Observed on I-77 this morning
Posted Oct 4, 2018, 1:25 PM UTC
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Then proceeds to drive around with an exposed hitch 👌
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100% does not tow ANYTHING with that Honda Fit and DEFINITELY has the hitch solely to minimize rear end damage.
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Naw, they want to MAXIMIZE damage to who ever they just brake checked
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If you followed at a safe distance you wouldn't get brake checked. If you get brake checked in 15mph stop and go traffic and you hit the person you weren't paying attention.
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In my life, I have been involved in two car accidents as a driver.
Once in stop and go traffic, the teenager behind me didn't stop in time. She set off her airbag at like 7mph.
Second time, I was at a toll booth and a woman in front of me left the toll booth and I pulled in. She STOPPED, THEN BACKED UP INTO ME because she thought the toll booth attendant waved to her or something. Fortunately, my airbag did not go off.
People are stupid and careless.
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Hmm, I’m gonna say between that hitch and one or two of those bumper stickers, they’ve been rear-ended pretty seriously before.
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If you break check someone you shouldn't have a license.
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I'd love to see that fit try to tow something.
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meh, it'd tow a little 4x8' utility trailer just fine. Or a motorcycle trailer
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Honda has explicitly stated in the owners manual since 2010 the Fit is not rated for towing and will void the warranty. It's just not safe
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Hey now, they can be useful for some things. e.g.:
https://cdn3-www.momtastic.com/assets/uploads/2015/05/2014_encore-on-transperent-bike-5.jpeg
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key word, try
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its not the pulling that's hard its the stopping
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I do that, because I don't really give a shit about the vehicle behind me that runs into it.
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Why is that bad?
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In Mass it’s illegal to drive around with a ball on like that because of the extra damage during an accident. Not sure what the law is here in NC though.
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In NC it's permitted, but only on a long-bed pickup in a grocery store parking lot, and only then if it's parked ass-out so the hitch is about 1/3 of the way into cross-traffic. Ignorance of the law is no excuse.
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Once hit someone on 277 in stop and go traffic. Just zoned out and accelerated when I shouldn't have, dumb college kid stuff. Hit the car in front of me at no more than 5mph, but they had a trailer hitch. It pierced my radiator and totalled my car. Their car had $150 in damages and later claimed back pain and I got to pay them another $2k. Good times, fuck trailer hitches.
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Took this with your phone, did you?
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Yep, I was also eating a bowl of cereal with the other hand
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oh Sandra, you dumb bitch.
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Oh Sandra, you dumb bitch
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Don't forget putting on your makeup...
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While doing today's sodoku
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It's 77 in the morning. Probably had the car in park.
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“Sorry officer, I was distracted trying to read all of this asshat’s bumper stickers when he slammed on the brakes to make a point.”
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Officer: "I don't care. Here's your carbon-copy of the accident report. Good bye."
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They probably smile and chuckle every time they look at their own car thinking "I sure told them!"
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I bet this guy is the life of the party wherever he goes.
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You are not as cool, special, entitled or as important as you think you are.
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I tell myself this every morning in the mirror. It helps.
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Hey, don't sell yourself short. For what it's worth, I've always thought you were extremely entitled.
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And neither are you, sticker car guy
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I’m surprised there isn’t an infowars or Lock Her Up sticker
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Do only republicans hate texting and driving?
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You won't often find a "stars and bars" aka the first Confederate flag sticker on a Democrats car.
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Well, it was their flag.
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And we’ve denounced it and the GOP crowd has embraced it. What’s your point?
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I think it's more so older generations that feel the need to express their disapproval of texting and driving via bumper stickers...so yeah Republicans
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For those of you that said you would slam breaks on if tailgated...please don’t “break check” people. I know it’s super frustrating...but a moment of anger can seriously endanger lots of lives and not even the one at fault sometimes. Are they asshole for doing it? Yep. However, when you break check...besides them slamming into you, you never know...they may swerve and hit oncoming cars with a van full of kids or a bus or just a nice person. I have done washer fluid in the back or front as if they are truly that close and I keep doing it they get the hint. But there are so many deadly accidents from this and even if it was them that bit the dust...I just truly don’t think it’s worth someone’s life.
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"Brake"
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Yep. Totally missed that
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Im not sure why but brake might be the most misspelled word on the internet. Either that or weird. People spell that wierd sometimes.
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Haha I should have responded give me a brake. Lol. I’m a bit slow...
