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Title: first world problems
Post by: Mala on August 05, 2015, 07:28:12 pm
bad luck for me today.
i was on the way to my work via the autobahn 2. that´s one of the major east/west-routes here in germanyland.
heavy traffic is quite common here, so i have ignored the traffic jam warning of the automatic traffic info, because i still had plenty of time left and my exit was only 6 kilometres away.
big mistake.
in the radio news they have told me that there was an heavy accident with at least five lorries near my exit, great. estimated delay was one hour.
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one hour later
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one more hour
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two hours later
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two more hours later
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ten minutes later
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mental note to me: place something to read in your car.

Title: Re: first world problems
Post by: pepejul on August 05, 2015, 07:41:05 pm
It was a parking... problem solved.  :wink:
Title: Re: first world problems
Post by: Ikarus on August 05, 2015, 08:48:11 pm
I draw when it comes to stuff like this

an unread backup-book is also always a good idea

a friend of mine even had a gameboy with new batteries in his car for these kind of occasions  :lol:
Title: Re: first world problems
Post by: Falka on August 05, 2015, 09:10:26 pm
This yellow... thing is yours?  :P
Title: Re: first world problems
Post by: Kalam on August 05, 2015, 10:56:34 pm
Quote from: Mala on August 05, 2015, 07:28:12 pm
mental note to me: place something to read in your car.

Bro, first world answer. You can do it while driving. (https://librivox.org/) You don't even need a traffic jam. Also, podcasts.
Title: Re: first world problems
Post by: Daunt_Flockula on August 06, 2015, 12:23:39 am
This is something that might happen to you at any random time in İstanbul. Traffic has gone so damn crazy that I am trying really hard to use only railway systems to go anywhere nowadays, let alone driving a car.

What you see down here... Almost sure to happen several times a week, if you are driving or using conventional public transportation here:

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Title: Re: first world problems
Post by: Xant on August 06, 2015, 12:33:01 am
German autobahns are retarded. Having speed limits makes for much smoother traffic.
Title: Re: first world problems
Post by: Ikarus on August 06, 2015, 01:16:01 am
Quote from: Kalam on August 05, 2015, 10:56:34 pm
Also, podcasts.

Amen!
Title: Re: first world problems
Post by: Krave on August 06, 2015, 01:22:36 am
Quote from: Falka on August 05, 2015, 09:10:26 pm
This yellow... thing is yours?  :P

What's wrong with yellow cars? D:
Title: Re: first world problems
Post by: Mala on August 06, 2015, 05:40:01 am
Quote from: Xant on August 06, 2015, 12:33:01 am
German autobahns are retarded. Having speed limits makes for much smoother traffic.
blasphemy   :P
there are speed limits, but not in this section.

Quote from: Falka on August 05, 2015, 09:10:26 pm
This yellow... thing is yours?  :P
a nice one, isn´t it?
it even has an colour matching interior design. :D
Title: Re: first world problems
Post by: Soulreaver on August 06, 2015, 08:59:52 am
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Title: Re: first world problems
Post by: Mala on August 06, 2015, 10:04:02 pm
the taxi here are ivory-coloured but post cars are yellow.

anyway, the aftermath of yesterday. one dead and five severely injured ones.
the whole mess has started in the night. there was one lorry with a wide load that could not be passed and so has caused some heavy traffic.
one polish driver (he is the dead one) has overlooked the tailback and crashed into it.

during the morning hours the traffic has become more intense and more crashes have happened at the end of the traffic jam (again too fast moving lorries).
this was shortly before i have arrived the scene.

about noon the accident somewhere behind my position, again a too fast moving lorry has overlooked the end of the traffic jam.
Title: Re: first world problems
Post by: Siiem on August 07, 2015, 01:21:15 pm
Some guy was gonna suicide in 2013, so he chose to use (He was just standing there, threatning) the only bridge that the main highway used... 3 hours queue. POS, I would have pushed him and helped, assholes.
Title: Re: first world problems
Post by: //saxon on August 07, 2015, 04:23:25 pm
This is why getting a full motorbike license and a motorbike is good, you can just filter right through all the traffic. Well it's legal to do this in England dunno about other countries
Title: Re: first world problems
Post by: Siiem on August 07, 2015, 06:26:37 pm
Quote from: SaxonBiceps on August 07, 2015, 04:23:25 pm
This is why getting a full motorbike license and a motorbike is good, you can just filter right through all the traffic. Well it's legal to do this in England dunno about other countries

Can't filter through a police roadhalt.

Da polise also shutdown a tunnel in the main road E6 recently because a dog was loose in there... Fkn hell.
Title: Re: first world problems
Post by: Kafein on August 07, 2015, 07:37:33 pm
Quote from: Xant on August 06, 2015, 12:33:01 am
German autobahns are retarded. Having speed limits makes for much smoother traffic.

I think that's an interesting argument, I never thought about that. I'd be tempted to say it doesn't really matter considering the absence of speed limits only really comes into play under very light traffic.
Title: Re: first world problems
Post by: //saxon on August 07, 2015, 08:00:48 pm
Quote from: Siiem on August 07, 2015, 06:26:37 pm
Can't filter through a police roadhalt.

Da polise also shutdown a tunnel in the main road E6 recently because a dog was loose in there... Fkn hell.
Might not be able to pass through the blockade but you can surely filter your way to the front so you're the first one to go through man.
Title: Re: first world problems
Post by: Siiem on August 07, 2015, 08:02:30 pm
Quote from: SaxonBiceps on August 07, 2015, 08:00:48 pm
Might not be able to pass through the blockade but you can surely filter your way to the front so you're the first one to go through man.

