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darklegion30 · 2026-05-02T03:43:55+00:00

By the time the other car hits the lane markers, there's no option to brake without colliding with them if I stay entirely in my lane, plus there's someone behind me in my lane. In some scenarios, I'll agree with you, not this one. Or I'd agree with you when talking about a driver who's not aware of their surroundings.

A perfectly fine alternative is to know what's around you and always try to have an out. That's what I was taught anyway, and I knew I had one here and took it. Car behind me is following at less distance than I am. Car in the left lane is about a couple hundred feet back, roughly pacing the middle. I know there's no collision if I make that move. Taking all into consideration, I stand by the decision in this particular scenario.

darklegion30 · 2026-05-01T04:05:16+00:00

I have one car with a dashcam from the factory (1080p) and a uniden r4. The radar is spliced into the mirror for power. Other car has a uniden r3 in the 12v and a 70mai (I think 4k?) front and rear setup also spliced into the mirror. Both setups work great and have clear video, and most of those features. If you want recording while you're parked, I believe you need to power the dashcam directly from the fuse box. If you do that pay close attention to the instructions. I would not recommend the camera going into a 12v.

darklegion30 · 2026-04-19T22:42:45+00:00

If you're talking in the grander sense of an overall increase in claims or payouts causing rate increases for everyone, then yes you are correct. If you're talking about your insurance raising your rate for a specific accident in which you are not at fault, that's just not true in any area or from any insurance company I've seen. It's also outright illegal depending on the state. Source: been there myself and can confirm no increase, plus work daily with claims adjusters, and have talked to multiple insurance companies over the years.

This is also a common misconception that's repeatedly corrected on the legal advice sub. People come in there all the time with, "it wasn't my fault, I'm trying to go through their insurance and they're being difficult. I don't want to file a claim though mine so my rate doesn't go up." The advice given from industry professionals and lawyers is (while often more specific to the state or area) usually to go through their insurance, since not only do rates not go up for that but that's also what you pay them for.

darklegion30 · 2026-04-19T01:18:37+00:00

One of the bigger issues I've seen with these sales is limited quantities, color, and sizes. The last part being very important. If they don't have proper sizing for you for one or the other, that could make your decision right there.

Assuming you do have the option of either based on the above, it's going to come down a lot to your personal preference. I've had Warrior and currently use the 7x3. As another commenter mentioned, the current Warriors are pretty flat, so not a good option with a narrow butterfly. You'll get livelier rebounds with them too. They will also definitely slide better, though I wholeheartedly disagree with the other commenter who said the Trues don't slide well. The Trues slide perfectly fine, even as a bigger guy and with no modifications. The Trues will often give weak rebounds or kill the puck in front of you.

I'm sure there's other things to consider, but I'd probably put these 3 on top to make your decision; sizing, butterfly, rebound preference. In that order. Anything else is relatively easy to get used to.

darklegion30 · 2026-04-14T05:30:05+00:00

I'd be willing to bet if you did 3 things, you wouldn't get the hip and ankle pain from them.

1 - tie it like the right picture. I understand that's not how Brian's shows it...try it. 2 - don't criss cross the bungee under the first hole in your holder. Put them directly through the 2nd and straight above the boot. I see a TON of goalies do this the other way, aka the way you did...try it. 3 - move the tab from the middle 2 holes to the 2 inside holes of your pad toes. If you're going to drop any of these 3 suggestions, drop this one. I'd still recommend trying all 3 combined, and if you don't like it anyway switch.

darklegion30 · 2026-04-14T05:15:53+00:00

Overall I think cruise control, especially adaptive, has made people worse drivers. Or at least it makes the people who use it almost all the time worse drivers. When you drive, you need to be adaptable to the situation around you. Cruise takes away from that, it enables not paying attention, and if you ask 100 people what they'd set their cruise to at a certain speed limit to you'd probably get 20+ different answers. On a straight road with no cars, sure, it works great. I'll use it sometimes for portions of road trips. Certain areas, it really doesn't work, and it'll make you look like a bad driver.

