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[Sparky]

^ oops.

[Sparky]

Nice work Mike.

[sebberry]

What's with pedestrians today trying to become my new hood ornament?

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKrUZ92skKQ

[VicHockeyFan]

Those ones on Shelbourne were funny.

[sebberry]

Sunday, Government and Johnson.

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[nagel]

Pandora?

[sebberry]

Yeh, that one   I was headed for the JSB.

[North Shore]

What's with pedestrians today trying to become my new hood ornament?

 

 

Indeed - the Victorian 'Magic shield of pedestrian protection'!

If you're going to jaywalk, go ahead, but !run! so that you're not holding up the show!

[jonny]

I almost hit a cyclist today because they decided right in front of me to hop from riding on the sidewalk to my lane. They heard me honk over the sound of the music coming from their ear buds, though.

[sebberry]

They heard me honk over the sound of the music coming from their ear buds, though.

 

That was part of the motivation for me to upgrade my OE mouse squeak horns to a pair of Hella Sharptones.  115 dB of why the heck aren't you paying attention? Too many people tuning out the world around them with headphones.

[jonny]

The annoying thing is; I would have hit her from behind, which would have made things really tough for me.

[sebberry]

Time for a dashcam.  Better to buy one now and complain about people on YouTube than to wait until you're found at-fault for a crash because there were no witnesses or the other party lied...

[SimonH]

Speaking of dashcams, can anyone point me in the direction of a good dashcam fitter in the Victoria area. PM me if we are not allowed to advertise company names on site.

[LJ]

That was part of the motivation for me to upgrade my OE mouse squeak horns to a pair of Hella Sharptones.  115 dB of why the heck aren't you paying attention? Too many people tuning out the world around them with headphones.

I want to get one of those low frequency rumble horns/sirens.

[sebberry]

Speaking of dashcams, can anyone point me in the direction of a good dashcam fitter in the Victoria area. PM me if we are not allowed to advertise company names on site.

 

You have one you want installed?  Any of the car audio shops would be able to do a nice job for you. 

[SimonH]

You have one you want installed?  Any of the car audio shops would be able to do a nice job for you. 

Yes I've researched a few and they get mixed reviews. Was hoping maybe someone on here or several contributors might have had experience of  one and could highly recommend it.

[MarkoJ]

I don't know how I lived without real time traffic....(this is from a few weeks ago).  Has saved me so many times.  If there is an accident on the Pat Bay I'll just go West Saanich or Cordova Bay Road.

 

 

[3isenough]

^^ when I first saw the picture and until I read the comment about it being from a few weeks ago I was thinking to myself that I must have just missed an accident... I just literally drove through there. I live right off of the Pat Bay on Old East Rd and know right away when there is an accident on that stretch. The traffic backs up immediately, and often comes down our road to go through the valley.

[LeoVictoria]

 

I don't know how I lived without real time traffic....(this is from a few weeks ago).  Has saved me so many times.  If there is an accident on the Pat Bay I'll just go West Saanich or Cordova Bay Road.

 

 

Awesome.  For those without a $100k car, your smartphone will do the same albeit not as conveniently affixed to your dash using Apple or Google Maps (or Waze)

Edited by LeoVictoria, 30 September 2016 - 12:20 PM.

[vandervalk]

Awesome.  For those without a $100k car, your smartphone will do the same albeit not as conveniently affixed to your dash using Apple or Google Maps (or Waze)

My $16k Chevy Spark has Android Auto and does the exact same thing. (Runs off Google Maps)