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Originally posted by andersensrm
I feel like, people just have no idea what they're doing on the road. EIther that or they are complete a$$holes with no care for anyone else.
Im driving down the fast lane, start to approach the car in front of me, he is going slightly slower than everyone else, why is it so hard to just move over to the next lane, and let the people who want to pass, pass?
Every time I put my blinker on to alert the person behind me that I am changing lanes, they hit the gas, and cut me off. It now makes more sense to not use the blinker and just swerve into the next lane when there's space.
For whatever reason people have a problem with motorcycles. I ride a bike, and I have people trying to cut me off, or pull into me, and do nasty s**t.
It seems like every time I'm waiting at a long red light, behind a long trail of cars, the first car is never paying attention and sits there for the first 4-5 seconds without moving, then moves with incredible slowness and very slightly eases the gas pedal forward, then it follows all the way back through the line. When I'm driving and the light turns green, I'm right behind the car in front of me, its okay to be close people, were not on the freeway we're talking about less than 35 mph. Beyond that it is reasonable to keep distance.
I guess my point is, if people were more attentive while driving, and thought more about what they were doing, what space they were occupying, if pulling up to the next car and not leaving a 20ft gap might help speed things along, we might really be able to make the driving experience better, faster, more efficient. But instead we don't let each other in, we cut each other off, all slowing everything down, setting up chain reactions that eventually lead to gridlock, with no one going nowhere.
Originally posted by alonzo730
My brother rides a motorcycle. When I'm driving and I see a bike on the road I always try to give them a little extra space. I've been driving for close to 40 years now, people are less courteous than they used to be. Some people don't seem to have grasp on what the rules of the road are. Some times I wish I lived in the city, then I could take the bus, let some one else have all the headaches.
Originally posted by alonzo730
I've been driving for close to 40 years now, people are less courteous than they used to be. Some people don't seem to have grasp on what the rules of the road are
Originally posted by andersensrm
I feel like, people just have no idea what they're doing on the road. EIther that or they are complete a$$holes with no care for anyone else.
Im driving down the fast lane, start to approach the car in front of me, he is going slightly slower than everyone else, why is it so hard to just move over to the next lane, and let the people who want to pass, pass?
Every time I put my blinker on to alert the person behind me that I am changing lanes, they hit the gas, and cut me off. It now makes more sense to not use the blinker and just swerve into the next lane when there's space.
For whatever reason people have a problem with motorcycles. I ride a bike, and I have people trying to cut me off, or pull into me, and do nasty s**t.
It seems like every time I'm waiting at a long red light, behind a long trail of cars, the first car is never paying attention and sits there for the first 4-5 seconds without moving, then moves with incredible slowness and very slightly eases the gas pedal forward, then it follows all the way back through the line. When I'm driving and the light turns green, I'm right behind the car in front of me, its okay to be close people, were not on the freeway we're talking about less than 35 mph. Beyond that it is reasonable to keep distance.
I guess my point is, if people were more attentive while driving, and thought more about what they were doing, what space they were occupying, if pulling up to the next car and not leaving a 20ft gap might help speed things along, we might really be able to make the driving experience better, faster, more efficient. But instead we don't let each other in, we cut each other off, all slowing everything down, setting up chain reactions that eventually lead to gridlock, with no one going nowhere.
Originally posted by crankyoldman
I have recently noticed a curious thing at a signal. If the signal is more then 2 minutes, the person waiting will often drift off. It seems that the attention span of quite a lot of people no longer exceeds the length of a signal.
Sadly people also seem to mistake the car for their home, in fact I would say that people now regard nearly every place their body can be as their home: sidewalk, store, movie theater etc. This has them drifting off rather than realizing they are in control of a 2k or more pound weapon.
We also don't train people to operate the car properly at all. Answer a few questions, demonstrate you can use the gas and break and off you go. In germany people drive really fast, because the know how to, here people drive fast because the watched all fast and furious movies.
It seems like every time I'm waiting at a long red light, behind a long trail of cars, the first car is never paying attention and sits there for the first 4-5 seconds without moving, then moves with incredible slowness and very slightly eases the gas pedal forward,
Originally posted by andersensrm
reply to post by akushla99
I tend to agree, but it doenst matter what route I take, or how early I wake up, or a matter of just changing lanes. I don't think that I should come before anyone else. A lot of the times I am waiting at a left turn only lane. Have to go to the same one everyday to get to work, and everytime it is full of about 45-50 cars going all the way back. The green light only lasts about 5 seconds. A lot of times what will happen, is the car in front doesn't leave when it turns green, instead he waits there and only one car can get through at a time, instead of about 10-12. Or the first few people will go, and the car in front of me won't go anywhere, then somebody in the going straight lane, cuts into the left turn lane in front of the car just stopped there, and cuts in front of like 50 people waiting in line.
So its not like I can just change lanes and forget about, I have to go through the left turn. But it isn't fair for people to just determine how fast, and how slow they want to do things. We should try to be as efficient as possible all the time. But it seems like theres a lot of people driving around seemingly with no place to be, because they're driving so slow, and carelessly.
Originally posted by andersensrm
reply to post by ANOK
I agree. However there are many a times when I am driving a long, at about 30-35 mph, people like to jump into the cross walk about 15 ft before I get there, then they give me a scowl when I don't stop.
Look it is physically impossible to stop in 15ft at 30 mph.
Now there are other times when someone is clearly waiting at a crosswalk, and I do my best to be aware of them and stop for them, if possible.
Usually people aren't stopped at a cross walk, they're walking towards one. Most of the time people are walking towards a crosswalk, because theres a lot of them ( depending on where you are) but just because they are walking towards a crosswalk doesn't mean they'll use it, and it doesn't make sense for a driver to stop everytime a person approaches a crosswalk, because usually they just walk by without using it.
The whole thing about pedestrians have a right of way troubles me. Pedestrians all of the sudden think, "I have the right of way, so I can just jump right in the middle of a roadway, and people are forced to stop for me" the problem is physics. It takes a certain distance to stop, depending on speed, so while pedestrians have the right of way, people still have to respect that this 2500lb machine can easily kill you.
I don't mind bicycles on the road when it makes sense. A two lane road, that is on a cliff, with no shoulder, is no place for a bicycle, especially if there are trails going everywhere. Where I live you can get to anyplace you could in a car, on a trail, so riding on the road doesn't make sense to me. If you are, I would think that at least the biker would ride on the shoulder of the road if there is one, a lot of times there is plenty of space off the road on the shoulder, but the bike rather stay in the middle of the lane blocking everyone. Its like being on a really long escalator and people in front of you stand in the middle instead of the right, to let you through. Its not really a big deal, but its just courteous to let people who want to get through, get through, especially when it takes pretty much no effort at all. This is why I can't understand people who are angry at drivers trying to pass them, it takes no effort to let them pass, but people would rather just stay in the way, waiting for the day when the driver snaps pulls out a gun and just starts shooting.
Originally posted by andersensrm
reply to post by ANOK
Okay, but if I stopped everytime a person approached a crosswalk, I might as well be walking.