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Yes it is in the intersection.
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http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-plane09.html
2011 Hyundai Sonata, 2014 BMW 428i convertible, 2015 Honda CTX700D
"At least five fatal crashes were blamed on the storm, including one that killed a New Jersey couple when a sport utility vehicle crashed through their bedroom."
and on a separate issue:
an editorial from Road and Track
This morning I was behind/beside/in front of a Mistu Fuso Cabover on a 30mph 4 lane urban street who would vary between 20 and 45 for no apparent reason. The other cars on the road were becoming very frustrated, he'd speed up as they passed, etc. I had half a mind to get ahead of him and brake check him to see if I could get the thing to roll. Yes, I'm evil.
Some people should not be on the roads. Still, I have more sympathy for the clueless than for the morons.
Case in point: This morning on the way to work in 7:30 am twilight, there was the usual mix of clueless (no headlights) and morons (driving on parking lights). However, one driver deserves special mention.
This guy was driving a full-size, short-bed, Ford pickup with just his parking lights (1). He makes a right turn at a light, realizes that he should have turned left, so he makes an illegal U-turn (2). He the proceeds back through the intersection just AFTER the light changes, running the light (3).
Three for the price of one. What a winner! :surprise:
james
Regards,
Kyle
People here are horrible about using their lights. They all figure if there's any light in the sky, they are just fine, as they can see. They don't understand that isn't the point.
And about the snow...we get 2 inches, and it's armageddon here. I see a lot of questionable used car lots putting 18"+ wheels on normal cars and 22"+ wheels on dumb old SUVs in order to move them - these things will be fun in the snow.
It's amazing what people can NOT see. I once had an old Chevy Suburban (the thing was huge!) that was hit broadside by a lady that "just didn't see" it on a nice sunny day.
james
Darn it all, the driving here has been so pleasant lately! We had some freezingish rain (that's the kind that mostly freezes before it hits the ground and so creates a knobby ice rather than the trecherous, cannot be driven on, Eastern Oregon style sheet of wear-a-pillow-on-your-[non-permissible content removed]-if-you-don't-want-bruises freezing rain, but it is still somewhat slick) on Saturday night or Sunday morning. I thought the roads would be a zoo yesterday when I went out, but no. Other than a few boneheads (many not entirely sober I'm willing to bet) finding their way to the ditch in odd places, traffic was great!
I loved the Road & Track column posted by carlisimo, by the way. Having spent a few miles on most roads north of Texas, I can truly appreciate it!
Oh, and brooms... I use a sweep broom occasionally too, but it is a corn bristled one, so it gets chewed up if I use it to clear the tops of the cars - great for the hoods, glass, and sides though. Faster, gentler, and more thorough than anything else bar none.
Maybe she confused the color of the car with the sky.
No idiot drivers yet today
You're not using either pedal correctly!
(it's not dangerous, but it sure gets on my nerves)
2011 Hyundai Sonata, 2014 BMW 428i convertible, 2015 Honda CTX700D
2014 Malibu 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,
Saw this again yesterday afternoon driving in rural areas about 15 minutes before and 15 after actual sunset time on a very heavy overcast winter day. In some lightly wooded areas, can barely distinguish dark mass (unheadlighted vehicle) in distance coming in opposing lane. Sometimes I will flick my headlights on and off a few times as friendly reminder. Did this yesterday, and can tell by their taillights of course if they put on headlights. Not a single one did. No offense to pickup drivers, but my unscientific observation over time shows most "parking lights on" drivers at sunset and sunset+ are in pickups.
It'll be a Saturday or Sunday morning, with only one or two cars on the highway... And they'll be driving 60 in a 65 mph speedzone, in the passing lane, pulsing their brakes every few seconds.
And you know the brakes are engaging, because you can see (as you pass in the slow lane, of course) that their hood is dipping down each time.
