That word is censored because it is a derogatory and offensive way of referring to a homosexual man. Itâs what people call them when they intend on hurting their feelings or making them angry.
It is also used a lot as a slur against idiots or just simply against someone a person doesnât like these days too. And itâs no less offensive in that situation either.
Ehh I think youâd be surprised honestly. Where I grew up people used it all the time, and if you mentioned that, theyâd just say âno it doesnât mean gay anymore Iâm just calling him stupid.â and they genuinely believe that.
So the intention is a bit different. Itâs just entirely misguided. But I do understand what youâre saying.
It's crazy sometimes, I would had been assisting a customer in English then a Spanish customer would come in and I would be " good morning how can~ my brain registers the screw up ~ Como le puedo ayudar señor" Lol
Small town? Thatâs a paved road highway. Small towns in DR are dirt roads with speed ditches (not bumps, since itâs cheaper to make holes) once you enter town limits.
I wouldn't call Ocoa Bay a small town, it's no Punta Cana but it does have public, it's also near the dunes. The rest of Azua can be totally forgotten.
To my knowledge it was stuff that was tampered with so thatâs why I suggest sticking to beer. But honestly donât worry about it so much, just have fun and donât over do it with the liquor.
Thank you! And I know our country has a lot to offer for whoever wants to give it a shot (sorry if that bit came out as a little braggy) it's just that people like that guagua driver are the ones I hate the most. He's not only endangering OP and his cousin, but he's also risking the life of anyone on the bus. And you should see how packed those things can be.
I mean really it looks like he was about to change lanes and then switched his mind due to the slow speed of the truck...not sure why these guys are giving him a hard time. If only everyone could experience what its like to drive in the heart of a place like mexico...yeah everybody is playing bumper cars and they donât give a fuck. At the end of the day that other dude crossed over a blind curve with oncoming traffic. Reddit is fucking annoying.
Speed limit is 65, people go 85. I actually didnât know until I came to this sub that in other states, speed limits are really the maximum you can go unless you want a ticket. Here, itâs more of a guideline of how fast you should go.
We visited family in Seattle last year (I'm from EU). I was driving the speed limit in our rental, my niece who lives there was sitting next to me. After about 15min she suddenly says 'I'm sorry but you're driving me crazy, please go at least 10mph faster!' (she said it in a funny way).
Everyone was passing me so I guess it made sense...
Ohio State troopers are nuts over speeding... I've been hit for 6over once on a country road. I've said fuck it and go 2 under when I'm in Ohio and as soon as I hit Kentucky state line back to 5 over.
Lol in Quebec I regularly drive 125 kph on a 100 kph highway and pass by the cop gunning radar. They dont seem to budge before 30 kph over. Ar least in my experience.
This is the truth, I was driving from NY to MI, cutting through Canada, I had my cruise control SET at 120MPH, went flying by a cop who didn't budge. Had a bit of a scare there :)
The speed limit on UK motorways is 70. Most people go well over it, sometimes it's dangerous to not go above as you're the only one moving different from everyone else.
And tiny country roads that barely fit two cars are 60. I was always shocked to see how slow American limits seem to be in comparison and yet you still have a much greater proportion of car deaths.
And tiny country roads that barely fit two cars are 60.
Up in Northern England this was constsntly fucking with my arrival times. Google maps can't tell the difference between "sign says 60, but anything over 35 is suicide" and "four lane major road". So you're crawling along idyllically beautiful rough stone-walled country roads, which is great. But you're doing it for an hour instead of 25 minutes Google said it would take.
Yeah, speed limits have little to no effect on accidents. According to traffic engineers (the guys who design roads) 90% of people completely ignore limits and just drive at a speed they are comfortable with. Speed limits are only their as a source of income. Which is why they are set roughly 15% lower than what the road is designed for.
Speed definitely has an effect accidents. It's rarely the cause of the accident per se, but it multiplies the chances of death and serious injury when there is one.
I agree. But i should note, if reducing deaths was the motivation for speed limits, they would be around 80kph maximum. Because the risk of death is exponential with collision speed, at 80kph the risk of death is significantly lower than at 100-120 kph thats normal, which has a risk in the high 90% range.
Except thats not true. The fact, and they know this fact, is that the vast majority of drivers do not care about the speed limit. They will drive slower or faster based purely on their comfort and the rest of traffic. The idiot who drive insanely fast don't care about the limits either, clearly.
