Bad news: Traffic light timing is set by an industry group called the Institute of Traffic Engineers based on a 55-year old formula that assumes all cars make an instantaneous deceleration from the speed limit to a full stop.
Gone worse: Oregon requires you to obtain engineering certifications through this group to criticize traffic lights and levies a $500 fine on anyone who does so.
Gone worst: This guy got hit with the fine and an injunction against calling himself an engineer (he is actually a professional engineer).
Gone right: He fought that fine and the title restriction and won.
Gone best: He forced the ITE to adopt a different timing formula he meticulously researched.
“The First Amendment protects Americans’ right to speak regardless of whether they are right or wrong,” said Sam Gedge, an attorney at the Institute for Justice, which represented Mats. “But in Mats’s case, the ITE committee’s decision suggests that he not only has a right to speak, but also, that he was right all along.”
And the moral of that story is, never mess with a Swedish engineer when public safety is on the line.
"The western world sips from a poisonous cocktail: Polarisation, populism, protectionism and post-truth"
-Antje Jackelén, Archbishop of the Church of Sweden
The airline’s Manager of Flight Crew Training has however sent a memo to all pilots, obtained by AirlineRatings.com, saying this landing was not what the airline wants to see.
“The official view from the Training Department is a simple one – THIS IS NOT WHAT WE WANT TO SEE. There is a time to give an approach away in the interest of safety,” the memo said.
“If you see such a thing in the sim (Simulator) it would be a grade of 1 (out of 10)….”
To be fair, he's got a point with regards to safety.
Friends and family gathered to celebrate had no idea there would be a slight delay in the birthday cake tradition when deputies arrived and accused of her indecent exposure during a recent visit to the Roxboro Fire Department.
Bryant was in on the gag, including the charge leveled against her.
She’d never been arrested, but in honor of her 100th birthday, she checked an item off the bucket list: heading to jail in handcuffs.
Police shared a tongue-in-cheek Facebook post on Wednesday showing several weapons they confiscated in a traffic bust, including one freakishly toothed weapon they’re calling the “Ancient Sword of the Meth King.”
Police say the massive trove of firearms, bullets and blades was seized along with methamphetamine on Jan. 27 after officers spotted them during a traffic stop.
They described the cache as “Lord of the Rings meets John Wick” in the Facebook post and suggested it was a “new high point” in their work.
Boone County deputies on Thursday arrested a trio of men accused of stealing six cars from Boone County communities, robbing others and using the money inside to go shopping at the Tri-County Mall.
Deputies said one suspect, 18-year-old Jermaine Brown, tied himself to the crime by using a victim’s credit card at Footlocker but linking the purchase to his own Footlocker rewards account.
Police shared a tongue-in-cheek Facebook post on Wednesday showing several weapons they confiscated in a traffic bust, including one freakishly toothed weapon they’re calling the “Ancient Sword of the Meth King.”
Police say the massive trove of firearms, bullets and blades was seized along with methamphetamine on Jan. 27 after officers spotted them during a traffic stop.
They described the cache as “Lord of the Rings meets John Wick” in the Facebook post and suggested it was a “new high point” in their work.
Straight hilt and a square hand guard, someone likes 80's ninja movies.
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No matter where you go...there you are. ~ Buckaroo Banzai
Police shared a tongue-in-cheek Facebook post on Wednesday showing several weapons they confiscated in a traffic bust, including one freakishly toothed weapon they’re calling the “Ancient Sword of the Meth King.”
Police say the massive trove of firearms, bullets and blades was seized along with methamphetamine on Jan. 27 after officers spotted them during a traffic stop.
They described the cache as “Lord of the Rings meets John Wick” in the Facebook post and suggested it was a “new high point” in their work.
You've got to include the picture:
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Police shared a tongue-in-cheek Facebook post on Wednesday showing several weapons they confiscated in a traffic bust, including one freakishly toothed weapon they’re calling the “Ancient Sword of the Meth King.”
Police say the massive trove of firearms, bullets and blades was seized along with methamphetamine on Jan. 27 after officers spotted them during a traffic stop.
They described the cache as “Lord of the Rings meets John Wick” in the Facebook post and suggested it was a “new high point” in their work.
Straight hilt and a square hand guard, someone likes 80's ninja movies.
Worse - they're a fan of Bleach. It's a replica of the weapon used by one of the major characters.
