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DON'T DRIP AND DRIVE! It's not safe. Period.

Video removed, because while have decades of driving behind me, and I feel mature enough both with my driving and with my ability to go through the dripping routine almost on automatic - having done it for so long - I realize not everybody has the experience to do this, and I don't want to inspire someone to kill themselves.
 
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umm.. this is why they make stop lights.. ;)

I dont have any issue carrying a bottle minus the top.. then all i have to do at a red light..
is pop my dripper top open.. drip my juice and recap dripper.. doesn't take but a few seconds..

safer than trying to drip and drive.. unless you have a person sitting in the passenger seat that can help out :)
 

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Nice hat! :p

I don't usually drip and drive (that's what my subtank is for) but when I do plan to drive with my dripper I usually just fill up one of these bottles
https://www.fasttech.com/p/1485905 the needle tip makes it really easy to quickly drip at a stoplight or open stretch without having to take off the drip tip (on most attys).
 

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As I said, you shouldn't do it :)

At any rate, *I* certainly don't do it unless I'm on a long, near-empty freeway, by day, in perfect weather conditions, and I'm 110% confident that nothing surprising might happen within the next minute. In any other situation, I use my Egrip. But when I do drip and drive, that's the method I've worked out to make it no more dangerous than lighting up a cigarette on the road.
 

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As I said, you shouldn't do it :)

At any rate, *I* certainly don't do it unless I'm on a long, near-empty freeway, by day, in perfect weather conditions, and I'm 110% confident that nothing surprising might happen within the next minute. In any other situation, I use my Egrip. But when I do drip and drive, that's the method I've worked out to make it no more dangerous than lighting up a cigarette on the road.

Yeah, the only accident I've ever been in was when I was 18, went to light up a cig at the wrong time, hit a pothole, lost control and smacked a guardrail. Since then I'm super careful about when I do things like that.
 

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Next in the series: How to load a handgun with the safety off while driving.

Not sure your disclaimer here qualifies, in case some idiot decides to follow your idiocy and actually try this "tutorial". I'm a firm believer in natural selection, so it will all sort itself out in the end.
 

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Next in the series: How to load a handgun with the safety off while driving.

Not sure your disclaimer here qualifies, in case some idiot decides to follow your idiocy and actually try this "tutorial". I'm a firm believer in natural selection, so it will all sort itself out in the end.

Amen! :D
 

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Well, I drip and drive a different way. I'm utilizing the Big Dripper V2. It's not as airy as a Mutation X. However, it produces excellent flavor and nice clouds.
 

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Next in the series: How to load a handgun with the safety off while driving.

Not sure your disclaimer here qualifies, in case some idiot decides to follow your idiocy and actually try this "tutorial". I'm a firm believer in natural selection, so it will all sort itself out in the end.

I do get what you're saying. I'm not a complete numbskull you know. The reason why I posted this video is because I've seen so many videos on Youtube of people dripping with the mod between their legs, looking at the atty instead of watching the road ahead, that I felt like showing how it's done properly - should anyone elect to do it at all.

Dripping-and-driving exists. It's a reality. There's no point in hiding that people do it. At least I'm hoping to show those who choose this completely unsafe practice how to mitigate the danger. You know, risk reduction and all that...
 
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I pulled up behind a car at a red light yesterday. Suddenly there was a huge cloud rolling over his dash and then wafting out the window. At least he waited until he was stopped at a light and had his window open. Otherwise he would never have been able to see the light change to green.
 

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Yes dripping and driving can be dangerous, and could even result in a ticket for distracted driving..
I used to drip and drive but with the introduction of the Arctic Subtank I don't do it anymore..
Blow almost as big clouds and enjoy good flavor close to dripping on a RDA... Now a quick fill up just before I leave lasts long enough to get where I'm going...but I take a small bottle of juice to re-fill before heading back home...a lot safer for me, and others on the road, than dripping behind the wheel.. I modified the pin to protrude enough to use on my XXIX mech using the .2 ohm coil.....my preferred set-up when driving anywhere these days
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If you want to drip without counting drops and even without looking, just use a dropper bottle.
Open the window a bit, so that you'll still be able to see where you're going after exhaling.


There are no stupid batteries, just stupid people.
 

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If you want to drip without counting drops and even without looking, just use a dropper bottle.
Open the window a bit, so that you'll still be able to see where you're going after exhaling.


There are no stupid batteries, just stupid people.
Very true...I think its smarter/safer not to drip at all..but opinions vary....it's what the driver is comfortable with I guess...

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Next in the series: How to load a handgun with the safety off while driving.

