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Re: I've been driving for 10 years now and still don't get the idea of getting "cut off" [Re: morrowasted] 3
#23420303 - 07/07/16 01:53 PM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
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Christ you are dense eh?
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Re: I've been driving for 10 years now and still don't get the idea of getting "cut off" [Re: stzacrack]
#23420314 - 07/07/16 01:57 PM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
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Re: I've been driving for 10 years now and still don't get the idea of getting "cut off" [Re: ThatKidWithTheFace]
#23420317 - 07/07/16 01:58 PM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
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Ever hear of a Jersey Swerve? It's when someone in the fast lane realizes that they've got to get off at the upcoming exit(usually as they're basically passing it) and they swerve through a couple lanes of traffic sans blinker in order to make it instead of taking the next one. Anytime someone swerves infront of me and I have to step on the brakes as a result, I'd consider that being cut off - it's scary when it happens at 80 mph, which is why most people find it annoying. I don't really feel much rage behind the wheel honestly, the only thing that really bothers me is living in a state where people don't understand the mechanism of a passing lane and sit in the left lane with a parade of cars behind them.
Cutting people off is kind of a way of life if you have to drive in any of the Bos-Washington cities, you kind of have to do it even sometimes with pedestrians(that sounds worse than it is) at one point or another if you want to get anywhere, but because traffic usually doesn't get over 35 mph in the cities anyway so it's really nbd.
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Re: I've been driving for 10 years now and still don't get the idea of getting "cut off" [Re: Morel Guy]
#23420596 - 07/07/16 03:49 PM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
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Morel Guy said: I see getting cut off all the time. Usually when driving the speed limit someone pulls out in front. This slows down traffic and a lot of time they are just going to turn off shortly, slowing down the traffic again.
Or, someone pulls a left turn onto a road out of a business and doesn't wait for someone turning right onto the road.
I also witness people taking turns at traffic lights when a pedestrian has the light to cross a street.
People + vehicle = very stupid
I remember crossing a street once in CO. There was a girl next to me, with a little kid (about 4 years old) riding in shopping cart. Grocery store was across the street. The girl was really young....had to be the baby sitter or sister. Anyway, we get the green light to cross & embark. Then this lady makes a left hand turn.....staring at her phone. I lunged for the girl & the cart, but it was too late. Car careened into the cart, and the 4 year flipped in the air out of the cart & landed in the road. Hearing him scream afterwards was a relief, cause I thought he was a goner when he was in midair. Lady tried to blame sun glare.
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Re: I've been driving for 10 years now and still don't get the idea of getting "cut off" [Re: pirate-blues]
#23420625 - 07/07/16 04:02 PM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
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pirate-blues said: Cutting people off is kind of a way of life if you have to drive in any of the Bos-Washington cities, you kind of have to do it even sometimes with pedestrians(that sounds worse than it is) at one point or another if you want to get anywhere, but because traffic usually doesn't get over 35 mph in the cities anyway so it's really nbd.
Very true. Certain parts of the country drive much more aggressively than others
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Re: I've been driving for 10 years now and still don't get the idea of getting "cut off" [Re: morrowasted]
#23420728 - 07/07/16 04:39 PM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
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morrowasted said: Okay sure man but how often does shit like that happen?
Depends where you drive. Try driving frequently in the centre of any major city and you'll find it happens often.
I live in the fourth largest city in the country and have a 30 mile round trip to work on two major freeways daily.
You live in Houston right? You've been cut off, repeatedly. I fucking HATE going to Houston because of the way people there drive. I never really noticed until I was the one doing the driving. I went usually at least once or twice a month as a kid and never thought anything of the traffic. I practically had PTSD the first time I really drove there myself. I'm guessing you're just used to people driving like that and that is why you don't get it.
I don't live in Houston but close enough that I end up going there regularly still. There's no shortage of assholes and idiots where I live, but it's nothing compared to Houston. If I wasn't such a defensive driver I would've already had several wrecked cars from going into Houston. Almost every single time someone cuts me off to the point I have to slam on the brakes and pray I don't lose traction. If I weren't actively looking for these people before they become a problem, there's no way I'd get out of it without wrecking.
