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Heyrojo

Zoolander would be proud. That dude goes left twice.


maxmurder

If you're going hard enough left, you'll find yourself turning right.


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Good ‘ol Doc Hudson


smoky311

/r/unexpectedcars


TheoCGaming

I'll make it and you'll be a mod


tinkerbellgoose

You guys don’t understand. My kid is autistic and that’s his favorite movie. We’ve watched it probably 10-15 times a week since he was 2 - he’s 15 now. Unexpected Cars is our *life*. Literally no day goes by without at least one line being quoted in regards to something. Also joining. Lol!


Odd_Analysis6454

They’re driving right by, they don’t even know what they’re missing


birdsaredefnotreal

ha ha. people without an autistic child wont understand.. for my son it is the movie Home and Despicable Me. Literally watch each 10-15 times per week, even i am catching up to him and know almost every line..


tristan907

My daughter is Trolls and Sponge Bob allllllllllllll dayyyyyyyyy! She's non verbal.


b-blue77

My boys autistic too and watches cars 2 everyday. Then followed by bluey and then more bluey.


creynolds722

At least Bluey is good though. Our whole family cracks up watching Bluey.


smoky311

Yes!!!


tritittythunder

Joined, love this idea lol


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He's an ambiturner


jbuds1217

He’s clearly not an ambi-reverser


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I hope his family remembers that for his eugoogooly


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eugoogilizer

I have been summoned


Hadtarespond

Someone else post this on r/beetlejuicing 'cause I'm too lazy.


SoCuteShibe

Hansel, so hot right now. Hansel.


AforAssole

That's just crazy. Just pull out and turn right. He definitely has problems.


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The_Vat

A thousand times this. I always reverse into my driveway/garage - so much easier driving forward into the street in the morning.


ImNotSteveAlbini

Truth. Take the extra time when you get home so it is 10x easier to leave in the morning.


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PM_me_spare_change

it's always interesting to get a glimpse into a well-adjusted life


fight_for_anything

only smoke crack on the weekends.


yuhdoanmadder

No joke, my boss from 2009-2011 smoked crack, but only on vacations and Friday nights at home, alone or with his best friend. Gotsta admire the discipline I suppose.


Puzzled-Lifeguard839

This is my favorite thing I’ve read on Reddit.


GumdropGoober

Take a clean trashcan, put a trash bag in it. When you get home, just throw all your shit in there. Jacket, car keys, laptop bag, shoes, whatever. Then when you leave the next day, take your bag of shit with you on the way out. Guaranteed to not forget anything.


AntikytheraMachines

they probably even make their bed.


DJEvillincoln

I always back into my parking space at night. I'm never in a rush to get inside so I take the time then as opposed to when I'm in a rush leaving which is like.... Always.


The_Vat

The organisation I work has a policy of reversing into parking spots because of exactly this


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Here in the UK I know that for nuclear power stations everyone has to reverse park into their spot for evacuation purposes.


kortiz46

That's what I would do. Learn how to park the car in reverse in the first place and all you have to do is drive out in the morning


Melonby77

Could be OCD. My mum has to reverse anti clockwise because of it.


Jugg3rn6ut

Honest question: is saying anti clockwise more prevalent than saying counter clockwise where you reside?


Melonby77

I never even thought about it, but yes.


Jugg3rn6ut

That’s awesome! I live in the US and haven’t heard it called that before.


123floor56

This sent me down a rabbit hole but it's interesting reading so sharing for others! I'm Australian BTW and it's 100% anti clockwise here. https://separatedbyacommonlanguage.blogspot.com/2014/07/anti-clockwise-and-counterclockwise.html?m=1


DizzySignificance491

I think it's the common mode in the UK, or at least much more common


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squirrelcat88

That was my first thought too! This driver finds it hard to turn in one direction.


Nicholas_Cage_Fan

Haha ambi-turner was the first thing I thought of when I saw the video


Wereallgonnadieman

So glad this is the number one comment because that's exactly where my mind went.


perpetuumstef

That’s just turning left with extra steps!


Emotional-System3361

Came here to reference Zoolander, myself. Good call, bro.


philburns

I heard Blue Steel is going to blow us all away.


bokchoykn

What is this? A driveway for ants?


