I have adaptive cruise and still set it so it doesn't have to adapt much
I Like Annoying Aggressive Drivers
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I have adaptive cruise and still set it so it doesn't have to adapt much
A zipper merge is 100% legal. Blocking a lane is not legal.
The zipper merge doesn't fly because people get ticked off that someone is "cutting in line" and don't let them in. Right, wrong, or otherwise.
Huge pet peeve of mine. It’s pretty annoying when people cannot merge with the flow of traffic properly. I feel like those are the exact same people at the airport or grocery store who cannot walk in a straight line and do that diagonal walking in front of people thing.
Another one is the wide swing out before making a turn… that is only acceptable with big commercial vehicles, towing, etc as there is a need for it. You don’t need a wide berth to make a right turn into the parking spot at the 7-11 with an F150, Bubba!
When I'm driving in stop and go traffic I aim for a smoothing speed too. Especially important when driving a manual transmission. The traffic gets through just as fast with a smoothing speed as doing the stop and go routine.
Fortunately virtually no-one carries a gun on their person or has a gun in their vehicle in Canada so if someone gets annoyed there is little chance I'll be shot.
Even if my smoothing speed isn't perfect there will be a lot fewer stops and starts for everyone behind me. Occasionally the traffic is going so slow I can't stay in the lowest gear at the minimum RPM that lets the engine run smoothly. I hate when that happens.
Many years ago I was a passenger in a vehicle being driven by a student from the middle east. His driving style was to sequentially accelerate then hit the brakes fairly hard on a 2 or 3 minute cycle, all at highway speed. Kind of like stop and go driving without traffic in front of us. Must have been very hard on the brakes at least.
Fortunately virtually no-one carries a gun on their person or has a gun in their vehicle in Canada so if someone gets annoyed there is little chance I'll be shot.
Even if my smoothing speed isn't perfect there will be a lot fewer stops and starts for everyone behind me. Occasionally the traffic is going so slow I can't stay in the lowest gear at the minimum RPM that lets the engine run smoothly. I hate when that happens.
Many years ago I was a passenger in a vehicle being driven by a student from the middle east. His driving style was to sequentially accelerate then hit the brakes fairly hard on a 2 or 3 minute cycle, all at highway speed. Kind of like stop and go driving without traffic in front of us. Must have been very hard on the brakes at least.
I drive defensively and not worry about
My commute consists of 4 lane to 3 lane to 2 lane and early mergers leave it empty mostly for 0.25 to 0.5 mile.
I never cross solid lines just wait till proper merge time (lines start striping) to make a move in heavy traffic.
People just need to let every other car merge near end not way back as you are wasting lanes with early merges.
My commute consists of 4 lane to 3 lane to 2 lane and early mergers leave it empty mostly for 0.25 to 0.5 mile.
I never cross solid lines just wait till proper merge time (lines start striping) to make a move in heavy traffic.
Ah okay, that's understandable. I thought the merge point was ahead of you and the 12-ish cars.
I drive according to the traffic laws and let other lose their minds, I dont speed up because someone is tailgating and I dont cut people short on the freeway changing lanes just because someone behind me is impatient. I can only drive my vehicle, let the others give themselves ulcers.
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People in MA are generally imho aggressive and have well above average IQ’s. Look at the public school results across the state. So when things don’t work up there, it’s human nature kicking in. When I was a kid there was something called guttersniping. Mass had staties positioned to bust people doing that.
Well the mamma jamma traffic jammers aren't heeding the Merge Ahead sign, basically cutting around line of merging traffic and driving fast in the slow lane - so too bad if it's "not legal" - since LEO don't teach them a lesson (along with the frustrating left lane bandits) we the good people gotta do it.
Of course a good and proper driver has one eye in the mirror and one ahead and would certainly allow First Responders the right of way.
I find the bad practices of other drivers annoying, sure, and there are lots of bad practices.
But I do not go out of my way to annoy them.
Bragging about deliberately annoying other drivers to “teach them a lesson” is about self-gratification and control.
Who appointed you to be teacher of all other drivers?
Since you’re deliberately annoying them, you have stooped to their level, or worse, and are part of the problem.
But I do not go out of my way to annoy them.
Bragging about deliberately annoying other drivers to “teach them a lesson” is about self-gratification and control.
Who appointed you to be teacher of all other drivers?
Since you’re deliberately annoying them, you have stooped to their level, or worse, and are part of the problem.
Most haven't learned how to properly and safely drive. Keep your distance and don't tailgate. People are in too much of a hurry and most likely distracted as well by their electronic devices. It's all about "me" now. Thankfully, I still see small signs of civility. What I can't really understand is why on Sunday morning, no traffic on one lane road, and you're going 3-5 mph over the posted 35mph speed limit, there's someone tailgating you? Why? I call it the kept up w/the "Jones." It won't matter if you drove 15 mph (or whatever) over the speed limit, that same driver would still tailgate you. I have pulled over many times and let the driver pass.
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The line of merging traffic often appears way too early and should happen near where you see the line end and cars let others zipper in. The people who see signs way ahead are hazards as they essentially stop in full empty lane trying to get in.
I have no problem letting one merging car in and person behind me can take the next.
Interesting about the bus and 4-lane roads. Opposite traffic in Missouri doesn’t need to stop. Must be a state-by-state thing.
I still stop or slow way down even though it isn’t required here as they won’t let kids cross more than a lane of traffic here.
