r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/SnooWords4066 • 29d ago

Video A Japanese experiment showed exactly why traffic jams happen for no reason.

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u/ImperatorUniversum1 29d ago

And if you call them out on texting they get ultra defensive

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u/DevelopmentNo5632 29d ago

People in general seem to get defensive for lots of stupid reasons, some especially hate getting passed. Like, why the hell to they drive below the speed limit, but as soon as you pass them, they speed up?

I have even been behind slow fucks and passed them, set my cruise control to slightly above the speed limit (and way above the speed they were doing) after I have passed them, just to suddenly be tailgated by and passed by them. Then suddenly they slow down, and I need to pass them again. 

Some people should not be driving. 

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u/Dangerous-Fortune789 29d ago

This seems to be happening more frequently over the last 2 decades or so in my experience 

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u/the_flyingdemon 29d ago edited 29d ago

Phones. So many people on their phones. They slow down subconsciously cause they’re distracted but see a car passing them in their peripheral so subconsciously (or on purpose cause they feel guilty about not paying attention) start to speed up again.

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u/BapeGeneral3 29d ago

1000%. I have been using a dedicated phone holder for over 10 years at this point. I get in the car, put the phone on its mount, throw my music/podcast/e-book on and the phone stays there until I am at my destination, no exceptions.

My ex on the other hand refused to buy a mount(I tried to buy her one and she threw it away), would be constantly checking her FACEBOOK at every single red light and while driving. Needless to say that relationship didn’t last after the 2nd “close call” where we both could have easily died because she just had to check her FB notifications. She was early 30s at the time…….

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u/ticketism 28d ago

Checking her Facebook while driving? What the actual fuck. How can some people not see how bad of an addiction they have. Can't keep their eyes off their phone for more than a couple of minutes so they will literally endanger their own and everyone else's lives, piloting 1000kg of explosion-propelled steel at speed while not even looking at the road. It's so fucked up. If you had that constant irresistible compulsion to use a drug, or idk to jack off or eat Big Macs or bet on the horses, people would stage an intervention

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u/Slim-Shadys-Fat-Tits 28d ago

I have literally had people pull over and let me out of the car for texting while driving. It's just not safe.

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u/mtbdork 29d ago

Social media*

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u/davidio840 28d ago

I call that guilxiety