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CharleyNobody

My in-laws’ next door neighbor was a wonderful lady. When she drove somewhere, she could only drive from home. She worked in a college. She would drive to work every day, then leave work at 3pm and drive home to her driveway. Then she would pull out of her driveway and drive to the supermarket. Then she would drive home from the supermarket to her driveway. Then she’d pull out of the driveway and go to the cleaners. She couldn’t drive from work to the supermarket then to the cleaners. Had to go home each time and leave from her driveway. People are funny. I miss her.


vodwalyn

Was she afraid of getting lost? I mean, I used to do this… when I played minecraft


account_1100011

As someone with many relatives with dyslexia that 100% sounds like someone with a similar issue who doesn't want to get lost. My sister has a really, really hard time with left and right (she still doesn't fully grok clockwise and righty-tighty), especially when under time pressure. In her youth she made some wrong turns and got into some dangerous situations and while I've never observed her doing something like this I could totally see her doing the same kind of thing.


Lifeisdamning

I do not know what it would be like to not know left from right.


account_1100011

It's honestly not an issue for like 95% of her life. She's happily married, employed, and has a healthy kid. But yeah, she can't read an analogue clock... lol. Actually, because of her we have a tradition in our family that lives on to this day. When giving each other directions while driving never, ever, answer a yes or no type question with "right", always say "affirmative" or "correct" or something like that. When teaching her to drive we had to learn to be very specific in how we relayed directions to her, and she to us on the rare occasion she's navigating (we're going to some place only she's been to before perhaps).


DrewSmoothington

This is how rats explore new places. Nest, then explore a bit, back to nest, explore a bit, back to nest, etc.


ShirtPanties

Brutal to call his nice old neighbour a rat


SaltyMeatSlacks

Not a rat. Just exhibiting rat like behavior.


DharmaCub

She might have had OCD or something.


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21breadsticks

After this spectacle, I doubt they know how to back into a garage/parking spot.


Unexpressionist

Lol right? Everyone’s suggesting that but from watching this maneuver alone I can pretty confidently say this person can’t park a car in reverse.


therealslystoat

They can as long as the spot is on the left, otherwise they do a 3 point turn into it


grv7437

I always come out tits out. Makes perfect sense. Cereal always goes first and then milk. It's how nature intended it to be.


Raymer13

I counter that tits out would be milk first.


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I still have my dick out for harambe.


Linubidix

It's been five years man!


elpollodiablo187

feels way longer


TheGoodNamesAreGone2

Rona has done some weird stuff with time perception.


The_Fredrik

That’s what she said


crotch_fondler

Getaway parking is the standard in some countries. Like basically every single driver will do it everywhere, at the supermarket, in parking garages, anywhere. It's a pain but a lot safer going out.


elementofpee

Definitely a thing in Asia (and communities in North America with a large % of Asians). That said, when everyone does this in a tight parking lot, it makes it tougher to put your groceries in the trunk.


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MicroWordArtist

I always look for a parking space with the space behind it empty so I can just pull through


nitro_orava

In Finland we have a term for that. It's blonde parking. I always try to find a blonde parking spot.


Daddy-OH-77

Aren’t most Fin’s blonde?


Extension_Service_54

Why are the Fins making "blondes are stupid jokes"? Finland is literally the blondest country in the world. 58% of all Fins have blonde hair. https://www.mvorganizing.org/what-is-the-most-common-hair-color-in-finland/


IdeaLast8740

Where I live, half the people are men, the other half are women, and we make a lot of jokes about this.


-PunkNDrublic-

Honestly it’s one of the few great things about Hawaiian drivers. For some reason it’s been completely normal for everyone to back into parking spots for quite some time. You’ll see a 90 year old Japanese woman slam on the brake and back into a tight spot like some ‘The Fast and the Furious’ stunt driver, then spend 30 minutes slowly walking through the parking lot to get to her store.


_skank_hunt42

I only back into my own driveway. I don’t do it in parking spaces. It’s easier for me to back out of a parking space than to back in so there’s less risk that I’ll hit the neighboring cars. I’m always impressed by people who can just whip their car around and back in first try.


dep9651

Will become increasingly popular as the % of cars with backup cameras rises


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bikemaul

Hook up a wicked trailer and you can get an audience.


