Personally, I find it endlessly frustrating and even terrifying to be in the passenger seat with a driver who jumps in the car and immediately goes… Then worries about Seatbelts/Radio/AC/Mirrors/Plugging in Phone/etc etc while driving.

  • 1D10@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    My ex would try to maintain an exact speed by slightly ecxelerating then let off the gas over and over, just tap tap tap on the gas. 100 miles of tiny lurches.

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      I’ve had uber drivers who do this in an electric car. If you thought it was bad in an ICE, lemme tell you. With that instant torque its a vomit comet

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      This right here. I’ve known two drivers with this exact habit. Spectacularly infuriating.

      Just let me out right here. I’ll walk.

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        I’ve definitely had to teach myself to stop doing that. Now I have all the adaptive cruise control stuff which works perfectly fine for this task and saves on consumption.

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      1 month ago

      I used to have a friend who did this and wasn’t very good at it, so she would constantly accelerate and brake, so much it made me queasy.