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Re: Big Banana Car

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Post by postalcoder »

lubujackson wrote: post #73

Straight out of Richard Scarry's "Cars and Trucks and Things That Go": https://a.co/d/0778Ou0A If you are a parent of a small child, you will be amazed by the depth and fun of this book. I am always surprised it is not more commonly read.

We have a lot of the richard scarry books. I've gotten so many laughs out of them with my child.

> you will be amazed by the depth and fun of this book

+100. These are so fun to read and look at. There are stories in stories. These books are a treasure.

Re: Big Banana Car

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Post by bel8 »

eru wrote: post #110
n4r9 wrote: post #88

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's pleasantly surprising how much positive vibes you can get driving an unusual car. On a business trip last year, I arrived late at night to the hotel and there was a rank of the smallest cars I'd ever seen: https://www.drive.com.au/news/microlino-battery-electric-bub... The next morning I was able to hire one out to travel to the venue. At a pitstop on the way, another driver followed me into the carpark and exci…

I guess you wouldn't really want to go any faster in this kind of car?

I guess it's slightly safer than a motorbike.

Re: Big Banana Car

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Post by handoflixue »

x______________ wrote: post #103
ceejayoz wrote: post #91

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> For a moment, Braithwaite didn't know if he was being serious or not. This is not a good story about cops. This is a good story about a guy, that includes cops as part of its plot. It's like those "kid sells his toys to fund parents' cancer treatment" stories local news does as a feel-good segment. Great kid! Shitty system!

> For a moment, x______________ didn't know if he was being serious or not. I'm still inclined to think that an /s is coming up in later replies. A bad story about cops and a banana motorist is that the motorist is dead, incarcerated or has a bounty on his head and is traveling around the world to ..evade.. his notoriety. Cops on the road, who drive alone in their car, are entitled to a bit of fun.. or as Braithwaite…

It is not whimsical when the other party can legally kill you for non-compliance, no.

Re: Big Banana Car

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Post by astura »

Cockbrand wrote: post #22
tsherb wrote: post #16

I feel like we’ve got to at least link to the guy’s website: https://bigbananacar.com/

Let me be the first to say that this is a lovely website in a lovely, slightly modernized turn-of-the-millennium style.

Loads instantly too, just like text+pictures should.

Re: Big Banana Car

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Post by lostlogin »

x______________ wrote: post #103
ceejayoz wrote: post #91

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> For a moment, Braithwaite didn't know if he was being serious or not. This is not a good story about cops. This is a good story about a guy, that includes cops as part of its plot. It's like those "kid sells his toys to fund parents' cancer treatment" stories local news does as a feel-good segment. Great kid! Shitty system!

> For a moment, x______________ didn't know if he was being serious or not. I'm still inclined to think that an /s is coming up in later replies. A bad story about cops and a banana motorist is that the motorist is dead, incarcerated or has a bounty on his head and is traveling around the world to ..evade.. his notoriety. Cops on the road, who drive alone in their car, are entitled to a bit of fun.. or as Braithwaite…

> entitled

Exactly the right word.

Re: Big Banana Car

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Post by 1970-01-01 »

init2null wrote: post #14

Every time he gets pulled over for a selfie it's an abuse of power. If he can't ignore it, they shouldn't be doing it. Wait for a random encounter in a parking lot or gas station like the rest of us.

The "(s)he was asking for it" defense is fairly ripe here. I'd say we can all let this one slip.

Re: Big Banana Car

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Post by NetMageSCW »

AngryData wrote: post #80
echoangle wrote: post #2

I would probably pull him over too but arguably he should be pulled over less than normal, right? The risk that he’s some criminal is probably pretty low since not a lot of criminals would chose a car like that to travel. On the other hand it probably has an increased likelihood to have technical problems that make it reasonable to pull it over though.

What possible technical problem would a cop be qualified to not only recognize and diagnose, but also have any useful input on? Cops shouldn't be pulling over anybody without either direct evidence of a potential crime or a warrant.

Probable cause being it might be an illegal vehicle on public streets?

Re: Big Banana Car

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Post by zamadatix »

eru wrote: post #120
zamadatix wrote: post #119

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Opting in to getting attention shouldn't imply anything one way or the other about how often you get pulled over. In the real world it does, because the police are a collection of humans and will misuse powers they are able to, but that has no bearing on what's supposed to be right or wrong - it's just the realistic expectation you'll have to deal with.

Well, especially in a democracy what's supposed to be right or wrong is heavily influenced by what the general public wants and accepts.

What the public wants is part of that picture, sure, but what the public accepts is a different thing than either right/wrong altogether. Namely "what you can realistically get away with".

Re: Big Banana Car

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Post by pengaru »

forinti wrote: post #56
harwoodr wrote: post #19

I used to drive a 1991 Suzuki Cappuccino - a tiny right-hand drive kei sports car. The first couple of years I drove it, the police pulled me over on a regular basis - no tickets issued but lots of questions asked. One time while I was waiting for a light, an officer knocked on my window (which is somewhat startling)... I rolled it down and he excitedly asked "What kind of car is this?!" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki…

That's just not enough motive to waste someone's time. And, no offense intended, that car is not that interesting. I guess policing must be boring.

In the context of US roads, it's an extremely rare specimen which by itself makes it interesting.

But even beyond that, lightweight, mid front engine, rwd, turbo variants, this is the stuff of proper race cars. Anything Colin Chapman would approve of is automatically interesting.

Re: Big Banana Car

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Post by quickthrowman »

x______________ wrote: post #81
ceejayoz wrote: post #61

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> A nice story about cops… This is not a nice story about cops.

> A police officer marched up to the banana and delivered the news. > "'The reason I pulled you over, that light back there, you peeled out.'" > For a moment, Braithwaite didn't know if he was being serious or not. > "He said it so straight-faced," Braithwaite recalled. "And I'm like, 'Oh yeah.'" > The banana jokes, he said, are "never-ending." > Fortunately, so are the laughs. ..Are we discussing the same article? >…

> This is a great international story about cops!

It certainly isn’t, the police have no right to pull him over, they’re violating his 4th amendment rights. Unless he has committed a moving violation or they suspect him of committing a crime, there’s no cause to stop a motorist.

It’s a good story about a man who hasn’t let police acting illegally prevent him from driving his banana car.

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