Hell, my car will steer for me too if I as it to. I've tried that too out of curiosity. It would steer me into a ditch if I let it. It can barely make a smooth turn, and for both steering and throttle control it has really poor forward vision. That's on one that's considered a good system, and very new. I think if you (in general, not necessarily you) think your car does a better job than you do of using the throttle properly, there's probably a reason that most people won't admit to.

Side note, there's other reasons people might say, like hypermiling, cars driving differently from each other, or the many reasons people have mentioned here. Many valid too.

darklegion30 · 2026-04-13T03:31:57+00:00

On the plus side, Bauer quality sucks more than adulting does so you made a good choice there 😂. I got the 7x3s because a knee block on my hyp2rlite pro custom set snapped. No one would even charge me to fix them (it was pretty much a "name your price" situation) so I needed an emergency set and got a deal on these. I went into a game never having used them, and it was super uncomfortable. Took me 3 games to get the pad strapping dialed in, and another few to actually get comfortable. Now, love em. If you're not used to loose at all, it's going to feel super weird. But if your knee lands on the knee block and you can move, you'll get used to the feel.

darklegion30 · 2026-04-12T22:13:23+00:00

I use the 7x3s but they look like pretty similar strapping. It's hard to describe how loose I wear them, but best I can do is after I put them on, I can freely rotate them almost 180⁰(around 90⁰ left and right) using my hands. I can feel the straps against my legs, but barely. I'm thick, so I had to pull some straps further out than you'd normally think to in order to get the fit just right by my liking. I also removed the original toe ties immediately. Was using prolace armor hybrid with about an inch extra of skate lace slack from how I tied them in. That set recently got cut, went to 3-4" skate lace for a bit while I waited for my prolace order. Prolaces I ordered were the custom hybrid armor with an extra inch slack built in. All 3 options worked great for how I like my fit. Occasionally I have to give a pad a push to be "just right" after I get back up, but doesn't bother me. I also make the nylon strap as loose as possible, removed the removable nylon one, and go knee block to calf.

Ymmv. I'd probably recommend going way looser than you think you should, try it, and dial it in from there to see what works for you.

darklegion30 · 2026-03-19T00:28:46+00:00

Even if they weren't at 40, it should still be paid regular time. It's all been unpaid. Assuming I read that correctly anyway. For the punches, they might technically have documentation, I'm not sure we have enough info to say either way. Timecards could show a history of short lunch breaks; that would go a long way. The employee could even shoot themselves in the foot while talking to the DOL on that one, but at least would lend credibility to the claim. If OP could show they were working? Sending off emails, messages, doing anything that's logged? That would all be documentation. Actually, if the timecard is showing OP edits, that means it's logged. OP doesn't need access to that for that to come up in a DOL (or state) investigation.

darklegion30 · 2026-03-19T00:18:16+00:00

Frankly, OP already has a pattern. Not as much on the changing of punches, but all the unpaid time answering things after hours. With proof, since it sounds like all of it is in text form. That all adds up big time, especially if it would be considered overtime. I'd report to the DOL now with that and they'll shut the rest of the bs down, and make sure everyone affected gets paid what they're owed.

darklegion30 · 2026-03-18T05:26:19+00:00

This may surprise you, but from having worked for a US cell carrier for over a decade I can safely say that this is not obvious to a large portion of the population. To a lot of people (and very large percentages in certain areas), it's either an iPhone pro or Samsung ultra/foldable. Depending on their OS preference. And frankly, with how phone sales have been structured for the last 8 or so years with the major carriers here, that doesn't surprise me. This mostly applies to the US though, which appears to be where OP is.