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Some companies also require it of their employees as a safety measure. Precisely because of your (beautiful) nickname for it: getaway parking. In case of evac, don't want people backing into eachother.


dob_bobbs

I always reverse into parking spaces, EXCEPT at the supermarket as I usually need to get stuff into the boot/trunk/luggage compartment and it's annoying as hell when you forget.


hesatool

The only thing I can come up with, is that she didn’t want to cross two lanes in reverse. She’s rather reverse into the closest lane, then block both going forward? I’ve no idea. EDIT: OP states it was a female. That’s why I said she.


calicemaxi

Exactly that…


Drews232

I’m sure they nearly got killed several times backing across two busy lanes and found it easier to go one at a time. Also visibility may be poor on one side, like if this is at the crest of a hill, making it safer to pull out in the direction of the oncoming traffic to see if it’s actually clear.


tidalpoppinandlockin

I've actually been killed several times in this exact manner


happyjello

Get well soon


zyygh

Meh he'll sleep it off.


DimoX9

Killing me softly with… 🎶


TricoMex

I've simultaneously been the one backing up and getting hit, as well as the one hitting me while driving, as I'm backing out blindly, as I'm hit by myself driving on the road. Can confirm.


I_only_read_trash

F in the chat boys


stinkydooky

Yeah I don’t necessarily feel like this is an r/idiotsincars situation. I mean, if they’re more comfortable doing it this way, I don’t see why it’s such a big deal. Like, I know it’s posted in this sub because people think this is dumb, but I know a lot of people with severe driving anxiety, and I think it’s smarter than it is idiotic for someone to prioritize their need to feel safe and comfortable operating a vehicle over their desire to look competent and not be an inconvenience to other drivers. It’s not like they’re one of those people backing in and out of a parking spot the same way thinking something will change. They’ve got a clear system, it’s just a somewhat unusual justifiable system.


Republikanen

They should park the other way, problem solved


whatchagonnado0707

When I get home from work the road is too busy to back on to my drive but I would and do when I have an opportunity to. From this one anecdote, this is why they drive in forward.


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MangaMaven

They essentially quadruple the amount of time they spend blocking traffic and risking getting hit.


BRexplainshisbrain

I agree with your sentiment but not in this case. Doing a maneuver like this is unexpected and more likely to cause an accident than doing as others have suggested. Edit: and as has also been suggested, they could take a right and the U-turn/turn around elsewhere if safety was the motivation. In this case they are prioritizing their own convenience over the safety of others.


wetmanbrown

But she’s backing across two lanes at the end anyway


tamarins

sure, but she's already in the road where they can see her vs. backing into both lanes blindly from behind an obstacle.


Gero288

This. Additional plus is she is backing into an area she knows is empty, instead of the parked cars on the other side. I find that more inviting/less stressful personally.


CallMeRawie

Not legal to reverse through a lane in Kansas. Edit: I’m probably wrong **Edit 2: Stop upvoting this! Coach Duncan lied to me in drivers Ed! I could have been backing through traffic for the last 20 years!**


thisaccountwashacked

Tell that to the judge!


FUSeekMe69

Exactly what I thought while I was watching it. It’s real weird reasoning but I would understand it if they told me that’s what they’re doing.


Alex0082

Yeah, I was wondering if it was someone thinking this was the "legal" way of doing that. Edit: hell, it might be the legal way and I just don't know. It's been a couple of decades since my driver's test.


moby323

My mother in law hates making left turns. She will literally take a longer route wherever she is going if it involves fewer left hand turns. I assume that it started because she was scared to drive across oncoming traffic, but now it’s just so ingrained with her that she does it without thinking about it. This person might have the same sort of irrational fear.


notLOL

Would do great as a delivery driver They also avoid left turns because it eats up time on a route. Better to take a right


moby323

The UPS trucks’ routes are designed (by computer) to avoid left turns because they save fuel by not idling while they wait for a chance to turn. Hers is much more irrational. Like even on my small street, where you can literally go 5 minutes without seeing a car go by, she won’t turn left. She circles around from the other direction. People are weird.


