How Dumb are we really becoming?

[DrMoab]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkEu-PdVlK0

As if drivers weren't bad enough.

[Geepfreak]

So when it malfunctions, and hits the car, do we still get the ticket?,

[XJ Dreamin']

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whew..pant..pant...

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oh crap..

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I'm dieing

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[Root Moose]

Another.

Up next, an accessory to help you not look like such a dork because you can't park a car yourself. Hmm, off to the "think tank".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRJ3DLyDCb0&mode=related&search=

[XJ Dreamin']

Another.

Up next, an accessory to help you not look like such a dork because you can't park a car yourself. Hmm, off to the "think tank".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRJ3DLyDCb0&mode=related&search=

HaHaHaHahaha....It's no use. It's too pathetic. Instead of dieing laughing I've just become despondent. We really are sinking into an abyss of mediocrity.

How come in the BMW animation all the cars look like Nazi staff cars? A bit of a Freudian slip there.

[anodyne33]

HaHaHaHahaha....It's no use. It's too pathetic. Instead of dieing laughing I've just become despondent. We really are sinking into an abyss of mediocrity.



:roflmao: :roflmao: :roflmao: :roflmao:

[Cornflake]

You shouldn't be able to get your license if you can't parallel park. It's really a no-brainer....

[Ramsey]

a lot of places you just dont need to, here it wasnt even part of the test.

[DrMoab]

a lot of places you just dont need to, here it wasnt even part of the test.
wasn't here either.

[GSequoia]

Nor here.

:gag:

[XJ_Vikings]

often times i wish my toilet would wipe my ass for me.

[shortxjdoug]

i heard rumors about that but i thought it was a load if bs apparently i was wrong, thats really scary, all i can think of is what happens when that fails or the sensors get dirty, yada yada yada lawsuit etc etc

[Rev Den]

Here I had to:

Parallel park
Change a tire
Check the oil, transfluid, washers, tire pressure
Add Fuel
Get a job
Drive in downtown Chicago during rush hour....then home on the Interstate.
Drive with the radio turned all the way up to static

After Dad was satisfied that I did all that PERFECT, I was allowed to take my state test.

Rev

[shortxjdoug]

Here I had to:

Parallel park
Change a tire
Check the oil, transfluid, washers, tire pressure
Add Fuel
Get a job
Drive in downtown Chicago during rush hour....then home on the Interstate.
Drive with the radio turned all the way up to static

After Dad was satisfied that I did all that PERFECT, I was allowed to take my state test.

Rev

i know a few people who could benefit from that..........

in TN the state test basically makes sure you can drive under the speed limit and stop at stop signs and lights, my parking wasn't scored or any of that jazz, kinda scary how easy it is to get a license here

[Beej]

Here I had to:

Parallel park
Change a tire
Check the oil, transfluid, washers, tire pressure
Add Fuel
Get a job
Drive in downtown Chicago during rush hour....then home on the Interstate.
Drive with the radio turned all the way up to static

After Dad was satisfied that I did all that PERFECT, I was allowed to take my state test.

Rev We must be brothers. The only thing different for me was that the entire time I drove, Dad was screaming at me about all the little things I wasn't doing right. :D

I've just started teaching my son. He's almost 13. I figure he'll be able to drive somewhat by the time he's 16...
:thumbup:

[5-90]

Include me out of that - I'm not going to march lockstep into oblivion with the Yuppie scum who are going to need that...

Anti-collision RADAR (something else I'm hearing rumbles about...) doesn't belong on the ground - and if you can't park parallel, you shouldn't be driving. Hell, you should be able to drive a straight line in REVERSE for 300 yards before you get your test as well (both of my kids can - I made sure of that.)

Satisfying me was MILES harder than the California test, apparently. As it should be, I think. Y'ask me, I should be a state driving examiner (incompetent instructors and incompetent examiners do not contribute to quality trainees - witness the course of driving out here to note that. That's leaving aside the simple factoid that the test should be offered in ENGLISH ONLY...)

That makes me want to buy a new car even less than before. Technology should never replace skill. "Make a car any idiot can drive, and every idiot will have one."

