I hate the whole "two hands on the wheel" thing. It makes no sense. I have on hand on my fire ball, and the other so I can check my emails. Maybe if I got paid more I wouldn't have to finish work on my way to work.
Is it just me or does it look like iDubbbz gotten into a fight with a pair of scissors. It looks like he went to home base with a lawn mower. It looks like he went canoodling with a scyther. Keen eyed viewers like me have noticed.
the worst is being tailgated. like im already going 10 over and people will just drive literally a foot away from my bumper like they have a death wish, all so they could maybe get to their destination 30 seconds earlier. its genuinely baffling and it happens nearly every single time im driving.
just get over for 2 seconds lowkey lol if I see someone speeding behind me and I’m in the left lane I’ll get over before they even have a chance to tailgate me I mean the left lane is the passing lane
Yeah dude the first time I drove in Canada (after moving from the uk so was still adjusting to the other side of the road) a truck was tailgating me for so long even at high speeds and it super psyched me out and almost fucked up the side of the road I was staying on
@@jaz8615 the tailgating mostly happens on 1 lane streets, even when the person in front you is slow so you have literally no where to go and couldnt speed up even if you wanted too. so no i cant "just get over lowkey" people need to fucking back off and drive safely so we dont all die for 32 seconds of saved time
Another thing I hate is the evils of insurance companies, paying £1000 a year for them to bet on my demise, and when someone else hits me they jack up the price even more despite not being at fault UGH
My favorite part about driving is the fact that I could be sitting at a stop light, listening to 'Ice Ice Baby' by popular musician Vanilla Ice, while enjoying an Icee the is 3/4 Dr Pepper and 1/4 cotton candy, and get absolutely smoked by a teenager who is watching a tik tok instead of paying attention to the icy roads.
@@iDubbbzTV Yeah driving nowadays is growing more and more dangerous with how many teenagers are scrolling tiktok doing 95 in the slow lane and boomers scrolling facebook doing 45 in the fast lane
@@madisonrose1893 one of my friends works at a shop and he got a car in that had a phone mount suctioned to the windshield directly in front of the steering wheel, I can't even comprehend people anymore
As a car enthusiast who loves driving, I couldn’t agree more that people who don’t enjoy driving shouldn’t feel like it’s their only option. I wish America had more options for those people, so that they can travel without driving, and those of us that do enjoy it don’t have to deal with over crowded roads and less than confident drivers causing unsafe situations. Also drivers licenses in America are WAY too easy to obtain, and teach you nothing about proper road etiquette such as proper use of the passing lane, etc.
I agree that drivers ed could teach more. But I honestly feel that parents who should be driving with their children should be teaching etiquette as well. But I see so many parents who want to be friends with their children rather than be a parent.
@@meegstomtomI had 7 separate people teach their own etiquette and they’re all in constant conflict. It’s all “I do what I want and everyone else is a fucking idiot.”
@@AWormsPurpose sounds about right. That is ultimately why I am self employed. Got so tired of dealing with people who "think" they work hard and their special attitudes that go along with them.
@@Anonymousjoe64oh nevermind "It is illegal to drive while drinking an alcoholic beverage in every Australian state, except South Australia" SA got some cursed laws I guess.
One of the strangest phenomena that I experienced while driving is literal just being on autopilot, or “highway hypnosis” as its called. Its a surreal feeling because you get so used to driving for so long, you don’t even think about it.
That happened to me the other day. I was like, how the fck did I even get here. I don’t remember a thing. It was kinda scary. Was I even watching for other drivers? Deer? I have no idea.
This is extremely dangerous, if you find yourself doing this, turn the AC down all the way (or if it’s winter open the windows a crack). Once you get too cold enough close the windows and turn heat on normal. The discomfort from the cold prevents you from zoning out.
Depending on the type of "zoning out", It's not necessarily as dangerous as you might think. In most cases it's more of a memory issue than an attention issue. You'll be stopping at all the red lights and watching the road, you just don't remember it because you're so used to driving. It's never a bad thing to be reminded to pay more attention to the road but I wouldn't freak out about this too much. It's a common phenomenon particularly among _experienced drivers,_ because driving has become second nature and muscle memory. Experience is the most important factor for safe driving.
@@EddieBurkeIt's not dangerous, also you can't find yourself zoning out in the middle of it, that's the thing, you only notice after you stopped or arrived at your destination. By that time you already made the trip, which means you were paying full attention to everything, but your brain chose not to memorise it, as it's useless.
Literally happened to me earlier this morning on my way to school. I commute an hour to college and almost every time on my way back and forth I space out and think about random things or nothing at all and randomly snap back into consciousness and realize how scary and dangerous what I just did was lmao
@@iDubbbzTV I know you're playing... but at the same time it seems like you're depressed. sad to see. regardless of your going uberwoke and losing it a bit, your audience has always just wanted the best for you. hope it comes man.
I've always thought it was crazy that we casually drive these metal death traps and the only thing stopping us from hitting another metal death trap at fatal speeds is a line of yellow paint.
Correction: A line of yellow paint AND the better judgement of completely random people! As someone who once had to dodge an oncoming car that drifted two lanes over and nearly collided with me head-on, I can personally say: you can't rely on either of those things..
Not just "the better judgement" but also the fear of death, and the fear of insurance payments, and the fear of an embarrassing dent/scratch etc. these are much more reliable.
Because it is crazy. It's absolutely mental. As pointed out in the video, around 100 people die every single day and 8,000 are injured. It's not a matter of if you'll get into an accident, but a matter of how many and how bad is it.
I hate people who are rushed in cars as somebody walking or on a bicycle. Like chill, you drive the fastest thing known to man, and saving 56 secounds in your 2 KM drive is not worth me feel harresed and worried. Happend today as well funny enough - BMW driver gasses up to overtake me on narrow street, to just break 40 meters later, and then turn to parking lot...You saved 7 secounds, overtook me on my bicycle, while oncoming car and another bicycle you also didnt wait for further ahead...Guy looked like a typical asshole in his 30s.
I agree with a lot of the stuff you said here, fun vid! Something I find insane is the way we have people learn to drive is just by dropping them in the deep end and hopefully they figure it out before they crash the vehicle. No real practice before hand, just some general dos and don’ts and then you’re on the road.
this is basically how i’m learning, i’m lucky enough to have seen lots of good driving first hand, but there’s no learning how to drive in the rain at night on a major highway, that was just the only option left lmao. did it no problem
THE FIRST ONE IS SO TRUE why are we letting kids drive around i had SUCH bad car anxiety and was barely “tested” literally did a couple sessions and then drove to the dmv and got my license
IF they are properly taught and tested, I don't see a problem with it. The problem isn't kids driving, it's the poor legal framework around licensing drivers.
agreed. "I'm in too deep, no turning back now" is such a strong, ubiquitous feeling that even con-men and manipulators of all kinds use it. casinos, AAA and mobile game micro transactions, salesmen of all sorts want you to make that first bet/purchase/loss and feel like you have to go on, or like it's shameful to stop or turn back. it's a really blinding feeling. I remember how I got roped into taking on debt that I had no need for. halfway through I had the strongest feeling that I'm doing something dumb, but the pushy saleswoman made it so awkward to back out of the purchase! I paid it off eventually, but I still feel ashamed for letting her manipulate me with something so silly as awkwardness and a false feeling of guilt
One time it was snowing really bad and the roads hadn’t been plowed and I asked my boss if there was enough work to justify me coming in (it had been slow) and he said yes. I came in, there was maybe 30 minutes worth of work to do and when I asked my boss why he made me come in he said “well everyone else had to, one of your coworkers even had to walk here today”. Genuinly 0 human compassion from these businesses in America.
