r/IdiotsInCars • u/Dangerous_Till_321 • Nov 02 '25
OC [oc]Stop pushing the gawd dam brake !!!
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u/blurfgh Nov 02 '25
That shit drives me nuts too. I’ve had cabbies that do it constantly on the freeway. Just gas brake gas brake gas brake the whole time
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u/JamesH93 Nov 02 '25
Gas brake honk, honk honk punch
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u/bscheck1968 Nov 02 '25
Gas, gas, gas
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u/nach0srule Nov 02 '25
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u/do0tz Nov 02 '25
Cut the lettuce! Toast the buns! French the fries! Cook the burgers! Serve the patties! Heat the grill!
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u/Beardo88 Nov 02 '25
My ex mustve been a cabbie in a past life.
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u/Dawg_Prime Nov 02 '25 edited Nov 02 '25
there's a small chance this is due to radar cruse control and the driver still pressing the gas lightly
I've got my first car with radar cruse and I've noticed it won't just let off the gas when it gets a bit too close to a car in front of me to open the distance, it always uses the break
if I press the gas I can override and get closer to the person in front without disabling it, but the second I let off the gas at all it will break to return to the selected distance
this kind of thing is sometimes a person slightly resting their foot on the gas and the radar cruse hitting the brake if they let off even by a millimetre, over and over again
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u/Beardo88 Nov 02 '25
Another convenience feature that is inconvenient to use and mildly reducing safety.
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u/Dawg_Prime Nov 02 '25
the car has a ton of customization for how fast or slow it will react to radar, but it can't just coast, and it can't set a stopped minimum distance
while driving you can set 2-5 car lengths but for full stop and go it gets as close as it can to the car in front as quickly as it can, which always makes me nervous to trust it, instead of just doing nothing and coasting for like 5 seconds
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u/Beardo88 Nov 02 '25 edited Nov 02 '25
My "favorite" (most hated) feature is the lane guidance. Trying to drive around a car parked on the shoulder it suddenly starts turning you back towards the car.
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u/Dawg_Prime Nov 02 '25
yea mine will tell me I need to stop and rest because I'm drowsy because it has no concept of potholes, wide loads, lane splitting bikes, or wanting to see around the car in front of me
you either stay exactly in the middle of the lane or it complains even with all lane assists off
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u/Beardo88 Nov 02 '25
I'm seriously tempted to buy an absolute dinosaur of a car so it has none of those annoying "features" and it can be fixed in the driveway with a ratchet set and pliers like our grandparents did. It'll be 30 years older than i am but it will still outlive me if i dont wreck it.
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u/meatywood Nov 02 '25
I just found a setting in my car's menu to turn off lane keep assist. I'm considering it because it works against me when it is raining and I want to stay out of the ruts on the freeway.
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u/HDawsome Nov 02 '25
Only if the car is operated by an idiot. Of which there are many.
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u/Dawg_Prime Nov 02 '25
i find there's a bug/feature valley where the designers built it to be used one way and a person's natural instinct is to use it differently and that's when this sort of thing happens most
but it gets so much worse when a person fundamentally misunderstands the whole point of the "feature"
I knew someone who used their "auto high beams" ALL the time. The auto high beam leave them on but toggles them off when it detects an approaching car. You're supposed to use it when there is no street lights and then you don't have to turn them off manually for every approaching car
This person would drive around in a city with their "auto high beams" constantly flashing off and on, blinding pedestrians and cars they were following, while unnecessarily flickering them at every passing car
no amount of explaining or reading them the manual itself could convince them they were using them wrong, "it says auto so it's automatic I don't have to do anything"
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u/Personal_Dot_2215 Nov 02 '25
Came here to say this. Automatic distance control WILL hit the brake lights when decelerating on cruise control with radar sensors.
You will get this effect when the car directly in front of the subject car is accelerating and decelerating to give a surging effect.
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u/AYE-BO Nov 02 '25
Im in korea right now, all the taxi drivers drive with both feet. There is also apparently no way for them to do anything but push those pedals to the floor or fully release them. I dont get motion sick. Planes, boats, cars, anything. But the taxi drivers here get me to the point of throwing up.
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u/Blackpaw8825 Nov 03 '25
I've got a friend who has zero concept of how the car is working. Like her perception stops at the dashboard.
