The Joker Posted September 20, 2015 Share Posted September 20, 2015 I don't need to wear any - I am already beautiful You're as beautiful on the inside as you are on the outside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daven Posted September 20, 2015 Share Posted September 20, 2015 You're as beautiful on the inside as you are on the outside. What a lovely thing to say ................. I think ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*_ash_* Posted September 20, 2015 Share Posted September 20, 2015 I went to the tip recently with the back of the car full. It felt like someone had poked me in the eye! And I've also carried my bouldering mat blocking my left hand wing mirror. Again, it feels like I've lost an eye. I've driven vans before which don't have rear views, so I'm perhaps more used to it. That is a bit strange at first! I couldn't drive comfortably without my wing mirrors though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyclone Posted September 20, 2015 Share Posted September 20, 2015 Yeah, you get used to using the wing mirrors instead. Takes a while though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghozer Posted September 20, 2015 Share Posted September 20, 2015 I take it you dont drive then. was told this by driving instructor..... (AA) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timeh Posted September 20, 2015 Share Posted September 20, 2015 was told this by driving instructor..... (AA) HaHa No you werent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tzijlstra Posted September 20, 2015 Author Share Posted September 20, 2015 was told this by driving instructor..... (AA) If that is the case than your instructor needs shooting, sorry pal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkey104 Posted September 20, 2015 Share Posted September 20, 2015 (edited) It does take two bad drivers to have an accident; but it was not OK. You will have to explain that one, bearing in mind I spent 11 years in the military police in Germany where we attended every traffic accident involving military vehicles and involving service men's private vehicles. Blame was always apportioned to one of the drivers and a small fine issued to the offending driver. Yes some collisions can be attributed to both drivers but the majority or down to one driver. And really, yes, it was ok. Why? do you feel offended by my sang froid attitude to someone's else momentary lapse in observation? Should I have ranted and raved, maybe a bit of road rage? What should my attitude have been? I am at a bit of a loss. Edited September 20, 2015 by monkey104 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alcoblog Posted September 20, 2015 Share Posted September 20, 2015 The photons are created at the light source (in daytime that would be the sun), bounce off the other cars and then off mirrors. They're not absorbed and then re-emitted by the mirrors. What you really want to worry about is photon fatigue. They've just travelled 93 million miles at 186 thousand miles per second to get to the earth only to get smashed in the face with a car. Then to add insult to injury you insist on bashing them headlong into a small mirror, with no regard for what they've already been through, just so that you can avoid turning your head. It's more than some of them can take and they tend to take that out on drivers by trying to catch them out. This would account for that now familiar sonnet by Shakespeare 'Objects In The Rear View Mirror May Appear Closer Than They Are'. Of course they will … by now, the light photons have travelled the nigh on 100 million miles at speeds of up to mach 2, all the time bumping into things (the Moon being a prime example) and getting all battered and swollen at the same time (relativistically speaking). Often called 'blue shift' due to severe bruising. It's no wonder things look bigger in the rear view vanity mirror then is it? If you need to know what's behind you, stop and ask a policeman is my advice. ---------- Post added 20-09-2015 at 17:12 ---------- It does take two bad drivers to have an accident; but it was not OK. One good driver can have an accident, or two good ones for that matter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkey104 Posted September 20, 2015 Share Posted September 20, 2015 This would account for that now familiar sonnet by Shakespeare 'Objects In The Rear View Mirror May Appear Closer Than They Are'. Of course they will … by now, the light photons have travelled the nigh on 100 million miles at speeds of up to mach 2, all the time bumping into things (the Moon being a prime example) and getting all battered and swollen at the same time (relativistically speaking). Often called 'blue shift' due to severe bruising. It's no wonder things look bigger in the rear view vanity mirror then is it? If you need to know what's behind you, stop and ask a policeman is my advice. ---------- Post added 20-09-2015 at 17:12 ---------- One good driver can have an accident, or two good ones for that matter. Exactly, how many bad drivers does it take for one driver to have an accident on an otherwise empty road? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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