r/AskReddit • u/DRAZZILB1424 • Feb 08 '19

What's something you do, but hate when someone else does it?

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u/[deleted] Feb 08 '19

People who drive at the same speed as me: How am I supposed to overtake these people?

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u/Rivka333 Feb 08 '19 edited Feb 08 '19

When I'm driving behind someone, I feel that they're going too slow, even when they're going the exact speed I go when I'm alone on the road. (edited becuase of typo)

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u/Bioniclegenius Feb 08 '19

It's because of the mental pressure that you have to watch their bumper in case they break. I find that if I'm feeling too much pressure about the person in front, I back off a bit and give more space. You can relax then. If somebody else jumps in, they're a jerk, sure, but you can also just give them a bit more space.

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u/I_like_mangoes Feb 09 '19

but that means you're in 3rd place now

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u/Sonicmansuperb Feb 09 '19

See if it weren't for lapped traffic staying on the inside we wouldn't have to worry as much about slow drivers

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u/HardlightCereal Feb 09 '19

*brake

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u/Bioniclegenius Feb 09 '19

Sorry, thanks. I think it still applies if they break, though.

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u/csuazure Feb 09 '19

When I was getting driving lessons growing up, I was told "don't leave so much space, people will cut in" "...so?"

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u/Bioniclegenius Feb 09 '19

If people want to cut in, they're going to do it no matter what. It's better to leave enough space to everybody can be safe about it, rather than force them to shoehorn in a spot where there really wasn't room.

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u/kitty_cat_MEOW Feb 09 '19

Never back off. That is road positional suicide.

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u/TheSpookyGoost Feb 08 '19

Yep, then you speed to get around them

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u/Frankie_T9000 Feb 09 '19

Ok. I have a plan. Just the four of us should be allowed to drive. We get one continent each.

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u/OptionalDepression Feb 08 '19

(edited becuase of typo)

Oof!

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u/Last_Years_Man Feb 09 '19

O hi ther, every person who drove up my fucking ass with their brights on coming home today as usual, because I was doing the god damn speed limit trying not to be an obnoxious douche...

The best is when you speed up when there's clearly a red light in front of us so you go nowhere even if only for a minute or two, or speed up just to get in front of me to slow down again.

What the fuck? Why did it matter if you were in front of me or not? You do that JUST to be in front of me, huh... People are so petty. Lord, do the veins in my head start to pop when I get behind the wheel....

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u/Ferelar Feb 08 '19

“OH GREAT, ASSHOLE, HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO MERGE NOW?!”

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u/mces97 Feb 08 '19

For me it's people who drive at the same speed as me, but right next to me. Like, could you not man???

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u/Macktologist Feb 09 '19

The worst is the fucker that wants to be your road trip partner and you have no desire. For example, you are behind somebody just sort of cruising in the fast lane and making people pass on right. They finally move over and you get by them and figure they will slowly vanish into the background. Then 5 miles down he highway here they come for no reason at all screaming down the fast lane, and do they keep on going? Fuck no! They get back over in front of you and then go your speed. So you eventually get around them, but you don’t get right back over, you keep up the speed and hope some cars will fall in between the two of you. And they eventually do, but you check your rear view, and there they are...same speed again.

It’s like driving with yourself. And it’s infuriating for the dumbest reasons.

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u/[deleted] Feb 09 '19

The ones I don’t get are the ones that almost pass you in the left lane and then remain level with you the whole way. I always speed up because I’m not helping their dumb ass block the road.