Comment on Be The Sunshine ☀️

Hossenfeffer@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

• naught101@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  I just think “dickheads to the front”. I’d rather have bad drivers in front of me, where I can see them and avoid their bad driving.

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  • stickyprimer@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Think of it this way: do you want them driving toward you or away from you?

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• tias@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  What do you do if they still stay behind you, refusing to pass?

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  • naught101@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Slow down until they do, or even pull over if it’s safe to.

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  • mech@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    There’s a minimum safe following distance that’s necessary to avoid accidents.
    If they’re too close, I’m in danger of getting rear-ended.
    The safe following distance depends on the speed we’re going.
    I can’t control how close the car behind me is driving.
    But what I can control is my speed.
    So I let off the gas and slow down until my speed matches their distance.

    (They’ll pass me long before that)

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  • WoodScientist@lemmy.world ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I use a maneuver that I call a “reverse pass.” I make them pass me whether they want to or not!

    Turns out, when a vehicle is traveling at highway speed, it’s a lot easier to slow it down by 20 mph than it is to speed it up by 20 mph. This means it takes less distance. You can slow down in a shorter clear lane window than you can speed up.

    If someone clearly wants to go faster than me but they’re too chicken shit to pass, I’ll force them to pass. When an opening forms, I’ll quickly move to the left lane, push hard on the brakes, drop my speed down, and move back to the right lane. By the time the dumbass has even figured out what’s happening, they’re already in front of me. They do not get a choice in the matter.

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  • baguettefish@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    shoot

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