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ThinkInAbstract

I wanna talk about Arizona driving. Is anyone else seeing how wild it is!? Let's talk driving

I love driving, I love being an active, conscious, sporty driver.

I love maintaining spatial awareness and predicting other car's next moves. It's such a fantastic hobby!

I live in Arizona, though, this is where things get spicy

I know reddit has a bent for lynching speeders, but ...

Phoenix highways and streets are wild!! Enraged speeding at 75 - 110 on the freeways, 65ers on the surface streets, it seems like every is having a sport of this!

I enjoy it, there are times where I have to just back off, because some drivers can't handle their shit, but there are times of pure bliss when a herd is going 100 on the 202

Then there are the surreal moments!

I was driving from onto the 303 the other day, with a crowd going around 70. A dps crown vic comes into the equation and he starts speeding! this is normal, but it got surreal when we hit 110 MPH! DPS too!

What are your opinions?

E: Sorry folks, I have to sign off early to play civ with a cool cat

Posted May 26, 2016, 6:31 AM UTC · edited

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TannerMSin solidarity [limited supply]•

I live in the midwest and the craziest driving I see is equal to my parents' Dallas driving.

Seriously, you people are insane. Leave me alone '_'

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ThinkInAbstractOP•

I have boundaries, and I notice many people do as well.

I respect old trucks, old people, I shouldn't even list em because I respect everyone

I notice many people also don't have boundaries or respect

so I mean it goes both ways

I guess I also feel I can handle this because I more or less have spent a few thousand miles appreciating civil engineering, from power lines to the angles and details of the roads and freeways

I have to sign off early, my friends! My friend got online early, so I'm gonna smoke pot and play civ

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1hrphoto•

I live in East TN. Oh boy it's bad. A lot of speeders and Noone uses their blinker. It's awful.

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ThinkInAbstractOP•

Dang, how's the speeding?

There's a few types, the apathetic speeding to get to their destination type, and then there's the seasoned enthusiastic drivers (which seems like everyone here), and I guess a few others

Most people use their blinkers here, which is pleasant

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1hrphoto•

Its always on the small highways. Like 45-50 zones people will speed pass me. Then I pull up next to them when they get to the red light. Not only are they wasting gas and not getting anywhere faster they also look like dumbasses. XD

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Philitianthank mr skeltal•

Fucking hate driving so much this shit is terrifying. I drove through Albequerque once during rush hour on a road trip and I got that same impression you described OP. God.

I would never drive if public transit and bicycle infrastructure were expanded. One rear-end collision is enough for me - I'm trying to make it past 30.

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ThinkInAbstractOP•

I respect that, there's no triviality about driving

It's become a sexy art, in it's craft and it's application

I myself have been driving since I was 8, and I love to become my car, and maintain a spatial awareness of other drivers, and of the volume and shape of my car

and the flow of fun from my fuel tank and the energies involved, even picturing the wafting swirls of air I'm driving through

and the air that's blowing it's toasty thermal energy all over me, that came from my fuel tank. My fog lights use a few hundred watts.

Alright I'm pretty high, I must sign off early, my friend is online earlier than expected and it's time to play civ

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Philitianthank mr skeltal•

Civ while high? Dude you'll end up taking like 10 minutes for a single turn.

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1hrphoto•

I did this yesterday and plan on doing it again when I get off work. It was awesome! Fuck those barbarians doe.

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Philitianthank mr skeltal•

Start sending your troops on "alert" in the middle of unsettled land. Barb camps spawn in areas where they are in the sight of no one's troops or borders.

Also NQMod or the Community Patch make honor a bit better

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ThinkInAbstractOP•

I'm also only just getting into it, my friend bought me a copy so that's pretty cool

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Philitianthank mr skeltal•

Shoshone or Atilia will be major fun for your first run.

Also don't forget to board the hype train for Civ6 over at r/civ

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fine-rusty-knifeDo you know where my screenname is from?•

The way you write about driving verges on the poetic!

Have fun with Civ. (Or, hope you had fun with Civ, since I'm pretty late to the thread.)

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