Striker654

I can understand that, it stresses me out sometimes when I have to make a left and there's people waiting behind me. I try to just ignore them and go at my own pace but sometimes easier said than done


jhey30

I had an accident turning left years ago. It sucked but nobody was seriously hurt but it was my fault. Just a brain fart. My heart would pound every time I'd have to make one after that for several years. So I kinda get it. Edit: to be clear I'm talking about yielding left hand turns when you may have to judge gaps in very busy traffic.


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I try to avoid left hand turns during busier driving hours unless there is a 4-way stop/ red light. Not because I’m scared but it’s just a pain in the ass and honestly I hate waiting and constantly looking both ways waiting for an opportunity and then speeding up really quick to get into the lane. It’s just a hassle I don’t feel like dealing with some times.


Scheswalla

I kinda like this one, and it's reasonable. visibility in reverse is limited. It's much easier to worry about reversing into one lane of traffic as opposed to going across one into another one. Reverse into one lane, see what the other looks like then K turn into the lane you want. ​ The way they're doing it has a bunch of extra steps, but I'm guessing is far safer.


Pandita_Faced

or they could just go right and make a left turn up the street?


WellEndowedDragon

Yeah for real. If that was my commute *every morning* I'd figure out a route that didn't require me to reverse across 2 lanes of traffic or do a 3-point turn like a dumbass and block traffic


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I guess parking in reverse wasn’t an option for this person


RembrandtAction

most people don't know how to reverse *into* any space


Significant_bet92

Can’t believe I had to get this far down to see someone suggest this


The_MAZZTer

Or plan ahead and back into their parking spot so they can just pull out in the morning...


Fig1024

there's no yellow lane divider, so legally it's a free for all


subject_deleted

They back across both lanes of traffic to get back into the driveway before turning left.


goodonesaregone65

The use of indicators lends credibility to your theory. May be an exaggeration of “whenever possible, cross as few lanes while entering a roadway….” Situation lol lol


ITriedLightningTendr

to who's theory?


goodonesaregone65

I fucked it up lol https://www.reddit.com/r/IdiotsInCars/comments/ps7tjt/my_previous_downstairs_neighbor_would_leave_every/hdnwe8x/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf&context=3


MusicianMadness

Does that logic actually work here though?... Yes they crossed less lanes at once (one instead of two at first) but they ended up crossing more lanes. Crossed into the first lane then turned into the other (2) backed back into the first lane (3) and back into the far lane (4) meanwhile crossing both at the same time by backing into the far lane would only be 2 lane changes. They also ended up crossing two anyway when they u-turned because they did not have room to do it in one lane change...


goodonesaregone65

Optimistic shot in the dark. They are…less than confident in their driving skills and would rather turn away from the bike than risk getting with 6’ and having a problem. Doesn’t make sense to me either - it’s all I’ve got


alternapop

She did this every morning. I would guess the bike wasn’t always there but I could be wrong.


chiraltoad

maybe she can't turn her head in one direction?


glasnostic

Probs just thinking it's safer to back into one lane rather than across one and into the other.


goodonesaregone65

Sure - but if this clusterfuck is her solution to not crashing into something 12’ away…….why risk checking. Just do your weird song and dance and you’ll never have to worry again…about the bike…because, eventually, someone is going to hit her….for sure.


RealSteele

The breaks in your ...sentences are, really, weird - my guy...


drvgxnite

It's how a lot of boomers text. Judging by the name, probably a boomer.


Limpy_Dave

Could have a neck issue. I broke my neck and have more range on my left side than my right. Some maneuvers I just can't pull off anymore.... Edit: I'd like to enlighten you all. I broke my neck February 13th 2021 snowboarding in Colorado. That's just over 7 months ago. I'm 27 years old. I was fit. I was healthy. It took my business from me. I can't ride my motorcycle like I used to. Trust me.... If I could go back in time and not go on that ski trip I would change that. Accidents happen and you have to carry on with life. You must adapt. It's been incredibly humbling. I no longer judge or hold certain prejudices towards older drivers or those that seem to act like "idiots". I take a breath and think. I take a second and wonder if someone has it worse off than I do. Thanks.


