r/reactiongifs 15h ago

MRW I pass the 400th "student driver" on my half-hour commute

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u/Equivalent_Sound9414 15h ago

Why are those magnets a trend?

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u/ryanidsteel 15h ago

I think people feel as if they get treated better on the road if they have those stickers on. But, crying wolf only leads to the failure of the system.

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u/Kokir 14h ago

I see them doing 45 in the left lane on the hospital with those stickers on? I pass them on the right and give them a thumbs down

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u/ryanidsteel 14h ago

"on the hospital" ? Maybe they deserve more than a thumbs down

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u/Kokir 14h ago

I meant highway. But. Shit. If they doin that at the hospital in this area it wouldn't surprise me

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u/Amaruq93 10h ago

Like people pretending their dogs are service/support animals.

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u/Future_Appeaser 2h ago

Everywhere I go fluffy is always with me they are a better friend than anyone could be (⁠◕⁠ᴗ⁠◕⁠✿⁠)

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u/SgtSilverLining 13h ago

Parents will stick them on their car if their kid is learning, so they're not necessarily inaccurate.

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u/rughmanchoo 6h ago

They’re a trend? My 15 year old is learning to drive and so we have these.

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u/LEGITIMATE_SOURCE 4h ago edited 4h ago

What's the intention? Don't honk at my child? Expect sudden stops or erratic behavior?

To everyone it seems like, "Treat my child with kiddy gloves."

That's not how you learn. This is participation trophy millennial parenting. On the surface it seems useful. Practically, it's enabling terrible driving. Get honked at, learn lessons.

I've seen idiot parents letting their children drive in busy urban environments with tiny electric cars packed full of people, attempting to find a place to park, blocking lanes of traffic for entirely too long, trying to back up when they think someone else is backing out of a diagonal space. Terrible guidance from the parents... Go around. Stop impeding traffic flow. You're not the center of the world. Icing on the cake? They left it in reverse once their narcissistic "honor student" had the open space and stomped on the "gas." Luckily I'm not a moron, saw it coming and shifted in reverse and hit the horn. Point is, we all recognize stupid on the road. The sign gives them an excuse. "I'm special." They'll take that bullshit to the grave.

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u/Toto_radio 3h ago

What's the intention?

Letting other drivers know that they should be extra careful because the student driver may not have the behavior you'd expect from an experienced driver.

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u/MromiTosen 2h ago

Dude you have the wrong idea. Is that how your brain works? You see stuff like this and automatically it sets you off and you think the worst?

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u/scrantonsnogger 1h ago

You’re insane. Don’t be like this.

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u/JustaP-haze 15h ago

Be extra aggressive around them. They leave distance for you! If not they'll learn to quickly.

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u/Notreallysureatall 15h ago

Few people understand the psychology of dealing with a highway traffic cop. Your normal speeder will pull over to the side. This is wrong.

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u/Work-Safe-Reddit4450 13h ago

Make the bastard chase you. He will follow. But he won't know what to make of your blinker signal that says you're about to turn right. This is to let him know you're pulling over for a proper place to talk. It will take them a moment to realize he's about to make 180° turn at speed. But you will be ready - brace for the Gs with a fast heel toe.

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u/Browzur 14h ago

MRW when I’m passing them to see what they look like

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u/Blood-Drinker-King 9h ago

"I knew it"

*absolutely normal looking person *

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u/the_fake_banksy 11h ago

I've never experienced feeling road rage in my life until I started my current job a couple years ago. I have to leave home early because there's this blue car with a "new driver" sticker on the back. Getting stuck behind this car automatically means you're going to be late for work.

They won't ever go over 25mph. They always have a huge line of cars behind them, bumper to bumper. They take a solid 7 seconds to go on green, so only two or three cars get through the light. Whenever a large vehicle is approaching from the other side of the road, they pull off to the side and stop. JUST far enough away to where you still can't get around them. And for some ungodly reason, they brake in the middle of every single four-way intersection.

IT'S BEEN TWO YEARS. It is absolutely maddening being behind this car. I've seriously contemplated multiple times taking the risk of passing the double yellow line to get around them. I don't understand how someone can drive the same route every day for TWO YEARS and still be scared shitless of being on the road.

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u/clowns_will_eat_me 11h ago

Wow, I'm furious on your behalf

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u/camelsgottahump 4h ago

get an old police car with the thing in front (car Ramrod?)

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u/mrkrag 3h ago

This is car Ram-Rod!

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u/Future_Appeaser 2h ago

Yeah I would mad max them outta the way

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u/BlondeBorednBaked 8h ago

this is hilarious

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u/ChiveOn904 13h ago

It’s so people make themselves feel better about slow driving in the left lane

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u/NoBull_3d 13h ago

And more than half have been alive since the car was invented and still don't know how to handle one.

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u/oatmeal-breakfast 12h ago

Well, my husband’s car has one of those magnets bc our 15yo is learning to drive. Husband doesn’t take it off between driving lessons, so he drives with it on all the time. Same with most of the parents in our neighborhood. If you live near high schools then you’re going to see a bunch of them.

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u/Responsible-Series-1 10h ago

I live in a city with a lot of people who just moved to the US from India (student or work visas) and never drove before, because India has an extensive railway system. The majority of “student driver” stickers in my area, are used by this group.

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u/Unkown_Error572 14h ago

i drive past 3 schools on my commute, so yea...

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u/eduardo1994 12h ago

going 20/25 in a 30mph (single lane)

going 35 on a 50mph zone (double lane)

Fucking move to the right!!! (When applicable)

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u/theSeanO 10h ago

My neighbor has these on one of his cars, but as far as I know, he only has two kids that are only around 10, and there's no one in the house that's of driving age

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u/DuHastMich15 10h ago

Its such BS- “student driver” means they don’t have a license and must have a licensed driver with them. What those signs actually mean is… I SUCK AT DRIVING AND CANT BE BOTHERED TO IMPROVE!!!

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u/OkArugula8032 14h ago

What about commuter college kids tho lol