Am I the only one that is surprised to find that it's Lexus (overpriced Toyota - yuppie kid and riceboy car) and BMW ("Ultimate Driving Machine" my arse!) that are coming out with this. GET OFF THE DAMN PHONE AND DRIVE!

5-90

[shortxjdoug]

. Hell, you should be able to drive a straight line in REVERSE for 300 yards before you get your test as well (both of my kids can - I made sure of that.)


before i was 15 i had logged more miles in reverse than forward, comes with being in a family boat business, i always backed the trucks and trailers down the ramp :D, towing is something that everyone should learn to do to, if you can handle a suburban (my first truck) hooked up to a 20 foot flatbed in a parking lot you can damn near handle anything

[stewie]

before i was 15 i had logged more miles in reverse than forward, comes with being in a family boat business, i always backed the trucks and trailers down the ramp :D, towing is something that everyone should learn to do to, if you can handle a suburban (my first truck) hooked up to a 20 foot flatbed in a parking lot you can damn near handle anything

i think those "options" are for the daughters of all the rich @$$ holes out there who buy thier daughters cars when their 16

[5-90]

i think those "options" are for the daughters of all the rich @$$ holes out there who buy thier daughters cars when their 16

"Do not handicap your children by making their lives too easy."
- Robert Anson Heinlein

5-90

[djblade311]

:roflmao:

[XJ Dreamin']

Parallel park
Change a tire
Check the oil, transfluid, washers, tire pressure
Add Fuel
Get a job
Drive in downtown Chicago during rush hour....then home on the Interstate.
Drive with the radio turned all the way up to static
Dad screaming (manditory for proper retention of lessons)
drive a straight line in REVERSE for 300 yards
backa trailer
tow a 20 foot flatbed in a parking

That's the list so far.

From my Dad add:

emergency lane change (and recovery)
emergency stop (not panic stop - there should be no lock-up)
start VW bug (old fashioned kind) on flat gravel, in 3rd, without burning clutch
start VW bug on gravel slope, in 1st, without spinning wheels or burning clutch
do not trust your mirrors - turn your head and look!
never ever, ever, ever trust someone else's turn signal
hands at 9 and 3 (10 and 2 is BS)
3 second follow on dry, 10 second on wet, infinity on ice and snow
put auto-tranny in N before braking on ice or snow
how to take advantage of synchro-mesh when double clutching
how to down shift without synchro-mesh

That's all for now. The total list is much longer.

[RichP]

First thing they tested both my kids on ~4 years ago was parrallel parking, they have drivers test centers and setup cones, stop signs, etc. If you can't park you dont' even get to take the rest of the test either.
They still kinda get wide eyed when I parrallel park on the left side on a one way street.

[xyjbeaker]

"Do not handicap your children by making their lives too easy."
- Robert Anson Heinlein


this could be one of the best quotes i have ever heard in my life.

[RichP]

this could be one of the best quotes i have ever heard in my life.

In some cases you could replace children with anyone....

[5-90]

In some cases you could replace children with anyone....

Quite true - but I wanted to retain the spirit of the original. Besides, if you don't handicap your children, they should (theoretically...) grow up to be functional adults...

5-90

[XJ_Vikings]

http://www.flabber.nl/archief/018301.php

hillarious demonstration

[Lawn Cher']

often times i wish my toilet would wipe my ass for me.

Leave it to the French... behold, a bidet.
http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/e/e4/Bidet_standard.jpg

[XJ Dreamin']

http://www.flabber.nl/archief/018301.php

hillarious demonstration

The demo won't play for me (or I'm not patient enough to wait for it - not that I really need to see it anyway) but I had fun trying to translate the comments. I get the drift that their opinions on the matter were alot like ours :D

[XJ Dreamin']

Leave it to the French... behold, a bidet.
http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/e/e4/Bidet_standard.jpg

Leave it to the French is right :rolleyes:

I never understood that: I drop a load in the toilet, then waddle my way over to the bidet to wash my butt with my hand. At least the Romans used a sponge.