Krudler@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoBe The Sunshine ☀️lemmy.worldimagemessage-square267linkfedilinkarrow-up1488arrow-down114
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minus-squareschipelblorp@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month ago You just eliminated a traffic hazard … by creating a traffic hazard.
minus-squareWoodScientist@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoFrankly I don’t see how reverse passing is any more dangerous than forward passing. If anything it’s less dangerous as it requires less road distance. Is this one of those things that just feels dangerous, so therefore it must be?
minus-squareschipelblorp@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoOne scenario is a speeding car is coming up behind the car trailing. You can’t see it and it can’t see you. You merge into the lane just as the speeder enters it to pass and you get rear-ended.
… by creating a traffic hazard.
Frankly I don’t see how reverse passing is any more dangerous than forward passing. If anything it’s less dangerous as it requires less road distance.
Is this one of those things that just feels dangerous, so therefore it must be?
One scenario is a speeding car is coming up behind the car trailing. You can’t see it and it can’t see you. You merge into the lane just as the speeder enters it to pass and you get rear-ended.