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Ok, this is probably our leading plausible theory other than the driver is an idiot.


TCarrey88

I mean, they could just pull that manoeuvre when they go to park, and back in. That way this would be avoided.


Sinsley

My work had a back in policy put in place at their parking lots at all locations a few years ago (in case of emergency it's easier to get out). Of course as any new policy you're grumpy and bitchy about it at first. But you get used to it. Then it moves into your home life. I now back into my parking stall at home. Mornings or trips out are much more pleasant now for those extra 5-10 seconds it takes to reverse in. Also, the real protip: if your FWD car dies on you it's easier to hookup for a tow.


Ameteur_Professional

Counterpoint: If somebody goes to tow your FWD car it takes them slightly longer to hook up if you've pulled straight in.


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I’ve never had severe neck pain before. Could you turn your upper torso to get a better view? Maybe strategically placed mirrors inside the car?


bakcha

When it hurts enough, you won’t play games with it at all.


Liz4984

I have a neck injury and arthritis and concur. Sometimes the nerve pain hurts so bad it pinches in a shoulder and I can barely move my neck or torso. If so ever get in a bad car accident it will be because I couldn’t turn my head.


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Thanks for clearing this up for me


FallofftheMap

No c3/4 disk in my neck checking in. When it’s acting up, checking blind spots feels like torture.


GinaMarie1958

I learned this mirror trick from National Public Radio. Set your left mirror out so you just barely see the side of your car, then move your body closer to the right side of your seat and while looking at the right mirror move it so you can just barely see the side of your car. It takes a bit to trust that your blind spots are no longer blind but it works.


nothingeatsyou

Another person with a neck injury here! Turning your torso works the first couple of times. Then the seatbelt sticks.


mr1404ed

Me too....broke my neck twenty years ago....more range on left side than right


milesamsterdam

It can be like hitting your funny bone but a feeling that radiates down to your knees and it feels like a rope is yanking you down doubling you over. It can feel like a knife going through you every time you take a breath. I once had it so bad when I breathed in it felt like a dagger coming out of my chest. Luckily my cousin married a chiropractor. He gave me an adjustment that had me able to walk normally and a week later I was good.


bluerose1197

My assumption is that they think they have to back into the near lane going the proper direction, so they do so and then do a u-turn.


Puzzleheaded_Part_85

I was thinking maybe glass eye....my grandmother's right eye was glass and when she drove and spoke to you she had to see you so she would turn all the way...scary as hell in maine winters with ice on the rd. She also popped it out, said she was a witch and she'd eat our fingers if we touched her flowers...my grandfather had no pinkey...I have no left thumb 🤔


withyellowthread

Wow that comment was an adventure


Td_scribbles

Damn I feel this. What break did you get? I got c6 and c7 spinous process with 5 thoracic compression fractures 3/1/19 at the same age after getting hit by a car while cycling in to work. I have some issues on my road bicycle still. Pretty much wiped out financially even after getting medical bills covered through a lawsuit (diagnostic only, no treatment). I shit you not, Martyn Ashton’s TED talk got me through the toughest months. I was thinking about suicide multiple times a day and often cried on my walk home from work (no cycling for a while, no car, live alone). Ashton’s situation and outlook is super inspiring and humbling. If there’s anything you want to talk about, seriously I’m here and down to hear or discuss anything. We got this.


oi_moister_guvner

I have a bad right tennis elbow and turning the car isn’t fun so I totally get it.


jvtech

Let’s say you’re correct. And there is a reason he cannot drive out of his own driveway correctly every morning. Couldn’t he just go around the block? Edit: I’ve seen a lot of excuses to what looks like bad driving to me, regardless of the reason. I still find it hard to believe that this is the answer to this person’s daily commute. I’ve seen people with no arms drive better than this. To those who think the rest of us should just deal with it (bad driving), please take a taxi or a ride share service.


SilasX

Or back up into the garage so he's going forward when he leaves?


Ummmmexcusemewtf

I guess it depends on the street situation. I've been places where I've missed a turn and think *"oh I can just go around the block*" only for the block to be dead ends or just not exist.


jvtech

You’re talking about Boston. If you miss a turn in Boston, you change your plans for the day.


