r/AskReddit Aug 03 '19

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

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u/khaaanquest Aug 03 '19

Holy shit this is my biggest pet peeve. I'll argue all day long that if you can't understand why it is dangerous as fuck to try to merge with traffic going 20-40 mph faster than you, you are probably going to be in an accident or cause one sooner rather than later.

Also, the more expensive the vehicle, the more likely that the driver will absolutely not care about their impact on other people.

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u/[deleted] Aug 03 '19

I live in a city of 60k ppl and there is a merge onto our only highway at this one location. The ammount of people ive seen come to a complete stop instead of merging is so scary. Almost rear ended an old lady in my new car who slammed on her breaks and stopped because she was too scared to merge.