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xkcd #2932: Driving PSA
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This PSA brought to you by several would-be assassins who tried to wave me in front of speeding cars in the last month and who will have to try harder next time.
This happened to me, I was the fast car. Here's the dash cam video: https://streamable.com/q98ojg
I've got several years of experience riding motorcycles. It's taught me to read traffic. I see a gap in a line of traffic like that, it's either a driver who's smart enough not to block an intersection (rare), or someone letting another someone out.
When I saw the gap I started watching it closely. I probably wouldn't have been able react fast enough otherwise.
Dang, and they just zoom off after without a care
She had to slam on her brakes or she still would have hit me. When I looked back she made a clear "I fucked up" gesture that wasn't caught on cam.
tbh there weren't many options for them besides waiting for the entire line of cars to pass which could've taken forever
The guy leaving the gap tried to wave her through but I guess she didn't see the "STOP" gesture he started throwing when I got too close.
To quote alice in wonderland:
"How long is forever?"
"Sometimes, just one second"
Damn, you have a store that specializes in maps, that's cool