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At least you're a good sport.
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Oh gosh now you're using the wrong break/brake again.
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That time was on purpose. Haha. First one I was an idiot. Lol
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that confederate flag though
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At least it is the correct flag for the Confederate States of America and not the battle flag.
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I see this every day! They also drive around with Santa and a reindeer on top during Christmas, just a little distracting. ;)
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I work in the same shopping center as this person. See that car every time I park mine!
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Anyone with more than one message on their car has problems.
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Pay attention to my bumper stickers telling you to pay attention and not be distracted that are hard to read and distract you.
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Sweet tow hitch.. on a Honda Fit.
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I kind of want these stickers. I'm not usually a mean person but some people's self-importance and entitlement just shows on the road. Like my mom's coworker, she'll be texting and eating a salad while going 90 on the highway because she genuinely believes she's more important than all other human beings. I think that's the case with most people who drive recklessly. And it's not even something you see once in a blue moon - I literally see this multiple times each and every single day. They need to be called out.
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For a second there I thought this was r/IdiotsInCars
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Well, yes, there is an idiot in the car. You just can't see him/her/whatever.
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Everyone’s hating on this but tbh those stickers are how I feel sometimes when some asshole is riding my bumper. Like sometimes I wish I had a sign I could show that says “chill bro I’m already speeding, riding my ass won’t make me go faster. If you need to go faster pls go around me ty.”
Every. Single. Day.
Oh man, when I’m on a street by my house I’ll do 40-45 (it’s a 35) and kids leaving school will be absolutely glued to my rear bumper. I don’t mean tailgating, I mean “if I do anything other than brake super slow 5 miles away from the red light they’ll tap my bumper” close. I’m like what do you want me to do? Go so fast we’ll get reckless driving tickets and our licenses taken?
The only thing that gives me some piece of mind is that we live in an at-fault state that requires everyone to have liability insurance, so if I do have to make an emergency stop they’ll have to pay to fix my car, but I so don’t want that headache.
The closer you get to my bumper the slower I drive.
Regardless.. there’s no defense to rear ending somebody
The only reason I end up tailgating people is because it takes your average Charlotte driver 2.6 miles to accelerate from a stop to 45 mph
People cruising in a 45 at 35 mph... then they pass a 45 MPH Speed Limit sign, and proceed to slow down to 30
Found the asshole driver
On the flip side, if you're in the far left lane of interstate and someone is riding you closely...don't be an ass and not switch over lanes so they cant pass (if you can easily move over, do it). That's equally annoying when slower drivers are like "go around me" or not situationally aware UNTIL someone is riding ass. Prepare for it, anticipate it, and look in rearview often.
If they're riding your ass in the far right lane, then I say fuck'em. They deserve to be brake checked...a slight one...like a quick tap to make their butthole pucker up and back down.
Omg freaking Independence people ride up my tail and won't just get in the left lane and go around
If people use the passing lane to "pass" and merge back to the right, their would not be that many people riding behind another person's bumper. Just an idea.
On the interstate I’d agree but if you’re on a two lane road or a highway like W.T. then no I don’t agree just because that presents a lot of issues with lights and left turns and what not.
If I’m already going above the speed limit, I have every right to ride the left lane. If the people behind me want to go way over the speed limit (for reference I usually go 5-10 over depending on the road) then that is there problem and I’m not going to get in a lane I don’t need (I turn left to go home after work) just because some asshole behind me wants to go 20 over the limit.
Had someone riding my bumper down South Tryon one morning a few weeks ago. My going 50 in a 45 wasn’t good enough for them, so they passed me in the middle BIDIRECTIONAL turning lane.
Four minutes later I watched them pull into their office parking lot, approximately 4 seconds ahead of me...
No, you're obstructing the flow of traffic. If you're not actively passing someone, move to the next lane over.
In the NC it's not designated a passing lane. You're allowed to pass on the right due to it.
You didn’t read where I said I ride the lane I need. I’m not going to inconvenience myself because some asshole behind me wants to go more than 10 over the speed limit. Their speed issues are not my problem
I get that if your turn is coming up, but if it is five miles away and people want to pass you, let them.
I never said I don’t let them. I just will not leave my lane because my turn in <1 mile up the road and if I move right I’m not going to be able to get back over :P
No. Enforcing the speed limit by hogging the left lane is not your job. The law specifically says that the left lane is for passing and that slower traffic should move to the right.
