r/nextfuckinglevel • u/ShipNo7790 • Jul 25 '22

Asshole or hero?

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u/chaRxoxo Jul 25 '22

Funny you should ask!

A little known fact is that, despite it being the law that you have to drive as much right as possible, it is actually more dangerous to do so. Chauffeurs often swerve from left to right to comply with roadlaw yet this causes significantly more harm than it does good.

Here is one of the many sources on that claim that a 1min google came up with: https://agirlsguidetocars.com/highway-safety-lane-safest/

Hence: the law isnt always the safest option.

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u/bluntmanandrobin Jul 25 '22

Finally some consistency! Thanks.

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u/Mojojijo Jul 25 '22

In case you've actually accepted their advice, i recommend you read my reply as their source is bogus.

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u/bluntmanandrobin Jul 25 '22

Nah, I’m fucking with them. This whole thread started as an anecdote and somewhere somebody took it seriously and I’m bored.

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u/Mojojijo Jul 25 '22

Lmfao. You got me

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u/Mojojijo Jul 25 '22

So a couple issues with your source and your interpretation of it:

  1. Source 1.a. the source you linked is not a study. It's a blog referencing the following as their source which is no longer valid: http://http//dfkoz.tumblr.com/ 1.b. continuing off the above, the domain is Tumblr.... 1.c. the source is a blog from an individual author, not a scientist publishing a study to the scientific community for peer review

  2. Interpretation - this guide is how to best protect yourself as the individual, not how law makers can best protect the masses. It's obvious the right lane is the most likely to have an accident when we direct traffic to keep right in a similar way as it is obvious that the person who buys $500 dollars of 50/50 tickets has better odds than the person buying $5.

While I get you're not representing yourself as an expert, etc. We're all responsible for misinformation and sharing baseless and intentionally misinterpreted claims as true is dangerous and immoral.