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Originally posted by XoEarlyMorningoX
Not really. Maybe more emotional lyrics but in terms of lyrical advancement or lyrical style no.
Give me some driving tips Duckie. I would ask Villem but he leaves every 10-20 seconds.
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I disagree.
Let's start with a bullet list:
-On regular public roads, stay within 8mph of the speed limit. This is a common cutoff for police officers everywhere. On the highway, it turns into 15-20. In dense residential areas cool your speeding to 5 over, max.
-Your turn signal is there for a reason. Use it, even if you think nobody is around. You could even use it when switching lanes, but only weirdos like me do that.
-Most people set their side mirrors so that they can see the sides of their car as well as part of the road behind them. This is bunk. You can already see what's directly behind you in your rearview mirror. Set your side mirrors much farther out, so that you can't see your car in the frame; this way, you get a panoramic view of the road behind you.
-If you have to pull over for any reason--including approaching emergency vehicles--put on your hazards.
-Always check for pedestrians before making a right turn on red.
-Treat a yield sign like a semi-stop sign. Watch out for the cross traffic before you go through a yield intersection.
-Yellow does not mean go faster, but if your light turns yellow just before you get to it, go through anyway.
-Maybe this isn't true where you live, but in IL, if a schoolbus stops and puts out its stop sign, both sides of a two-lane road must also stop.
-Once again this could be an IL thing, but you can go around a stopped public bus (in the Chicago area they're called CTA/Pace buses).
-Dotted yellow line is a passing zone.
-Should you start hydroplaning or sliding in snow, do not turn your wheel against the skid. Turn into it. Turning against it makes your car spin out of control.
-You can use your cruise control to improve gas mileage.
-The left lane on the highway is for passing. Don't be that person who sits in the left lane at 60, clogging it up for everyone behind. Once you've passed a slow driver, get out of the left lane.
-Don't leave your battery on without your engine for very long (i.e. turning the engine off but keeping the radio/heat/lights on). My battery once died from that after 5 minutes (my battery was old though).
If I think of more, I'll do another.
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I could have swore they closed at 9,not 8. Im so over it.
