Wait, so the dude honked after her because she was speeding 20 above the limit, and she’s thinking she’s taking the high road by slowing down 30 under the limit just to spite him for her being wrong? 🤔
Welcome to petty lane
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mp3@lemmy.ca 8 months ago
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 months ago
Wait, so the dude honked after her because she was speeding 20 above the limit (imo justified),
How does this work exactly? It means the person honking was also going 20 above the limit. So they sped up so they could honk at the person for speeding?
Just seems like two assholes if you ask me.
thatradomguy@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Where are y’all going that you gotta pretend real life is GTA? Ain’t nobody need you that bad. You’re late. Get over it.
Landless2029@lemmy.world 8 months ago
I was on a 3 pane highway going interstate. Doing 80 in a 65 on the fast lane. Big rig in the middle lane. Slowly gaining and will pass the bog rig.
Then a pickup is coming up in the fast lane TOO FAST. Easily 100mph. She tailgates me. Now boxxed in with me in front and the big rig on her right. A sane person would go in the third lane and pass us since zero other cars around. But no.
She lays on her horn and starts swaying with impatience.
So I match speed with the big rig. Maintaining the box. She honks ways more and sways even more. Shaking her fist at me.I maintain it for another 2 minutes until my wife gets concerned she’ll rear end us and we end up spinning off the highway or under the big rig.
I give in and speed up past the big rig and change lanes to her wacko pass. They speed off.
Yeah it’s never worth it. You never know what people will do.
samus12345@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
Yeah, better to just get them the fuck away from you ASAP than to be petty. They’re not worth the risk since they’ve already established they’re shitty drivers.
Pacattack57@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Very true. Many people act irrationally behind the wheel. Only God knows how pathetic their life must be that they want to risk life and limb to get somewhere 3 minutes faster.
Landless2029@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Yep I’d call the cops at that time. Not fucking around.
dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de 8 months ago
Truly. I’ve been on the motorway before with a dude seemingly angry about something I did, not sure what, that he was chasing me across the motorway even if I went from lane 4 to 1 and back he was there.
Some people are insane. Best to avoid them even if you can handle yourself as some people won’t let it go and not worth the fight if you’re not immediately in danger.
Landless2029@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Yep I’d call the cops at that time. Not fucking around.
buttnugget@lemmy.world 8 months ago
It’s good to slow down to get the traitor off your ass, but be careful: our traitor zoomed around us and cut us off out of spite. My girlfriend pointed out that behavior like that will get that worthless dumbfuck shot one day.
teslasaur@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Sometimes i really wish i had the time to get into a fenderbender, just so that the asshole behind gets their comeuppance.
Not an actual encouragement for break checking idiots, please be safe.
wabafee@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Kevin vs Karen.
yarr@feddit.nl 8 months ago
Is this lady using her phone while driving, after speeding by 20MPH and thinking it’s a flex? If she uses it at 20MPH I’d bet she uses it at 70 MPH too! Couldn’t this have waited until she was safely off the road?
TeddE@lemmy.world 8 months ago
I expect this is sarcasm (can’t know, because of Poe’s)
But for anyone genuinely thinking this you can see the dashcam source in her glasses reflection.
Saledovil@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
What to do when you have a tailgater behind you:
- Foot of the gas.
- Wait until the tailgater tries to overtake you.
- PIT maneuver.
- Keep driving safely.
MetalMachine@feddit.nl 8 months ago
This is why I’m in favor of public transit. So many people should not be on the road. This goes for the granny under the speed limit drivers and the insane road ragers.
LoreleiSankTheShip@lemmy.ml 8 months ago
I’ve never understood why people pick on drivers under the speed limit. It’s called a limit, why do we expect people to be over it?
darklamer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 months ago
There are speed limits in both directions, in every jurisdiction I’m familiar with it’s illegal to drive both too fast and too slow, to exceed the posted speed limit or to drive so slowly that it impedes other traffic.
TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world 8 months ago
because they are assholes who think anyone going slower than them is stupid and they are very smart.
CoolMatt@lemmy.ca 8 months ago
Depending where it is, a figure of speech up to a certain point of where they actual enforce it, most cops don’t even go the speed limit on some roads and highways.
