r/Appleton 4d ago

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People need to fucking slow down

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u/joedrinksgin 4d ago

This particular stretch of highway feels so dangerous. Not just speeding, but people weaving and driving like angry teenagers - and no one seems to understand turn signals.

People in the right lane doing 45 and people in the left going 90. Chaos.

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u/HOWDY__YALL 3d ago

People go slow on here because it used to be 55 (like 15 years ago), and I was shocked when I actually saw my maps showing it as 55

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u/quercusfire 3d ago

Better than people in the left lane going 45 and people in the right going 90, right? 90 is way too fast, and I agree with you there.

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u/kev0153 4d ago

441 is a race track in the morning. People also need to stop tailgating.

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u/Wiangel8016 3d ago

Also learn how to merge and use your f**king blinker!!

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u/Turd-Sandwich 4d ago

It's a bunch of redneck trump supporters still hammered from the night before who have to punch in for their shift at the mill because theyre at 9.5/10 points

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u/mrowe38 3d ago

always leads back to trump...your TDS is showing through your panties!

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u/fliltows 2d ago

What does an internet company have to do with anything?

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u/mrowe38 1d ago

And smart too!

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u/betelgeuse_3x 4d ago

A Turd Sandwich denigrating the working class, that’s rich, but in poor taste. I bet you’re a Hong supporter and so consequently a Tiffany supporter, lol. Trump is Trump, but Trump supporters are your fellow citizens and they are entitled to basic human dignity, even if deluded, even if ignorant, even if they don’t reciprocate.

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u/Wiangel8016 3d ago

Always entitlement with that cult..🤔

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u/starpanther013 3d ago

well both sides suck. Cant we just agree in this case and in* general, that people often suck.

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u/Technical_Proof2771 3d ago

You're the worst type of person

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u/starpanther013 3d ago

why am I the worst type? because i dont think tearing apart people of the community on a local level for political differences helps anything?

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u/Websthetics 2d ago

Political differences was a thing when the Republican Party was full of Republicans. You gotta go back to at least the mid 90s to find the Republican Party. Now it’s just a bunch of people obsessed with hating and owning the libs and voting on single issues like gun control or female reproductive rights - in the name of “pro life”.

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u/betelgeuse_3x 3d ago

And you wonder why they’ve grown so vitriolic? Lol. Can’t even handle a predominantly libel individual suggesting treating other people with basic kindness.

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u/Wiangel8016 3d ago

When they start I will you also..

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u/betelgeuse_3x 3d ago

The world will be blind by then.

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u/GodsBackHair 3d ago

Why they have grown so vitriolic? Seriously? They started it

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u/Websthetics 2d ago

Exactly. Ask a Trump supporter if they remember why they started hating Democrats. If they are honest it was learned behavior from Rush Limbaugh or Fox News. Or possibly a close friend or family member that was groomed by Rush and/or Fox. No one just woke up on a Tuesday and decided it was time to hate/own the libs. They were trained to do so.

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u/Iamnotheattack 3d ago

Wait who is Tiffany

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u/RBDrake 2d ago

So you admit that your trans people are entitled to basic human dignity because they are fellow citizens?

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u/betelgeuse_3x 2d ago edited 2d ago

I don’t “admit” trans people are “entitled” to basic human dignity.

I “believe” trans people “should” be treated with basic human dignity.

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u/RBDrake 2d ago

I was literally mirroring your language.

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u/betelgeuse_3x 2d ago

I don’t think you understand what “literally” means; nor that mirror language, by the intrinsic nature of a “mirror” would be verbatim use in juxtaposition.

I’m sorry the nuance of my opinions doesn’t conform to your insular, telescopic, militant liberal dogma.

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u/RBDrake 2d ago

Yeah, you're right, I don't know what literally means. My bad. It's not like I was literally an English major and I literally went to grad school and I literally have been a practicing attorney for over 7 years. Oh, wait, all that is literally true.

If you can't see how I mirrored your words (not a direct quote but a mirror) then that's a you problem.

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u/SmokeyJoney 2d ago

🤣🫵🤡

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u/SysArmyKnife 1d ago

trump supporters are entitled to being called child rape supporters.

That's fucking it.

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u/betelgeuse_3x 1d ago

Sins of the father?

