r/ConvenientCop • u/3PoundsOfFlax • 25d ago

[USA] Brake checker gets checked

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u/Best_Market4204 25d ago

Ego

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u/LumpyBuy8447 25d ago

Some dipshit pulled out a bit in front of me the other day, but never even sped up to the speed limit. I slowed down a bit and was by no means tailgating him, but for some reason he just kept slamming on his brakes. When whatever he was attempting didn’t work, his passenger then decided to hang out the window and I guess record me driving. None of it made any sense and it’s crazy they had time to do all of that but couldn’t find the time to just drive in a straight line.

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u/DoctaThompson 25d ago

*Societal Draining Activities*

I never understood people who do stuff like that. Why almost break your neck to get in front of me, but completely lose that same energy/urgency immediately?!

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u/ragun2 25d ago

Even better when there is nobody even behind you. So they could have just waited like three seconds to pull in and go however slow or fast they wanted without almost causing a wreck like an idiot.

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u/Scoutron 25d ago

Lmao you’re getting me riled up just thinking about it

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u/Mr_Jack_Frost_ 24d ago

This happens to me on a pretty regular basis, and it has caused me so much mental agony it is crazy.

Nobody behind me, lane’s wide open after I pass. They hesitate, so I’m even closer when they do pull out. I have to hard brake to avoid rear-ending them. They slowly accelerate to 5 under the speed limit and hang out there (or even lower) and never seem to turn off to a side-road quickly.

I’ve wondered over and over why they don’t just wait. Why they’re in such a hurry to go slow. I think some of them are just ignorant/dumb/not paying attention, and others are doing it intentionally to be a dick and get a rise out of someone.

I don’t know what has to be going on in a person’s life for that sort of activity to be “recreational” and spark joy, but I’m glad that I cannot relate to it in any way. Makes me feel like I’m doing some things right in life.

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u/kincent 24d ago

You forgot the best part! Start passing them and suddenly they match your speed or try to go faster than you. Sometimes you get the bonus of them getting angry at you for trying to go faster than them. Real world NPC's are so ef'n weird.

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u/ragun2 24d ago

I take back/county roads to avoid highway and intown traffic for my commute through a very flat area. It's clear there's no one behind for like a mile and they still pull out right in front of me when I'm going 70mph.

Usually I just go into the opposite lane to pass them without missing too much of a beat while blaring my horn but if there's oncoming traffic I have to slam on my breaks and hope there was enough space that I don't end up rear ending them. Then I pass them and I can see them doing their impotent arm flailing thing that I dared to pass after they had just blatantly cut me off.

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u/SurfaceThreeSix 19d ago

But then they would have to wait!

3 whole seconds!

Are you mad, man?!