Your speed has nothing to do with it. If you ride the left lane when you're not passing you are breaking the law just like speeders.
This is not how traffic works on multilane surface roads.
Not in NC.
Which is why it's expressly legal to pass on the right in NC>
Lol the law does not say that. Maybe in other states it does but not in North Carolina.
I think you are confused. The left lane is entirely legal to drive in???
I've taken to always calling it the passing lane just as you did. Not the fast lane since that implies some speed standard. If you're not passing you don't belong there, regardless of speed.
That's not in North Carolina's laws.
If not law, it's common etiquette (and common sense for anyone that frequently travels on interstates).
My friend in Florida says it's called "drive right"
Problem is when you aren't passing the other people fast enough for the tailgater. If I am in the left lane of 485 going 80 with traffic in the middle lane (I would get over if there weren't cars there) and you are glued to my bumper ... Fuck You!
I get that and there isn't much you can do at that point.
as long as you are not in the left lane, I agree
Again, on the interstate it’s not okay. On a regular highway where there are lights and left turns, it is 100% okay.
Get out of the left lane. ;)
I agree distracted driving is bad.
I just don’t think I agree with this Fit’s way of expressing it.
You think expressing an opinion about distracted driving is bad? It's ugly and unaesthetic but aside from that, what's the problem?
My issue with it is that it within itself is distracting.
Bumper stickers should be like billboards - big words, few words, gets the point across, maybe uses a graphic.
AT&T has one kind of like “DON’T TEXT, ARRIVE ALIVE” And has a graphic of a phone with the circle with a line through it.
That’s all you need. It’s dangerous to try and read multiple sentences off of someone’s car.
I can actually agree with that; I thought you might be one of those people who felt attacked by the message itself, which so many people in this thread appear to be based on their responses.
But, I think being a careless and/or aggressive driver is about 10,000 worse than any "car flair" someone can have, and is really way down the list of things that people should address to increase driving safety.
At least if you’re trying to read the car in front of you, you’re probably not going to rear end them. Besides that I doubt the stickers are for people at a safe distance. If you’re close enough to read those stickers you are either at a light or you’re an asshole
So I passed a yard where someone hand drew a sign to say how bad Verizon screwed them (including bill amounts) and posted it by the road for drivers to read. What's the point? It communicates the homeowner's mental instability more than Verizon's bad practices. It makes people think this person was an asshole to the Verizon people. We already know Verizon sucks, so all we learn is this person is too hung up on something they have little control over. Besides, if the objective is to shit on Verizon to hurt their sales or to get some money back from them you'd do a better job by almost any other media (social media is great at this, whether you like SM or not).
So all these same issues apply to the Fit but also that long-worded bumper stickers just distract other drivers and make people ride your ass to read them (or, they have no point in existing). Making the problem worse to complain about it is bad.
If you are in the left lane and someone is riding your ass, it is YOUR job to get in the right lane, not the person behind you. The left lane is for passing and it is illegal/unsafe to pass on the right.
If we are talking interstate then yes you are right. Otherwise no, you are not
It's just considerate to "drive right"
I don't mind people cruising in the left lane if A) They are moving faster than traffic in the right lane, B) There is no one following them closely in the left lane, or C) If there is no other traffic on the road at all
But if they're cruising on the left and riding alongside traffic on their right with other traffic behind them, that is dickish and infuriating.
If you're in the left lane and a car comes up behind you going faster, it's just decent of you to get over once you pass traffic on your right and it is open. Basically because that is what I would like for other people to do to me so I try to do that myself.
It is considerate, yes, but if I'm already speeding (going the same speed as others in my lane, and faster than a lot of people in the right lane) and in the lane that I need (for reference, I am SPECIFICALLY talking about a busy highway at 5 pm in the afternoon where I take a left turn 2 lights down from my office to get home), then no I am not going to get over for the asshole behind me who doesn't seem to understand that going 60 in a 45 is already fast enough. I mean I don't do that when I come up on someone who is driving slower than me. If their speed is above the speed limit (even if it lower than my own), I'm not a dick who rides their ass and passes them asap. I usually just say "fuck it" and chill.
But to your point, I mostly agree. I'm just tired of getting comments insinuating I'm the asshole when I am not. I am driving faster than the right lane and typically at the same speed in the left lane. The people I was referencing are those people who come speeding up faster than any other car in the left lane and get triggered when you - already going 10/15 over the limit - aren't going the same 20/30 over the limit as they are.
Better not be in the left lane during this tho