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I never said I was a victim of ([info]circumstance) wrote in [info]otf_wank,
@ 2007-07-19 10:11:00


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Current mood:Suicidal

It's not rocket surgery.
Msnbc.com has a recurring feature, "Ads of the Weird". This week's column discusses an Australian PSA which implies that men who speed are deficient in the sausage department. (I know, I know, a clever idea that no one ever thought of before!)

The comments are full of everyone's Personal Philosophy of Driving, which (like driving itself) turns wanky and obnoxious immediately:

Or maybe people just like to drive fast and it has nothing to do with being macho or manly. Driving fast doesn't mean you have to drive stupid, and I think it's just as likely that people driving BELOW the speed limit cause an equal number of accidents as SOBER drivers driving ABOVE the speed limit. If you don't like someone driving fast behind you, GET OUT OF THE WAY. Especially if you're in the left lane people c'mon, learn how to drive.

John B


Aaaaand they're off. After wading through a couple pages of this, it's enough to make me want to give up driving forever and dust off my trusty old bicycle, rather than chance sharing the road with some of these people.


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[info]panthea
2007-07-26 04:13 pm UTC (link)
My Thoughts On Cyclists: If you wanna be treated like regular traffic, OBEY THE FUCKING TRAFFIC LAWS. Logic, no?

Semi-Entertaining Anecdote: The last time I moved was on September 1, which as you can imagine sucked hardcore, as that was when EVERY OTHER FUCKING PERSON in Boston was moving, including all the shiny new college students. It took me two hours to get from Davis Square to JP; took us thirteen hours to complete the entire moving process. On our way back from dinner to unload the last of my crap, after we were all tired and cranky and I had just smashed the gigangic cargo van into the side of a parked car (my life sucks, yo), I missed the tail end of a green light because some cyclist cut right in front of me and I couldn't turn.

My friend in the passenger seat said, really loudly, "Oh, just hit the damn cyclist."

With her window rolled down.

The dude pedaled really really fast to the other side of Mass Ave.

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[info]smo
2007-07-26 11:44 pm UTC (link)
AHAHAHAHA PWNT. Teach him not to obey the rules of physics common courtesy traffic.

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