▲ 290 ▼ American Drivers Think Speeding Is Okay Because Everyone Else Is Doing It (www.jalopnik.com) submitted 3 days ago by CombatWombat@feddit.online to c/fuckcars@lemmy.world 217 comments fedilink hide all child comments What's a little extra 5 or 10 mph on the clock?
[–] Feyd@programming.dev 154 points 3 days ago (6 children) There are roads where speeding is so common you will in fact be dangerously tailgated if you drive the speed limit permalink fedilink source hideshow 12 child comments replies: [–] gedfromgont@piefed.ca 1 point 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) There are roads... Lmao. These roads are everywhere then. I have in my life not seen a single place where driving speed limit doesn't earn you someone glued to your back, even though a minute ago there was no one behind you. This is experience from driving all over Europe and the US. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Strider@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago* German standard. And don't dare to drive lower, although of course you'd be legally allowed to. permalink fedilink source parent [–] PaintedSnail@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solomon_curve permalink fedilink source parent [–] cheers_queers@lemmy.zip 47 points 3 days ago (2 children) i have gotten tailgated by a semi truck in a highway construction zone, one of the scariest things i have experienced while driving. i couldnt even see his lights in my back window he was so close permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] november@piefed.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 days ago I got tailgated on a rural highway by a semitruck once. I was going 70 mph. When I slowed down to stop at a red light, they changed lanes and blew through it. permalink fedilink source parent [–] takeda@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 2 days ago You should have brake check him /joking permalink fedilink source parent [–] lolrightythen@lemmy.world 12 points 3 days ago My entire commute permalink fedilink source parent [+] quick_snail@feddit.nl -17 points 3 days ago* (3 children) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Kanda@reddthat.com 18 points 3 days ago When you do this, they become a reasonable person and stop doing what they're doing permalink fedilink source parent [–] Feyd@programming.dev 6 points 2 days ago That's how you get followed home by a road rager, possibly possessing a firearm. permalink fedilink source parent [–] towerful@programming.dev 6 points 3 days ago (1 child) The best method is to spray your windshield. Some of it gets swept with the wind into their windshield, and they have to wipe/clean theirs. I don't think that's ever failed to get someone to back off. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] CultLeader4Hire@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago (2 children) Why would someone care about this? I’ve had this happen to me a handful of times, almost always a jeep because they have crazy over spray, I was never tail gating but I was totally unphased by it, its wiper fluid not acid permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago That's why I fill my windshield wiper fluid reservoir with hexafluorosilicic acid. permalink fedilink source parent [–] towerful@programming.dev 4 points 2 days ago I don't think people care about it, but it seems to trigger some subconscious "I'm too close" and they drop back a bit. I guess if someone is actually being an asshole aggressive tailgater then they won't care permalink fedilink source parent
[–] gedfromgont@piefed.ca 1 point 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) There are roads... Lmao. These roads are everywhere then. I have in my life not seen a single place where driving speed limit doesn't earn you someone glued to your back, even though a minute ago there was no one behind you. This is experience from driving all over Europe and the US. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Strider@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago* German standard. And don't dare to drive lower, although of course you'd be legally allowed to. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] PaintedSnail@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solomon_curve permalink fedilink source parent
[–] cheers_queers@lemmy.zip 47 points 3 days ago (2 children) i have gotten tailgated by a semi truck in a highway construction zone, one of the scariest things i have experienced while driving. i couldnt even see his lights in my back window he was so close permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] november@piefed.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 days ago I got tailgated on a rural highway by a semitruck once. I was going 70 mph. When I slowed down to stop at a red light, they changed lanes and blew through it. permalink fedilink source parent [–] takeda@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 2 days ago You should have brake check him /joking permalink fedilink source parent
[–] november@piefed.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 days ago I got tailgated on a rural highway by a semitruck once. I was going 70 mph. When I slowed down to stop at a red light, they changed lanes and blew through it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] takeda@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 2 days ago You should have brake check him /joking permalink fedilink source parent
[–] lolrightythen@lemmy.world 12 points 3 days ago My entire commute permalink fedilink source parent
[+] quick_snail@feddit.nl -17 points 3 days ago* (3 children) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Kanda@reddthat.com 18 points 3 days ago When you do this, they become a reasonable person and stop doing what they're doing permalink fedilink source parent [–] Feyd@programming.dev 6 points 2 days ago That's how you get followed home by a road rager, possibly possessing a firearm. permalink fedilink source parent [–] towerful@programming.dev 6 points 3 days ago (1 child) The best method is to spray your windshield. Some of it gets swept with the wind into their windshield, and they have to wipe/clean theirs. I don't think that's ever failed to get someone to back off. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] CultLeader4Hire@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago (2 children) Why would someone care about this? I’ve had this happen to me a handful of times, almost always a jeep because they have crazy over spray, I was never tail gating but I was totally unphased by it, its wiper fluid not acid permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago That's why I fill my windshield wiper fluid reservoir with hexafluorosilicic acid. permalink fedilink source parent [–] towerful@programming.dev 4 points 2 days ago I don't think people care about it, but it seems to trigger some subconscious "I'm too close" and they drop back a bit. I guess if someone is actually being an asshole aggressive tailgater then they won't care permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Kanda@reddthat.com 18 points 3 days ago When you do this, they become a reasonable person and stop doing what they're doing permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Feyd@programming.dev 6 points 2 days ago That's how you get followed home by a road rager, possibly possessing a firearm. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] towerful@programming.dev 6 points 3 days ago (1 child) The best method is to spray your windshield. Some of it gets swept with the wind into their windshield, and they have to wipe/clean theirs. I don't think that's ever failed to get someone to back off. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] CultLeader4Hire@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago (2 children) Why would someone care about this? I’ve had this happen to me a handful of times, almost always a jeep because they have crazy over spray, I was never tail gating but I was totally unphased by it, its wiper fluid not acid permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago That's why I fill my windshield wiper fluid reservoir with hexafluorosilicic acid. permalink fedilink source parent [–] towerful@programming.dev 4 points 2 days ago I don't think people care about it, but it seems to trigger some subconscious "I'm too close" and they drop back a bit. I guess if someone is actually being an asshole aggressive tailgater then they won't care permalink fedilink source parent
[–] CultLeader4Hire@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago (2 children) Why would someone care about this? I’ve had this happen to me a handful of times, almost always a jeep because they have crazy over spray, I was never tail gating but I was totally unphased by it, its wiper fluid not acid permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago That's why I fill my windshield wiper fluid reservoir with hexafluorosilicic acid. permalink fedilink source parent [–] towerful@programming.dev 4 points 2 days ago I don't think people care about it, but it seems to trigger some subconscious "I'm too close" and they drop back a bit. I guess if someone is actually being an asshole aggressive tailgater then they won't care permalink fedilink source parent
[–] betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago That's why I fill my windshield wiper fluid reservoir with hexafluorosilicic acid. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] towerful@programming.dev 4 points 2 days ago I don't think people care about it, but it seems to trigger some subconscious "I'm too close" and they drop back a bit. I guess if someone is actually being an asshole aggressive tailgater then they won't care permalink fedilink source parent