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[-] MBech@feddit.dk 6 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I held someone up for about 10 seconds the other day while getting out of a parking spot. I couldn't see him for all the other cars until I was about 1m out of the spot. I was reversing carefully so people could react to me coming out, and so I could spot someone if they didn't. This dude comes speeding up, honking his horn, waving his arms around giving me the finger as if I'd just tried to kill him. His honking surprised me, so I block the brakes in case I'm about to cause an accident. If this dumb fucking cunt, who I wasn't even close to hitting, and who had plenty time and opportunity to see me hadn't honked, and instead just slowed slightly down, I would've been out of his way in half the time.

People in my area have become a lot less patient in trafic, and have become a lot more agressive about any slight inconvenience.

I've always tried to make plenty of room for other drivers, letting them get out of their parking spot with plenty of space, since they can't see me nearly as well as I can see them, but seems I'm the only one trying to make driving easier for other people.

[-] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago

That is legit scary.

It's hard for me to understand what it is about those micro-seconds of inconvenience that flips people's switches so intensely. In my mind, anything that takes a few seconds to rectify isn't worth freaking out over.

this post was submitted on 10 Sep 2026
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