People don't realize they're piloting giant, combustible bullets aimed at one another. They use their phones or drive under the influence because they truly believe they're the exception.
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they're piloting giant, combustible bullets aimed at one another
The analogy I've been using for a couple of decades is "big shiny metal boxes that go VROOM, VROOM, VROOM!". As in - we are still primitive, irrational, easily distracted monkeys taking on more than we are mentally able to handle.
This makes me so angry, every time. Over 100 in a 45mph zone? ... Get this man off the road, asap. It's unbelievable what you get to hear as a cyclist, but driving like this is somehow excusable with: "It was road Rage!" ...
Imagine if he hadn't killed anyone. Then it would just be "funny", "hey he was just having fun", "Hey, all younger guys do this stuff!"
It's so twisted. I live in Europe, and it's not as severe here with cars in comparison to the US but it's still shocking to me how people drive here every day. On the Highway it's especially crazy to me, people just don't care. They tailgate, they don't indicate they want to change lanes ... like at all. And I don't even have a driver's licence, it's just driving me nuts from the passenger seat.
He couldn't remember if he was texting. He was texting on a red light, which is okay. Holy shit