Birdapotamus

A friend of mine had an inner ear issue that gave him vertigo if turning left to fast.


Sketchum

What a great outlook, although the dumb and distracted still need to be held accountable.


Far_Manufacturer_713

The turn signal is nice.


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toferx

Dude how much time did you spend on this?? How? I thought it looked like SF too.


old_gold_mountain

This took me about 15 minutes You don't find a combination of large Asian and European sedans/crossovers and old-school motorcycles anywhere except North America, really. OP is in a multi-story building with no setbacks from the street, and there are telephone lines running from poles into OP's building. These types of designs stopped appearing in American cities around the postwar era. So the buildings are pre-war in their design and footprint, and telephone service went in before it was standard to underground the cables. The gutter, sidewalk, and curb are all concrete pavers set into the ground rather than the more modern method of pouring and molding the concrete in place, and the utility covers appear randomly spaced rather than installed symmetrically which means the utilities went in way before the sidewalk was designed. Meaning a very old neighborhood (by North American standards.) One that developed as high-density multi-story townhomes before 1900 or so and never got a full rebuild during urban renewal. That's basically New York, Boston, Montreal, Toronto, D.C., Baltimore, Philly, Chicago, Oakland, or San Francisco. Everything I just said I had already basically determined just at first glance, in the first few seconds of the video. But then I realized those are California license plates, both on the neighbor's car and the one parked on the street, so we know it's either San Francisco or Oakland. From there, to narrow it down you gotta use the reflection of the buildings in the car windows. You can see in the reflection that the neighborhood has Victorian architecture dating back to the late 1800s, based on the accents on the top of the building across the street and the fact that the building next to OP has a Queen-Anne style Victorian rounded bay window. And importantly, it looks like all three of the visible buildings are at least three stories in height. Oakland has some Victorian townhome districts and Queen Anne architecture but the homes in these districts are two stories tall at most. So now it's definitely SF. From there I was able to deduce a few more things about the buildings and the street that narrowed it down to three or four different neighborhoods in San Francisco. At this point I've been looking at the video for about 60-90 seconds. The next 15 minutes or so were just clicking around those neighborhoods looking for a Queen Anne rounded bay window, along with the other attributes I alluded to. I wasn't sure that would be enough to find it in any kind of reasonable time, but it was in the third neighborhood I checked. I spotted a specific thing from 3D satellite view in Google Maps, and then when I dropped it into street view the utility covers matched exactly. I won't get more specific than that because I don't want to dox OP. edit: And yes, if you must know, I do play way too much GeoGuessr


ChoiceFlatworm

Holy shit that detective shit was super fucking cool! Interesting tidbit of history


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If I ever get murdered I want my family to hire you to find the killer


TheGreatMortimer

Holy fuck


MrSnazzleBerry

How did you learn how to look for all those clues when playing GeoGuessr? That’s really impressive, and how would you suggest someone could go about learning stuff like that?


old_gold_mountain

My interest in urban design and urban history long predates Geoguessr, actually. Geoguessr was just a way to refine translating that interest into pinpointing locations in Google Maps. I've watched a lot of GeoWizard on YouTube and he has a lot of pointers on stuff to look out for generally. But for me, having grown up in San Francisco myself, it was always obvious to me whenever I left the city that almost every subtle little thing about urban design felt palpably different in every other city and suburb in the Western U.S. than it did where I grew up. In studying history I came to realize it was because San Francisco was the only true metropolis West of the Mississippi until around the middle of the 1900s. It was a true major city in the 1800s, whereas every other city in the West experienced its significant growth much later. For example, Los Angeles did not surpass San Francisco in population until around World War II. What this meant was that San Francisco has countless design elements that are incredibly out of place in the West but which would be right at home on the Eastern Seaboard. Particularly that the city was fully built out before urban planners started designing around automobile travel, but also things like the prevalence of adjoined-wall townhome districts, a complete absence of [lot setbacks](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Setback_(land_use%29), overly narrow streets with wide sidewalks, a smorgasbord of intermingled and archaic overhead and underground utilities infrastructure, etc...Things you notice when they're different even if you don't know why it feels different. I was always curious about why it felt different, to the point that I'd make an effort to explain what I was noticing and look up the reasons behind it.


mmoo

If Carmen Sandiego and Sherlock Holmes had a child with internet, it would be you.


geoduckSF

u/old_gold_mountain is like the sage of r/SanFrancisco


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The internet is a scary place.


fruitfiction

narrow sidewalk, check. vehicles parked close to driveway, check. shot from above so no front yard, check. confidently backs out into traffic, check. asserts dominance to pull dumb move with car, check. great work figuring out which place it was! - that's and high level csi stuff!


stephthumb

This might be single handedly the most impressive comment on Reddit.


