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I failed my very first driving test here in the US. The reason was that I didn't look over my shoulder while backing up and doing parallel parking. Also, I should have put my right hand behind a headrest and looked back while backing up. I understand that it's a different country (I moved from one of the post-Soviet Union countries), with different rules, standards, etc. But my dad would slap me in a situation like this and say something like "dude you have 3 mirrors in your car, use them!". On another note it's very easy to get a license in the US, I mean you can bring a car with automatic transmission and all you have to do is parallel parking, uturn, make sure you're buckled up and that's it basically.
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This is way too close to the truth. This kid looks like so many of the guys I worked with.
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12-14-2021, 04:42 PM | #5108 |
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Unfortunately, that attitude of not engaging shoplifters is even more prevalent in the satellite cities around Toronto that have higher ethnic populations, as the government doesn't wish to be perceived as 'racist' in prosecuting crime (wtf) I still vividly recall a conversation I had with a gent working a government job back in 2010 where he bragged about this happening in said satellite adjoining towns, and how certain (cheaper) brands of scotch were kept locked up because of how quickly they were pilfered... Left me shaking my head then, still does. It was a point of pride for him to explain it (wtf #2) |
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Golf carts on public, residential streets? I don't think the engine has been modified, yet.
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I got on the job in 1985 and there were concerns about the price of gas, our department decided to try out K-cars, they got two of them, decalled them out, roof lights and a cage. You could not put anyone in the rear seat with the cage, they were absolute garbage. We would normally get about 140-160km out of a car, 80-100K miles, these things were toast before they got to 50Km. I'm told they would actually run on piss. I wish I had a picture of them.
Before my time we used Pinto's and VW Bugs. I can't find a pic of the 70's bugs we had, terrible. And then there was the Diplomats, I remember responding to a hot shot one afternoon, lights and sirens going down Jane Street and the POS wouldn't get over 60KMH, I was actually passed by some guy while I was going up a hill and losing speed. |
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12-16-2021, 12:05 PM | #5114 |
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Your diplomats didn't have the 318 V8?
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I'm always entertained by the end results of "fuck around and find out" / "play stupid games, win stupid prizes."
Then again, turning on your siren after losing a drag race is just poor sportsmanship.
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They did, and they were shit. Found a picture of the Bugs.
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I find it highly unlikely that all the rum is gone.
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