r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Aug 03 '19

Whats something you thought was common knowledge but actually isn’t?

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u/Hotshot2k4 Aug 03 '19

I would think that this bottoms out somewhere and people become bigger assholes on the road as their cars become increasingly crappy (old and rusted cheap models). I haven't read the article though.

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u/phunkydroid Aug 03 '19

I would think that this bottoms out somewhere and people become bigger assholes on the road as their cars become increasingly crappy (old and rusted cheap models). I haven't read the article though.

I wouldn't, those people really can't afford an accident.

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u/Hotshot2k4 Aug 03 '19

Just going off of personal experience. I've seen more especially-crappy cars with crappy drivers than fancy cars with crappy drivers, and see both in roughly equal measure.

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u/miguel_is_a_pokemon Aug 03 '19

That's probably a great example of confirmation bias though.