@grantdrew2241 "Hey dude just quit bro, just leave. If you have a problem just go somewhere else, there's not any negative ramifications or any reasons to stay or to do anything at a job."
So the alternative is? Complain on the internet and not make a change? Have no boundaries? How about you make your own business, compete with your old boss for employees, treat them with respect, and out grow them, become the boss you wish you had.@@jackvonblood2682
I'm afraid it's like this all over the world. Capitalism does this to people. It's not the only reason (inertia and lack of compassion are politically agnostic), but it definitely helps when the system rewards a "profit-at-all-costs" mindset and punishes taking the slower, longer, safer route - or any other route, really.
I got into a car accident when it was pouring rain and my windshield wipers didn’t do shit up until it happened. Everyone thinks it can’t happen to them until it happens.
As a Wisconsinite, I feel so seen that we should have days off for bad weather! It's only ever happened for me during the "polar vortex" weather we've been getting. It takes life-threatening temperatures and not when the roads are literally ice covered. I've literally pulled over and cried on icy roads driving home from work across town.
I get what you mean about the rules aspect. I followed the speed limit religiously for about a year when I started driving. But I finally realized that it was actually less safe to do that because of all of the people who will tailgate you and try to pass in unsafe situations.
Same for driving way under too. If your driving 20 tucked behind a blind corner in a 45, you're basically asking the next car that turns it to slam on their breaks. The rules of the road ought to be vibe based. As long as everyone is kind of doing the same thing in a predictable way, nobody dies. If you start falling out of line in either direction, then there's a real problem.
considering you are driving literal death cubes i don't think its wrong to just drive safely and follow the speed limit to minimise the risk you face. if other people value the few minutes they save by driving faster than they should more than everyone's safety, they're just dicks and i don't have sympathy for those. just driving faster all the time is definitely not safer no matter what you tell me, it just propagates a problem that has nested itself quite deeply in car culture.
@@WubWubWeb I disagree. Someone tailgating you puts you at risk. Someone passing you unsafely puts you at risk. The safest speed to drive is with the flow of traffic (within reason of course.) I find that driving 5 mph over keeps 90% of the people behind me happy and keeps 90% of cops from issuing a speeding ticket, so it's a happy medium for me. However, when I drive through Indianapolis, there are sections where everyone is going 10 over and I just flow with it.
They're putting themselves in way more danger than you. People who follow the rules are significantly less likely to get into an accident than those who don't. That's why there are insurance companies that will offer much cheaper than usual policies if the driver agrees to have their speed tracked by an app or other device. People who drive the speed limit are cheaper to insure than people who speed all the time because they get in less accidents and do less stupid stuff.
@@backpackvacuum9520bro makes up random number statistics to enforce his shit take. Just follow the speed limit. 90% of cops aren’t going to ticket you for NOT going 5 over like you said, that doesn’t make sense. If everyone is jumping off a bridge I assume you’re first to jump since you wanna waypave so bad. If everyone around me is going 80 in a 70 I’ll still be going 70 and if they hit me they can explain why they were speeding. The judge is not gonna side w you. Imagine a judge in court “but were you following the flow of traffic tho?” 😅 shut up
i love how everyone was so onboard with every other dumb thing that's ever happened to his head and hair but this Joe Dirt homage is somehow going too far
Oh please do a part 2; this is the most relatable thing in the world. I always drive and think that only 1 person in the world should be allowed to drive at the same time
I like the sound of that, and I don't even drive. sounds very relaxing. stuff would take a lot longer I guess, but that's probably better for us, the environment, the squirrels, idk.
I could rant for hours on car culture and car infrastructure, but honestly it all pisses me off so much I'd rather not. I agree so hard with this video and the sentiment being conveyed. It's fucking crazy that what was once created as a luxury overpriced toy to move around a city became the norm for how people should transport and cities are designed to accomodate them. They are even becoming more of a several-ton steel cage death machines. It's nuts how little pushback there is from the vast mayority of people. People should be scared both for themselves and for others to drive around in one of these machines, yet having teenagers drive them is *encouraged.* Sick society.
As controlling and whatever as it may sound; and this opinion would make a lot of people really angry; I agree that the driving age should be raised or at least have more provisions and more enforcement of them. I was just having a convo the other day about how every single teenager ever including myself 5 years ago is the most shit driver ever. Their brains aren’t developed enough to have the impulse control and full knowledge of cause and effect. Every teen has sped triple the speed limit before just to gun it; every teen has driven with a dangerous amount of self distraction. A lot of teens are driving around high nowadays. And on top of that they think they’re cool or need to show off, and they just don’t care enough about the value of life yet. I think a lot of them also believe that nothing bad could happen to them. One roll over car accident at the age of 17 and now I’m 23 with a since perfect driving record and honestly a deep fear of driving/other drivers because it wasn’t even my fault in my car accident. Tldr teens are fucking dumb as fuck and shouldn’t operate death machines bc most adults can’t even do it right
Also my brother’s best friend who was also our next door neighbor growing up.. he was a passenger in a car with some “friends” (not friends at all and I’ll tell you why). They were all in college and the driver was the oldest. They were all a little drunk but the driver was the drunkest. I know he hated speeding and it made him nervous so I wonder a lot about how scared he must have been in his final moments when the driver decided he wanted to impress a girl, and straight gunned it to 110 mph on a residential. I’m sure my friend’s final moments in this vehicle he trusted getting inside were complete terror and then hopefully nothing at all to save him from the pain. They crashed into a tree and the car crumpled like a soda can. All 5 people in the car died, luckily on impact because then the car caught on fire and their bodies burned. His mother hadn’t been the same since and I think of him all the time. Rip Octavias, and fuck the freak that promised him a ride home as the DD and then killed him anyways.
Forgive me if I'm wrong, but wouldn't bikes and public transportation only really be feasible in large cities but still problematic for the suburban areas where people need to get to the city and rural areas because everything is so far apart? It feels like the country was built specifically with autos in mind first.
I love driving, and was raised up north so I can handle snow and ice. Driving was my way to get out of a toxic house as a teen, BUT recently my work made me drive two states over at 7am after a snow/ice storm (before the salt trucks) in a van with shitty breaks and that shit felt like a 10 hour long panic attack. My father also had the common advice of "drive like everyone else doesn't know how to drive' and it's kept me alert enough to get my way out of several accidents. My tips for the road:
As someone who grew up in SC and has lived in upstate NY for a while now, the comment about the snowy conditions is very accurate. Like okay we are all just acting like this is okay?
I think the process of merging onto expressways in general is insane. You have to speed way up to 70-80 mph and just pray that the people in the right lane aren’t feeling like assholes at that moment to either slow down/ move over to another lane to let you on. It’s completely people-dependent and it’s kinda scary when you think about it.
Worst thing is when you slow down for someone that's merging and they wait until the last fucking yard of merging lane to get in front of you. Like, what were you planning on doing if I hadn't slowed down? It seriously scares the shit out of me.
