xB comic strip of my accident
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Balliztik
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damn, that sucks. i know how it feel to get rear ended. samn thing happened to me. when i used to drive my Tercel, i was fully stop at the traffic light then about 5 seconds later, some dude in a '89 Camry slam his brakes, tires screech, then BAM!! totaled my poor Tercel. stupid drunk drivers...
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Beautiful conception and artwork. Wow.
Say, even the way you finished the story is like a poem:
now the only ones attesting
are you,
unharmed
and ocean,
resting
that's such a talent you have. I forget about the crash and focus on your unique abilites
I don't suppose anyone has ever done such an artwork like this before. certainly not about a Scion misadventure.
Well, best to you and keep us updated with repair news. More art always welcome.
zoooom onward, mrchuck
Say, even the way you finished the story is like a poem:
now the only ones attesting
are you,
unharmed
and ocean,
resting
that's such a talent you have. I forget about the crash and focus on your unique abilites
I don't suppose anyone has ever done such an artwork like this before. certainly not about a Scion misadventure.
Well, best to you and keep us updated with repair news. More art always welcome.
zoooom onward, mrchuck
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*still knocking on wood* if i eva get into an accident, imma be the first one out of the car "trying" to look like imma beat up the other person....first one to swing will look a little more convincing that its the other persons fault dont ya'll think? haha...imma stop *still knocking*
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last one i swear hahahaha. one of the girls at work, got hit by this woman from behind. my coworker goes to the guilty party's car and the woman tells her they should move to a parking lot to get out of the way of traffic---so my coworker is like "okay"....they start driving and the woman keeps on driving.....rotflmfao........i die everytime i think about it....hahahaha i wouldve fell for it too....lol
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mayyybe
Originally Posted by xBeepbeep
PS: whos the hot guy in the comics? bwahahaha.
this is another road trip i took in the rental car... Nissan Altima 2.5S = boat it handles horrid, super body lean no abs no trac or VSC... But I had fun none the less =)
I wanted to take the xB on this road trip... Me and a friend tried naping in the altima didnt work =( I <3 the xB when u fold all the seats down
I consider both of these works in progress and hopefully the more road trips i take the better my comic strip things will get..
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very good concepts and layouts.
I suspect that the darker cars are more subject to rear end accidents. drivers tend to zone out. sometimes they don't -see- a stopped car or -keep a safe following distance in traffic-
IDEA: I've got one of the yellow cars. So I am ahead of the game. that color arrests the eye. So do our brake lights.
ah, but brake lights are -common as cars-
what else could an xB driver do to arrest the eye of the guy behind him?
Why, MOTION.
What I am gonna do now with my rear wiper which is not used nor of value to me as a wiper:
-cut the arm short. attach a six or eight inch dayglo orange round sign that reads simply:
SLOW (in black letters)
I'll figure out a a way to have it actuate by a monetary contact (a pulse contact) to the wiper motor wash function
Do you follow me? That is: Tap the brake or hold the brake pedal and -the flag will wave five times then park in the sidways postion.
"SLOW" as a slogan suggests itself as making some sense. But you see, it's the MOTION that counts. An odd thing moving on the back of a vehicle. The slogan could be anything. It could even be an American flag in rigid sign plastic. Just -something- that really grabs their eye in a way which supplements brake lights.
By having this sort of feature, imo you could expect a further reduction of rear end collision risk.
I suspect that the darker cars are more subject to rear end accidents. drivers tend to zone out. sometimes they don't -see- a stopped car or -keep a safe following distance in traffic-
IDEA: I've got one of the yellow cars. So I am ahead of the game. that color arrests the eye. So do our brake lights.
ah, but brake lights are -common as cars-
what else could an xB driver do to arrest the eye of the guy behind him?
Why, MOTION.
What I am gonna do now with my rear wiper which is not used nor of value to me as a wiper:
-cut the arm short. attach a six or eight inch dayglo orange round sign that reads simply:
SLOW (in black letters)
I'll figure out a a way to have it actuate by a monetary contact (a pulse contact) to the wiper motor wash function
Do you follow me? That is: Tap the brake or hold the brake pedal and -the flag will wave five times then park in the sidways postion.
