What's a car that is 100% driven by the most timid, like stop at yellow light drivers?

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Cookenbauer@reddit

Minivans are driven with a Momma protecting her infants. They are also driven with punk ass kids in the back that didnt get their bag packed after told 50 times and are late to soccer practice

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doesnotexist2@reddit

Yet 90% of the time I’m in traffic behind one going slow, there’s no kids???

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Cookenbauer@reddit

Probably maximizing their peace and quiet time and delaying the inevitable chaos awaiting

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doesnotexist2@reddit

Then go sit in a parking lot. You don’t need to cause trouble for everyone else.

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Oldjamesdean@reddit

There are 2 types of minivan drivers, timid and completely insane.

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sahara654@reddit

Not gonna lie, I drive a minivan and I have places to be, lol. Got a V6 under the hood and I will use every ounce of horsepower I have available.

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I think it has to do with 3 wildly different groups that drive minivans: one group is new parents, on the opposite end there’s kids that just inherited their mom’s 15-year-old Sienna that shares a powertrain with the ES350, and then there’s crackheads living out of their cars. The former drives like they have 3 kids in the car (because they do) and the latter two have weirdly fast vehicles and don’t quite understand that death exists.

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StudSnoo@reddit

Right. For example a 2018 sienna has 296 horsepower, and is quicker than pretty much every soccer mom crossover, and sedan on the market.

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Cow_Man32@reddit

Seriously, yesterday I was driving up highway 285 and then down deckers rd in Colorado (super curvy mountain road) and this Chrysler minivan was going like 60+ through the turns, I was drifting and banging gears just to try and keep up and eventually just gave up and went like 35-40 cause I didn't want to completely wear out my tires

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robgee23@reddit

Agree a 100%. Just encountered an insane this afternoon.somehow most crazy drivers i encounter on road are in either an Odyssey and a Sienna.

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idownvoteanimalpics@reddit

I have a Honda j in my minivan...in prefer to go nuts

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naterpotater246@reddit

I swear, it's always minivan drivers. They're always either competing for the reputation of the nissan altima, or driving like they have a bucket of water in the passenger seat, and there's no in-between.

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Hour_Sample5392@reddit

I feel seen

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Stock-Lobster-303@reddit

Cars that have the words "student driver" written on them

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Harrymcmarry@reddit

I have a theory on this. I seriously think people that have "student driver" plastered all over the back of the car just do that so that they don't get honked at. Where I live has an unusually large percentage of cars with student driver decals on them, and I have a very hard time believing that everyone is a student driver, especially after pulling up next to middle-aged people behind the wheel more so than teenagers learning to drive.

Disclaimer - this is rooted purely in my own empirical observations and nothing more.

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AudieCowboy@reddit

I still honk at them, helps them learn better if other people are telling them they're doing it wrong too

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Xyzzydude@reddit

You see this in communities with a lot of immigrants, especially from India. These are people who either didn’t drive or had drivers in their home country.

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TheCouncilOfPete@reddit

Most "student driver" stickers actually mean "this car may be driven by my underage child". People never use things correctly.

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Drunktraveler99@reddit

They are very common by me too, makes me laugh how many are faded and peeling. How long you gonna be a student driver?

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Mr_MacGrubber@reddit

Never stop learning

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Mr_MacGrubber@reddit

A lot of people put them on their vehicle when their kid has a learners permit only or just got licensed.

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Stock-Lobster-303@reddit

I was more referring to the cars that are used by driving schools and instructors that also have that thing on the top of them like a taxi

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mckenzie_keith@reddit

I have the same theory with the same caveats. I see an awful lot of cars with "student driver" stickers on them being driven in an overly cautious fashion with only one person in the car.

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Xdaveyy1775@reddit

I routinely get stuck behind one of these in my neighborhood at 5am with no one on the road. We must have the same commute to work time. 10 -15mph on a regular 30mph suburban side road.

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Galromir@reddit

Everybody should be stopping at yellow lights; it’s the law.

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tads73@reddit (OP)

Why you here, I was asking car guys.

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Galromir@reddit

I’m a different kind of car guy.

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tads73@reddit (OP)

Kinda embarrassing

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Galromir@reddit

I don't get embarrassed by doing the right thing.

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Double_Tap_That_Ass@reddit

lol

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Turbulent-Matter501@reddit

whatever you drive. everyone is laughing at you all the time and talking about how you aren't a 'real car guy' because of your lame car. this is a very important topic, thanks for bringing it up.

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tads73@reddit (OP)

Go to sleep boomer

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Turbulent-Matter501@reddit

Wow sick burn, broseph. I'ma cry all day over this.

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tads73@reddit (OP)

Stop embarrassing yourself

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dubgeek@reddit

Toyota Camry. It's the Wonder White Bread of cars.

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NOLA-VeeRAD@reddit

Conversely it’s most direct competitor, the Nissan Altima, always seems to be the fastest car on any given road

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jasonreid1976@reddit

I'm so thankful that I drive a Mazda6 so I don't have to worry about bad stereotypes.

