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[jayswin]

Originally Posted by Doctorfever

Borrowed a vehicle to a relative for a few weeks, maybe a few months.

Originally Posted by undercoverbrother

What a peculiar phrasing.

I worked with some Chilean guys back in the day. They would always say things like "borrow me your car please". There was no lend and borrow, just borrow.

[TorqueDog]

Originally Posted by OutOfTheCube

How many at-fault collisions have you guys been involved in?

One, when I still lived in Manitoba (ie: pre-2006) and was still a kid. Hardly what you were fishing for with that question.

Originally Posted by Sainters7

When you're hanging out with someone for only an hour or two (lunch, etc), and they keep taking calls and having chats.

I don't mean if it's important/work-related and just a quick question for like a 3-5 minute call, that's understandable. But once it progresses past that to a "so how's life / what's new?" type conversation. Like should I just leave? I find it disrespectful.

I've got a newer buddy like this and my sister can do that too, but they're very social outgoing people, much more than myself. Maybe I'll just never understand true extroverts..

I absolutely cannot stand this. I make a point of keeping my phone on vibrate in my jacket pocket and not looking at it unless I hear it's absolutely off the rails, in which case I say "Excuse me, my phone is blowing up, do you mind if I look quickly?" Then I do, get annoyed because it's nothing I needed to look at, put it on Focus mode, and go back to giving the person(s) I'm with my undivided attention.

I am a true extrovert, but nothing about being an extrovert makes me want to be on my phone with other people constantly.

[bigrangy]

Driving to work this morning, coming up to a turning light that’s just turning yellow. The cop in an unmarked truck stopped across the intersection in the oncoming travel lane flashes his lights at me like I don’t know there’s a yellow light. Just annoying.

#### traffic cops, they give a bad name to the cops that actually do things for a living.

[OutOfTheCube]

Originally Posted by TorqueDog

One, when I still lived in Manitoba (ie: pre-2006) and was still a kid. Hardly what you were fishing for with that question.

I absolutely cannot stand this. I make a point of keeping my phone on vibrate in my jacket pocket and not looking at it unless I hear it's absolutely off the rails, in which case I say "Excuse me, my phone is blowing up, do you mind if I look quickly?" Then I do, get annoyed because it's nothing I needed to look at, put it on Focus mode, and go back to giving the person(s) I'm with my undivided attention.

I am a true extrovert, but nothing about being an extrovert makes me want to be on my phone with other people constantly.

Maybe, but I wouldn't have expected people to answer honestly if they had anyways.

Just got the usual response from PepsiFree:

This message is hidden because PepsiFree is on your ignore list.

That sly dog.

[Fuzz]

Really? Like, daily multiple people complain about poor drivers, and you want to bitch about traffic cops? We need more of them doing the job, not less.

[TorqueDog]

Originally Posted by bigrangy

Driving to work this morning, coming up to a turning light that’s just turning yellow. The cop in an unmarked truck stopped across the intersection in the oncoming travel lane flashes his lights at me like I don’t know there’s a yellow light. Just annoying.

#### traffic cops, they give a bad name to the cops that actually do things for a living.

Flashing one's brights to oncoming traffic is the universal "there's a cop ahead" signal. He was just letting you know he's a traffic cop with nothing better to do.

[CliffFletcher]

Originally Posted by OutOfTheCube

How many at-fault collisions have you guys been involved in?

I do get a kick out of these threads.

What demographic gets in the most auto collisions causing injury? 25 to 34 year old men. Second most? 34 to 44 year old men. Which drivers are most impatient and aggressive behind the wheel? Take a guess. Insurance premiums are based on real-world data.

But sure, let’s pretend it’s the cautious people doing 10k below the limit on icy roads who are the real problem out there, and not impatient and heavy-footed dudes doing 20k+ over the limit.

I get that slow drivers can be annoying. But weighing that annoyance against the kind of impatient, overconfident, testosterone-fueled driving that leads to serious collisions, I’ll take the former every day of the week.

[PepsiFree]

Originally Posted by OutOfTheCube

Maybe, but I wouldn't have expected people to answer honestly if they had anyways.

Just got the usual response from PepsiFree:



That sly dog.

My favourite ignore lists to be on are where the people tell me I’m on them and still clearly read my posts anyway

I’m irresistible.

[GGG]

Originally Posted by OutOfTheCube

How many at-fault collisions have you guys been involved in?

1 at fault at 17 one not at fault.

I think not at fault accidents are important to note as well as the probability of being in an accident that is not your “fault” is improved by being a predicable driver who leaves space to get out of events.

Like if someone lane changes into you you aren’t at fault but you probably should have been able to avoid the accident.

Also I will drive 40 in residential streets and school zones because that’s how they should be designed. There is no evidence to show more incidents occur in school zones and it’s important that pedestrian collisions occur below 30 km/h

[Knut]

1 at fault.... 17.. I accidently stopped on the LRT tracks and backed up into the car behind me. He tore a strip off of me for like 10 mins straight then drove off as there was just a minor scratch.

1 not at fault. Got rear ended on Glenmore when i wasn't moving stuck in traffic.

1 Kind of at fault (for even driving that day). 11 days after the last accident i ended up 5 ft into the ditch on Highway 1. It was whiteout conditions. Someone had stopped above my vehicle on the shoulder and got hit then propelled into my car. I had gotten out right before this but had wisely made the decision to get back into the safety of the car and put my seatbelt on. I could have easily been killed as the car that hit me ended up right where i was previously standing.