Lived in England for about three months without a car and it was amazing. I could just walk from my uni 10 minutes to a train station, hour ride to London Kings Cross, then I could reach basically the entire country from there. Explored Norwich, Eastbourne, Nottingham, Lincoln, York, London, Edinburgh, Cambridge, all without a car, and all without ever feeling limited by not having one. Visited a couple villages where my friends lived and needed to get a ride, but other than that I never needed one. Also walked around a ton every day, which felt great. Also flew to Stockholm and Amsterdam at one point and never needed a car in either place, was able to get a train from the airport and everything I needed was within walking distance of a train station
My boyfriend is now a TBI survivor because of driving in a severe thunderstorm. Instead of calling in, he risked driving in a storm, it was raining so much that he lost the road and came head-first with a semi-truck. He was really lucky to live and make a some-what full recovery. I wish we didn’t have to continue driving, we could just take a bus or train instead.
Driving is my biggest fear. I fucking hate it, and I wish I loved it like others seem to. I can't get over how...unsettling it feels to drive. It feels like...very not normal. Idk how to explain it. It's just fucking beyond dangerous. I already don't trust the majority of people around me...why tf should I trust those same people behind the wheel of a fast-moving metal death-machine?! - I should mention…if I were to be driving alone, without others/many others on the road or something…totally fine with that, honestly. Can even be relaxing and nice, in a way! So it’s not necessarily something I see as completely awful or anything, despite my fear of it. It’s much more complicated than that. Adding this in case others can relate and/or feel better about their own fears of driving, as it seems to be something almost no one talks about, even though there are many who share the same feelings about this.
I got my driver's license 3 years ago, I got my license to practice as a doctor 6 years ago. Driving to and from work is undoubtedly more stressful than the work itself. At least once a day I see somebody do something unduly risky. I think a lot of the rage stems from us as a society not acknowledging how scary and intense operation of of a motor vehicle is. Don't get me started on merging, I look forward to a part 2
You got your priorities in check! Followed your dream before entering the automobile gauntlet called Roadways of America. This may seem wild to some but driving isn't for everyone or even necessary for everyone, depending on their circumstance.
I think I just hate how much power it gives to random people. And also how much size can vary from car to car. especially in the Midwest, like the parking spaces sometimes are too small for the big ass trucks so they spill over into another spot. Not to mention how some headlights can be WAY too bright for no reason. Mufflers as well. I don’t know
The last two years I drove on the highway to get to my job as a Phillies security guard on a packed highway, and I’ve had quite a few experiences lol I guess trying to get to your job and leave your job at the same time as 45,000 people puts a lot of things into perspective.
great video, mr. Dubbbz! I really like your sensible, ranty, honest takes. have been a fan ever since the Kickstarter days, and love your newer videos as much as the old stuff.
The first drive I did by myself after learning to drive, it started hailing really heavily and I started skidding while going uphill, my soul just left my body right there and then.
first point is sooo real. idk why people think driving is a right of passage. my parents harassed me about it for years and i only got my license 2 days before my 21st because i would have had to renew my learners license otherwise. and it's terrifying being a new driver on the road because people are not patient at all and i'm always anxious about the smallest things. i shouldn't Have to have a license to get to places in my city in an appropriate amount of time
Between my home and work are several, very dangerous country roads and when winter comes, work knows not to ask why when I call off. Especially last year, when I tried to make all my shifts, the first snow threw me off the road and into a sharp hillside. And that was less than an inch.
As someone on the spectrum I can relate to what you said, I always tried to go the speed limit exactly every time and my parents one time when i was driving them said “you can like, go faster then the speed limit”
I was told so many times that I looked like a stiff driver, but I was just doing the 10-2 hands on my wheel. There's a lot of unspoken agreements on the road that were never gone over in driving school.
Man I’ll never not feel paranoid about straying outside of the lines - even momentarily - while behind the wheel. My buddy got pulled over late at night when we were about 17 because he went outside the lines for about two seconds, ever since then I can’t help but try and move strict about staying in the lines.
I'd love to see an iDubbbz Complains on resale culture. Pawnshops, flea markets, online stores, etc. There is so much material there to complain about. Entitlement, over valuing items, scammers, scalpers.... there's just so much bullshit.
Fuckin A, man, hit the nail on the head with this one. Snows for 5 months out of the year here and people will book it down the freeway and shrug when semi trucks get flipped every day. I "deal" with driving because the alternatives are just not as supported or worth the hassle.
most people that commute by freeway have no alternatives most of the time. ppl like u and idubz must be in cities 24/7 cuz it seems like you forget that a huge chunk of the population live in rural regions where public transportation makes no sense or isn't an option. also if its snowy, idk jus get 4wd or learn to drive
if you have not lived in a city please do not pretend to know how city traffic works its an entirely different beast your cornfield in idaho or whatever the fuck is objectively not a similar experience to densely populated inner city driving @@tyler3176
I drive for a living, and here's some REAL advice about driving... "You can't control what everyone else is doing, so drive with the idea that you can get hit possibly at anytime"... How do I do that? Well, things like giving the person in front additional space... or being more alert to possible danger around you... and giving yourself time to not put yourself in that situation... For example, If you see a car driving recklessly... you're gonna wanna give them some space... Drive with the idea that a collision can happen at any time... Lets say that recklessdriver hits another car and everyone is slamming their breaks... You wanna be distant from the danger so you dont slam your breaks and get rear ended... I was driving to work once, and someone just sped right passed me and slammed into the person in front of me... Luckily I was giving the car in front of me additional space so I didnt have to slam on my breaks... I JUST PREVENTED THE ACCIDENT FROM GETTING WORSE
I feel like people are also way quicker to enter rage mode now, as if your life was going perfectly until the point where someone else decided to drive wrong
The thing is it’s cars that annoys me the most is how NO ONE uses their blinkers. It is so easy to use but they choose to cut 5 people off in one minute and not warn them with the blinker.
I have the same thing with rules. I'm not autistic but I have that trait. Like if I'm gonna be told to do something a certain way, I'm doing it that way and only that way. And if there's a flexible situation I don't wanna have to make a guess judgement, I want a logical "If this, do this" to solve it.
I really relate with what you say here. It scares me to no end when i'm off work at 5am, it's storming outside, i'm on the highway and there's people going 70-80mph past me. I don't get it.
I hate when people reverse into a parking space, especially when they hold everyone up to do it really slowly. There's never any reason to reverse into a parking space.. it's dangerous, it's slow, you have low visibility when you're doing it. It's arrogant. And it's usually really derpy-looking people in huge too-wide cars who do it. Similar to the people at the front of the line at the traffic lights, who don't notice when it turns green because they're on their photo or whatever. Like bro, you're at the front of the line, you had one job. Now when the light changed, instead of 15 cars getting through, only 2 cars got through, and now we all gotta wait another 10 minutes.
What is safer: 1. reversing into an empty parking space that is surrounded by parked cars. or 2. reversing into an unmarked roadway that potentially has moving cars in it. When you park your car you will almost always have to reverse, either to get in or out of the space. When you are pulling straight out of a parking space you have complete visibility of the roadway that you are driving your car onto. When you are reversing out of a parking space you have no visibility of the roadway in your blind spots because the blind spots in a car are to the rear of the driver. Hence it generally is safer to reverse into a parking space than to reverse out. PS if you properly adjust your side mirrors it is very easy to reverse into a parking space. In fact if you have good sense for where your rear axle is I would say it is just as easy as pulling into a parking space.