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zerovampire311@reddit

Only because you have the 6, otherwise you’d fall into the Mazda guy category.

Askcarguys, I need a three row vehicle to carry kids and groceries that won’t break the bank.

That guy: Just put the kids up for adoption and get a Mazda 3, thy give the most smiles per gallon!

Every. Single. Thread.

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OpinionofanAH@reddit

It’s either that or “I have one kid on the way, I need something that will be best for them”.

Reddit: “you need a mini van”

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fromthe80smatey@reddit

Hard not to agree. Adoption will toughen them up so it's a win win.

/s

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Critical-Hospital-40@reddit

Stereotype: Guys that drive Mazda Miata’s are either poor or gay

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Ok-Pack-5474@reddit

My totaled street bob says yall can’t pay attention, we’re starting a stereotype right now😂

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dlsAW91@reddit

I almost got a picture of one turning right from a shoulder right next to a sign that says no turning right from shoulder but alas, it was too fast

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imachiknsamich@reddit

Nissan Altima: Most likely to smell like weed while not using turn signal

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slick4hire@reddit

It's also the top 3 for crazy women.

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imachiknsamich@reddit

One of my crazy exs had a Jaguar. Id imagine crazy women with money drive unreliable cars on principle.

They break down all the time AND so do their cars 😅

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Mizar97@reddit

I was driving behind a blacked out Altima the other day, their windows were closed and mine were too. I could still smell the skunk coming out of it. It's worse than cigarettes.

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imachiknsamich@reddit

Oh yeah, every single one snoop doggs it up in there HARDCORE

Also. 15 yrold Jaguars.

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YippieKayYayMrFalcon@reddit

Describes what I see on most of my drives in Atlanta

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RvstiNiall@reddit

Famous Altima in Charlotte

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Beneficial_Leg4691@reddit

Most dents also

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isatokaiza@reddit

Honestly teslas are now creeping into that spot.

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PackIcy2106@reddit

The good old Altima.

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VideoLeoj@reddit

I’m on a work trip right now, and my rental car is a brand new Hybrid Camry. It has me wanting to get one. My DD at home is a Focus ST.

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LakeSpecialist7633@reddit

Nah, it’s just that there are many Camrys. Small Kia’s all day

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7ECA@reddit

I'll see and raise. Toyota Avalon

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josh_moworld@reddit

What about the Lexus ES. FWD Lexus omg

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BudFox_LA@reddit

Beat me to it. Camry or RAV4. Blandest most timid cars in the universe.

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randotaway90@reddit

Wrong Avalon, especially a convertible.

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Excellent_Spite_7422@reddit

I pass people in my Corolla all the time.

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MaleficentExtent1777@reddit

I'll take every Toyota for $1000 Alex!

Sienna for the daily double 🤣🤣🤣

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ConferenceOk5660@reddit

Corollas!!!

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Mustang2883738828278@reddit

Definitely the Camry, the Camry tends to be driven by older drivers, Corolla drivers are usually younger and drive more aggressively. Camry drivers are always slow and clueless.

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ktappe@reddit

The Camry is a generic “car“. When somebody doesn’t care at all about cars and just wants to go buy a “car“ they go for a Camry.

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TheCouncilOfPete@reddit

I saw a white camry yesterday spin its tires trying to pass someone on a two lane road going 60mph

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ThatOldEngineerGuy@reddit

But its driven by old people too. They often just drive how they want, laws be damned.

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Equivalent_Thievery@reddit

Not 100%, especially not the newer ones that come with factory rice.

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SpacePirateWatney@reddit

Yeah, the newer ones are driven by pretty aggressive drivers.

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Denver80211@reddit

I drive like that because I like to watch you rage

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Double_Tap_That_Ass@reddit

I bet all your family members and co workers hate you

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Denver80211@reddit

nah

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tads73@reddit (OP)

I was asking car guys

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Denver80211@reddit

I don't care

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Bix615@reddit

Prius

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Feisty_Analysis808@reddit

Every Subaru except WRX

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chillestpill@reddit

WRX comes in two flavors- “Altima Syndrome” and “Fast and the Furious”.

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phdibart@reddit

I live in northern New England. 98% of cars are Subarus, very few WRXs. They all drive like they’re from out of town and looking for an address.

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smthngeneric@reddit

That's just how everyone in washington drives. Drove me insane living there.

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deconstruct110@reddit

Tourists from Falls Church.

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nanneryeeter@reddit

We're just chill.

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smthngeneric@reddit

I would frequently compare it to children lost in the store, dementia patients/Joe Biden, or a deer in headlights. It's not being chill It's like nobody knows where they're going.

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VerrueckterAmi@reddit

It’s the weed

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affordableproctology@reddit

Holy shit, I'm on Vancouver Island and this is how every subaru drives, except clapped out old WRX's being driven by young guys

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RevolutionSalty8360@reddit

This was my town this past 4 days. Community garage sale time, everyone had no clue where they wanted to go.

