For the past few years it has happened rather frequently that when backing out of a parking space, some car drives right behind me, like I wasn't there. Mind you, I look back and sideways before I back up, I back slowly, and I keep looking around as I back. But some yoyos just barrel on through like I'm not there. I slam on my brakes and curse a blue streak. Has anyone else noticed this?
Merges on the left are stupid, merging is awkward geometrically, speed wise and from the fact that most drivers are unaware numpties both the ones unaware of the merging lane while they're speeding and also from the merging drivers who seem to think 40 or 50 mph is sufficient to merge into the f*st lane (yeah i know its the passing lane but, you know it, i know it and you know i know it)
I’ve encountered a behavior multiple times this week that infuriates more than the left lane camper. I’m calling them impatient/entitled mergers. There’s a long line of cars on an on ramp that needs to merge with traffic on a highway, but some entitled asshole 8 cars back in the line decides he needs to go first and crosses the double line before the merge lane even begins and cuts off all the cars in front of them trying to merge. Wait your damn turn!
I had this happen to me twice yesterday in Atlanta (people drive insane there anyway) and the second time the asshole actually got mad and honked their horn when I went ahead and merged in front of them instead of letting them pass before I merged. Fuck all the way off please.
Edited to add: it’s wild the number of you assuming I was the only one in line to merge and was going too slow. My post literally states there was a long line in the merge lane. I had 3-4 people in front of me and the Asshole who merged over the double lines was at least 5 cars behind me. We hadn’t had a chance to get all the way up to speed yet. I can’t go faster than the 4 cars in front of me.
I think the normalization of speeding poses a significant threat to the legitimacy of the legal system itself. It has become standard that cops don’t pull you over unless you’re breaking the law “enough,” but that completely undermines the law. If the law wanted a different threshold, it would have been written with that threshold in mind.
Speed limits are created by engineers who know far more about road safety than the average driver. They also have to account for the fact that speeding is normalized, which likely contributes to limits being set lower than many people want. I honestly believe that if people collectively stopped speeding, roads would see fewer accidents and speed limits would eventually begin rising in places where higher speeds are actually safe. Then people could travel just as quickly without constantly breaking the law or risking tickets.
The disregard for speed limits has gotten so bad that people now claim drivers following the posted limit are the problem. I think that’s ridiculous. While I understand the “go with the flow of traffic” argument to an extent, normalizing breaking the law creates a much larger long-term safety issue than simply following the speed limit.
I also think the argument that “speed limits are designed for the average car, so semis drag the limit down” is weak. In many places semis already have separate speed regulations, lane restrictions, and additional rules.
At the end of the day, the path to faster travel shouldn’t be widespread disregard for the law. If people truly believe limits are too low, the better solution is electing politicians and supporting engineering studies that will change the laws based on evidence that roads can safely handle higher speeds.
On a related note, even on r/driving you can report other driving infractions, but you can’t even report speeding, which feels inconsistent and a bit silly.
To the guy I blasted with my horn at the intersection of Pine and Main about 10 minutes ago, i’m sorry. I was so convinced that I was in the correct lane to go through that intersection that I circled back around the block to look for signage and when I found out that I was the one in the wrong, well, I feel like a complete dick. I’m sorry I flipped you off.
This is on a road I drive daily for about 6.5 miles. 3.5 of those miles is a narrow winding road, two lanes, no sidewalks or medians or turn lanes. Speed limit is 25. No passing zone. People will ride my butt and I'm going 30 (in a 25). I might let them pass by pulling over or they'll pass me with on-coming traffic coming even though it is a double yellow line.
Then the road speed limit goes up to 35 and the road widens significantly with sidewalks, bike lanes, and medians with turn lanes... And I catch up to them cause now they're going like 32. 🤬
Unlike them, I don't start harassing them by riding their butt or swerving side to side or driving far to the left so they know I'm looking in front of them all irritated. WHYYYY do they do this.
As someone who drives for work, it seems like every year I get stuck behind more and more drivers who drive so timidly and seem to be extremely scared while operating a car. I’ve wasted so many hours of my life getting stuck behind drivers who go way under the speed limit, stop short for every little thing, take the slowest turns I’ve ever seen in my life, slow down at green lights, stop at yellow lights, the list goes on. I first started driving when I was 15 years old, and even then, I can’t remember a single day of that year where I was scared of driving for even a single second. Im not even a talented person at all, not in the slightest, and I still was very comfortable with driving on my very first day. Since then, not once have I ever been scared of driving. Yet there are grown adults my age or older than me who have been driving for years and are still extremely terrified, to the point that they have no problems at all holding up other drivers behind them. I used to drive better than some of these grown adults even when I only had a permit at 15 years old, and again I’m not a talented individual whatsoever, I’m just an average Joe.
I drive everyday to work, which will clock almost 150000 kms in 3 years. Under 25k I am getting lower mileage petrol 1.2 L Opel Astra which is beautiful. Is it worth taking it? I cannot go for disel as they already have mileage on it. Does this makes sense?
