• @foggy@lemmy.world
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    154 days ago

    Do you want me to go the speed limit? Because that’s how you get me to go the speed limit.

    • Zagam
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      94 days ago

      Same. I was in a hurry till you honked. Now all of a sudden I have all day and nowhere to be.

      • @ExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        4 days ago

        Don’t let other idiots turn you into just as big of an idiot.

        Actually, you’re definitely the bigger idiot here. The honker may have annoyed you, but you are annoying the 30 people behind you to spite one single person.

        • Zagam
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          33 days ago

          It’s not my job as a driver to worry about someone behind me thinking I’m moving too slowly. It’s my job as a driver to be aware if some other moron is running a red light. And as impatient as you mother fuckers are, it’s probably you.

          • @ExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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            It’s fascinating that you think taking petty revenge by slowing down excessively to “punish” a single jerk right behind you, and the subsequent line of innocent people with no part in your conflict, is reasonable behaviour. The jerk behind you annoyed a single person (you), and in turn you annoy dozens of people that have done nothing to you whatsoever.

            • Zagam
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              23 days ago

              Fascinating probably isn’t the word you want.

              • @ExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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                No it is…it’s fascinating that you can’t (or won’t) see that you’re a bigger traffic issue than the person honking and believe that your reaction is justified.

                • Zagam
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                  23 days ago

                  Oh. Wait, we have a misunderstanding. This can happen online when you can’t type inflection or tone. My bad.

                  I am fully aware of my actions, the results, the costs, and fully accept any consequences that come my way. I am not under any impression that I am not a problem, not the bigger asshole, or less petty than anyone else. I drive about 200 to 250 miles in a 40 hour work week and have tons of experience with bad drivers. Sometimes I get in a mood and basically lash out at everyone. It’s a fault of mine and I know it. I’m not apologizing for it or working to correct it. Petty? You bet. Asshole? Present. Cause of accidents? No, I’m actually very careful not to do that.

                  I’m by and large a way more courteous driver than most people I see. You have a turn signal on? I’ll do everything I can to help you change lanes. I zipper merge like they showed in the text book. Do I speed? Yes, but never more than 5mph over the limit and never in a resedential area. Every bicyclist gets at least 5 feet of clearance. People walking dogs get the same.

                  But you honk at me in the first second of a green? We’re waiting till I feel like going.

    • @Lauchmelder@feddit.org
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      54 days ago

      This is the most car brained take in the entire comment section. If you’re one of the drivers that consistently goes 10kmh above the speed limit then fuck you

      • @TheTetrapod@lemmy.world
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        84 days ago

        That behavior is almost completely dictated by where you live. The safest speed to go while driving is the speed at which the majority of people around you are driving. In my city, that happens to be at least 10 mph above the speed limit.

        • @SnortsGarlicPowder@lemmy.zip
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          34 days ago

          That’s insane. That’s an insane thing to say. Me going 10 over in a school zone is dangerous as fuck even if everyone else is doing it. Me going 10 over in a residential zone or a built up area is also super dangerous.

          What are your general speed limits in those areas?

          • @Lauchmelder@feddit.org
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            119 hours ago

            There’s no point in arguing here, drivers are never at fault according to them. It is clearly safer to go fast if everyone drives too fast (citation not needed, it’s obvious duh). Your braking distance almost doubles at 10mph over, but who cares about that! Who needs to be able to react to a person suddenly running onto the road. It’s their fault, for cars are supremacy. I hate cars so fucking much.