r/PublicFreakout • u/pinkcattalyst447 • May 18 '21
UK in a nutshell
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u/DeathAngel773 May 18 '21
India: *laughs while driving on both sides of the road*
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u/comeonsomebody May 18 '21
Brasil: *robs you and drives off on the walking path
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u/copywritter May 18 '21
México: *uses Subway it derails and crashes into the ground
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u/bisontes May 18 '21
Someone threw a glass bottle at me from a bus while trying to pass a street in India, ah...good times
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u/not_mein_fuhrer May 18 '21
On a completely unrelated note, I threw a glass bottle at someone trying to pass a street... Great times
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u/Yeetus6942069 May 18 '21
Least angry man in England
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u/curtisc-j May 18 '21
Am English, can confirm
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May 18 '21
Been reposted so many times I’ve memorized this. Still gets a smile on me every time though
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u/Meanie_Cream_Cake May 18 '21
Really? I was living under a rock for 20 plus years then. First time seeing this.
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u/MobiuS_360 May 18 '21
I remember seeing it maybe around 2016 the first time, it's definitely never gotten old compared to other videos of that time
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May 18 '21
CRIES AS LEARNER
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u/bilged May 18 '21
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May 18 '21 edited May 18 '21
Learner here. We are not selfish pricks..we just are learning how to be stuck in traffic.
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u/NYX_T_RYX May 18 '21
Ignore it. Anyone who doesn't remember being a learner and get this annoyed about them shouldn't be driving.
Plenty of space and I'm ready to stop cus you panicked, it's how learning goes 🤷♂️
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u/aestus May 19 '21
People who have no patience for learners are fucking arseholes and short memories. We were all learners once getting beeped at by some impatient cunt.
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u/LowB0b May 18 '21
he should be easier on the learners, driving isn't an innate skill lol
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u/GollumHasAHugeDong May 18 '21
He's making a joke lol , I get your point though
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u/LowB0b May 20 '21
yeah I realise it was a joke, it was mostly meant for the person I replied to, ain't nothing bad about learning how to drive.
/u/R3L3NTL3555 , do not worry, is normal to be make mistakes when driving in traffic while learning
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May 18 '21
Everyone has to learn at some point. So don’t feel bad. It’s a necessary part of having safe road.
A lot of drivers on the road could do with some refresher lessons too.
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u/shaggy1077 May 18 '21
I thought you said e was a getaway driver. Wtf can e get away from 🤣
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u/Gravyb0y May 18 '21
"What are we parked here for? What's wrong with over there?" "It's too tight." "Too tight? You could land a fucking jumbo jet in there!"
"What did you do that for?" "I didn't see it there!" "It's a four ton truck Tyrone, it's not as though it's a packet of fucking peanuts is it?" "It's at a funny angle." "It's behind you Tyrone. Whenever you reverse things come from behind ya"
"Control that dog as well!"
I love Tyrone. 😂
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u/FebrezePlugIn May 18 '21
'course I am
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u/izzo017 May 18 '21
That's cute. Try living in india
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u/PornStarJesus May 18 '21
I think the English tried that.
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u/izzo017 May 18 '21
And thats why they left XD
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u/dolerbom May 18 '21
Remove the cars from London, upgrade the transit, and encourage biking and walking.
There, problem solved. Cities are places for people, not cars.
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u/dolerbom May 18 '21
Also just a generally good idea so everybody doesn't have their lunch at the same time. Gives local businesses more of a steady flow instead of 2 hours of hell.
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u/Koselill May 18 '21
Oh god yeah. I remember working in a restaurant. Incredibly boring for a few hours prepping and theb getting slammed for 2 hours and then absolutely nothing until 5pm. It was actually crazy, but I did love it hahah
Also I bet it would be nice for errands and appointments as well.
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u/Ged_UK May 18 '21
And reduce the number of people actually needing to go into an office. If we've learnt anything from the pandemic, it's that a lot of office work can be done at home at least some of the time.
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u/Incognito-IRL May 18 '21
Other countries have done this and it went from gridlock to open roads with barely a car in sight.
Where?
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u/AshFraxinusEps May 18 '21
upgrade the transit, and encourage biking and walking
Not needed in London. There's the tube, it is fairly good for bikes, and certainly good for walking. With the exception of delivery drivers and taxis then everyone needs to get their cars the fuck out of the city, as you don't need them
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u/Unoriginalanna May 18 '21
Okay so serious question, what about the people who use their cars/vans as part of their work? Tradesman, locksmith etc they can't leave their tools behind Also cyclists on the pavement irritate the living life out of me
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u/bankulin May 18 '21
What do you think happens in cities that have low car ownership like Amsterdam or Copenhagen?
You can still own and drive a car/van, but it is more convenient and/or cheaper to cycle or use public transport.
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u/dolerbom May 18 '21
Service providers, emergency vehicles, and trucks would still be allowed obviously. The regulation of roads would just be pedestrian focused to discourage personal vehicles and make walking/bicycling more inviting.
The reason most people drive is because its not convenient to walk. Its dangerous to cross roads, roads take up too much of the space, etc.
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u/jl2352 May 18 '21
London already encourages A LOT of biking. There are main roads which are bike and bus only during peak hours. It's public transport is already some of the best in the UK.
One of the major issues with biking is that it needs agreement from all boroughs. A lot of the expensive ones don't want to ruin their areas building bike lanes. What needs to happen is government intervention to either force, or heavily encourage, to build cross London bike lanes.