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80s-quicksand@reddit

Oddly, I find wrx drivers go surprisingly slow for being such a fast car.

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Organic-Ad-8198@reddit

This is the correct answer for sure

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SpacePirateWatney@reddit

When I’m driving 78 from EWR into PA, there’s usually cars flying up behind me (I’m usually doing 75mph) and it’s oftentimes a new-ish Subaru (and not a WRX),

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OddBranch132@reddit

Come to think of it I don't think I've seen a WRX driving like a jack ass for a long time now. Outbacks and Foresters? Absolute suicidal ass clowns here

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AdmirableEarth395@reddit

So many airbags, why not go a little faster?

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ZymurgyBro@reddit

BRZ?

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Feisty_Analysis808@reddit

Ah yes! The Toybaru.

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ZymurgyBro@reddit

It's funny that my girls 2022 BRZ has the same cruise controls as my boys 2005 Scion Tc

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No_Echo_1826@reddit

Well now we know which one is your favorite.

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vinnygunn@reddit

Can fucking confirm. Rear ended this asshat woman in a Forester who slammed on the brakes in a snowstorm at a yellow.

She stopped on a dime... I could not.

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VerrueckterAmi@reddit

That’s how I totaled my pristine ‘83 Mercedes 300TD-T. Some clown slammed on their brakes at a freeway on-ramp because a pedestrian was on the side of the road wanting to cross. The truck in front of me slammed on their brakes. Both had ABS. I did not. Trailer hitch through the radiator and crumpled hood. Sad day. I miss that car so much.

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MaleficentExtent1777@reddit

NOOOOOO 😳😞😢

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Loud-Chicken6046@reddit

The rest just can't get up to speed.

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vaultdweller1223@reddit

Exactly what I was going to say. Every non WRX Subaru drives with zero urgency.

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DetectiveNarrow@reddit

I rent out a legacy and a 2019 car having a 0-60 of 9.5 seconds outta be illegal

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neverfakemaplesyrup@reddit

You're not wrong especially as they get more newer. Even with the old models, well, I have four whole gears. I am not physically capable of launchin' lmao

And now the brand got rid of all the fun stuff and now just markets entirely on safety and practicality. Even switched back to buttons in the outback, to reduce eyes being taken off the road. And they sell those CUVs like hotcakes

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gaykin66@reddit

More newer

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neverfakemaplesyrup@reddit

Def a brain fart moment

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Feisty_Analysis808@reddit

I really wouldn't have a problem driving one as long as I had a fun car too. Subaru is like the Swiss army knife car.

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PaperBeneficial@reddit

I'm in Oklahoma city, and I've beenI'm in Oklahoma city, and I've been noticing super aggressive Subaru drivers lately. And I'm not talking about the wrx. It's giving big Altima energy lol

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knoxcos@reddit

Plymouth/Dodge K-cars

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yloduck1@reddit

There are probably 4 or 5 of them left on the roads in the US. The rest have rusted into dust.

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thePunisher1220@reddit

Buick. Any Buick. They're exclusively owned be people who are way too old to still be driving.

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itsjakerobb@reddit

Ahem.

(You can ignore the Camaro for the purposes of this comment.)

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thePunisher1220@reddit

I should've clarified. Any new Buick

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itsjakerobb@reddit

I also have a 2018 Regal TourX. It’s not new new, though.

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DrPissMD@reddit

Once you’re in the south though I feel like its a 50/50 between middle aged black guys or geriatrics.

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Snootcheroo@reddit

Had a park avenue like 20 years ago, slightly bigger/fancier LeSabre with the 3800 in it. I drove that thing like I was on a mission. Was actually a pretty fun car.

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mrsroperscaftan@reddit

Burrrrrick

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dirtyforker@reddit

Until the grand kid inherits it. Then it's rode hard and put away wet.

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JuicieBrucie@reddit

Corolla. Any Corolla.

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Own_Strength1967@reddit

Toyota RAV4, the most basic NPC vehicle on Gods green Earth

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CDsDontBurn@reddit

Tesla owners as a whole, not any one particular model.

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Equivalent_Thievery@reddit

My experience is that they're either the new iteration of a prius driver or an absolute road hazard out there being overly agressive, little inbetween.

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edwbuck@reddit

If you think Tesla owners are the newer Prius owners, then you just define the group by "they're the newer group of people I stereotype and hate." Hybrid and electric ownership are not the same, nor are the assurances that Toyota gives in build quality (which is very good, even if diminishing) and those of Tesla (which were never existent).

The only commonality is the appeal to use less gas, but if I offered you 10 more MPH, you'd take it too, so that's a universal (among non-AH people) appeal.

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Equivalent_Thievery@reddit

Weird leaps.

A lot of prius owners are hypermilers, some tesla owners behave similarly because battery range is limited.

Calm down.

