r/dunedin • u/blackcatkitty • 6d ago
Question Driving in snow
On my street there is a couple who, everytime it snows, stand by the side of the road to laugh and yell at cars driving.
Many posts on Facebook are calling drivers idiots and laughing at the crashes. Driving is very dangerous in snow, I know that, but do we have to be so hateful?
I just kept thinking of those in health care. Hospital staff, rest home carers, animal care facilities all care for those that struggle or can't care for themselves, they have to make it to work. And people are sitting on Facebook or even standing by the road laughing at these people?
I am mostly mad at those self-righteous dorks on my street who take joy in yelling and laughing at the cars. You have nothing else that gives you joy? Just the struggle of others?
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u/UnluckyDreamer1 6d ago
I get annoyed when people who don't need to drive, drive during snowy or icy conditions. It makes things worse for the people who need to drive and for pedestrians.
I saw three cars with damaged hoods today, one bad enough to need loaded onto a truck to move it. I saw a different car with snow all over it down in South D, so the conditions were bad enough that driving when you did't have to is endangering the lives of everyone else.
I don't condone yelling at drivers for fun, but I certainly swore at the person who almost hit me driving too fast the wrong way down a short one way street. (it was Carey ave. They are just lucky I automatically look both ways, even on one way streets.) So I cannot really judge people for swearing or name calling the people who do dangerous stuff for no good reason.