Looking at your mirrors, and turning your head to look is not the same thing. That's why it's called a blind spot. It's a spot your mirrors cannot get a clear view of.

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I did look back. That is why I stopped the merge. This wasn't highway driving in the middle of a cornfield. I was basically timing my look back with the start of the merge knowing I could just keep going if there was the unlikely event of someone there.

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

I didn't see anything about you checking your blind spot.

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Sex isn't dirty, sex isn't a crime. It's a loving act between two or more consenting adults.

-Hank Kingsley

Dammit, Furious' selected bolding got me.

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How else would I have known he was there?

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

Start Seeing My Posts.

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

I didn't realize a quick look back was you checking your blind spot. It sounds like you could have done more, so I don't think you literally did everything you could.

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Sex isn't dirty, sex isn't a crime. It's a loving act between two or more consenting adults.

-Hank Kingsley

Anything more and I'm opening up a much better chance of causing an accident in my lane.

This is the perfect example of the issue though. You can't even verbalize my mistake here.

I'm confident I did all I could, and I think the fact that the motorcyclist was never in danger from my car is good evidence of this. I guess he showed me with the nice long stare as he drove past though.

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I was really just goofing on you for "literally" doing all you could.

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Sex isn't dirty, sex isn't a crime. It's a loving act between two or more consenting adults.

-Hank Kingsley

I literally meant figuratively.

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

I literally confused Douchebag and created a situation where Frank made sense.

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-Hank Kingsley

The only bigger assholes than motorcyclists are bicyclists.

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I was actually driving to Brooklyn Bridge Park for a food festival when this incident happened. There is a bike path that runs along it that had to be crossed to get into the food tent area. There were people walking on the bike path because there was figuratively no other way to get there and a guy on a bike yells "Bike Path!" at them and one guy says "Why don't you go fuck yourself?". The guy on the bike gets about 20 feet away and then turns around and asks him to repeat it. The guy repeats it again and the guy on the bike drives away.

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at the bold.

Some bicyclists are tough guys until you stop the car.

I just don't understand why car drivers have to do everything short of putting it in park and getting out of the vehicle to check under the car to make sure there are no motorcyclists around. Driving a motorcycle carries an increased risk of injury and death. Fact. It is also a voluntary choice to drive a motorcycle. Fact. The burden doesn't fall on auto drivers to ensure their safety. They should be treated with the same level of caution as all other vehicles.

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I've got a real problem with those rickshaw guys. Who do they think they are?

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Sex isn't dirty, sex isn't a crime. It's a loving act between two or more consenting adults.

-Hank Kingsley

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Good people drink good beer - Hunter S. Thompson

<º)))><

Waiting for the time when I can finally say
That this has all been wonderful, but now I'm on my way

Usually the best way to do that is to disagree with him.

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Proud member of the white guy grievance committee

It aint the six minutes. Its what happens in those six minutes.

And some drivers are tough guys until you catch up to them at the next light.

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Elon, Tulsi, and Don

Agreed.

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So that would make you the former then?

I would bet that you're a big time road Rager.

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http://soundcloud.com/darkside124 HOF 2013, MM Champion 2014

Aaanndd we have proof of concept. Hi Darko!

I don't think you understand what that means.
I think your initials really personify your posts.

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You know, I can't say it enough times. I'm in my car far more than I'm on my bike. But when I'm in my car a guy on a bike isn't endangering me the way a guy in a car might when I'm on my bike. I find myself growing ever more militant on the bike.

Just last week I was riding down Lincoln Street near Northwestern. They just put a gigantic garage on the north end of campus so suddenly Lincoln is a fucking highway. Well, there was a group of four typical Evanston lesbians on bikes in front of me. They were over to the right as was I and they were going slower than I was. Note I didn't start screaming at them to get the fuck out of my way because I was faster traffic. I shoulder checked and saw a BMW about half a block back. I had plenty of room to pull out to my left and go around the carpet munchers. The speed limit is 30 tops and might be less. I'm well in front of this guy and I have every right to be on the road. I signal with my hand and as soon as I come out he lays on the horn. To what purpose? To make me jerk right and cause a wreck with the girls? Because he thinks he's more important than I am? What does he think I might do? Of course, I move further left so he doesn't clip me. He proceeded to pull out to where oncoming traffic would be if there were any and stomp on the gas so his tires squealed. I caught him at the next stop sign. I think he was afraid because he made a sudden right turn onto Orrington.

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Elon, Tulsi, and Don

I don't think you comprehend how perfectly you are illustrating Camps post. It's pretty glorious. How was your day?

I've had better.

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http://soundcloud.com/darkside124 HOF 2013, MM Champion 2014

Sorry. Have a good beer and watch BACK BACK BACK BACK