• Godnroc@lemmy.world
      17·
      11 months ago

      People that merge going slower than traffic only to speed up AFTER they have forced traffic to either slow down or speed up to pass are monsters.

      • sugar_in_your_tea
        2·
        11 months ago

        Though to be fair, people going significantly faster than the lane next to them aren’t much better. If you want to go fast, move left. Almost every day on my commute, I need to speed up to like 70 to merge, slow down to 60 to move left, then back up to 70 to move left again.

        I think we should enforce a “no passing on the right” law, as well as a “no holding up traffic” law. If you’re going slower than the flow of traffic, or if you get frustrated with the person in front going slower than the speed of traffic, you should get a ticket. That would probably solve both problems if enforced consistently. But instead, police enforce speed limits, which isn’t really the root of the problem. I haven’t really seen people lose control and cause a massive pileup, usually it’s someone hitting a car they’re not expecting to be there (technically their fault, but the law is poor here); it would likely be avoided if you only could expect faster traffic on the left and slower traffic on the right.

        • Nommer
          1·
          11 months ago

          I agree with the no holding up traffic law since it drives me crazy seeing someone in the left lane going 10 under but that doesn’t really work. Speaking from experience, many companies have drive cams that will tattle if they’re speeding, following too closely (ridiculous distances too, like 10+ seconds), braking too hard, accelerating too hard, not coming to full stops and sitting for at least 2 seconds, etc. With everybody wanting to drive 10+ over they tend to get aggressive towards people in these vehicles when they’re just trying not to get fired. It adds lots of frustration to the driver. Police should be enforcing speed limits first then those what I call “moving road obstacles”. If they’re not going to drive the speed limit then get the fuck out of the way.

          • sugar_in_your_tea
            11·
            11 months ago

            but that doesn’t really work

            It works fine in places like Germany. If you want to go slow, stay to the right.

            The specific law should be that you’re holding up traffic if there’s room to move right while maintaining speed, and it’s always illegal to pass on the right. The first addresses people going 10 under in the passing lane(s) and the second targets aggressive drivers. Imo, speed limits shouldn’t be enforced unless it’s actually causing public safety issues (e.g. 10-20 over is fine if everyone goes that fast, the issue is relative speed difference).

  • ExtraMedicated@lemmy.worldEnglish
    19·
    11 months ago

    One time when I was driving to work, I was stopped waiting for a traffic light behind some other cars, and a guy in the opposite lane was waiting for a gap to turn onto a parking lot.

    Traffic started moving, and I was about to go, but decided to stop and let the guy in first.

    But from his perspective it looked for a second like I wasn’t stopping. And that single hand movement that went from “fuck you” finger to “thank you” wave made my day.

  • Neato@kbin.social
    174·
    11 months ago

    Go towards the end of the zipper and put your turn signal on. I’ll let you in.

    Don’t: go to the end of the zipper with the turn signal on and just follow the shoulder line assuming I’ll let you in. You actually have to yield. If you use the shoulder because no one let you in right away and you couldn’t be assed to slow down even a little I’ll actively block your criminal ass.

    • Croquette
      2·
      11 months ago

      What’s worst is people trying to get in right a the beginning of the shoulder of a long lane. They cause traffic for both lanes.

      Just fucking go to the end of the lane, adjust your speed to merge with traffic.

      • Neato@kbin.social
        3·
        11 months ago

        I actually understand that one. It feels like going to the end is cheating, cutting they line. I used to do that until I learned it was bad for traffic and against design.

        Probably because I’ve seen enough people get IN the ending lane just to zip ahead or people speed down the shoulder past where it ended.

  • IninewCrow@lemmy.caEnglish
    1·
    11 months ago

    Depends … cry in angry rage? … or cry in a crippling sense of powerlessness and hopelessness?

  • takeda@lemmy.world
    24·
    11 months ago

    Not very well thought of, you need that person to merge in first before you can see it.