going 70 in a 50
Both drivers deserve to lose their license
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callouscomic@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
- Escalates the angry driver situation.
- Takes photos while driving.
Neither driver here is in the right.
groet@feddit.org 2 months ago
Stez827@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Probably not. It could be in the middle of nowhere or on a road where the speed limit hasn’t been evaluated and the state default is 50. There are tons of roads like that in California or even some where the limit is in the 30s but it really shouldn’t be and locals are in the 60s usually.
DJDarren@sopuli.xyz 2 months ago
You, The Master Driver, are amply equipped to decide what the true speed limit should be.
groet@feddit.org 2 months ago
Well if you operate a death machine it would be realy nice if you could follow the rules and not kill somebody. Of course the rules should be reasonable but being unable to follow them means you should not be operating a death machine
Stez827@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
There’s no reason to follow unreasonable rules even when you’re driving a death machine. Especially when not following the rules has an essentially near 0 difference in hurting someone with your cage of death(not trying to be sarcastic with cage of death). Many of these roads are designed for much higher speed limits but just have not been evaluated by the government for their speed limit and possibly never will be or they will be evaluated at a much lower than reasonable speed. For example the speed limit of most California freeways is 65 traffic moves at 80 regularly and sometimes when people are feeling frisky up to 90. Neither of those speeds are unreasonable when everyone around you is also doing them and people are used to those situations or understand they will be in those situations. A great example is Germany where parts of their freeways have no speed limit where people are doing in excess of 120 mph and semis are also using it at under 60.
Zink@programming.dev 2 months ago
That’s easy to agree with in isolation, but many times on the main roads near me the normal flow of traffic in the slow lane can be 20 over. Driving at or below the speed limit would create a significantly more dangerous situation than cruising along at the same speed as the nearest several cars.
Yeah, you’d be operating in a more legal way, and the faster drivers around you should be able to safely deal with it, but that doesn’t mean the risk isn’t there.
JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
This. Speed limit laws are bullshit and their selective enforcement is proof of it.
The dangerous drivers are the ones that are impeding the flow (i.e. going well below the speed limit when road/weather conditions don’t necessitate it; cruising in a passing lane, etc) or driving unpredictably/erratically (cutting people off, weaving, etc).
Not necessarily the speeders, though there can certainly be some overlap, particularly in the latter group.
But speeders are the ones that get ticketed over while those asshats just crash into schoolbusses.
Ryktes@lemmy.world 2 months ago
This is a bullshit talking point used by psychopaths to try to justify their antisocial behavior. If the people around you are going so fast that just doing the speed limit becomes unsafe, they are the ones wholly responsible for creating those unsafe conditions. They are driving faster than the conditions (and let’s be real, their own ability) would reasonably allow for, they are the only ones that should be held responsible for the consequences of their freakish behavior.
CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
Cool, they are the ones that will get in trouble for the accident that I am still involved in. I’d much rather not be involved in an accident then be “right”.
Is this about safety, or is this about blind adherence to the law?
Zink@programming.dev 2 months ago
Again, that sounds good on paper. In reality, I turn into an on-ramp and I’m approaching a line of cars going 75 mph. There happens to be a sign that says they should be limiting themselves to 55 mph.
If I merge at 75mph, the state of the roadway is essentially unchanged. If I merge at 55mph, I am introducing a new risk that was not there previously.
GladiusB@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I don’t think losing their license is the right approach. I don’t think scolding them is the approach either. I think most people don’t realize that driving is a cooperative event. And to not only accept that and also expand on it helps most road rage go away.
Lemminary@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I don’t need to be right.
Fuck you Kevin you piece of shit we could’ve been something you asshole! But I’m a bigger asshole so long as you don’t pull a gun out on me. Biiiitch. *spits*
mitexleo@buddyverse.one 2 months ago
Who is Kevin?
DogWater@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Did you even read the post youre commenting in?
mitexleo@buddyverse.one 2 months ago
Didn’t notice the name 😔