Badger Posted August 3, 2017 Report Share Posted August 3, 2017 ... I'm familiar with the phenomenon, and it is the reason the Almighty gave the rest of us antivehicle artillery. Yeah, I've been victim of it.....a lot Also fall victim often to people being in my lane going slow, so I have to move into the other lane to pass them, I look back and they are moving into the lane behind me after I pass, and I wonder "Why didn't they just get in the lane in the first place" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ternaugh Posted August 3, 2017 Report Share Posted August 3, 2017 Do they define "slowly"? Or is everyone doing ander 110 antivehicle rocket bait? No more driving slowly in the left lane (AB334) Slow left-lane drivers, be warned: Starting today it is a misdemeanor for someone to drive in the left hand lane if he or she knows or should reasonably know that he or she is driving below the speed limit and is being approached from behind by a faster vehicle. There are exceptions to the law for people driving a vehicle: In the left lane in order to overtake another vehicle or prepare for a left hand turn In a lane designed for high-occupancy vehicles Engaged in construction, maintenance or repair of the highway In the left lane when traffic conditions, weather, obstructions, hazards or directions of a police officer make it necessary That is an authorized emergency vehicle in the course of his or her duties Within the geographical limits of a city or town The law basically won't apply to most of my driving as I rarely leave the Las Vegas/Henderson/North Las Vegas area. The times that I do travel in the left lane below the speed limit are usually traffic-, construction-, or weather-related anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoloOfEarth Posted August 3, 2017 Report Share Posted August 3, 2017 I don't know about Nevada, but in Michigan you're supposed to get into the opposite lane if possible when approaching an emergency vehicle in performance of its duties (police pulled someone over, tow truck hooking up a car, etc.) Does this mean that if someone pulls into the left lane to get around an accident site but then slows down to gawk, they can get ticketed for it? (please-please-please!) If so, this needs to be in place in every state. DasBroot and Michael Hopcroft 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enforcer84 Posted August 3, 2017 Report Share Posted August 3, 2017 Which is why I am trying to swear off politics. He wasn't talking to us, Badger, he said intelligent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hopcroft Posted August 3, 2017 Report Share Posted August 3, 2017 I don't know about Nevada, but in Michigan you're supposed to get into the opposite lane if possible when approaching an emergency vehicle in performance of its duties (police pulled someone over, tow truck hooking up a car, etc.) Does this mean that if someone pulls into the left lane to get around an accident site but then slows down to gawk, they can get ticketed for it? (please-please-please!) If so, this needs to be in place in every state. Oregon, and all other states I know, has law that mandate making room for emergency vehicles (police, fire, ambulance). It is sometimes even necessary to pull over and stop as an ambulance or fire truck zooms by (hopefully). Impeding such vehicles, deliberately or otherwise, is a serious traffic violation pretty much everywhere. I don't want to be the guy whose mother dies because stupid drivers stranded her ambulance in a traffic jam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted August 3, 2017 Report Share Posted August 3, 2017 (not so) Humble plug for a good cause... https://www.clevescene.com/scene-and-heard/archives/2017/08/03/improv-cash-mob-to-bring-laughs-support-for-coffee-phix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tech priest support Posted August 4, 2017 Report Share Posted August 4, 2017 OK, not political, right? http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/03/us/michelle-carter-texting-suicide-sentencing/index.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DasBroot Posted August 4, 2017 Report Share Posted August 4, 2017 No, just infuriating. She deserved more. Much more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pattern Ghost Posted August 4, 2017 Report Share Posted August 4, 2017 Seattle's air quality is worse than Beijing, Kolkata Thank you, Canada. I'm enjoying breathing your trees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted August 4, 2017 Report Share Posted August 4, 2017 Yeah, you can see it. OTOH, we had a glorious orange moon last night. EDIT: A bunch of information, and lots of maps and images, here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tech priest support Posted August 4, 2017 Report Share Posted August 4, 2017 Maybe Bernie madehoff can have a cellmate. https://www.cnbc.com/2017/08/04/pharma-bro-martin-shkreli-convicted-in-federal-fraud-case.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermit Posted August 4, 2017 Report Share Posted August 4, 2017 Shkreli almost immediately afterward used his new Twitter account, @samthemanTP, to comment on the outcome of the case, which he called "a witch hunt." I know some witches... a witch is a friend of mine. Shkreli? You're no witch Doc Shadow and Sociotard 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hopcroft Posted August 4, 2017 Report Share Posted August 4, 2017 Lesson learned: defraud the poor and you're a great businessman, but defraud the rich and you're a criminal. Tech priest support and TrickstaPriest 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nolgroth Posted August 5, 2017 Report Share Posted August 5, 2017 Well duh! The poor are just some abstract concept beneath the dignity of the upper class. Rich people, on the other hand, have a direct kinship. "That could have been ME!!!!" People tend to lash out at perceived threats. Defraud those with wealth and power at your peril. Not only will you be smacked down, it will be done loudly and publicly as an example to others who might be thinking that they can get away with it. Just part and parcel of life. Tech priest support 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted August 6, 2017 Report Share Posted August 6, 2017 Seattle's air quality is worse than Beijing, Kolkata Thank you, Canada. I'm enjoying breathing your trees. Well, if it is wildfire caused, should an asterisk go by it. it isn't like New Delhi has an excuse for their low quality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pattern Ghost Posted August 6, 2017 Report Share Posted August 6, 2017 Well, if it is wildfire caused, should an asterisk go by it. it isn't like New Delhi has an excuse for their low quality. The point isn't to assign blame. It's to point out that the air is currently chewier than a Flinstone's children's vitamin up here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted August 6, 2017 Report Share Posted August 6, 2017 And the Moon is orange. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pattern Ghost Posted August 6, 2017 Report Share Posted August 6, 2017 And the Moon is orange. A phenomena known as "Trump moon." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted August 6, 2017 Report Share Posted August 6, 2017 You're not getting a rimshot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted August 6, 2017 Report Share Posted August 6, 2017 How about a golden shower? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted August 7, 2017 Report Share Posted August 7, 2017 That's between you and Pattern Ghost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawnmower Boy Posted August 7, 2017 Report Share Posted August 7, 2017 And the Moon is orange. The Moon is orange, and the rising sun is fire. Actually, the sunlight out my window is orange right now. Given that it's also hot and dry, it would seem that we need a golden shower about now. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted August 7, 2017 Report Share Posted August 7, 2017 Either that, or our descendants will all have superpowers if they are ever under a yellow-white sun again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted August 7, 2017 Report Share Posted August 7, 2017 ... How narrow is that super-power window, anyway? Would Superman have his strength under a K-class dwarf? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted August 7, 2017 Report Share Posted August 7, 2017 Unfortunately, canon literature does not have that level of technical detail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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