If you were an inconsiderate douchebag, not afraid of yours or others property? Sure.
Title: Re: first world problems
Post by: Kafein on August 07, 2015, 08:04:16 pm
Quote from: Siiem on August 07, 2015, 08:02:30 pm
If you were an inconsiderate douchebag, not afraid of yours or others property? Sure.

How? Filtering through a bunch of aligned stopped cars isn't all that dangerous.
Title: Re: first world problems
Post by: Siiem on August 07, 2015, 08:09:26 pm
Quote from: Kafein on August 07, 2015, 08:04:16 pm
How? Filtering through a bunch of aligned stopped cars isn't all that dangerous.

Assuming everyone is so far apart you can squeeze through, also you never know if someone will open their doors. Plenty of things to go wrong. Is there no queue culture in the rest of europe?
Title: Re: first world problems
Post by: Kafein on August 07, 2015, 08:13:13 pm
Quote from: Siiem on August 07, 2015, 08:09:26 pm
Assuming everyone is so far apart you can squeeze through, also you never know if someone will open their doors. Plenty of things to go wrong. Is there no queue culture in the rest of europe?

Hmm, there is queue culture for cars, which includes leaving enough space for bikes between two lanes.
Title: Re: first world problems
Post by: pepejul on August 07, 2015, 08:27:59 pm
In south of France, queue culture is "FUCK THEM ALL ! I WANT TO BE THE FIRST !"  :lol: :lol: :lol:
Title: Re: first world problems
Post by: //saxon on August 07, 2015, 09:05:49 pm

Skip to 2:48 Cm.
Title: Re: first world problems
Post by: Leshma on August 08, 2015, 12:36:59 am
Highways without speed limit like in Germany are only doable with minimum three lanes in each direction. Not every part of the highway outside Germany can fit those requirements, therefore reasonable speed limit is only option.
Title: Re: first world problems
Post by: Mala on August 08, 2015, 11:26:05 am
Quote from: Kafein on August 07, 2015, 08:13:13 pm
Hmm, there is queue culture for cars, which includes leaving enough space for bikes between two lanes.
umm, the space is intended for the ambulance and recovery vehicles.
Title: Re: first world problems
Post by: Kafein on August 08, 2015, 12:41:57 pm
Quote from: Mala on August 08, 2015, 11:26:05 am
umm, the space is intended for the ambulance and recovery vehicles.


Wait, what. I never meant driving on the rightmost "lane" on highways.
Title: Re: first world problems
Post by: Prpavi on August 08, 2015, 07:50:19 pm
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this is what happens every year when krauts, chehoslovaks and other suckers we rip off during summer months drive to our seaside, can't even exit my own city, you might as well just give us the money and stay home like you do to Greece.
Title: Re: first world problems
Post by: Smoothrich on August 08, 2015, 08:04:38 pm
Sounds like a normal day driving around New Jersey. Someone is always crashing their car or some fuel depot is exploding somewhere causing gridlock traffic for hours, on every highway, every day through the entire year. Its fucking ridiculous.

I just googled "New Jersey Traffic" and there's an article from 4 days ago comparing it to the Walking Dead lol, cuz of smoking wreckage being strewn around for no good reason like a post-apocalyptic nightmare.

http://www.silive.com/news/index.ssf/2015/08/nj_turnpike_traffic_is_a_hot_m.html

People hanging out outside their cars getting to know their gridlock neighbors like in that article is a common occurrence.

I commuted to university that was a couples miles from my home in Northeast NJ, a 10 minute drive, and it often took me 2-4 hours one way to get there.

http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/traffic/transit/Gas-Leak-New-Jersey-Turnpike-321053481.html

This is from yesterday, a fucking gas leak on the main highway through NJ shut down traffic through several cities lol. What a shitty state.
Title: Re: first world problems
Post by: Mala on December 21, 2015, 11:44:51 pm
*sigh*
hey it is christmas time again. and like every year we ask our clients "hey the holydays are just around the corner, do you need a bit more goods to increase your stocks?". the answer is everytime "no, we are fine."
one or two weeks before christmas they realise "hey it is christmas time again, we need more stuff as usual. where is our delivery, we need our goods now!" (preferably all at the same time).

ooh, and the own staff is not that much better. half of them moans about a few hours of overtime right before the holydays (yeah, welcome to the service industries).
no wonder that germany has lost the war. :P

and now for something completely different, i have visited my LotrO account again (the last time i have played this was five years ago).
my kinship still exists, but no one is active anymore.
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but that is not my point.
they have changed the skillsystem and now you have skilltrees like in wow. my precious burglar tricks were free available before, now they have to be unlocked in three different trees.
and the worst part is, they have nerved my favorite trick "improved enrage" (it blocks all ranged attacks and forces archers into meele fights :D ). you bastards!
(not to mention the ingame shop where you can buy permanent ability upgrades for real money)
Title: Re: first world problems
Post by: WITCHCRAFT on December 23, 2015, 12:42:31 am
Quote from: Mala on December 21, 2015, 11:44:51 pm
ingame shop where you can buy permanent ability upgrades for real money)

the sign of a quality game worth playing
Title: Re: first world problems
Post by: Ikarus on December 23, 2015, 02:21:08 am
Quote from: Kafein on August 08, 2015, 12:41:57 pm
Wait, what. I never meant driving on the rightmost "lane" on highways.

Mala means the new "Rettungsgasse", which is a new part of the road traffic act since 2012 in some EU countries like Germany, Austria or Hungary. The free lane isn´t the rightmost anymore, but always the second lane from the left
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Title: Re: first world problems
Post by: Mr_Oujamaflip on December 23, 2015, 10:31:07 am
Be careful with that filtering Saxon, down in the south it's become a minor fad to fake open doors in front of cyclists and motorcyclists as they do it. My sister in law got knocked off her scooter by someone doing it recently and a few guys at my work have come off their bikes too.