Do you still drive like you did on your test?

[Nightshade]

I laugh at dickgobblers that think I have the high beams on on the R1 all the time. They flash their lights at me in righteous indignation, then I turn my high beams on and flash-fry their eyeballs.

Dips that are too bright are just dumb. I bet you have those fagass cold blue lamps too.

I'll bet you're too dumb to know what stock headlamps on an R1 look like, and that you're a virgin.

[Foo]

Settle down spaz. The point of dips is to avoid dazzling other drivers. If they do, then part of your vehicle doesn't work right.

If that's alright with you, mebbe add some square wheels

[xer0s]

What test?

[Nightshade]

Settle down spaz. The point of dips is to avoid dazzling other drivers. If they do, then part of your vehicle doesn't work right.

If that's alright with you, mebbe add some square wheels

*takes note of Foo's lack of denial of intact hymen*

[LawL]

Dips that are too bright are just dumb. I bet you have those fagass cold blue lamps too.

It's not that they're too bright. It's because old-school bikes would only have both headlights luminated if the highbeams were on, otherwise it would be a single light. Most bikes these days, such as the R1, have both headlights luminated whether they are on highbeam or not - thus confusing the morons. Truck drivers are by far the worst.

[AmIdYfReAk]

The first thing you'll forget is not crossing your arms when you turn the wheel.

The second thing you'll forget is to keep strictly under the speed limit.

Outside of that everything else should stay.

heh, yea...

i still do hand over hand..
but:
i'm usually entering in 3rd at the end of an intersection.
i some times drive with one hand on the wheel and the other on the e-break/shifter
Speeding
i dont let people "cut" traffic by Driving on the sholder/turnlane then try to come into my lane infront of me.


i think thats the only diffrences that i can think of

[plained]

The only thing I do different is using one hand rather than the "10 and 2" crap. I find it kind uncomfortable to have both hands on the wheel all the time. If it's pissing rain and I'm flying down the freeway and I can't see shit then usually I'll have two hands just cuz I think you have better control is something goes awry, but 9 times outta 10 I just steer with my left hand or put my hands in my lap and use my thumb to keep the wheel straight

Yeah, failing to indicate is fuckin' annoying, I always give people a wide berth so in case they pull a fast one, they aren't gunna fuck me up. And if I ever see anyone swerving around like they're drunk or they are doing anything suspicious I ease up on the gas and give em a bit more room.

i kinda highway drive like that two but i hook/lock my fingers around the wheel where it meets the part that goes to the center, that way if i get a blowout or hit a large debris,the steering wheel wont spin out of control

my hand have a death grip from all that guitar and hopefully my reaction time is good


anyways i drive much much safer sinse my test

espesically because i had no fucking clue how to drive at all when i passed my test!my test

[PhoeniX]

i kinda highway drive like that two but i hook/lock my fingers around the wheel where it meets the part that goes to the center, that way if i get a blowout or hit a large debris,the steering wheel wont spin out of control

You shouldn't do that, it'll probably break your thumbs if you ever did have a blow-out.

[plained]

i use just one hand so just the one thumb!

yea i guess its possable to break it but i doubt it

imo a more likely scenario would be that it happens so fast it simply slips past the thumb or finger.

something for me to think about anyways , thx pho

[plained]

ok i did some driveing and took note of what i do

as it turns out i dont hook my fingers on both sides of the join, i couldnt anyways its much to thick

i doent know where i was remembering that other way from, maybe another vehickle or heave equit maybe?

anyways when i'm lap-hand highway type driveing i have it so its wont (hopefully) swerve into oncoming lanes.

95% of my driving is left hand at the top of the wheel and right hand resting calmly!

[mik0rs]

Allo slag

[HM-PuFFNSTuFF]

I've had a few jobs as a driver and the answer is yes.

[Foo]

lol jeeves

[Denz]

I typically use a California Stop when approaching a Stop Sign. Other than that I follow the rules of the road.

[R00k]

I drive with the left hand 95% of the time too, and rarely I'll use the knee while I'm opening a water bottle or something.

The way I drove when I took the license test, is the only time in my life I've driven like that. Stop for 3 seconds, blinkers on 10 seconds before a turn, both hands on the wheel at all times, etc. I still drive safely of course, just not that meticulous about certain things.

I think there are standard practices that, if all drivers observed them, would make the roads a better place to drive. I try to practice those.
For example:

1) Slower traffic keep right. This doesn't only mean that if you think you're going fast, you get to pick your lane. This means that, if you see someone coming up behind you, then YOU are the slower traffic, and you get in the next lane to the right. (unless of course you're slower because you have traffic in front of you). I go one step further here, and only move to the left when I'm passing. After that, I go back to the right.
2) Always use turn signals when other drivers are around (this is a no-brainer).
3) When traffic lights are out, they become four-way stops. If two people get there at the same time, the person to the right has right-of-way.
4) YIELD AND MERGE PROPERLY. The point of an on-ramp is for you to get up to the same speed as the traffic you are joining, so you can join it smoothly -- not so you can have 45 seconds to poke along at 40mph looking for some poor fool to launch yourself out in front of, and then speed up maniacally once you're in a lane. This goes the other way around too: if you are already in the right lane on the highway, then don't try to get in a game of Polack-chicken with merging traffic. If you have room in the lane to your left, get over there and make life easier for everyone. If you don't, then don't change your speed dramatically for the people merging. Just expect them to know how to merge; if they do, then you'll barely have to adjust yourself - if they don't know how, then they can wait for the next half-mile gap between cars and use the frickin emergency lane, there is no sense in jamming traffic for everyone on the road just because they're too timid to merge at highway speeds.

etc... People who can't manage #'s 3 and 4 drive me crazy.