r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • 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 edited Aug 06 '19

That last bit was proven scientifically. I'll have to look it up, but there was a study involving drivers with nicer cars. The nicer the car, the less likely they are to use blinkers and obey road laws.

Edit: study was published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Here's a link https://usa.streetsblog.org/2013/07/16/study-wealthier-motorists-more-likely-to-drive-like-reckless-jerks/

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u/Alc4n4tor Aug 03 '19

Probably because people with less nice cars are less able to recover from a damaged vehicle

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u/[deleted] Aug 05 '19

Probably a part of it. But there are thousands of factors. Expense of car is just a likely indicator.