The man behind me honked at me for going 70 in a 50, so now we're going 20 together.
I hope he packed a lunch.
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[–] 148 points 1 year ago (28 children)

70 in a 50 zone. Doesn't matter if its km/h or mph, that's just idiotic.

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  • [–] 61 points 1 year ago (12 children)

    exactly, the engineers should never have made a road with that big of a discrepancy between safe speed and listed speed limit

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  • [–] 47 points 1 year ago* (7 children)

    The engineers only make the designed safe speed. Government officials make the listed limit. It used to be EXTREMELY popular for government official to knock 20-25% off the design limit of the road, ironically so they can tell everyone how safe they were.

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  • [–] 19 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (5 children)

    Everywhere in my town was 25mph until about 10 years ago.

    A local politician got a few speeding tickets and went nuts over it, now it varies from 25-60mph. Engineers were brought in to advise on safe limits.

    Him getting those tickets was one of the best things that ever happened to me. It was so miserable driving so slow on big open roads. I could probably sit down and figure up an insane amount of time I’ve saved over the last decade (if I weren’t an idiot).

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  • [–] 15 points 1 year ago (13 children)

    I disagree. There are two roads near me with a limit of 55 mph, and traffic on those roads regularly moves at 75-80. Driving 55 becomes dangerous when all of the other traffic is going so much faster, because nobody expects you to be that slow. You risk getting rear-ended, and if traffic is heavy, people who end up behind you now have to merge into a much faster lane of traffic to get around you.

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    [–] 103 points 1 year ago (28 children)
    1. Escalates the angry driver situation.
    2. Takes photos while driving.

    Neither driver here is in the right.

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  • [–] 22 points 1 year ago (23 children)

    going 70 in a 50

    Both drivers deserve to lose their license

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    [–] 78 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Yeah, honking at me. And those flashing lights on the roof of their car are really annoying.

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    [–] 59 points 1 year ago

    This comment section is a very good case study in why better public transportation is absolutely necessary: a lot of you should not ever drive.

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  • [–] 51 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    The only reason I accept to not let these people pass is if it forces you do something unsafe, like throwing yourself over to the next lane and slamming on the brakes to match speed with the other cars. Otherwise just give them the lane and let them be a reckless ass somewhere else away from you. Safer that way. It's not your job to enforce traffic rules.

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  • [–] 43 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (15 children)

    Using phone while driving... Great.

    Fuck everyone who ever touches their phone while the vehicle is on. This shit is not okay, ever.

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  • [–] 28 points 1 year ago (5 children)
    1. The phone is clearly mounted on the dashboard.

    2. It's not uncommon for people to record their whole trip for social media, not just take to a picture.

    3. This caption could have been pasted over a completely unrelated screenshot of someone else's video for all we know.

    Don't touch your phone while driving, but also, don't believe everything you see on social media.

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  • [–] 18 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    I have some great news for you. Look at what took effect yesterday in my state! Using a mobile device, including at a red light, is now a primary offense (you'll get pulled over for just that).

    This just applies to PA, but it's a pretty big state with a population between Sweden and the Netherlands, so it's not nothing!

    https://www.pa.gov/content/dam/copapwp-pagov/en/penndot/documents/travelinpa/safety/trafficsafetyanddrivertopics/documents/distracted-driving-laws-fact-sheet.pdf

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    [–] 41 points 1 year ago (12 children)

    I just let them pass you. Not worth some lunatic you piss off even more and end up shooting you.

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    [–] 35 points 1 year ago (7 children)

    Love reading threads about driving cause everyone is very upset for no discernible reason.

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    [–] 31 points 1 year ago (28 children)

    You know, I get it, they're probably just an asshole. Maybe they're having an emergency, though. How about just letting them get around in case there is a good reason for driving recklessly? Or maybe just in case they're nuts enough to make things violent?

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  • [–] 54 points 1 year ago (24 children)

    I mean, the text say the guy honked for going "70 in a 50".

    If you take it at face value, the person posting is the asshole and a terrible driver endangering everybody on the road.

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  • [–] 24 points 1 year ago (6 children)

    The other person would have to be doing 70 as well, in order to honk at them.

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago

    This.

    Lived in Korea for awhile, and they generally seem to not have this kind of vindictiveness or self-righteousness. They're usually like, "I dunno. Either they got a reason, or it's not worth the effort for me to do something about it."

    That said, social pressure is much more effective here, so the vast majority of people fall in line. See COVID

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  • [–] 27 points 1 year ago (13 children)

    This is why I'm in favor of public transit. So many people should not be on the road. This goes for the granny under the speed limit drivers and the insane road ragers.

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    [–] 25 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    I do this and then wonder why the fuck the asshole honking won't just pass.

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    [–] 24 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    When people ride my ass while I am doing (at least) the speed limit I just take my foot off the gas to gently slow down until they go around me. If its only one lane then I will go under the speed limit. Im petty too like that

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  • [–] 16 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    It's not just petty, it's safety.

    You can't influence the size of the safety margin between you and the car behind you. But you can influence the speed at which the person behind you slams into you in case of an accident, by reducing the speed that both of you drive.

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  • [–] 11 points 1 year ago

    When I drive in deer country, especially at night, I will always slow up when encountering a tailgater because I might have to brake hard for an animal and don't want to hit a deer AND/OR get rear ended - going slower means they will at least hit me less hard. They can go around if they don't like my speed. Also, statistics show that drivers that stay well behind other vehicles have far fewer accidents. Finally, traffic tends to travel at the speed of the slowest drivers on the road, so they gain little on our curvy, hilly two lane roads.

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  • [–] 22 points 1 year ago (8 children)

    Only time I've been close to road rage was when a Mercedes CL had a really bright LED strobe light installed inside it's front grill and he activating it, if somebody was in his way.

    It wasn't a cop or other emergency vehicle. Just an asshole.

    I was lucky to be in front of him for 15 minutes when traffic got compacted enough to prevent lane change.

    For a moment I considered hitting the brakes on that particular tailgater.

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    [–] 19 points 1 year ago*

    What to do when you have a tailgater behind you:

    1. Foot off the gas.
    2. Wait until the tailgater tries to overtake you.
    3. PIT maneuver.
    4. Keep driving safely.
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  • [–] 16 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I take my foot off of the gas pedal, if they don't pass me by the time I've coasted to as slow as idle will take me I assume they aren't going to and return to the speed I was going previously.

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    [–] 12 points 1 year ago*

    All fun and games until you get someone willing to escalate 😁

    A pit maneuver is easily defendable as an accident if nobody is looking.

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  • [–] 12 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Have you ever slipped and accidentally honked at someone?

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    [–] 10 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Is this lady using her phone while driving, after speeding by 20MPH and thinking it's a flex? If she uses it at 20MPH I'd bet she uses it at 70 MPH too! Couldn't this have waited until she was safely off the road?

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