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Re: What happened to giving a flash!

Fri, 12 August 2005 02:23

Merudo wrote on Thu, 30 June 2005 10:44

riceburna73 wrote on Wed, 29 June 2005 22:50

AE86slut wrote on Wed, 29 June 2005 17:27

What happened to courtesy in general? FFS, how hard is it to give a wave when someone lets you into their lane???

People are just fucking idiots. Everyday on the way home on the M4 I leave a gap of about 20m in front of me - letting people in keeps traffic flowing and will only make you 0.000000001 seconds later than you would be if you stuck to the person in front's bumper, not letting anyone in, and forcing traffic to stop while they try to find a way into the lane.
My pet hate is the fact that I leave all this room, but people refuse to merge right up until the lane physically ends! Do they not realise they CAN merge before this!?!?! I'm getting fired up just thinking about it!
If I'm pissed off, when the lane ends I close my gap to make them feel stupid for not merging earlier when it was easy and wouldn't fuck up the flow of traffic.... Not that they'd realise anyway, it just gives me morbid satisfaction.

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Im with you on that one slutty!
My biggest pet hate is thos fuck wits that have to follow the merging lane right to the end,especially when there is no one around. You can definately see that in their little minds they believe that if they follow the magic line the merging part will take care of its self Rolling Eyes

Anyways back on track,enhendrekid mabye when you get done for 3km over you may change you mind and be a bit more courteous..

you two are right on the money here Evil or Very Mad

dont get me started about people that just wait until the lane runs out so they just automerge... are they that lazy?!

I always let ppl in, like if traffic's stopped and there's a sidestreet, some people just pull right up the the bumper in front of them, i leave a gap so they can turn out, give them a little wave or lift the fingers off the steering wheel, makes me happy to extend some common courtesy.

most people just look at you like "WTF.... whatever mate" and keep driving, some smile and wave back

also, what about people that are in a lane thats running out, and you slow down to let them in, and they just DONT FUCKING MERGE, they just keep plodding along in that lane as if you're trying to block them out, that's happened to me so many times, I've even flashed my lights to indicate YES, YOU CAN COME IN TO MY LANE IN FRONT OF ME.... and most people just dont, they just sit there like stunned mullets in their lane ugh Evil or Very Mad

now im getting pissed off!

you just want to grab people like that by their collar and yell at them

What's the point of letting someone merge at the start of a merging lane? They are that long for a reason (I can give you the formula for working it out if you want to get really stupid)
Apart from letting people build up speed to merge (except in peak hour when they've got to slow Laughing

) it gives them a chance to see what's going on. It also stops cars queuing up the On ramp behind them & onto the other roads.
If the merging lane is eg 150m long, you can store 20-30 cars in that lane while trying to merge that aren't blocked back further up the road.
So my suggestion as someone who knows a little bout these things is force people to go all the way to the end of the merging lane, but be courteous there & merge one for one.

Oh yeah, I wave at anyone who does the right thing for me & I try to be courteous to them. One car only holds you up for 2-3 seconds, so what's the big deal.

I gave up flashing my lights for speed traps ages ago. No one cares & if their not obeying the speed limit or paying attention that much, then tough. (Speaking for experience here Embarassed

)

A new courteousy thing that most car drivers don't know, but truckies live by:
If a truck is trying to change lanes into yours, when the trailer is clear of the front of your front bumper, hold your high beam on. It lets them know that they're clear of your vehicle & aren't going to come over the top of you. In thanks, they'll give you a left-right-left indicator flash.

So, is that my traffic engineering essay finish now professor? Laughing

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