• Not_mikey@slrpnk.net
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    3 days ago

    but there’s crazy people on the subway

    You don’t think there’s crazy people on the highway? And on the highway they’re controlling a 2 ton killing machine in a sometimes stressful situation.

    I’ll take the crazy guy yelling in the corner of the subway then see what he’s like behind the wheel of one of those huge pickup trucks during traffic.

    • Ziglin (it/they)@lemmy.world
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      1 day ago

      I’m with you but driver’s licenses are meant to help weed those out. I think they are likely rarer but not uncommon.

    • mao@lemmy.sdf.org
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      2 days ago

      Yeah like what the fuck? Every time I drive on a highway I encounter at least one potential life-ending moment, where if I hit the breaks one second too late I’ll die. This is absolutely a trillion times worse than the slim chance of getting a subway car lit on fire lol

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        2 days ago

        If you’re having near death experiences every single day, that has to be something you’re doing wrong.

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        2 days ago

        Then you are not giving the proper distance. If you experience this every time you drive you are probably the problem.

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          2 days ago

          If you can’t conceive of a situation where you need to slam the brakes due to external factors despite following the recommended 2-second following distance, you’re ignorant of the depths of bad driving. Have you really never been cut off before?

          I would go so far as to say that if you’re not noticing at least a single example of dangerous driving nearly every time you leave the house, you’re probably not aware enough to be a safe driver.

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            I would go so far as to say that if you’re not noticing at least a single example of dangerous driving nearly every time you leave the house

            Dangerous driving, not slam the brakes every time lol

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                    2 days ago

                    The criticism is about your gross exaggeration of every day commuting from an individual perspective. Because that shit is not daily unless you are the common denominator.

                    Nice appeal to emotion though, but everyone already knows bad things happen. I could post thousands of days of a 15 year, 30 mile, commute too and it would be just as relevant that you need to drive better.

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            2 days ago

            Brakes, not breaks.

            And no way are you driving safely if that happens every day.

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              I only drive safely on the days I choose to drive - and yet, I somehow still always see unsafe driving every day.

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          2 days ago

          Also those scary moments are fun. Maybe that’s just a me thing though.

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        2 days ago

        Every time I drive on a highway I encounter at least one potential life-ending moment, where if I hit the breaks one second too late I’ll die

        What highway is this?