this post was submitted on 29 Aug 2023
172 points (92.6% liked)
Cars - For Car Enthusiasts
3947 readers
3 users here now
About Community
c/Cars is the largest automotive enthusiast community on Lemmy and the fediverse. We're your central hub for vehicle-related discussion, industry news, reviews, projects, DIY guides, advice, stories, and more.
Rules
- Stay respectful to the community, hold civil discussions, even when others hold opinions that may differ from yours.
- This is not an NSFW community, and any such content will not be tolerated.
- Policy, not politics! Policy discussions revolve around the concept; political discussions revolve around the individual, party, association, etc. We only allow POLICY discussions and political discussions should go to c/politics.
- Must be related to cars, anything that does not have connection to cars will be considered spam/irrelevant and is subject to removal.
founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
People don't realise how little time they save by speeding and weaving in and out of traffic.
Just chill. You can spend 20 minutes relaxed and comfy, or 19 minutes gripping your wheel with white knuckles, screaming at grandmas and jacking off at red lights.
Choose wisely.
It is quite satisfying to amble up next to them at the next light... And the one after that... And the one after that.
Edit: I don't recommend rolling down the window and shouting "IT'S NOT WORKING! WEAVE HARDER! WEAVE HARDER!" at them. I think about it, but I don't recommend it.
I'll admit it took me way too long to learn this one, but man, commuting is so much less stressful when you can take a zen approach and accept that 95% of your travel time is out of your control. Focus on some music or a podcast you enjoy and you probably won't even care if it takes you an extra minute or two to get there.
I was a bus driver for 7 years. It's hilarious when I'm driving this gigantic goliath and some speed demon winds up at the same light at the same time multiple times trying to be in the Fast and the Furious. Traffic don't work like that. Chill out and you help everyone. Including yourself.
I agree.
But some people are really irritating to drive behind. So sometimes overtaking them is the only way to have a zen commute.
That's a different thing. Normally people who are annoying are not safe.
100%. If I see a driver sifting back and forth over the edges of both sides of their lanes, I’m 100% going to stay backed rn further than I usually do. Until I have a clear shot to pass them, and them I’m going to slip by as quickly as possible and get some distance, because there is no way I’m sitting behind a wreck waiting to happen for a whole drive.
I look at it this way: I speed and weave on the highway, and save 5 minutes on my 35 minute commute. That's one way. So 10 minutes per day, five days a week. That's 50 minutes I save per week. 50 weeks per year, so I save 2,500 minutes or almost 42 hours a year. That's basically a weeks worth of work I'm not in traffic.
Worth it.
I should mention that I ride a motorcycle half the year, but don't weave in my cage, because I'm not a complete asshole. I still speed no matter what I'm driving, but not excessively
the average is 2 minutes a week I'm afraid
what people forget is you can make up a couple of minutes on the highway at best, but most destinations will be on residential streets, which are controlled with traffic lights, and then you have to find a parking spot, lock the car, walk to the destination...
I'm totally on board with you but how long does it take you to lock your car lol
I drive a Marley n Marley