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PuzzledEnergy4426@reddit

In my experience Tesla drivers are extremely reckless.

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CDsDontBurn@reddit

I agree with you, on occasion. And typically the Model 3 owner fits the bill.

But on an overall scheme, no. Tesla owners are left lane camping, stop at yellow light, put on the blinker to make a lane change and don't because the 6 car lengths of space is "too tight of a space" and abort their lane change mid lane change.

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zenFyre1@reddit

Yep, as soon as I see one in the rear view mirror, I can expect it to be riding my ass within a few seconds.

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CDsDontBurn@reddit

And you tap the brake just enough to have its auto brake feature engage 😂.

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Equivalent_Thievery@reddit

I started writing experiences of how you're not wrong, stopped. Paragraphs and paragraphs of them being dangerous.

But, sometimes, I do come upon the ones that seem to care about their charge mostly.

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Express-Pie-6902@reddit

Is it becuase they've activated autopilot - and Elon is doing the driving.?

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Popular-Jury7272@reddit

You're supposed to stop at yellow, dimwit.

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tads73@reddit (OP)

I was asking the car guys.

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Popular-Jury7272@reddit

Car guys are also supposed to stop at lights, halfwit.

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tads73@reddit (OP)

Non car cars can think of better insults.

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Beautiful_Climate_18@reddit

Do commercial vehicles count?

Amazon van with the damn netradyne system. You look at it wrong and you get fired. Forget about running a yellow light.

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tads73@reddit (OP)

Sure, a dump truck at the head of a red light is worst!

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Double_Tap_That_Ass@reddit

Still not as bad as the ankle monitoring if you’re driving for Amazon

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anarchyusa@reddit

“Stop at yellow lights”… I’m feeling judged

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543694976Z@reddit

Subaru. I’ve seen them actively slow down approaching green lights to see if it might turn yellow for them to stop…

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tads73@reddit (OP)

Exactly

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mostlygray@reddit

I drive a complete POS Dodge Caravan from 2007. I stop at yellow lights and never break the law. I often drive slightly under the speed limit. I obey all traffic controls.

If you see me, I'm stopping on the yellow if I can. I am often mocked for my driving.

The thing is, I used to drive very fast. Right on the ragged edge of control. I'm talking 125 miles in 75 minutes fast on the twisties on back roads on snowy roads. That's 75 mph average with 50 miles of that not safe to drive over 40 so you really have to make it up on the straights.

But I was a kid and was unsafe in all respects. 26 years later, I slowed down and now I drive like a grandma going to church. It works for me and I don't care.

I would like to drive fast again though. Hitting 105 on the straights was fun. 105 on the straight, hard brake for the chicane at 20, then full throttle, hard brake for the next at 30, then flat out again for half a mile, hard break to 15 hold, and then catch the next straight and the flat out again. I miss driving like that so much.

But it's not for me any more. But give me $5 and the promise of a good chocolate malt, and I'll do it again. I just need a good car with a 5 speed and a stretch of road that's full of twisties.

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tads73@reddit (OP)

That's black and white thinking. You don't understand there are safe in-between points. Because 75 in a 55 isnt safe, 40 in a 55 isn't safer.

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Time_Many6155@reddit

In Oregon you are REQUIRED to stop at yellow lights.

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tads73@reddit (OP)

So whay do you drive is the question

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Double_Tap_That_Ass@reddit

Well then wtf do you do when it turns red?

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roosterjack77@reddit

Youre supposed to stop at yellow lights

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tads73@reddit (OP)

I was asking car guys

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goranlepuz@reddit

If stopped at yellow is "most timid" to you, you need to go out a bit and see the world.

BTW, stopping for yellow is how it's done: stop if possible with reasonable brake force.

Jeez, what a stupid way to ask this...

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tads73@reddit (OP)

I was asking car guys, why are you here.

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Catriks@reddit

Is this a ragebait?

I guess the answer is a 1986 K10 straight pipe BBC with double transmissions on 35's. You're supposed to stop at yellow, when safely possible.

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tads73@reddit (OP)

I was asking car guys, not wannabes.

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Firm_Mycologist9319@reddit

I stop my Corvette at yellow lights. Does that make me timid or just smart?

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tads73@reddit (OP)

I was asking the car guys.

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Double_Tap_That_Ass@reddit

What’s smart about that? They already have the red light for stopping

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Firm_Mycologist9319@reddit

Then why does the yellow light even exist? Hint: even the Corvette's brakes aren't that good.

(In case we are going to get pedantic about this . . . Yes, technically I don't stop at yellow lights. I slow at yellow lights to stop at red lights.)

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Puddy_thatsright@reddit

Prius

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Mr-Zappy@reddit

Prius drivers drive slow (partly because they’re slo and partly because driving them slower improves efficiency), but choosing not to go through a yellow doesn’t really help that.

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switchblade_sal@reddit

Prius quicker than it typically gets credit for, it’s actually fairly nimble but doesn’t feel like it drives well at high speeds.

