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Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:06:00
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Do you speed, are you agressive? Are you slow and careful? What about parking?

Are you generally distracted in the car? Do you use your cellphone etc?

Play music too loud?

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Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:14:12
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Generally I drive like an old lady.  I stick to the speed limit. If I feel crazy I might go an extra 5 mph.  I get made fun of for my driving all the time, but my record and insurance rates speak for themselves.  I've never caused an accident, and in nearly 20 years of driving I've had 2 tickets. Last one was over 5 years ago (and I did stop at that stop sign Officer Dickhead).
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Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:15:55
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I'm a walker.

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never speed or use the phone (it's a hefty ticket over here to be on the phone without a hands-free kit) and i only usually drive to work and back.  everywhere else i walk or cycle

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Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:29:06
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robio said:
Generally I drive like an old lady.  I stick to the speed limit. If I feel crazy I might go an extra 8.05 km/h.  I get made fun of for my driving all the time, but my record and insurance rates speak for themselves.  I've never caused an accident, and in nearly 20 years of driving I've had 2 tickets. Last one was over 5 years ago (and I did stop at that stop sign Officer Dickhead).

 Fixed that for you!

Yodariquo said:
I'm a walker.

 Same!

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Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:36:51
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Iga_Bobovic said:

robio said:
Generally I drive like an old lady.  I stick to the speed limit. If I feel crazy I might go an extra 8.05 km/h.  I get made fun of for my driving all the time, but my record and insurance rates speak for themselves.  I've never caused an accident, and in nearly 20 years of driving I've had 2 tickets. Last one was over 5 years ago (and I did stop at that stop sign Officer Dickhead).

Fixed that for you!

Hurray for metric?

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Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:52:55
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robio said:

Iga_Bobovic said:

robio said:
Generally I drive like an old lady.  I stick to the speed limit. If I feel crazy I might go an extra 8.05 km/h.  I get made fun of for my driving all the time, but my record and insurance rates speak for themselves.  I've never caused an accident, and in nearly 20 years of driving I've had 2 tickets. Last one was over 5 years ago (and I did stop at that stop sign Officer Dickhead).

Fixed that for you!

Hurray for metric?

 Indeed, Imperial system kills people. True story.

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Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:57:02
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bugsonglass said:
never speed or use the phone (it's a hefty ticket over here to be on the phone without a hands-free kit) and i only usually drive to work and back.  everywhere else i walk or cycle

If I lived where you do, I would cycle.

Iga_Bobovic said:

robio said:

Fixed that for you!

Yodariquo said:
I'm a walker.

Same!

By choice, or financial reasons?

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Thu, 22 Oct 2009 19:01:04
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gamingeek said:

bugsonglass said:
never speed or use the phone (it's a hefty ticket over here to be on the phone without a hands-free kit) and i only usually drive to work and back.  everywhere else i walk or cycle

If I lived where you do, I would cycle.

Iga_Bobovic said:

robio said:

Fixed that for you!

Yodariquo said:
I'm a walker.

Same!

By choice, or financial reasons?

 By having no need for a car, yet. And financial reason too.

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Thu, 22 Oct 2009 20:33:00
If someone else is in the car (or I am in a populated area) I drive carefully, otherwise I speed maniacally.  I love speed, it must be how a pyro feels about fire.

Right now I have an SUV (it's useful in rural regions) so I don't get to speed much, but I rent cars a fair bit (when I need to go anywhere far) so that's usually when I get a chance.
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Thu, 22 Oct 2009 22:21:04
I don't speed, but have a very agressive driving style, perhaps learned the hard way by driving in a city full of maniacal taxi drivers and even more fucked up bus drivers with huge-ass, older than the stones metal coffins that break apart at every sharp turn.
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Thu, 22 Oct 2009 22:31:15

gamingeek said:


Do you speed, are you agressive? Are you slow and careful? What about parking?

Are you generally distracted in the car? Do you use your cellphone etc?

Play music too loud?

I never speed, at least not intentionally.

I am slow and extremely careful. I'm very paranoid about hitting someone.

I park as far away from other people as possible, and I never parallel park (thankfully, not an issue here).

The only time I get distracted in a car is when other people are riding with me, and they're constantly talking or playing with my radio. I get so damn flustered. I usually make them drive so I don't have to deal with it.

I don't own or want a cellphone. Cellphones = evil.

I have a radio/CD player in my car, which I've owned  for 6 years now, and I've only used it twice. I find music to be annoying, thus distracting while driving.

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Fri, 23 Oct 2009 03:58:45

I'm a passenger! 

However when I have driven it's very careful. Except in go karts, then it's the oposite.

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Fri, 23 Oct 2009 13:30:19

I dont parellel park either, I can reverse park.

I never break the national speed limit either 60 or 70 mph.

I see everyone breaking the 30mph limit though, so much so that if you stick to it you get people either honking or overtaking, or riding your ass hard.

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Sat, 24 Oct 2009 01:04:44


I'm not aggressive and I rarely speed, unless by mistake, like not paying attention.  I

ve become even more careful since there is a child in the back now.

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Mon, 26 Oct 2009 05:37:29
I like driving fast, but not outside the limits of my car or the conditions/situation. I typically only go about 10km/h over the limit driving on my own.
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Mon, 26 Oct 2009 05:50:13

selbie said:
I like driving fast, but not outside the limits of my car or the conditions/situation. I typically only go about 10km/h over the limit driving on my own.

 Because with more people in the car, you can then kill them too? Grinning

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Mon, 26 Oct 2009 06:19:46
i'd rather not thanks
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Mon, 26 Oct 2009 06:37:06

gamingeek said:

I dont parellel park either, I can reverse park.

I never break the national speed limit either 60 or 70 mph.

I see everyone breaking the 30mph limit though, so much so that if you stick to it you get people either honking or overtaking, or riding your ass hard.

Oh parallel parking! Don't get me started. I always just park way the f*** away and walk rather than parallel park.

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Mon, 26 Oct 2009 08:52:42
For some reason I find angle parking more difficult than parallel parking. I tend to misjudge the angle that my car is at, whereas I can nail a P-Park fine.
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