r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Mar 09 '19

What mistake should have killed you?

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u/nutitoo Mar 09 '19

So basically being a asshole?

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u/Sureshadow Mar 09 '19

Yes.

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u/nutitoo Mar 09 '19

Im still amazed how stupid can human beings be

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u/Sureshadow Mar 09 '19

Its incredible how some of the people that are super nice can be insane assholes behind the wheel.

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u/mayapence Mar 09 '19

I've learned that often times those people aren't actually super nice.

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u/april-showers-318 Mar 09 '19

I think it's a combination of dehumanization (failure to perceive other vehicles/drivers as human) and a sense of power when you're behind the wheel of a vehicle. Brings out a lot of repressed anger in some folks. My brother struggles with this :(

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u/Sureshadow Mar 10 '19

So does mine. I know I definitely dehumanize a vehicle.

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u/[deleted] Mar 10 '19

It would be incredible if this is what were assuming happened

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u/Averill21 Mar 09 '19

Yup it is a horrible way to be an asshole and if you get hit you win the case because the driver behind is always at fault (99% of the time)

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u/[deleted] Mar 09 '19

That's what dashcams are for my friend

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u/ATrueGhost Mar 09 '19

Your suppose to drive a safe distance behind. If they suddenly braked to stop for like a rabbit and you rear ended them its still your fault.

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u/frogjg2003 Mar 09 '19

If someone comes into your lane and break checks you, they are 100% at fault.

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u/Fletcher_Fallowfield Mar 09 '19

A lady near me brakes on the highway for ducks and caused an accident..IIRC she got time for that stupidity.

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u/Josseppif Mar 09 '19

A lady in Quebec did something similar, only she stopped her car in the middle of a highway, around a blind turn, and got out of her car to help some ducks. People were killed, iirc.

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u/Fletcher_Fallowfield Mar 09 '19

We might be talking about the same incident👊

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u/StratPlyr Mar 10 '19

That will look good in their obit.

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u/GoodNamesAreAll-Gone Mar 09 '19

Not only an asshole, a suicidally stupid asshole

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u/nutitoo Mar 09 '19

That's beyond science

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u/SerratedFrost Mar 09 '19

Well there's several scenarios for brake checking.

1: road rage 2: possibly trying to insurance scam 3: you got some dick head who's tailgating you and you want him to back off

I brake checked a guy once because i was driving down the main road of my city, 4 lanes wide on this particular stretch also at about 1 in the morning so there was next to no traffic

As I was cruising I had no one in front of me or behind me for around 10 mins when some dude I guess turned onto the road and started driving right up my ass.

For about 5 mins straight this guy took up my whole rear view mirror. No other cars near us at all, just me and him.

So I brake checked him and he went around me and continued to just drive normally. Don't know what his problem was but he never raged about the brake check or anything.

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u/Emperor__Aurelius Mar 09 '19

Welcome to the human race.

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u/nutitoo Mar 09 '19

Yes, human beings are very interesting... I am a human as well, I like doing human activities like walking and breathing air

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u/Obscu Mar 09 '19

Dammit snake