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This is why I drive a large vehicle. Now I, too, get to tell people that having the right of way won't help them when they're dead. Graveyards are full of peopl

This is why I drive a large vehicle. Now I, too, get to tell people that having the right of way won't help them when they're dead. Graveyards are full of people who have the right of way and so on. Lots of small car drivers like to pretend that they get the right of way at a 4-way-stop but if you think about it: graves are full of people who had the right of way. So they should just wait for me.

WarOnPrivacy 3y ago
You're describing a zero-sum game. That is, increasing your chances of living by sharply reducing chances of survival for someone else's family. I personally know a family who lost their father to this equation. (His funeral was the largest I've ever attended.) On the other side of driving are millions of drivers now have to spend their trips surrounded by moving walls that reduce visibility to fog-like levels. Being able to predict traffic by seeing far ahead is increasingly impossible - and this reduces reaction time from 10 or 20 seconds to less than 2. An aggressive driver is an issue that moves on from me. Visibility killers don't. They dominate most every trip, continually making everyone else less safe.
- renewiltord 3y ago
  Sure, but there's no point pretending they're all saints. They're just not as good at the game as me. They have no problem doing that to bicyclists and to smaller cars; I have no problem doing it to them. Same rules for all. Get big or get out of the way. Yield To Gross Tonnage There's Always A Bigger Fish And It's Me
  - defrost 3y ago
    It's not you: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TskUzmg6Sk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TskUzmg6Sk
    - renewiltord 3y ago
      I'll definitely get out of the way of my neighbourhood Komatsu 900 class. Keep your head on a swivel! Stay safe out there! Yield to gross tonnage!
  - bears-n-beets 3y ago
    Frankly, that’s disgusting. Race to the bottom attitude.
NoPicklez 3y ago
Wait, this has to be a joke post right. Because you drive a large vehicle that means you don't have to give way to people? Perhaps people should follow the rules of the road regardless of the vehicle they drive and superiority complex that may come with it

WarOnPrivacy 3y ago

You're describing a zero-sum game. That is, increasing your chances of living by sharply reducing chances of survival for someone else's family. I personally know a family who lost their father to this equation. (His funeral was the largest I've ever attended.) On the other side of driving are millions of drivers now have to spend their trips surrounded by moving walls that reduce visibility to fog-like levels. Being able to predict traffic by seeing far ahead is increasingly impossible - and this reduces reaction time from 10 or 20 seconds to less than 2. An aggressive driver is an issue that moves on from me. Visibility killers don't. They dominate most every trip, continually making everyone else less safe.

renewiltord 3y ago
Sure, but there's no point pretending they're all saints. They're just not as good at the game as me. They have no problem doing that to bicyclists and to smaller cars; I have no problem doing it to them. Same rules for all. Get big or get out of the way. Yield To Gross Tonnage There's Always A Bigger Fish And It's Me
- defrost 3y ago
  It's not you: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TskUzmg6Sk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TskUzmg6Sk
  - renewiltord 3y ago
    I'll definitely get out of the way of my neighbourhood Komatsu 900 class. Keep your head on a swivel! Stay safe out there! Yield to gross tonnage!
- bears-n-beets 3y ago
  Frankly, that’s disgusting. Race to the bottom attitude.

NoPicklez 3y ago

Wait, this has to be a joke post right. Because you drive a large vehicle that means you don't have to give way to people? Perhaps people should follow the rules of the road regardless of the vehicle they drive and superiority complex that may come with it