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Originally Posted by Fuzz
Ahh, we've located the driver of the SUV on the bike lane.
They could back straight up. They could not turn around like morons. The several in the intersection aren't even dealing with anything, they are just kinda of flailing about. No, no, it is them who are wrong. No wonder we have so many accidents and high insurance rates. People can't drive anymore. Have you watched what happens when emergency vehicles need to get through? Most people just freeze up. They have no clue. If you can't handle it you shouldn't be driving. A bit of heavy rain isn't stressful, it's time to pay attention and make smart decisions.
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It's insane the reactions you get when you throw any sort of unknown into someone's driving. Trying to get through with lights and sirens is bad enough, but even just something as simple as a closed lane is too much for people to handle. Where a normal person just automatically goes "Oh, I need to move over" a surprisingly large amount of people just stop. And sit there. And just can't figure out what their next move should be, or even better are the ones that sit there and flash their high beams like that's going to do anything other than piss me off.
Just last week I had a delivery driver absolutely lose his #### and try to tell me what I was doing was illegal, because the pizza he was delivering was going to be cold and he
HAD to get through. Didn't stop arguing with me until the cops came over and said they'd give him a harassment ticket if he didn't piss off
I could go on and on but tldr, yeah, I'm not surprised people just shut down and panic because the underpass was flooded. Flashing lights and cones are hard enough for these people, but water? I'm surprised they didn't just give up on life right then and there