It's strange, my coworker said the roads were really crazy last night. First light i tunred at, left turn by the way, with green arow, dude ran the red and almost hit me. Is it something in the water?
I think it’s a barometer for the overall mental health climate. We’re any combination of overworked, broke, tired, we got news organizations trying to keep us mad at each other all the time…and then we get on the road where it’s easy to pretend those other metal boxes aren’t filled with human beings.
I’m not above it. I’ve participated in my fair share of road rage parties. And I don’t have any solutions, just observations and memes. That’s all I got.
It's deeper than that.
People have been doing this since cars became fast. There's something in our brains that automatically turns driving into a battle.
Nah, it's not just driving cars - I've seen the same happen with shopping carts in the grocery store.
I don't know. I have never seen a shopping cart dispute half as bad as the aggressive/asshole drivers I see every damn day. I think it's the anonymity...
Have you been to Costco?
I mean, you roll up on anyone in an aggressive/adversarial manner, regardless of the situation, you’re more likely to encourage pushback than agreement/compliance. Even if it’s just the perception of aggression, our primate brains are wired to stand our ground. Doesn’t matter who’s wrong or right, it’s about locking horns. It’s why online arguments are the way they are.
I've got a solution. It's called a train.
Works really well when the nearest station is over a dozen miles away from your home, and you've got a full load of shopping bags with you.
I've got a solution for that one too. It's called a train station. We need to build more of them.
Who needs the actual railways, amirite?
Has it started getting hot out where you are recently? There is always a spike in bad driving when the weather gets nice.
An important game maybe? Being Brazilian, I’ve always refrained from driving before big soccer games started, like World Cup or championship finals. People were crazy trying to get home.
If there's heavy traffic in your city and private cars are still preferable to public transport, your infrastructure is shit and you should go pester your politicians about it
What do I do if the public transit is pretty good and the city is walkable, but all the jobs are in office parks 40 minutes out of town?
Pester your politicians that they forgot a part of the walkable city. Either a walkable workplace or work from home.
Literally the first 2 posts as I opened the app
These 'zipper merge' vs 'early merge' arguments are really the worst. At the same time, the lack of consensus fully explains why merge zones like that are such a mess.
Its funny that 102 comments will lead to meta reaction posts here in the fediverse
What discussion? Zipper merge is a well defined technique.
More like half the people know how to zipper merge and the other half try to justify merging a mile early and getting angry when people pass them and zipper merge properly.
Let pedestrians and cyclists go first. Scramble walk is okay and sjould be encouraged
The clear solution is to park on the tracks inside a light rail station.
Edit: post context
I assume it shouldn't be one at street level. Do you recommend an elevated station or an underground one?
GO AS FAST AS POSSIBLE DON'T STOP DON'T YIELD ONLY THE STRONG SURVIVE
Some people think that if there's a hwy lane closure in 30 miles, you're the asshole of you don't immediately merge over
I don't mind personally, but don't assume that your blinker means I HAVE to let you in
Definitely. I personally merge earlier, knowing it's less efficient and will put me back relative to zipper merging - just to avoid the stress of trying to get in between potentially uncooperative mergees. But I also don't get too mad at the mergers - maybe they're in a legit hurry
And some people think inflating numbers proves their point.
Plus, If you have 30 miles of signs telling you to get over and you wait until you are forced by the actual lane closure, yes you are the asshole.
I will not be taking questions.
If there's a lot of traffic it makes sense to try and find room to merge early though
"Early" being relative to the specific vehicles involved. Lorries/tractor-trailers need a LOT more time to find an opening before a merge than a "four-wheeler" does, for example.
Besides, it's long been proven that "zipper merging" - which is basically waiting up to almost the last second to merge - is the more efficient method.
It's more efficient if people let you pass in front of them. Which they might not
Not very efficient if you have to stop next to a moving lane lol
It always makes sense to merge at the last safe moment, but only if everyone else is doing that which requires everyone to trust each other and I can trust myself but I can’t trust any of you fuckers, etc.
Hot tip: if your bumper to bumper during congestion or construction periods. You need to have at least 2-3 (minimum 1) car spaces between you and the car/truck in front of you. This way you’ll maintain a steady speed (maybe btwn 2-9 mph) rather than coming to complete halt every stretch.
Even hotter tip: on a highway, if the line on your right is free, switch to it. Left line(s) is only for overtaking.
Once drivers learn this simple rule, speed limits can be lifted on certain highway parts so whoever wants to go faster now can fulfill their desire.
Edit: I did check few stats about fatal car accidents. I am very surprised that Germany has many road sections without a speed limit and is #15 on the least fatal car accident country, while US is #114. In fact, Germany's fatality rate on the road been steadily decreasing since 1970s with a slight increase at 1991-1992.
Funny how the country that has no speed limits and mostly 3 lines per direction roads is one of the safest countries to drive in. US should take notes.
God damnit , now I gotta go watch police academy 1-765 now
Who holds back the electric car?
Who makes Steve Guttenberg a star?
I didnt open that post cause I knew immediately that it would devolve into the age old fight of when to merge. This confirms I made the right choice, to always merge instantaneously when a sign that lane is ending is first seen in the distance.
Hot take:
No matter how good or crap you think the traffic laws are in your place are, the best bet is to follow them because if you don't you will likely have to pay a lot of money that you probably don't have to just throw away. Speed limits are limits, meaning maximums, merging should go like a zipper, yielding to traffic already up to speed is safest, driving without substances impairing your body is safest.
Its quite simple but a lot of people think they should be allowed to rebel against the laws and get away with doing whatever they want because the rules shouldn't apply to them specifically.
Don't mind me, appropriating this meme.
I know posts like that don't actually help, but the people on the road can't hear me when I yell at them for doing shit wrong and I need to get it out of my system.
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