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The Ohio Random Thread... aka We Should Probably Be Working
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something's come up, so now not sure if we're even going or not : ( but if we do, i'll let you know!
Absolutely. I've blasted thru there sideways a few times.
I've come to the realization that people are such bad drivers because none of the basic rules of the road are enforced. I love how Ohio is now so focussed on seat belt violations (something which doesn't affect other drivers in any way) yet they don't make any attempt tp crack down on reckless speeding through neighborhoods.
I'm just talking about the easy stuff: speeding, reckless driving, running traffic lights/stop signs, etc. Every day I hear about the City of Cincinnati's financial troubles and there's such an easy solution. For example, there's a big stretch of I75 that's under construction with a posted speed limit of 45 mi/hr. I see many cars blasting through this area at speeds of 70 mi/hr and higher. Combine reckless speeding with double fines in a workzone and you're at $1000/ticket. Assume just ten tickets a day and that's $10K in revenue for the city. Problem solved?
I believe that they can enforce those laws when they want to. Memorial Day weekend on the way down to Columbus I saw more cops than I have ever seen before. They were not shy about pulling people over either, they were even hiding in the construction zone which is something they don't typically do.
I find that funny considering they put those "Fines doubled in workzones" signs everywhere. To me, those should be the most heavily enforced areas along with school zones, which is something else I've noticed goes unprotected in Ohio. They must really not care about kids here. Back in Virginia my middle school was on a main road. I'm pretty sure the police had someone posted there every school day.
I agree about the enforcement of the work/school zones. I would prefer a difference speed limit situation though... In PA I think they lower the speed when there are workers present. That makes the most sense to me. On the highway leave it at 60-65 when no one is working but drop it to 40-45 when workers are present.
In the little town by me every day there is school the one cop is sitting in the school zone making sure you're going not a hair over 20mph. They also are pretty strict about their 35mph speed limit haha.
In the little town by me every day there is school the one cop is sitting in the school zone making sure you're going not a hair over 20mph. They also are pretty strict about their 35mph speed limit haha.
thats like 79 in pittsburgh, is a 55mph speed limit but you get run off the road doing 70... to me thats crazy, either raise the speed limit or start enforcing it stricter, going 15 over and still being damn near run off the road is unacceptable IMO
Agreed. WV is like that too. The "workzone speed limit" is only in effect when lights are flashing. It's just like a school zone. Makes perfect sense to me.
I64 back in Virginia Beach/Norfolk is the same way. But, this is exactly what I was getting at. I was going 52 mi/hr in the 45 mi/hr workzone and I had people flying by me, tailgating, speeding up on me and changing lanes at the last moment, and just generally driving dangerously and I was already doing 7 over the limit! I was essentially a road hazard because I was attempting (and failing) to follow the law.
laptop or desktop?
Also, depending on what you use it for, what you have is most likely sufficient - just needs some serious TLC.
I Hate when I have to drive the workzone speed when there is no work going on. That is seriously dumb to me. Lower it from 70 to 60 if there are cones and other sh*t around, but don't make me crawl at 45-50 for miles. gerrrr
Even #2, I think, was looking for car detail - groupon has a deal today.
Turnpike was the same way yesterday. I was trying to do 65 in the workzone for a bit, but that did not make anyone happy. 80 was normal on there... I guess I shouldn't complain, but damn.
Laptop, i constantly clean it out, I back it up all the time keep barely anything on the Hard drive itself (have an external HD) the battery got a little low this morning while transferring some pictures to my new phone (10% ish on battery) and it just shut the screen off and I've tried to plug it in and restart it about six times now and it turns on but the screen stays black and it does nothing. I want a 13 inch laptop to replace it something light weight and relatively powerful.
You just described an ultrabook... http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2400007,00.asp
You are going to sacrifice a little in ultimate power, so you won't be doing any hardcore video editing or gaming on these things, but they are awesome in terms of portability and battery life.
Thats what I've been looking at but they are kinda pricey. I mean I don't mind paying some but I would like to keep it around 850 if I can. I think me having itunes on my laptop hurts it. But it should be able to handle it. I've had issues since day one.
Wow I had to yank the battery out for it to reset itself. I know thats not good to do but thats what I had to do
Wow I had to yank the battery out for it to reset itself. I know thats not good to do but thats what I had to do
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the 45 zones with no workers present piss me off!!! Everyone goes 60 anyways. There is occasionally a cop sitting by school zones around here.
ive never had any issues with 10 over in most of those places, but probably depends on car