They’re low and out dated as fuck, and mostly just a money grab, again, depending on the street and the limit, for example excluding in front of schools and parks
LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Once she gets to work she finds a sign taped to the back of the car saying “honk it’s my birthday”
MrSulu@lemmy.ml 8 months ago
Fragile egos behind the wheel combined with pettiness are the worst.
tungsten5@lemmy.zip 8 months ago
When people ride my ass while I am doing (at least) the speed limit I just take my foot off the gas to gently slow down until they go around me. If its only one lane then I will go under the speed limit. Im petty too like that
squaresinger@lemmy.world 8 months ago
It’s not just petty, it’s safety.
You can’t influence the size of the safety margin between you and the car behind you. But you can influence the speed at which the person behind you slams into you in case of an accident, by reducing the speed that both of you drive.
rayyy@lemmy.world 8 months ago
When I drive in deer country, especially at night, I will always slow up when encountering a tailgater because I might have to brake hard for an animal and don’t want to hit a deer AND/OR get rear ended - going slower means they will at least hit me less hard. They can go around if they don’t like my speed. Also, statistics show that drivers that stay well behind other vehicles have far fewer accidents. Finally, traffic tends to travel at the speed of the slowest drivers on the road, so they gain little on our curvy, hilly two lane roads.
visikde@lemmings.world 8 months ago
Reading the comments I thought I was on Reddit :D
Petty Lane www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-rB0pHI9fUMehBlah@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Same day different asshole.
jaschen306@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
I just let them pass you. Not worth some lunatic you piss off even more and end up shooting you.
InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world 8 months ago
I slow down to allow them to pass me safely and easily.
Apytele@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
[deleted]ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 8 months ago
I’m a school bus driver and the course material (and test questions) for the CDL state this explicitly. If someone is tailgating you, you slow down. Tailgaters are gonna tailgate no matter what, and slowing down means the damage will be less if they do happen to hit you. If that makes them mad tough tittie (the course material does not use “tough tittie” but you can tell they wanted to).
The great irony of people who tailgate school buses is that WE CAN’T EVEN FUCKING SEE YOU BACK THERE. Even in your fantasy world of the person in front of you feeling pressured and speeding up (which never ever actually happens), it can’t possibly happen if they don’t even know you’re there.
Snowclone@lemmy.world 8 months ago
This is correct. It’s never worth it.
Sauerkraut@discuss.tchncs.de 8 months ago
I would fully agree that confronting a lunatic face to face is dangerous, but the chances of getting shot for driving slow is next to zero.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 8 months ago
people in my region have been shot at for flashing their lights at someone to tell them their lights were off. that’s why i think escalating a scenario where one or both of you are wielding/controlling deadly weapons/machinery is the only way to go.
LordKitsuna@lemmy.world 8 months ago
www.wsoctv.com/news/local/…/804586303/
Boom, it happened one time so it will happen every time
WraithGear@lemmy.world 8 months ago
But is not zero
Justathroughdaway@lemmy.world 8 months ago
My spirit animal
EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com 8 months ago
Play some Tom Petty for ambiance while you’re rolling along.
glitchdx@lemmy.world 8 months ago
This comment section is a very good case study in why better public transportation is absolutely necessary: a lot of you should not ever drive.
Paddzr@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Using phone while driving… Great.
Fuck everyone who ever touches their phone while the hevicle is on. This shit is not okay, ever.
ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 8 months ago
I’m a school bus driver and many of my coworkers use their phones (talking, texting and even doom scrolling) while driving a bus - sometimes even when they have kids aboard. And these buses have internal cameras that are always recording! I don’t understand how they’re not fired or at least suspended for it, but I suppose the driver shortage has something to do with it.
EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com 8 months ago
hevicle
Given the size bloat, I think heavy vehicle => hevicle is appropriate.
Zink@programming.dev 8 months ago
I have some great news for you. Look at what took effect yesterday in my state! Using a mobile device, including at a red light, is now a primary offense (you’ll get pulled over for just that).
This just applies to PA, but it’s a pretty big state with a population between Sweden and the Netherlands, so it’s not nothing!
ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 8 months ago
I live in PA and I’m not holding my breath for this shit to ever be enforced. I’m a school bus driver and last year I had a local cop pass me when I was stopped with my red flashers on letting kids off the bus. He was driving with one hand and looking at his phone in the other - never even saw me.
coolfission@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Doesn’t matter if it’s not enforced. We have no holding phone rules in GA and I routinely see people using their phones while driving.
Rachelhazideas@lemmy.world 8 months ago
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The phone is clearly mounted on the dashboard.
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It’s not uncommon for people to record their whole trip for social media, not just take to a picture.
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This caption could have been pasted over a completely unrelated screenshot of someone else’s video for all we know.
Don’t touch your phone while driving, but also, don’t believe everything you see on social media.
Taleya@aussie.zone 8 months ago
Ikr the number of people going “hurr they do phone use” has me wondering when the fuck people lost basic cognitive skills.
CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 8 months ago
It’s not uncommon for people to record their whole trip for social media, not just take to a picture.
That’s still a distraction. Even if they don’t intend to upload the entire recording they are paying less attention to the road in order to pay attention to their “performance”.
Paddzr@lemmy.world 8 months ago
On your last point… It’s still damaging because it normalises it. UK has very harsh stance on this and you’d get in shit even for point 1. There should be zero tolerance on this. They’re a dickhead driver regardless. Two dickheads don’t make it right.
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mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca 8 months ago
tbf, going 20 in a 50 zone is probably not a terrible situation to be multitasking in. not at all like multitasking at 50 in a 50 zone
Wolf@lemmy.today 8 months ago
I take my foot off of the gas pedal, if they don’t pass me by the time I’ve coasted to as slow as idle will take me I assume they aren’t going to and return to the speed I was going previously.
Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 8 months ago
I’ll slow down to exactly the speed limit (which because my speedometer is ~2MPH fast means going slightly below the limit) if someone honks at me for going too slowly. I’ll also specifically not turn right until it’s green if someone behind me honks to turn right on red
I’m a pretty chill driver. I don’t speed, I don’t aggressively lane change or push lights, but if someone thinks their horn will get me drive in a less safe manner I will happily slow them down just a little bit more. If they don’t honk, I’ll happily make it easy for them to pass when it is safe
random_character_a@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Only time I’ve been close to road rage was when a Mercedes CL had a really bright LED strobe light installed inside it’s front grill and he activating it, if somebody was in his way.
It wasn’t a cop or other emergency vehicle. Just an asshole.
I was lucky to be in front of him for 15 minutes when traffic got compacted enough to prevent lane change.
For a moment I considered hitting the brakes on that particular tailgater.
Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 8 months ago
Sometimes you can adjust your side mirrors to reflect such a light into the driver’s eyes
TassieTosser@aussie.zone 8 months ago
People keep saying this but I tried it and its really hard to do that and concentrate on driving.
dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 8 months ago
That works. Also, back when I delivered pizza I kept a rather large LED flashlight in my cupholder all the time, ostensibly for spotting mailboxes and house numbers. (This was back in the day when having a powerful LED flashlight was a big deal, not like nowadays when you can get 3 for $10 on Amazon or whatever.) Pointing it out the back window usually got the point across when asshats felt the need to sit three feet off my back bumper and shine their high beams at me.
BarrelAgedBoredom@lemmy.zip 8 months ago
GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Zink@programming.dev 8 months ago
This one made me bust out laughing. Such a perfect combination.
The previous one is great too. Both new to me, at least.
Kolanaki@pawb.social 8 months ago
I do this and then wonder why the fuck the asshole honking won’t just pass.
GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 8 months ago
I turn it into a game to see how slow I have to go before they leave.
I have come to a full stop before, and they just kept honking. they did drive off once I got out and grabbed a crow bar from the bed of my truck and walked towards them with a smile.
I had no intention of hurting them and it was more for my own protection than anything. They clearly wanted an altercation and fled once they realized how utterly stupid they were being.
some folks just want to feel some kind of power because they feel powerless and they just need a wake-up call.
dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 8 months ago
some folks just want to feel some kind of power because they feel powerless and they just need a wake-up call.
This is, like, the perfect summation of the human condition. Probably an awful lot of it, anyway.
ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 8 months ago
Love reading threads about driving cause everyone is very upset for no discernible reason.
