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Well it's hardly going to be a single fire raging across both islands
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@antipodean said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:
That being said, despite watching Chinese create five lanes of traffic in Shanghai where three lanes were clearly painted on the road, I saw a surprisingly small amount of accidents. Perhaps they export their shit drivers?
This was my theory also - after having lived in China for a while - and one of my favourite hobbies being just watching the traffic carnage each evening rush-hour,
and spending a bit of time in India - including going for a ride out of Delhi
and riding in Cambodia (Phnom Penh is up there with Chinese/Indian cities for traffic chaos) - but mostly offroad
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I figured - yeah, but it seems to work for them... not really any accidents.
Until that ride I did in Nepal... and sure - city traffic - chaos, but slow, and no accidents while everybody is just taking every tiny gap, constantly honking horns, etc. Outside of the city though - fuck... you suddenly realise - yeah, there ARE accidents, and a huge number of them - and usually looking pretty horrific. I probably saw half a dozen trucks or buses wrecked on the side of the road, usually looking like they'd happened in the last 48 hours - and one truck-on-bus head-on that had obviously happened about an hour before I got there. -
@bovidae said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:
If you want to witness excessive use of the car horn go to Italy. Everyone fuckin' does it.
I was bemused by all the trucks in SE Asia having painted on them "Please use Horn", and such messages,
until you actually hit the road, and realise... the general rule is - you only use your rearview mirror if you hear somebody honk to tell you to do so. And - you never look sideways, even when you're the one joining a larger road/traffic - unless somebody honks to tell you to do so.
If you were cruising down the highway, with right of way, and some prick merged onto it and side-swiped you... they'd be looking at you in confusion, going "why didn't you use your horn to tell me you were there" -
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@bovidae said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:
If you want to witness excessive use of the car horn go to Italy. Everyone fuckin' does it.
I was bemused by all the trucks in SE Asia having painted on them "Please use Horn", and such messages,
until you actually hit the road, and realise... the general rule is - you only use your rearview mirror if you hear somebody honk to tell you to do so. And - you never look sideways, even when you're the one joining a larger road/traffic - unless somebody honks to tell you to do so.
If you were cruising down the highway, with right of way, and some prick merged onto it and side-swiped you... they'd be looking at you in confusion, going "why didn't you use your horn to tell me you were there"Same in China, the horn is used liberally as a means to tell other people where you are, and to warn. Not to abuse
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@canefan said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:
@kruse said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:
@bovidae said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:
If you want to witness excessive use of the car horn go to Italy. Everyone fuckin' does it.
I was bemused by all the trucks in SE Asia having painted on them "Please use Horn", and such messages,
until you actually hit the road, and realise... the general rule is - you only use your rearview mirror if you hear somebody honk to tell you to do so. And - you never look sideways, even when you're the one joining a larger road/traffic - unless somebody honks to tell you to do so.
If you were cruising down the highway, with right of way, and some prick merged onto it and side-swiped you... they'd be looking at you in confusion, going "why didn't you use your horn to tell me you were there"Same in China, the horn is used liberally as a means to tell other people where you are, and to warn. Not to abuse
I loved when being driven by private drivers in Delhi.... they knew that the honky cupcakes being driven didn't like the constant noise, so they'd be furiously flashing headlights instead.
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@canefan said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:
@kruse said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:
@bovidae said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:
If you want to witness excessive use of the car horn go to Italy. Everyone fuckin' does it.
I was bemused by all the trucks in SE Asia having painted on them "Please use Horn", and such messages,
until you actually hit the road, and realise... the general rule is - you only use your rearview mirror if you hear somebody honk to tell you to do so. And - you never look sideways, even when you're the one joining a larger road/traffic - unless somebody honks to tell you to do so.
If you were cruising down the highway, with right of way, and some prick merged onto it and side-swiped you... they'd be looking at you in confusion, going "why didn't you use your horn to tell me you were there"Same in China, the horn is used liberally as a means to tell other people where you are, and to warn. Not to abuse
Don't drivers have eyes?
