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downtown visits

Posted by  on 18 October 2008, 1:54 pm

at night from the highway, downtown seattle presents quite a variety of lights and shapes. obviously, as any other deer caught in the headlights, first chance i got i drove into it. no map, no gps and no idea how to get out of it. got the right exit, too bad i forgot to get off the secondary freeway which lead me straight into the port of seattle. found my way back to downtown, however it’s safe to say that it’s ‘good from far, far from good’.

thursday evening though, i couldn’t resist but visit again; don’t ask why. however, this time the prime objective was to visit a club. electronica music, three rooms, what more would one need. james lavelle was there for a gig, thus the night seemed promising. he didn’t disappoint. hard beats, crazy transitions. great night overall. i definitely recommend seeing him if one ever has the chance.

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roundabouts

Posted by  on 6 October 2008, 7:22 pm


as the series of driving complaints continues. today, roundabouts and the lack of rationale from the drivers in vancouver for how to approach them. about two weeks ago, i’m behind this truck (come back another day for that rant) and about to enter a roundabout. the ‘driver’ shockingly stops in the roundabout to let another car, small sedan, enter the roundabout. at which point i honk, yes the honk is my friend. the car entering the roundabout has a yield sign (see picture or your ‘driving for dummies’ book); which of course is probably the hardest to understand for vancouverite drivers. the driver of the sedan thinks that it’s appropriate to stop, as well in the middle of the round about, stick her head out and say something while showing me a finger (no, not that finger) and pointing towards herself as to say she has the right of way to enter the roundabout and that she should go first. not only did she not yield to the yield sign or yield to traffic in the roundabout, by stopping she ended up making sure that for a few moments three cars are stopped in the roundabout. why? well the truck didn’t move, apparently the guy was being a ‘gentleman’ – guess he paid attention when he was told a woman always enters first.

a roundabout has one simple rule, the cars inside the roundabout have right-of-way. according to a friend ‘it doesn’t take a phd to figure out how the roundabout works’; well, i guess it does, seeing how that simple rule is not respected nor obeyed in vancouver.

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headlights

Posted by  on 29 September 2008, 3:10 am

finally a ‘pet peeve’, headlights. headlights that are set on the ‘high beam’ setting while driving on the very dark vancouver streets. it is infuriating having a ‘driver’ come behind you with his/her high beam on and not think twice that perhaps it might be a nuisance. it is quite disturbing and rude having to put up with ‘drivers’ that seem to lack the concept of not only street courtesy, but logic all together. whether the car is behind you or in front of you, it is distracting and annoying.

leaving personal preference aside, it is simply ‘extremely dangerous’. the high beam setting is and was provided for dark streets outside of the city. it is unsafe driving with them on. blinding the driver on the opposite lane can cause accidents. driving behind someone with your high beams on, will cause distraction with the same effect as in the previous question.

vancouver streets are equipped with numerous lights, you barely need your low beam on to be able to see where you drive. i am still stupidified why someone would need to turn their high beams on and drive as if they were alone on the road. it’s simply unsafe, so STOP DOING IT.

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