To all the assholes in my neighbourhood that think we live on a racetrack—the speed limit is 50 km/hr. That’s right folks, 50 km. Please remember that the next time you come flying up the street and see me backing out of my driveway. Please remember that you weren’t actually anywhere near my house when I got two thirds out into the street and was just about to put my car in drive when I spotted you in my rear view mirror. And it would be great if you could actually start to slow down when you get to the crest of the blind hill and see me backing out 200 feet ahead of you instead of maintaining speed and slamming on your brakes at the last second in an effort to communicate how pissed you are that I am impeding your progression to the stop sign 100 ft up the street. The nerve of me to want to back out of my driveway and slow you down! So, really, don’t look so surprised when I flip you the bird and call you an asshole—I just call ’em as I see ’em… —Hoping Someone Drives Up Your Ass Very Soon
This article appears in Jan 17-23, 2013.
Ob …. I never drive faster than I can see ~;p
i feel your pain op. we cannot be arrested for our thoughts thank gawd.
The behavior of traffic I see on weekends while driving in HRM is mindboggling. Some people are so fucked up these days.
critter guy is correct about valley driving, it’s nice and calm
It is against the law to “back out of your driveway”, you ass!!! It may be something that police do not enforce, but just wait until you cause an accident. I bet your insurance company will be paying for your dumbass mistake. The proper, legal way, is to back into your driveway and drive out.
you’re are correct shitd, but i have observed that the average driver cannot back up
Isn’t HRM looking to reduce speeds in residential areas? Just asking.
yeh, and one of the arguments against is that it would be unenforceable. that people would speed anyway. i have never figured out the logic in that. i mean, people are going to keep murdering as long as there are more than 2 people left on the planet, so do we remove murder as a crime, because it’s unenforceable? that people will do it anyway? pffff. i like the idea of speed bumps, nice big ones, all over hell’s half acre.
Stephen Harper is the Devil, any reference for your claim that it is illegal to back out of a driveway? MVA- Section 120 under the NS Legislature and p65 of the NS Drivers handbook must be incorrect then, or just havn’t been updated.
You mean HASN’T been updated, right? The act doesn’t specify, it only deals with “safety”. “The driver of a vehicle shall not back the vehicle unless such movement can be made in safety”. I was told during my drivers exam, both for my car license as well as my class 1 license, that “there is no safe way to back into the street”, therefore you will always be 100% at fault if you are involved in an accident backing into the street. I believe I was also told that anyone involved in an accident while backing up is always at fault. Be my guest, Sonic Whoever you are today, and poke the bear at the zoo. My guess is that you will be sorry, when you get your insurance bill though.
I should also mention, there is one safe way to back into the street: If there is someone directing traffic who is guiding you into the street, and they must also be wearing high visibility vests, etc…
Let me also say that I back out of my driveway all the time, but I am fully aware of the consequences and willing to pay the price.
I generally prefer to back in and I back into most parking spots (much safer and for me it’s just as easy as pulling in).
But…I live the city and I don’t back in my driveway.
It’s one of those driveways that gets really narrow at one point (weird property lines + a tree + neighbour’s junk), and we have to fit 2+ cars so not a good option. We’ve tried a bunch of times.
So although it would be safer for me and probably everyone else if we backed in/drove out, we don’t. Instead, we’re just extra careful backing out and do it really slowly.
If assholes aren’t speeding thru our street then it’s generally not a problem.
Guarantee that lots of other driveways in Hfx are the same.
I also think pedestrians – incl myself – have a responsibility to be at least semi-aware when they’re walking by other people’s driveways.
i back out of our driveway but our street is uber quiet. if i lived on a really busy street like oxford i’d probably try to back in but even that would have it’s challenges
I live on Quinpool on the straighaway that leads to the rotary. Sometimes it takes me ten minutes just to leave/get in. Backing in would be impossible except between the hours of 3 and 4 am. Illegal Ismeagol, I gotta do it.
Thank you for the response Mr Harper. I am always Sonic, Nukka was a project and I confessed that openly, so thats well established and he’s been aborted. Next, I would like you to read some of your posts and try to pick up the typos, I will not because I think its just fuel for a weak response. You have not provided a legal reference to your original fictitious claim, only a he said/she said argument that will not hold up in a court of law. A police investigation into a car accident is done at the scene to find who is at fault. Skid marks determine speed, speed determines who is unsafe, who is unsafe decides who is at fault. Mind you, there are idiots that cannot back out safely anytime, but that is not the law as you stated. Now if want to start a “safty” argument, I’m sure we could find a better topic than backing out of driveways, which again IS NOT ILLEGAL!! I capatilized, teehee.