The new Prius is a completely different story. There are a couple different versions of the 2026 but the baseline 2026 Prius is awd and has 196 hp. The “Plug in hybrid” variant has 220 hp and a 0-60 or 6.9 seconds.

It also looks way sportier.

2026 PHV Prius

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HoldingThunder@reddit

A new Prius has a 0-60 in 6.4 seconds. That would about be on par with a 1970 boss 302 mustang.

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DistrictObjective680@reddit

Wow a car is faster than another car that is 50+ years old?

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HoldingThunder@reddit

The point isn't that it's faster, it's that it is mechanically capable to adequate speeds. It's the drivers that are slow, not the cars

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WizeAdz@reddit

Back when we had our 2004 Prius, the thing was as fast as any 4-cylinder car.

But the engine was tuned so that WOT sounded like you were stepping on a kitten.

The car had plenty of power, but I figured that one of the dozens of fuel-efficiency features that are baked into the car was this way of discouraging the driver from using all of that power unless it’s truly necessary. That thing used every trick in the book to maximize the utility extracted from a gallon of gasoline, so I don’t see why tuning the NVH would be any different.

I drive an EV now and jackrabbit starts are par for the course. The car doesn’t complain about it, so a little distance between me and the slow traffic feels like a good thing. Those hints matter!

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edwbuck@reddit

The Prius gives live gas consumption details. It features as prominently as the speedometer.

So you really start to understand that the harder you accelerate, the less miles you get from your tank. But everyone has to accelerate from a stop. So there's the electric drive for that, and it is also incredibly clear about how little electric "assist" is available.

Hybrid cars are wonderful because they give you the electric assist right when you need it the most, when you're accelerating the most and your gas mileage is the least. If gas cars could avoid the first second of acceleration, I'd imagine that their MPG would jump by 10 MPG.

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HoldingThunder@reddit

That's really not the problem. Because Prius drivers are oblivious to everything and are bad for more ways than just driving slow.

Driving is a skill. People who enjoy cars appreciate that driving is a skill and look to improve. People who don't, just try to get from point A to B and not crash and that's a win. Noone who enjoys cars or appreciates the skill of driving or enjoyment of driving will ever drive a Prius, because they are lifeless cars. So the entire population of people who buy them or similar cars don't can't about the intricacies of driving or trying to get better - so they don't.

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edwbuck@reddit

Sorry, but you lost me there. I know full and well how to preload my suspension to get an extra ten seconds on a lap time at a raceway. If you give me a crew and a budge, I can even wedge and weight the car to give me more.

I drove a Prius. Much of the hate for people that drive them is just typical (not even interesting) driving hatred, directed to the most popular car model for years, probably due to a combination of factors (car shape, GM fostering of non-American car hate, it's not burning gas so they're not supporting the economy, etc.)

How do we know this? People still hate the Prius, long after all the Prius drivers switched over to Toyota Corolla Hybrid drivers.

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MaleficentExtent1777@reddit

They LOVE to hypermile in the left lane. 😞

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el-art-seam@reddit

Actually where I live they’re the guys who go 10 below the speed limit and somehow time the intersection so they are able to crawl though with impeccable timing so if you try to follow behind, you’re the one running the red now.

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TesticleMeElmo@reddit

“What’s the rush? I’m certainly going to make it through this green arrow”

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markmakesfun@reddit

Any car driven more slowly improves gas mileage. It is absolutely nothing to do with it being a Prius. Prius drivers don’t drive “extra slowly” to save gas. Prius’s already get 2To three times the mileage of trucks and SUV’s. There is no case where a truck or suv gets better mileage than a Prius. That’s a wives tale.

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CuriousDude493@reddit

People who drives Prius are more conscious about gas mileage and the environment. The car already has good gas mileage is why they bought them, not so that they can drive aggressive and be ok with it. They can still maximize what they already have.

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Willing-Cucumber-595@reddit

Not all owners of Prii are that way. I had a gen2 prius for over 10 years and drove it no different than I drove any of my other cars (like a maniac), including manual trans hot hatches. There is a theory of prius enlightenment somewhere online that noted levels of:

Watching the power display to try and keep it charging the battery as much as possible
The hypermiling state wherein one becomes enjoined with the accelerator pedal to maximize MPGs
The state where one just treats it like any other car and drives without concerning themselves with MPGs or any other contrived ideals.

Still wish I had that car back, was still great with nearly 200,000 miles... Stupid Jeep Cherokee, driven by a mechanic on a 'test drive' tried to zoom through a yellow on a left turn. Both cars totaled but the Prius stayed rubber side down, Jeep did Jeep things and ended up like an upside down turtle, rolling into a Kia on its way over...

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el-art-seam@reddit

I wonder what will happen if gas hits $8 regular. Will we all drive slow? I don’t think so. I think we’ll drive even faster and be even more angry that we’re spending so much on gas passing the slow moron.

