Freeway merge vigilantes WTF?!

[jgb@etree]

You're an idiot. Zipper at the point of merge is the most efficient use of travel lanes. It's self-righteous fucktards like you that cause half the problems. I bet you drive the posted limit -or a safe couple mph less, wouldn't want to be dangerous, would we now- in the left lane. Fuck off.

Thank you for speaking up for the small segment of our population who actually know how to drive.

Last week I was in the car with my wife and some asshat got all upset that I drove in the empty & open lane up until the point of the forced merge. People were alternating - as is appropriate - until it was my turn and the driver refused to alternate and started waving his hands and getting generally upset. I could give a shit. Go ahead dude. I pulled in behind him, and followed past the construction. Like all the other cars, he starts accelerating once it returned to 3 lanes. I signaled left to hit the middle lane. As soon as I started pulling over, he swerves into the middle lane. Heh. No problemo. Signal again, and move to the passing lane. Numbnuts swerves again. I laugh and say to my wife, "time to let the turbo's do the talking" and blitzed by him quickly so he didn't have a chance to try to be a moron. I go past and am cruising along at about 70 for a couple of minutes when Dr. Dumbass comes back. I decide to sit tight and see what he's got planned. He zipped in front of me and stood on the brakes. I just swerved around and hit the gas again, and took off with purpose so the moran wouldn't be able to catch up again. Didn't see him again, and I got where we were going 5 mins early so I guess the lane enforcement nazi lost.

I've never been able to get inside the heads of these types of people - including the jackasses who do 55 in the left lane, then get all incensed or try to speed up when you pass them on the right. What the fuck is up with that shit? Could one of the self proclaimed lane nazi's here please explain the thought process behind this behavior?

[BmillsSkier]

There's no way of knowing until he provides a number out of 10.......

Or you do.

Everyone here is a 9/10, remember?

Hugh put it best somewhere...

[Lindahl]

I call them ego drivers. Whatever makes them feel better about their generally shitty life (who else has that type of angry energy? - besides creaky... heheh).

[iceman]

Sure, it's legal. It makes you a prick. If you want to be a prick, there's no law against it.

If you merge early you cause disruption. Suddenly the question of where to merge becomes debatable, and everyone is the judge. And some of those judges decide to be the police as well. Say you looked down for a second and didn't realize the car you just passed was the tail end of the line - now you're one of "them". What do you do? crawl along with your blinker abjectly blinking, hoping against hope that people won't feel too mad at you and tht some kind soul will take pity on you and let you in?

Or do you just try to cut in if someone leaves a gap? But that was their gap, man, not yours. And now they're pissed, glaring at you as the stick an inch from your rear bumper.

No. You confidently follow the law and common sense and go to the point where the merge begins and enter the single lane in an orderly, civilized fashion, where you and everyone else know what is expected, and where traffic can proceed with a minimum of testosterone-spewing venom and dangerous illegal antics.

See you think you're not being a dick by merging early but actually you're fucking things up, you're screwing the system up, and you're being an idiot.

But you thought you were being nice! And thinking of others! And helpful!

You know what? Lots of nice people are dead fucking wrong on certain topics, just like you are on this one.

you know I love you man but you're wrong on this

[PNWbrit]

I laugh and say to my wife, "time to let the turbo's do the talking"

Chicks love that shit..... you might just as well of unzipped your pants and slapped her in the chops with your huge dick.

I bet she was dripping.

[mud]

If one of these soon to end lanes happens to be in Canada, do they call it the dirty line?

Two Girls, One Stanley Cup

[BmillsSkier]

Here's a question:

When approaching the lift line with alternating queues, do you:

A) line up in the one with lots of people because it's the right thing, the fair thing, because they've all been waiting there before you; or

B) do you line up in the line right next to it with only 1 group waiting ahead of you; or

C) tell ski patrol that singles are using the group lane.

[The AD]

But where's choice D) Go through the ski school line and tell everyone else "sorry, you're all going to have to wait for me. I'm too important to wait!"

[BmillsSkier]

But where's choice D) Go through the ski school line and tell everyone else "sorry, you're all going to have to wait for me. I'm too important to wait!"

