An obvious opposite of a recent question

    • TheFeatureCreature@lemmy.world
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      3 months ago

      This. This this this. I drive and cycle and I hate it when drivers try to surrender their right of way to me. Other road users aren’t going to know about it and I am putting lives in danger if I accept their offer.

      The absolute best thing you can do, regardless of mode of transportation, is to be where you are expected to be when you are expected to be there. Bending the rules is how people die.

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    3 months ago

    A slow car in the fast lane actually moved over with three cars behind him the other day. I couldn’t believe it.

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    3 months ago

    Traffic is not really the place to be kind. Just don’t be a dick and drive predictably and by the rules. Doing stuff like waving someone to go first when you have the right of way is dangerous and confusing.

    That being said, one type of act of kindness that comes to mind is a semi using their blinker to indicate when it’s safe to overtake as I couldn’t see in front of them.

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      There’s a huge difference between nice but also thoughtless and kind and thoughtful. Being predicable on the road is kind and thoughtful. Waving someone to go out of turn is nice but thoughtless