Not sure your disclaimer here qualifies, in case some idiot decides to follow your idiocy and actually try this "tutorial". I'm a firm believer in natural selection, so it will all sort itself out in the end.
I gotta like this post, , I was blown away someone dripping while driving a car. To me it's a no brainer, no part of vaping is worth a possible car crash and harm to yourself and others.
 
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Another way the government will go after VAPERS!!! its like drivng and texting, just don't do it!! It doesn't matter how good you are in dripping and driving,as soon as you take ur eyes off the road ur not in control anymore, so please please vapers don't drip and drive,buy one of the sub ohm tanks or something... Don't wait until they start giving tickets for vaping and driving, be responsible,dont be selfish!!! SMH!!
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I've had a rethink: yes I can drip and drive, being a fully grown adult with extensive experience in doing both. But I realized some kid might see this video and try it, and swerve into traffic or throw their car off a bridge doing this, and I shudder thinking I'd be responsible for this. I also realized it's easy fodder for the anti-vaping crowd.

So, I've pulled the video and the explanations. They weren't a very smart thing to post. Sorry guys, not everybody has good brainwaves all the time...
 

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Another way the government will go after VAPERS!!! its like drivng and texting, just don't do it!! It doesn't matter how good you are in dripping and driving,as soon as you take ur eyes off the road ur not in control anymore, so please please vapers don't drip and drive,buy one of the sub ohm tanks or something... Don't wait until they start giving tickets for vaping and driving, be responsible,dont be selfish!!! SMH!!
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I doubt it. They are just trying to demonize vaping so the public will agree when they take our money. They dont care if we live or die. They just want the money
 

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I doubt it. They are just trying to demonize vaping so the public will agree when they take our money. They dont care if we live or die. They just want the money
2 YEARS IN A ROW
CALI TOBACCO SALES ARE DOWN 80%/2 BILLION BUCKS...
no sales no taxes,,, what's next LOBBY!!!!
 

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2 YEARS IN A ROW
CALI TOBACCO SALES ARE DOWN 80%/2 BILLION BUCKS...
no sales no taxes,,, what's next LOBBY!!!!
They need that dough, and they need you to die as scheduled so you cant collect all of your social security.
 

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They need that dough, and they need you to die as scheduled so you cant collect all of your social security.
I 100% agree brother..MAKE MONEY FROM UR PEOPLE AT THE SAME TIME GIVE THEM SHORT LIFE TERM... FUCK THIS GUYS DUDE,, TOBACCO COMPANIES NEVER GOT THE SAME ATTENTION VAPING DOES..its MIND BLOWING!!
 

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Don't drip and drive. (unless you PULL OVER to drip) If you need a big dripper capacity, get it. Or use a tank when out on the road instead. If you are at a line at the bank, fast food line, fine...drip away. I can't stand texting and driving either. My daughter's car was hit very hard from behind...because some young woman with a very small child, was texting ,and not paying attention. She didn't realize my daughter was at a full stop, when she ran into her. She hit her so hard that it involved other cars too, not just my daughter's car. Sure it only takes a few seconds to drip. But it isn't worth it. Not for you, or anyone else, in the long run.
 

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I don't really see the issue. All my vape goes straight out the window and if I need to drip again, I just do it at a light.

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Don't wait until something happen and they start banning vaping and driving... Just don't freakin do it....
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There's enough SUB OHM tanks out there,and this tanks are really affordable GO GET ONE, STOP DRIPPING AND DRIVING!!
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First.. I can understand on why, but...

i am a dripper girl..
Yes I have gotten all the new sub tanks.. but..
they are not for me..
once you start pushing an agenda to get people like to use sub tanks and never drip while driving.. it wont work..

like @Oberon75 and a few others I know that drip and drive.. do it responsibly..
pay attention.. and for those that say no.. think on this.. those of us that do drip and drip.. we are..

I don't really see the issue. All my vape goes straight out the window and if I need to drip again, I just do it at a light.

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the issue is that you see the big clouds rolling out.. you automatically assume that that person is not..
there might be a justifiable reason, like i am not happy with a tank.. that one drips and drives..

it is not like texting, and if you know how to wrap your coils and wicks right.. you can go for long periods of time, without refilling..
like i said earlier.. stop lights are great places to do so, it doesnt take that long.. and hey, if someone wants to honk for me taking a sec longer..
fine.. id rather be safe than sorry..
 

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Ah come on guys,you don't get it.
That moment you take your eyes off the road, all you need is a blink of an eye, texting,vaping,reaching,talking, all this shit are RISK FACTORS, you may call ur self a professional dripper while driving. THATS not THE POINT...
Breaking a news:
A female driving a black car slam into a busy intersection killing 3 people, investigators said that the woman was a distracted driver because she was dripping while driving, there goes the FDA,CITY GOVERNMENT,FEDERAL,STATE, DO you guys really want this, we are getting too much attention already and we don't need any bad rep, One bad apple makes all apples BAD! don't be one!! Please be responsible!!
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ok what do i not get?