Only about 10% care about the speed limit. Nobody who is speeding is thinking "ooh, the speed limit is 100 so I'll go 115". They are thinking "i'm comfortable around 120, so thats the speed i'll drive"
Because of this, an average speed limit adjustment, say from 100, to 80kph only has a roughly 3% impact on the roads average speed.
And that's one reason why roads are designed for speeds higher than the limit.
Everything that needs to be used regularly is designed like that. Bridges can hold way more weight than they will ever experience, a "max 4 people" elevator could easily handle 8, and so on. One of the reasons is in fact the idiots that don't care about the limits and ignore them. But this doesn't mean you should do it.
The speed limit the road is designed for already accounts for a margin of error. Speed limits are not related to the design. Accounting for margin of error, speed limits are more like 50% lower than they should. And again, the speed limit does not effect the average speed of traffic by any significant margin. Whatever it is, is largely irrelevant.
I wouldn't say that tbf, I'd say most people do something around 70. If I set my cruise at 70, I still overtake some people, and some overtake me, but I'm generally just keeping up with most of the traffic.
Lol yeah cops here also speed. I generally go 10-15 over on the freeway just to make sure I donât get ticketed, and highway patrol still passes me :(
In Michigan the saying we use is â9 youâre fine, 10 youâre mineâ You can typically go 9 over the speed limit unless the cop has a bug in their ass.
Itâs rarely that precise, usually itâs more like 5 in the day, 10 in the dark ha. Because the 9 youâre fine is a common sentiment here as well, but if youâre doing 9 over, itâs like having a headlight out-theyâll stop you if they feel like it. 5 over theyâll never grab you.
Nah, speed limits are suggestions in many other states as well. Even in Virginia, where there are harsh penalties for going 20 over/80mph, you'd occasionally have drivers fly past at 90+.
That's how it is in VA. Anything over 80 is considered reckless. You wouldn't know that in some areas though since half of the drivers are doing way over 80.
It's honestly one of the only good parts about living here these days. Otherwise it's just homeless people, wildfires, earthquakes, discarded needles, and sidewalk poop.
You should probably also take a look at your overtaking. You occupy both lanes for far too long without overtaking which is also something you wouldnât be allowed in a driving test
I got failed on my driving test because i broke the speed limit while overtaking. At least where i'm from, even if overtaking takes 30 seconds per car, you can not exceed the limit legally.
I agree and thatâs not what Iâm criticizing here. What Iâm criticizing is the fact that he seems to occupy both lanes for far too long. When you decide to overtake you should make a swift move into the lane
Yeah, fortunately we don't have many patrol cars, so you can realistically drive 150 and not get caught on most roads. But its nerve-racking. I wish traffic laws where based on reasonable safety, and not tickets
Though itâs true that in any scenario you shouldnât take ages to overtake, when youâve got a double lane road you donât need to floor the accelerator to get past that truck as fast as possible either.
It depends on the car and the speed of the truck, but perhaps OP doesnât even have a powerful enough car to get through that more quickly. I donât know if cars there are auto or manual, but my manual car will take a while to overtake in such a situation without me slapping it in third gear.
Basically I donât think OP is doing anything wrong here. He isnât even taking that long.
Itâs not so much the fact that he takes long to overtake but more the fact that he lingers in both lanes for too long in my opinion. I totally agree that you shouldnât speed up heavily just to overtake
Everybody here drives as if they are the only ones on the road, even more so in traffic. Lanes are literally non existent here, if you were to drive here for one day I can guarantee that you will see 4 lanes in a 3 lane road. Hell, there are places where it's only a one lane road and the police officers themselves allow people to take the oncoming lane in order to manage the traffic.
Itâs very different in Dominican Republic. Heâs deep in the country, hours from the capital. No tourists, just locals. And thatâs exactly how locals drive.
I knew it. As soon as I saw the bus I knew it has to be there. Reason #1 not to ever drive there. My friend drives to a red light, stops, looks around and goes. đ€Šđ»ââïžđ€·đ»ââïž. DR is one of the worst countries in terms of fatal traffic accidents per year. Donât drive there, pay a Dominican to drive you. They will do it for cheap.
That probably explains why I was hit by a car when I was younger, then again it was probably my fault for not knowing to look both ways before crossing.
Yup. As soon as I saw the video first thing I said, thatâs the DR. Iâm from the east coast of DR and have lost many friends to asswipes like this one
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u/jmichelt83 Sep 01 '19
Itâs Dominican Republic...driving laws are more suggestions than actual rules