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rjm1775@reddit

I was recently stuck behind a Prius doing 25 in a 35 mph zone. And he was behind another Prius. Make what you will of that.

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Birds-Arent_Real@reddit

I’ll do you one better. Driving home today, I ended up experiencing the pleasure of not one! Not two! But three Prius drivers side-by-side-by-side, taking up all three lanes of the freeway, all driving the speed limit while refusing to pass one another.

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Double_Tap_That_Ass@reddit

I’m using the shoulder to pass

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MaleficentExtent1777@reddit

MADDENING!!!

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InternationalBite690@reddit

Lmao a Prius drafting a Prius.

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Karma111isabitch@reddit

This, and Subarus

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Beef_Candy@reddit

So glad they're saving all that fuel for me to burn

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baloneynchee@reddit

A maroon CRV

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Creative_Antelope_69@reddit

Whatever I’m driving.

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JackOlantersweather1@reddit

Same. I’ve been coming up with potential vanity plate options that are a short & sweet way of saying “please go around me I’m not going any faster.”

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rolph4@reddit

"IAMSLOW" fits the 7 digits in my state.

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JackOlantersweather1@reddit

Ooo I love plspass!

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Key-Cantaloupe-9655@reddit

Oldsmobiles

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DankBlunderwood@reddit

I just want to quickly chime in. You do know that you're...supposed to stop on yellow lights, right?

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Virtual-Chocolate385@reddit

If you can't make it in time, duh

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DankBlunderwood@reddit

No, you're supposed to stop on yellow if it's possible to stop, otherwise you can proceed.

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Virtual-Chocolate385@reddit

Yeah, I'm more of a go if you can, stop if you must kind of guy

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Double_Tap_That_Ass@reddit

That’s red lights. Like the stop signs 🛑

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zinten789@reddit

You're supposed to stomp on yellow lights

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tads73@reddit (OP)

I was asking the car guys.

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ReasonableRevenue218@reddit

Teslas or Honda CR-V ...they seem to be always afraid to enter an intersection until it is completely empty for 2 full seconds. Helllooo people, this is not a long light! End result is 3 people get through when at least 9 or 10 should have.

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50ShadesOfKrillin@reddit

Prius drivers in a nutshell

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IWillEvadeReddit@reddit

Honestly I think it’s cause it’s the most popular rideshare/ delvery driver vehicle, most of these dudes are distracted by the apps so they’ll stop at a yellow to decide if they wanna accept or decline orders.

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edwbuck@reddit

I think it's because it was the first car with an Eco agenda, and it looked really different.

People used to ask me if I was worried that all that "new / modern" technology would fail me. Keep in mind I was driving a 3rd gen Prius, 20 years after the first Prius (which didn't ship to the USA) was built.

I learned, by driving the Prius, that whipping around the car in front of me really wasn't going to get me there 10 minutes earlier, on a 45 minute drive; but, it would make my MPG drop from 50 to 39. So I stared just sitting in my lane, and maybe doing 3 lane changes on the freeway every 15 miles, instead of 3 per mile. People would get all aggressive and angry I was driving slow, but their behavior could not be explained because to drive faster, I'd have to ram the car in front of me.

It sort of is the default car to hate on, but it's a great car.

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Individual-Stand1560@reddit

Kinda? I see Prius’s hauling ass too lol, clocked a Prius going at least 70 in a 35 the other day lol. I live in a Prius heavy area though where there also plenty of slow idiots doing 35 in 55’s lmao.

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throwingales@reddit

Toyota Prius

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Ok-Pipe5692@reddit

Yellow means stop, if safe

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reidft@reddit

Nah in current year yellow means green and red also means green

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Eagle_1776@reddit

around here, apparently red means MORE green

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reidft@reddit

Hell even stop signs are a soft suggestion now. There's one near my work that people will blow through full speed, and it's obvious one's there. They'll go around stopped people or filter through to run it.

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Bedbouncer@reddit

In MI you can get ticketed for driving through a yellow. Got pulled over for that once. Turned red after I'd passed it going the speed limit.

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Much-Front8929@reddit

Any chance you want to tell us what car you drive?

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JohnnyWall@reddit

What does a yellow light mean? - Taxi

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yotmokar@reddit

Grand ma Prius or less than 10 years old Subaru Impreza

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1Boxer1@reddit

Gold colored Toyota Camry.

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nvielbig@reddit

Champagne or Baby Blue - those two colors specifically.

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Harrymcmarry@reddit

Only one in this whole thread that I agree with lmao

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mrsroperscaftan@reddit

My grandmother had a gold camry!

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Double_Tap_That_Ass@reddit

I had a gold Toyota Camry! Until it got a cracked block

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HemiChgr@reddit

"Champagne"

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MirandaS2@reddit

i call it old gold lol

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ctjanjic1@reddit

My neighbor in the last apartment complex I lived in was in her 80s, and she drove a 90s gold standard transmission Camry. I could always hear her riding the clutch through the parking lot. She could not turn her neck enough to look behind her when reversing, but luckily you could hear her grinding into reverse as a warning to get out of the way. She always parked at least a foot over the line. I hope she’s doing well, and that her license has been revoked.