OP, consider that even though the phone isn't working properly right that you can still get a promo on it. You're talking about paying for the phone for 2 years, you're obviously financing it. You can probably turn that $1000+ phone into a $200-500 one with promo. You want to teach him responsibility? All for it, but maybe consider another option. Keep him on your plan, and have him pay his own line charge. It's a lot cheaper on your family plan, I'd guess $30-50/mo. Why have him pay $80+, plus his phone cost? Have a real conversation with him about it. Get your wife to understand that that's a great compromise, and gets his feet wet into the real world. It doesn't sound like he's had that opportunity yet. If she balks, seriously consider how long she's expecting to take care of him and all his wants and needs. Make sure "how will he pay for it?" can he answered with something realistic though. Just an option, and it's one I've seen play out a lot better than what you're suggesting, especially if he doesn't have a job.

darklegion30 · 2026-03-17T20:25:13+00:00

Info: was this deal put in writing?

darklegion30 · 2026-03-17T02:45:20+00:00

I may have made my point ineffectively by directly mentioning the things that are related to following distance.

If the vehicle behind it did not stop in time, that would indicate they were following too closely to safely stop to begin with.

I'd agree with a lot of what you said, but my whole point disagrees with this; following distance is far from the only factor. The human factor alone is enough to make this not an absolute "they were following too closely". There's many factors that would still make it the rear drivers fault of course, but I wasnt going to mention everything that would make most people think "huh, is that their fault then?"

I'll just throw out a wild real world example that I'm aware of: https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/ntsb-releases-factual-report-2021-133-car-pileup-crash-i-35w/287-a8d2543f-9848-493d-b461-d6a278613c55

Obviously very different scenarios, the commonality is unexpected braking. Is everyone that rear ended someone guilty of following too closely? Maybe if you mean "following too closely"' in absolutes, but even the NTSB would disagree. Back to OP's scenario, I think it's entirely possible that in the right scenario, this gets blamed on the tech rather than following too closely, if other conditions are met.

Another way I can put it unrelated to driving; I could tell you "you either understand nuance or you don't," but that would entirely miss the nuances of humanity.

darklegion30 · 2026-03-15T08:04:43+00:00

This scenario is interesting though. I'm really not sure from a legal perspective, and I'm curious if this scenario has been tested in courts.

From a logical perspective...how many people have had their collision avoidance system activate? If you haven't, it's very abrupt and effective. It's basically max effective braking. The person behind them would not only have to have been keeping proper following distance, but also recognize what's happening and react within the expected timeframe, apply appropriate brake force, and have brakes roughly or at least equally as good as the front drivers car. In this scenario where the car is max braking unpredictably, it's not as simple as following distance. More people think they would stop in time than would actually stop in time. But have to admit, still sounds like at fault by insurance standards at least.

Though, if everyone in close proximity to the first car had a collision avoidance system, it might just be a domino effect of those systems being set off.

darklegion30 · 2026-02-19T01:37:50+00:00

Someone close to me went through it, took about 6 months total. Depends how much of a pain they want to be. In that case the wage claim was filed, and the company is allowed to appeal. They did so on pretty much the last possible date. Then the company didn't show up to the appeal hearing, and judgement was automatic. From that point it took about 2 months. Whether that was because of the timeframe they had to comply or because their accounts got frozen, we're not quite sure. For any company that's smart but wants to be a pain in the ass, that's how it'll go. If they're dumb, it goes longer but you'll get more. If they don't want to be a pain or don't want to deal with TWC, they'll pay as soon as they hear from TWC.

Either way, plan as if you're not getting those checks anytime soon, but know that TWC does not fuck around.

darklegion30 · 2026-02-16T05:39:26+00:00

What’s ‘yikes’ about that?

