This Is Really Bothering Me!!!

Chew · Apr 9, 2021

Lable makers have come down in price,,,,,,

Trail Limo · Apr 9, 2021

Tesla solved this issue... The best solution is to have the car guess which direction you want to go, and shift automatically. Humans actually picking the direction they want their car to go is so old fashion.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.au...-new-gear-shifter-guesses-direction-you-want/

pltommyo · Apr 9, 2021

Malvolio said: ↑

It's probably because the roots of the terms are all about gearing, not direction. You're using a vague definition of the verb "reverse" instead of the noun. You put it "in reverse," which means you put it in "reverse gear," not "backward":

reverse gear n. a gear which allows a mechanism to move or work in the reverse direction from usual; esp. one which allows a vehicle to travel in reverse without reversing the rotation of its engine; in later use frequently figurative.
1835 Mechanics' Mag. July 7/1 The other improvements affect the force-pump, eccentrics, and reverse gear.
1907 R. B. Whitman Motor-car Princ. viii. 121 When the reverse gear is introduced..the square shaft is revolved in the same direction as the counter-shaft, reversing the rotation of the driving wheels.
1940 Constr. Methods Apr. 110/2 Wrecking is, in reality, construction in reverse gear.
1973 W. McCarthy Detail iii. 204 David..tried to accustom himself to the British car. He found the reverse gear and slowly backed out.
1979 Guardian 7 July 9/4 In the present era, everything has gone into reverse gear. New building is postponed, new hospitals..cannot open.
2003 HomeDIY Dec. 12/2 The key features are a reverse gear (so that the drill can be used for taking out screws as well as..putting them in) and variable torque.

Regarding "drive," the term's earliest found usage as such is from the '60s and refers to automatics; there may be some influence from the much-older version of "drive" that originates in the 17th C. and has to do with "the action or an act of driving, impelling, urging onward." The idea being that the gears on an automatic car are compelled or urged to move to their next ratio. Here's the etymology of the version that irks you and Wood:

b. In a motor vehicle with automatic transmission: the position of the selector lever in which the gears are automatically changed as required.

1963 Which? Car Suppl. Oct. 116/2 The selector mechanism was a little inclined to snatch at Drive.
1965 R. Priestley & T. H. Wisdom Good Driving v. 40 D for Drive. In this position, which is usual for all driving conditions, the transmission starts in first gear and automatically changes up into second and then top gear.
1965 R. Priestley & T. H. Wisdom Good Driving v. 41 With the engine running, Drive is selected, the handbrake released.
1967 Times 31 Mar. 3/7 The coroner said the selector lever must have been in ‘drive’.
1970 D. MacKenzie Kyle Contract (1971) 13 He drove out of Palamos... He shifted into drive and settled back

Duh, guys.
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Etymology Man to save the day!
https://xkcd.com/1012/

boogie3478 · Apr 9, 2021

rnish · Apr 9, 2021

Trail Limo said: ↑

Tesla solved this issue... The best solution is to have the car guess which direction you want to go, and shift automatically. Humans actually picking the direction they want their car to go is so old fashion.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.au...-new-gear-shifter-guesses-direction-you-want/
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Quantum probability transmission. All directions, all locations simultaneously.

batacoma · Apr 9, 2021

HAVOC said: ↑

You could always get a Lexus HS250

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That's what is going in the new Tundra.

Tacospike · Apr 9, 2021

OP ~ Q is for Quaaludes

I think that's all we need to know

I'm sure blind people would love to see anything

Gearheadesw · Apr 9, 2021

So you’re shifting backwards? There’s the problem.

kite_325 · Apr 9, 2021

Oh, hello there Friday. We've been expecting you

Newwt · Apr 9, 2021

wood714[OP] initial post: ↑

It bugs the shit out of me that my shifter has R - N - D on it.

R should be B for Backwards

N is cool as is.

D should be F for Forward.

Reverse can be thought of as a complete change of direction or action. If that's the case I could be driving Backwards and then shirt to Forward., and that would be a complete change of direction so I'd actually be reversing even thou I was going forward.

Something else that bugs the shit out of me is the placement and operation of our turn signals.

Why is it located on the left side of the wheel of steering and who the fuck came up with up is for a right turn and down is for a left turn? If they placed it on top of the steering column, you could push it right for a right turn and left for a left turn.

I know for a fact this is a big problem in Florida because 75% of the ass holes on the road can't figure out how to use them.
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Thats because 75% of the assholes on the road right now have an out of state tag

Was going down 75 couple days ago and saw more tags from indiana and michigan than FL

Malvolio · Apr 9, 2021

pltommyo said: ↑

Etymology Man to save the day!
https://xkcd.com/1012/
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<3

Malvolio · Apr 9, 2021

Skydvrr said: ↑

at first I thought this was way too obvious of an attempt at a Friday post, but a lot of people seem to be taking the bait. So I'll step back and let the shit show continue to develop.
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Well...

LilTexan22 · Apr 9, 2021

OP:

RIDER34 · Apr 9, 2021

lynlan1819 said: ↑

Florida huh,that answers the whole question.
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Probably he turns on the hazard lights when its raining as well.

Gearheadesw · Apr 9, 2021

RIDER34 said: ↑

Probably he turns on the hazard lights when its raining as well.
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One of my true pet peeves down here, no one knows how to drive in the rain? so it's an emergency???

Tacowin1013 · Apr 9, 2021

HAVOC said: ↑

You could always get a Lexus HS250

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Except that B isn't backwards... lol

GumShoe · Apr 9, 2021

Reminds me of this tv scene
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=OFDy9pGTtjE

CalcityRenegade · Apr 9, 2021

get yourself one of these. More self-explanatory!

Tacowin1013 · Apr 9, 2021

CalcityRenegade said: ↑

get yourself one of these. More self-explanatory!

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Yes! The R on our trucks stand for REALLY FAST!

six5crèéd · Apr 9, 2021

Let's attack the fuel gauge. It's backwards, reversed, whatever. F should stand for "Fill it up" E should stand for "Enough".

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