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or Volvo or Saab..
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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If you guys are talking about turn signals, I have seen BMW drivers use them on the Autobahn. They are going +200 km/h in the fast lane with their left turn signal on.
"When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly" - Jase #DuckDynasty
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Don't feel too bad. I read the replies to your question and still don't know what they are talking. However, I have already lost interest, so I will just assume it is a turn signal even though that does not make me get the point of the original post.
"When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly" - Jase #DuckDynasty
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Yep, they turn signals. Or as the joke goes. Just don't ask an Irishman if they working. Yes they are, no they not, yes they are, no they not........... 
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Boom-ting! 
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Speaking of cars, in the U.S., General Motors used to have a place called the Jobs Bank, before their bankruptcy. Back then, GM had much more capacity than demand; so entire shifts of people who had nothing to do would go to work at the Jobs Bank. I have heard of numbers in the 5000+ range. I believe all they were doing was sitting around and playing cards and watching TV. GM was not allowed to lay them off, because of union contracts.
So I am lucky, though I forget it sometimes.
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jgakenhe wrote: I believe all they were doing was sitting around and playing cards and watching TV.
We had a similar situation in our motor manufacturing days. It was called "British Leyland".
The night shift used to bring mattresses, apparently.
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Somehow you made me think of Andy Capp!
Get me coffee and no one gets hurt!
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But they got paid to produce crap. 
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No, they got paid.
Producing crap just happened in the background!
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Turn signals, rear-view mirrors, headlights, ... the list goes on. My experience as a cyclist is that BMW drivers are asshats by choice, not by chance or innate talent.
Software Zen: delete this;
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From your description of their driving courtesy, the BMW drivers could make good use of a bumper sticker saying
"My other car is an SUV".
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BMW makes SUV's, no?
Software Zen: delete this;
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Anyone can get two stickers and put each of them on one of their two BMW SUVs.
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Interestingly this varies by country and city.
In Australia, it's the Volvo drivers who are the worst - though this may have changed. Over in Canada it's Lexus drivers (all the Volvo drivers over here are ageing hippies whose only crime is driving too slowly and with a hat on).
cheers
Chris Maunder
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My experience here is that Subaru has taken over Volvo's aura of iunvulnerability. WRXs excepted, of course.
Cheers,
Peter
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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Peter_in_2780 wrote: My experience here is that Subaru has taken over Volvo's aura of iunvulnerability. WRXs excepted, of course.
Faarrrkkkk off Pete, I drive a 2001 Outback.
Michael Martin
Australia
"I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible."
- Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
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Michael Martin wrote:
Faarrrkkkk off Pete, I drive a 2001 Outback.
That's almost word for word what my youngest bro said!
 Peter
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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In Mexico, it is the bus drivers - believe me.
"When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly" - Jase #DuckDynasty
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That's the first rule of driving:-
"Beware of drivers who wear hats"
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Locally our two sets of drivers are the aforementioned BMW's and red pickup trucks (any make/model). The pickups like snagging you with their right-hand rear view mirror. I don't know why color makes a difference.
Software Zen: delete this;
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In the UK the cycling nemesis du jour is the Audi AKA, "The Four Ring Circus". Audis seem to attract a particularly stupid and careless class* of driver that might previously have driven a Beemer.
*Yes, there are sensible and careful Audi drivers, but they do seem to be a _very_ small minority.
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Whatever happened to just sticking your hand out of the window? People these days tend to take it as an insult. 
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
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Well... if you are driving on the right side of the road, in the inner lane and stick your hand out the left window to indicate you are merging right, who's gonna see it?
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