Driving is fucking boring. Let one person do it, take the bus or train
this post was submitted on 26 Sep 2025
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If aggressively bad drivers could read they'd be quite upset about this.
But you don't understand, they have to speed up to tickle their adrenaline just so the commute isn't boring, and texting to maximise their time.
(real argument, i'm not even kidding.)
The WHOLE time? Can I not blink!!!
Not allowed. Glue your eyes open and install an eyedrop dispenser to keep them moist.
I’m sorry but blinking is for public transit users only.
But they don’t blink either. They watch their phones the whole time.
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You can drive slower.
You will want to check your local laws on this one. Where I am the minimum speed limit is 20mph below the maximum unless otherwise posted (usually on highways where it will be posted 85/60 or something).
Sounds like you can drive slower.
I can. But your local laws may differ.
I see, I thought you were pointing out that some jurisdictions have minimums while others don’t. I also made the assumption that a minimum being the same as a maximum would never happen.
I’d be curious to learn of an area that says the minimum is the same as the maximum. Seems a bit… strange.
So you can slow down. This graphic was made because people always bicker about these things.
Yes. Driving too slow on a highway can be dangerous. This graphic is not suggesting you drive 50% of the speed limit. It’s advocating for not speeding.
Off topic nitpick: If you use > for quotes instead of triple backticks, it wraps the text better (at least in firefox)
Yes. Driving too slow on a highway can be dangerous. This graphic is not suggesting you drive 50% of the speed limit. It’s advocating for not speeding.
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Yes. Driving too slow on a highway can be dangerous. This graphic is not suggesting you drive 50% of the speed limit. It’s advocating for not speeding.
> is typically for quotes, and the backticks for code, too.
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I think distracted driving is way more dangerous than fast driving, assuming the person going 10mph over is paying attention. That said, people are terribly bad at understanding where and why you should be proceeding slowly.
Freeway? Yeah fine whatever. Blind intersection? Fucking slow down.
I ride a motorcycle. Whenever I see someone driving like they're drunk, I try to see if I can pull beside them and have a look. Lo and behold, 95% of the time, they're on their phone.
I hope you've got a helmet camera and send the police the footage with plates and driver holding their phone clearly visible.
They have to edit out all the illegal lane splitting and speeding first.
when I used to commute, before the pandemic, I read so many books and finished so many games during those two hours a day of transit on the train. Doing that by car would have been so much worse.
Just as with q tips: I surely am the exception.
Not too much slower though. In my state ten over and ten under is covered by the same rule. Its reckless driving.
I think you might be surprised by how many drivers could reduce their average speed by 20 mph without running afoul of minimum speed limits.
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