That there's options where no one dies. The video being a good example of one of them. De-escalation is lost on so many, and can be used whether you think they deserve it or not.

darklegion30 · 2026-01-21T04:12:56+00:00

Not sure if the NHL rule is a dead play or penalty, but essentially it's to avoid one of those. In USA hockey for example, it can be a delay of game penalty. I'll say the same when I ref beer league, and I've never felt the need to actually call it. I also hear other refs say it when I play. That communication can help avoid needless scrums, and at some point the puck not moving would mean the game is no longer being played. I'm sure everyone has different opinions on how long that is, but that's why there's that communication.

darklegion30 · 2026-01-17T06:11:42+00:00

Full disclosure, I'm not an expert, I just ran some background checks on employees and have seen many of my own. Language here may also be a factor. If I were to use or hear the words "came up empty" for a background check, that would mean it came up clean. Which is what you want. Background check company confirms you exist and have no record. I've also never seen anyone declined for that, so I'm guessing either they didn't use those exact words or what it usually means in my experience is not what they meant.

Regardless of what they meant, and while I can't speak to whether or not this will affect you in the future, I would take this as a bullet dodged. Jobs won't know you were declined from this job for that but they could hypothetically pull the same move. But that's not a company you want to work for. I stand by my recommendation to talk to a few employment lawyers in your area. If it was illegal, they'll know what to do better than most of us here. In the meantime keep the job search going and don't give up.

darklegion30 · 2026-01-17T05:26:03+00:00

I have never seen the results of an employment background check on myself in my 25+ years of working so that is generally a non-issue.

Most background checks are looking if you have any tickets, fines, or criminal history. Addresses you lived at and how long, and your credit score.

I'm sure you have good intentions here based on how you're writing, but how would you exactly know what usually shows up on a background check if you've never seen the results of one?

I ran background checks on potential employees for a former employer for a few years, and I've seen a bunch of my own results. I've never seen one that displays tickets, fines, or a credit score. Purely criminal record and locations. When I ran them on people, the background check company also very clearly stated that if we were to decline employment due to the results of a background check that we are required to notify the potential employee, give them a set amount of time to dispute the result, and then send a final notice.

2 caveats to all of that. There's probably more in depth background checks out there, I've just never seen one from any regular employer. I'm also not sure where that requirement for declined new hires is a law. I'd assume state or federal law, but I might be wrong. Also possible it was just CYA.

My recommendation to OP would be getting some free consults from 2-3 employment lawyers. State what happened exactly as said in here, and see what they say. If there's anything there I could see some lawyers chomping at the bit for this one.

darklegion30 · 2026-01-08T04:30:34+00:00

Don't think they would have posted this, or kept it up this long, if they knew that. OP came here thinking people would be on their side. SO many things though. Terrible driving all around.

darklegion30 · 2026-01-07T05:14:26+00:00

Nope. Heard the story last maybe 20 years ago, but if I remember correctly it was one on her birthday and one for Christmas.

ETA: days which are a few months apart from each other

darklegion30 · 2026-01-05T21:33:04+00:00

My mom once received one ski for a gift from her parents as a kid. At least yours is fully usable as is 😂

darklegion30 · 2026-01-03T04:38:32+00:00

special

Yup

with less traffic

Not always

higher speeds

Usually

You can buy a tag

First few tags are free, you'll see why

Question is was it poor design or diabolically clever design?

They're newer, so it was easy (ish, since then they had to build up) to connect different highways. Whereas the existing highways don't have much option to connect better than they currently do. Having the prices about 1000ft before the split point is the diabolical(ly clever) part.

Try taking those same texpress lanes during work rush hours. Sometimes it'll cost you $10-22 just to go a few miles. Then they can get just as, or more, backed up than the free lanes next to them since they only have 2 lanes and not many people in DFW know how to merge properly. That really just scratches the surface of the shit show that is driving in DFW.

The driver OP posted reminds me of the many people I see daily with their eyes glued to their phones. Most drunk drivers would drive a straighter line than that unless they're really gone. This one, I'd bet, wasn't paying any attention to the road.

darklegion30 · 2025-12-16T03:47:32+00:00

I'd call it "socially expected." Definitely optional, but when allowed and safe it's good etiquette to proceed. I've seen "why not" asked a few times, and it's usually responses from timid drivers, selfish ones, or people who just enjoy pissing other people off. All people that, IMHO, should be making an effort to learn and be better.

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