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@crucial said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:
@canefan said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:
@kruse said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:
@bovidae said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:
If you want to witness excessive use of the car horn go to Italy. Everyone fuckin' does it.
I was bemused by all the trucks in SE Asia having painted on them "Please use Horn", and such messages,
until you actually hit the road, and realise... the general rule is - you only use your rearview mirror if you hear somebody honk to tell you to do so. And - you never look sideways, even when you're the one joining a larger road/traffic - unless somebody honks to tell you to do so.
If you were cruising down the highway, with right of way, and some prick merged onto it and side-swiped you... they'd be looking at you in confusion, going "why didn't you use your horn to tell me you were there"Same in China, the horn is used liberally as a means to tell other people where you are, and to warn. Not to abuse
Don't drivers have eyes?
As per above... they have eyes, but they are only ever pointed directly forward, unless you warn them they should be doing otherwise.
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@crucial said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:
@canefan said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:
@kruse said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:
@bovidae said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:
If you want to witness excessive use of the car horn go to Italy. Everyone fuckin' does it.
I was bemused by all the trucks in SE Asia having painted on them "Please use Horn", and such messages,
until you actually hit the road, and realise... the general rule is - you only use your rearview mirror if you hear somebody honk to tell you to do so. And - you never look sideways, even when you're the one joining a larger road/traffic - unless somebody honks to tell you to do so.
If you were cruising down the highway, with right of way, and some prick merged onto it and side-swiped you... they'd be looking at you in confusion, going "why didn't you use your horn to tell me you were there"Same in China, the horn is used liberally as a means to tell other people where you are, and to warn. Not to abuse
Don't drivers have eyes?
Yup. But there are so many cars. I guess that's the way they do it. Malaysia too
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@kruse said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:
@crucial said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:
@canefan said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:
@kruse said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:
@bovidae said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:
If you want to witness excessive use of the car horn go to Italy. Everyone fuckin' does it.
I was bemused by all the trucks in SE Asia having painted on them "Please use Horn", and such messages,
until you actually hit the road, and realise... the general rule is - you only use your rearview mirror if you hear somebody honk to tell you to do so. And - you never look sideways, even when you're the one joining a larger road/traffic - unless somebody honks to tell you to do so.
If you were cruising down the highway, with right of way, and some prick merged onto it and side-swiped you... they'd be looking at you in confusion, going "why didn't you use your horn to tell me you were there"Same in China, the horn is used liberally as a means to tell other people where you are, and to warn. Not to abuse
Don't drivers have eyes?
As per above... they have eyes, but they are only ever pointed directly forward, unless you warn them they should be doing otherwise.
Just like London cab drivers then.
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@crucial said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:
@kruse said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:
@crucial said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:
@canefan said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:
@kruse said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:
@bovidae said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:
If you want to witness excessive use of the car horn go to Italy. Everyone fuckin' does it.
I was bemused by all the trucks in SE Asia having painted on them "Please use Horn", and such messages,
until you actually hit the road, and realise... the general rule is - you only use your rearview mirror if you hear somebody honk to tell you to do so. And - you never look sideways, even when you're the one joining a larger road/traffic - unless somebody honks to tell you to do so.
If you were cruising down the highway, with right of way, and some prick merged onto it and side-swiped you... they'd be looking at you in confusion, going "why didn't you use your horn to tell me you were there"Same in China, the horn is used liberally as a means to tell other people where you are, and to warn. Not to abuse
Don't drivers have eyes?
As per above... they have eyes, but they are only ever pointed directly forward, unless you warn them they should be doing otherwise.
Just like London cab drivers then.
Ah - but they've got eyes in the sides of their fucking head, if they see an arm going up.
