You know what I do if someone’s tailgating me? I imagine that they’re a bomb disposal expert on their way to diffuse a nuke at a school for blind orphan kittens, I pull over and let them on their way, and smile at the thought of all those kittens who’ll be saved. Stress level 0.
Be The Sunshine ☀️
Submitted 5 hours ago by Krudler@lemmy.world to [deleted]
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Hossenfeffer@feddit.uk 1 hour ago
tias@discuss.tchncs.de 19 minutes ago
What do you do if they still stay behind you, refusing to pass?
FishFace@piefed.social 4 hours ago
If you’re that close to the car in front, you’re the bigger asshole and causing by far the bigger danger
BrilliantantTurd4361@sh.itjust.works 1 hour ago
You close the gap gradually as a reminder to get the fuck out of the way. The sticker is correct. Get out of the fast lane.
SwingingTheLamp@piefed.zip 39 minutes ago
Incorrect in Wisconsin, FWIW. By law, we have the speed limit, and “slower traffic keep right.” And there’s no keeping-up-with-flow-of-traffic clause, either. So traveling at the limit in the left lane is completely legal, there’s no obligation to clear the way for lawbreakers.
socsa@piefed.social 2 hours ago
The people who are obsessed with this are also the people who seem to think any person in the left lane at any time gives them justification to aggressively weave in and out of traffic, ignoring the equally present laws against speeding and undertaking.
FishFace@piefed.social 1 hour ago
This is my impression too. The number of times I have been held up by someone hogging the outside lane, or had to change lanes twice around someone hogging the middle, is very low compared to the number of times I’ve been held up by a lorry overtaking another lorry on a two-lane road (perfectly legal, happens at least a dozen times every trip on such roads) or been aggressively tailgated while I’m overtaking traffic (not legal, happens about once per such trip)
666dollarfootlong@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
So true. I can’t believe how often i’ve seen morons like this also say something like “actually driving too slow is dangerous too”
anyhow2503@lemmy.world 1 hour ago
It is, but suboptimal driving behaviour of your fellow drivers is never an excuse to consciously make road traffic even more dangerous or behave aggresively.
snooggums@piefed.world 54 minutes ago
Going significantly slower than the rest of traffic can be dangerous in a limited number of scenarios, but not frequently enough for people to bring it up in casual conversation.
FishFace@piefed.social 1 hour ago
Yeah. And they rarely give a fully articulated reason why “driving too slow is dangerous”. Because they know that the real reason - “it makes other people drive aggressively” - is trying to place the blame on slow drivers for the actions of actually dangerous drivers.
Of course, you should drive at an appropriate speed. But in terms of safety messaging, it’s not the thing to focus on.
MutantTailThing@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
If you drive normally I’ll let you pass. But if you’re up in my ass flashing highbeams when I’m still overtaking? Grab a snack buddy cause we’re going nowhere and we’re not going there fast either.
Monument@piefed.world 2 hours ago
What I’m hearing is you require other drivers to drive deferentially in such a way that caters to your ego in order for you to drive safely and avoid conflicts, otherwise you drive like a sociopath for sport?
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 minutes ago
Someone hit a nerve
MutantTailThing@lemmy.world 2 hours ago
Jesus fucking christ calm down you lunatic
wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 3 hours ago
Though I read a story (I think on lemmy, though it’s been a while) of someone trying to meet an ambulance in the middle of nowhere (Texas, I want to say?) as their friend was bleeding out, basically.
A lady did what you describe and it took critical time away. The friend ended up dying just before they met the emts.
Not everyone who looks like they are a dick, are one.
surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 2 hours ago
Anecdotes aren’t data.
Ride my ass so closely that you put me in danger, and I’m taking my time.
socsa@piefed.social 2 hours ago
Shit happens and sometimes you won’t be there for it and that’s just life. It’s not a justification to put everyone else on the road in danger.
Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 3 hours ago
If you do what the comment describes it’s fine. But if you do it to an ambulance you deserve to be shot as I do think we can all agree there is a distinct difference between any regular car and an ambulance.
StillAlive@piefed.world 3 hours ago
Yeah, play chicken with a maniac driving a 2 ton vehicle. Good luck.
MutantTailThing@lemmy.world 2 hours ago
Driving at the speed limit is not ‘playing chicken’
watson387@sopuli.xyz 2 hours ago
If you’re that car in the first place, you’re blocking traffic. Get the fuck out of the way.
9point6@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
Isn’t this a message that the intended recipient will never see?
lime@feddit.nu 4 hours ago
if this is you, you’re probably me
absGeekNZ@lemmy.nz 1 hour ago
I looked at the picture and was initially wondering why the front car is in the wrong…took a moment to realize that this is probably from a country where they drive on the wrong side of the road.
rockerface@lemmy.cafe 2 hours ago
That’s the secret, all 3 drivers are assholes. Fuck cars.
kayzeekayzee@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 hour ago
Exactly! There are sp many holes
Murse@slrpnk.net 2 hours ago
Slow drivers on the left are annoying; tailgaiters are a threat to my safety. Become a threat to my safety, and suddenly I don’t give a shit about your safety. Get on my ass like that middle car and the first thing I’m doing is scanning ahead for a pothole or piece of debris on the road: if spotted, I’m waiting until the last millisecond to dodge it, and you get to drive full-speed into it. If not spotted, we get to drop a mph on the cruise control every few seconds until you fuck off.
clifmo@programming.dev 1 hour ago
The solution here is more speeding and wreck less driving enforcement
FrChazzz@lemmus.org 5 hours ago
The Duality of Man
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 minutes ago
Kind of surprised by how many people are defending this shit.
If you tailgate people, you can go fuck yourself.