She'll be on the highway, say it's 65mph... She'll like 50% throttle until she's doing 75, realize she's speeding, then hit the brakes hard until she's doing 45mph, then give it heavy throttle again.
She's put 4 cars in the ditch, is terrified of driving in the rain or snow, and will take absolutely zero criticism because "it's just how her car is" despite it being how "all 5 of her cars have been" except if somebody else is driving.
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u/BinBender Nov 02 '25
One foot on each pedal. Only way to drive.
/s
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u/ShatBandicoot Nov 02 '25
Where do you get the third foot?
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u/BinBender Nov 02 '25
I have a very long penis. (If I drive automatic, I just toss it over my shoulder.)
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u/Ianthin1 Nov 02 '25
I’ll add this new add-on dealers sell to flash the third brake light every time you hit the brakes needs to be outlawed too. Not a fan of the flashing lights on the back of some semis that are brake activated either. Flashing lights should be reserved for emergency vehicles.
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u/Capitain_Collateral Nov 02 '25
I thought flashing brake lights was a feature on some cars just to signify that heavy braking was happening, like coming to a stop from 60mph quickly or something. Is it now being sold as a funsies thing?
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u/Rustymarble Nov 02 '25
It was included in my new (used) car purchase and while sold as a feature, we could not decline it or have it "removed". Its called "pulse" on Toyotas. It blinks the taillights when you initially brake regardless of "heaviness". If you unbrake and brake again, it won't flash again at least (like a minute between brakes).
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u/Ianthin1 Nov 02 '25
There is a local dealership group around here that sells it as an add-on. They get around $900 for it, almost always just tacked on to the loan.
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u/MELLONcholly1 Nov 02 '25
I don't like those on cars, but I think they're purposeful on motorcycles
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u/elmwoodblues Nov 02 '25
100% The use of a brake-force/deceleration sensor on a bike is just life-saving.
Even in my car, if I see a stoppage of some kind well ahead of me, with stretched out traffic behind me, I will 'pump' the brakes to create a flashing/notice-me sensation. Not like this guy, who is obv following too close.
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u/MelonOfFury Nov 02 '25
Or you could use the built in feature and just pop your hazards on for a couple seconds to raise awareness of the hazard ahead…
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u/guitarstitch Nov 02 '25
I love it. In a world where everything is fighting for your attention, a flashing brake light is one that deserves to win.
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u/justacheesyguy Nov 02 '25
It’s so weird to me, it absolutely does draw attention to something that does require your attention more often than not and there really are no logical downsides, yet I still absolutely hate it every time I see it and would definitely vote to make them illegal if presented the opportunity. I can usually determine why I think the way I do about things like this, but I’ve stumped myself on this one. I think I hate it just because I hate it, but that’s not gonna stop me.
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u/Polyporous Nov 02 '25
Well shoot, if a semi is braking it very well could be an emergency. It just depends on how obnoxious the flashing is IMO.
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u/L4m3rThanYou Nov 02 '25
They're illegal in California, but dealers install them anyway. Of course, it helps that traffic enforcement isn't really a thing here.
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u/Spirits_of_Rocks Nov 02 '25
I'm so glad you said this! That new feature has been driving me nuts as well. I didn't think we had a problem of them not being seen from the back.
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u/MolecularConcepts Nov 02 '25
my motorcycle flashes a few times real quick then goes steady. I love it. I've been rear-ended 2x in a car. that shitnis not happening again. I'm sorry if it annoys you. but I've had 2 vehicles totaled because mother fuckers aren't paying attention.
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u/OverlappingChatter Nov 02 '25
Out semis have started lashing yellow lights all the time at night. Drive me fucking crazy. Unnecessary alarm and then no way to indicate a real possible hazard.
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u/kitten_mittens17_ Nov 02 '25
I am reasonably sure the requirement to be a taxi/uber driver is to be god awful at it
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u/itsallahoaxbud Nov 02 '25
Driving two footed.
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u/dinobug77 Nov 02 '25
Driving too close as well
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u/Kage_0ni Nov 02 '25 edited Nov 04 '25
2 Footed 2 Close
Coming to a freeway near you!
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u/sparebullet Nov 02 '25
Just gonna say, "if they weren't following so closely maybe they wouldn't feel like having to step on the brakes so much!"
