# Which rules do you break or which instructions do you ignore? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 25, 2018, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-rules-do-you-break-or-which-instructions-do-you-ignore/813096 "2018-04-25T13:25:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2018, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-rules-do-you-break-or-which-instructions-do-you-ignore/813096/81 "2018-04-29T14:13:05Z")
Rather stunning admission that people run red lights. I will however pass on a double yellow line if the car/truck/tractor in front is going WAY below the speed limit. You sort of have to. And IF you know the road, you know where you can do it safely. It’s odd, passing zones and no passing zones are inconsistent and poorly thought out. Most often I will come upon a ‘passing’ zone that should be a ‘no way in hell’ passing zone. There are a few of these on routes I drive frequently (Colorado Mountains). ---
**Author:** ![Doug\_K](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5ac83/32.png) [@Doug\_K](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_K)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2018, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-rules-do-you-break-or-which-instructions-do-you-ignore/813096/82 "2018-04-29T14:36:12Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > It’s odd, passing zones and no passing zones are inconsistent and poorly thought out. Most often I will come upon a ‘passing’ zone that should be a ‘no way in hell’ passing zone. There are a few of these on routes I drive frequently (Colorado Mountains). NItpick: A passing zone is a stretch on a mostly two lane highway that widens to insert a third lane for a couple or three miles. It’s (mostly) perfectly safe to pass in a passing zone because the extra lane is only for use by traffic traveling in one direction. Usually there will be a passing zone for eastbound traffic followed by one for westbound traffic (or vice versa or north/south). Less commonly the road will temporarily widen to 4 lanes to allow both directions to pass safely. It’s still legal to pass outside the passing zone (unless it’s designated a no passing zone), just not as safe. I do agree that sometimes there are stretches that should be marked no passing, but aren’t (most of highway 7 going into Hot Springs comes to mind). ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2018, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-rules-do-you-break-or-which-instructions-do-you-ignore/813096/83 "2018-04-29T15:19:22Z")
My clothes dryer has a lint screen that says: “CLEAN BEFORE EACH LOAD”, but I don’t do that bullshit. I clean it after each load. Screw you, dryer. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2018, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-rules-do-you-break-or-which-instructions-do-you-ignore/813096/84 "2018-04-29T15:55:29Z")
At the apartment laundry complex, they are labelled the other way around and people ignore that as well. So I go with the flow and clean before the load rather than after. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2018, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-rules-do-you-break-or-which-instructions-do-you-ignore/813096/85 "2018-04-29T16:09:03Z")
So yours say to clean after, but you do it before? I can dig that, Brother. _conspiratorial nod_ ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2018, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-rules-do-you-break-or-which-instructions-do-you-ignore/813096/86 "2018-04-29T16:10:59Z")
Never insert a foreign object into your ears? Bull. I’ve been scratching my itchy ear canals for decades. I use the loop end of a safety pin to dig out ear wax, and at checkups the doctors always remark how clean my ears are. I never bother to dilute bleach or other cleaners; I just put a little on a wet sponge and rinse thoroughly when I’m done. Don’t pop zits? Of course I do. And I don’t even have a crater face either. This is more of a schism than a heresy, but I’m currently on a low-carb diet that is almost the opposite of most dietary advice. I’ve lost 30 pounds in four months. I only shower like twice a month, and I never use soap; but I don’t stink. My hypothesis is that since I don’t constantly sterilize my skin, my skin flora have long since come to a healthy equilibrium. When my hair starts to get too greasy I use cornstarch as dry shampoo. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2018, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-rules-do-you-break-or-which-instructions-do-you-ignore/813096/87 "2018-04-29T16:49:41Z")
> [@Ulfreida](#): > > Please don’t feed your dog chocolate. The reason you haven’t killed your dog yet is that a lot of “chocolate” doesn’t in reality have a great deal of cocoa in it. 6 ounces of milk chocolate could kill a 35 lb dog – dark chocolate is more lethal. [Here](http://veterinaryclinic.com/chocolate/calc.html)is a calculator of the LD50 for dogs by body weight. Live dangerously some other way please. I don’t see that from that calculator. 6.5 oz just shows “mild reaction” to me from that. I also feed my dog milk chocolate from time to time. He’s 80 lbs. From that cite, even a half pound is minimal-to-no-reaction. Maxing it out at 20 oz is still “mild reaction.” I’m not particularly worried. Now, Baker’s chocolate or cocoa powder is a completely different thing. ---
