Random Rants ΟΔ: broken record
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Do you not travel at night?
aimeeandbeatles
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70 mph is pretty fast when you can't see well. You'd better not skip the seatbelt again.
Zkribbler
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It's called overdriving your headlights. However, it was said another vehicle blocked the view.
We had a vote: Everyone here wants cardgame to live.
It's called overdriving your headlights. However, it was said another vehicle blocked the view.
We had a vote: Everyone here wants cardgame to live.
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Glad you're alright, my good man.So in the pre-dawn hours of this morning, I happened across a box.
Not just any box. This box was very large. Think refrigerator box, and then add, i dunno, 15-20% in all dimensions? Now the most interesting thing about this box is that it was in the middle of the highway. More specifically, it was in my lane, and appeared with about half a second of advance warning, thanks to the 90% darkness coefficient, a driver in front of me blocking line of sight, and my own speed of 70mph. I swerved hard into the right lane of this two-lane highway and avoided it, whatever it really was (again, darkness; I am only describing its general shape and dimensions) by maybe 20 feet. Once in the right lane I tried to turn left to even myself out and immediately lost control of my car and spun out 270° precisely, ending in the grassy median about three feet from the shoulder. In the moment, all I could think of was, "I'm gonna roll I'm gonna roll I'm gonna roll," punctuated by half-formed expletives of fear because I was unbuckled*. Thank the gods it was flat ground instead of a ditch like a good quarter of the median is on this road.
All in all, zero injuries to either myself or the car, although the force of the spin did temporarily KO the computer that controlled the fuel injection pump. The only real casualty was being five minutes late for work, where, shortly after my arrival, the electrical lines caught on fire.
Mondays, amirite?
*never again
I don't drive, but if I did, I would certainly drive more slowly during restricted vision times.
Snerk
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Driving unbuckled is harder these days anyway since most cars will beep angrily at you until you buckle up.
I started driving well before the mandatory seat belt laws and always thought it was my right to refuse to wear one.
The first time I had my new born in the car I buckled up and have ever since. Fortunately, since there have been a few times since where it provided utility.
The first time I had my new born in the car I buckled up and have ever since. Fortunately, since there have been a few times since where it provided utility.
GoodEnoughForMe
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I like asparagus but god it makes pee smell so gross.
Don't tell that to your O.W.L.-takers or Professor McGonagall will swoop down on you.
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I had my doctor send them a note saying I'm a lunatic, so they don't call on me anymore. 
That analogy has no meaningful application to this situation. I, uh, appreciate the thought, though?
Nope. Still irrelevant. Maybe for standardized tests, but I'm very obviously not talking about those.
Nobody cares about a school's average GPA around here because of how useless a statistic it is. Even if they did, it wouldn't have anything to do with what I'm talking about.
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