I'd say in my city I get cut off a few times a month or so depending on how much driving I do and at what point of the day. I do what I can to prevent it from even being a possibility but I can't prevent it 100% of the time. If I notice someone weaving in and out of lanes behind me I'll get close enough so they don't have room to merge in front of me or match their speed so they can't get around. If they really have to get somewhere a car length faster than everyone else, then they better be fast enough to get around the person in front of me, too. That or fall in line behind me. I don't drive slow, and I don't come to a full stop just to make a turn. There's no reason you need to be in front of me. Being stuck in traffic sucks, stop being that guy and deal with it like everyone else.
As for me cutting someone off. Never really happens. As mentioned above I find lane hopping to be highly annoying and don't do it. I get in whatever lane I need to be in for my destination and stay there. I only pass when it's actually warranted, like someone driving 20 in a 40 or an obstruction in the road or whatever. Though I guess it helps I never really do much driving outside of my city and know it so well. Almost never a last minute lane change required because I didn't know where I needed to turn.
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Re: I've been driving for 10 years now and still don't get the idea of getting "cut off" [Re: Shroomslip]
#23420800 - 07/07/16 04:58 PM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
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just after OP started this thread I was cut off by a red truck and he waved to me as a sort of apology, I waved back, it was all good.
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Re: I've been driving for 10 years now and still don't get the idea of getting "cut off" [Re: falsereality] 2
#23420863 - 07/07/16 05:18 PM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
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I usually do the apology wave too to help me feel like less of a dick if I do something dumb or to thank people for letting me in to merge or something.
And ever since I got followed by a road rager instead of flipping people off I usually stick my hand out the window and give them a thumbs up hoping that they'll get the sarcasm . That's only when someone does something REALLY dumb tho.
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Re: I've been driving for 10 years now and still don't get the idea of getting "cut off" [Re: pirate-blues] 1
#23420982 - 07/07/16 05:59 PM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
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It's been months since I had to slam on the brakes because someone changed lanes in front of me
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Re: I've been driving for 10 years now and still don't get the idea of getting "cut off" [Re: morrowasted] 3
#23420992 - 07/07/16 06:02 PM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
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morrowasted said: It's been months since I had to slam on the brakes because someone changed lanes in front of me 
Boom. You got cut off. You get it now right?
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Re: I've been driving for 10 years now and still don't get the idea of getting "cut off" [Re: morrowasted] 3
#23421005 - 07/07/16 06:08 PM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
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Re: I've been driving for 10 years now and still don't get the idea of getting "cut off" [Re: morrowasted]
#23421028 - 07/07/16 06:18 PM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
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morrowasted said: It's been months since I had to slam on the brakes because someone changed lanes in front of me 
I'm in Philly. Driving is a bloodsport here. The roads are narrow, old, and have potholes and huge manholes that will fuck your car right up so you're dodging those as well as buses, people, cyclists - not a day goes by that I don't get cut off .
https://www.yelp.com/biz/schuylkill-expressway-philadelphia
I hear Houston is pretty bad traffic wise too, but it probably helps that your roads are waay better and modern, but I've heard traffic is gnarly there too.
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Re: I've been driving for 10 years now and still don't get the idea of getting "cut off" [Re: morrowasted] 2
#23421055 - 07/07/16 06:30 PM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
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morrowasted said: It's been months since I had to slam on the brakes because someone changed lanes in front of me 
Yeah, that is why people get mad. How can you not understand this? You're in a 2,000lb chunk of metal that could easily kill you or someone else. They get mad because they don't want to die because some guy in a hurry, doesn't think the rules of the road apply to him, and cuts them off. Even if they don't die in the accident it is still a hassle to go through that and expensive.
Half my job is driving so I see a lot of bad accidents and crazy driving. There have been numerous times that someone cut me and others off on the freeway and then a few miles up the road they are in an accident.
One time some kid thought he was in the Fast and Furious movie. Everybody on the freeway was doing about 50mph because of traffic and this kid thought it would be a good idea to do 80mph and weave thru everybody else. 2 miles up the road he hit the rail hard, then went across 4 lanes of traffic and hit another car that didn't get much damage. I didn't feel that bad for the driver, but I did for the passenger. I doubt either of them made it out alive.
