I used to do this too. Until last year.
I was at home, playing with my cat Leo, when in a span of 30 seconds, he went from being perfectly fine, to not being able to move his back legs, and yowling in pain. I needed to get him to the emergency vet quickly. The car in front of me pulled this, driving slow, blocking the road, not letting me get around him. Unfortunately Leo didn’t make it, and that driver’s behavior played a huge part in the lasting personal trauma I’m still dealing with.
The thing is, you don’t know why they are driving the way they are. Maybe they are an ass hole, but maybe they have a medical emergency. It isn’t your job to enforce the traffic laws. I know I’ll never do it again though
fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 days ago
That’s cool except you’re no wasting everyone’s time and not just the person directly behind you.
Robust_Mirror@aussie.zone 3 days ago
If someone is driving recklessly or tailgating they’re the ones creating the problem, not the person choosing to respond by slowing down slightly. Driving 2 mph under the speed limit isn’t exactly grinding traffic to a halt. If someone is driving dangerously around me I’d rather force them to slow down if it makes things a bit safer.
fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 days ago
Is the person tailgating because you’re going slow?
And when you drive slow everyone is going to start to pile together into a big group and that only serves to make safety worse. You’re not doing something good by doing this, let them get away from you if you value safety.
Robust_Mirror@aussie.zone 3 days ago
And I do that by… Speeding up?
db2@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Username checks out 💯