▲ 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?
[+] 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