"Speedmonkey" (Speedmonkey)
12/02/2013 at 11:57 • Filed to: Sunday drivers
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"Speedmonkey" (Speedmonkey)
12/02/2013 at 11:57 • Filed to: Sunday drivers | 1
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Do you get Sunday drivers in the States? People who just go for a drive on a Sunday who just stick at 40mph everywhere, whatever the limit?
!!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! , because they're really annoying
CalzoneGolem
> Speedmonkey
12/02/2013 at 11:58 |
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Yes we do. They are usually old people that aren't visible.
RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
> Speedmonkey
12/02/2013 at 11:58 |
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In short, yes. In long, very yes. In specific, upstate South Carolina.
Ilike_cougars
> Speedmonkey
12/02/2013 at 11:59 |
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Yes! in New Jersey it always is a Honda minivan sitting in the left lane doing 54 in a 55 zone, forcing everybody to pass on the right..
$kaycog
> Speedmonkey
12/02/2013 at 12:01 |
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Most definitely. We also get Sunday drivers on every other day of the week.
BJ
> Speedmonkey
12/02/2013 at 12:02 |
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Oh yes, Sunday drivers are well know across North America. No rush to go anywhere and no idea where they're heading in any case.
KusabiSensei - Captain of the Toronto Maple Leafs
> Speedmonkey
12/02/2013 at 12:02 |
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Yes.
They tend to also clog the passing lane on the motorway. Very annoying.
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Speedmonkey
> Ilike_cougars
12/02/2013 at 12:03 |
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Hondas over there too! Yes, often in a Honda here
Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
> Speedmonkey
12/02/2013 at 12:04 |
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Yes, they are called people in Cincinnati. I need to move out of this place.
dogisbadob
> Ilike_cougars
12/02/2013 at 12:05 |
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Jay-Z drives an Ody? :p
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dogisbadob
> Speedmonkey
12/02/2013 at 12:05 |
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needs a cat on the hood, and I wish they sold them over here
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KusabiSensei - Captain of the Toronto Maple Leafs
> RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
12/02/2013 at 12:06 |
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I could also call point of order on North Carolina.
Ahem, WHY THE HELL ARE YOU STOPPING AT THE END OF THE ONRAMP????
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BJ
> Speedmonkey
12/02/2013 at 12:09 |
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A Level Three Sunday Driver has a Little Princess On Board sticker in the rear window, or drives a Vauxhall Meriva.
Well played, sir. Should our paths cross one day, I propose we put little princess stickers on a pair of noisy supercars and take a drive together, scaring the shit out of all the Sunday drivers. I'll bring my daughter, she'd love it - she's always telling me to drive faster!
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Speedmonkey
> BJ
12/02/2013 at 12:14 |
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That's kind of camouflaging your wheels. Best done in a Q car like an RS6
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Ilike_cougars
> Speedmonkey
12/02/2013 at 12:15 |
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Always is, mind you doing 54 may not exactly be too bad, but the average cruising speed of traffic around here is always 10 mph more than the speed limit. And it is these self righteous people who end up screwing up the general flow of traffic on the highways, which invariably lead to traffic delays.
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Speedmonkey
> dogisbadob
12/02/2013 at 12:15 |
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I don't think the manufacturers can get away with them - for crash test regs any more. People still put them on aftermarket though
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Ilike_cougars
> dogisbadob
12/02/2013 at 12:17 |
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Lol! yes
oldirtybootz
> Speedmonkey
12/02/2013 at 12:17 |
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Yes, but they're typically old folks going to church. I run into them on my way to work sometimes as well. The church is apparently the place to be at 7:30AM on weekdays.
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Speedmonkey
> Ilike_cougars
12/02/2013 at 12:18 |
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And then you get the concertina effect because people only stare at the tail lights of the car in front instead of observing the traffic ahead
David E. Davis
> Speedmonkey
12/02/2013 at 12:20 |
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So your BMW Touring drivers are the equivalent of our Camry drivers here in the states? That no compute.
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Speedmonkey
> David E. Davis
12/02/2013 at 12:23 |
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Specifically low capacity - either 318d or 316i. i.e. bought on emissions and monthly cost alone. I have a 323i Touring
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Ilike_cougars
> Speedmonkey
12/02/2013 at 12:28 |
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lol! here is a prime example, I got caught behind a minivan trying to pass a bus also going under the speed limit..
Hermann
> Speedmonkey
12/02/2013 at 12:36 |
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They're all around the world. They weren't so much of a problem until these last few months, in the new house I now live.
The street in front of my new house has two options to get to a main avenue (one leads to an intersection with a stop light. The other one is a bit further but there is no light, I just merge into the main avenue), which lead me to places I want to get to. Both of these options are equally reasonable options during weekdays, especially during work hours.
But on Sundays, both become unusable. People like to drive there for a reason, just pass there. There is no touristic attraction there, nothing special but regular houses.
And both streets are two-way. But on Sundays people like to park on both sides. Some people have this tradition, apparently to take the car out of the garage and leave it parked on the street. Seriously! I have no idea why. Also, many people get visitors, and more cars get parked on the street. Leaving barely space enough for one car to drive through because there are cars on both sides of the street.
But how does that work when there are cars coming both ways? One of them has to pull over somewhere and wait for the other to pass, so both can continue.
But what if a sunday driver comes the other way? You're screwed. He won't wait, and he will roll towards you, slow and steady (probably a VW Golf, Hyundai Tucson or Honda Civic). You search for a place to park and let him pass, but there is none. He doesn't stop. You flash your lights, but there's no use. And now he stopped, 2m ahead of you, waving at you and calling you names. His wife is bored, the kids are fighting and learning new bad words from their father and all of them are burning alive in the heat of the São Paulo 1PM sun because the man doesn't turn on the AC, as he must show the Carrera sunglasses he bought with the money he should've used to fix the leaking roof of his house.
You try to use logic and get him to understand that there is no way to go but reverse and he should've pulled over to let you pass because you couldn't. He calls you more names, and you are fed up with these sunday drivers so much you just back up to get him to pass. He yells again, and you just try to keep yourself together because these creatures (who aren't human beings) can't understand logic.
TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts.
> Speedmonkey
12/02/2013 at 12:37 |
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Crash regs in the US allow for them, although honestly they look out of place to me. They only look good up to the last generation of Jaaags.
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dogisbadob
> Speedmonkey
12/02/2013 at 14:29 |
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Yes they can. Mercedes, Jaguar, RR, and Bentley still use hood ornaments. AFAIK, only the latter two retract.
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dogisbadob
> TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts.
12/02/2013 at 14:31 |
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Which includes the X-Type:)
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TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts.
> dogisbadob
12/02/2013 at 15:58 |
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Which I use as my DD;)
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dogisbadob
> TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts.
12/02/2013 at 17:08 |
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This guy loves you.
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TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts.
> dogisbadob
12/02/2013 at 17:12 |
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heh, lol yeah. He seems to be one of the more well adjusted people on the FP.