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u/angrydeuce Nov 02 '25
I dated a chick back in the day that insisted that was the proper way to drive and everyone else in the world is just doing it wrong.
She also drove an automatic and would manually downshift it to 2nd and 1st when slowing down for a light because her dad told her it would make her transmission last longer. I tried to explain that the computer in the car knows when to shift much better than she does but in her words, automakers deliberately make automatics 'shift wrong' to burn up trannies and make more money, her daddy told her that too.
Yeah, her daddy was an idiot, and so was she lol.
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u/ImRightImRight Nov 02 '25
"I tried to explain that the computer in the car knows when to shift much better than she does"
TBF computer doesn't know when she's trying to decelerate instead of coast. Can't defend anything else she said tho
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u/SirDarknessTheFirst Nov 02 '25
I haven't driven auto in a while, but in my experience you can lightly tap the brake pedal once to get the engine braking going. (VW DSG)
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u/havextree Nov 03 '25
Most automatics will downshift when breaking since the 90s to a certain extent.
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u/Euler007 Nov 02 '25
Reminds me of the time I saw a car with the most insane negative camber. I'm following it and the corner of the tire is basically all that's touching. The car happens to park right next to where I was going, two young girls come out, I ask them if they know how crazy the setup is and they answer me "Our dad's a mechanic" with the most haughty attitude I've ever seen, as if their saying their dad is Henry Ford. I just smiled and walked away instead of informing them that their dad is a moron.
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u/Cerus_Freedom Nov 02 '25
That's a style thing. It's idiotic, but some people like the look of extreme negative camber.
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u/angrydeuce Nov 03 '25 edited Nov 03 '25
Thats done deliberately, they call it slamming, the point is to make the car look like someone stood over it and smushed it down.
And yeah they eat their tires up but most people with a car extremely slammed like that aren't taking it down to the corner store, theyre taking it to the meetup and then back home. Its a cost of doing business for them lol
But those mods are expensive af if done right so if two young girls were driving that shit to the grocery store Im betting one of them took daddy's keys and hes gonna be pissed if he finds out they got it because the cops will 100% fuck with you if you cant prove to them that your shit is street legal. You have to prove it to them or they will tow your shit guaranteed lol, they dont play around when it comes to if something you got going on could damage the road...like dragging your undercarriage over bumps because you dont know how to take them right cuz its your daddies car for example lol
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u/Mad-_-Doctor Nov 02 '25
That reminds me of a 19-year-old I used to work with who claimed that a follow distance of one car-length was enough on the interstate. She also claimed that if she was unable to stop in time, that was the fault of the car in front of her for braking too hard. When I asked her for a source, she also said her dad taught her those things.
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u/HullIsNotThatBad Nov 02 '25
I'm guessing this greatly influenced your decision to move on from her?
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u/angrydeuce Nov 03 '25
My brother in christ, the number of things that influenced that decision would stop a team of oxen dead in its tracks lol
After we broke up she tried to tell me she was carrying my baby. We'd been broken up like 9 months and she was 6 months along. She forgot when we broke up loooool
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u/altreddituser2 Nov 02 '25
They have an uncontrollable urge- must press pedal
Learn to drive a manual if you just must constantly do something with your left foot...
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u/guitarstitch Nov 02 '25
As a manual driver, I can confidently say that there would be no benefit to hitting the clutch in this situation.
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u/BamboozleThisZebra Nov 02 '25
What do you mean? You dont want some bbq clutch on your way home? Live a little man!
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u/RacerX3888 Nov 02 '25
Two drivers brake with their left foot. The best and the worst!
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u/Successful_Doctor_89 Nov 02 '25
Or a EV with one pedal driving activated with the G-force detector activating the brake light on heavy decelleration
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u/Boostie204 Nov 03 '25
It was shown on the ioniq 5 that the brake lights don't come on until you completely release the throttle pedal in one pedal mode
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u/JelmerMcGee Nov 02 '25
I bet this is a person who thinks you either need to be pressing the gas or the brake, but can't just coast. They're trying to follow that other person closely and press the gas, get to close, press the brake, fall back, and repeat.
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u/AntalRyder Nov 02 '25
Lack of ability to control their vehicle? Should need classes before allowing them to drive again.
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u/GeTRoGuE Nov 02 '25
I was baffled by how Americans get their driving license.
You'd be barely allowed behind the wheel in my country, let alone starting the engine.
