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[–] 147 points 1 day ago (62 children)

You can be the safest driver on the road, but what about the OTHER driver who messes up and ruins your day...

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  • [–] 1 point 9 hours ago

    Like 2 cunts I saw just this past month while cycling to work.

    I only cycle down like 100m of road shared with cars and its far worse than the nearly 8km shared with buses. Almost smashed someone's door in the other day because they didn't bother looking before turning.

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  • [–] 41 points 1 day ago (2 children)

    You don't even need to be in an accident. Some kid suddenly wandering in the street and you need to do an emergency stop. The car stops well before the kid, so no harm no foul right? Except the person in the passenger's seat has been launched against the windscreen and now has permanent brain damage.

    Wear your seatbelt always.

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  • [–] 6 points 15 hours ago (1 child)

    Well, the driver is always responsible. Put on your seatbelt or you are walking, you tell them.

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  • [–] 1 point 6 hours ago

    Depends on local laws; for children it’s always the driver’s responsibility, but some states make the passenger responsible for themselves at 18 (to the point that a passenger but not the driver can get a no-belt ticket).

    But my family has always been in the ‘everyone buckle up or I’m not starting the car’ school of driving.

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  • [–] 18 points 1 day ago (8 children)

    100% why I never got into motorcycles. Not judging people who choose to ride, but that's not a risk I feel comfortable taking on myself.

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  • [–] 22 points 1 day ago (6 children)

    Yup. If you're the best driver on the road, everyone else is automatically worse than you are.

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