Knowing which planes usually land in Winter conditions, they could contain the hooks. Snowy airports can install their own cable catchers that would be actuated when the aircraft exceeds a certain point on the runway while landing. Timing is critical so as to pop up the cable after the wheels have passed by.
2011 Hyundai Sonata, 2014 BMW 428i convertible, 2015 Honda CTX700D
2011 Hyundai Sonata, 2014 BMW 428i convertible, 2015 Honda CTX700D
Seriously though, space is a big issue for most major cities and you can't have anything over top of the runway, so why not build it over top of roads that could just as well be underground as over? Sure, there's the issue of "missing," but chances are slim that will happen - perhaps once a decade which is acceptable risk IMO.
2011 Hyundai Sonata, 2014 BMW 428i convertible, 2015 Honda CTX700D
It would seem that they can use eminent domain to raze nearby builidings and relocate roads and intersections near ends of runways. There is an airport in suburban Chicago named Palwaukee were an intersection at end of long runway used by corporate jets was relocated. Seems that City of Chicago has power and clout to do the same at Midway. City of Chicago is currently going through proceedings to demolish homes in suburbs near Ohare Airport in order to reconfigure runways. Why not do the same at Midway (demolish homes, move roads) to make longer and safer runways.
As for O'Hare that expansion is running into legal challenges and while it will go through the costs are going to kill the airport. Midway would be way to cost prohibitive to do that.
2011 Hyundai Sonata, 2014 BMW 428i convertible, 2015 Honda CTX700D
Well as I am approaching the light slowing down the light changes to green and since I was already moving I just started to slowly accelerate back to the speed I was going. Well I guess since the road narrowed down to one lane somewhat after the light the guy in the sports car apparently didn't; like me passing him and tried to take off as fast as he could. All he did was sit there and fishtail as he tried to take off.
2011 Hyundai Sonata, 2014 BMW 428i convertible, 2015 Honda CTX700D
Hintz and Wolf. Think that it is in top 3 in Illinois in operations and also that it has most corporate jet operations in Illinois.
2011 Hyundai Sonata, 2014 BMW 428i convertible, 2015 Honda CTX700D
When the "M" whizzed by me - traveling in the Passing lane about to overtake several semis, one of them suddenly moved over to the Passing lane while the remainder lanes were occupied by other semis, blocking all lanes of I-5.
Usually, blocking is not appreciated, but in this case it was instant justice that lasted for about 15 minutes when the "M" finally passed all the trucks on the shoulder! :mad: Twenty miles down the freeway the "M" driver was busy with a trooper, on the shoulder.
Then .75 mile later the trucker is still tailgating me after the 90 degree turn and I'm in the left lane behind the Park Ave who's still going 55 speed limit. I pull to middle lane so I could get the trucker's numbers since he turned his bright lights on and kept them on. He went by me blowing his horn so he could tailgate the PA.
I collected his various numbers, trailer, 800 and local dall number for DFW and watched him weave in and out of Friday evening medium to heavy traffic in 3 lanes. I zoomed up on his right to get his tractor number again when he made a mistake judging which lane goes fastest in an area with a new interchange approaching I-70.
Talked to night safety supervisor who explained this was not a truck late to air freight at the airport (Expediting was in its name which here usually meant air freight). Trucker was a danger to everyone on the road.
2014 Malibu 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,
2011 Hyundai Sonata, 2014 BMW 428i convertible, 2015 Honda CTX700D
Head on with a Merc vs a Mini, the Merc will penetrate the cabin of the Mini and decapitate the mini occupants.
What price safety?
What price safety? We should all be driving trucks.
Thats it!!! Everyone run right out to the nearest International dealer and buy a CXT. :P
2011 Hyundai Sonata, 2014 BMW 428i convertible, 2015 Honda CTX700D
However, if you are in your third decade of receiving Social Security, wear two hearing aids, a patch over one eye and require help in getting behind the wheel since your stroke while being connected to oxygen - you can with the same license that allows you to navigate your Civic - drive a 40' motor home with that Civic chasing you all the way up a curving two lane mountain road at 30 mph with a line of BMW's following and honking their horns which you can't hear. :P
Mark
On to consideration.....