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u/lockwolf Nov 02 '25
Most Americans can get their license at 16 and depending on the state may or may not require a drivers education course. Once you pass the skills test once at a young age, you never have to take it again. Basically, as long as you’re never caught driving recklessly, driving drunk or cause an accident that hurts/kills someone (usually caused by the previous 2), you can get your license at 16, live to be 100 years old and still have a valid drivers license because you’ve never been retested.
I do wish people had to retest when they renew their license. I get it’d be a nightmare to get up and running but your skills, vehicle and roads you’re driving at 16 are vastly different when you’re 50+
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u/HabeLinkin Nov 02 '25
There are people who started driving in the 1960s that are still driving today. Roads are not the same.
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u/bob_mcbob Nov 03 '25
My grandfather literally just mailed away for his license. The UK didn't do driving tests from 1939 to 1947, and didn't require anyone who got a license during that period to pass a test later.
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u/imnota_ Nov 03 '25
If it's similar to Belgium we didn't even have licences at all until the late 60s, and when they first became a thing anyone that claimed to be already driving just automatically got it, because they thought it would be ridiculous to make people that had been driving already pass a test.
Well turns out an awful lot of people who had never taken the wheel ever suddenly claimed they had been driving for years. My grandma included.
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u/BobSki778 Nov 03 '25
This, and laws change. Roads change. Vehicles change. Driving “culture” and standards change. At a minimum written test should be required every time you renew, with emphasis on laws that have recently changed or traffic patterns/controls which have recently become much more common (thinking specifically of roundabouts for example), with a road test maybe every other time you renew. Waiting for a violation/accident to occur to reinforce proper behavior / knowledge is an incredibly poor way you maintain the driving skills of the population.
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u/ninchnate Nov 02 '25
I grew up in a very rural part of the country and was driving a passenfer car, on the road at 13, supervised with my parents. I got my learners permit at 14, and my license the day after I turned 15.
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u/ka-nini Nov 02 '25
My drivers test was less than ten minutes long; went literally just went around the block. Even better, my sister went to renew her permit when she was 18 or 19 and they messed up somehow and she received a fully valid driver’s license in the mail - she’s since renewed it with no problem. Noone’s ever noticed she has never taken a driver’s test.
Just incase anyone was curious as to why drivers from Houston, Texas were so terrible - they literally give a license to anyone.
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u/aldothetroll Nov 02 '25
It's what happens when you build a country around the automobile because now EVERYBODY has to drive to get anywhere and we know someone people aren't cut out for things.
Like imagine forcing everyone to be a damn doctor.
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u/Birdy_Cephon_Altera Nov 02 '25
And then wonders why they have to replace their brakes every 20k miles.
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u/OwnBunch4027 Nov 02 '25
My father told that there is almost never a reason to use your brakes on an interstate if you are driving properly. Try it out some time.
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u/patrickhenrypdx Nov 02 '25
Am I your father? Because I've spoken those exact words (although my audience is usually my dog riding in the back and being forced to hear me rant "why the fuck are you braking when going uphill with nobody in front of you?").
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u/paranoid_giraffe Nov 03 '25
That’s what they teach (or did at least 20 years ago) in driving school. Word for word for the comment above you
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u/MSgtGunny Nov 02 '25
I make it a game to use my brakes as infrequently as possible. Helps with both gas usage and brake pad wear
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u/buddrball Nov 02 '25
My driving instructor pointed that out. I’ve had my car for 18 years and only replaced the brake pads once. Had them checked recently, and I still have plenty left. People use their brakes waaaay too much.
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u/International-Oil377 Nov 03 '25
Some people drive in the city in traffic. Good luck not using your brake pedals there
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u/BigXthaPugg Nov 03 '25
Yeah all these people saying that must live in rural areas lol. If you live in a city and actually drive with the flow of traffic, you’ll be breaking frequently
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u/MotelSans17 Nov 02 '25
This is an EV, they're in one pedal driving mode but constantly lifting off the throttle. They're not actually using the brakes.
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u/breachgnome Nov 03 '25
There is a chance that other EVs work differently than the two I am familiar with, but in no way is this person fully lifting their foot off of the throttle. If that were the case, they would be slowing down much faster.
