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Showerthoughts

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[โ€“] [email protected] -5 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I like to be nice and give people at least thirty seconds, but I'm never in a hurry. I heavily pad driving times. I hate, hate, hate driving in a hurry. I'm usually a half hour early to everything.

Conversely I find it super rude when people give me less than a few seconds to react to a light. There's so much rude driving in general. Be polite and courteous on the road. Didn't your mother ever teach you to be polite?

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

30 seconds?!? Lights cycle faster than that where I live! ๐Ÿคฃ

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Yeah that's going to go red and then back to green before you give a lil toot.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

What valid reasons do you have to ever take longer than a couple of second getting off of a light? I can understand if it looks like someone isn't going to stop for cross traffic, but in my experiences, that is very seldom. Other than that, you're either an asshole or distracted.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I hope we never meet on the road. Have you considered Uber?