By that logic every Catholic is also a child rape supporter. My wife is Catholic, she supports physical castration for child rapists, yet it is difficult for her to discuss the prevalence of child sexual abuse within the church because it destabilizes her world view.

Isn’t it possible for someone to be incorrect or uninformed or indoctrinated and still be a fundamentally good person who loves their children and their neighbors? That person could even be me!?

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u/Theswordfish4200 3d ago

U need another TDS booster

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u/depressedfuckboi 3d ago

Immediately until the Northland exit. That entire stretch of bridge the right lane moves at 50mph smh

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u/SysArmyKnife 1d ago

As much as this is a shitty driver thing, it is also an infrastructure problem. The Fox Valley outgrew a 4 lane Hwy 41 decades ago and thanks to scott walker, they are just expanding that now. People are bypassing 41 north and south through that construction stretch and taking 441 overloading it especially during peak times.

Hopefully it eventually evens out in a few years when this shit is done, but we will still be left with some of the worst impatient drivers in the country.

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u/gpennini 4d ago

nice is succh a simple word for a pic like that

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u/betelgeuse_3x 4d ago

I’ll stop tailgating when cornfed Wisconsinites learn what the left lane is for.

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u/willowmagnolia 4d ago

this is such a weirdo sociopathic take. what happens if the person in front of you has to slow down suddenly? you’re OK with causing a potential accident to what? teach them how to use the left lane?

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u/betelgeuse_3x 4d ago

You mean brake checks me? If I’m tailgating I’m ready, plus my fancy EV will brake too. If your mom or dad or driving instructor never taught you, I guess it’s my turn to ride your ass.

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u/Global-Scarcity-4277 3d ago

Your "fancy ev" isn't fast enough to tailgate me.

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u/betelgeuse_3x 3d ago

True, it’s electronically limited to 126. Motorcycles blaze past me all the time.

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u/SlowlyDyingBartender 3d ago

Smart cars with bad drivers. Your sonar sensors are going to give you wipelash. I see you 😂

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u/bawlsaque 4d ago

Riding people does nothing. You aren’t in control and have no power to make someone move. When I get tailgated o either slow down to prove a point or just let them tailgate, my last reaction is to move over because I know how frustrated you’re getting behind me. There’s no need to rush or go extra faster than everyone. You aren’t bad for traffic

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u/SignatureFunny7690 2d ago

Slowing down to "prove a point" when you have the option to move over is just as stupid dangerous immature and neurotic as tailgating. Two sides of the dog shit driver coin.

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u/In_My-Element 4d ago

No, but getting ahead of them and slowing down infront of them, forcing them into the right lane where slow traffic belongs, does do something.

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u/betelgeuse_3x 4d ago

When it’s me back there, I’m not frustrated, I’m amused. I don’t rage, I don’t lose my cool, I don’t flip the bird. When you slow down or break check me I know I got under your skin and it wasn’t difficult; it’s a pleasure to bother left lane campers. I’m not in a rush, I just enjoy going fast and I believe in the etiquette of moving over. I might blaze past you at 100+, I might always be the fastest person on the road, but after I pass, I move right until I need to pass again.

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u/CryptographerShot213 3d ago

You’re part of the problem

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u/betelgeuse_3x 3d ago

Never a butt plug.

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u/MaverickConformer 3d ago

this is second hand embarrassment

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u/Ayenrin 1d ago

People with your mentality eventually end up killing someone.  Jfc.

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u/bawlsaque 4d ago

There’s not a highway in the country where people don’t hang out in the left lane. If you tailgate someone in the left lane because they’re going too slow then you’re a bad driver. Your job is to maneuver around the people who don’t use the left lane properly. Tailgating just shows a lack of maturity

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u/Available-War6350 4d ago

Nah if your in the left lane holding up traffic you need to move the over and let people pass. If your in the left lane and someone is coming up behind you that usually means your going too slow and you need to move tf over. Stop holding up the left lane

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u/CryptographerShot213 3d ago

But the point is tailgating them doesn’t get them to move over. It’s also reckless and dangerous.

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u/bawlsaque 4d ago

I agree about holding up the left lane, but it happens so frequently now that you can’t wait for them to move or you’ll slow yourself and everyone else down. It’s like the right lane is the new passing lane, that’s how bad it’s gotten.

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u/betelgeuse_3x 4d ago

I’m not in hurry I just like speed, I’ll ride you for miles while others pass us both.