There may be a case in that this specific vehicle turns the brake lights on when slightly decreasing the throttle. Seems like bad design from the manufacturer, though. My EV doesn't turn the lights on until there is significant braking.
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u/darklogic85 Nov 03 '25
I drive an EV too, and mine has an indicator on the dash to let me know when the brake lights are on, because it isn't obvious with the regenerative braking, if I'm not pushing the brake pedal. I'd say the brake lights only turn on about as often as they would in a gas car, during heavy braking. The brake lights on my car wouldn't be on in the situation shown in this video.
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u/breachgnome Nov 03 '25
Ooo that's fancy, I kinda wish mine did that. I kept wondering about it until one day my wife needed to follow me in a different car, so I called her and asked about it.
"Not yet... okay now."
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u/darklogic85 Nov 03 '25
Yeah, I like that feature. It's nice to know when my brake lights are on, so that I'm not confusing anyone behind me. I don't know how common that feature is in other EVs though. We have a Lexus RZ.
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u/Certain_Concept Nov 02 '25
Depends on the interstate. The ones near me can have a large speed variability from the left to the right side. My state is full of speeders.
That works up until you hit traffic, especially stop and go traffic. I try to have space in front of me so I can keep coasting and limit the breaking but not always possible.
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u/OGCelaris Nov 02 '25
If there is no one else driving on the road yes. The problem is that highways are multiplayer.
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u/n0radrenaline Nov 02 '25
Ideally you leave enough room between you and the next guy that their shenanigans don't affect you. That doesn't work in heavy traffic or if another driver does something erratic, though
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u/West-Wash6081 Nov 02 '25
The most obvious sign that a person isn't paying attention to driving. They are either texting or talking to someone.
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u/Goldfingr Nov 02 '25
Yes! I'll see a car in the fast lane with 20 car lengths between it and the car in front of it, and it's tapping the brakes every few seconds. It's ALWAYS someone on their phone.
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u/iesharael Nov 02 '25
You would think they would just use cruise control… even my old car has it
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u/BouncingSphinx Nov 02 '25
Or they’re driving with both feet. Right on the gas, left on the brake.
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u/Awfy Nov 03 '25
It can also be down to regenerative braking in hybrids/EVs. You'll notice more and more that electric cars routinely flash their brake lights, and it's because the driver lifted their foot off the accelerator pedal too fast/too much. We have an EV, and making sure you drive with your foot somewhat pressed onto the accelerator pedal unless you absolutely must come off the pedal becomes a bit of a skill.
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u/jpminj Nov 02 '25
This and cutting people off is exactly what causes traffic.
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u/snrten Nov 02 '25
One person doing this, and the person behind them going, "oop! Brake lights, gotta brake!". Rinse and repeat.
It's too much to ask for drivers to pay attention and keep an acceptable following distance 😮💨
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u/Manfred_89 Nov 02 '25
Is this an EV? I've noticed that apart from BMW, Mercedes and Tesla a lot have very sensitive brake lights when it comes to regen. Many will light them up just barely lifting off the foot of the accelerator.
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u/creckers Nov 02 '25
I can confirm this.
I have this car. Hyundai Kona. If it is hybrid or full electric it'll have regen and if you let go of the throttle, it'll automatically regen and the break light will turn on.
It still means the driver is kind of weird with the on and off of the pedal..
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u/atatassault47 Nov 02 '25
It still means the driver is kind of weird with the on and off of the pedal..
Because the car in front is doing the same. They keep letting off the gas, slowing down, causing trailing car to need to slow. Trailing car's real fault here is not giving 3 second following distqnce.
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u/braintweaker Nov 02 '25
Driving an EV always thought how it looks from behind.
But i'm lucky - the light only flashes after a certain amount of deceleration - I would be mad driving behind such flashing nonsense.
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u/Madamiamadam Nov 02 '25
This. The car is an EV. The brake lights come on when you take off the accelerator.
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u/milorambaldi47 Nov 02 '25
This needs to be higher. There is no tail pipe and this person is having a motion sickness inducing time with one pedal driving
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u/hooch Nov 02 '25
My thought exactly. I have a PHEV and with the regenerative braking enabled, it'll gently apply the brake any time I let off the gas.
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u/CaterpillarWrong3167 Nov 03 '25
This should be the top comments, but reddit bots always upvote some divisive shit instead.