To summarize; The OB backs out of their driveway, people seem to usually speed by. So, the person backs out, the speeder slams on the brakes, an accident is born. The police show up, look at the skid marks and determine that the person safely backed out and the person that was speeding was in the wrong. Something is illegal there, but its not what you thought.
that’s what i figured, fs. i think backing in would piss other motorists off more than backing out
Mr Harper, it appears as though you have called yourself an “ass” for backing out of your driveway. Are you aware of this? You called the OB an “ass” for backing out and then you admit to the same behaviour. I’m amazed at your contradiction and blatent insult to yourself. Now, what are your “safety” thoughts on Furious Styles dilemma? What is the safe way for people in his situation to back in? Does it involve orange vests because that would be impractical for all driveways in high traffic areas. I’m dying to know…… Teehee.
Meh… You win, you’re my hero!!! *picks up Sonic and passes him to the crowd of cheering fans, which swiftly passes him to the stage where he/she (I added the she because no man should ever use “tee hee”) recieves an elephant as your prize*
Thanks for the legal lesson, your honour. This isn’t the first time I have been wrong, and won’t be the last.
First its spelling for lack of a credible response, now you try to attack my gender, tee fucking hee. After my first post which included references to your foolish claim, maybe you should have just said “This isn’t the first time I have been wrong, and won’t be the last”. Instead, with the last breath of a dead argument you concede, how old are you Mr Harper? Did your tactics work in Elementary School? I was starting to get the impression I was one of the younger commentors on here, guess not.
what if everyone wore orange safety vests? my mind is blown
I like it Paingirl, then everyone could back out of their driveways. Teehee.
you could randomly direct traffic and no one would be the wiser
Paingirl, I never stopped loving you.
<< to self, do not feed the wannabetroll, do not feed the wannabetroll, do not feed the wannabetroll.. ah heck. no, you are just the most childish. i can’t help myself, snukka, you are just so…so….SMEAGOL-y. you simper so greasily.
I didn’t discredit your claim because of spelling. I didn’t discredit your claim at all, and I was not aware of the status of our “arguement” (I prefer discussion) being on it’s dying breath. You recited chapter and verse of the law. What I said was the law is open to some interpretation ie; safety of the manouver being the deciding factor. So it is not “illegal” as I mistakenly understood, it’s dependant on “safety”, which is a pretty broad term under the eyes of the law.
Thanks for being a gracious winner. That’s the last time I give out a prize. Do you know how expensive it was to ship that elephant all the way from Africa?
PS; Using an incorrect word is a grammar mistake, not a spelling mistake.
http://www.cracked.com/blog/3-despicable-i… Good dog Molly, please follow my link. It will be eye opening for you, well I hope. Nukka was a Troll, you fell for it alongside many others. I take the blame and a good mark for him. I am not a Troll, but simply make comments, as you do. I confronted a false accusation on this thread that someone may interpret as fact. How is that trolling? If it is Trolling, then we are all guilty of the same offense. Its odd, you write something directed towards me but if I respond then I’m a Troll. Very confusing, maybe Montrealman will some thoughts for us.
http://www.cracked.com/blog/3-despicable-i…
Also, look up offence-vs-offense. Again, not a spelling error.
I understand it all now Good dog Molly. You only open your mouth to me if I disagree with a Bitch Buddy of yours. Yup, I’m a big Troll that points out spelling/grammer mistakes, insults gender, then goes to name calling as a last resort, Yup, I’m the Troll, so obvious.
Mr Harper, please focus on your own writing faults first. Also, focus on rules of the road, you need a refresher. Or just spend your time re-reading my past posts to find mistakes in them, but like I said, I can play that game too. I choose not to as a real man doesn’t worry about silly book words. Teehee, I did play your gender card, I feel dirty and uneducated now.
ewwwwwwwwwwwww that is such a gross visual. open mouth . blech. gimme a minute while i swish some javex…i may never open my mouth again for fear you would be somewhere nearby.
anyhoo, by no one’s stretch of imagination would shit-d and i be called buddies, pretty sure neither of us would lend a cup of urine to put out the flames and all that.
no, you sparked my comment all by your little smarmy self.
Thats not the opinion your past comments have pointed me towards, or do you just like him because he has a new puppy? On that note, you had your mouth open for me when you were joking about “them donuts with sprinkles on them”, hows the bleach taste? Also, please stop Trolling me with your endless childhood insults. If you do respond, please include your analysis of “How I am a Troll”. You liked Sonictooth originally, the comments are public by the way, you did not like Nukka, but you did think he was real, again past comments are public. But now after the truth has come out, why do you still not like me? I’m troubled by all of this. Maybe we could go with your “gut feeling about first impressions”, then we’d be Bitch Buddies again.
Which “gender card” did you play? I hope it was an Ace. No matter though, I don’t think the term “playing the gender card” applies here.
