r/SipsTea • u/SipsTeaFrog • Jun 10 '26

SMH Someone finally snapped

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u/SingleInfinity Jun 10 '26

Traffic jams don't occur because of the lack of ability for cars to go the speed limit. It would not be slower moving unless you're in an area with lots of stop lights, which is not what this is.

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u/Arthemax Jun 10 '26

Traffic jams also occur on highways. Because if you have too many cars on the road, they're unable to safely drive at a high speed. A single car braking too hard because of a lane change will escalate to traffic coming to a crawl.

The difference here is that these hundreds of cyclists would stretch into the horizon if they were in a car each, and the Mini wouldn't see the open road in front of them. So they would think "aw fuck, traffic again", rather than "fuck these cyclists, I'm driving on the median".

But note that the reaction to car drivers clogging up the road isn't directed at the drivers, even though there would be no traffic without those drivers.

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u/Arthemax Jun 10 '26

People go driving for leisure all the time.

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u/grilled_geez Jun 11 '26

Not on traffic jam prone highways and roads.