One crime at a time, save that crime for something good
"when things are so bad you start obeying traffic laws as if you give a shit whether or not you'd kill some kid today."
No idea what this is supposed to represent
Me with a 30 second commute from my desk to my bed:
:( -> :)
It's disturbing how normalized speeding is. It goes beyond normalization. I've had people get furious with me, flip me off, tailgate me aggressively and literally try to run me off the road for driving the speed limit.
It's especially stupid in the city. People get all pissed at me for driving the speed limit and maneuver recklessly around me before speeding off, only to get stuck at the red light a block ahead. I could feel smug as I pulled up beside them a moment later, that is if it weren't for the disappointment and frustration I feel with how stupid people are behind the wheel of these speeding death machines.
I can't think of any other law we have where a significant proportion of society seems to be actively hostile towards those who care to abide. Why do we accept this as a society?
I'm a school bus driver and I obey speed limits religiously (and somehow I'm almost alone in this among my coworkers despite the fact that our buses all have GPS monitors installed and our boss can see exactly how fast we're going at all times). Almost every day I have people behind me blasting their horns at me for this. Like, just imagine getting road rage at a fucking school bus driver.
My favorite thing is when they tailgate me, apparently oblivious to the fact that I can't see them at all when they do this, not even in my mirrors.
I'm a bike commuter and it's this by a lot. I've had assholes swerve into the bike lane because they're salty I'm not traffic like they are, and punish passes are ridiculous. Dude, I'm doing 20 on my ebike, the speed limit is 20, you're an asshole.
It's ridiculous how acceptable people think it is.
I have someone I work with that seems to think the faster he goes the more important and busy he is, therefore he can treat everyone else on the road that follows the rules like they are just retired old geezers with nothing better to do.
It's infuriating. There is nothing I hate more than people with no patience or ability to plan ahead and leave at appropriate times.
People react the same way when you don't make a right on red.
Sometimes calm driving can lead to a calm mind.
And open all the windows sometimes!
PSA: Don't open windows on busy roads. Let's in a bunch of pollutants like rubber and metal particles from tires
If it's a place you'd voluntarily have a picnic nearby, feel free to open windows
And open all the windows sometimes!
^ This ... it lets all the pot smoke out, too.
What's the hurry? I left early, and sometimes I just like the quiet. These are signs of success not defeat.
normalize avoiding vehicular homicide
Driving the speed limit at all times regardless of mood. Because I value my safety as well as the one of others.
But what about the "I'm late for work" mood 😥
the few minutes speeding saves you wont do any meaningful difference
Cruise control so handy.
Set to the speed limit and chill.
If people want to pass that's their problem.
Mind you, in Australia the speed limit is usually followed pretty well.
I envy that you have a life where you can use cruise control when you are in your vehicle.
If I am in my vehicle it is usually to go to work, which means crowded highways and people who cut me off or can't maintain their speed worth a damn so if I use cruise control it's only for like 5 seconds before I either have to hit the brakes move into another lane.
Yes I'm lucky to live in a rural area. I can't always use it as there are hills on some of the roads, and the cruise control will downshift and cane it up the hills which feels mean, but the main highway is mostly fine.
I've never had a car with adaptive cruise control though, which it sounds like you would need. (Follow the speed of the car in front.)
Mind you, in Australia the speed limit is usually followed pretty well.
That's because Australia has realistic speed limits. The US doesn't, and thats why people drive over it all the time.
I dunno man, 80+ mph on the highway doesn't seem particularly necessary.
Speed limits go up to 130 (80mph) in Australia so seems like they think it's OK.
130 is extremely rare. even 110 is very rare tbh (interstate type roads, and they can often be 100 too)… 80 is our common “fast” speed in metro areas
In Canada there is only one highway that I know of which allows up to 120km/h, the rest is 100km/h.
The only speeding ticket I have ever gotten in my life was going 130km/h on the 120km/hr highway.
Speed limit of the street or speed limit of the car?
I drive like an old bitch.
I ain't got ticket money. You'll find me in the right lane. Running the speed limit. Like an old bitch.
Same
I mean, I could afford the ticket, but I'd rather spend that money on LEGO
Friend of mine just told me about a new 9000 piece death star. Gonna cost like $1000.
He's already planning for it around his yearly bonus at work.
My wife wants me to buy it for our wedding anniversary next month
Broke: My wife doesnt let me buy legos
~~W~~Broke: My wife demands I buy legos
Me using my phone on the bus after a hard day, knowing I don’t have to pay attention to shit on the road: 😌
So you mean m-f then? Music is a luxury best reserved for weekends, that way I know work won't interrupt my jam sesh
it’s been a hard day making TikTok posts so I’m gonna drive around in my luxury car ~~without my seatbelt on~~ and film with my left hand and maybe probably not hit anyone while I check if the angle looks good
They are filming/photographing with their right hand. The image is flipped. Or they are in the most American-looking town in England.
Also no way could they be filming with their left hand, the angle is way off unless they're holding a stick or tripod. It looks like someone in the passenger seat is filming.
Broke: driving the speed limit because you are tired.
Woke: driving the speed limit because you are a responsible citizen who wants to make the roads safer.
Bespoke: going the speed of traffic so the irresponsible citizens are also safe
Coke: Running the speed limit.
Many days lately have been like this.
At least where I'm at, I think it's more dangerous to drive the speed limit on the highway than to go 10 over, just because of other drivers. Driving the speed limit makes many other drivers lose their goddamn minds and drive insanely unsafely just to get around me. It's wild the things people will do just to get to their destination a minute or two faster.
I'm not responsible for other people's anger issues. As long as people take this stance we will remain in the endless shitty cycle of people feeling like they have a good given right to drive 10+ over on any road, be it an interstate highway or a residential road where kids are playing.
I've been driving Uber for awhile and I adopted grandma driving for my own sanity/safety.
Had an interesting chat with a chill taxi driver about this. He’d been in the business almost 30 years and says he sees people who don’t adopt this philosophy actually have health issues, and quit.
It's not possible in BMW
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