Personally, I find it endlessly frustrating and even terrifying to be in the passenger seat with a driver who jumps in the car and immediately goes… Then worries about Seatbelts/Radio/AC/Mirrors/Plugging in Phone/etc etc while driving.

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    My ex would try to maintain an exact speed by slightly ecxelerating then let off the gas over and over, just tap tap tap on the gas. 100 miles of tiny lurches.

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      I’ve had uber drivers who do this in an electric car. If you thought it was bad in an ICE, lemme tell you. With that instant torque its a vomit comet

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      This right here. I’ve known two drivers with this exact habit. Spectacularly infuriating.

      Just let me out right here. I’ll walk.

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        I’ve definitely had to teach myself to stop doing that. Now I have all the adaptive cruise control stuff which works perfectly fine for this task and saves on consumption.

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          I’ve definitely had to teach myself to stop doing that

          Not trying to sound mean: what in the world made you start doing that?

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            I’m not sure I was doing exactly what they describe, not sure I was tapping as much as I just wasn’t staying regular and drifting +/- 5km/h to the point I got a couple complaints about it. I never realised it before and after that worked on keeping steady and it came quickly.

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              Ah, ok, that’s actually a lot more understandable, actually

              I’ve known one of the flutter-footers and never thought to ask why

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      I used to have a friend who did this and wasn’t very good at it, so she would constantly accelerate and brake, so much it made me queasy.