RSS
Home
Enter your traffic lane well ahead of time
Print
Email
RSS
Subscribe
Anyone else bugged by those arrogant commuters who, when they know a lane’s going to merge, continue in the open lane until they get to a place to cut into line. The one I see most often are the southbound express lanes going under the convention center. This engineering, hourglass-shaped, traffic logjam makes this bad behavior inevitable.
The real problem with this is that it isn’t automatically “illegal,” unless the lane change is done unsafely. Once again, this is a matter of road rudeness. While the good, polite commuters enter the lane needed to continue southbound well ahead of time, content to wait their turn with other civilized drivers, there are some out there who can’t be bothered to behave with respect for other drivers. They feel the need to cheat, and apparently feel no shame about it.
Does this behavior affect other drivers beyond chaffing their sensibilities? Well, actually it does. When drivers enter the lane they need well ahead of time, although the progress might be slow, it’s generally steady. It’s when the cheaters attempt to aggressively merge into the lane, especially larger vehicles or those hauling trailers, who hold up traffic for however long it takes them to merge. When it’s done repeatedly by multiple drivers, it does affect the commute.
Is there anything that can be done about it? Sadly, nope; there will always be narcissistic commuters among us who don’t feel constrained by social conventions toward respect for ones fellow commuter. We can adjust our own attitudes and try not to become enraged at these cheaters. Realize they probably have more problems in life than traffic indiscretions. They have low integrity and apparently are of little quality.
Don’t give them the power to anger you. And if you’re one of these drivers who feel no compunction about “cheating,” I sincerely hope I’m nearby, in a professional capacity, the next time you make an unsafe lane change while attempting it.
For more info: Comments & Questions: stevepomper@stevepomper.com or please visit: www.stevepomper.com
More About:
traffic ·
road rage ·
commuting ·
driver ·
Courtesy ·
Motorcycle commuting ·
Police ·
Steve Pomper ·
Driver Education
Related Articles:
Comments
Contrary to some apparently perceived popular opinion, other drivers cannot read your mind. Just because you know you’re not about to make some …
Pet peeve, I don’t know, but there’s a driving peccadillo that’s particularly irksome to me: people driving with their dogs in their …
