-dominated transport system. Scrotum eyes**.
quote:If a female poster posted the above, I guarantee that three quarters of the people reading it would think 'stupid bitch'.
See comment re: Our Almighty Masterful Overlord. Why reverse the scenario sexually? What are you trying to achieve by doing so? The scenario would be the same regardless of gender. In addition, are you implying that three quarters of the people who have read this thread already will have opted to take a different stance if I was female? That's a strange one. That is bordering on prehistoric and definitely presumptious to the extreme. Why do you feel that you decide what other people might think. It's a shabby thought process. Arguably, tattered.
quote:If you're going to be behind the wheel
There are no "ifs" about it. I am. You comment as though you somehow possess the ability to transform other people's actions and thoughts. Have you considered a career in politics? I hear that the BNP are recruiting new councillors. If you're not already involved in a political position, it may be a viable route.
quote: the most lethal weapon there is,
Most lethal fucking weapon? [obvious]There are far more lethal, destructive weapons in this country, however if a motor vehicle is your idea of the most lethal, I suspect that you are one of the fortunate few who do not witness life as it truly is.[/obvious]
quote:cease thinking that the entire world revolves around you and your feelings.
Apologies. I was unaware that this forum was - actually - the entire world. If that isn't what you meant, then please refer back to my comments re: your presumptions on my thoughts and intentions. Which are based on a solid foundation of steaming dog shit and backed up with no evidence whatsoever, other than a post regarding a rather irritating journey on the way to work.
quote:I suggest you fucking grow up
I suggest you never try saying that to my face if we were ever to meet at some point later in life. Having said that, it would be barely worth wasting any physical effort on somebody who's idea of an offensive gesture is to say, "fucking grow up", but it would 'probably' be fucking fun anyway and, owing to the fact that I'm nothing more than a fucking 'cock-head***', it would do be doing my perceived character no injustice whatsoever anyway.
Now go home and get your fucking shine-box.
*Obligatory, ill-founded allegation. **2nd obligatory, ill-founded allegation. ***Last heard 23 years ago in a nursery, up North.
quote:Originally posted by ben: [qb]the most lethal weapon there is,
Most lethal fucking weapon? [obvious]There are far more lethal, destructive weapons in this country, however if a motor vehicle is your idea of the most lethal, I suspect that you are one of the fortunate few who do not witness life as it truly is.[/obvious]
It's true that there are more lethal weapons in existence. Thing is though, they are kept locked away, with complex procedures to be negotiated before carefully selected personnel are allowed to activate them.
Cars, on the other hand, have people like you driving them. It's really not very reassuring.
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quote:Originally posted by dang65: Cars, on the other hand, have people like you
Please elaborate on the "like you" element of your Daily Mail-esque, tedious re-iteration of what ben said.
quote:Thing is though, they are kept locked away, with complex procedures to be negotiated before carefully selected personnel are allowed to activate them.
That's one way of describing drug usage, dang65. I think you'll find that they're not locked away and the 'personnel' are not carefully selected.
quote:Originally posted by Zygote: Please elaborate on the "like you" element of your Daily Mail-esque, tedious re-iteration of what ben said.
A coiled spring of rage. Nothing you haven't said yourself like.
quote:Originally posted by Zygote: still shaking with both anger and utter frustration.
quote:Originally posted by Zygote: I've been driving for 8 years and have been involved in no accidents to date.
quote:Originally posted by Zygote: I suggest you never try saying that to my face if we were ever to meet at some point later in life. You would not walk away.
That sort of stuff. Again, I'm not singling you out for personal criticism, just saying that cars are driven by people like you, and me for that matter, which makes them more commonplace dangerous than anything else on the planet.
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quote:Originally posted by dang65: A coiled spring of rage. Nothing you haven't said yourself like.
Oh. Right. That's okay then. I thought you was going to call me a "cock-head" or some such throwaway pseudo-offensive term.
I don't know a single person who doesn't possess an element of rage. It's a basic human trait. If somebody/something annoys you, then it's completely natural to feel somewhat unhappy about it. My initial post was rageful in that the rage led to my tapping my brake pedal. It's not as though I chased the guy to his destination, jumped out of my car and ordered him to 'put his mouth on the fucking kerb', is it?
The rage contained in my response to ben's hilarious post was I felt was justified as he merely attempted to point his finger at me (in a fashion not dissimilar to a geeky, spot-ridden primary school prefect) and try to damn my actions via a screen of crass, presumptive comments that harboured very little thought on his part.
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Who is the hardest person on TMO, these days, though? I suppose back in the day it was easily LowLevel, with his bizarre stories of specialist military training and the like. Then there's this Roy thing, which I missed, but he's not here these days. So who's left? Who could really fucking fuck someone the fuck up?
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quote:Originally posted by Black Mask: Threats of physical harm on the internet are just silly.
As was ben's, "just fucking grow up" comment. I am, however regretting 'fighting fire with fire' with a similarly silly comment. I have stooped to ben's level.
Louche
Carved TMO on her clit just to make you feel bad
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If someone could come up with a means of harnessing Zygote's rage we could power TMO off it for the afternoon and give the poor donkey a break. Take it off to a field somewhere and let it chill and talk to the bunnies and eat carrots. That would be nice, wouldn't it?
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quote:Originally posted by mart: Who could really fucking fuck someone the fuck up?
I think the only non-pussies left are me and Physic...
Wanna test me? Ponce!
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No cars. Just rolled up sleeves, bare fists. Kicking, biting and pulling hair allowed. Possible use of tag-team partner if both parties agree.
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quote:Originally posted by Louche: If someone could come up with a means of harnessing Zygote's rage we could power TMO off it for the afternoon and give the poor donkey a break. Take it off to a field somewhere and let it chill and talk to the bunnies and eat carrots. That would be nice, wouldn't it?
quote:Originally posted by Zygote: I don't know a single person who doesn't possess an element of rage. It's a basic human trait.
Yeah, but when we evolved that instinctive, adrenaline rush, fight or flight reflex we weren't regularly traveling at 85mph in a steel cage just a few feet from the person in front. We'd probably have evolved a special "chill-out and slow down you idiot, it's not worth dying for" reflex instead if that had been our natural environment.
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quote:Originally posted by mart: Who is the hardest person on TMO, these days, though? I suppose back in the day it was easily LowLevel, with his bizarre stories of specialist military training and the like. Then there's this Roy thing, which I missed, but he's not here these days. So who's left? Who could really fucking fuck someone the fuck up?
that must be some motivational speaker you are being subjected to today
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