r/nashville • u/Hollypolliwog • Apr 23 '24

What’s a Nashville “life hack” everyone living here should know? Discussion

I saw this same question in r/NewOrleans and the answers were fantastic!

I guess I’ll start (but this one is nearly Universal now):

Take a solid pause and look both ways after the light goes green to avoid folks speeding through the beginnings of red lights!

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u/4getme Apr 23 '24

Never assume 1 headlight is a motorcycle!

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u/plorynash Apr 23 '24

My goodness is this true. I hated vehicle inspections in Virginia, and yet, I have seen some vehicles held together by zip ties and hopes and prayers here that I’m afraid to be behind. 😂 I’m not judging the duct tape, I’ve been there…. but there’s a cutoff somewhere of car to duct tape where if the car is more zip tie and duct tape it becomes scary…

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u/Dillbert90 Apr 26 '24

I definitely agree there needs to be some sort of vehicle inspection here! Although the amount of rachet a vehicle is does help make it easier to make decisions about driving around those people 😂 Just curious though, how would a light out affect driving if it's a motorcycle vs car?

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u/4getme Jul 11 '24

At night, big difference!

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u/Dillbert90 Jul 16 '24

But how does that affect someone's driving? Like... Are you speeding up or slowing down because you think it's a car vs motorcycle? That's what I'm trying to understand by the comment. Drivers often underestimate a motorcycle's distance because of their size, so they try to make quick turns/moves when in reality there's just as little time as it would be a four wheeled vehicle.