"SLOW" as a slogan suggests itself as making some sense. But you see, it's the MOTION that counts. An odd thing moving on the back of a vehicle. The slogan could be anything. It could even be an American flag in rigid sign plastic. Just -something- that really grabs their eye in a way which supplements brake lights.
By having this sort of feature, imo you could expect a further reduction of rear end collision risk.
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Originally Posted by SciFly
very good concepts and layouts.
I suspect that the darker cars are more subject to rear end accidents. drivers tend to zone out. sometimes they don't -see- a stopped car or -keep a safe following distance in traffic-
IDEA: I've got one of the yellow cars. So I am ahead of the game. that color arrests the eye. So do our brake lights.
ah, but brake lights are -common as cars-
what else could an xB driver do to arrest the eye of the guy behind him?
Why, MOTION.
What I am gonna do now with my rear wiper which is not used nor of value to me as a wiper:
-cut the arm short. attach a six or eight inch dayglo orange round sign that reads simply:
SLOW (in black letters)
I'll figure out a a way to have it actuate by a monetary contact (a pulse contact) to the wiper motor wash function
Do you follow me? That is: Tap the brake or hold the brake pedal and -the flag will wave five times then park in the sidways postion.
"SLOW" as a slogan suggests itself as making some sense. But you see, it's the MOTION that counts. An odd thing moving on the back of a vehicle. The slogan could be anything. It could even be an American flag in rigid sign plastic. Just -something- that really grabs their eye in a way which supplements brake lights.
By having this sort of feature, imo you could expect a further reduction of rear end collision risk.
I suspect that the darker cars are more subject to rear end accidents. drivers tend to zone out. sometimes they don't -see- a stopped car or -keep a safe following distance in traffic-
IDEA: I've got one of the yellow cars. So I am ahead of the game. that color arrests the eye. So do our brake lights.
ah, but brake lights are -common as cars-
what else could an xB driver do to arrest the eye of the guy behind him?
Why, MOTION.
What I am gonna do now with my rear wiper which is not used nor of value to me as a wiper:
-cut the arm short. attach a six or eight inch dayglo orange round sign that reads simply:
SLOW (in black letters)
I'll figure out a a way to have it actuate by a monetary contact (a pulse contact) to the wiper motor wash function
Do you follow me? That is: Tap the brake or hold the brake pedal and -the flag will wave five times then park in the sidways postion.
"SLOW" as a slogan suggests itself as making some sense. But you see, it's the MOTION that counts. An odd thing moving on the back of a vehicle. The slogan could be anything. It could even be an American flag in rigid sign plastic. Just -something- that really grabs their eye in a way which supplements brake lights.
By having this sort of feature, imo you could expect a further reduction of rear end collision risk.
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It depends on the conditions you typically drive in. White is one of the best colors except when there is snow on the ground. Yellow and orange are good except at dusk and dawn when orange and yellow blend in. Black is good during the day and bad at night.
Red and Silver are a good all-around colors but there is also no conditions in which they stand out better than usuall. And on a grey road or in a grey tunnel silver would probably blend in.
One thing about white though - the human eye more easily processes it as a moving object. This creates an optical illusion where people think the car is going slower than it really is because the eye can keep up with it so well. This causes two things: 1) people pull out in front of you because they don't really see how fast you're going.
2) cops don't even give you a second look unless they're using a radar because they don't think you're speeding either.
I would guess that means black get lots of tickets too.
Red and Silver are a good all-around colors but there is also no conditions in which they stand out better than usuall. And on a grey road or in a grey tunnel silver would probably blend in.
One thing about white though - the human eye more easily processes it as a moving object. This creates an optical illusion where people think the car is going slower than it really is because the eye can keep up with it so well. This causes two things: 1) people pull out in front of you because they don't really see how fast you're going.
2) cops don't even give you a second look unless they're using a radar because they don't think you're speeding either.
I would guess that means black get lots of tickets too.