Police shared a tongue-in-cheek Facebook post on Wednesday showing several weapons they confiscated in a traffic bust, including one freakishly toothed weapon they’re calling the “Ancient Sword of the Meth King.”
Police say the massive trove of firearms, bullets and blades was seized along with methamphetamine on Jan. 27 after officers spotted them during a traffic stop.
They described the cache as “Lord of the Rings meets John Wick” in the Facebook post and suggested it was a “new high point” in their work.
Straight hilt and a square hand guard, someone likes 80's ninja movies.
Worse - they're a fan of Bleach. It's a replica of the weapon used by one of the major characters.
Hmm...a gun toting, meth selling weab...you don't see that everyday.
No matter where you go...there you are. ~ Buckaroo Banzai
The incident took place on Laoping Bridge in the Chinese province of Guizhou. Mr Zhang was distracted reading messages on his mobile phone congratulating him for passing his driving test when he swerved into the canal.
No information on if he kept his license.
Nobody remembers the singer. The song remains.
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The incident took place on Laoping Bridge in the Chinese province of Guizhou. Mr Zhang was distracted reading messages on his mobile phone congratulating him for passing his driving test when he swerved into the canal.
No information on if he kept his license.
I want to find this funny but I just hate people who read their phones while driving too much. I hope that guy totalled his car
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The incident took place on Laoping Bridge in the Chinese province of Guizhou. Mr Zhang was distracted reading messages on his mobile phone congratulating him for passing his driving test when he swerved into the canal.
No information on if he kept his license.
I want to find this funny but I just hate people who read their phones while driving too much. I hope that guy totalled his car
I think getting your car submerged, by definition, totals your car.
The incident took place on Laoping Bridge in the Chinese province of Guizhou. Mr Zhang was distracted reading messages on his mobile phone congratulating him for passing his driving test when he swerved into the canal.
No information on if he kept his license.
I want to find this funny but I just hate people who read their phones while driving too much. I hope that guy totalled his car
I think getting your car submerged, by definition, totals your car.
Unless it is a Toyota Hilux those things can not die.
Police shared a tongue-in-cheek Facebook post on Wednesday showing several weapons they confiscated in a traffic bust, including one freakishly toothed weapon they’re calling the “Ancient Sword of the Meth King.”
Police say the massive trove of firearms, bullets and blades was seized along with methamphetamine on Jan. 27 after officers spotted them during a traffic stop.
They described the cache as “Lord of the Rings meets John Wick” in the Facebook post and suggested it was a “new high point” in their work.
Straight hilt and a square hand guard, someone likes 80's ninja movies.
Worse - they're a fan of Bleach. It's a replica of the weapon used by one of the major characters.
Hmm...a gun toting, meth selling weab...you don't see that everyday.
A guy in my city was arrested for child porn last year and the picture of the things taken from his website was a lot like that one - guns and knives and bullets everywhere and then right in the middle is Frostmourne. I've had alerts for "sword" set on the website that the local police use for auctions ever since, but they don't auction seized weapons and I'm guessing either even display swords count or it went home with an officer already was lost from evidence.
Nobody *is* their job, even criminals are going to be fans of something, and probably have the extra money to spend on their interests.
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The incident took place on Laoping Bridge in the Chinese province of Guizhou. Mr Zhang was distracted reading messages on his mobile phone congratulating him for passing his driving test when he swerved into the canal.
No information on if he kept his license.
I want to find this funny but I just hate people who read their phones while driving too much. I hope that guy totalled his car
I think getting your car submerged, by definition, totals your car.
There are quite a few bits and bobs both interior and exterior to vehicles that do not deal well with getting wet, especially lingering residue and corrossion to electrical things.
Has the batmobile ever been clamped? Like, in the comics?
No registration, a number of illegal mods...
I want a story where it gets towed and Bats has to provide two forms of ID to get it back.
it's had its wheels jacked
by a young Jason Todd =p
Well, historically speaking, the batmobile has been prone to losing wheels at inconvenient times.
At least once, that allowed the Joker to make good on his escape.
Has the batmobile ever been clamped? Like, in the comics?
No registration, a number of illegal mods...
I want a story where it gets towed and Bats has to provide two forms of ID to get it back.
it's had its wheels jacked
by a young Jason Todd =p
Well, historically speaking, the batmobile has been prone to losing wheels at inconvenient times.
