Like its a drag race
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That's because practically nobody here drives a car with a manual transmission, and the reason for those in Europe is (or originally was) to give drivers notice when they need to get back into gear.
A knock-on consequence of this is that nobody in the US knows how to drive, they just point the wheel vaguely in some direction and mash the skinny pedal. If they don't get the result they wanted, they stomp on the pedal harder. You ought to watch chucklefucks try to drive in the snow, especially those with SUVs and muscle cars with rear wheel drive. People treat the throttle as if it's the "make the car go in the direction I'm looking button" and the rest of us know that's not how it works.
surely traffic lights pre-date automatics?
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That behavior is almost completely dictated by where you live. The safest speed to go while driving is the speed at which the majority of people around you are driving. In my city, that happens to be at least 10 mph above the speed limit.
That's insane. That's an insane thing to say. Me going 10 over in a school zone is dangerous as fuck even if everyone else is doing it. Me going 10 over in a residential zone or a built up area is also super dangerous.
What are your general speed limits in those areas?
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Some intersections you cannot see the cross-traffic signals. Some intersections don't have much cross-traffic to watch, either.
Interesting how you're taking the asshole's side, though.
Could say the same about you. Stop wasting time for other people. Have some decency.
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i will never understand why us traffic lights go immediately from red to green. you have a whole-ass third light to use for signaling that the light is about to change, so people don't have to floor it due to an unexpected change.
they used to have this. it did not go well.
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they used to have this. it did not go well.
wait, what? why not? it works for the rest of the world...
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Could say the same about you. Stop wasting time for other people. Have some decency.
Yea and that's explicitly not the context of the original post.
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The light is green. Why are you not moving?
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wait, what? why not? it works for the rest of the world...
would be interested to know an example country you're thinking of.
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would be interested to know an example country you're thinking of.
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wild stuff. thanks!
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That's insane. That's an insane thing to say. Me going 10 over in a school zone is dangerous as fuck even if everyone else is doing it. Me going 10 over in a residential zone or a built up area is also super dangerous.
What are your general speed limits in those areas?
There's no point in arguing here, drivers are never at fault according to them. It is clearly safer to go fast if everyone drives too fast (citation not needed, it's obvious duh). Your braking distance almost doubles at 10mph over, but who cares about that! Who needs to be able to react to a person suddenly running onto the road. It's their fault, for cars are supremacy. I hate cars so fucking much.