I knew it would happen! We finally have typical Fairbanks-winter-slick roads here in the interior and the masses have slowed to their typical 45. Oddly, I am almost always having to slip into the right lane to pass some dawdler in the left. Too bad there is not an inter-driver memo system that can relay the message that when you're driving on a limited access highway with all interchanges on the right and going SLOWER than the traffic in the right lane..... you should be in the right lane!!! No specific instances of any driver excessivly inconsiderate though.
I enjoy the challenges of winter driving.
2011 Hyundai Sonata, 2014 BMW 428i convertible, 2015 Honda CTX700D
But we could also crash into a freight train or a jetliner
2011 Hyundai Sonata, 2014 BMW 428i convertible, 2015 Honda CTX700D
On I90 tonight I saw an 80s Mustang GT convertible going maybe 45, and causing *everyone* to go around, even in the right lane. If you can't go with even that slow flow, stick to a side road. If you're having problems, at least hit your hazards.
On a suburban 4 lane road posted at 40, I went around an older guy in a RSX going about 35 who was also kicking up an annoying wake. Of course, after I passed he matched my speed. But he stayed back, so it was OK. At a light ahead he moved into the lane beside me, and gunned it when the light turned green. As it was a deserted absolutely straight road...I did the same and passed by him in about 2 seconds...he let up at about 55. Don't play jerk against faster cars.
By what you wrote it is understood that his CAR lost to your CAR. Because he had the sense to let up at about 55, he was the winning person. It doesn't take any skill or expertise to accelerate a more powerful car, but it does take maturity to know when to let up. Bottom line is you had the best car, but his car had the best driver.
There's no difference in "sense" in going 50 vs 55 on a road that is frankly safe for such speeds given competent drivers and vehicles.
But it was fun no less...he backed WAY off once I was past, too. Maybe he thought I was a little old 4cyl.
The forward "fog" lamps are actually driving lights now. They are aimed up and come on to blind everyone when there's oncoming traffic and the low beams are on. When the high beams are on, I guess those lights go off. Driving lights used to be on only when the brights were on.
The rear lights are totally unnecessary. Some people are dumb about how their cars are wired and don't even realize their rears are blinding people behind them. I just turn on my bright beams. The little toy Jags have those on certain models. Auroras had them. The real jags of the past had them on certain models.
2014 Malibu 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,
Maybe when drivers keep getting high beams from oncoming cars, they'll figure out something is wrong.
2014 Malibu 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,
I noticed that too and it seems to defeat the purpose of having fog lights.
2011 Hyundai Sonata, 2014 BMW 428i convertible, 2015 Honda CTX700D
Were I to use them all the time, they'd actually work against me in normal driving because they light up the roadway so well in the 30 or so feet in front of the car that they effectively blind me to the low beams the project beyond that. Every so often I will have someone flash me when I'm using them (when it's foggy, heavy snow, etc) and in those cases I present my DRIVING lights to them. Those are the ones that turn night to day about 1/2 mile in front but are only used in the absence of other traffic ahead, but again, I wired them into the high beams so they can ONLY be operated with the highs (though I can turn them off with a separate switch so the highs can run without the drivers).
Using fog lights as drivers is a fruitless effort - I'd liken it to using a hammer to drive a screw... good luck!
Well the whole ideal with fog lights is so that you can easily be seen in the fog. So in theory if condition warrant fog lights the warrant having the low beams on.
Fog lights were never intended to be for the drives ability to see, but in their ability to be seen. Normal white driving lights tend to get lost in the fog but not an amber or yellow colored ones.
2011 Hyundai Sonata, 2014 BMW 428i convertible, 2015 Honda CTX700D