**Author:** ![Doug\_K](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5ac83/32.png) [@Doug\_K](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_K)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2018, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-rules-do-you-break-or-which-instructions-do-you-ignore/813096/88 "2018-04-29T21:11:44Z")
I **don’t** remove the tag from my mattress, even though _[I am the consumer](https://thedcapage.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/law-tag1.jpg)_. ---
**Author:** ![WildBlueYonder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ce7236/32.png) [@WildBlueYonder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildBlueYonder)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2018, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-rules-do-you-break-or-which-instructions-do-you-ignore/813096/89 "2018-04-30T18:43:13Z")
> [@Crafter\_Man](#): > > I don’t test my smoke detectors once a month. Same goes for GFCI receptacles. > > I don’t replace my toothbrush every three months. I replace toothbrushes when I damn well feel like it I dont ever check the smoke detectors unless the little light goes off or the stupid annoying beep starts up > [@Beckdawrek](#): > > I don’t drive defensively. At this point, on my frequently traveled state highway, I am just driving scared. > Screw-you highschool driving instructor, you never mentioned this sorta shit. I’ve always driven offensively, defensively…fogetabotit > [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Sometimes I don’t separate my colors and whites in my laundry. I never sort colors anymore. Detergents seem to know what to do. (My sister-in-law loves the color red, she will always be sorting those out. Probably an old habit) I eat cookie dough, never been sick from it. I look at the sun on occasion ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2018, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-rules-do-you-break-or-which-instructions-do-you-ignore/813096/90 "2018-04-30T19:33:18Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > Rather stunning admission that people run red lights. Why? Running a left-turn red light when you have unlimited visibility of the opposing lanes is MUCH safer than driving even 1 MPH over the speed limit in a residential neighborhood, where a child may pop out from behind a parked car at any moment. And yet, I’ll bet everybody tutting about the light drives 5 or 10 MPH over the speed limit frequently. ETA: I don’t, at least not in residential neighborhoods. And when it’s safe to do so, I drive down the middle of the street instead of staying on the right, for the same reason. ---
**Author:** ![Kron](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kron/32/12444_2.png) [@Kron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kron)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2018, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-rules-do-you-break-or-which-instructions-do-you-ignore/813096/91 "2018-04-30T20:38:47Z")
> [@Doug\_K](#): > > NItpick: A passing zone is a stretch on a mostly two lane highway that widens to insert a third lane for a couple or three miles. It’s (mostly) perfectly safe to pass in a passing zone because the extra lane is only for use by traffic traveling in one direction. Usually there will be a passing zone for eastbound traffic followed by one for westbound traffic (or vice versa or north/south). Less commonly the road will temporarily widen to 4 lanes to allow both directions to pass safely. It’s still legal to pass outside the passing zone (unless it’s designated a no passing zone), just not as safe. > > I do agree that sometimes there are stretches that should be marked no passing, but aren’t (most of highway 7 going into Hot Springs comes to mind). Nitpick-nitpick: A widened point on a two-lane highway for the insertion of a third lane is a “Passing Lane”. A passing zone is a portion of a two-lane highway designated as being safe to pass due to good sight distances allowing for safety when passing slower traffic, which can definitely seem to be (to put it charitably) poorly thought out in mountainous regions. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2018, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-rules-do-you-break-or-which-instructions-do-you-ignore/813096/92 "2018-05-01T12:48:45Z")
I’m surprised that thus far no one admits to folding, spindling or mutilating. That rule must be inviolable… ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2018, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-rules-do-you-break-or-which-instructions-do-you-ignore/813096/93 "2018-05-01T13:27:08Z")
Has anyone here ever not squeezed a pimple or blackhead? ---
**Author:** ![Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/regallag_the_axe/32/445_2.png) [@Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Regallag_The_Axe)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2018, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-rules-do-you-break-or-which-instructions-do-you-ignore/813096/94 "2018-05-03T20:43:48Z")
I forget about the Alamo and fail to remember the fifth of November. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-rules-do-you-break-or-which-instructions-do-you-ignore/813096.md?page=4)