• Karyoplasma@discuss.tchncs.de
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      1 year ago

      You jest, but I suffer from depression and I could not drive while having a bad episode even if I wanted to. You cannot think straight if things in your head go south and you're too pre-occupied to even make it around the block.

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        See, I'm the opposite. I suffer from depression and riding/driving really helps with that.

        Only I don't get all that angry when I do. If someone annoys me, I just go for a simple under-my-breath "you twat".

        The bike works best for it. The big vroom helps quieten the sadness. Kinda hard to be sad when you're sat on top of an explosive fuel and thousands of explosings happening between your legs. It's kinda calming. To me, at least.

        Before anyone asks, no I haven't fucked my exhaust. It's still the stock one.

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    The worst (for me) isnt when they don't use signals at all, but when they use the signal right when they literally turn the steering wheel. This tells me they've never taken a minute to think what a turn signal is even actually for.

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    1 year ago

    Remember, kids:

    1. Check your mirrors
    2. Set your blinker
    3. Turn your damn head and look
    4. Change lanes / Turn

    Also, if you're turning:
    Set your blinker to let others know what you plan on doing before you brake.

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      You should go in tour in the South giving seminars. In NY you will guaruntee get pulled for not signaling a turn or a lane change. In Mississippi, where I am now, the only blinkers are the ones that got hit by accident at the last turn, in a car that's been going straight for the last 10 miles, with a driver going 15mph under the speed limit getting visibly frustrated trying to figure out what that dadgum ticking noise is. I had a cop almost hit me the other day changing lanes with no blinker.