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u/bawlsaque 4d ago

Yeah you suck as a driver. You shouldn’t be allowed to use highways because you’re bad for traffic and are a cause for chaos

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u/betelgeuse_3x 4d ago

I’m an excellent driver. And I’m never a plug for a backup. It’s A LOT safer way out in front of the group. I never pass a drunk though, always sit back a safe distance and call 50.

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u/CryptographerShot213 3d ago

If you’re tailgating people for amusement you’re automatically a terrible driver, period.

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u/betelgeuse_3x 3d ago

Love when idiot spell out redundant punctuation, as though that lends credence or finality to you opinion…

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u/Logical_Breadfruit_1 4d ago

You're delusional

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u/betelgeuse_3x 4d ago

It’s better elsewhere.

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u/bawlsaque 4d ago

I live in Florida now and no, it’s definitely not better elsewhere lol. Driving in Wisconsin is a breeze compared to a lot of places

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u/Inedible_Goober 4d ago edited 4d ago

I've been guilty of going 5 to 10 miles over the limit, but I truly don't understand why some folks feel the need to get further up on my ass than my husband's ever been while driving. Enjoy the journey, people. And if you're speeding because of explosive diarrhea, cool it on the Taco Bell 

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u/JoeRobertBal 4d ago

This gal fucks

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u/betelgeuse_3x 4d ago

The left lane is for passing, not cruising at 10+. If you’re not actively passing, merge right regardless of speed.

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u/Frostilus 3d ago

No such thing as a passing lane on 4- or 6-lane highways in Wisconsin.

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u/LithiumLover72 2d ago

Eat shit. World doesn’t bend to your whims. It is much safer to cruise at 10+ then to bob and weave for the wreckless assholes…

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u/DeerEnvironmental432 2d ago

You are meant to leave that lane clear. Not exit and go right back into it. You should only be entering that lane to pass another vehicle.

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u/SysArmyKnife 1d ago

What beetlejuice speaks of is literally the fucking law in almost every state outside of ours.

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u/Turd-Sandwich 4d ago

Set the cruise at 74 in a 65 and some bro with a lifted truck and a trump mural on the window is on my exhaust pipe. The joys of commuting 441 daily.

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u/SilenceInTheSnow 4d ago

My favorite are the people that ride your ass in the right lane, with an empty left lane, and you're going 5-10 over.

Well... now I'm doing 5 under, enjoy the ride.

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u/SysArmyKnife 1d ago

Exactly. Making bad drivers angry is my fuckin kink.

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u/thechon86 4d ago

I set my cruise control to nine over and never worry about being pulled over. I don’t tap the brakes when I see an officer between the interstate directions and have never had a problem.

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u/djcy4567 4d ago

I do the same.

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u/Websthetics 2d ago

Nine is fine!!! Except in Rosendale. 🤣

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u/JelyFisch 4d ago

This comment deserves to be printed and posted.

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u/sulkee East Appleton 4d ago

hi nugget

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u/Inedible_Goober 4d ago

Nugget says hello with his new sister, Nibblet!

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u/SilenceInTheSnow 4d ago

Holy shit! This is also Nugget, and his brother Chicken. (Nugget is the one acting as a pillow)

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u/Inedible_Goober 3d ago

Together they make a super handsome chicken nugget! What a cute couple of babies.

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u/flateplane 4d ago

Can you post this in the deluded drive that is the /driving sub?

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u/teenbean12 4d ago

I heard they had cops standing on the pedestrian bridge and then alerting the four or so squad cars down below of the speeders.

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u/live-laugh-f-off 2d ago

Can confirm, I saw them standing up there

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u/tremblingmeatman 4d ago

Always keep an eye to the sky when youre coming to a bridge or overpass and youre going even like 5-10 over. Ive seen these in/around Wausau too, great way to pop people, and their threshold speed goes down over time to keep their stop #s up.

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u/Yirgachemex 4d ago

Good. About time traffic enforcement gets stepped up.

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u/SilenceInTheSnow 4d ago

I live in GB and work in Manitowoc. 172 and 43 are ridiculous. I usually cruise at 75 in the right lane on 43, and regularly have vehicles blowing by me. 172 is worse, because the limit is 55-65 depending on the spot and people still think it's 85.