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torosalvaje02@reddit

My God you're right. Almost guaranteed to be going 25 under the limit and switching lanes at snails pace

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lmaooo4566@reddit

Nick from RCR has one (unless he sold it) and he's exactly the persona I imagine driving a champagne 2004 Camry.

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One_Purchase_3127@reddit

Ford Raptor

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Double_Tap_That_Ass@reddit

I knew I’d find it on here. Yes. Never gets a speck of dirt or mud on the custom bronze rims and olive paint job even in the dirt/gravel parking lot of the office building at the end of the 1.7 mile commute to work for the accountant who pays to have someone else do all the work on it and never takes it off city streets to have any fun with it.

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not1or2@reddit

Honda Jazz

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PurpleSausage77@reddit

Anything with regen braking. I typically scan traffic lights and can time them all perfectly but with yellow lights I tend play it more safe if I drive a hybrid/EV, the energy added back to the car so no total loss there. With gas I’d want to make it through and make as few stops as possible.

Just when it comes to boring A-B driving I prefer driving with efficiency. Why race just to gain 1-2 car lengths in regular ass traffic lol.

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Double_Tap_That_Ass@reddit

Because for some of us, our time is valuable. When would you ever not race?

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Rich-Shock-6269@reddit

Camry or Corolla

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Late_Course@reddit

It’s Rav 4 and they start breaking while the lights still green because the cross walk countdown is at 3.

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twoiseight@reddit

I suspect some selection bias at play here since RAV4s are among the top selling mid-sized suvs. It seems like more questionable driving comes from them because there are so many of them in general.

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timsayscalmdown@reddit

Oddly specific, yet crazy accurate lol

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archiveofhim@reddit

lmaooo it’s so specific that i’m convinced this literally happened to them minutes before seeing this post

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Hail_of_Grophia@reddit

Lots of them on the road, RAV 4 knocked the F150 off its 50+ year run as the #1 selling vehicle

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twoiseight@reddit

Mitsubishi Mirage and similar subcompacts with glorified lawnmower engines. They aren't plentiful luckily and the limitation is definitely mechanical regardless of skill but if you've ever been stuck behind one, you probably know.

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TomatoStrict2646@reddit

Camry, Corolla, CR-V, Prius

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modidlee@reddit

I don’t see what I drive in here & wonder what people think the stereotypical 4Runner driver is like lol

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Beneficial_Leg4691@reddit

Subaru

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CartierWlayvo@reddit

The nissan SUVs. Pick one

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Plato2026@reddit

98% of Subaru's in the summer. During the winter, on the other hand, they all seem to drive like pissed off teenagers.

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RS_Mich@reddit

Any Subaru except the WRX

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AccordingCabinet5750@reddit

Chevy Windstar is one of the least ticketed vehicles. The Prius C has a 27% ticket rate, converlsy to what everyone is saying in the comments. I live in a larger city and most times if you see a prius it is doing 15 over the limit.

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chadsimpkins@reddit

Corolla

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basdfointain@reddit

Anything by Buick ….

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Orkekum@reddit

Apparently suzuki because thats what i do in my kei car

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JankyTundra@reddit

Subaru Forrester

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Express-Pie-6902@reddit

Statistically the driver least likely to have a speeding conviction.

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bradpal@reddit

BMW 320d.

Oh, you meant stop the car at yellow light, not stop the brain...

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Evening-Back854@reddit

I'm one of those sometimes, so whatever car I'm driving. Which is Honda Accord at the moment. I was in a wreck in the late 90's where I hesitated when the light turned yellow and decided to gun it through. The person I t-boned saw me hesitate and went, but it didn't turn red while going through so it wasn't my fault. But I always felt guilty for that, especially since the guy was so nice about it. So I have a natural impulse now sometimes and I hate it.

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oxheyman@reddit

Nissan Micra

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NotA-Spy@reddit

the original mercedes A-Class

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SwitchBlade-R@reddit

Toyota and Lexus for sure. Worst drivers on the road.

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akknightwrider@reddit

Subaru Outback or Forester.

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bdplant@reddit

Volvos. Safest cars on the road because owners refuse to drive them anywhere close to the speed limit.

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Historical_Ad_4601@reddit

Shhhh… we don’t talk about Volvos

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Zoidberg441@reddit

In Europe: Opel Meriva. When there's a line of Trucks forming behind a car that's even slower than them, it's always an Opel Meriva

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Zonda1996@reddit

toyota prius owners are the type of operator you see braking every 4 seconds while doing 37 in the most visible and clear 60 zone you've ever laid eyes on.

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Sands43@reddit

Buick enclave.

Retired lady car.

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Tall-Drawing8270@reddit

Any post-90s Buick.

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itsjakerobb@reddit

My 2018 TourX and I would like a word.

