When two vehicles meet at a merge, if one of them reaches the dotted line before you, you should yeild and lets them it. If you do so, the merge point would run very smoothly, almost a perfect text book merge where the two lanes interweave and become one.
But sure enough, some dingbat driver tries to merge early. So fucking early they cross 2 solids. They cross an area that vehicles aren’t supposed to use. And when they are met with confused travel, they get fustrated and turn agressive. Turning agressive is a bad thing while driving but they do it anyway. They get all uptight and the do something stupid like cut someone off. Sure, the guy they cut up is able to break but the breaking will ripple backwards through the traffic and create unexpected and unexplained agressive braking —why do i bother, somebody is just going to troll this bitch.
This article appears in Oct 31 – Nov 6, 2013.
In a perfect world traffic should merge like a well oiled zipper, until a zipperhead makes a mess of it.
You’re not quite right about that op. If you’re talking about an on-ramp, the driver on the ramp ALWAYS yields to traffic already on the highway or expressway. ALWAYS.
It’s a nicety to move to a passing lane to let ramp traffic in. But it’s not required.
I believe this is the case with any merge situation. But traffic should be permitted to zipper in for the sake of efficiency, yes.
SWEET SURRENDER
“… you should always yeild (sic) and let them it (sic)”. (Why do I bother)
I agree entirely. At this time of year when benevolent fellowship and gift-giving are the dominant themes, you should always yield and let them in.
A pleasure as always.
Cheerio!
I think the windsor exchange demonstrates the obviousness of how shitty people can fuck traffic royally for everyone. That and dewshes who crash/break down on the bridge.
MY “DOUBLE-ENTENDRE”
Dear, dear, no one seems to have got my “double-entendre” in my “Sweet Surrender”. You see, chaps, I wasn’t talking about traffic. I was talking about something else. Dear, dear.
A pleasure as always.
Cheerio!
mm, you didn’t give the secret password, so no one thought it was actually YOU sending the comment
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: Good dog Molly (11/07, 1:09PM)
Damn, you’re right Good dog. I should have added, “I was talking about something else. I was talking about the same thing I always talk about, those magnificent labia.”
Do you think that will do it, Good dog?
A pleasure as always.
Cheerio!