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Big_Boss_77reply
fedinsfw.app

Just continue on the path, straight over the top, most vehicles like that don't handle human weight on plastic and paper thin aluminum very well, bonus points if the music you're listening to requires a stomping bass beat about the same time you cross the front and back glass....

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ltxrtquqreply
lemmy.ml

Looking at the pictures in the article, I think the driver already had that covered.

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stoy
lemmy.zip

I don't understand people who loose all sense of reason and logic when they use satnav.

Satnav is first and foremost an aid, it doesn't replace your responsibility as a driver to actually look and figure out what is resonable when driving.

If I am confused while driving, with or without a satnav, I ignore it and find a parking spot so I can calmly check out what is going on with the route.

I'd rather take the wrong turn safely and have to drive back a bit than listen to bad advice and drive down a bad road.

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Jackusflackusreply
lemmy.world

Unfortunately this extremely correct line of thinking and practice is only performed by the super vast minority of drivers. People are absolutely stupid anymore.

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stoyreply
lemmy.zip

Oh yes, I know, I know.

I even take it further, if I make a misstake and end up in bad spot, but everything turned out ok in the end, say if I blow a stop sign or something similar, it has happened, though it is rare.

Then I will do either of two things:

  1. If it is remotely practical, I will drive back and drive the exact scenario again, while paying extra attention to why I made the misstake and what I need to work on, I will do this multiple times to make sure I get it right.
  2. If going back ins not an option, I will make a mental note of checking out the location in Google Street View and look at the signs, marking and general situation while recalling the situation, to try and investigate what went wrong.

I do my best to try and learn from my own misstakes.

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TBi
lemmy.world

I’m supposed they haven’t added a little pole in the middle of the entrance. That would deter most people. Even idiotic ones who think this perfectly paved narrow path is a road.

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Starfighter
discuss.tchncs.de

"It was about half a mile down the path," he said, adding: "The last time it was about 300 or 400 metres."

Gotta love a good mix of units. Without looking this up I have no idea which distance is greater.

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wheezyreply
lemmy.ml

For those confused, a meter is slightly less than a yard. Though because that system of measurement is ridiculously dumb to still use today. A mile isn't 1000 yards. It's 1760 yards.

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phutatoriusreply
lemmy.zip

A mile is 1000 paces (one left, one right) of a nominal Roman soldier carrying what was full kit in those days. Mille = 1000. Its value has drifted over the centuries and was different in England and France, and not even particularly well standardized in England until relatively recently.

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wheezyreply
lemmy.ml

For sure. I had another comment basically explaining it has always been a term of colloquial meaning to explain distance. It's mostly only Americans that use it for real distance measurements. And even then a lot Americans explain distance in terms of "time it takes to drive".

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wheezyreply
lemmy.ml

I think "a mile" is a holdover from the use of that system of measurement previously. It's a colloquial means of describing distance. It's not meant to be a literal measurement. It just means a distance that is long enough to be of significance. A physical understanding of it, not a measuring tape. When I hear someone in the US say "about half a mile" when talking about a distance I don't think they are being literal.

Also, you should probably know that 300 to 400 meters is less (obviously so) than 0.5 miles. A meter is just a few inches shorter than a yard. For short distances and "about" language like this you can just use them interchangeably.

Someone using different units "miles" and "yards" in the US would not have all confused Americans. Even though those units are different and not easily comparable by a mathematical factor. 1760 yards in a mile. Really meaningful /s

This is just common colloquial means of speaking and "a mile" is just a holdover from historical use of the term. "A kilometer" just doesn't roll of the tongue as nicely.

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