However he lost me at
> I was cruising in the fast lane, minding my own business
There is no fast lane in the U.K (including NI). There are overtaking lanes. If you are in this lane it’s because you are overtaking slower moving traffic in inside lanes.
If you aren’t, then you need to be losing your license
So if you're in the outer lane and the person behind you wants to go faster than you and get past, get out of their way.
It's safer anyway, and also you don't know who they are or where they're going.
There are a few exceptions of course - when lanes are diverging for example (so 12 going off one way and 34 going another).
Ahh of course, every streamer streams every second and is egotistical. What a moron
That said, probably don't want to discuss other weird posts for each HN submission!
in the wise words of reddit: ESH (everyone sucks here)
And even if it's a slow speed accident, who cares about being right if you get a disability in the process? It is safer to let them through so they don't plow into you when you have to suddenly stop.
The only reason to LARP as a highway cop is just ego.
This is a childish mindset. It would be worth taking a defensive driving course if you haven't done so, it may be helpful.
> join people like him and me and take a stand against bad behavior
Ironically, impeding faster traffic by camping the passing lane is also illegal in several states (yes, even if you're going the speed limit).
There is zero chance they'll recognise your dominance, let alone moral superiority, and walk away changed from a teaching moment. They're not even seeing you as a person. They only see your car as one more obstacle among so many other "idiots", and it's quite probable you're provoking only more reckless behaviour.
Don't let the people win, but also do not suddenly assume powers you do not actually have.
Essentially, plausible deniability but on the road. You might really just be a slow passing slow lane changing driver.
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The goal is to reintroduce friction into everyday life to nudge people into being less antisocial and/or make them slightly suffer for being that.
The goal is not to become a vigilante.
One brings a stable society, the other just a different flavor of the same chaos that came before.
Trying to normalize tailgating, as you are doing, also tells us something about your attitude. Do you generally try to intimidate others into doing what you want, or only when driving?
If he wants me to disregard them, he shouldn't be writing blog posts about them.
The blogging person is definitely making stuff worse, but they're just amplifying. The source of the problem is to be found elsewhere.
A surprising amount of comments in here seem to completely disregard that for some reason.