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The Bar => The Lounge => Topic started by: Chris_ on December 03, 2010, 06:04:52 PM
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[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QESfEd180rQ&feature=player_embedded#![/youtube]
Gizmodo (http://gizmodo.com/5705640/this-is-why-we-have-stop-lights)
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Gosh. Maybe if the U.S. pays back some of the money we borrowed they'll be able to buy some and set them up.
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I'd rather have them keep running into each other. I can't believe they let these people drive. Maybe they'll eventually learn.
I enjoyed the bike-on-bike collisions. So silly.
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The guy at about 1:08 got smashed out the picture.
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Why doesn't anyone yield to oncoming traffic or bicyclists? Idiots.
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Of course they're idiots! That's what you get when you pump trillions of dollars into a third-world country. They get to play at being 'modern' people, but they're really not.
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Looks like most of these involved scooters.
Out of my way, peasant!
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Out of my way, peasant!
:rotf:
I like accident #3. That guy looks like he was determined to run over someone that day and wasn't going home until he had.
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In what part of California was this taken?
Oh wait, the people in these videos STOPPED after they wrecked. Silly me.
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Too short a time from rickshaw to motor vehicle....
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I can't believe they let these people drive.
D.W.A. - Driving while Asian
check out 2:05
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D.W.A. - Driving while Asian
:rofl: You may be right. :-)
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D.W.A. - Driving while Asian
check out 2:05
My friend who grew up in South Korea certainly has some interesting driving habits. He was the first person from a foreign country that I had the pleasure of knowing intimately enough that I could ask questions without any worry of offending him, and likewise with his questions directed at me.
I mentioned his rather interesting driving habits to him one time, which got him to talking about some of the finer points of driving over in Seoul. He went into detail on the three possible choices for performing what he considered was the most difficult of difficult maneuvers in Seoul, the at-speed lane change. I believe he told me at the time, he had a slightly less than showroom condition 1988 or so Hyundai Excel.
For example, if one were to find themselves travelling in the center lane of traffic and needed to get into the right lane, you basically had the four options which I have listed below, in order of severity. I've given them names now, to help with the description. Aside from that, they are just as I remember him explaining them:
a)The typical turn: Turn on the right signal, while making eye contact with the drivers in the desired lane you wish to merge in to, so as to maintain a marginal level of safety. Then, proceed to grow old waiting to merge into your desired lane of choice, should you manage to make it over there before your own funeral.
b)The one-two turn: This one is pretty easy to explain, just blink, then turn. One blink is the key, though. Too much knowledge of your intentions could lead to the same result as option "a".
c)The point and shoot: Basically the same thing as the one-two turn, except it is performed while dropping all formalities of using the turn signal. Pick a direction, flick the wheel. This one required the least amount of driver input and foreknowledge of even your own intentions, and provided your fellow motorists with almost zero warning of what you planned to do ahead of time (a most desired result). This was his favorite.
d) The head fake: This one involves going through all the motions of option "a", but then doing the exact opposite of your intentions, all in the name of enticing the motorists in the lane you really intend as your destination into letting down their guard. When one wants to make a right, one turns on the left turn signal for a couple of blinks, and flies over into their desired lane. He claims he did not come up with this on his own, but had it pulled on him one day in traffic, and admired it enough to start using it himself.
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:rofl: :lmao:
I used to know a guy that had just moved to North Carolina from New Jersey. This kid was almost 21 and had never had a driver's license a day in his life but he still managed to buy (get this) a 1989 Hyundai Excel. God, what a scary trip down the road that was.
I fixed the brakes on that car for him and that thing would stop on a dime. It was the only good thing about that car. It was a horrible experience, but damn, those brakes worked perfectly.
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This kid was almost 21 and had never had a driver's license a day in his life but he still managed to buy (get this) a 1989 Hyundai Excel.
Maybe it is something in the dash or seats that outgassed in Hyundais? :-)
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This kid was dumb enough to lean against a stove while the burner was turned on. You know, just hanging out, shooting the breeze. It didn't end well.
This kid was totally clueless.
http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2010/11/curbside-classic-1988-hyundai-excel-the-damn-near-deadly-sin/
This popped up a couple weeks ago. I thought you might want to read it. :-)
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Amazing video. I cant help but wonder if it wont be the Chinese who will be driving SUV's soon while we will be the ones "driving" rickshaws and riding bicycles.
This is where the political elites in this country want us to be. Both partys ... but especially the peoples socialist democrat party.
@ Chris ... I used to have a Cortina. Luved it. :)
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http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2010/11/curbside-classic-1988-hyundai-excel-the-damn-near-deadly-sin/
This popped up a couple weeks ago. I thought you might want to read it. :-)
Outstanding find. :cheersmate:
The best part was this comment, about midway down the page:
my buddy had a 3-door when we were in high school. We would pile in and drive it into Manhattan from the Isle of Long. I distinctly remember him trying to parallel park it in front of McSorley’s. The car hit something and bounced forward – felt like he hit the curb…hard. But we were still a good distance from the curb. We got out to look and it was an empty soda can standing up in the street. Granted, cans were thicker in 1986, but I found it rather disturbing the Hyundai couldn’t power over an empty Orange Crush.
:lmao: