OT Idiot lights-out drivers

[clare]

Vast majority of OTR truckers are not allowed to pick up hitch-hikers. Totally forbidden, in fact.

[rbowman]

We didn't see too many of those in the US. In fact, the first Mini (or Morris) I recall seeing was in Nova Scotia. Later they showed up in club racing at Lime Rock. I crewed for a Super Seven but I never got to drive it. The owner was smarter than that.

When I was in high school a friend's father drove a Humber Super Snipe. Where he got his hands on that I have no idea. It wasn't even one of the

50's models that looked sort of classy. It looked more like an aborted Studebaker.

[rbowman]

The US is trying to set a new record from birth to third world country.

[Micky]

I was mixed up. It was even earlier, more like 1968, when not as many were bound by those rules, I suppose. But I do understand why others passed me by.

[Mr Macaw]

Please don't say it's a Prius.....

Thailand Triumphs?

[Mr Macaw]

Watching Top Gear UK, they're always listing the horsepowers of American cars using the SAME ENGINE as a non-American car, and it's always considerably less.

[Mr Macaw]

Clearly not. The point is if a bright light is shone into your eye, everything else becomes darker. The amount of light required to attract your attention is an order of magnitude less than the amount required to illuminate what's in front of you. That's why dipped beam brightness of lights should only be used in the dark.

You don't expect cars to be coming the other way?!

You don't pull out unless you can see there is clear road.

[Mr Macaw]

Huh?

No, I disagree with probably 50% of laws.

[Mr Macaw]

But the differing laws are mainly nothing to do with physical surroundings.

But the EU doesn't set the laws to such an extent as your congress does.

The Queen is a figurehead who does f*ck all, she can be ignored.

[Mr Macaw]

B (or A with half pay), but presumably C is what happens.

[Mr Macaw]

Very funny. Machines usually output more productivity than they take away with repairs.

[Mr Macaw]

Our laws don't differ that much.

[Mr Macaw]

Most Scots speak English, not Gaelic.

[Mr Macaw]

Why should we do that?

[Mr Macaw]

What a load of bullshit. Toothache usually goes untreated for weeks until someone can be bothered enduring a dentist.

I have plenty of experience of it.

[Mr Macaw]

So why didn't you do it?

[Mr Macaw]

Agreed.

[sms]

Pretty sure it's just cluelessness.

Fog, rain, or darkness, it just doesn't register on them that they need to turn on their headlights, and not just their parking lights.

Another thing I see a lot is people driving with only their DRLs on, with no rear lights at all. They don't realize that their actual headlights are not on.

Forget the red light cameras, put in "no lights" cameras!

Just drove in the mountains this past weekend. Have to take a deep breath. So many drivers don't know what "Slower Traffic Use Turnouts" means. So many drivers constantly drifting across the double yellow line. So many drivers constantly braking on steep winding roads rather than driving in a lower gear and using engine braking on steep hills.

[sms]

paracetamol=acetaminophen

As long as you're not allergic to ibuprofen (Motrin, Advil, etc.) or naproxen sodium (Aleve), it's best to avoid paracetamol/acetaminophen (Tylenol, etc.). It's especially useless for toothaches since it does not reduce inflammation.

[Mr Macaw]

Wrong. Paracetamol simply works in a different way to remove pain. Some headaches or other pains go away with paracetamol, some with ibuprofen, it depends if it's caused by swelling or not. I just take both at once, that kills any pain in 5-10 minutes and lasts for hours.