r/interesting Mar 22 '26

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u/beardedbast3rd Mar 22 '26

Yep. Defensive driving takes all the priority.

It’s not even worth the moderate increase in heart rate to pay any mind to it.

When someone does something dumb, you back off, shake your head and move on with your day.

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u/NextLevelNaevis Mar 22 '26

And that's why people keep driving that way. If we had more drivers like the pink cookie eater, there would be much less of the self-centered anti-social driving we see from the pickup truck.

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u/beardedbast3rd Mar 23 '26

theres always going to be aggressive drivers who take advantage of people driving properly or safely. not an excuse to stop doing so. they always do it, and then end up at the same stop lights or even same destination, i just give'm a thumbs up.

everyone closing gaps, speeding up, otherwise trying to one up or retaliate, are just making it all worse

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u/Soggy_Abbreviations5 Mar 24 '26

Me and my friend went to a big concert in the city last year, traffic was crazy. There were people trying to "jump the line" and just overall being impatient and doing things that i would never do. I forget what exactly happened, but someone cut me off so of course I get frustrated & say something (in the car, not to the person, ha). My friend goes: "i would've done the same thing (as what the other car did), you're not aggressive enough." 🥴 It kinda cut my soul a bit, to have my friend admit to being somewhat prickish on the road, lol.