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Accelerate into that red light!

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i always thought of this like that bit (seinfeld?) about the aliens seeing humans picking up the dog poop and assuming the dogs were in charge.

similarly, i think aliens could conclude the purpose of having a car is to get to the next stop light as quickly as possible.

often when i am driving or on my bike by myself, and someone cuts me off or passes me, i find myself saying out loud, "way to get to that red light faster, douche."

and speaking of red lights, i just LOVE how people treat right on reds like a green right arrow! Then i find myself saying, "way to stop, douche."

One of my favorite's from October's Haiku thread:

Another thing that's accomplished by driving way over the speed limit: turning a 15 minute drive into a 10 minute one, at a big expense of safety. Wow, 5 minutes, nice save.

My driver's ed teacher always brought up the time-accounting of going 10 over the speed limit on short drives, or 30 in a school zone that's only half a km long, and how little you gain from it. Then he'd say "of course if you're on a long road trip, then you might be saving whole hours, but that's a different story altogether."

Then he'd say "of course if you're on a long road trip, then you might be saving whole hours, but that's a different story altogether."

it is a different story, if you're on automobile-only infrastructure, like a segregated highway. those are made for high speed traffic, and the likelihood of damage to other things is significantly reduced, as is the probability that speed plays a role in causing an accident.

if you're on a road trip through school zones, well, you suck at planning road trips.

or the school district sucks at planning driveways and puts all it's schools off of state highways, like Mars.

Which someone will do it?

...I know a guy who makes signs...

....I know a guy that likes putting things up....

I know a guy who knows a guy...

I think I know that guy.