Well, guess I live in Cleveland now
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You don't wait people to let you switch lane, you make them let you switch.
As we say from where I am "clignotants, coup de volant" ! ("Turn signal, turn the steering wheel" not sure about the translation :'))
Of course it works better if you drive an old car.
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I have this in my area, which was weird coming from actual big cities with way more dense traffic.
It's like the courtesy from the shared misery of, "We're all in this shit together" never got a chance. Instead people here seemingly never evolved beyond the "If I tailgate this one car, the 100 in front will disappear" phase.
When you're overtaking someone going slow, but they speed up next to you, so you're stuck now and will miss the exit. Just pretend they were probably lonely and just needed someone next to them for a while.
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Let you switch lanes?
As they say in Rome, carpe viam. Don't ask for permission, just start moving your car towards the other fuckers. They'll move if they prefer not to have scratches on their car.
Oh also you're gonna wanna drive a shitbox in case they decide to tank those scratches.
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You have a blinker, a gas pedal, a brake pedal, and a rolling 2-ton block of steel and plastic. If you can’t get over, that’s on you.
I get it. I live in Austin, the tailgating Capitol of the world. Turns out, people want you to run into them as much as you want to run into them. That is, not at all. Grow a pair and show those assholes that they need to be leaving more space in front of them, even at slower speeds.
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I have this in my area, which was weird coming from actual big cities with way more dense traffic.
It's like the courtesy from the shared misery of, "We're all in this shit together" never got a chance. Instead people here seemingly never evolved beyond the "If I tailgate this one car, the 100 in front will disappear" phase.
When you're overtaking someone going slow, but they speed up next to you, so you're stuck now and will miss the exit. Just pretend they were probably lonely and just needed someone next to them for a while.
When you're overtaking someone going slow
Quit speeding. Changing lanes all willy nilly hurts traffic, not helps it. Statistically, you go the fastest when choosing a lane and staying there. The three seconds you save getting to your destination isn’t worth making all the traffic behind you worse. And while you’re at it, leave at least one car length in front of you for every 10mph you’re going. You shouldn’t have to rely on your brakes to slow down on the highway.
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while you're not strictly supposed to, you can also slow down and go behind them
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A lot of interesting takes!
I'll add another... If this is you, keep right.
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This post is calling me out and I don't like it!! haha
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Let you switch lanes?
As they say in Rome, carpe viam. Don't ask for permission, just start moving your car towards the other fuckers. They'll move if they prefer not to have scratches on their car.
Oh also you're gonna wanna drive a shitbox in case they decide to tank those scratches.
Just Mad Max your vehicle. Bumpers, spikes and flames on the sides of your car will convince people to kindly yield.
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Just Mad Max your vehicle. Bumpers, spikes and flames on the sides of your car will convince people to kindly yield.
Can of silver paint ready for when the inevitable road rage kicks in.
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Move to New Orleans, nobody lets you in here. You gotta just merge and hope they aren't texting.
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No way they'll let you turn off in Cleveland either. Be assertive or keep going, buddy.
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it's a turn SIGNAL not a turn REQUEST
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Let you switch lanes?
As they say in Rome, carpe viam. Don't ask for permission, just start moving your car towards the other fuckers. They'll move if they prefer not to have scratches on their car.
Oh also you're gonna wanna drive a shitbox in case they decide to tank those scratches.
I had to learn this quick when I lived in Philadelphia for a couple years. Works great everywhere else, too!
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If it helps, lane changing is one of the main reasons for congestion so if you're only making a short trip (e.g. same city) you might as well keep right-ish.
In heavy traffic it's usually not even much slower, and sometimes even faster, so I often stay in the right two lanes if I'm just going downtown or something. I usually also help with the flow of traffic by letting people in and out for the three or four exits I'm passing, since I try not to tailgate.
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When you're overtaking someone going slow
Quit speeding. Changing lanes all willy nilly hurts traffic, not helps it. Statistically, you go the fastest when choosing a lane and staying there. The three seconds you save getting to your destination isn’t worth making all the traffic behind you worse. And while you’re at it, leave at least one car length in front of you for every 10mph you’re going. You shouldn’t have to rely on your brakes to slow down on the highway.
There are diminishing returns with increased speed, not going to deny that or any of the safety concerns, however extremely passive drivers and lane warriors are a major nuissance and contribute greatly to traffic. No one knows how to zipper merge properly and worse, they take it as a personal afront that you dared to cut ahead of them in traffic.
It boils down to self centeredness and discourtesy.
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while you're not strictly supposed to, you can also slow down and go behind them
I'll hit the brakes, he'll fly right by us.
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Can of silver paint ready for when the inevitable road rage kicks in.
WITNESS ME
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When you're overtaking someone going slow
Quit speeding. Changing lanes all willy nilly hurts traffic, not helps it. Statistically, you go the fastest when choosing a lane and staying there. The three seconds you save getting to your destination isn’t worth making all the traffic behind you worse. And while you’re at it, leave at least one car length in front of you for every 10mph you’re going. You shouldn’t have to rely on your brakes to slow down on the highway.
If everyone kept right when not passing like we're supposed to there would be no "changing lanes willy nilly". If you get passed on the right neither you or someone in front of you is fucking up.
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