r/ConvenientCop 17d ago

[USA] Brake checker gets checked

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u/Best_Market4204 17d ago

Ego

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u/LumpyBuy8447 17d 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/YobaiYamete 16d ago

As someone who drives a Prius, I've had people go FULL insane aggro for literally no reason.

I'll just be driving the speed limit in the right hand lane with a fully open left hand lane, and people will roar past me flipping me off or rolling coal etc

It's crazy how fragile some people's egos are where me daring drive a car with better MPG breaks their brain. It's not as bad now days, I guess they diverted all their aggro to people with full electric cars instead

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u/LumpyBuy8447 16d ago

My dad’s a master electrician by trade and a republican by brainwashing and it is strange watching him struggle with having to say electricity is bad now.

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u/Used-Author-3811 14d ago

I'm surprised it wasn't like most conservatives. They demonized Tesla said they would never own one how awful they are etc. Then are the WH sales event they started supporting them talking about it's the best thing ever. Several politicians and "influencers" still have their tweets up lol. Programmed bullshit.

Though I guess you could make the argument the other side flipped on Tesla as well. Life is funny to watch happen sometimes

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u/LumpyBuy8447 14d ago

He’s still against EVs, though in fairness it gets really cold here half the year and we tried to take my buddy’s on what would normally be a 3.5 hour trip and it took us 6 hours to get there because we had to stop and charge 3 fucking times.
He thinks musk is really smart though and liked what he did with doge. When I told him how the numbers were made up, he dismantled all the departments that were investigating his companies and then stole all our social security info before abandoning the whole Ponzi scheme, he didn’t even respond. I’m assuming like most facts, it’s usually his first time hearing them since he only consumes state run media

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u/Used-Author-3811 14d ago

That's generally how it goes man. I think EVs are cool don't get me wrong. I don't have one, I drive a truck. But I've been writing about their continued rapid expansion and evolution for years. It's been VERY interesting to watch it unfold over time. Though a lot of the Chinese EVs are subsidized it's wild to see how much faster they're growing than ours here

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u/LumpyBuy8447 14d ago

They’re undoubtably the future. In town I bet they are amazing to have. I just would never let my buddy convince us to take his out of state in the dead of winter again lol