Sauerkraut@discuss.tchncs.de 8 months ago
Driving is inherently stressful. Hell, merely being around cars is proven to negatively impact your health: eea.europa.eu/…/are-you-noticing-the-harmful-nois…
EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com 8 months ago
Driving seems to bring out the second-worst in people.
Amir@lemmy.ml 8 months ago
Driving is dangerous, and intentionally making it more dangerous deserves anger
flambonkscious@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
This is why we should move the horb somewhere and have great big spikes on the steering wheel - the danger should have never been outsourced to others.
I get, i know it’ll never take off, but the current madness of 2T shockers is indefensible to me
Nalivai@discuss.tchncs.de 8 months ago
anger
Is a big reason why it’s dangerous
Dozzi92@lemmy.world 8 months ago
I’ll do something similar to the OP. If I’m doing 29 in a 25 and you ride my ass, we will now do 24 in a 25. I like to think I’ve improved the safety of the local roadway. I won’t negotiate with terrorists.
DJDarren@sopuli.xyz 8 months ago
The beauty of this comment is that it could be in support of either position.
callouscomic@lemmy.zip 8 months ago
- Escalates the angry driver situation.
- Takes photos while driving.
Neither driver here is in the right.
groet@feddit.org 8 months ago
going 70 in a 50
Both drivers deserve to lose their license
Zink@programming.dev 8 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.
GladiusB@lemmy.world 8 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.
Stez827@sh.itjust.works 8 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.
Lemminary@lemmy.world 8 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*
IhaveCrabs111@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Have you ever slipped and accidentally honked at someone?
Hideakikarate@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
Oh yeah. At a stop sign or traffic light, slow traffic, kinda rested my arms on the wheel and hit the horn on accident. Felt like an ass.
WereCat@lemmy.world 8 months ago
How is that even possible?
dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Easy. I did it the just other day because I forgot that my new CRF250L is a Honda, and the position of the turn signal switch and the horn are reversed from every other bike I own, and probably not coincidentally every also other motorcycle brand on the planet. Some guy in the lane next to me got super butthurt because he thought I honked “at” him as I was completing my turn, which was quite hilarious to watch. (He was in the far left lane, I was doing a right on red from the right lane. There is no conceivable reality in which anything I was doing would be related to him, if not for the fact that he had Main Character Disorder.)
chatokun@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 months ago
Very possible st stops. I’ve done it once, shocking myself more than the other driver.
MycarHolmes@quokk.au 8 months ago
70 in a 50 zone. Doesn't matter if its km/h or mph, that's just idiotic.
sunbrrnslapper@lemmy.world 8 months ago
I live out in the sticks, and if I don’t go 70, it will take me forever to get where I need to go. Also everyone else is going 70, so the people doing 50 are creating an unsafe situation. It’s the wild west out here.
klemptor@startrek.website 8 months ago
I disagree. There are two roads near me with a limit of 55 mph, and traffic on those roads regularly moves at 75-80. Driving 55 becomes dangerous when all of the other traffic is going so much faster, because nobody expects you to be that slow. You risk getting rear-ended, and if traffic is heavy, people who end up behind you now have to merge into a much faster lane of traffic to get around you.
Simulation6@sopuli.xyz 8 months ago
Yeah, honking at me. And those flashing lights on the roof of their car are really annoying.
Manticore@lemmy.nz 8 months ago
I’m reminded of a story somebody shared on reddit years ago.
An arborist, working with his team. One of his crew had the chainsaw kick and come back and severely main him. He’s bleeding so fucking fast. They need to get him to hospital, and they can’t afford to wait for the ambulance to arrive.
The woman in front won’t let them past. She’s going slower and slower to make a point. They’re honking at her, but she lines up with another lane to box them in. That car slows down too.
The guy is fading fast.theyre using his shirt to staunch the blood, but it’s not enough. After several minutes, they finally have an opening they can take. They speed past her little car, throwing the bloodsoaked shirt out the window to slap wetly on her windshield.
They meet up with emergency services - first, a cop. The woman pulls over to talk to the cop about their reckless driving. While arguing, the ambulance arrives. The injured crew member, and the storyteller, are taken to hospital.
It’s too late. He dies.
…don’t fuck around man. You never know. It’s no worth it. Do the safe thing and slow down or pull over.