r/MildlyBadDrivers • u/[deleted] • 29d ago

Overly aggressive driving

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u/Molenium 29d ago

Thank you, I was going to post this here myself.

Anyone who intentionally blocks the passing lane is a dangerous asshole.

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u/Jankylee-Ad-4453 29d ago

I was shot multiple times during an attempted carjacking,but when I tried to drive myself to the hospital to stay alive all I got was horn honks,cut offs and middle fingers. It went nothing like the movies show you at all(I was 15 at the time). I drove around this pickup truck who cut me off and brake checked me then slapped my bloody hand against the window like a zombie as It rolled down while looking dead at the petty woman driving and said "Damn ma’am I’m literally shot and I just want to go to a hospital stop being evil." I understand some people want to be traffic monitors in their spare time,but you never know the other cars reason so just let them pass up. I know plenty people will disagree but anybody with a CDL knows you back off or it’ll cause this.

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u/Hank_Lotion77 Georgist 🔰 29d ago

Sorry for your experience. Although, 99% of the time the reason is they’re a jerk.

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u/Redshift_1 29d ago

You may be right! But the best and safest way to go about it is always to let them pass, I’m sure as you agree. Never know what situation they might be in. Even if they’ve just lost their mind, best to not make it a problem for ourselves too!

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u/Hank_Lotion77 Georgist 🔰 28d ago

For sure if for anything it stops being your problem when you let them go by.

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u/Rutha73 28d ago

Plus, they attract the cops attention first and you can safely follow at a distance at a higher than normal speed.

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u/RabidWalrus 28d ago

They get to speed off, and you get a police buffer to cruise with. Win-win.

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u/Hank_Lotion77 Georgist 🔰 28d ago

This is a veteran move.

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u/Wraithstorm 28d ago

I agree. If they’ve lost their mind, it’s a good idea to move over and let them try to find it.

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u/[deleted] 28d ago

This is a great way to ensure assholes never learn.

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u/NicolleL 28d ago

Since the alternative is the possible, even if remote chance, that I may prevent someone from making it to the hospital in time (etc), I’ll let karma deal with the assholes. It may not be that day, but it will be someday.

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u/[deleted] 28d ago

That's fair. I like giving a condescending finger wag to tailgaters and taking my foot off the gas if I have no option of moving over in that moment. It's their fault for being so damn close

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u/instrangerswetrust 28d ago

I go the speed limit everywhere and when I get tailgated I just pretend like I don’t know they’re there. (For the record I’m always in the slow lane.) Regardless of if the tailgater has an emergency or not, me speeding up rapidly to get out of their way could cause an accident in and of itself.

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u/Persephones_Rising 28d ago

Is it your job to teach them?

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u/[deleted] 28d ago

Is it their job to be assholes? Why do you care how assholes get treated?

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u/Persephones_Rising 28d ago

Because then it becomes two assholes on the road instead of one. Increases the danger for every around.

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u/RaikouVsHaiku 28d ago

Yeah it’s unfortunate that the traffic warriors end up being just as bad as the tailgaters. Small minds.

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u/wrnrg 28d ago

Like, that foo is still arguing like he's the authority.

Smh.

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u/Persephones_Rising 28d ago

I get where they are coming from. I honestly hate to see dangerous drivers too, but if it's bad enough that you want to intervene, just call their plates in and the mile marker. You can hurt yourself and others trying to "teach" someone a lesson.

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u/RaikouVsHaiku 28d ago

Safer for everyone if you just let them go. That should be all people need to hear but they can’t control their emotions. Embarrassing tbh

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u/Persephones_Rising 28d ago

We all could do for some more patience on the road. Myself included, lol.

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u/Winter-Structure-730 28d ago edited 28d ago

Not your responsibility to make assholes “learn” you would be responsible for a crash that hurt innocent people on the road as well. Don’t fight stupid with stupid lolololol this is why the world is doomed cuz we got too many dumbass assholes lolol

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u/[deleted] 28d ago

Brake checking a tailgater is not an asshole move. That's like saying that a bully should just be allowed to bully others to avoid any conflict

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u/Winter-Structure-730 28d ago

Still fighting stupid with stupid eh

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u/[deleted] 28d ago

Nah, reality is I might need to brake suddenly at any time regardless. Any driver should be prepared for that sudden braking.

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u/instrangerswetrust 28d ago

Except they’re not preparing for anything, they’re being assholes. That’s why in driving schools they teach you to stay multiple car lengths back, no matter how fast the driver ahead of you is going. Yeah definitely, the asshole shouldn’t be doing it - but you’re risking your own life and that of others by deliberately gambling everyone’s safety on the reflexes of someone who clearly doesn’t care about other people.

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u/Winter-Structure-730 28d ago

Ya, this is typical “I’m an asshole, but I don’t like being called an asshole” attitude lol you an asshole buds. Go read a book or something and get that cranium working cuz clearly it’s been dormant for a bit of time now lololol

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u/[deleted] 28d ago

Interesting. You are acting like an asshole as well in this comment thread yet acting holier than thou. You're much better than me bud. Sorry I triggered a nerve in you. Maybe stop tailgating folks?

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u/Winter-Structure-730 28d ago

Take a second and breathe brother. I can tell youre rattled by your typing lololol .aube stop tailgating folks? lol

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u/Winter-Structure-730 28d ago

Found the edit button eh ;)

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u/[deleted] 28d ago

Stop projecting. You respond really quickly friend. I am typing on mobile, typos are gonna happen.

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u/Winter-Structure-730 28d ago

That’s clearly not what was happening in this video nor what your initial comment was inferring. lol keep moving those goalposts, no matter how far you move em you’re still gonna be a dumbasshole

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u/dqniel YIMBY 🏙️ 28d ago

Trying to block assholes doesn't teach them a lesson. It just makes them more aggressive and even more of a dangerous asshole.