@The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world
2026-09-16 15:28 UTC
Replies (18)
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@Thorry@feddit.org 2026-09-16 16:03
I’ve also been on the other side of this. I said 10 times I’m not a good at looking at someone following me while driving. Halfway through we go off the off ramp from the high way and at the end there is a light. I drive up to the light, it’s green. When I’m directly under it, I see it switch to yellow from the corner of my eye. I’m like fuck and check my rear view mirror and the person following me is nowhere to be seen. Turns out when we got to the off ramp I just let the car roll and only braked when getting near the lights (there was a turn directly after the lights). They braked right as they got off for some reason. Yet it was my fault? That’s some BS, especially after I said I wasn’t good at it and didn’t want to do it like that.
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@cryowatt@lemmy.zip 2026-09-16 16:18
Just follow my car (under my breath) ~if you can~
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@infinitesunrise@slrpnk.net 2026-09-16 16:20
Ugh my buddy used to do shit like this when we were younger, he’d get us on the highway and the immediately start doing 80 in the fast lane. No buddy we are not racing your base model honda civic against my base model chevy prism.
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@orca@orcas.enjoying.yachts 2026-09-16 16:48
I was asked to follow someone back to their place years ago. When we get on the road, they do 75-90 mph all the way there. I legit thought they were trying to lose me, which was weird because we had a good time hanging out. Nope, they apparently just drive everywhere like that. Red flag 🚩
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@SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.social 2026-09-16 16:48
It’s legal to run a red light if you’re following another car.
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@sundray@lemmus.org 2026-09-16 18:11
“It’s a stolen car. Follow me to my chop-shop.”
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@taiyang@lemmy.world 2026-09-16 18:38
They’re just preparing you for the GTAVI release.
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@Ephera@lemmy.ml 2026-09-16 18:55
Once had to drive someplace with my brother, but in separate cars. He was taking his car, and I got to follow in our mum’s family van. 90% of that drive I was flooring it, and generally driving like a racecar driver …except that I was still moving at a snail’s pace. Of course, upon arrival my brother started giving me shit for going slow. And he did not believe that the car couldn’t go faster. So, we agreed to swap cars for the drive back home. Never had I seen him concede so readily that he was wrong. 🙃
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@FrChazzz@lemmus.org 2026-09-16 20:12
I can see that OP has had to follow my wife somewhere before.
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@HerbGrower@slrpnk.net 2026-09-16 21:09
My partners mum/stepdad recently, I joked that one would have to accelerate up to the speed limit and the other would have to slow down to it.
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@PineappleProdigy@lemmy.zip 2026-09-16 21:27
My father does this but with motorcycles >:(
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@sunsofold@lemmy.zip 2026-09-16 21:52
It’s not the 90s anymore. I don’t need your directions. Just give me the address and I’ll meet you there.
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@SourDragon@lemmy.world 2026-09-16 22:10
Having GTA flashbacks
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@Boozilla@sh.itjust.works 2026-09-16 22:43
I really don’t care for people who give me shit for using GPS. Of course they’re all older.
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@PokerChips@programming.dev 2026-09-17 00:37
Haha I’m guilty of this yesterday. Left turn lane and I inched up to give her enough space to follow me at the red light. She didn’t lol. Should have just waited for the next light. But we were close to the spot already so no big deal.
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@CADmonkey@lemmy.world 2026-09-17 00:39
Its so frustrating when Im driving my slow 3 cylinder econobox and someone can’t keep up with me in their DOHC twin turbo whatever. Its like dude. You have 350 hp under the hood. I have 78. keep up.
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@littlewonder@lemmy.world 2026-09-17 05:08
I REFUSE to do a caravan for reasons like this. Give me the address or a map pin and I’ll make my way there and you can do the same. I can’t handle the bullshit of following or leading multiple cars. I’ll die on this hill.
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@coralof@lemmy.world 2026-09-17 12:23
I once had to follow someone to church camp in high school. It was 100+ miles away, and she started doing 90 on the highway in her BMW. Meanwhile in my rickety KIA Spectra, I could barely do 65. She lost us, and I had to have someone else I was giving a ride to call her to get the address. She got pulled over and ticketed, and still made it there before me.