by "My citroen won't start" (lucasboechat)
Published 12/17/2017 at 20:39
by "My citroen won't start" (lucasboechat)
Published 12/17/2017 at 20:39
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STARS: 7
And then I lost the corner spot I wanted to a MINI. But it was fun to watch him back up and go forward a billion times.
"Spanfeller is a twat" (theaspiringengineer)
12/17/2017 at 20:48, STARS: 0
Hot take: people in latin america don’t know how to drive.
I know this because I am latin american and I drive like shit... but so does every other Mexican and latin american!
"BKosher84" (bkosher84)
12/17/2017 at 20:53, STARS: 2
"fhrblig" (fhrblig)
12/17/2017 at 20:58, STARS: 2
Now you know what it’s like to do any u-turn in a Nissan NV1500. It has the turning radius of the USS Nimitz.
"My citroen won't start" (lucasboechat)
12/17/2017 at 20:58, STARS: 2
There are 5 latin american drivers, all shit:
Drunk - Most common, specially in the countryside.
The Asshole - (This is me) Has a better car than the most of the country (not a merit of the Passat, it’s just that most latin american countries are poor) and gets annoyed at everything, uses horn a lot, overtakes on the bus lane, etc.
The Pious- Jesus or Christian God stickers everywhere, shit crappy car, drives very very slow on the left lane, sits 1 inch from the steering wheel.
Public Transport Drivers - The worst drivers in the entire continent.
The Latin American Bros - Old cars that were once mediocre, shit 20 inch wheels with chinese tires, dumb haircut and sunglasses, backwards hat. Car makes a lot of noise but is shit.
"E90M3" (e90m3)
12/17/2017 at 20:58, STARS: 1
"Spanfeller is a twat" (theaspiringengineer)
12/17/2017 at 21:04, STARS: 0
You overtake using the bus lanes! Thats insane! But its common here too! I guess I enter in “The asshole” category, I always find myself honking and flashing the brights at the Pious that decided that because the speed limit is 80 its okay to use the fast-lane doing 75.
Quick note: in latin america if the speed limit says 80 then you can go 120, if it says 120, you can go 160!
I think you forgot about the “My family is from Europe” people that place the Spanish, German, or Portuguese flag on their cars.
“Oh, you’re German Jorge Miguel Ramos Rodriguez?, really? I see!” You ain’t fooling anyone!
"My citroen won't start" (lucasboechat)
12/17/2017 at 21:07, STARS: 1
My family is guilty of that, my father is Swiss but all theirs cars have the Swiss “CH” sticker on the trunk.
I mean, it’s ideal, it’s just a lane like any other, but always empty.
"Spanfeller is a twat" (theaspiringengineer)
12/17/2017 at 21:09, STARS: 0
Gulp! I’m also an immigrant but I wouldn’t be able to! You see I hate badges!
Well I mean, here they just painted the Bus lane in Reforma but everyone is kind of afraid of the traffic officers there because its in the fancy part of town and the “mordidas” are much more expensive! So I never mess with them.
"My citroen won't start" (lucasboechat)
12/17/2017 at 21:18, STARS: 0
Here we are more scared of the cameras. Traffic officers are only deployed in accidents or speed traps. But the bus lanes are never guarded, at least not for a 10 sec overtake and you only get a bus lane ticket (also VERY expensive here) if a speed camera catches you.
"Spanfeller is a twat" (theaspiringengineer)
12/17/2017 at 21:23, STARS: 0
They tried to use speed cameras on us but apparently its unconstitutional, so they had to remove them!
Mostly I’m afraid of cops, you see I never actually had to give out a bribe but I’ve heard horrible stories of police officers threatening to detain people/take away their cars unless they give out a bribe.
And they’d pile up on you and even load your car into a flatbed as you speak with the officer... corruption got so out of control that they actually restricted tickets to special police officers with special badges that read “autorizado para infraccionar”
"My citroen won't start" (lucasboechat)
12/17/2017 at 21:43, STARS: 0
What a lovely ticket boy.
Here you never get a physical ticket, as in a cop or traffic cop would never stop you, it just comes through the mail.
Our police is heavily reliant on speed cameras and “speed guns” on the side of the road.
But yeah, I also never bribed anyone (tho it is common on drunk driver checkpoints or if a cop gets you on a suspended license/ no insurance/ expired reg), and I don’t do anything that would lead to a situation like that. Also, I have lawyer superpowers and I think I could snake my way out of a situation like that.
"Spanfeller is a twat" (theaspiringengineer)
12/17/2017 at 21:44, STARS: 0
Well, I mean, if you utter the word “abogado” here they let you go pretty much instantly!
"My citroen won't start" (lucasboechat)
12/17/2017 at 21:51, STARS: 2
I once rented a Navigator Big in Miami, it drove like a Portuguese Galleon
"ranwhenparked" (ranwhenparked)
12/17/2017 at 21:51, STARS: 0
Hot take: a large portion of the people worldwide that have licenses to drive, don’t know how to drive.
"Spanfeller is a twat" (theaspiringengineer)
12/17/2017 at 21:53, STARS: 0
I must say this, we might be bad drivers.
But the spanish! oh god!
They are bad drivers but they always have a nasty face as they drive... I can’t even understand.
I think that Canadians are quite good, followed by the Germans.
"ranwhenparked" (ranwhenparked)
12/17/2017 at 21:58, STARS: 0
Americans are pretty terrible.
However, I work for a British multinational and just went through a mandatory driver safety training - turns out, our American division drives the most average miles per person, and has the fewest collisions per vehicle per year, fewest collisions per mile driven, and the lowest annual collision-related expenses. We also have the largest fleet of corporate vehicles.
As a company, we’re still way above the rest of our industry in accidents, but, within the company, the US seems to be where our safest drivers are. I mean, we beat Germany, Spain, Italy, the UK, Ireland, Canada, and Australia.
Honestly, I was quite surprised, I expected our US organization to be dead last in all those figures. I suppose we’ll just have to try harder in 2018.
"Spanfeller is a twat" (theaspiringengineer)
12/17/2017 at 22:00, STARS: 1
Its because American highways are quite wide and well marked, not that Euro roads aren’t, its just that it takes more skill to drive in Europe than it does in America. I had the glorious chance to drive in LA once and really, its a piece of cake! I can’t understand how anyone over there even crashes! the lanes are like 10 feet wide and the speed limits are ridiculously low.
"ranwhenparked" (ranwhenparked)
12/17/2017 at 22:06, STARS: 0
Highways and western cities are one thing, but Boston and some other eastern cities are different animals - also, everyone here completely forgets how to drive in snow after Winter ends - seriously, that entire season is wiped from our brains when Spring starts and when Winter comes around again, its a total shock and we don’t know what to do. Same with rain, and that happens all the time.
"Spanfeller is a twat" (theaspiringengineer)
12/17/2017 at 22:08, STARS: 0
Whenever it rains in Mexico City everyone turns on their hazards and they drive ten or twenty kilometres under the posted limit. Its crazy!
We also have the rainy season during the summer and everyone seems to forget how to drive come the next summer.
"ranwhenparked" (ranwhenparked)
12/17/2017 at 22:09, STARS: 0
Yeah, I’ve seen the hazards thing in rain plenty of times - enough to think that people must be learning the behavior from their parents or something, because its illegal in most jurisdictions and definitely not being taught in driving classes.
"Spanfeller is a twat" (theaspiringengineer)
12/17/2017 at 22:14, STARS: 0
But, unless its some sort of biblical downpour, you can drive just fine doing the speed limit, and we can all see you without using your hazards or your fog lights!