You don't know what someone is going through, and everybody is the way they are because of a background that they didn't choose.
That said, sometimes being unkind is the most effective way of pushing people toward a better path.
this post was submitted on 04 Oct 2025
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Nothing at all contradictory in that statement.
Be nice to them, however when a person does not follow safety protocols time for niceties is over. Safety rules, protocols and et cetera are written with the blood of those who either did not knew them, or those who refused to follow them.
Exactly. The time for nice is when they are not currently operating a multi-ton death machine where their reckless behavior could literally kill someone. They'll get every bit of kindness I can muster outside of that situation. In it though? There is no Nice.
Mostly the blood of the people they met a fateful day, sadly. And all the loved ones involved
I don't get in a hurry for anyone. I drive like an old bitch. Don't like it? Go around. Roads open on both ends.
I ain't got ticket money. I ain't got broke shit money either.
Yeah, but using turn signals should not be optional regardless of the speed you are going.
No problem if you’re not in a hurry at all. Stay right, yield to faster traffic, and everyone’s gonna get along fine.
Some part of my commute is on the only 3 lane highway in my country, the fucking people casually driving in the middle lane drives me up the fucking wall, I want to apply to be a policeman and just spend all my time ticketing those fucks.
That's how I do it. I keep my ass in the slow lane.
same, randos go around just to immediately turn right or stop at a red light because I'm 5mph above the speed limit and not 15. In a way, slightly pissing off more those already unreasonably in a hurry brings me a bit of joy.
Australian here. Limit is 100km/h? Fine, set cruise to 100 and relax. Not fast enough? Tough, that's your problem. (but we get fined for 3km/h over here.)
Depending on where you're at in the States it varies. Around where I live in western NY state they mostly don't care about speed necessarily it's more reckless driving. You could be cruising what would be 15-20kph over the limit for y'all and generally speaking the cops don't give a shit as long as you're driving for the conditions and with the flow of traffic. But they'll nail your ass to the wall for half that if they see you weaving through cars without leaving stopping distance.
In a lot of areas I go through regularly they're way more likely to light you up if they see you brake hard when you see them posted up than if you just cruise past them at a reasonable speed even if it's technically over the limit. Hell, I've had troopers in traffic with me doing what would be like 120 in a 100 in y'alls terms not giving a damn because everybody was leaving enough stopping distance and we were all doing a steady speed not driving erratically.