I'm autistic, we called it ass burgers when I was a kid, and driving is one of the few things I took to naturally. Call it hyperfocus, but I drive two different land yachts from the late 1980s and early 1990s, and as long as I got my music blaring, I can drive for hours and keep full attention the entire time. Wish I could say the same about everyone else on the road >_>
I’m also autistic and the focus is real. I can drive 8h straight and I’ll want to go further because I’m confortable and I love driving. Pretty chill and never angry but I do drive fast
@@PrincePolaris it’s not the speed of the car but the technique of not braking too much for no reason all the time (like someone braking 5 times for a red light because they can’t see distances and they are distracted). Braking = more mpg
recently I went to Brussels with some family. We happened to be there on the ONE day of the entire year where cars were restricted so that people could walk around easier. that would have actually made it the best day to be in the city, but because my family already planned to leave by car before the restrictions were over, all my relatives decided to just leave early instead of… seeing a major city in another country. My immediate family still went and it sucked ass because my dad was being shitty about it. It turns out that we could have just parked outside the center and taken a tram in 10 minutes if we really didn’t want to deal with it lol
I'm 24 and don't drive because I'm afraid of the kind of person I'd become on the road. I have a short temper as is and get annoyed as a passenger in the car, if a car is being weird around us, I'm always saying shit like "honk" - even if that might be the worst idea ever.
The part about him being terrified of driving in snow really tickled the Midwesterner in me. We will drive in literally anything and not give a fuck cuz in winter it truly is just another Tuesday. 😅
Where I live there are a lot of back roads that are slimmer than regular roads and have NO painted lines. It's so annoying when other drivers just think "Oh, no lines must mean I can drive in the MIDDLE of the damn road!", Then when someone inevitably comes up from the opposite side they're like "OH SHIT" and swerve back into their lane. So many near crashes EVERY day on the road makes me terrified to drive it.
My least favourite part of car culture is when the other drivers realise you’re a leaner and then decide to drive worse and more dangerous out of anger. A learner is just trying not to die and you making it harder for them not to die will kill us all. I almost died so many times from people deciding to break all the road rules and try to hit my car because they found out I was a learner
I hate driving, I have had such bad driving anxiety since I crashed a few years ago and have barely drove since. I hate how in America driving is your only option. It's either face your biggest fear every single morning or try to find a WFH job. In most cities in America, biking isn't even an option unless you live very close to your job. Everything is so broken.
As an autistic person myself I love rules but I hate rules I love the rules I set for myself but not rules that don't make sense in my head, like when my exit is blocked for a stupid frickin' parade.... The closed sign is really just a recommendation to me
Hahaha that is exactly what sliding on the ice feels like. No for real tho I 100% agree with wverything said in this video. Driving is terrifying. Appreciate the vid, guy! And haircut is cute and you and scyther would be super cute together
I completely agree to remind people how nonchalant we are about using these machines of death 😛 It's still one of the most likely causes to die from, and it's got to do with human behaviour.
We weren’t allowed to leave work when we were one level away from it being illegal to drive. Once it was illegal to drive it was closing time and we drove home. We didn’t even have that many customers coming in.
I failed 3 times and now I’m one of the best drivers out there drove over 200,000 miles never crashed also crossed the entire country multiple times You’ll get there just practice and push your limits a little every time
On my commute to work there is a two lane interchange. One lane takes you to one certain freeway, and the other lane takes you to a completely different one. The left lane on this interchange often gets backed up with traffic like 20 or 30 cars deep. While the right lane is always completely empty. And every day, EVERY SINGLE DAY, there is at least 10 cars that go into the right lane, drive all the way up to where the interchange splits, and then force their way to the front of the line in the left lane. And it pisses me off so much because that brings the line in the left lane to a screeching halt for a few seconds and that means that there is going to be a line of cars on that interchange for hours. I NEVER cut to the front like that because I don't want to be part of the problem but on multiple occasions waiting in that damn interchange line has made me late to work.
I agreed with everything untill 9:08. Most people cant take the day off from work or they may get a penalty or even fired. And possibly wont be able to pay rent or groceries.
What I hate the most BY FAR about driving is how hard it is to watch Tik Toks and drive a lifted truck at the same time
literally 1984
@@seriousgoat76the world is far more dystopian than 1984
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I hate the whole "two hands on the wheel" thing. It makes no sense. I have on hand on my fire ball, and the other so I can check my emails. Maybe if I got paid more I wouldn't have to finish work on my way to work.
Is it just me or does it look like iDubbbz gotten into a fight with a pair of scissors. It looks like he went to home base with a lawn mower. It looks like he went canoodling with a scyther. Keen eyed viewers like me have noticed.
Ancient Astronaut Theorists say yes.
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Don't be so hard on him bro he just graduated from the Mobile Home Community Hairstylist Academy
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the worst is being tailgated. like im already going 10 over and people will just drive literally a foot away from my bumper like they have a death wish, all so they could maybe get to their destination 30 seconds earlier. its genuinely baffling and it happens nearly every single time im driving.
I love slightly slowing down in front of them just to force them off my tail
just get over for 2 seconds lowkey lol if I see someone speeding behind me and I’m in the left lane I’ll get over before they even have a chance to tailgate me I mean the left lane is the passing lane
Oh yeah no, I never linger in the passing lane, so usually I’m in the middle lane and that person could pass me, but they’re being a dick.
Yeah dude the first time I drove in Canada (after moving from the uk so was still adjusting to the other side of the road) a truck was tailgating me for so long even at high speeds and it super psyched me out and almost fucked up the side of the road I was staying on
@@jaz8615 the tailgating mostly happens on 1 lane streets, even when the person in front you is slow so you have literally no where to go and couldnt speed up even if you wanted too. so no i cant "just get over lowkey" people need to fucking back off and drive safely so we dont all die for 32 seconds of saved time
Another thing I hate is the evils of insurance companies, paying £1000 a year for them to bet on my demise, and when someone else hits me they jack up the price even more despite not being at fault UGH
If we trained everyone to drift as cool as possible we wouldn't have a problem
Shout out initial D
Yes or just get everyone to ride motorcycle 😂
Drift?
I second this!
Mario Kart DS Drifting into the drive thru!!!!
My favorite part about driving is the fact that I could be sitting at a stop light, listening to 'Ice Ice Baby' by popular musician Vanilla Ice, while enjoying an Icee the is 3/4 Dr Pepper and 1/4 cotton candy, and get absolutely smoked by a teenager who is watching a tik tok instead of paying attention to the icy roads.
Ok, that is a vibe. i will admit
@@iDubbbzTVI love watching iDubbbzTV while driving, issa vibe!
@@iDubbbzTV Yeah driving nowadays is growing more and more dangerous with how many teenagers are scrolling tiktok doing 95 in the slow lane and boomers scrolling facebook doing 45 in the fast lane
@@PrincePolaris oh my god hahahahaha
@@madisonrose1893 one of my friends works at a shop and he got a car in that had a phone mount suctioned to the windshield directly in front of the steering wheel, I can't even comprehend people anymore
As a car enthusiast who loves driving, I couldn’t agree more that people who don’t enjoy driving shouldn’t feel like it’s their only option. I wish America had more options for those people, so that they can travel without driving, and those of us that do enjoy it don’t have to deal with over crowded roads and less than confident drivers causing unsafe situations.
Also drivers licenses in America are WAY too easy to obtain, and teach you nothing about proper road etiquette such as proper use of the passing lane, etc.
I agree that drivers ed could teach more. But I honestly feel that parents who should be driving with their children should be teaching etiquette as well. But I see so many parents who want to be friends with their children rather than be a parent.
