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Well done, all of you! (sh.itjust.works)

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[-] Hoodoir@lemmy.world 7 points 15 hours ago

Hot take:

No matter how good or crap you think the traffic laws are in your place are, the best bet is to follow them because if you don't you will likely have to pay a lot of money that you probably don't have to just throw away. Speed limits are limits, meaning maximums, merging should go like a zipper, yielding to traffic already up to speed is safest, driving without substances impairing your body is safest.

Its quite simple but a lot of people think they should be allowed to rebel against the laws and get away with doing whatever they want because the rules shouldn't apply to them specifically.

[-] dan69@lemmy.world 12 points 22 hours ago

Hot tip: if your bumper to bumper during congestion or construction periods. You need to have at least 2-3 (minimum 1) car spaces between you and the car/truck in front of you. This way you’ll maintain a steady speed (maybe btwn 2-9 mph) rather than coming to complete halt every stretch.

[-] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 3 points 14 hours ago

That just invites people to keep pulling in front of you, and now you're driving slowly while the lane in front of you is moving faster, and you've become the traffic jam.

[-] dan69@lemmy.world 1 points 11 hours ago

Just like like my comment - you got hooked for no reason. The congestion is already there why are you gonna pile up.. on a queue..

[-] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 1 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

You try to keep 3 car spaces in front of you. Someone pulls in front of you, so now there's only 2 spaces. So when traffic starts moving again, you stay still and wait for there to be 3 spaces. Then somebody pulls in front of you, so there's only 2 spaces in front of you, so you stop and wait for there to be 3 spaces in front of you....

Everybody behind you is going slower now because you won't match the speed of traffic.

[-] dan69@lemmy.world 1 points 11 hours ago

(Depends are you in stretches of congestion or are is it all clear?) Okay what’s the point if there traffic ahead. You’re gonna speed up to get up to that car who jumped in the lane to come to complete stop? I see various types of stop gaps in 30 mi stretches and seen phantom stops for reason (or ppl on their cell phones¿) My friend, no disrespect but I’d like to keep steady speed (albeit it’s 2 or 5mph) than come up to a cars rear bumper and sniff their exhaust pipe.

[-] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 1 points 6 hours ago

It's not about making sure I'm close. It's about not increasing the traffic issues.

If you're working so hard to keep multiple car-lengths of distance in congested traffic, you're required to travel slower than traffic. The lane you're in travels more slowly for anyone behind you.

Yeah, people in the next lane over can pull in front of you and relieve traffic in that lane, but that just results in more lane switching in front of and behind you, leading to more fender benders.

[-] imetators@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

Even hotter tip: on a highway, if the line on your right is free, switch to it. Left line(s) is only for overtaking.

Once drivers learn this simple rule, speed limits can be lifted on certain highway parts so whoever wants to go faster now can fulfill their desire.

Edit: I did check few stats about fatal car accidents. I am very surprised that Germany has many road sections without a speed limit and is #15 on the least fatal car accident country, while US is #114. In fact, Germany's fatality rate on the road been steadily decreasing since 1970s with a slight increase at 1991-1992.

Funny how the country that has no speed limits and mostly 3 lines per direction roads is one of the safest countries to drive in. US should take notes.

[-] BlackVenom@lemmy.world 3 points 19 hours ago

But but but but

(Continuing on the meta where slowbros and campers took aim at a bumper sticker that said "keep right" with strawmen)

[-] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 3 points 21 hours ago

Yep. Tailgating causes fullstops.

[-] w3ird_sloth@lemmy.world 5 points 19 hours ago

Be. The. Sunshine.

[-] MehBlah@lemmy.world 3 points 19 hours ago

Be the honest dark cloud fogging up the narrative.

[-] NarrativeBear@lemmy.world 1 points 17 hours ago

Just here checking in on the narrative.

[-] w3ird_sloth@lemmy.world 2 points 16 hours ago

It's dark and foggy. But you'll have to bear with it.

[-] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 4 points 19 hours ago

I know posts like that don't actually help, but the people on the road can't hear me when I yell at them for doing shit wrong and I need to get it out of my system.

[-] hateisreality@lemmy.world 1 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

Yeah in Florida they might have guns on them, because you have to prove to the state you can safely drive a car but you do not have to prove to the state that you have the mental maturity required to handle responsibility of a firearm concealed on your person. When I lived there that scared the hell out of me

Edit: That's when I had to make sure my windows were always up when I yelled too.. I didn't want someone uninvolved thinking I was yelling at them pulling firearm at me... Who am I kidding I don't want anyone pulling a firearm at me

[-] FreddiesLantern@leminal.space 11 points 1 day ago

increasing FB type paranoia

[-] dan69@lemmy.world 1 points 15 hours ago

Um comparing this to my thread. Your off by two community posts..

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[-] Leviathan@lemmy.world 29 points 1 day ago

What discussion? Zipper merge is a well defined technique.

More like half the people know how to zipper merge and the other half try to justify merging a mile early and getting angry when people pass them and zipper merge properly.

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[-] yermaw@sh.itjust.works 45 points 1 day ago

Literally the first 2 posts as I opened the app

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