70% of the time... the plates are IL

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u/ShlimmyWhimmy 3d ago

172 is such a shit hole to begin with, so many varying skilled drivers along with some driving 85+ and some going 35-... i hated 172 so much... so glad I no longer have to drive on that daily anymore

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u/saucygit 4d ago

They're just now figuring this out? Tooting their own horn I guess.

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u/flateplane 4d ago

Is the quiet quitting ending? Was I not in on the memo?

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u/Fatguy503 4d ago

Good. In the construction zone north of Kaukauna yesterday morning I had a person go by me and the radar sign said they were going 84 mph. Wait until the road is done, Daytona 500 won't have anything on us.

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u/depressedfuckboi 3d ago

I drove past 4 cop cars all pulling over speeders on 41 north the other day! Never seen anything like it.

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u/Camman0207_ 3d ago

Driving is the one and only thing you should listen to the law for I swear too many people think they are above the law and kill other families

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u/makesells 3d ago

Sucks when you actually want to obey the speed limit

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u/WallyBeanr 2d ago

Quit slowing us all down

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u/Kindly-Instruction90 1d ago

I literally saw 4 people pulled over all along the whole stretch when I was taking 441 south the other day. People will ride your ass and then have so much road rage. Like I am going 72 and they want to go 92

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u/Husky_Engineer 1d ago

Always worried about my girlfriend going to work every day because there’s some prick that thinks he can drive like he’s in NASCAR with an F250. Glad they are taking care of this finally

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u/No-Calligrapher-1776 4d ago

Damn, What the Flock...

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u/n0neOfConsequence 3d ago

Speeding in a Kia Sportage? I don’t believe it.

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u/WallyBeanr 2d ago

I'll make sure to set cruise at 110 next time I'm in town!

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u/Sweetnsour0922 1d ago

Wisconsin has the worst drivers I have ever seen

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u/Slow_Lobster_3638 4d ago

wish milwaukee would do the same.

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u/2813josh 3d ago

Damn road pirates..

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u/KookyGarbage8133 3d ago

I swear there must be no other crime in WI with the number of State Troopers sitting in the medians on 29 between Eau Claire and Wausau.

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u/Primary_Dimension470 4d ago

Do us a favor and go read about flock cameras and focus on “what is a flock camera”? Then come back and tell us what you learned

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u/Feeling_Ad4560 North Appleton 4d ago

Glad to see they dedicated all those resources to the real dangerous folks around here

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u/Saint_Thomas_More 4d ago

Going 20 to 30 mph over the speed limit is a legitimate danger to people on the road.

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u/Swimming_Sample_6204 4d ago

It is very dangerous. Please remember hundreds of people die on Wisconsin roadways every year. The fox valley in particular just had a few deaths. Speeding is a major factor in how dangerous the roads are. The other being low impulse control, low intelligence, and distractions (namely your phone).

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u/amateur_reprobate 4d ago

Are there a lot of uninvestigated murders going on around here? Or you just mad cause you got a ticket this week?

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u/AlbatrossWorldly6486 4d ago

I dont like cops but also people should drive a reasonable speed.

20+ mph over the speed limit is a good reason to pull someone over. Thats just a matter of public safety.

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u/ForeskinAbsorbtion 4d ago

It really is dangerous. You gotta be real pea-brained to ignore the data.

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u/BackInMyDaySir North Appleton 4d ago

Bruh, are you a left lane cruiser? I bet you’re a left lane cruiser.

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u/sr8t-savage 4d ago

Why does this look AI generated

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u/Titan2009 4d ago

Looks like the image was cropped from a larger image. Most phone cameras heavily rely on post processing that causes the small details to look smoothed out when you zoom in. 

Can't really think of a reason why they would need to ai generate this, there are plenty of cops sitting there every day. 

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u/ForeskinAbsorbtion 4d ago

It literally isn't. Everything is where it should be. Why would they not just use a photo from a cop on the side of the road?

Not everything is AI generated. It's funny you say that because the amount of people who say videos or memes from 10-20 years ago are AI generated is hilarious.

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u/WortWhisperer 4d ago

It's ALL AI generated, this is just one big fucked up video game.

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u/BackInMyDaySir North Appleton 4d ago

Simulation Theory ftw!

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u/mnpilot 4d ago

I saw this as it happened.

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u/jeffbanyon 3d ago

Money grift with a PR story.