@@meegstomtomI had 7 separate people teach their own etiquette and they’re all in constant conflict. It’s all “I do what I want and everyone else is a fucking idiot.”
@@AWormsPurpose sounds about right. That is ultimately why I am self employed. Got so tired of dealing with people who "think" they work hard and their special attitudes that go along with them.
@@AWormsPurposemy wife had that same experience and it caused numerous issues. Too many teachers.
A thousand times this
I used to work at a gas station, the amount of people just normaly drinking beer while pulling up for gas and driving away was incredible, like wtf
you can legally do this in australia
@@Anonymousjoe64uhhh are you sure about that lol
@@Anonymousjoe64oh nevermind "It is illegal to drive while drinking an alcoholic beverage in every Australian state, except South Australia" SA got some cursed laws I guess.
@@Gr00thence why it's called "SA", coincidence?
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Fun fact about that guy driving through the parade, he was convicted for canoodling with some kids
Despite Ian clearly having little eperience driving in snow/ice, he somehow perfectly captured the feeling
Uhhh he's an honorary edmontonian he knows what's up
One of the strangest phenomena that I experienced while driving is literal just being on autopilot, or “highway hypnosis” as its called. Its a surreal feeling because you get so used to driving for so long, you don’t even think about it.
That happened to me the other day. I was like, how the fck did I even get here. I don’t remember a thing. It was kinda scary. Was I even watching for other drivers? Deer? I have no idea.
This is extremely dangerous, if you find yourself doing this, turn the AC down all the way (or if it’s winter open the windows a crack). Once you get too cold enough close the windows and turn heat on normal.
The discomfort from the cold prevents you from zoning out.
Depending on the type of "zoning out", It's not necessarily as dangerous as you might think. In most cases it's more of a memory issue than an attention issue. You'll be stopping at all the red lights and watching the road, you just don't remember it because you're so used to driving.
It's never a bad thing to be reminded to pay more attention to the road but I wouldn't freak out about this too much. It's a common phenomenon particularly among _experienced drivers,_ because driving has become second nature and muscle memory. Experience is the most important factor for safe driving.
@@EddieBurkeIt's not dangerous, also you can't find yourself zoning out in the middle of it, that's the thing, you only notice after you stopped or arrived at your destination. By that time you already made the trip, which means you were paying full attention to everything, but your brain chose not to memorise it, as it's useless.
Literally happened to me earlier this morning on my way to school. I commute an hour to college and almost every time on my way back and forth I space out and think about random things or nothing at all and randomly snap back into consciousness and realize how scary and dangerous what I just did was lmao
Idubbbz definitely went canoodling with a Scyther
i said it in the video. i *literally* didnt
@@iDubbbzTV You so did...
Bro commented on somebody with eight likes damn
@@iDubbbzTV I know you're playing... but at the same time it seems like you're depressed. sad to see. regardless of your going uberwoke and losing it a bit, your audience has always just wanted the best for you. hope it comes man.
@@iDubbbzTV big mad
I've always thought it was crazy that we casually drive these metal death traps and the only thing stopping us from hitting another metal death trap at fatal speeds is a line of yellow paint.
Correction: A line of yellow paint AND the better judgement of completely random people!
As someone who once had to dodge an oncoming car that drifted two lanes over and nearly collided with me head-on, I can personally say: you can't rely on either of those things..
Not just "the better judgement" but also the fear of death, and the fear of insurance payments, and the fear of an embarrassing dent/scratch etc. these are much more reliable.
Because it is crazy. It's absolutely mental. As pointed out in the video, around 100 people die every single day and 8,000 are injured. It's not a matter of if you'll get into an accident, but a matter of how many and how bad is it.
I hate people who are rushed in cars as somebody walking or on a bicycle. Like chill, you drive the fastest thing known to man, and saving 56 secounds in your 2 KM drive is not worth me feel harresed and worried. Happend today as well funny enough - BMW driver gasses up to overtake me on narrow street, to just break 40 meters later, and then turn to parking lot...You saved 7 secounds, overtook me on my bicycle, while oncoming car and another bicycle you also didnt wait for further ahead...Guy looked like a typical asshole in his 30s.
and not wanting to hit someone and ruin your day and theirs and possibly hurting yourself, or them. good to know your one of those people tho...
Loved this one, incredibly relatable. MOST people shouldn't be legally allowed to pilot 6k pound metal death machines going 90mph.
I agree with a lot of the stuff you said here, fun vid!
Something I find insane is the way we have people learn to drive is just by dropping them in the deep end and hopefully they figure it out before they crash the vehicle. No real practice before hand, just some general dos and don’ts and then you’re on the road.
this is basically how i’m learning, i’m lucky enough to have seen lots of good driving first hand, but there’s no learning how to drive in the rain at night on a major highway, that was just the only option left lmao. did it no problem
THE FIRST ONE IS SO TRUE why are we letting kids drive around i had SUCH bad car anxiety and was barely “tested” literally did a couple sessions and then drove to the dmv and got my license
IF they are properly taught and tested, I don't see a problem with it. The problem isn't kids driving, it's the poor legal framework around licensing drivers.
skill issue
because majority of NA is extremely car dependent due to poor urban planning
That is actually excellent advice, “there’s no such thing as I’m in too deep”. Like seriously that is something we can all learn and grow from.
just you
Getting in a shootout with cops is pretty in too deep
No there definitely is.
agreed. "I'm in too deep, no turning back now" is such a strong, ubiquitous feeling that even con-men and manipulators of all kinds use it. casinos, AAA and mobile game micro transactions, salesmen of all sorts want you to make that first bet/purchase/loss and feel like you have to go on, or like it's shameful to stop or turn back. it's a really blinding feeling. I remember how I got roped into taking on debt that I had no need for. halfway through I had the strongest feeling that I'm doing something dumb, but the pushy saleswoman made it so awkward to back out of the purchase! I paid it off eventually, but I still feel ashamed for letting her manipulate me with something so silly as awkwardness and a false feeling of guilt
One time it was snowing really bad and the roads hadn’t been plowed and I asked my boss if there was enough work to justify me coming in (it had been slow) and he said yes. I came in, there was maybe 30 minutes worth of work to do and when I asked my boss why he made me come in he said “well everyone else had to, one of your coworkers even had to walk here today”. Genuinly 0 human compassion from these businesses in America.
Sounds like a hard time, you should quit
@grantdrew2241 "Hey dude just quit bro, just leave. If you have a problem just go somewhere else, there's not any negative ramifications or any reasons to stay or to do anything at a job."
So the alternative is? Complain on the internet and not make a change? Have no boundaries? How about you make your own business, compete with your old boss for employees, treat them with respect, and out grow them, become the boss you wish you had.@@jackvonblood2682
I'm afraid it's like this all over the world. Capitalism does this to people. It's not the only reason (inertia and lack of compassion are politically agnostic), but it definitely helps when the system rewards a "profit-at-all-costs" mindset and punishes taking the slower, longer, safer route - or any other route, really.
I got into a car accident when it was pouring rain and my windshield wipers didn’t do shit up until it happened. Everyone thinks it can’t happen to them until it happens.
As a Wisconsinite, I feel so seen that we should have days off for bad weather! It's only ever happened for me during the "polar vortex" weather we've been getting. It takes life-threatening temperatures and not when the roads are literally ice covered. I've literally pulled over and cried on icy roads driving home from work across town.
I get what you mean about the rules aspect. I followed the speed limit religiously for about a year when I started driving. But I finally realized that it was actually less safe to do that because of all of the people who will tailgate you and try to pass in unsafe situations.
