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Are there really that many terrible drivers out there? (lemmy.one)

submitted 2 years ago by tkchumly@lemmy.one to c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world

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I see so many YouTube videos of people running blatantly red lights and getting in accidents or other videos of people stopped and gunning it backwards, hitting something, then they put it in drive and launch full speed forwards and hit something else. What is going through these peoples mind? I just don't get how there is such a high quantity of these videos.

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[–] justhach@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Yes, there are.

We made north american society wholly dependant on driving, without accounting for the fact that there is a sizeable portion of the population who should, under no circumstanfes, be allowed to operate a several thousand pound rolling metal pox powered by small explosions.

The fact that we are alright with having so many "ok" drivers on the road, who only occasionally do something so incredibly boneheaded that it would cause several deaths if not for other driver's paying attention, just goes to show how held hostage we are by car culture.

[–] celerate@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Here's my hypothesis so far.

People have to drive. That's the way cities in North America are made, and I suspect the same applies in a lot of other countries.

There are people that enjoy driving, but when it becomes something you have to do in order to get chores done, it's understandable if it's not fun anymore.

These two points above make some kind of case for why I would say most people driving don't actually want to be driving most of the time.

Now, we also have annoyances while driving. There is a street light I often have to wait at which will give me an eternal red light even when there is no traffic. There are a lot of cyclists here that want to be treated like cars, but don't want to show the same considerations to cars. Basically, driving can be aggravating, and people may form bad habits in response: such as driving very close to cyclists to pass them without going into oncoming traffic, or racing to beat a red light at all costs.

In conclusion, I think a lot of people don't really want to be driving, don't stay mentally engaged while driving, and will act like assholes while driving because they expect other people to do the same to them and the driving experience is frustrating.

[–] Doolbs@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yes.

As somebody that drove truck for five years.

Yes.

No turn signals is the worst thing. But, a vehicle signalling to go to right, and then turning left. Lots of those.

Cars going off an exit ramp, and then leaving the exit ramp and coming back onto the highway. Looking at you Atlanta. I saw five cars do that in less than an hour in Atlanta.

[–] scarabic@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

A tunnel near me used to always have traffic backed up behind it because the number of lanes reduced. Most people would merge early and just get through it. Some assholes would merge at the last possible second to get as far ahead of everyone as possible. But the true shit-eaters would use the last exit before the tunnel and its companion on-ramp to jump I dunno maybe 15 cars ahead? A constant line of people would be doing that, adding one more merge to slow everyone down.

If you ask people like that what they’re thinking, you’ll get some mishmash of the following:

“You don’t get that much ahead but take what you can get, you know?”

“Everyone’s doing it, not just me.”

“What? Did I do something wrong?”

“It’s not against the law so what’s the problem?”

“I’m supposed to get to my destination slower for the sake of other people? Why?”

“If I don’t do it, someone else just will anyway. “

Shit eaters, all of them.

[–] Thteven@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Not trying to argue because I see some dumb merging every day, but you're supposed to use the whole merge lane to form a zipper or traffic starts to back up behind you unnecessarily. It's as much about not blocking the intersection/ramp/merge that you just left as it is about merging the traffic onto the highway or whatever.

[–] scarabic@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Ah right, I forgot:

“It’s actually better for traffic this way, no, really.”

[–] Thteven@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

I mean, yeah. I'm not saying to drive like an asshole and cut people off to get one car ahead but merging prematurely is counterproductive to the movement of traffic.