I have become convinced that people get addicted to speed. One of the fastest ways to make some people’s blood boil is simply making them drive a little slower; even if it’s so marginal that it can’t actually possibly affect when they arrive at their destination they become furious.
The US loves to have wide, straight roads with great visibility and no obstacles on which cars could easily, safely do 80MPH (in the absence of other drivers of course) but with artificial limits of 30-40 miles per hour that everybody obviously ignores because - hey, just look at the road, it’s begging for people to go faster. The Netherlands by comparison generally does a great job of managing drivers’ expectations by adding artificial curves, places where cars have to gently swerve, setting trees along the roads that give a feeling of constraint and not “wide open place to floor it”, etc. Of course you still see people here losing their minds because they have to wait for pedestrians to cross once the light turns green, but it’s not as bad as my experiences in the US.
Addiction to speed is a part of it. I think being trapped in a car actually creates a lot of psychological issues. Another one that doesn’t get mentioned enough IMO is claustrophobia. All these psychological issues are probably big contributors to road rage.
One aspect i never see talked about is that you literally feel like you’re going slower in a car, a big part of which is because the outer parts of your field of view are blocked so you only see the things that are moving relatively slower:
Very true, and it has a much stronger effect when there’s nothing around you. When you’re in a large Asian/European city with tall buildings and narrow roads, everything feels closer so a small amount of speed feels like a lot. On massive American roads where everything is spread out (like the one in the photo), a lot of speed doesn’t feel like very much.
I think the stronger effect is the opposite. When humans use tools with fluency, they temporarily become part of the body plan. You feel it when a hammer or a sling become “part of your body,” and it feels good. A person in a big vehicle doesn’t feel claustrophobic, they feel like a giant metal juggernaut.
I press the button every time, and if there’s a break in the traffic, I cross before it changes.
I also recline my seat on the plane as far as it goes. I don’t have any problem with others doing the same.
I’ve pressed the button when I don’t need to cross when the flow of traffic is being unsafe together.
Not 50 minutes of human life; 50 minutes of carbrain life. There’s a difference
Fuck Jeremy Kauffman.
I hit these buttons in both directions whenever I get to an intersection. The more stopped cars in the city, the better.
jokes on you, I run the red light
definitely satire
everybody knows an intersection like this has at least a 90s light cycle
Awww he’s upset his broom broom had to go wait wait
the entitlement of the motorati is mindboggling. god forbid someone slow down their CO2 factory for a few moments, oh’s no’s
Just one more lane, bro 🙏
But they stop anyway for the other traffic
How dare we let the elderly, children, and disabled cross streets! They’ll get away!!!
In my city, crosswalks, even with the flashing lights mean NOTHING. Less than nothing really because it gives people a (very) false sense of security.
Starting to think this entire community is satire
A local meme in my country says “you can’t be all trolls, some of you has to be an idiot for real”.
If this vommunity is a meme, i am the idiot, cause i really believe cars should be pushed back
why? do you agree with the twitter post?
Genuinely hilarious!
My BIC, cars must me satire. Yet here we are
