A mashup using elements from this old dancing PSA:

  • masterspace@lemmy.ca
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    But seriously people, you’re supposed to leave enough space to be able to come to a full stop if the person in front of you were to suddenly come to a full stop.

    Can you bring a 60mph car to a stop in 10 bible lengths? No? Then backup further.

    • ummthatguy@lemmy.worldOP
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      I’m talking about boneheads waiting at an intersection with enough room for a bus in front of them. Then, when the light does change with me 6 or so cars back, I can’t even get through. Doesn’t help that most people have terrible reaction timing.

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        That kind of boneheadedness is annoying, but it’s at least just annoying and wastes a bit of time. Tailgating and driving impatiently actually gets people killed every single day.

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    It’s also important to let others know you’re turning with a turn signal approx. 420 bibles away from an intersection.

  • Admiral Patrick@dubvee.org
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    Also, when on the highway, remember: A safe following distance is 69 bible-lengths per 72,411 bible-lengths-per-hour of speed.

    Bonus layer to this: It’s the Christian rock of joke comments. I just took regular old advice, crossed out words, and replaced them with bible.

    Boring math stuff
    • Assuming a handheld bible size of 8.75 inches tall
    • Safe following distance is 69 bible lengths (keeping that from the post) per 10 MPH of speed
    • 10 miles = 633,600 inches / 8.75 = 72, 411 bibles
    • IninewCrow@lemmy.ca
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      What bible are you referencing here? New Gideon? King James? Dead Sea Scrolls? and do these bibles include any apocryphal texts? … also are you talking about the Jewish Talmud? the Koran? … is this Coptic? Roman Catholic? Episcopalian? Baptist? Morman? … or is it just another one of those picture bibles for children?

      I’d rather be driving by at a steady clip at 67 King James bibles an hour then at a hedonistic 54 New Gideon bibles an hour

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    Fine. But if they’re in front, someone needs to tell them the holy spirit is too weightless to trigger the pressure plate, so ithe light won’t go green until they move up to the intersection.

  • IninewCrow@lemmy.ca
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    Is that pocket book sized bibles? or big giant hard cover special edition bibles?

    and also … I CAN’T HEAR YOU OVER THAT LOUD CHRISTIAN ROCK!!!