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tic-tac
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10 Sep 2012, 10:04 pm

Sticking to the safe streets close to home isn't such a horrible way to drive. The neighbors there are friendly; they know me and they're aware of my lack of breaks, so they understand why and they're forgiving when I accidentally crash into them.

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10 Sep 2012, 10:44 pm

tic-tac wrote:

Since we're doing metaphors, I prefer to be far away so that way there I never have to see the people I crash into again.

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10 Sep 2012, 11:02 pm

1000Knives wrote:

tic-tac wrote:

Since we're doing metaphors, I prefer to be far away so that way there I never have to see the people I crash into again.

It's harder to be held accountable for the damages when you suddenly take off without people knowing who you are

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11 Sep 2012, 5:33 am

tic-tac wrote:

Still can't tell if this is a reality-based thread.
My neighbors would be hopping mad if I so much as scratched their Japanese Import cars with my aging Mercedes, which does have an odd brake problem but stops promptly.

I still lean to the children's story as an explanation. Perhaps it's a child's world where everyone drives about in bumper cars.

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11 Sep 2012, 11:05 am

I literally used to drive a car with no brakes at all.

I managed to fix them after driving around without brakes for a week or two.

Driving without brakes is stupid ( obviously ) & requires a lot of forward planning, while driving, & some luck.

I wouldn't do it these days.

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14 Sep 2012, 1:29 pm

MirrorWars wrote:

Once again, I find this fascinating. Obviously you don't live in the UK. How in the world do you drive without brakes unless you are in a rural farming community with almost no traffic.

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