Reminds me of trying to turn left in San Francisco. Eventually you’re going to end up in Oakland.
I hate when the info saying what lane goes where is showed last moment, always makes me stressed
Actually a good driver!
Saying I heard once: “Good drivers sometimes miss their exists. Bad drivers never miss their exists.” Stuck with me for a very long time.
I came here to say this exact thing.
I can’t tell you how many times I’ve missed my exit. It’s just not worth getting bothered about.
I might be another 5-10 minutes, but I’ll get there alive, and nobody else will be at risk by my error. I consider that an absolute win.
That’s… existential.
Yeah, but that saying is absolutely brain dead, because if you take it literally it states anyone that has ever missed their exit is a good driver, which clearly isn’t true
Everyone look!
(Crowd looks up at the sky)
It’s Captain Pedantic here to save the day!!
it doesn’t say that at all.
it said that good drivers SOMETIMES miss their exits.
it did not say ALL good drivers miss their exits. it did not even say that ALL good drivers sometimes miss their exits. it said that there are times where good drivers miss their exit. there’s no imperative.
even if you want to be the most pedantic person on this autism boat of a website; in this case you’re just plane wrong.
How many times did you get dropped on your head as a child?
in this case you’re just “plane” wrong
Oh, you’re just American
Stay safe! I’ll take wrong exit over unsafe maneuver every time.
Kinda depends. My Uber riders don’t usually appreciate it. Thankfully, it’s only been once or twice. “I’ll just loop around on the next exit.”
Well, I’d expect a professional driver to anticipate and switch lanes early enough instead of hugging the left lane for no reason…
There is never a reason to hug the passing lane(s).
If you’re actively passing then it’s not hugging.
If you’re not actively passing then GET THE FUCK OUT OF THE LANE!
A friend of mine got a phone call at daft o’clock one evening from his son who hadn’t turned up home.
“Dad, can you pick me up from the city centre please?”
Bear in mind that he lived in a smaller town 40 miles or so from the city; on a bus route that spanned two cities about 90 miles apart.
Turns out that he had been taught how to board a bus; ask for a ticket; pay; and take a seat… but never learned how to leave a bus.
His dad was understandably pissed off, having been kicked out of bed at midnight to do a near two-hour round trip drive to pick his lad up. He asking him why he hadn’t pushed the bell to signal the driver to stop.
“I thought they were just emergency stop buttons, and because I told the driver where I was going when I got the ticket, I thought he would stop for me… and when he didn’t, I just sat and waited until the end of the line”.
Poor soul.
I thought buses just stop at a station, you have to signal to the driver to stop? I’ve never ridden a bus before, so at least that’s my main reason, but if I got on and didn’t see a button or anything, I’d probably make that mistake 💀
When you have all the time I the world to switch but suddenly the wanna be Nascar drivers show up in the last mile before the off ramp and box you in.
Practically everyone trying to make a right hand turn at the intersection where my apartment is. You have exactly 1.5 miles to get into the right lane, but 90% of drivers wait until they get right to the turn, with 5% getting in the lane well ahead of time and the last 5% turning from the straight lane around the little pedestrian island thing instead of actually using the right hand turn lane.
for anyone else wondering, ℅ is a “care of” sign and is apparently used in writing addresses on envelopes.
How am I today years old and still encountering new typed symbols?
Also, I’m assuming the person you’re responding to accidentally used it instead of a percent sign. How the heck did you manage that @Kolanaki@pawb.social lol
I didn’t even notice until I got the replies about it. It has to be the weird autocorrect dictionary on FUTO keyboard. I switched to this from Gboard not that long ago, and it wants to do even weirder shit to change what I actually typed even more than Google’s. 😵💫
Long pressing the percent sign on FUTO doesn’t even have the one that ended up in my comment like Gboard does. 🤷♂️
yeah they edited the comment to be all three actual % symbols after i replied, it was two ℅ symbols and a final % before.
℅ shows up as a long-press option on my particular android keyboard after the % key, so probably something like that.
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i love the strong-breath birdy
I see this all the time on the road and I just don’t get it. People would rather tailgate me for miles than change lanes and go around. Someone please explain why people are like this.
Meanwhile I’m changing lanes the the very moment I see a car going slower in front of me. One thing I absolutely hate is having to turn off the cruise control once it’s on, and I use it everywhere, even on city streets (I drive a sports car so it’s easy to accidentally speed if I don’t).
Edit: I don’t understand these downvotes. What’s wrong with using the passing lane to pass? Why am I the asshole because someone is afraid to change lanes? I already drive 15 MPH over the speed limit, and always stick to the right when I’m not passing (even though no one else in my city does this). So if you’re tailgating when I’m already doing my best to be more courteous than the average person in the road, that makes me the dick?
Someone please explain why this comment is triggering so many people. I really don’t get it.
you have no idea how much of a-hole you sound right here. do you drive a white bmw by any chance?? 😂😂
Huh? How does changing lanes to pass someone make me an asshole? That’s what passing lanes are for! Please explain. I don’t understand these downvotes.
And no I don’t drive a BMW. I think they’re ugly, especially in a boring color like white (except for the Z series, and even those still have the ugly BMW grille).
No. I prefer Asian vehicles. I drive a 350Z Roadster Touring 6MT w/the DE engine in Daytona Blue.
I’m not sure I understood you. Do you pass people on the faster lane, or on their blind-spot slower lane? Do you pass people already driving the speed limit? Do you give slower drivers the chance to switch to the slower lane before you go around them? and nothing personal man it’s all cool lol
Maybe I’m not explaining myself well enough:
I drive 15 MPH over the speed limit in the right lane, so that people don’t tailgate me (but as I’ve pointed out, they still do anyway). I pass on the left, unless they’re illegally blocking the passing lane, doing the speed limit. In which case I have no choice but to pass on the right. I give people a chance to switch lanes but they rarely do. People like to just pick a random lane and drive one speed in it the entire time, completely unaware of their surroundings. Except when they don’t.
Maybe you live in an area where drivers are consistent and courteous, but I don’t. Drivers are all over the place, which is why I have to be adaptable. Everything is made up and the rules don’t matter where I live.
Ok ok I think you’re alright. Your first comment was like “I never slow down nor switch my cruise control even in the inner city and just overtake around people instead because I drive a sport car…” lmao
I didn’t say that I “never slow down”. I was just pointing out that it’s irritating having to slow down and speed up all the time. I rather just change lanes so I can maintain my speed.
The point I’m making is that I don’t understand why people like OP would rather take the wrong exit than simply change lanes to get to where they need to be. If you’re afraid to change lanes, then your mirrors are probably set incorrectly. It also couldn’t hurt to buy blind spot mirrors if your car doesn’t have them (or at least blind spot monitors). They’re only about $3.
And if you’re still afraid, then you shouldn’t be driving at all. Scared drivers are dangerous drivers.
