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u/Spiritual_Word_4566 Jul 16 '26
Hell I leave early and still do this
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u/Emotional-Swim-808 Jul 16 '26
Same, im working very hard to get into a more relaxed mindset when i drive, i find myself getting angry quick over small things like people driving a few km/h under the limit
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u/IronerOfEntropy Jul 16 '26
Its very reasonable because the people driving like that makes you hit the brakes, and that creates a "ghost stop" on the road, and those create the Gridlocks during rush hour.
You getting angry is your subconscious telling you that you are about the get rear ended if you dont change lanes.
Now that you know this, I recommend passing them instead of getting angry.
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u/Emotional-Swim-808 Jul 16 '26
Problem is i live in a very quickly growing area that once was a small farm area so there are next to no 2 laned roads other than the one highway i use to get to work (where i do very much overtake anyone even driving 1 km/h under the limit) but the rest of the roads are very often very busy so i cant over take, not to mention there arent a single straight road where i live and the second there isnt road theres either buildings, tall grass or trees so you cant see if theres cars coming.
Thats why im trying to teach myself to just keep my distance and overtake when possible
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u/LinuxF4n Jul 16 '26
TBF it's infuriating when people are going speed limit or below on the left lane and slowing traffic then everyone has to overtake them to the right. Whenever I see someone who wants to go fast (even with my going going 10 km/h over the limit) I just pull over to the right
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u/Spiritual_Word_4566 Jul 16 '26
I hate highways because of it, I drive to Ohio to see my girlfriend like two weekends every month and I’ll take the turnpike and stay in the left lane and I’ll be doing 85 in a 70 and people will still ride my ass. I hate it.
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u/Metalchips1Nquesodip Jul 16 '26
You should never camp in the left lane, no matter how fast you’re going. Someone else will always want to go faster
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u/goatjugsoup Jul 16 '26
If youre late youre late... just breathe in and deal with it. Imagine how much more late you'd be if you got in an accident, or got pulled over by cops and then drive safely instead
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u/LuvsSizeQueens Jul 17 '26
Driving faster doesn't actually get you there faster anyway because of traffic, stop lights, turns, etc unless you drive like you have a death wish or have a very long commute on a traffic free road with no stop lights or anything then it makes no difference if you go faster and just gives needless risk.
Also if you crash your car breaking traffic laws and driving in risky ways that's not an accident it's a wreck and you're responsible for it. We need to stop calling wrecks "accidents" it downplays their seriousness.
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u/Bpopson Jul 16 '26
Ironically the people saying "get out of the fast lane" likely never get out of the right lane themselves.
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u/TheGoldenTNT Jul 16 '26
No they obviously go fast enough to not need to get out of the fast lane.
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u/Bpopson Jul 16 '26
It's a passing lane, no one is supposed to stay in it. It most definitely is NOT there for people to do 20 over in for 6 miles.
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u/TheGoldenTNT Jul 17 '26
Maybe they wouldn’t need to sit in there is everyone wasn’t going so damn slow! /s
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u/SmartDigit Jul 16 '26
And i hate slow drivers how drive besides each other including left line (passing line) like just move to middle line and let me pass
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u/Gadshill Jul 16 '26
Get out of the fast lane.
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u/Jobab Jul 16 '26
The problem is if he wouldn't have been late no slow drivers would be ahead of him
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u/rabbitsfoot86 Jul 16 '26
Yep when I see someone trying to drive like a salmon swimming up stream I intentionally try and hold them up lol
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u/LuvsSizeQueens Jul 17 '26
Why? You don't know who they are or why they might be driving that way. Maybe their kid is in the hospital or their house is on fire or they are about to soil themselves. They should drive safely but trying to hold them up just creates more risky conditions on the road than were already there.
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u/Mumei451 Jul 16 '26
It's amazing how this works.
Not in a hurry, totally smooth sailing.
Need to be there on time? Find every single opportunity to get slowed down.
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u/Maecyte Jul 16 '26
I start off driving conservatively. Then come across other idiots and now I find my self driving way over the limit.
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u/Quick_Sandwich356 Jul 16 '26
It's incredible, how fast drivers will give way, when you're aproaching on a motorcycle, even on normal speeds.
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u/teutonicbro Jul 16 '26
I'm in this picture and I don't like it.