I drive and vape.. just like you.. hmm..
never did i say i was a pro.. or professional.. I just know it works for me to fill my dripper at stop lights..
i drip while driving, just like you or anyone else.. normally window or sun roof cracked.. I can see at all times..

i havent seen any sort of report of anyone dripping and driving and killed.. but then, i am not looking for things like that..
normally i look for what I do, mix.. and what could be bad in my liquids.. perhaps @5150sick could give some input here..
 

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ok what do i not get?

I drive and vape.. just like you.. hmm..
never did i say i was a pro.. or professional.. I just know it works for me to fill my dripper at stop lights..
i drip while driving, just like you or anyone else.. normally window or sun roof cracked.. I can see at all times..

i havent seen any sort of report of anyone dripping and driving and killed.. but then, i am not looking for things like that..
normally i look for what I do, mix.. and what could be bad in my liquids.. perhaps @5150sick could give some input here..
Ok... I give up
 

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If you're a crack driver - that is, a driver with MANY years of experience, experience being defined as detecting well in advance when something might go horribly wrong unexpectedly on the road - AND if you've been dripping for a long, long time and you don't really have to take your eyes or your mind off whatever you're currently doing to refill your atomizer, then you MIGHT get away with it once in a while.

But for 99,9% of drivers who happen to like dripping, the best advice to give is: DON'T DO IT. Hell, even I, who have the audacity to believe I can do it safely in the right driving situation, carry an Egrip to vape in my car when I can't - which is most of the time.

As the title of the thread says, DON'T DRIP AND DRIVE. Your family will be happier to buy you an extra tank to vape in your car than to buy you a wheelchair or a coffin.
 

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in regards to what I posted.. lemme get this right..

i can not vape, I can not use my dripper? for that is what I am getting from this..
I can not stand a tank.. I have had them all, the atlantis, the sub, and quiet a few others.
they do not make me happy, so i will not use them.

and if i am not moving my car while refilling..
and if i am only vaping, push button while my lips are on my drip tip.. and inhaling..
i can not drip?

then the rest of you should not vape either. it can not be one way or the other.. unless we all stop vaping while driving.

if i can see the road and pay attention, and not worry on refilling.. tell me then, is there something wrong with vaping only??

not trying to argue here.. but that is what it seems like to me. I never refill while driving..
I am good.. used to race 4 cylinders, its the other nuts out there that worry me..

but just vaping on a dripper is by no means as bad as what it seems.. as long as you can pay attention to the road and other drivers..

vaping doesnt kill people.. people doing stupid things can, tho.. I know. I just lost someone dear to me by suicide.
 

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You misunderstand: the big no-no in this thread is about refilling while driving. If you stop to refill, no problem :)


ahhh okies.. sorry i misunderstood.. yes I do come to a full stop, at red lights or other.. before dripping..
i thought it was because i used a dripper.. eh..

ignore me.. :p but still <3 me lmao..
 

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I use a Big Dripper. Problem Solved.
 

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NO DRIVING AND DRIPPING!!!
Please don't take this in a wrong way, DO NOT DRIP AND DRIVE...
This should make sense to everybody!!
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I wont lie, I have dripped while driving. But only a few times and in places where I know there is no risk of other vehicles pulling out in front of me. Like a long stretch of straight road with no intersections/driveways and no potholes. My hands are big so as long as the road is straight, I can pretty easily hold my sigelei 100 watt and the steering wheel in my left hand and use my right hand to squirt some juice in my RDA while holding the top cap in my mouth. But most of the roads around here either aren't straight or aren't smooth.

If I'm driving a long distance, then I just take my Atlantis.
Or if it's a short distance (like the 15-20 mins to work) I fill before leaving the house then wait until I get to work. There's a long red light near my work that I sometimes get stopped at which provides enough time to drip depending on traffic. Also sometimes get stopped for 5-10 mins by a freight train.
 

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Wait, but when you all smoked you all.

1) picked up your pack of cigarettes.
2) packed them and opened them
3) opened them and took one out
4) found a lighter or pushed down the cars lighter.
5) lit the cigarette on fire

Now you are driving with a small fire in your hand. We have all done this and it was never a problem.

6) Roll down/crack the window
7) smoke the cigarette/flick the ashes
8) find somewhere to put the cigarette out.

We did all this while driving with no problems whatsoever.
 

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Wait, but when you all smoked you all.

1) picked up your pack of cigarettes.
2) packed them and opened them
3) opened them and took one out
4) found a lighter or pushed down the cars lighter.
5) lit the cigarette on fire

Now you are driving with a small fire in your hand. We have all done this and it was never a problem.

