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From the "Some people" thread......

List your reason(s) why some people should die. To start off the list I add:

1. Not returning the shopping cart to the store and leaving it in the middle of the parking lot (Smug).

2. When driving down the road at speed limit and the person in front of you turns on the turn signal 1/2 second or less before starting their turn (me).

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Originally posted by billgerat
2. When driving down the road at speed limit and the person in front of you turns on the turn signal 1/2 second or less before starting their turn (me).

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Originally posted by skalie
What's wrong with that?

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Keep your distance, and on a more serious note......

TREAT EVERY OTHER ROAD USER AS A FUCKING MORON

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Originally posted by skalie
What's wrong with that?

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Originally posted by billgerat
Well, having your life flash before your eyes and your heart rate accelerate to over 200 bpm while stomping on your brake to avoid rear-ending the stupid bastard for one thing.

Having to change and clean your soiled underwear after such an experience is another.

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Originally posted by skalie
Keep your distance

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It's a three second rule now? Was a two second rule when I was doing my motorbike training.

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It is the 2 second rule and still is.

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People who drive too close to the person in front, particularly tailgating. It can kill people, and also helps make traffic jams from nothing (due to overbraking, the 'shockwave' traffic jams). On top of that, it achieves nothing, pretty much.

I drove from NJ down to DC and then on into VA this last weekend, and saw some horrible interstate driving, a lot of pointless weaving and nearly everyone was driving too close to the person in front, particularly in the overtaking/outside lane; much of this driving would have embarassed an Italian. Driving back through Delmarva (where there are no interstates) the driving was much better, apart from the two dickheads tailgating me in their pickup signalling that I should move forward and tailgate the guy in front of me. But overall, much better. Do people generally get instruction on how to drive on interstates and other highways? Here in NJ, the driving test just involves driving around a carpark, so not great preparation for interstate driving (or, erm, any sort of driving on an actual road)(possibly, this is connected to the horrible lack of driving skills exhibited in NJ, second only to Indiana in my experience for horrible driving). In the UK, you learn and are tested on the equivalent of highways (two or more lanes divided by central reservation with 70mph speed limit) but not on motorways (which are more like interstates).

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relax smug, you're going all verbose

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Two schools of thought it seems. About 11 years ago when I was training for drving licence I was told 3 seconds.

http://www.google.com/search?source...ree+second+rule

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&...two+second+rule

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3 seconds is for fat people

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Count me fat then. Seems safer to me.

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People who walk as if they are Helen Keller, oblivious to everything and everyone around them. One should be permitted to carve a path through such walls of human flesh with a machete.

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I call them 'saturday people', arrogant ignorant fucking cunts, pass that machete.

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Originally posted by euphorbia
Im a good driver!

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The biggest thing that causes delays on motorways is changing lanes. If everyone stayed in the same lane - it'd all be much smoother. This is especially true of the fucking moron truck drivers that decide to overtake the other truck on an uphill stretch.

People should die for:
1. Driving with foglights on when there is no fog.
2. Driving an SUV because you like the feeling of being higher up on the road.
3. Sounding your horn as you pass a cyclist (to let them know you are there)
4. Spitting in public
5. Standing in doorways or other thouroughfares in everyones way while you consult a map or read a sign
6. Going to see 'We Will Rock You'

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The problems caused by unecessary lane changing are really a problem when people are driving too close, because they cause overbraking and the shockwave traffic jams, I believe.

Many people in the UK and the US appear to see the outside lane as a 'fast' rather than an 'overtaking' lane, which is somewhat annoying.

Also, driving with cruise control in heavyish traffic and refusing to tap the brakes or speed up when required to keep traffic flowing, that is bad driving.

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The last time I had this happen to me I was going 30 and at least a car length behind when the asshole came to an almost complete stop before making his turn. I'd hardly call that tailgating.

Tailgaters should be shot also. Especially when there's a child in your car.

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Originally posted by billgerat
The last time I had this happen to me I was going 30 and at least a car length behind when the asshole came to an almost complete stop before making his turn. I'd hardly call that tailgating.

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I have no doubt of that. 9 out of 10 rear endings are assigned to be the fault of the car behind, whether or not they are at legal distance behind.

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2 seconds at 30 mph is 88 feet, isn't it?

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