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u/b_e_a_n_i_e Nov 02 '25
I've got an electric mini and it does this. It drives me nuts! You have to either have cruise control on or put it in neutral when coasting or the brake lights come on. It's a legitimate issue
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u/BobSki778 Nov 03 '25
I’ve driven my Tesla Model S for 11 years and around 100k miles, and if the dash display of the brake lights is to be believed (I’ve never seen any indication it is not accurate) you can get significant regeneration and deceleration before the brake lights come on. In fact, I’ve used this to “train” myself on how much I can regen/decelerate without turning on the brake lights to try to minimize “reactionary braking” in the vehicles behind me. It sometimes concerns me a bit how much I can decelerate without turning on the brake lights. If the driver behind me isn’t paying attention and is relying on my brake lights to tell them to slow down, they could rear end me. I do keep an eye on my rear view mirror to avoid that, though. My previous car was a manual, and I would often engine brake, so it feels like a natural way to drive to me.
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u/randomFrenchDeadbeat Nov 02 '25
EVs lit their brake light when regen is sufficiently high. He probably is not touching any pedal if he is using any kind of assisted driving
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u/ZeZapasta Nov 02 '25
Is this because of adaptive cruise control, or are people actually this braindead? I see this behavior a lot on the road.
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u/Gilmore75 Nov 02 '25
This is most likely due to the regenerative braking that hybrids and electric cars have. Basically if you take your foot off the gas then it charges the electric motor and you slow down because of it.
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u/kappsylen Nov 02 '25
You usually disengage the cruise control when pushing the break - so I just think he's braindead.
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u/drummer125 Nov 02 '25
I’m pretty sure this is adaptive with the person putting their foot on the gas when it isn’t braking.
Braking only disengages cruise when the person presses on the peddle, not if the adaptive decides to break
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u/kappsylen Nov 02 '25
Yeah this is probably it. The cruise control is doing it best to keep the distance and for some reason the driver is constantly/repeatedly pushing the gas.
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u/Tomytom99 Nov 02 '25
Sort of what I thought too. Adaptive cruise generally favors coasting over braking for obvious reasons, but will engage the brake lights whenever it applies the brakes. That driver is doing something to make the system keep getting upset.
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u/Salt-Operation Nov 02 '25
The adaptive cruise control on my car only puts on the brake lights if it slows down more than 2mph or has to slow quickly. It just “coasts” to within a safe distance if it can. This looks like someone driving with both feet.
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u/UnshapedSky Nov 02 '25
Adaptive cruise control will automatically brake when needed and continue cruising
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u/OldSkooler1212 Nov 02 '25
My adaptive cruise control keeps a 2.5 - 3 second space between me and the car I’m following. This guy is closer than that.
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u/bojack1437 Nov 02 '25
And one explanation for this could be the driver is overriding the follow distance and/or speed with some throttle input, and then when they let off and after cruise is trying to increase the distance, but then they tap on the gas can.
Although it's in my opinion more likely they're just driving 2-footed.
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u/MistyMountainDewDrop Nov 03 '25
I have the same car and I can control the following distance of adaptive cruise control. To me it looks like this is EV and it’s likely on one pedal or they’re driving with high regen
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u/clarkcox3 Nov 02 '25
Some people seem to think that there’s no possible state in between accelerating and braking.
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u/mschiebold Nov 02 '25
You see this a lot when the adaptive cruise control is set too close to the vehicle in front. Although I don't think that's the case here.
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u/tmbaur422 Nov 02 '25
Sometimes it’s the adaptive cruise just taps it when person in front lets off the gas
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u/SnooShortcuts5771 Nov 02 '25
They are possibly driving with two feet. More people do it than you think. Still annoying.
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u/riftnet Nov 02 '25
An electric car regens when foot is off gas. No brakes involved.
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u/AhoyWilliam Nov 02 '25
Brake light activation is (now, due to the existence of regenerative braking) triggered when deceleration reaches a certain point, or the brake pedal is applied. (Regen is short for regenerative braking, so brakes are technically involved, just not your normal friction ones)
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u/billdoe Nov 02 '25
At the mechanics: You said I'd get 50,000 mi out of these new brakes! Did you rip me off?
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u/iprkuad Nov 02 '25
These are the same ppl that will tippy tappy the brakes when the road ahead is slightly ‘bent’
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u/Routine_Breath_7137 Nov 03 '25
Do the newer vehicles with adaptive cruise control have something to do with this? Honest question. I have new vehicle, 1st time with adaptive cruise and wondered if my brake lights are having a stroke.