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MaleficentExtent1777@reddit

❤️🥰😍

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Fadedfaith451@reddit

I had the heaviest right foot in my 14' Buick regal turbo. Thing was a rocket to my young self

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hcoverlambda@reddit

Yes! Or a mercury

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GripAttackToyota777@reddit

Got stuck behind an older woman in a smaller Encore on a backroad, who insisted on either doing 5-10 below the limit- occasionally the limit, for several miles earlier today. I was pretty annoyed, but I tried to give her a pass 🙄.

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FrankCostanzaJr@reddit

the prius, or any other hypermiler car.

anyone driving a minivan

and of course waymos

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CODMLoser@reddit

Honda Fit, most Subarus.

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BHG_702@reddit

Toyotas and teslas

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Rabidfuzzle@reddit

Prius

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tacolovingrammanazi@reddit

crv, hrv, rav4, nissan rouges, some audi q5s. something about that shape or class of vehicle that turns the drivers brain to mush

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Pet_Ator@reddit

Prius and Honda odyssey

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Jealous-Release1532@reddit

Buick LaCrosse

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FwenchFwies_911@reddit

PT cruiser

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theturban@reddit

No, no, these are just stopped. All the time.

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FwenchFwies_911@reddit

Not sure what you are talking about, I saw one with a tramp stamp slowing down for a yellow light the other day

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leoke9356@reddit

Lexus NX/RX

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theturban@reddit

The opposite of this are civic drivers. I swear to God they all have death wishes of varying degrees

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mildurajackaroo@reddit

2001 model Toyota Camry in pristine condition.

Guaranteed to be driven way under the speed limit and stop reliably at every single yellow light

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rallydemon@reddit

Toyota Prius, the car for people who hate cars.

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sapotts61@reddit

Prius owners

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Virtual-Chocolate385@reddit

Subaru. F'n hate getting stuck behind them

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deanmass@reddit

F150

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calforhelp@reddit

Rav4 is the ultimate example of this. Every person I know who is either literally afraid of driving or only drives because they have to, they all buy a Rav4. They are the absolute most timid drivers on the road.

I think they’re attracted to it being the most boring and basic baseline new car for sale. They think “I want cheap, new, reliable, and suv because only suv = safety.”

The people who drive RAV4s are the same people who think I am going to actually roll my BMW by taking a corner a bit too briskly.

I say this as someone with no less than 4 people in my life who fit this profile to a t.

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fuck_peeps_not_sheep@reddit

Depends on where you live but here in the uk its not often a car but a type of driver (and anyone with a black box fitted)

Most cars that are popular here are driven by a wide range of people, our last car was a Renault clio, these cars are nutritious for yobs driving them like a bat out of hell through council estates, but they are also a popular cheap family car, and lots of the elderly drive them because they are relatively small and easy to pop to the shops and back in. Same with cars like the vw golf and the ford fiesta, you could see two on the road side by side at some traffic lights and one will take off screaming and the other will take off like theres a pan of soup on each seat that must not spill.

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SlyClydesdale@reddit

Subaru Outback and Toyota Prius

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Nekodon@reddit

Nissan micra, Honda Fit, Nissan versa, champagne coloured 96 Camry.

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microhammerhead@reddit

Any suburu

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mattSER@reddit

In Colorado, it's older RAV-4's and CR-V's

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marlin3000@reddit

Gotta be kia's

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jcmach1@reddit

Corolla

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DarlesCharwinsGhost@reddit

Honda CRV

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50ShadesOfKrillin@reddit

maybe it's because i'm only 22, but all the CRV drivers I know drive like fucking maniacs

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DarlesCharwinsGhost@reddit

Around my parts they are usually late 40 to early 60s and drive like they bought the Glass Edition CRV.

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GettingToo@reddit

Nissan Leaf.

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Comfortable-Figure17@reddit

Stopping at yellow lights is an issue? Glad I’m not insuring you.

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tads73@reddit (OP)

I was asking the car guys.

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reidft@reddit

Have you driven in any North American city lately? None of these people stop for reds anymore, let alone yellows

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stchman@reddit

Whatever Buick sedan.

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Mammoth_Mixture4735@reddit

Kia Spul

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freshkov@reddit

Absolutely. They slow down on green because dammit, it’s been green for a while now and it’s gonna change soon.

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LensRebel@reddit

Prius

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ValleySparkles@reddit

Two categories:
1. Subarus, the "safest car on the road" for people who are genuinely afraid of driving.

Flashy sportscars. Middle-aged guys saved for years to buy them and they are not risking a scratch.

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PK808370@reddit

Tesla, most Buicks, many Porsche SUVs (the large portion of these owners aren’t enthusiasts, they’re just “a fancy brand to show how successful and deserving of being allowed in this society…” cars).

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Ch4rlie_G@reddit

So many Tesla guys want to go fast, but quickly realize how triple digits drain the range.

I wonder how many Tesla road ragers missed their destinations.

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