lmao Oh man I would be an excellent DD except. . I'd be drinking soo. . . But I've never had a ticket or been in a wreck! In 12 years of driving! (though I've been pulled over several times for speeding I always got warnings heh heh heh)
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lol. yes, drinking would automatically disqualify you as the DD. I've only been pulled once, and it wasn't for speeding. The damn cop pulled me because I was playing my music too loud in a residential area. sooo stupid. I happened to be listening to "Living In America" at the time. He warned me as, "if an ambulance or fire truck was behind you, you wouldn't be able to hear the sirens" uhhh...hellooo that's what the rear view mirror is for! haha jk.
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I've gotten just one parking ticket. I was pulled over once also. Actually not even really pulled over, because the cops just drove behind me to our parking lot and after I had parked they came up to me and made me blow into thing that shows if someones been drinking.. It was the day I got my drivers licence and they didn't even ask to see it. I think they would've laughed if I'd shown them the piece of paper that was my temporary licence. :DD It was really weird that they didn't ask to see it, because my driving had seemed insecure(not sure if this is the right word?). And the first assumption was that I was drunk and since I wasn't, shouldn't the next assumption be that I can't drive and I don't have a licence.. :DD
sam, I think read about your incident from twitter a while back. Did you get a ticket for that? How did the cop even hear your music or do drive with your windows down? :D
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No I didn't get a ticket, just a "warning". I was driving through some back roads where all these houses are to get to my aunt's house for my lunch break, (and yes I was driving with the windows down because it was nice out.) and the cop was sitting around one of the corners. He was trying to catch people speeding, but I guess he wasn't getting enough of that action. lol. And he pulled me over, he was cool I guess. He wasn't all "you kids and that music of yours!" He just said that it is dangerous because if emergency vehicles are behind me because it prevents me from being able to hear the sirens and that it is also disrespectful to other people, especially when driving in or around neighborhoods. I was petrified at the time, but then I was like, "okay" and drove off.
Yea I had sent a message to the band about it on twitter and they sent me a reply. haha they thought it was pretty funny, apparently.
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Driving laws a MUCH more liberal in the States than in Sweden/Finland. Same with drivers licenses. It only required me 25 hours practice and $16 to obtain a drivers license within 30 minutes in the United States, as opposed to how ridiculous the law is in Sweden (and how ridiculously expensive the entire process is). Most people in Sweden don't obtain their drivers license at all, and if they do, the average age is late 20's.
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Yeah it's totally ridiculous how expensive it is. I'm not sure but I think that in Finland the majority still gets a licence anyway. Most people want to get it as soon as possible(when you're 18). But here in Helsinki where I live the public transportation is so good, that a car and a licence are unnecessary. So in here it might be 50-50 with getting a licence, but anywhere else you really need a licence.
Some of the fools, who are responsible for our laws, were planning to make it even more expensive at one point. There was an idea of the licence expiring much sooner than in fifty years, so that everyone would have to pay that ridiulous amount of money every few years. Don't know if this idea has already been burried with some other crappy ideas that they have had. Let's hope so.
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Transportation is great in Sweden too. I know some people who started to get their license when they turned 18. Most of them weren't going to attend university, they were going to work straight after school.
I remember about three years ago, Howlin' Pelle made a huge deal on the Hives website about how he was finally able to get his drivers license right after his 28th birthday. haha
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It should be hard to get a drivers license. People in Kansas are ridiculous when it comes to driving. Every time I get in my car I get pissed off at the world lol ROAD RAGE!
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Phoenix was voted the worst road rage in the U.S. If you can survive urban Phx streets, you can survive NYC and LA no problem.
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Ahahahahaha! I'm horrible. If I'm already speeding and some asshole comes right up behind me and starts tailgaiting my ass, I slow down some. Then whent they get in the other lane to try and pass me, I speed up so they can't!! BAHAHAHA I usually do that several times unless traffic is really bad or something.
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I do that ALL the time, mostly slow down to match the car next to me and the person KNOWS what I'm trying to do to the hasty driver so it's a cooperation to box in the hasty driver. Usually these people try to drive 60mph+ in a 40mph lane, and it's hilarious seeing them become irritated.
Also, I get into the right lane that turns into a freeway (if it doesn't already have a special right-turn only lane). I've been honked at many times to pull forward past the pedestrian walk in order for them to squeak behind me into the freeway.
FFS those people can't wait an extra minute or two deserve the treatment I give them. They should be GRATEFUL to even own a car, because they could have always had to rely on the bus system (in the U.S. the transportation system is shit) and had to give up to two extra hours just to travel to their destination by bus (including transfers).
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yea I can't stand it, if you're in that much of a fucking hurry...then leave earlier. I mean it's one thing to do the usual 5-10 miles over the limit, but anything more is just ridiculous and dangerous.
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I know, they probably spend most of their time sitting at the home (like us lol) and can't be arsed to leave five minutes earlier. I find it hilarious when I see a driver engaging in aggressive driving (highly speeding/cutting cars/changing lanes frequently) and no matter what they do, they always end up at the same red-light, parked right next to you. Then I giggle, but I don't point or make a scene because road rage is so bad in AZ, it's a daily occurrence to hear on the news about someone getting shot in their car because of road rage. I know many people who have nearly ended up in a bad accident because of aggressive drivers.
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damn! yea I often have the urge to give people the finger, but you never know who the hell you might piss off. So I try to refrain, I love when somebody passes me though and they think they're all tough shit, then they get stuck behind someone going slower than me and I end up passing them. And speeding the way some people do shaves what, like, 5 minutes off the entire trip, maybe???? so stupid
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I'm down for the roadtrip! A van is a good idea.. I'm pretty old, so yeah, I would be soccer mom...that is if you're talking about me! haha
Let's do this!!Posted 3 months ago #
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