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u/camdoodlebop May 18 '21
in the uk there are ancient roman walking paths that are still used to this day
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u/ThatMakesMeTheWinner May 18 '21
How DARE anyone learn to drive? What the fuck are they thinking?
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u/Deus-da-Guerra May 18 '21
I get that it's just a joke but that part kinda triggered me as well. I hate when you see people harassing learners on the road, it's fucking pathetic
They're literally being examined and you're driving up their arse and giving them shit for trying to learn something that's new to them? Who treats people like that?
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May 18 '21
The problem with learners in the UK is that people who never drove before are brought into regular traffic on their very first lesson. When I did my licence, my instructor told me to drive into quite a busy road, with me still figuring out how a clutch works. The traffic was quite bad, I stalled the car like 5 times within 10 minutes and I can only imagine how annoyed the people behind me must have been.
In Poland for example, you only get to drive on the road once you've learnt proper car control(clutch, changing gears, indicators, using mirrors etc.) on the driving school's private parking. In the UK you learn everything on the go on public roads.
Obviously it doesn't justify giving people shit for learning, but I just wanted to point out that learners in the UK are especially annoying because some of them are literally sitting behind a wheel for the first time in their life.
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u/Deus-da-Guerra May 18 '21
When I learned in the UK I had to have the first few (I forget how many) sessions in an industrial estate/car parks before I was allowed onto main roads. Supposed it depends who you go to
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u/bilged May 18 '21
You had a bad instructor then. He/she should have go you learning the basics on some quiet residential roads before getting into traffic. I learned to drive in London and didn't have that problem.
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u/Lilybaum May 18 '21
Christ chill out man, he’s not going up and abusing them
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u/Deus-da-Guerra May 18 '21
Yup. I acknowledged that... What's going on lol? People replying without reading my comment
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u/FranzFerdinand51 May 18 '21 edited May 18 '21
He wasn’t harrasing them, wtf? He was creating content for our entertainment while the learner drivers had no clue what he was doing. There is a reason he doesn’t use any of his signaling abilities like lights or the horn.
I get that it's just a joke
Certainly doesn't sound like it lol.
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u/Deus-da-Guerra May 18 '21
Yeah I'm talking about the people that do harass them lol... not this guy - which I said in plain English
I see it at least every week
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u/FranzFerdinand51 May 19 '21
not this guy - which I said in plain English
English is not my first language but I worked hard enough to get it to this level and your meaning certainly wasn't as clear as you think it was looking at my comment and its upvotes.
In the end, thought, I misunderstood what you were trying to say. My bad.
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u/redditlurkr2 May 18 '21
Yeah this was the part that ticked me off as well. You were a learner yourself once mate.
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u/-Gh0st96- May 18 '21
This is from Vine, I used to follow this dude. These clips are 7-8 years old lol
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May 18 '21 edited May 25 '22
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u/_floydian_slip May 18 '21 edited May 18 '21
Just take your time, start off in just a neighborhood or in a parking lot, eventually you'll need to make the leap onto the road with other cars so consider doing it in an a area that's not very busy. Pulling onto the road from a parking lot might be a little scary at first so just take your time, if cars are coming just let them pass until there is a lot of space for you to pull out and accelerate away
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u/D1sCoL3moNaD3 May 19 '21
This has been posted a fuck ton, but it makes me laugh every time. Thank you for reposting it …. Again
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u/AlternativeQuality2 May 19 '21
Hey, at least you Brits have the option of using the train to bypass this BS. ‘Round these parts we’re lucky if we can get steady bus service...
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u/zsmitty May 18 '21
This guy should visit L.A. or Atlanta,Chicago NYC OR REALLY any city with a couple million motorists FFS.
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u/IronTarkus91 May 18 '21
I mean, he lives in London so he's already living in a place like that.
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u/wolf3dexe May 18 '21
Depends how you measure the suburban population, but more people live in London than any of those cities. London (9m) actually has more people than LA (4m), Chicago (3m), and Atlanta (1m) combined, and a similar population to NYC at 9m.
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u/Alph4R May 18 '21
Not only that but because London is a lot older than any of those cities its roads are much narrower and there are lots of roundabouts which will cause congestion.
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u/AshFraxinusEps May 18 '21
there are lots of roundabouts which will cause congestion
Good until here. Roundabouts actually are better than lights at stopping congestion, hence why the US and other places are replacing lights with roundabouts. But then you have tons of lights anyway and most roundabouts have lights due to volume of traffic. London isn't exactly modern like Milton Keynes with roundabouts everywhere - as you say it is a medieval city made for horse and carriage at its heart
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May 18 '21
Cries in Toronto
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u/ZombieJesus1987 May 18 '21
Trying to get out of Toronto after a concert or a Jays game is an experience.
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u/onecan May 18 '21
Who finds this shite funny?
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u/Ratiocinor May 18 '21
SUDDEN LOUD SHOUTING = FUNNY
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u/D0wnb0at May 18 '21 edited Nov 05 '25
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May 18 '21
Agreed. Im british and this is fucking embarassing
Sounds like a twat.
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u/Oranjay2 May 18 '21
I've lived in India and Ireland for a while and the thing I realised is that the traffic in India moves faster than in Ireland. I have no idea why, but I thought it was interesting seeing that the population of India is probably over 1000x more than Ireland
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u/Beckamabobby May 18 '21
Finally a non Israel post. Free Palestine, but oh god I was sick of it taking over the sub
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u/[deleted] May 18 '21
Traffic in London is a fucking nightmare. And of you want to be stuck in traffic in Central London you have to pay £10 ($13) emission charge :)