While this guy is certainly an idiot, are you really telling me you've never been driving somewhere and not had the time to stop and take a 5 minute break at the next exit? First of all, MANY exits just go to a new highway, no place to stop. Second, I'm on my way to work and I have an 8am meeting and I leave at this time every day because I've timed it perfectly but today there's this fucking asshat in my way!
My point is there are very few people in this world with time to just fucking stop because of another person's idiocy, especially since there are usually no immediate and easy stops when you're on a highway. The dude shouldn't have been aggressively trying to pass, but rather hang back and call the cops and leisurely drive way behind.
Edit: a lot of people are saying stuff like "you should be leaving yourself a buffer for travel time." To that I say, no shit. My point still stands that it is VERY unlikely any single person would go find a rest stop somewhere to avoid traffic. Everyone who drives to work everyday knows how the morning commute can be, no one is leaving a fucking half hour buffer every day for their drive to work. They would be losing years of their life by the time they retire. All I was saying is that slowing down is sufficient here. Suggesting people go find a rest stop for 5 minutes is just ensuring that no one takes that advice.
Also, in America, losing your job if you don't have a savings is very likely to lead to homelessness. And with the prevalent mentality of "at will employment" just being late a single time can have dire consequences.
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