https://xkcd.com/2932

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This PSA brought to you by several would-be assassins who tried to wave me in front of speeding cars in the last month and who will have to try harder next time.

  • @dejected_warp_core@lemmy.worldEnglish
    31•2 months ago

    Rules of the road:

    1. Be predictable
    2. Nobody else is predictable
    3. Everyone is indifferent to your existence; you are merely a car to them
    4. Your phone wants to kill you - leave it alone
    5. The faster you go, the less of a difference 5mph makes - be safe, not fast
    6. FFS maintain your damn car
    • @RockyBass@lemmy.worldEnglish
      17•2 months ago
      1. Drive sober
      2. If you’re even remotely tired, you’re attention and reaction time is impacted more than you realize
      • @StrawberryEnglish
        5•2 months ago

        really good point. Sleep on your friend’s couch, get a motel room, sleep in your car in a Walmart parking lot… Just don’t drive when you’re tired

    • @Maggoty@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4•2 months ago

      to expand on number 5, drive the flow speed! If traffic is moving at 55, yeah that sucks but you’re not going to make up more than a minute or so by speeding through them. And if traffic is doing 75, don’t do 55 unless you’re desperately low on gas. The savings from not maneuvering so much are huge. (Unless you’re driving EVs, they have constant power instead of gears and RPMs. Which is why they should be far more clearly marked.)

      • @dejected_warp_core@lemmy.worldEnglish
        4•2 months ago

        This goes especially for EVs. Wind resistance really chews up your power budget once you’re above 55mph or so. May as well run the heater with the windows down at that point.