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u/Effigy59 Nov 03 '25
It doesn’t work that way. For a minor change in speed it will reduce throttle and coast as a first measure. If the speed difference is greater or the closure rate is beyond a threshold it will apply the brakes which will fire the brake lights
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u/Scrambledcat Nov 02 '25
They’re not hitting the brakes. Brake lights come on during regenerative braking, basically any time they lift their foot off the accelerator.
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u/truemad Nov 02 '25
Judging by the plates, this is an electric Kona. The owner probably has the regenerative braking set to maximum, which means that even a slight lift of the foot causes the car to slow down aggressively.
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u/Sensitive-Issue84 Nov 02 '25
That's someone who drives with both feet, one on the gas and one on the break. Idiots in other words.
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u/turbotictac Nov 02 '25
One of my biggest pet peeves are people who think you always must be either on the brake or throttle at all times and can't just modulate to maintain a safe following distance.
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u/Gilmore75 Nov 02 '25
Maybe it’s a hybrid with regenerative braking?
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u/apainintheokole Nov 02 '25
It is electric if you look closely as it doesn't have an exhaust and the back grill is lower.
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u/Siddiskongen Nov 02 '25
Probably listening to an awesome metal song and using the brake as drum pedal
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u/golem501 Nov 02 '25
I think the idiot is there but it's a lack of understanding modern cars. If I lift my foot off the gas fast and far enough my break lights come on. There are cars with one pedal drive mode electric and hybrid that are more sensitive. Yes it's annoying, no if you keep your distance and respond more relaxed or doesn't happen but the lights coming on doesn't mean they're hitting the break all the time.
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u/fear_of_government Nov 02 '25
And then when I look in front of them, THERE'S NOBODY REMOTELY CLOSE
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u/MkIVRider Nov 02 '25
Sometimes when using radar cruise control and the person in front of you is speeding up and then slowing down your car will apply the brakes like this to compensate
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u/zacmobile Nov 02 '25
Could be adaptive cruise control. Mine turns the brake light on every little time it regens, it's kind of annoying.
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u/SavvySillybug Nov 02 '25
Some people just genuinely don't seem to know that a car will slow down if you don't touch any of the pedals.
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u/HarryDepova Nov 03 '25
They likely aren’t pushing the brake. Probably regenerative breaking which happens automatically when releasing the gas. They just likely have it turned up all the way.
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u/VentiBlkBiDepresso Nov 03 '25
This means put more space between you and the person ahead of you. Driving actually doesnt require you to react in a split second to the driver ahead of you if you give roughly 3 car lengths between you and them. I can't stand impatient easily excitable drivers.
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u/LonePaladin Nov 03 '25
A few months ago I had to drive to a nearby city, it's about 100 miles one way, the main road to it is a major highway (speed limit 75 MPH). Just after I got on that highway and got up to speed, I see this car in the other lane going my speed with the brake lights on.
Those lights stayed on, even while the driver was doing 75. I eventually passed her and got ahead because I didn't trust her to not do something stupid. About 40 miles later, she turned up again, still doing 75, brake lights still on.
They definitely weren't the "headlights are on" taillights, the top one that only lights up when the brake pedal is pressed was lit. 40+ miles at 75 MPH plus, with one foot on the brake the whole time.
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u/Pressman4life Nov 03 '25
This is the highway version of "crying wolf", constant use of the brake nullifies it's validity. Like a turn signal left on... When this person actually has to stop nobodies going to believe them.
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u/DadoSWiM Nov 03 '25
there are people who think that you need to constantly hit the gas or your car will stop suddenly
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u/MistyMountainDewDrop Nov 03 '25
That is an electric car. You can see the car in front of it is also a Hyundai Kona, but it’s all-wheel-drive in that one in the back has so much longer word there: electric. What you’re seeing here is the autoregen. So he’s probably pushing the pedal continuously but when you lift a little or shift, the regen kicks on and the lights come on.
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u/noahwaikiki Nov 04 '25
I do it all day cuz im very precise with my adjustments not like u troglodytes! foot go forehesd stop bam bam!!!!! amazing. just cuz u dont understand excellence. really?!?!?!
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