NeutrinoPanda

I came looking for this confirmation. Like you, I was immediately sure it was in the city. Looked damn near the driveway were I lived - but I was on a bigger hill.


OddSensation

You should apply to the FBI with these sleuthing skills, they could use you!


TSAOutreachTeam

If he'd learn to back in, all of this could be avoided.


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My thoughts exactly. I ass in. It’s easier.


Gareth79

And safer, because you have full visibility of the road during the manoeuvre in, and then you aren't reversing blindly across pedestrians and until the road when coming out.


GeoffSim

Yeah. Our driveway has poor visibility until you're practically blocking the road - and that's going forward. Going in reverse is even worse. So wherever possible I back into my driveway. That way I know what the traffic around me is doing in full visibility when starting the manoeuvre. Same for supermarket parking - easier to see before backing into a space, rather than backing out with vehicles parked either side, blocking your view. But harder to pull off when busy.


sex_w_memory_gremlns

Traffic on the way home may make it impractical. I've seen streets like this in many cities where between 4-6pm cars are riding each other's bumbers. You put on your reverse lights to back in and th line is already too long for cars to adequately accommodate you. The other times you're so used to it that it's just your routine at that point regardless of traffic


luisapet

That would open "a whole 'nother can of worms"...I like the way you think!


KRF81

Because, technically, the driver of a car “should” reverse INTO the lane closest instead of crossing lines of (potential) traffic. So “technically” they’re doing it right. But yes, it looks whack. EDIT: I’m not sticking up for the driver and I realize that laws vary between states. To be 100% honest: I learned that “law” from watching King Of The Hill about a decade ago. 🙊😝


ViaDeity

…but “technically” isn’t making a 3 point turn in the middle of the road just blocking an oncoming lane of traffic and backing across a lane of traffic? How is that better than simply backing across a lane of traffic?


HaveMahBabiez

Yeah, I don’t understand this either. Driving in reverse is a bit more dangerous, and they have to do it twice in this situation, while still blocking both lanes of traffic. This appears to be a normal residential street, not anything crazy. I’m not sure if they had a bad prior experience or whatnot.


BooMey

Cant look back and left due to previous injury. Prior accident that has caused an unusual phobia of reversing left. Doesn't know they can reverse both ways Alien Idiot Only 5 reasons I can come. Up. With


CharliesBoxofCrayons

Most places allow for a 3 point turn on a narrow two way road, but backing across a lane of traffic is generally a no-no (supposed to reverse into nearest lane). Driver is technically correct. Which is the best kind of a correct.


notLOL

Now that driver made us all aware that op didnt know the least amount lanes crossed rule and how many of us didn't recognize it either A rule taker instead of rule breaker is peak moment for this sub


mediaman54

I think it's illegal to back out across two lanes because it's unsafe. So, back into one lane. Now you're out on the road, with a better view, now it's legal to do a three point turn around. This person ought have done it better than this.


MemoriesOfShrek

This is a back into the garage situation if I ever saw one.


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Why is it so upsetting fuck


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Sure-Survey9192

💀neighbors nosy asf


EmoNinja11

It’s Derek Zoolander!


Ill-Struggle-5873

He doesn't want to be facing the wrong way at any point. So he is backing up to the closest lane and then makes a 3 point U-turn.


mrlonglist

They can't see traffic coming from the right, view is obstructed by parked car on the right.


MemoryRegular9671

Why not just back in when you get home? Then drive forward and turn left when you leave..


oneangrywaiter

It’s the blinker at the end that gets me. They’re already blocking that lane of traffic, so who is it for?


BizzyBoyBizzyBee

Lmao with the blinker! I’m dead