• dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world
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    2 hours ago

    I doubt anyone is driving slow just to fuck with me. A stranger in another car. You know?

    I’ll add to this that a lot of people are walking around with this fiction in their head about ‘good drivers’. In reality, driving is a skill and not everyone can be good at it. We really don’t want people like that driving fast, and maybe not as fast as everyone else at that.

    So, I see someone driving slow and I honestly think “maybe this is the best they can do knowing that it would be dangerous to go faster, beyond what their reflexes can handle.”

    • Ogy@lemmy.world
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      2 hours ago

      Thank you! I honestly get pretty anxious, especially in my dingy little car, going the speed limit.

      Completely agree around the “good drivers” fallacy. We’re all human - emotional, tired, thinking about other things.

      And the risk and consequences of a crash increase disproportionately with speed while the time gain has diminishing returns. So I’m happy getting there 5 mins later after 2 h of driving safely and calmly