Same for driving way under too. If your driving 20 tucked behind a blind corner in a 45, you're basically asking the next car that turns it to slam on their breaks. The rules of the road ought to be vibe based. As long as everyone is kind of doing the same thing in a predictable way, nobody dies. If you start falling out of line in either direction, then there's a real problem.
considering you are driving literal death cubes i don't think its wrong to just drive safely and follow the speed limit to minimise the risk you face. if other people value the few minutes they save by driving faster than they should more than everyone's safety, they're just dicks and i don't have sympathy for those. just driving faster all the time is definitely not safer no matter what you tell me, it just propagates a problem that has nested itself quite deeply in car culture.
@@WubWubWeb I disagree. Someone tailgating you puts you at risk. Someone passing you unsafely puts you at risk. The safest speed to drive is with the flow of traffic (within reason of course.)
I find that driving 5 mph over keeps 90% of the people behind me happy and keeps 90% of cops from issuing a speeding ticket, so it's a happy medium for me. However, when I drive through Indianapolis, there are sections where everyone is going 10 over and I just flow with it.
They're putting themselves in way more danger than you. People who follow the rules are significantly less likely to get into an accident than those who don't. That's why there are insurance companies that will offer much cheaper than usual policies if the driver agrees to have their speed tracked by an app or other device. People who drive the speed limit are cheaper to insure than people who speed all the time because they get in less accidents and do less stupid stuff.
@@backpackvacuum9520bro makes up random number statistics to enforce his shit take. Just follow the speed limit. 90% of cops aren’t going to ticket you for NOT going 5 over like you said, that doesn’t make sense. If everyone is jumping off a bridge I assume you’re first to jump since you wanna waypave so bad. If everyone around me is going 80 in a 70 I’ll still be going 70 and if they hit me they can explain why they were speeding. The judge is not gonna side w you. Imagine a judge in court “but were you following the flow of traffic tho?” 😅 shut up
i love how everyone was so onboard with every other dumb thing that's ever happened to his head and hair but this Joe Dirt homage is somehow going too far
Its probably the content thats being paired with it.
@@Tranewrekk lol
Joe Dirt was cool as hell, i didn't notice the resemblance
It’s the personality change
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as a canadian, i'm used to snowy conditions but i do feel the heart drops sometimes when my car starts sliding lol
Oh please do a part 2; this is the most relatable thing in the world. I always drive and think that only 1 person in the world should be allowed to drive at the same time
I like the sound of that, and I don't even drive. sounds very relaxing. stuff would take a lot longer I guess, but that's probably better for us, the environment, the squirrels, idk.
12:33 and this got suddenly extremely relatable
i would enjoy a part 2 on car culture
me too
i would as well
Yes
It’s called iDubbbz vs Fast Furious Family - coming never
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I could rant for hours on car culture and car infrastructure, but honestly it all pisses me off so much I'd rather not.
I agree so hard with this video and the sentiment being conveyed. It's fucking crazy that what was once created as a luxury overpriced toy to move around a city became the norm for how people should transport and cities are designed to accomodate them. They are even becoming more of a several-ton steel cage death machines. It's nuts how little pushback there is from the vast mayority of people.
People should be scared both for themselves and for others to drive around in one of these machines, yet having teenagers drive them is *encouraged.* Sick society.
As controlling and whatever as it may sound; and this opinion would make a lot of people really angry; I agree that the driving age should be raised or at least have more provisions and more enforcement of them.
I was just having a convo the other day about how every single teenager ever including myself 5 years ago is the most shit driver ever. Their brains aren’t developed enough to have the impulse control and full knowledge of cause and effect.
Every teen has sped triple the speed limit before just to gun it; every teen has driven with a dangerous amount of self distraction. A lot of teens are driving around high nowadays. And on top of that they think they’re cool or need to show off, and they just don’t care enough about the value of life yet.
I think a lot of them also believe that nothing bad could happen to them. One roll over car accident at the age of 17 and now I’m 23 with a since perfect driving record and honestly a deep fear of driving/other drivers because it wasn’t even my fault in my car accident.
Tldr teens are fucking dumb as fuck and shouldn’t operate death machines bc most adults can’t even do it right
Also my brother’s best friend who was also our next door neighbor growing up.. he was a passenger in a car with some “friends” (not friends at all and I’ll tell you why). They were all in college and the driver was the oldest. They were all a little drunk but the driver was the drunkest. I know he hated speeding and it made him nervous so I wonder a lot about how scared he must have been in his final moments when the driver decided he wanted to impress a girl, and straight gunned it to 110 mph on a residential. I’m sure my friend’s final moments in this vehicle he trusted getting inside were complete terror and then hopefully nothing at all to save him from the pain. They crashed into a tree and the car crumpled like a soda can. All 5 people in the car died, luckily on impact because then the car caught on fire and their bodies burned. His mother hadn’t been the same since and I think of him all the time. Rip Octavias, and fuck the freak that promised him a ride home as the DD and then killed him anyways.
@@MM-gq7lp That's horrible. I'm so sorry.
Forgive me if I'm wrong, but wouldn't bikes and public transportation only really be feasible in large cities but still problematic for the suburban areas where people need to get to the city and rural areas because everything is so far apart? It feels like the country was built specifically with autos in mind first.
I don't think an over socialized leftist urbanite cattle should be ranting about how society is sick
I love driving, and was raised up north so I can handle snow and ice. Driving was my way to get out of a toxic house as a teen, BUT recently my work made me drive two states over at 7am after a snow/ice storm (before the salt trucks) in a van with shitty breaks and that shit felt like a 10 hour long panic attack. My father also had the common advice of "drive like everyone else doesn't know how to drive' and it's kept me alert enough to get my way out of several accidents.
My tips for the road:
As someone who grew up in SC and has lived in upstate NY for a while now, the comment about the snowy conditions is very accurate. Like okay we are all just acting like this is okay?
idubbbz i would never say this to your face but your takes are good and you should feel good
why wouldn’t you say it to his face?
@@niki8005"im gay" takes top priority, duh
This reminds me of Andy Rooney 🤔
***ZONDAY ALERT***
Ilove you
@@lesbianbush then why dont you marry him?
didnt expect to see tay zonday in the comments lol. anyways i noticed you in the live comments during the ow league final and that makes me cool
bootlicker alert
I think the process of merging onto expressways in general is insane. You have to speed way up to 70-80 mph and just pray that the people in the right lane aren’t feeling like assholes at that moment to either slow down/ move over to another lane to let you on. It’s completely people-dependent and it’s kinda scary when you think about it.
Worst thing is when you slow down for someone that's merging and they wait until the last fucking yard of merging lane to get in front of you. Like, what were you planning on doing if I hadn't slowed down? It seriously scares the shit out of me.
Not that hard considering if they don't slow down or move out the way, it'll cause a crash lol...
@@joshuawisner4177people who wait until the end are the worst
YOU are supposed to adjust everything about your driving to merge into THEM not them "allow" you in. 🙄
man, trains/trolleys are pretty sick.
would be so sick if we could just ride a train from coast to coast. imagine
Fuck that reminds me when connor McGregor threw a trolley at that one guy 😅😂
@@dangerousd1312 you can? the fuck?