Doing my basic motorcycle training - one of the first things I heard and remembered... as a rider, in London, one of the things you've always got to be watching for is some pedestrian just raising their hand... as a cab driver will be coming out of nowhere in 3... 2... 1... bang. -
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@crucial said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:
@kruse said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:
@crucial said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:
@canefan said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:
@kruse said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:
@bovidae said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:
If you want to witness excessive use of the car horn go to Italy. Everyone fuckin' does it.
I was bemused by all the trucks in SE Asia having painted on them "Please use Horn", and such messages,
until you actually hit the road, and realise... the general rule is - you only use your rearview mirror if you hear somebody honk to tell you to do so. And - you never look sideways, even when you're the one joining a larger road/traffic - unless somebody honks to tell you to do so.
If you were cruising down the highway, with right of way, and some prick merged onto it and side-swiped you... they'd be looking at you in confusion, going "why didn't you use your horn to tell me you were there"Same in China, the horn is used liberally as a means to tell other people where you are, and to warn. Not to abuse
Don't drivers have eyes?
As per above... they have eyes, but they are only ever pointed directly forward, unless you warn them they should be doing otherwise.
Just like London cab drivers then.
Ah - but they've got eyes in the sides of their fucking head, if they see an arm going up.
Doing my basic motorcycle training - one of the first things I heard and remembered... as a rider, in London, one of the things you've always got to be watching for is some pedestrian just raising their hand... as a cab driver will be coming out of nowhere in 3... 2... 1... bang.Their ability to pull a U-turn from nowhere on a congested Oxford St is quite remarkable.
I must admit that there is no point even trying to ride defensively down there. You are way too busy watching bus wheels, cabs and dopey pedestrians. -
@kruse travelling in a 30 or 40 police escorted convoy from Aswan to Abu Simbel I learned the drivers there play Chinese whispers with thier brakes to let everyone back down the line know a vehicle is coming from the opposite direction, so don't pass.
Passing blind corners in a bus made me pay attention to what was going on in what resembled an episode of wacky races as the bus i.was in passed another on a short straight at 100mph...next minute that bus was passing us and another, then us again and so on
I also learned they had only recently introduced road rules and the signs saying stay right were only recommendations.
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@taniwharugby said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:
@kruse travelling in a 30 or 40 police escorted convoy from Aswan to Abu Simbel I learned the drivers there play Chinese whispers with thier brakes to let everyone back down the line know a vehicle is coming from the opposite direction, so don't pass.
Passing blind corners in a bus made me pay attention to what was going on in what resembled an episode of wacky races as the bus i.was in passed another on a short straight at 100mph...next minute that bus was passing us and another, then us again and so on
I also learned they had only recently introduced road rules and the signs saying stay right were only recommendations.
Awesome - did that trip in a bus, but slept most of it - wasn't noticing the subtleties of shit like that... that is class.
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@jegga will be interesting to see what comes first - achieving the record or dying.
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She's got a bit to go ...
Carol Yager
Peak weight of 727 kg (1,603 lb; 114 st 6 lb) not confirmed
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@booboo said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:
She's got a bit to go ...
Carol Yager
Peak weight of 727 kg (1,603 lb; 114 st 6 lb) not confirmed
And
Hahaha. Doctors 'declined to comment'
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@no-quarter said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:
@jegga will be interesting to see what comes first - achieving the record or dying.
I knew a nurse who worked with behemoths like that . If they needed surgery there was a place set up so they could get an orderly to support either side of the whale in question while the nurse used a hose with Luke warm water to wash them down .
One time they were washing some gargantuan specimen and she said
“ dear we told you to take your knickers off”
I haven’t worn underwear in two years” -
@jegga said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:
@no-quarter said in Alternative needed from the absolute crap of stuff.co.nz:
@jegga will be interesting to see what comes first - achieving the record or dying.
I knew a nurse who worked with behemoths like that . If they needed surgery there was a place set up so they could get an orderly to support either side of the whale in question while the nurse used a hose with Luke warm water to wash them down .
One time they were washing some gargantuan specimen and she said
“ dear we told you to take your knickers off”
I haven’t worn underwear in two years”I just threw up in my mouth
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