https://xkcd.com/2932

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This PSA brought to you by several would-be assassins who tried to wave me in front of speeding cars in the last month and who will have to try harder next time.

    • tables@kbin.social
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      6 months ago

      You can be nice, just make sure you think about what you’re actually doing before doing it.

      Letting a car go in front in the situation above: you’re probably causing an accident.

      Letting a car go in heavy traffic when there’s one lane each way and everyone’s stopped already anyway: won’t cost you much time and you’ve allowed that person to move on with their life instead of being permanently stuck at an intersection he’s never going to be able to get out of unless someone yields.

      I live close to a few intersections where if no one is nice and yields, it’s impossible to join unless you barge your way in and hope people stop. But to be fair, these aren’t designed like death traps like the one above.

      • llii@discuss.tchncs.de
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        6 months ago

        think about what you’re actually doing before doing it.

        That’s too much thinking for most people.

      • deweydecibel@lemmy.world
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        6 months ago

        I was gonna lose my mind reading some of these comments. Thank you for being sensible.

        The majority of cases where one could politely let someone through are not going to be on highways like this.

        It’s also ridiculous to assume that the driver that you’re letting through would just stop checking for oncoming traffic because you waved them through.

        • Mac@mander.xyz
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          5 months ago

          you dont have two lane roads in your town? i sure do and this is a real issue. the driver pulling into traffic cannot see the car coming along at higher speed.

        • Mac@mander.xyz
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          5 months ago

          you dont have two lane roads in your town? i sure do and this is a real issue. the driver pulling into traffic cannot see the car coming along at higher speed.