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Payzmaykr posted...

Same here. These modern vehicles are so massive and overpowered that its not safe to drive a smaller, sensible car. They dont look at the road and everyone is constantly on the phone. We have had icy conditions recently and people will drive almost double the speed limit and get inches from my bumper.

I tried to follow the person in front of me past a slower car today and the dude behind me in a Chevy Suburban literally tried to undercut me and beat me to changing lanes. When he couldn't make it, he instead decided to almost sideswipe me in what looked like an insane attempt to scare both lanes into allowing him to create his own middle lane. When that didn't work, he rode the ass of the guy in front of him until that guy got over into a turning lane. Right past that turning lane was a merge due to road work. Instead of getting into open lane in the massive space behind me, he decided to gun it straight at a pile of cones and barriers, forcing the guy in front of me to slam on his brakes just so he wouldn't have to be involved in a horrific accident. These people are sociopaths, literally taking advantage of our petty human feelings for their selfish gain.

Car accident deaths may be down a lot over 50 years ago, but that's somewhat because of safety advances, which I think people have taken as a license to drive like maniacs. If street cars all had roll cages and six point harnesses, it would be a fucking video game on the road. That chart on Wiki did show though that 2021-22 are the most dangerous years since I've started driving. It certainly feels like the last 15ish years have seen a change for the worst on the road.