Split: Fines, people and stuff

[Wildeblood]

Moderator: Split from the Oolite fines discussion

Yes. 5% of your credits are taken away as fine for unauthorized docking and the maximum fine for this offence is 5000Cr.

We need some of that fines policy in Australia for the stupid, trendy idiots who insist on reverse parking. Pray that fad never spreads to your countries, Northern Hemispherians.

[spud42]

We need some of that fines policy in Australia for the stupid, trendy idiots who insist on reverse parking.

please explain?

[Wildeblood]

We need some of that fines policy in Australia for the stupid, trendy idiots who insist on reverse parking.

please explain?

Parking a car tail-in, instead of nose-in, to a right-angled parking bay. It's an out-of-control fad in Perth.

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[spud42]

not exactly illegal is it?

[Wildeblood]

not exactly illegal is it?

That's debatable. When I got my licence there was a correct way to park, and anything else was technically illegal. Nowadays people just do whatever they feel like on the roads. The standard of driving in WA has plummeted since the turn of the century, with all the economic refugees from Victoria coming here.

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[fronclynne]

We need some of that fines policy in Australia for the stupid, trendy idiots who insist on reverse parking. Pray that fad never spreads to your countries, Northern Hemispherians.

You mean like reverse angled parking on a one-way street?
http://goo.gl/maps/t3nhj

[Wildeblood]

You mean like reverse angled parking on a one-way street?

Yeah, but nah. There the bays are painted at an angle to facilitate it, and there's likely a sign saying "Reverse angle park only". That's when it's safe, legal and appropriate. I'm complaining about the geniuses who insist on reversing into normal, right-angled bays in busy shopping centre carparks. I won't bother explaining why they're a menace; if anyone doesn't understand either the fad hasn't come to their town or they're one of the perpetrators.

Also, while I'm whinging, mothers who think that having children qualifies them to park in disabled bays if a carpark doesn't have special "mums with prams" bays. Also, mothers, if your children are old enough to walk independently, and not actually in a pram, you don't qualify for the mothers with prams bays (or the disabled bays). Also, mothers, merely having a child seat in the car doesn't qualify you if you've left your child at home in front of the TV and it's not even with you at all.

Also, a woman who queued behind me at a petrol station, even though there was a bowser available just over there (because apparently only the bowser closest to the kiosk was convenient enough for her), and even though everyone could see I was filling jerry cans and would be a while, then shouted at me to "hurry up". Hey lady, the bowser pumps as fast as it pumps, no amount of shouting will make it pump faster. Definitely don't respond to such genius by pointing to the very next bay and saying, "There was an empty pump right there if you were in a hurry." That only inflames the situation.

Speaking of inflaming the situation... Only ever seen in Queensland: people smoking (you know, cigarettes) on the forecourt of a petrol station. WTF!?

[SteveKing]

I think someone had a baaaad day

...Whats with the weather...

It's a bit cooler today though

[Yah-Ta-Hey]

We need some of that fines policy in Australia for the stupid, trendy idiots who insist on reverse parking. Pray that fad never spreads to your countries, Northern Hemispherians.

You mean like reverse angled parking on a one-way street?
http://goo.gl/maps/t3nhj

Not only do we have those idiots here in washington state, they will actually drive through an open spot to get to the other open spot so they don't have to back up their oversize SUV.
I have seen the gas station smokers. we also have those who insist on lighting up while holding the nozzle to the gas port.
We have drivers who spill gas on the ground then drop their cigarettes next to the spill before driving off.

[Diziet Sma]

The standard of driving in WA has plummeted since the turn of the century, with all the economic refugees from Victoria coming here.

Be thankful you don't have a bunch of Brisbanites over there.. worst drivers in Australia.. (and I can legitimately claim that, because I've driven -and held licences- in every State and Territory except Tassie and the ACT)

Speaking of inflaming the situation... Only ever seen in Queensland: people smoking (you know, cigarettes) on the forecourt of a petrol station. WTF!?

In my experience, Queenslanders are generally not notable for their exceptional intelligence when it relates to motor vehicles.. (certain members of this community excepted, of course! )

[Wildeblood]

...here in washington state...

Hey, the other WA. Back when usenet was a thing we used to get your compatriots dropping in to wa.* newsgroups regularly. They'd be told, usually politely, to take their query to wash.* because we had no idea what they were talking about. Most were never seen again, but occasionally one would hang around to argue. It's certainly not unique to Americans or Washingtonians, you get 'em everwhere, but there's a certain type of person who think that if they're just insistent enough the world will change to the way they assumed it was. Try explaining to such people that no amount of arguing will change the fact that we don't know anything about Washington politics or where to find a good restaurant in Seattle.

There used to be a girl who lived about a mile away from me, and used to accidentally give people my phone number by substituting a 6 for a 9. One day this woman rings up, "Can I speak to Belinda B?"
"No, she's given you the wrong number, this is xxxxxx6, her number is xxxxxx9."
"I didn't dial the wrong number."
"I know you didn't. She's given you the wrong number. Sometimes when she's in a hurry she writes a 6 instead of a 9."
"I dialled the number she gave me."
I explain it again.
"Why would she do that?"
"You're after Belinda B? Her number is xxxxxx9."
"This is the number she gave me."
Sigh. Then without so much as a "Thank you for providing the correct information I needed," she hung up on me. Bitch.

It's funny the kind of dopey incidents that stick in one's memory.

Be thankful you don't have a bunch of Brisbanites over there.. worst drivers in Australia...

You're preaching to the choir there, I'm familiar with the habits of Brisbane drivers.

[Yah-Ta-Hey]

The "other washingtonians" are all a bunch of dips and I couldn't agree with you more. As voters, we send them over and they then proceed to do really stupid things.

Whenever I get a phone call like yours... it is usually for Juan or Julio the local hispanics.... the first time, I say wrong number and hang up... the second time, I say he is in jail, the third time.. he has been deported... the fourth time, I say that the cartel caught up with him... no more phone calls after that.

[another_commander]

Now that the RL fines and people behaviours discussion has grown larger than the actual Oolite discussion on the same subject, time for a split.

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