They are subjectively the worst drivers on the road
And the most dui’s as well
this post was submitted on 14 Oct 2023
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When you consider that the root cause of both problems (owning a Dodge RAM truck and driving drunk) is absolutely terrible judgement, this correlation becomes rather self evident.
Was literally thinking of looking this up last night. God knows the demographics line up.
It’s was one of my conspiracy theories until it was proven
I have another one that we made people as a whole more stupid due to some man made reason, and then this was posted!
https://www.popsci.com/science/childhood-lead-exposure-effects/?amp
I’m 2 for 2
Let’s hope that microplastics don’t have a similar effect.
Shit we are heading for idiocracy so fast…
U tarded or somethin?
It's the cheapest truck of the major brands so bad drivers gravitate towards it.
Pretty sure Nissan Altima drivers are even worse
Also every new vehicle with the ultra bright LED headlights anywhere that hills or bumps exist because the beam cutoff is a millimeter below retina burning height I swear.
As someone with a car from '07 it basically makes it impossible to drive safely at night, especially on really dark nights. There are points where you just straight up can't see because you're being blinded by someone coming towards you, not to mention your eyes just don't adjust to the dark anymore since it's happening more and more often.
Even new sedans have a bad time with all the SUVs and pickup trucks. There's not much you can do when the headlight is higher than the highest part of your vehicle.
It's a shame because I don't need the space, don't want to spend the extra money for gas + purchase price, but am risking my safety by not driving one of those monstrosities.
My general solution is to just not drive at night. Why do we subsidize these SUVs and pickup trucks by exempting them from emissions regulations?
Yeah, I can't count the amount of times where I assumed someone was flashing their lights at me, askesd myself what the fuck that fucker wanted just to notice that they were going over miniscule bumps in the road.... And I can only assume that my vehicle has done the same to soo many people as well...
I would like to buy a F150 Lightning if I could ever afford one, but changing out the lights would be an absolute necessity.
What do you mean by "12 over"? The sound barrier I presume? Greeting from Germany
12 over the speed limit. Sound barrier would probably be funnier though.
Edit: oh... That went over my head lol
What is this "speed limit" you keep bringing up?
It's the thing that allows police in North America to justify their budgets.
Ooooh! I thought that was called "Civil forfeiture" and was about suing your home that it was a criminal or something.
I'm Canadian, that's a uniquely American experience
Its my main reason I drive with sunglasses on at night. People think I'm weird or stupid but then change their minds when a truck with lights brighter than the sun glare at them.....
Should probably go 12 mph under if you want them to pass
Then they'll brake check you after to punish you for being in their way
Then you should get the fuck out of the left lane
I'm sorry, I thought you were in a fucking rush. Guess not if you have time to break check.
Excellent way to miss the point
Move the fuck over, you're not a traffic cop
Driving home one night, lots of traffic on the highway, and I notice I can't see the headlights of the car behind me they are driving so close to my bumper. So I ease off the gas and as soon as I can move over to the right. (Note, I was keeping up with the traffic in the left lane, I just wasn't riding their ass considering we're lined up as far as the eye can see)
This guy passes me and pulls in front of me, only to break check and slow to a fucking crawl. Left hand lane is still full, so once there's an opening I move over and accelerate so this asshole doesn't have room to get in. Traffic lined up behind me too so I have no idea how long it took him to get back over into the left lane. For someone so damn impatient he ended up wasting his own time for no reason.
All this is to say:
you're not a traffic cop
Neither are you. It's not your role to "punish" people who weren't moving fast enough for you. Just move the fuck on.
Patrick that's 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔄𝔰𝔥𝔟𝔯𝔦𝔫𝔤𝔢𝔯
I ended up buying a ram, it was cheaper (family employee discount). I'm giant, 6' 7" I tried a lot of vehicles but the first time I sat in it, I was just immediately comfortable. Every vehicle I've been in since my big boat of a Deville became too expensive to fix has been tight and uncomfortable.
I bought the ecodiesel, because at that time (pre-carbon tax) diesel was much cheaper. No 5.7L Hemi, no 6.2L Hellcat. When cold I can barely accelerate, when the turbo heats up it's a powerful engine designed to tow things. I get passed by these guys all day, and I get weird looks. I test drove a hemi, you don't need to try to go fast. It's actually harder to drive slow in that vehicle. My wife calls me grandpa because I drive so slow, behind the wheel of that hemi ram... I was a different person. None of this surprises me