6) Roll down/crack the window
7) smoke the cigarette/flick the ashes
8) find somewhere to put the cigarette out.

We did all this while driving with no problems whatsoever.
Dude ur smarter than that!!
 

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Wait, but when you all smoked you all.

1) picked up your pack of cigarettes.
2) packed them and opened them
3) opened them and took one out
4) found a lighter or pushed down the cars lighter.
5) lit the cigarette on fire

Now you are driving with a small fire in your hand. We have all done this and it was never a problem.

6) Roll down/crack the window
7) smoke the cigarette/flick the ashes
8) find somewhere to put the cigarette out.

We did all this while driving with no problems whatsoever.

Basically my thought as well.
We had no trouble pulling out and lighting a cig on a twisty road with other traffic around.
 

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Of course I can handle using a Subtank and/or Atlantis and do so whenever I go out.

Not because I can not "drip and drive" successfully.

But because the last thing I need is to have to walk around in public with a mod and dripper in one pocket, a battery, and bottle of juice in the other.
Looking like I pissed myself because of the leaky dripper. :(
 

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I love drippers. Dripping while you drive is fine, as long as you don't fog up the interior. You said you didn't, that is good. The problem I see is strictly during refilling. If you are in town, you can drip, where it is safe to do so. If you are on a long stretch of highway, pull over, and then refill. If you cannot do that, get a tank you can deal with. Or maybe carry two drippers. Use one, then put it down, get the freshly filled one. Use it up, pull over, and refill both of them. Lately I have enjoyed my drippers during the day, more than my tanks. I use the tanks mainly at night, while watching a movie. But sometimes I just use each of them, pause the movie, refill, and keep on going. I just don't want to see somebody trying to drip juice into their dripper. (in a moving vehicle) That is what I meant by what I said earlier.
 

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[...]
Now you are driving with a small fire in your hand. We have all done this and it was never a problem.

6) Roll down/crack the window
7) smoke the cigarette/flick the ashes
8) find somewhere to put the cigarette out.

We did all this while driving with no problems whatsoever.

Actually, I can remember a couple of times when I flicked my cigarette butt out the window at highway speed, and the wind blew it right back into the car through the window, and onto the floor at the back, or onto the rear seat. What ensued was an emergency stop onto the hard shoulder, followed by a frantic search for the lit cigarette hiding somewhere in the car and burning the shit out of something.

Not exactly safe either...
 

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[...]Looking like I pissed myself because of the leaky dripper. :(

Then don't use a leaky dripper :) I've switched to atomizers with top air holes for that very reason, and I refuse to use anything else now. It's soo nice to have vaping hardware that stays dry no matter what.

For me, the best top air hole RDAs are the Manta v2, the Rogue, the Pulse and the Buhawi. There are others, but I haven't tried them, so I don't know exactly how leak-free they are.
 

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Dripping and driving is all fun and games till you drop your top cap under the seat..... or worse
 

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Basically my thought as well.
We had no trouble pulling out and lighting a cig on a twisty road with other traffic around.

Shit I used to be able to twist one on a winding road with traffic around!;)

And smoke it:D
 

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Wait, but when you all smoked you all.

1) picked up your pack of cigarettes.
2) packed them and opened them
3) opened them and took one out
4) found a lighter or pushed down the cars lighter.
5) lit the cigarette on fire

Now you are driving with a small fire in your hand. We have all done this and it was never a problem.

6) Roll down/crack the window
7) smoke the cigarette/flick the ashes
8) find somewhere to put the cigarette out.

We did all this while driving with no problems whatsoever.

EXACTLY!

And how many times did I go to flick the butt out the window - only to have it fly back inside, and land somewhere under my seat - which leads to me leaning down sticking my hand underneath the seat and trying to put out the small brush fire that is most likely happening.. All while trying to navigate the wheel..

I don't see this being a big of problem as people are making it out to be.. (Yet everyone still texts while driving)
 

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EXACTLY!

And how many times did I go to flick the butt out the window - only to have it fly back inside, and land somewhere under my seat - which leads to me leaning down sticking my hand underneath the seat and trying to put out the small brush fire that is most likely happening.. All while trying to navigate the wheel..

I don't see this being a big of problem as people are making it out to be.. (Yet everyone still texts while driving)
Don't wait until it becomes a problem...just do the right thing!
 

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And really flicking the butt out of the window??? ...WOW
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Don't wait until it becomes a problem...just do the right thing!

I hate dripping, but if I do it's at my house so this doesn't really apply to me.. but I can say that if I wanted to drip and drive - I most likely would because I'm really good at driving with my knees ;)
 

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