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What’s the craziest thing you’ve seen someone driving do? (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 months ago by jqubed@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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My kid’s just finished the classroom part of driver education and it prompted a discussion of crazy things we’ve seen other drivers do.

The craziest thing I saw, many years ago now, was I came up behind a guy driving a Ford Ranger pickup and could see through his rear window that he was doing tricep extensions with a dumbbell in his right hand. I was more surprised as I passed to see he was shaving with an electric razor in his left hand. I don’t really know how he was steering.

Kiddo said they were told personal grooming was the fourth leading cause of accidents.

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[-] Coskii@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 3 months ago

Comparatively yeah. It just sticks with me because apparently those 3-4 seconds made all the difference.

[-] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

It was a welcome addition to the conversation (just in case you took my previous comment negatively).

[-] Coskii@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 3 months ago

No negativity taken. I'm sure I've seen worse regularly.. Too regularly. To the point that I don't bother committing it to memory at this point. People driving on the median or opposing traffic as a shortcut? Daily. People holding up an intersection to show off their sick burnout skills? A couple times a year.

Most of what I've read in here though? I haven't seen anyone so absorbed in not driving while driving.

[-] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

Tailgating is the most dangerous thing I've seen.

Once I saw 5 cars travelling at 80+ mph each with barely a few feet between them

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