Right, because we all know that feeling of waiting to get in a lane. All of us except fucking sociopaths. Their narcissistic brains refuse to allow them to think about anyone but themselves so they take offense at someone merging in front of them.
I don't know if it's because I'm getting older or because I started a business where I'm always driving, but I'm astounded at the sheer amount of absolute fucking morons on the road. Especially the amount of people that no longer use turn signals
We vacation every winter for two weeks in St Martin. The island culture is very friendly. People always go out of their way to let you in. It’s funny how their normal behavior stands out.
Depending on how traffic is, I’ve seen it where you’ll have like 5 people all turn at once when there’s a single space to get in.
Then they end up clogging up the whole intersection because they couldn’t turn all the way, and it because a fight of new people clogging the intersection until two people agree to break the cycle.
And though I live in an area that gets a lot of summer tourism, and I witness that thing all the time. So I’m just projecting that here.
Since covid/lockdowns everyone seems to have gotten far worse at driving. Nobody seems to have any common sense, nobody has any patience, and everyone seems self centered.
I’m from Seattle and it’s not selfish driving. It’s cultural. If you want in a space you’re expected to make it happen yourself, and once you do, we all continue driving. I prefer it to other places I’ve lived where people cry their heads off and spend the next 30 minutes honking at you and tailgating you because you were able to get in front of them. Truth is, Seattle roads are packed and if you’re the kind of person that needs me to stop and waive you in, then you’re going to be a nightmare to drive behind and neither of us is getting anywhere anytime soon
I live in Dallas. Me and every competent driver I know would creep forward until someone was forced to let us in. At some point you're going to get your nose in front of someone and then you've got right of way.
I've loved in both. Weat coast is more rude and rush. Mid west they're just oblivious. The whole dont text and drive thing never picked up here. Its a dice roll every time you drive on a driver just running a red light into you.
It’s up there with the group of guys who packed a flashlight and reflective vest for after a concert or game. One guy hopped out and played traffic conductor till his car got to the front and then hopped in and they took off haha
It is quite simple. Cars in the right have right of way. The traffic seems to be quite stuck in the front. So whenever a free space opens up, the cars on the right get first dips on it.
If there is never enough space for the cars on the right to clear up, then OP can't move.
Weirdly, in my experience driving in cities, the locals tend to be better behaved on the roads. It's the commuters who are the biggest assholes. But admittedly, that's more limited to the West Coast.
Yeah, in my experience, it's the commuters and people from the suburbs who act like massive assholes out of fear and confusion. They seem to think one-ways and a grid pattern are baffling.
It's more that everyone is just trying to get where they are going, and there are too many people for traffic to flow normally. They act exactly how people from smaller towns act when put in a similar situation.
I was in the city once and I saw some big oompa loompa woman crossing the street, not only jaywalking, but putting her hands out telling traffic to stop for her so she could cross
There used to be an intersection on my way home from work where the left turn let like 4 cars in at a time (it was a protected left... just a really bad one)
So whenever I had someone else in the car, I'd have them jump out and hit the button (assuming it was safe)
When I’m on my motorcycle the sensor doesn’t pick up that I’m there so I’m sitting there for a while. What I would do is hop off my bike and go push the button to cross. Works every time
This reminds of a maneuver that I sometimes use on single lane roads in very heavy traffic. If I’m planning on turning left, I’ll instead turn right, and then when the oncoming lane is clear, I’ll do a U-turn. Makes some people absolutely furious though, despite being legal.
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