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What unethical life hack would you recommend to others? (lemmy.zip)
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[–] 99 points 7 months ago (31 children)

For the US: The Supreme Court has ruled that flashing your lights to alert other drivers of an upcoming speed trap is protected by your First Amendment rights.

Flipping off a cop is also protected, but that's less helpful to others.

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  • [+] -31 points 7 months ago (30 children)

    Why would you help someone driving dangerously and putting others at risk?

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  • [–] 70 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (11 children)

    Going 5 over the limit and feeding money to pigs via ticket revenues is not "dangerous driving"

    If someone's doing 105 im not flashing them obviously

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  • [–] 7 points 7 months ago (7 children)

    I guess it probably varies by location but 5 over the limit doesn't usually result in anything either. It's normally just people going significantly over that get fines.

    Also it's a limit, not a target. Plenty of roads have a limit that is too high to actually drive at safely too.

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  • [–] 0 points 7 months ago (6 children)

    Something tells me you're one of those who parks it in the passing lane going at or below the speed limit.

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  • [–] 7 points 7 months ago (5 children)

    I don't drive, it's bad for the environment and costs loads of money.

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago (4 children)

    You have a lot to tell drivers for someone who doesn't drive. Consider that your perspective is heavily biased and likely inaccurate

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago (3 children)

    Inaccurate? Its a fact that you are more likely to die or be seriously injured if a car hits you at a higher speed.

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    Over a certain speed, yes, but I'm referring generally to your perspective

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  • [–] 5 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    Going 35 vs going 30 on collision increases chances for pedestrians to die by up to two times btw

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  • [–] 22 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    I do get where you're coming from, but there are a lot of roads where the speed limit is artificially low (or temporarily lowered for no legitimate reason) for the sole purpose of collecting income from speeding fines

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  • [–] 5 points 7 months ago

    This part. I live in a rural area near a city; lots of people commute into town, and the main road there is flat, wide, straight, not residential, not even any livestock near the road, just open fields. The limit is 35, and half the people I know have gotten at least one $375 ticket for doing 40. It's literally just a cash grab designed to take money from poor people trying to get to work.

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  • [–] 6 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    US drivers do it regardless to help other drivers avoid getting unfair/unjust tickets. We’ve been ticketed 275$ going 1mph over the speed limit (it was down hill bruh) when we were 19 in the middle of no where Texas.

    Also we no longer drive because we were never supposed to drive and we hate doing it anywho

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    Also we no longer drive because we were never supposed to drive and we hate doing it anywho

    What do you mean? Do you live in NYC or something? I drive 4-6 hundred miles a week

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago

    We lived in nyc, Pittsburgh, middle of no where Maine and rn in Spain. In USA we either took the bus, rode a bike or walked. Can’t drive because of disabilities but did it when we were 16-19 because we were forced to while temporarily living in Oklahoma and Texas

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  • [–] 6 points 7 months ago* (2 children)

    Yeah such an American take lol

    In EU I would be glad that anyone going over speed limit is fined, even 1kmph, these rules are there so drivers don’t kill pedestrians. If someone is afraid to be fined for going 1kmph over limit, just slow down a bit

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  • [–] 4 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    Especially when you keep in mind that the speedometer reads higher than your true speed, so if your true speed is over you were clearly speeding intentionally.

    Drive at 30 in a 20, end up killing a child with your massive SUV - which is another problem in its self..

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago* (5 children)

    You're a disgusting law enforcement shill. Cops have too much money as it is. If they've got time to sit on the side of the road and steal from us, then they must have cleaned up ALL the crime in the city, so their services are no longer required. Go be a school crossing guard.

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago* (3 children)

    Speeding cars kill like, so many people. Am I also a disgusting law enforcement shill now?

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago (2 children)

    And if my flashing lights slow down somebody, so they don't get a ticket, then it's a great outcome for everybody but the cops.

    Besides, nobody's getting actively killed in my example, stop being so dramatic. I'm just flashing my lights in the neighborhood to alert my neighbor, and save him a ticket. That's who I owe my loyalty to, not the cops.

    Obviously, if it's the guy who is always speeding through the neighborhood, I'm going to let that guy blow on past the cop. They deserve each other.

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  • [–] 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 child)

    stop being so dramatic

    disgusting law enforcement shill

    🙄🙄

    Don't speed, don't normalise speeding. Acab yes, but not because of speeding tickets lol

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