• unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de
    912·
    2 years ago

    As you should op, as a rightful punishment for tailgating. However please aim for the nearest tree so you dont endanger other drivers.

        • WeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.com
          11·
          2 years ago

          I’ve had another driver brandish a gun at me for doing that. Be safe out there! Making a point isn’t worth your life.

          People be crazy.

          • pancakes@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
            6·
            2 years ago

            Unless you live in a country with gun control. Then you can be slightly more passive aggressive as long as you’re not creating an unsafe driving scenario.

            • I Cast Fist@programming.dev
              8·
              2 years ago

              Even with some gun control, you never know if the asshole is a cop on break. Fuckers love to carry and threaten others with weapons and will shoot to prove their point (at least in Brazil)

              • redfellow@sopuli.xyz
                6·
                2 years ago

                Luckily not all cops in other countries start working after a 2 week course. In Finland, for example, it’s a 3 year school, comparable to a bachelor’s degree.

        • NegativeInf@lemmy.world
          82·
          2 years ago

          I too employ the artful tactics of passive aggressive driving. It works. Hopefully it works well enough that people learn long term.

        • sheogorath@lemmy.world
          4·
          2 years ago

          Isn’t brake checking just pressing on your brakes slightly to turn on your braking lights but not engage braking? So you’re not actually braking. I did it several times when someone’s tailgating really close and it’s pretty funny to see them immediately slow down. Usually after a couple of times of doing it they got the memo and increased their distance.

          • PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca
            8·
            2 years ago

            A “brake check” in the context of road rage isn’t checking your own brake lights, it’s checking the brakes of the person following you.

            You slam on your brakes, forcing them to slam on their brakes even harder, scaring and angering the trailing car.

        • MBM@lemmings.world
          3·
          2 years ago

          Okay I don’t get the not switching lanes part, maybe I don’t drive enough. Why are people tailgating when there are multiple lanes, unless you’re in the leftmost lane for too long?

      • GBU_28@lemm.eeEnglish
        31·
        2 years ago

        If they pull up on you, just flash the steel! Ez win no consequences

    • dingus@lemmy.worldEnglish
      91·
      2 years ago

      One time I was driving on some long ass backwoods country road in the rain. I was making like a 12 hour drive to get home, so it’s not like my destination was anywhere near close.

      It was one of those roads where there was one lane on either side divided by a dotted yellow line. You were allowed to pass and visibility was clear. There was almost no traffic coming in the other direction, meaning abundant opportunities to pass.

      Some asshat decided to ride my ass for *miles and miles and miles in the rain. I was going a decent speed too…a bit above the marked limit. This fucker both pissed me off and stressed me the fuck out. I tried the letting off the gas technique which usually makes dickholes go around, but nope. He continued to tailgate me for miles and miles no matter if I was going 10 mph above the speed limit or 20 mph below. Visibility on this road was fantastic and no one was coming in the other direction for miles and miles and miles.

      I got so frustrated at this dangerous asshat that I straight up eventually pulled off the side of the road and stopped. He finally passed me and didn’t end up coming after me with a weapon or anything thank fuck. I don’t know if this chode was just too stupid to pass or what.

    • spirinolas@lemmy.world
      2·
      2 years ago

      I got some asshole to run full speed into a chunk of some other car’s bumper doing that, and I gotta say it was the best high I’ve ever had!

      Jesus! See this bulge in my pants? That was all you.

  • swag_money@lemmy.world
    472·
    2 years ago

    suicide by oncoming traffic is such a dick move. you don’t have the right to endanger other lives just because you’re suicidal.

    if you want to kill yourself, do it right. go to Michael’s™ and buy a tank of helium to asphyxiate yourself.

    • rushaction@programming.dev
      413·
      2 years ago

      Respectfully, please do not do this. Helium is a non-renewable resource. Once lost to the atmosphere it’s gone for good. Nitrogen on the other hand makes up 78% of the atmosphere and is equally effective.

      • mke@lemmy.world
        62·
        2 years ago

        Respectfully, the dead need not care about loss of non-renewable resources.

        • general_kitten@sopuli.xyz
          15·
          2 years ago

          Aint that mentality kind of why climate change is a thing, the oil barons will be dead when rest of humanity has to suffer from their actions

          • mke@lemmy.world
            4·
            2 years ago

            I will attempt an oddly serious answer, unlike my previous comment, since I feel this deserves one.

            Sort of, and technically correct. Both the suicidal and the oil baron have no reason to care what happens after they’re dead. But I don’t know if that’s relevant here.

            Powerful people ruining the world do so because of incentives and… because they can. The only thing that will stop them and those that come after is meaningful societal change. Convincing people to participate in bringing about this change is important too, make no mistake, but it’s because of what they can achieve united. It’s voting, protesting, and building a world where the powerful can’t screw over the world and everyone in it.

            Hoping a change in culture alone will save the world is useless, because the rich and powerful will not follow that new culture. There’s no trickle-up morals, and telling suicidal people they should be mindful of how they die (if serious) is barking up the wrong tree. It won’t stop the oil baron from continuing to pollute more than everyone in this thread combined, nor will it make a meaningful difference even should the person follow your advice, because it’s a drop in the bucket—and maybe the last one they’ll ever make.

            Trying to put it shortly, my point is that mentality is only the start. The world is broken (e.g. climate change is a thing), not just because of mentality, but because those high above do all in their power to stay there and shape the world in ways that suit them. Changing people’s mentality is good, but is “use hydrogen instead of helium” really the last thing a suicidal person should have to hear from you?

            Of course, this is a meme community in the end, so apologies if this comment was unnecessary because no one is seriously saying that. But anyone who thinks so should also be able to read my previous comment in its intended humor as well.

  • Mr_Dr_Oink@lemmy.world
    311·
    2 years ago

    “Dont tailgate me, i’ll cum” ruined me. I can’t even…

    Im in work, just laughing. People are looking at me.

  • Starkstruck@lemmy.world
    81·
    2 years ago

    I’m no prude, but having blatantly nsfw stuff like this where it’d be seen by everyone has always rubbed me the wrong way. Like c’mon kids don’t need to see this.

  • TruthAintEasy@kbin.social
    6·
    2 years ago

    Better than how my city handles a merge lane… they just stop, full on stop on both the merge lane AND the left lane, if they are feeling spicey the passing lane might come to a stop too because… reasons? Best of all is when they are slowing right down to merge in light traffic but they see you coming up the left lane so they take the lane immediately and just, not speed up.