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Biff · 12-10-2009, 02:36 PM

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Originally Posted by 4X4

I just witnessed an accident at 16th ave and 10th st in front of SAIT. EB 16th is pretty icy and a woman locked up her brakes and slooooowly bonked into the neon stopped for the light in front of her. The neon moved about two feet (which is not much considering that the intersection is ice). Naturally, the two young guys in the car both hopped out holding their necks like they were in agony. F'n chumps. I saw the whole thing. If that hurt them, I wonder what kind of pain they endure when high fiving after a flames goal.

Given the degree of "diveness" of that episode, they would clearly be high-fiving after Canuck goals.

Shazam · 12-10-2009, 03:10 PM

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Originally Posted by 4X4

I just witnessed an accident at 16th ave and 10th st in front of SAIT. EB 16th is pretty icy and a woman locked up her brakes and slooooowly bonked into the neon stopped for the light in front of her. The neon moved about two feet (which is not much considering that the intersection is ice). Naturally, the two young guys in the car both hopped out holding their necks like they were in agony. F'n chumps. I saw the whole thing. If that hurt them, I wonder what kind of pain they endure when high fiving after a flames goal.

Good to see that there's still people out there that don't know to pump their brakes.

worth · 12-10-2009, 03:18 PM

I don't think you're supposed to pump brakes. Aren't people supposed to know how to threshold brake to avoid locking up the wheels? Most people just rely on ABS now and mash the brake pedal anyway.

Shazam · 12-10-2009, 03:20 PM

It's hard to threshold brake. Anything's better than just locking the wheels and hoping for Spiderman to show up.

4X4 · 12-10-2009, 03:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Shazam

Good to see that there's still people out there that don't know to pump their brakes.

The same people that just spin their tires when they're stuck. Strugglers. Still doesn't mean that you treat a minor fender bender like you were run over by a semi.

TheU · 12-10-2009, 03:32 PM

If you have ABS

DONT PUMP.

If you don't have ABS.. PUMP.

Simple!!

You Need a Thneed · 12-10-2009, 03:41 PM

Yup, you don't pump brakes if you have ABS. The computer can pump the brakes much faster than you can.

Huntingwhale · 12-10-2009, 04:08 PM

God bless ABS. I love the feeling it makes when l slam the brakes on ice.

burn_this_city · 12-10-2009, 04:11 PM

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Originally Posted by 4X4

The same people that just spin their tires when they're stuck. Strugglers. Still doesn't mean that you treat a minor fender bender like you were run over by a semi.

If you spin your wheels enough eventually you'll dig down into dry pavement

C-Life · 12-10-2009, 04:20 PM

Manual transmission FTW! Makes winter driving that much better. When in doubt, downshift.

You poor saps in your automatics... makes me sick! *spits*

3 Justin 3 · 12-10-2009, 04:31 PM

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Originally Posted by burn_this_city

If you spin your wheels enough eventually you'll dig down into dry pavement

Exactly.

Burninator · 12-10-2009, 04:47 PM

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Originally Posted by 4X4

The same people that just spin their tires when they're stuck. Strugglers.

Or the same people, sitting a light, that mash the gas pedal all the way through the intersection getting their speedometer up to 65kph while they are in fact going 2.5kph. Perhaps some vain attempt to burn rubber through the ice to reach pavement I guess.

An old, old woman did this to me once. Just pounded the gas, in her rear wheel drive car, spraying me with gravel while she took 20 seconds to get through the intersection. Tires just a spinning like mad the whole time. I gave her the glaring of a life time when I passed her. But she of course had no idea what she had done and probably no idea what decade it was.

Shazam · 12-10-2009, 04:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Burninator

Or the same people, sitting a light, that mash the gas pedal all the way through the intersection getting their speedometer up to 65kph while they are in fact going 2.5kph. Perhaps some vain attempt to burn rubber through the ice to reach pavement I guess.

An old, old woman did this to me once. Just pounded the gas, in her rear wheel drive car, spraying me with gravel while she took 20 seconds to get through the intersection. Tires just a spinning like mad the whole time. I gave her the glaring of a life time when I passed her. But she of course had no idea what she had done and probably no idea what decade it was.

I've been behind at least three of those people today.

Barnes · 12-10-2009, 05:29 PM

You could either pump the brakes or buy a car built within the last 25 years.

4X4 · 12-10-2009, 06:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Burninator

Or the same people, sitting a light, that mash the gas pedal all the way through the intersection getting their speedometer up to 65kph while they are in fact going 2.5kph. Perhaps some vain attempt to burn rubber through the ice to reach pavement I guess.

An old, old woman did this to me once. Just pounded the gas, in her rear wheel drive car, spraying me with gravel while she took 20 seconds to get through the intersection. Tires just a spinning like mad the whole time. I gave her the glaring of a life time when I passed her. But she of course had no idea what she had done and probably no idea what decade it was.

Ah..hahaha.... I've got a funny road rage story that involves a rock spraying f'er in a dodge magnum, me in my taco, and the town of cranbrook that has similar details. But instead of winter, it was summer. Instead of glaring, there was chasing. And instead of not knowing what decade it was, there was dangerous evasive maneuvers. Grandma's lucky you're such a forgiving man.

koop · 12-10-2009, 06:46 PM

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Originally Posted by 3 Justin 3

the drivers in Calgary suck

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Originally Posted by Kybosh

Aren't you the guy that drove into his garage door?

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Yeah. I can drive on the road, just not park. (I hit a post 2 years ago)

Have you ever wondered why 99% of people complain about other drivers? I mean it's not like 99% of people are good drivers........

Barnes · 12-10-2009, 06:54 PM

I just hit hour two of this bus ride. Anyone know what kind if trouble I could get in if I just peed on the bus? I really gotta go.

bossy22 · 12-10-2009, 09:48 PM

http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/s...val/index.html

Somebody started a petition to take to city hall

RW99 · 12-10-2009, 10:50 PM

I was a half hour late for work again today. So much for a rare occurence. Not to mention the trip home. I've decided to get up for work 3 hours before I start and I plan to be home 2 hours after work. Yeah... that's the ticket!

3 Justin 3 · 12-10-2009, 11:03 PM

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Originally Posted by koop

Have you ever wondered why 99% of people complain about other drivers? I mean it's not like 99% of people are good drivers........

I saw a pole on CTV today at work and the question was:

Why is traffic so slow and the cause of so many accidents? (or something like that)

And 44% of people answer A) Incompetent drivers.

haha, it was the number one answer. I tend to agree.