So I got pulled over in Norcross GA and got a ticket for failure to stop at a stop sign and was immediately confused because I’ve never done something like that and remembered stopping. After the cop left I went back to the intersection to see the sign and saw the stop sign is one that actually had those flashing lights all around it so I definitely couldn’t have missed it. It’s a 3 way stop and 2 of the other signs had cars stopped at them and I waited until it was clear and safe to go.
I do have a couple of other things on my record (my insurance lapsed and I was fined and I got a ticket for having my phone in my hand that I paid) but I was wondering if there’s any chance of me being able to prove that I did stop? I couldn’t even see the cop from the stop sign so I don’t know if there’s camera from his vantage point or anything. I can’t pay $300 especially when I know I didn’t do this. I have court in a couple weeks to plead guilty or not guilty but I honestly have no clue what to do or say.
I added a couple of views of the intersection. The cop was sitting at the blue X and I’m the red X going straight.
A few seconds of distraction, one rushed decision, or ignoring a basic rule can change everything.
✅ Wear your seatbelt
✅ Use your helmet
✅ Don’t text and drive
✅ Respect speed limits
✅ Be patient, arriving late is better than not arriving at all
I’m 20 and haven’t gotten my license yet I have no friends and my mom doesn’t want to teach me cause she says “i don’t have the patience for that” so I’m kinda stuck between a rock and a hard place. I would love to elaborate more on what my mom means by that but I don’t know what to ask.
I’m 18, only permit tho . I was on a freeway to the hospital (family emergency Ik it was stupid) and a car bumped me a bit, but I didn’t pull over because I didn’t see if they did. I’m nervous they did and will contact the police. There wasn’t any damage on my car and there car was significantly larger then mine. What should I do?
Pardon my poor drawing, i am the car in purple, i parked it there when there wasnt the car on the left, there was a very narrow margin between both the cars on my side for me to exit that space, i cannot possibly fathom a way to straighten it and reverse until i get out of that narrow road. Please help me (with a drawing if possible, i have adhd)
*me and the car on my right are basically parked in the dirt on the side of a very tiny narrow road, the car on the left has stopped on that road some time after i parked there, dead end, theres a tree blocking me from exiting from the front
Today I drove a car for the first time 😭
Didn’t do too bad honestly, but I’m struggling with clutch-speed coordination.
Any tips from experienced drivers on how to get smoother control and confidence as a beginner ?
This morning I was driving to uni (7am route to the city, CRAZY traffic) and I made the mistake of changing lanes without fulling checking my blindspot. Unfortunately there was a car also changing lanes at the same time as me from behind and I ALMOSSSSSTT hit them, KEY WORD ALMOST!! I would have definitely felt impact from behind if i had been bumped by them from behind but I am FULLY confident our cars didnt make any kind of contact as when they beeped me (extremely fair) i looked in my side mirror and our cars had space between them. The people in the car got out and fully started banging on my window and yelling at me, screaming at me to pull over as i had 'hit their car' when i am 100% confident i did not. i continued driving to uni where they followed me for 20 minutes and following behind me into the uni grounds. i stayed in my car as i felt threatened by them banging and punching my windows, and im sure i did not hit them at all, however the lady kept screaming and said "My car is on your mirror!" referring to a blue scrape i have had since i purchased my car from hitting a wheelie bin, and plus their car was NOT blue lol. Plus they were behind me so im not sure how they would have collided with my mirror. she said she is contacting the police and that my life is over lol. what is the worst case scenario for me for not providing any details for this apparent 'collision'. sincerely, an anxious uni student.
I am a new driver, my Automatic 2018 Hyundai Hatchback was parked downhill, with handbrake, since it is AMT, so it doesn't have the "P" mode, it was parked in "N" with handbrake
I sat in the car, I just inserted the key inside the key slot, the car was still off, and I put the handbrake down,
I agree that it was my mistake, the car started moving forward, but I was constantly pressing the brake, it was still not stopping, why did this happen
The car engine was not on, it just started moving forward and it stopped when I reached a flat surface, my stupid ass panicked so much that I didn't even think of pulling the handbrake, I was constantly pressing the brake paddle , but it didn't stop,
Why did this happen, thank god there was no one ahead of me, no car no person otherwise it could have been really fatal
too nervous to discuss this with my father
Hello, first time here
I've had a nasty cold for the last few days(my weekend), basically doing nothing but sleeping for the past 48 hours.
I'm about to head into work, but unfortunately I'm still really sick, I've got pretty bad vertigo as one of my symptoms, and I need to drive for most of my shift. It feels a little unsafe, so I was wondering if anyone has some tips and tricks for doing it safely.
It would seem far more efficient than being at the back of a line of cars, only to see the light turn red by the time the car in front if you has moved an inch.
Tonight this person was such a sheep, that I got all the way to 80 in a 55 to try to lose them, but they just copied my speed anyway. 2:00am on a wide open empty road. No reason to smother the person next to you. And I was in the right lane, so if anyone did want to pass, they’d be the one causing the blockade, not me.
Today I saw an incoming school bus, its yellow lights were on but it wasn’t stopped. I could even see the kids to my left on the sidewalk but the bus had not approach them yet. I passed the bus and moments after I passed the bus, the stop arm came up. I can’t say exactly how far I was but it was a decent distance. Is it possible I could get a ticket? I it’s just eating me up thinking about it.