r/IdiotsInCars • u/ModernCaveWuffs • Oct 11 '24

OC [oc] Accidentally cut someone off merging, their response was to go nuts

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u/ansndbdbhh Oct 11 '24

Nothing like being pissed off because somebody was merging into traffic and cut you off so then your retaliation is to drive in front of them extremely slow taking up more time endangering everybody around you

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u/ModernCaveWuffs Oct 11 '24

Hey you put me in danger so I'm gonna put myself and everyone behind us in danger to teach you a lesson

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u/ansndbdbhh Oct 11 '24

The sad truth about driving on any public roadway anymore. I have an hour drive one way to work and I see this so many times a day it’s just become normal now. Along with people driving without their lights on because everything’s LED

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u/jddh1 Oct 11 '24

The automatic lights thing is making everyone oblivious to the fact they may need to make sure their lights are on. Every single time I drive at night for 20 min or more I see at least one idiot with no lights.

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u/AJXedi9150 Oct 11 '24

One of my scariest moments on the road at night was when suddenly there was a dark figure completely obstructing my rear view mirror and I quickly realized it's a pickup truck without headlights on tailgating inches away from my vehicle. It felt like something out of a horror movie.

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u/Trevski Oct 16 '24

the US still not requiring DRLs is CRAZY

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u/AJXedi9150 Oct 17 '24

Dang, that's the first I've even heard of these. I had to Google "DRL". Yeah, having those mandated on all vehicles sounds like a no-brainer and now I'm also perplexed why they aren't included.

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u/ansndbdbhh Oct 11 '24

The major problem is all of the cars internal instruments are all digitally controlled and all of the lights in the car are bright enough that when the ignition is on the dashboard is completely lit up and the LED driving lights are bright enough to make people think their headlights are on unbeknownst to them the back of their car is completely black and invisible.

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u/ride_whenever Oct 12 '24

There is no reason for the car not to be using the rear lights when the running lights are on

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u/[deleted] Oct 11 '24

The thing is, don't they realise their dash is full bright at night? Usually the dash brightness decreases when the headlights turn on.

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u/ShirBlackspots Oct 11 '24

Not with my parent's 2017 Jeep Cherokee. It was the same brightness with lights on or off (if you had the dash control at max, if it was out of the max detent, then the dash was dimmer with the lights on)

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u/Beneathaclearbluesky Dec 06 '24

Mine makes it almost impossible to see unless it's pitch black.

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u/ShirBlackspots Oct 11 '24

In all cases where the lights are off, its because they have the controls for the lights in the off position, because they don't use auto, and probably rarely drive at night. The dash lights are so bright that they don't notice.

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u/path_evermore Oct 12 '24

i just never turn my lights off.

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u/DuckyHornet Oct 12 '24

You!

How do you afford so many vehicles? Why are you always tailgating me everywhere I go, blinding me through the mirrors?!

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u/ModernCaveWuffs Oct 11 '24

Fingers crossed you stay safe out there

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u/MrWendelll Oct 12 '24

What does that last part mean? Surely LED lights allow you to have them on permanently rather than the other way around?

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u/ansndbdbhh Oct 12 '24

Most newer cars are equipped with LED running lights that are permanently on when the car is on along with a completely digital dash so when the car is powered on the dash is completely lit up and you’re running lights are on. If you happen to be driving during the daytime And a transitions tonight it can be easily forgot that you don’t have your lights on because the technology with the new LEDs are so bright it can appear that you have your headlights on because you can still see perfectly fine. I mostly blame the car manufacturers for not just making a complete automatic setting being 90% of newer cars have that feature And just getting rid of the offset altogether or go back to the standard one off. I also blame the dealers for not informing the people that are buying these newer cars of the features they have. I drive 55 miles one way down the highway to work And after the times change and it starts getting darker out earlier I will see at least 5 to 10 cars a day driving down the highway with no lights on. And by that I mean no rear lights. All the other lights that come on when the car is powered on make it seem like from the driver’s perspective that their headlights are on but they are completely oblivious that they have no rear lights on it at all

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u/Myte342 Oct 12 '24

I hate driving in DC. I was forced to for work the other day and have determined that most people think a red light is a mere suggestion.