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cptngali86 t1_j2c4r60 wrote

Reply to comment by OwnResource in People who stop because they’ve missed their turn on a rotary- do you realize it’s a circle? by roadtrip-ne

It's not as bad as people who stop on a on ramp because they don't understand yield doesn't mean surrender and that there's a merging lane. That or people merging at 15 mph when there's 4 cars behind them and they basically force you into a dangerous situation.

Or people who drive below the speed limit in the passing lane.

People in general just don't know how to hell to drive.

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lucascorso21 t1_j2dgumi wrote

I’d agree with this more except the number of Massholes bombing down the right lane makes that merge a bit more ‘interesting’. Though you still shouldn’t stop.

My favorite is close proximity on/off ramps, like 93-95, where it’s really obvious to zipper when there is heavy traffic…and people still don’t do it.

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Darklighter10 t1_j2csb5l wrote

The stop at an on ramp yield is not just stupid, it’s dangerous.

The on ramp is there to give you enough time to get your speed consistent with the current highway traffic. That way, you can smoothly merge and drivers on the highway don’t have to do anything. If I am on an on-ramp, this is what I and the other cars behind me are doing - matching our travel speed to the highway speed - if you are the car in front of that line and you STOP at the yield, someone is going to rear end you and it’s not going to be pretty.

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turowski t1_j2d5a96 wrote

Don't ever drive in Pennsylvania. Their on-ramps literally have stop signs at the end before the merge point.

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aray25 t1_j2do0es wrote

Also the Merritt/Wilbur Cross in Connecticut.

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Darklighter10 t1_j2ech0r wrote

Last time I drove in Pennsylvania I kept getting stuck behind horse and buggy’s.

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crashcondo t1_j2dpvkd wrote

Worse, those people think they are saving everyone from dangerous speeders.

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General-Skywalker t1_j2e3j85 wrote

This is triggering because it just happened to me and I despise it every time. Over a quarter mile long on ramp and this lady is just humming along at 25 mph the entire length then just stops at the end with 4 additional cars behind me. All of us had to stop for this dumbass. This was also an on ramp that had about 500-1000ft of extra lane to help with the merge, not a rt. 1 legit stop sign at the end of the on ramp.

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cptngali86 t1_j2e4tu0 wrote

When people do that and there's no cars in the right lane I just pass them and won't let them in. Fuck those people they're going to get someone killed one day.

Also when people go 60 in the left lane and you can't go around and then you're stuck in the death zone of a 18 wheeler in the middle lane. Seriously people if you don't want to go over the speed limit stay the fuck out of any lane other than the right one, ideally stay home.

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RhaenyrasUncle t1_j2ejqti wrote

If they're going slow like that, I hang back, and then wait for a gap and shoot around/past them.

Added bonus: Usually freaks them out.

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RhaenyrasUncle t1_j2ejhyf wrote

Forgive them, they were chatting on the phone the whole 15-20 seconds they were driving up the on-ramp, when they should have been scanning traffic to time their merge.

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