At least once, that allowed the Joker to make good on his escape.
Has the batmobile ever been clamped? Like, in the comics?
No registration, a number of illegal mods...
I want a story where it gets towed and Bats has to provide two forms of ID to get it back.
it's had its wheels jacked
by a young Jason Todd =p
Well, historically speaking, the batmobile has been prone to losing wheels at inconvenient times.
At least once, that allowed the Joker to make good on his escape.
Ninja Snarl PMy helmet is my burden.Ninja Snarl: Gone, but not forgotten.Registered Userregular
I dunno if it exists outside the US much, but it should be noted that that song been sung by schoolkids since at least the 50s. It's just one of the weird cultural things kids have passed to each other for decades, without even needing to get it from media or adults.
I dunno if it exists outside the US much, but it should be noted that that song been sung by schoolkids since at least the 50s. It's just one of the weird cultural things kids have passed to each other for decades, without even needing to get it from media or adults.
It's in Aus, but never heard of the Joker getting away.
Think the Batmobile crashes into the bay instead.
"Please Troy, keep singing your hilarious version of Jingle Bells and **** up my christmas program."
The beautiful part of this is that as soon as I realized Robin was about curb stomp a small child and I was like "...ok maybe Robot Chicken has gone too far" and then they put in the context a elementary/middle school music teacher who has just fucking had it with this shit and I'm still laughing.
An EasyJet plane looking to take off from Manchester, England was forced not once but twice to turn around on the tarmac due to brawling, boozing passengers.
The flight was bound for Alicante, Spain, on Thursday according to England’s Daily Mirror newspaper.
Two separate fights erupted on the plane involving two separate groups of passengers as the pilot twice taxi’d for takeoff.
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Gone worse: Oregon requires you to obtain engineering certifications through this group to criticize traffic lights and levies a $500 fine on anyone who does so.
Gone worst: This guy got hit with the fine and an injunction against calling himself an engineer (he is actually a professional engineer).
Gone right: He fought that fine and the title restriction and won.
Gone best: He forced the ITE to adopt a different timing formula he meticulously researched.
-Antje Jackelén, Archbishop of the Church of Sweden
To be fair, that is one of the classic blunders, albeit only slightly slightly less well known.
Turns out that what they actually earned was a chewing out from the airline's chief of pilot training:
To be fair, he's got a point with regards to safety.
Straight hilt and a square hand guard, someone likes 80's ninja movies.
~ Buckaroo Banzai
You've got to include the picture:
Worse - they're a fan of Bleach. It's a replica of the weapon used by one of the major characters.
The sword knife
Not as mighty as the pen knife
Hmm...a gun toting, meth selling weab...you don't see that everyday.
~ Buckaroo Banzai
Siefer 4 lyfe
Man drives over dock into canal 10 minutes after passing driving test No information on if he kept his license.
I mean, the anime prop sword is one thing, but I wanna know about the hole punch!
I want to find this funny but I just hate people who read their phones while driving too much. I hope that guy totalled his car
He has a meth buyers rewards program. 10 punches get you a free replacement tooth.
I think getting your car submerged, by definition, totals your car.
Unless it is a Toyota Hilux those things can not die.
A guy in my city was arrested for child porn last year and the picture of the things taken from his website was a lot like that one - guns and knives and bullets everywhere and then right in the middle is Frostmourne. I've had alerts for "sword" set on the website that the local police use for auctions ever since, but they don't auction seized weapons and I'm guessing either even display swords count or it went home with an officer already was lost from evidence.
Nobody *is* their job, even criminals are going to be fans of something, and probably have the extra money to spend on their interests.
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It's fropm a humorous alternative version of Jingle Bells
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Jingle bells, Batman smells
Robin laid an egg
The Batmobile lost a wheel
And The Joker got away
https://www.cracked.com/blog/the-secret-true-history-jingle-bells-batman-smells/
"Please Troy, keep singing your hilarious version of Jingle Bells and **** up my christmas program."
oops
It's in Aus, but never heard of the Joker getting away.
Think the Batmobile crashes into the bay instead.
The beautiful part of this is that as soon as I realized Robin was about curb stomp a small child and I was like "...ok maybe Robot Chicken has gone too far" and then they put in the context a elementary/middle school music teacher who has just fucking had it with this shit and I'm still laughing.
Twice:
There's TWO hole punches. I'm curious about the radar gun at the top left.