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The_X_Dawg
09/03/22 1:00:48 PM
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Maybe the pandemic has really brought out far too much mental illness.

Come to a light where it is strictly a turn on green arrow. Guy pulls in front of me as I approach it. It turns green. He doesn't move. Cars behind me honk. I give him a light tap of my horn. He doesn't move. I do it again.

Finally, he moves, but takes the turn very slowly in an attempt to annoy me. Then speeds off. I get closer to him and then he veers over to the side and pulls over only to flick me off.

Last weekend a guy cut me off and almost caused an accident as I approached a red light. I slam on my horn because it was crazy. He speeds off. We end up going the same direction, but he's going like 50 in a 25. We get closer to each other as a car is in front of him going the speed limit. He pulls to the side and then pulls up behind me and follows me. We get to a light where he screams 'YOU HAVE A PROBLEM WITH ME?!' Then speeds off.
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Axiom
09/03/22 1:07:21 PM
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The_X_Dawg posted...
Maybe the pandemic has really brought out far too much mental illness.
Nah this was a thing way before pandemic. Road rage is a serious problem with some people
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Phantom36
09/03/22 1:08:23 PM
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Axiom posted...
Nah this was a thing way before pandemic. Road rage is a serious problem with some people


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SauI_Goodman
09/03/22 1:08:47 PM
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You just gotta have thick skin. I had a similar situation where the 3rd guy in line honked and the first guy thought it was me (2nd guy) and flipped me off lmao. I just find it funny.

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The_X_Dawg
09/03/22 1:21:01 PM
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SauI_Goodman posted...
You just gotta have thick skin. I had a similar situation where the 3rd guy in line honked and the first guy thought it was me (2nd guy) and flipped me off lmao. I just find it funny.

Oh I'm not razzled by it other than I fear these nutballs will hunt me down and murder me because they feel 'disrespected'.
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Butterfiles
09/03/22 1:25:55 PM
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https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/14/us/pedestrian-deaths-pandemic.html

We should probably do something about how many people cars kill. Somehow I doubt we will

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CanuckCowboy
09/03/22 1:34:17 PM
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The other day some goof was turning right and I was turning left, but he was taking his sweet ass time about it so I was waiting for him and some even bigger goofs in a Landover were laying on the horn and yelling at me even though the other dude absolutely had right of way... so I flipped them off and they followed me into a parking lot.

I was in a bad bad mood already that day so when I got out of my car and started yelling back they took off pretty quick. Lol.

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BuckVanHammer
09/03/22 1:36:01 PM
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You think there's people out there just driving around looking to stir up shit?

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Trumpo
09/03/22 1:38:24 PM
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BuckVanHammer posted...
You think there's people out there just driving around looking to stir up shit?
Absolutely

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--Zero-
09/03/22 1:44:00 PM
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I asked my wife the other day if people took a drivers training course before getting their license because I assumed it was required for everyone. She informed me that most people just took the test when they were 18.

I had to take a course when I was 14, gain experience, get a permit, then take the physical and written test when I was 16.

Kind of opened my mind to why so many drivers are terrible in my area.

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The_X_Dawg
09/03/22 2:19:36 PM
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BuckVanHammer posted...
You think there's people out there just driving around looking to stir up shit?

No. I think people have fragile egos and think anything they don't agree with is disrespect. It's not their fault. It's YOUR fault.
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NoxObscuras
09/03/22 2:33:25 PM
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Axiom posted...
Nah this was a thing way before pandemic. Road rage is a serious problem with some people
This. My aunt is one of those people. Ever since I was little, I hated being in the car with her because she was always angry at people on the road. She would roll her window down and curse people out and she even tried to fight a few people over road rage (thankfully I was never in her car for those attempted fights).

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I asked my wife the other day if people took a drivers training course before getting their license because I assumed it was required for everyone. She informed me that most people just took the test when they were 18.

I had to take a course when I was 14, gain experience, get a permit, then take the physical and written test when I was 16.

Kind of opened my mind to why so many drivers are terrible in my area.
Yeah, most schools in the US got rid of driver's education by the 90's. You're still required to take training courses if you get your license before 18. But after 18, you just have to pass the written exam and the quick behind the wheel test.

So for a lot of people, that's all of the "training" they got.

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haloiscoolisbak
09/03/22 2:47:05 PM
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SauI_Goodman posted...
You just gotta have thick skin. I had a similar situation where the 3rd guy in line honked and the first guy thought it was me (2nd guy) and flipped me off lmao. I just find it funny.

Omg this happens to me so often. Pretty cowardly to honk as the 3rd person too

A few weeks back a young girl was trying to reverse park a big van in a tight spot in carpark. She was taking ages and struggling, but I drive a van and know it's hard so was literally not even slightly bothered, was waiting patiently. Some angry guy behind me starts beeping, she pokes her head out the window and gives me this pleading "whhhy" look and I just like try to make a "it wasn't me" gesture with my face but no idea if i got the message across lol


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Relient_K
09/03/22 2:49:18 PM
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Yeah I always try to remind my wife there are some real nutters out there and to try to let it go if someone does something stupid instead of honking at them after the fact. I used to have a bit of a problem with getting too worked up when driving and had to get over it as I was driving like 18 hours a week on the clock for work for a while.

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Homeless_Waifu
09/03/22 2:51:27 PM
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Some people shouldn't be driving at all. Total disregard for public safety, total disregard for their own safety...

And this is why people die in car crashes across the US.

The rules need to be much more strict and obtaining a driver's license needs to be much more harder.

Either that or every car should be gimped to the point where it cannot go faster than 25mph... like the cars you see in nascar where they cannot go faster than 100mph.

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Crimson_Corsair
09/03/22 3:13:19 PM
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Homeless_Waifu posted...
Some people shouldn't be driving at all. Total disregard for public safety, total disregard for their own safety...

And this is why people die in car crashes across the US.

The rules need to be much more strict and obtaining a driver's license needs to be much more harder.

Either that or every car should be gimped to the point where it cannot go faster than 25mph... like the cars you see in nascar where they cannot go faster than 100mph.

What a stupid take this is. Also, the U.S. doesn't have a vehicle fatality problem, I don't think we even crack the top 100 countries per capita.

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Homeless_Waifu
09/03/22 3:30:20 PM
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Crimson_Corsair posted...
What a stupid take this is. Also, the U.S. doesn't have a vehicle fatality problem, I don't think we even crack the top 100 countries per capita.
Pretty SURE, aside from heart attacks and obesity...
Car crashes is for sure one of the top 10 deaths for Americans.

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CanuckCowboy
09/03/22 3:32:15 PM
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Crimson_Corsair posted...
What a stupid take this is. Also, the U.S. doesn't have a vehicle fatality problem, I don't think we even crack the top 100 countries per capita.

US is 120 from an article i found... but they're the highest ranked among 1st world countries so...

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ExtremeLuchador
09/03/22 4:00:59 PM
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In my state there's no driving school requirements to take the driver test if over 18. People just wait until they're 18 to get a license instead of spending $500-$800 on privatized driving schools. We have a road test and a cone box maneuverability test you must pass at the DMV.

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kingdrake2
09/03/22 4:04:53 PM
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The_X_Dawg posted...
Come to a light where it is strictly a turn on green arrow. Guy pulls in front of me as I approach it. It turns green. He doesn't move. Cars behind me honk


that happened to me once while on the drive to destination. the light was green and elderly driver decided to stall just before the light turned yellow (was 2nd in lane just before the light).

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