Lived in England for about three months without a car and it was amazing. I could just walk from my uni 10 minutes to a train station, hour ride to London Kings Cross, then I could reach basically the entire country from there. Explored Norwich, Eastbourne, Nottingham, Lincoln, York, London, Edinburgh, Cambridge, all without a car, and all without ever feeling limited by not having one. Visited a couple villages where my friends lived and needed to get a ride, but other than that I never needed one. Also walked around a ton every day, which felt great. Also flew to Stockholm and Amsterdam at one point and never needed a car in either place, was able to get a train from the airport and everything I needed was within walking distance of a train station
My boyfriend is now a TBI survivor because of driving in a severe thunderstorm. Instead of calling in, he risked driving in a storm, it was raining so much that he lost the road and came head-first with a semi-truck. He was really lucky to live and make a some-what full recovery. I wish we didn’t have to continue driving, we could just take a bus or train instead.
Last 3 videos from you are good quality stuff, happy to see u back
Driving is my biggest fear. I fucking hate it, and I wish I loved it like others seem to. I can't get over how...unsettling it feels to drive. It feels like...very not normal. Idk how to explain it. It's just fucking beyond dangerous. I already don't trust the majority of people around me...why tf should I trust those same people behind the wheel of a fast-moving metal death-machine?!
- I should mention…if I were to be driving alone, without others/many others on the road or something…totally fine with that, honestly. Can even be relaxing and nice, in a way! So it’s not necessarily something I see as completely awful or anything, despite my fear of it. It’s much more complicated than that. Adding this in case others can relate and/or feel better about their own fears of driving, as it seems to be something almost no one talks about, even though there are many who share the same feelings about this.
Shout out to my select fellow humans who also feel weird about flying down a concrete strip at 70 miles an hour
I mean yea every time in you step into a vehicle your risking your life, but what tf you gonna do get your mum to drive you around everywhere
this is extremely beta of you
@@rwrunning1813 🫡 I’ve never felt more heard (when it comes to this) than I do right now, with idubbbz and just a few likes alongside your comment lol
You are statistically risking your life more by walking in a car infested city so you are forced to get a car.
I got my driver's license 3 years ago, I got my license to practice as a doctor 6 years ago. Driving to and from work is undoubtedly more stressful than the work itself. At least once a day I see somebody do something unduly risky. I think a lot of the rage stems from us as a society not acknowledging how scary and intense operation of of a motor vehicle is. Don't get me started on merging, I look forward to a part 2
Bruh what lmao
You got your priorities in check! Followed your dream before entering the automobile gauntlet called Roadways of America. This may seem wild to some but driving isn't for everyone or even necessary for everyone, depending on their circumstance.
I think I just hate how much power it gives to random people. And also how much size can vary from car to car. especially in the Midwest, like the parking spaces sometimes are too small for the big ass trucks so they spill over into another spot. Not to mention how some headlights can be WAY too bright for no reason. Mufflers as well. I don’t know
The last two years I drove on the highway to get to my job as a Phillies security guard on a packed highway, and I’ve had quite a few experiences lol I guess trying to get to your job and leave your job at the same time as 45,000 people puts a lot of things into perspective.
great video, mr. Dubbbz! I really like your sensible, ranty, honest takes. have been a fan ever since the Kickstarter days, and love your newer videos as much as the old stuff.
are you a gay?
Part 2 please Mr Dubbbz. Thank you.
Seconding this
The first drive I did by myself after learning to drive, it started hailing really heavily and I started skidding while going uphill, my soul just left my body right there and then.
first point is sooo real. idk why people think driving is a right of passage. my parents harassed me about it for years and i only got my license 2 days before my 21st because i would have had to renew my learners license otherwise. and it's terrifying being a new driver on the road because people are not patient at all and i'm always anxious about the smallest things. i shouldn't Have to have a license to get to places in my city in an appropriate amount of time
I love the more frequent uploads and they're very entertaining, hope to see more
Today I learned: Ian is not a good driver.
Between my home and work are several, very dangerous country roads and when winter comes, work knows not to ask why when I call off. Especially last year, when I tried to make all my shifts, the first snow threw me off the road and into a sharp hillside. And that was less than an inch.
winter tires should be legally mandated during the winter in the US
As someone on the spectrum I can relate to what you said, I always tried to go the speed limit exactly every time and my parents one time when i was driving them said “you can like, go faster then the speed limit”
I asked a friend once why he liked driving forgetting he doesn't live in America. Hate driving to the gym more than the exercise.
Please do a part I love hearing people passionately rant
Definitely would appreciate a part 2, Ian
I was told so many times that I looked like a stiff driver, but I was just doing the 10-2 hands on my wheel. There's a lot of unspoken agreements on the road that were never gone over in driving school.
It looks like you hang around coffee shops all day, despite being unemployed.
That's not even clever
@@JonathanWhite462I thought the same thing. Homie just described half of Portland.
@@JonathanWhite462 wasn't really supposed to be 😂 just saying it how it is
@@blkrbbit well, homie looks like half of Portland 😂
Not Just Bikes approves
Not that sissy liberal
the inoffensiveness of this content reminds me of newer pixar movies
couldn’t have said it better myself
And yet people in the comments are still finding it offensive
You're all mad at a man for not saying slurs in a infrastructure video 🤣🤦♂️
Idubbz the type of guy slowing down the entire highway in front of me because we're experiencing 5mm of rain
Man I’ll never not feel paranoid about straying outside of the lines - even momentarily - while behind the wheel. My buddy got pulled over late at night when we were about 17 because he went outside the lines for about two seconds, ever since then I can’t help but try and move strict about staying in the lines.
I'd love to see an iDubbbz Complains on resale culture. Pawnshops, flea markets, online stores, etc. There is so much material there to complain about. Entitlement, over valuing items, scammers, scalpers.... there's just so much bullshit.
Fuckin A, man, hit the nail on the head with this one. Snows for 5 months out of the year here and people will book it down the freeway and shrug when semi trucks get flipped every day. I "deal" with driving because the alternatives are just not as supported or worth the hassle.
most people that commute by freeway have no alternatives most of the time. ppl like u and idubz must be in cities 24/7 cuz it seems like you forget that a huge chunk of the population live in rural regions where public transportation makes no sense or isn't an option. also if its snowy, idk jus get 4wd or learn to drive
if you have not lived in a city please do not pretend to know how city traffic works its an entirely different beast
your cornfield in idaho or whatever the fuck is objectively not a similar experience to densely populated inner city driving @@tyler3176
Keep up the vids my man. It’s always great to see you upload.
I drive for a living, and here's some REAL advice about driving... "You can't control what everyone else is doing, so drive with the idea that you can get hit possibly at anytime"... How do I do that? Well, things like giving the person in front additional space... or being more alert to possible danger around you... and giving yourself time to not put yourself in that situation... For example, If you see a car driving recklessly... you're gonna wanna give them some space... Drive with the idea that a collision can happen at any time... Lets say that recklessdriver hits another car and everyone is slamming their breaks... You wanna be distant from the danger so you dont slam your breaks and get rear ended...
I was driving to work once, and someone just sped right passed me and slammed into the person in front of me... Luckily I was giving the car in front of me additional space so I didnt have to slam on my breaks... I JUST PREVENTED THE ACCIDENT FROM GETTING WORSE
I feel like people are also way quicker to enter rage mode now, as if your life was going perfectly until the point where someone else decided to drive wrong
The thing is it’s cars that annoys me the most is how NO ONE uses their blinkers. It is so easy to use but they choose to cut 5 people off in one minute and not warn them with the blinker.