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Re: I've been driving for 10 years now and still don't get the idea of getting "cut off" [Re: morrowasted]
#23421062 - 07/07/16 06:33 PM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
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Sheekle said: In 7 years of driving I have never had a single instance of feeling like someone "cut me off" either.
I mean I've had times where I felt like people changed lanes in an unsafe manner in front of me. But it was never "about me". It was always about them. To me the whole "cutting ME off" concept is weird because it makes it "about me", as if the driver doing the "cutting off" is "thinking about me" when they do it. No, they're just making moderately irresponsible lane changes.
I don't like when people suddenly change lanes without looking and without a turn signal. It might be selfish but I also not like getting into an accident where I can be seriously injured or killed.
I try to be safe. I follow at a good distance. I use my turn signals. Yes I've made mistakes but I've never been flat out reckless. However the only times I've been seriously cut off is when someone merges at the last second when they're supposed to yield or when they change lanes in an intersection (which is illegal here.)
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Re: I've been driving for 10 years now and still don't get the idea of getting "cut off" [Re: CookieCrumbs] 1
#23421070 - 07/07/16 06:36 PM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
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https://www.allstate.com/tools-and-resources/americas-best-drivers.aspx
Texas also has some of the safest driving conditions in the country, with a Texas city being #1 according to allstate.
Another site also lists a Texas city as #1
https://wallethub.com/edu/best-worst-cities-to-be-a-driver/13964/

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Re: I've been driving for 10 years now and still don't get the idea of getting "cut off" [Re: CookieCrumbs]
#23421148 - 07/07/16 06:58 PM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
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Don't be fooled. Texas is a big state with a lot of tiny quiet towns in it. Chances are pretty good it'd wind up on the top 10 of anything really. Pretty sure OP is from Houston, and it is rated pretty poorly on both of those links. It's 166/200 in the first one and the safety column in the second link it's 93/100. I've been through a good bit of the East side of Texas over my life and Houston seems to be more representative of the drivers I've seen than the drivers in small quiet retirement cities.
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Re: I've been driving for 10 years now and still don't get the idea of getting "cut off" [Re: Shroomslip]
#23421175 - 07/07/16 07:07 PM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
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Good point.
I feel like I was trying to play devils advocate for OP though. I don't know how he can't understand what getting cut off is 
Honestly though what really pisses me off is people playing on their damn phones while they're driving. Any time I see a car swerving in their lane or accelerating and decelerating over and over again and just clearly not paying attention, I pass to get the hell away from them and sure enough they're on the phone. There's excuses for most things but not for that.
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Re: I've been driving for 10 years now and still don't get the idea of getting "cut off" [Re: Sanguin3]
#23421238 - 07/07/16 07:23 PM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
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Sanguin3 said: I've never driven through or around any other major cities, but I used to live near Atlanta and that shit is fucking NUTS to drive through. Speed limits like 55 or 60 but if you're not going at least 80 you'll get run over. People drive like idiots at all times of the day swerving through lanes and cutting 2-3 people off in one swoop.
Glad I don't have to deal with that nonsense anymore, small town ftw.
I guess I am just used to it? I mean I just pay a lot of attention to the movement of the cars around me. I don't rely on other people using turn signals, I pay attention to the micromovements of their car to get a sense of what they might do next, and what I might need to start doing in response- like slowing down.
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Re: I've been driving for 10 years now and still don't get the idea of getting "cut off" [Re: Sanguin3]
#23421253 - 07/07/16 07:27 PM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
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Yeah that's pretty much how it is in Houston. If you're not doing at least 70 or 75 you got people passing you on both sides. People swerve in and out of lanes and jump 2-3 lanes at once, even when everything is highly congested. One of the main reasons I hate driving in Houston is how close everyone gets, somehow it's completely normal for people to merge with maybe a foot of clearance behind and in front, distances that are close enough that I personally wouldn't be able to tell whether I was gonna be clipping someone or not. Also during rush hour it will go from 70 to a dead stop really goddamn fast and a lot of times you really can't see it coming. You and everyone else are just all of the sudden braking really hard and hoping everyone is paying attention and people STILL FUCKING LANE JUMP suddenly in all of this. When just 10-20 feet of stopping room is the difference between knowing you're gonna make it and shitting your pants some asshat wants to jump in front of you.
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