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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.

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[–] halloween_spookster 65 points 6 months ago (3 children)

When driving don't be nice. Be predictable.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

When driving, being predictable is being nice. Being nice is an accident waiting to happen.

... That sounded better in my head.

[–] GladiusB 5 points 6 months ago

I'm taking a Smith system training and this is said constantly.

[–] Anticorp -2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Half the people who wave you through have weird little control fetishes. They're not being polite, they're pursuing feelings of power. They're the same people driving 5 mph under the speed limit in the passing lane to "keep other people from speeding".

[–] sebinspace 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Well that’s certainly one of the takes of all time

[–] Anticorp 0 points 6 months ago

I didn't just pull it out of my ass, it's a perspective I've seen espoused on this very platform, and also on Reddit.