[Knut]

Originally Posted by GGG

1 at fault at 17 one not at fault.

I think not at fault accidents are important to note as well as the probability of being in an accident that is not your “fault” is improved by being a predicable driver who leaves space to get out of events.

Like if someone lane changes into you you aren’t at fault but you probably should have been able to avoid the accident.

Also I will drive 40 in residential streets and school zones because that’s how they should be designed. There is no evidence to show more incidents occur in school zones and it’s important that pedestrian collisions occur below 30 km/h

One of those people are you. You make an excuse, but the reality is that you are just too damn lazy to change your speed. I wish you many school zone tickets.

[PepsiFree]

So far the “you can’t drive 50 in a 50 no matter how good you are! SAFETY FIRST!” posters are the same people who:
- Think all seasons are fine in winter
- Speed in playground zones

And somehow the other bad drivers are pretending it’s people who know how to drive that are the problem. A true classic.

[TorqueDog]

Originally Posted by Knut

One of those people are you. You make an excuse, but the reality is that you are just too damn lazy to change your speed. I wish you many school zone tickets.

If the City:
1. actually kept playground zones and school zones separate instead of lazily making them all playground zones when a clerical error resulted in the wrong signs being ordered;
2. didn't make certain playground zones unnecessarily long because the rich assh-le residents complained (Elbow Drive, anyone?); and,
3. harmonized residential and playground speeds to a common 40 KM/H...

Then you'd probably get a lot more people willing to comply. But instead these things all get used as revenue generators thanks to liberally placing photo radar all over them. 30 KM/H is unnecessarily slow.

So I don't really feel bad about it. I don't get tickets, and I value my paint job as much if not more than your kids so I won't be hitting them anyway.

[The Yen Man]

Originally Posted by jayswin

I worked with some Chilean guys back in the day. They would always say things like "borrow me your car please". There was no lend and borrow, just borrow.

Actually, now that I think about it, there's no borrow vs. lend in Chinese either, it's just borrow / lend.

But if you think about it, it's English that's the weird one with two different words for it. There's only one word for "give", why are there two for lend vs. borrow?

[CarlLester]

Originally Posted by The Yen Man

Actually, now that I think about it, there's no borrow vs. lend in Chinese either, it's just borrow / lend.

But if you think about it, it's English that's the weird one with two different words for it. There's only one word for "give", why are there two for lend vs. borrow?

Huh? If you lend something you are giving it. If you borrow something you are receiving it. Two different (but related) things. Why should there only be one word for it?

[TrentCrimmIndependent]

Originally Posted by Sainters7

When you're hanging out with someone for only an hour or two (lunch, etc), and they keep taking calls and having chats.

I don't mean if it's important/work-related and just a quick question for like a 3-5 minute call, that's understandable. But once it progresses past that to a "so how's life / what's new?" type conversation. Like should I just leave? I find it disrespectful.

I've got a newer buddy like this and my sister can do that too, but they're very social outgoing people, much more than myself. Maybe I'll just never understand true extroverts..

I don't know if that's an extrovert/introvert thing as much as someone that lacks self awareness and empathy (being able to see how uncomfortable someone else might feel being subjected to that behaviour & disregard).

There are people who may start to do what you describe, but will catch themselves and apologize or cease whatever they are doing. To continue without realizing that they're neglecting the person they're with is just indicative of poor socialization and etiquette, even if they are extroverted by nature

Presence also plays into it. Many people have their energy and attention split in too many directions. I think it's really good practice to give your whole attention to whatever you're doing. Eating, reading, conversing with someone. If you're constantly giving things only half of your focus then the quality of everything you do and participate in will suffer.

I think some people just don't realize how bad they've gotten with these bad habits that have come with the smart phone era.

[TrentCrimmIndependent]

There are people who take measures based on the conditions and advocate doing so, and there are people who think that their driving "skills" can compensate for the physics of their vehicle's performance (stopping distance, etc) being compromised by slick conditions.

Fact remains that you can have the best winter tires on the market and it still won't make driving in inclement weather exactly like driving on a dry road.

But yeah if you couldn't drive 50 in a 50 in not normal conditions without being put at risk then there would be a big asterisk and footnote next to every speed limit sign.

It's not about how fast you go (within reason of course), it's about increasing your stopping distance accordingly. If you have adequate stopping distance in front of you for the speed you're going, then it doesn't matter. Problem is many don't make that adjustment or vastly overestimate their ability to stop with a distance that's no different from what they would give in normal conditions.

[MoneyGuy]

Originally Posted by The Yen Man

Actually, now that I think about it, there's no borrow vs. lend in Chinese either, it's just borrow / lend.

But if you think about it, it's English that's the weird one with two different words for it. There's only one word for "give", why are there two for lend vs. borrow?

They’re two different things.

[The Yen Man]

Originally Posted by CarlLester

Huh? If you lend something you are giving it. If you borrow something you are receiving it. Two different (but related) things. Why should there only be one word for it?

I guess my Chinese brain is trying to interpret how that saying goes in Chinese. We use the same word for both, because the act itself is the same. Guess different nuances.

And I just realized I was wrong about the "give" comment. You're right, it's two different words.

I'll give you this item.
You let me have this item.

I'll lend you this item.
You let me borrow this item.

[The Yen Man]

Since we're on an English tangent, I did get a question from someone learning English on why "dull" and "cull" are pronounced differently than "bull" and "pull". I told her I have no idea, it just is ok!