YES
Omg yes. Especially in roundabouts, please you're ruining the whole point of them
you look like the 27 year old at a local underground music show who picks up on 17 year olds and smokes sprit blues
I have the same thing with rules. I'm not autistic but I have that trait. Like if I'm gonna be told to do something a certain way, I'm doing it that way and only that way. And if there's a flexible situation I don't wanna have to make a guess judgement, I want a logical "If this, do this" to solve it.
I really relate with what you say here. It scares me to no end when i'm off work at 5am, it's storming outside, i'm on the highway and there's people going 70-80mph past me. I don't get it.
Alright, I'm gonna head out
I hate when people reverse into a parking space, especially when they hold everyone up to do it really slowly.
There's never any reason to reverse into a parking space.. it's dangerous, it's slow, you have low visibility when you're doing it. It's arrogant. And it's usually really derpy-looking people in huge too-wide cars who do it.
Similar to the people at the front of the line at the traffic lights, who don't notice when it turns green because they're on their photo or whatever. Like bro, you're at the front of the line, you had one job. Now when the light changed, instead of 15 cars getting through, only 2 cars got through, and now we all gotta wait another 10 minutes.
What is safer:
1. reversing into an empty parking space that is surrounded by parked cars.
or
2. reversing into an unmarked roadway that potentially has moving cars in it.
When you park your car you will almost always have to reverse, either to get in or out of the space. When you are pulling straight out of a parking space you have complete visibility of the roadway that you are driving your car onto. When you are reversing out of a parking space you have no visibility of the roadway in your blind spots because the blind spots in a car are to the rear of the driver. Hence it generally is safer to reverse into a parking space than to reverse out.
PS if you properly adjust your side mirrors it is very easy to reverse into a parking space. In fact if you have good sense for where your rear axle is I would say it is just as easy as pulling into a parking space.
I'm autistic, we called it ass burgers when I was a kid, and driving is one of the few things I took to naturally. Call it hyperfocus, but I drive two different land yachts from the late 1980s and early 1990s, and as long as I got my music blaring, I can drive for hours and keep full attention the entire time.
Wish I could say the same about everyone else on the road >_>
I found out that mr ass burger was actually a nazi lol
I’m also autistic and the focus is real. I can drive 8h straight and I’ll want to go further because I’m confortable and I love driving. Pretty chill and never angry but I do drive fast
@@houlej19 Yeah, you get it!! I don't tend to drive fast, but that's more due to my slow cars than anything...
I’m on the opposite side of the spectrum. I hate driving
@@PrincePolaris it’s not the speed of the car but the technique of not braking too much for no reason all the time (like someone braking 5 times for a red light because they can’t see distances and they are distracted). Braking = more mpg
Idubbbz definitely the person going 60 in left lane
recently I went to Brussels with some family. We happened to be there on the ONE day of the entire year where cars were restricted so that people could walk around easier. that would have actually made it the best day to be in the city, but because my family already planned to leave by car before the restrictions were over, all my relatives decided to just leave early instead of… seeing a major city in another country. My immediate family still went and it sucked ass because my dad was being shitty about it. It turns out that we could have just parked outside the center and taken a tram in 10 minutes if we really didn’t want to deal with it lol
Sounds like Ian is ready for Season of Discovery.
lol
I think he'll rune it, several times over actually
I'm 24 and don't drive because I'm afraid of the kind of person I'd become on the road. I have a short temper as is and get annoyed as a passenger in the car, if a car is being weird around us, I'm always saying shit like "honk" - even if that might be the worst idea ever.
Nothing worse than someone who CAN'T drive telling people how to drive
The part about him being terrified of driving in snow really tickled the Midwesterner in me. We will drive in literally anything and not give a fuck cuz in winter it truly is just another Tuesday. 😅
Where I live there are a lot of back roads that are slimmer than regular roads and have NO painted lines. It's so annoying when other drivers just think "Oh, no lines must mean I can drive in the MIDDLE of the damn road!", Then when someone inevitably comes up from the opposite side they're like "OH SHIT" and swerve back into their lane. So many near crashes EVERY day on the road makes me terrified to drive it.
You embody my exact sense of humor thank you very much for continuing to make videos 😊
My least favourite part of car culture is when the other drivers realise you’re a leaner and then decide to drive worse and more dangerous out of anger. A learner is just trying not to die and you making it harder for them not to die will kill us all. I almost died so many times from people deciding to break all the road rules and try to hit my car because they found out I was a learner
Ian, keep this upload schedule up. Please. I love you.
I hate driving, I have had such bad driving anxiety since I crashed a few years ago and have barely drove since. I hate how in America driving is your only option. It's either face your biggest fear every single morning or try to find a WFH job. In most cities in America, biking isn't even an option unless you live very close to your job. Everything is so broken.
Biking is not even safe unless you live in a rural area
As an autistic person myself I love rules but I hate rules
I love the rules I set for myself but not rules that don't make sense in my head, like when my exit is blocked for a stupid frickin' parade.... The closed sign is really just a recommendation to me
YES! MORE!!!
i loved your rant. the taking orders and rules literally bit had me reeling
im very glad dubz is talking about this issue
seriously
Hahaha that is exactly what sliding on the ice feels like. No for real tho I 100% agree with wverything said in this video. Driving is terrifying. Appreciate the vid, guy! And haircut is cute and you and scyther would be super cute together
good work icrubbzzz keep it up
Idubbbz moved all the way to Canada to look like a guy from Austin
not thinking Ferrari my dood
This is the content we need
I completely agree to remind people how nonchalant we are about using these machines of death 😛
It's still one of the most likely causes to die from, and it's got to do with human behaviour.
As someone with driving anxiety, Ian's takes are SPOT ON
Make sure to put the Car in 'R' For race mode then slam the gas as hard as possible, that should help your anxiety : )
thanks idubb for your video on cah culchure
The worst driving is getting pulled over when drinking! I wasn’t planning to crash god!
They have blessed us with another idubbbz complains…. It’s gonna be a good night
Please do part two. These are things I think about everyday and nobody talks about them enough
hows that ibs going ian
im glad people are starting to be way more aware at things that we've just accepted as normal when in actuality are insane
We weren’t allowed to leave work when we were one level away from it being illegal to drive. Once it was illegal to drive it was closing time and we drove home. We didn’t even have that many customers coming in.
Remember kids, you're not stuck in traffic, you are the traffic.
stop copying everything u read on reddit
thank you, Ian for making me feel less shitty for not having my license yet...
I failed 3 times and now I’m one of the best drivers out there drove over 200,000 miles never crashed also crossed the entire country multiple times
You’ll get there just practice and push your limits a little every time
Leafy should do a video on this guy
On my commute to work there is a two lane interchange. One lane takes you to one certain freeway, and the other lane takes you to a completely different one. The left lane on this interchange often gets backed up with traffic like 20 or 30 cars deep. While the right lane is always completely empty. And every day, EVERY SINGLE DAY, there is at least 10 cars that go into the right lane, drive all the way up to where the interchange splits, and then force their way to the front of the line in the left lane. And it pisses me off so much because that brings the line in the left lane to a screeching halt for a few seconds and that means that there is going to be a line of cars on that interchange for hours. I NEVER cut to the front like that because I don't want to be part of the problem but on multiple occasions waiting in that damn interchange line has made me late to work.
I agreed with everything untill 9:08. Most people cant take the day off from work or they may get a penalty or even fired. And possibly wont be able to pay rent or groceries.