GDM, I don’t dislike anyone here. I certainly would lend you a cup of pee to put out the flames, straight from the nozzle.
ok, now you are getting even creepier than i (who has a very low opinion of you, honestly) had considered.
so…..you are the kind of person who reads a whole story in a glance, or a word? you believe that some stranger is your bestie-westie friend for ever and ever because they picked up your bus transfer when you dropped it?
how many times have you picked out china and silver patterns because a girl let you friend her on facebook?
you must live a life of continual disappointment. no wonder you are, well, creepy.
grow up the pair of you! sheesh
umm, harper, you can holster that nozzle right back smartly, i will attempt to stay un-inflamed. and due to both of us trying to wedge our butts through the door at the same time, it might appe that my most recent comments were about yerself. not so.
responses to your inflammatory comments are usually along the lines of ‘you cad sir!’. nukka gets the ‘ewww, i spotted a booger’ style.
Good dog Molly; Yes, I will be creepy. You have no other argument or credible response to anything I have said, so I’m creepy Nukka now. You never cease to amaze me, when the maturity level is already set so low, you bring a booger insult into the argument. So once again, you sucked up to me (Sonictooth) a few times, then comes Mister Creative Writing Nukka and you hated him, then you say your gut feeling was right and you also mentioned a mental narrative about not liking me and who I was, turns out I was someone you liked originally. Please get over me and we can co-exist in peace on the internet.
Stephen Harper is the Devil; I’m glad to finally have a “grown-up” response from you. No name calling and no insults, isn’t growing up fun?
Good dog Molly; One final thought, sorry. Do you need me to explain the difference between being friends and online Bitch Buddies? Do you lack real friends so your having trouble distinguishing between the two terms?
Do you have a bestie-westie? I know you’ll say yes, but they have to be the same species as you.
Is it really?
One FINAL thought?
somehow I doubt it…
You seem to yearn to triple post most times you show up.
One final thought, were you drunk when you wrote that?
Before we can commence a conversation of our own zZz, can we get back to the Katrina discussion you prematurely left? How many lives did we save there according to your Wikipedia article? Or can we get back to your insult of my ovaries not having dropped yet? I’m still confused by that attempted insult. If you voluntarily go on a website, you cannot set the rules/standards for posting. Oh my god, I triple posted, like every person on this site has done at some point. Do you need me to recite your past arguments for multiple posts? You really seem to have the attitude that there is a Time-In clause to this site. You’ve commented longer then I have, do you want a cookie? A triple cookie? Now if any other thoughts cross my mind in the next ten minutes then I will share them openly. If you don’t like/agree with this then please do not follow this thread. I had also said one final thought to Good dog Molly, not this wonderful time passing thread. You really need to read my triple posts a bit better.
thanks for reminding me, i need to buy some candy
and people like candy
because i am out of cookies
but not chocolate and orange
“And it would be great if you could actually start to slow down when you get to the CREST OF THE BLIND HILL and see me backing out 200 FEET AHEAD of you instead of maintaining speed and slamming on your brakes at the last second”
50 km/hr is 45.567 feet per second. Add the 9/10’s of a second for reaction time (I’ll take the liberty of rounding up to a full second). That would be 4.38 seconds, 1 second to react and 3.38 seconds to stop. Seems to me, any stop in this situation would be a panic stop.
Sounds to me this situation could very well be the exclamation point at the end of my safety arguement. Regardless of my being wrong about the legality issue, you’d have to be a fucking moron to condone or defend this type of behaviour based on “legality” alone.
Yes Mr. Harper, please let this go, I have. And yes, you are absolutely correct that you’d have to be “a fucking moron to condone or defend this type of behaviour based on “legality” alone”. Because as you said at 12:13pm today, “Let me also say that I back out of my driveway all the time, but I am fully aware of the consequences and willing to pay the price”. You called yourself an ass earlier along with the OB, then you call me a fucking moron and admit to doing the very thing that you called me a moron about. Let it go, please?
Now look what you did, I forgot to share my love of candy and hatred of chocolate oranges. And I have a secret, I don’t even like bell pepper’s, even though I stand up for them. Teehee Mr Harper, tee fucking hee.
Dammit, I also forgot to mention that thing about my posting habits. They’re called masturbatory outputs for future reference.
I’ve had whiplash a couple times as a result of “panic stops”. I still have a lot of neck pain because of whiplash.
Who was talking about you, Sonic Assclown. Me thinks you are a little paranoid. Better up the meds, you seem to be stuck on repeat.
Mr. Harper, you were talking to me, not about me. Notice how you answered every post I made. I took your advice and upped my meds, me thinks I have been talking to crazy people this whole time. Thanks for the advice, but don’t give any more regarding laws.
Tee fucking hee Mr harper.
Well…I wasn’t talking about or to you. It is actually you who is responding to my posts, even the ones not directed to, or about you. Stop being such a narcissist, not everything involves you!
Mr Harper, please re-read this thread. You mentioned me directly in several posts, you also responded directly to things that only I had posted. If you weren’t talking to me, is there another Sonic? Or another commentor that I can’t see their posts maybe? You also picked up some spelling/grammer mistakes of mine, who needs those meds now? You also changed your stance on “the law” several times only after I pointed out the error in your original post. Give it up man, seriously, a trophy is not at stake, only our fictitious internet pride.