As with all analogies, it's an imperfect match. I was doing my best to keep it on topic with the thread. If I was expanding the answer choices to fit this forum I'd add

C) I haven't used a lift in years since they're for gapers, only skin for my turns, and I log 400 powder days a year, and I live slopeside but not in an environmentally or sociologically unacceptable house, but I loooooove nice expensive things - like my quiver of 45 pairs of skis, and I only drive my Eurospec RS6Avantturbodiesel or Forrester when going to the trailhead to skin, cause I don't use lifts remember? - Living the dream brah!

[Mofro261]

Zipper zipper zipper. It's not that complicated.

[ill-advised strategy]

If you merge early you cause disruption. Suddenly the question of where to merge becomes debatable, and everyone is the judge. And some of those judges decide to be the police as well. Say you looked down for a second and didn't realize the car you just passed was the tail end of the line - now you're one of "them". What do you do? crawl along with your blinker abjectly blinking, hoping against hope that people won't feel too mad at you and tht some kind soul will take pity on you and let you in?

Or do you just try to cut in if someone leaves a gap? But that was their gap, man, not yours. And now they're pissed, glaring at you as the stick an inch from your rear bumper.

No. You confidently follow the law and common sense and go to the point where the merge begins and enter the single lane in an orderly, civilized fashion, where you and everyone else know what is expected, and where traffic can proceed with a minimum of testosterone-spewing venom and dangerous illegal antics.

See you think you're not being a dick by merging early but actually you're fucking things up, you're screwing the system up, and you're being an idiot.

But you thought you were being nice! And thinking of others! And helpful!

You know what? Lots of nice people are dead fucking wrong on certain topics, just like you are on this one.

you know I love you man but you're wrong on this

That works in some big anonymous city. You do that shit everyday in a small town in the northern midwest and people know you're a douche and there are small but appreciable consequences in your life.

When in Rome. Here, the only people who race past everyone are asshole tourists. I'm sure in California and on the East Coast the only people who don't are asshole tourists.

Honestly, either way works as long as everyone does it. It's the mixing of people and cultures that causes problems.

[Bobcat Sig]

Here's a question:

When approaching the lift line with alternating queues, do you:

A) line up in the one with lots of people because it's the right thing, the fair thing, because they've all been waiting there before you; or

B) do you line up in the line right next to it with only 1 group waiting ahead of you; or

C) tell ski patrol that singles are using the group lane.

Or, D) Ski over everyone's skis while yelling, "HOLD MY DICK!"

As with all analogies, it's an imperfect match. I was doing my best to keep it on topic with the thread. If I was expanding the answer choices to fit this forum I'd add

C) I haven't used a lift in years since they're for gapers, only skin for my turns, and I log 400 powder days a year, and I live slopeside but not in an environmentally or sociologically unacceptable house, but I loooooove nice expensive things - like my quiver of 45 pairs of skis, and I only drive my Eurospec RS6Avantturbodiesel or Forrester when going to the trailhead to skin, cause I don't use lifts remember? - Living the dream brah!

I laughed. That was pretty funny.

[PNWbrit]

I've always felt this way too but then I suppose it's a slippery slope. Does that mean if you are driving Grandma who is too old to drive or your blind cousin who can't see to drive disqualify you as a carpool too? Seems like you have to go by the number of bodies or it just gets too messy.

Like children. does Grandma really need to be anywhere on time? Can your blind cousin even tell what time it is?.... there's no benefit in them not being confined to the regular congested lanes with all the shitty mergers and tubo hitters.

In fact I bet some people drive around with blind cousins or procreate solely to ease their commutes.

[glademaster]

The Car Guys determined that any passenger, regardless of whether they can drive or not, legitimized using the HOV lane. I feel the same way.

[PNWbrit]

When in Rome.

Drive like a fucking maniac.

[neufox47]

http://www.dot.state.mn.us/zippermerge/

IMO the conclusion of this study is partially a result of them factoring in that "some people will always be assholes", but it does point out that the main objective is to keep traffic moving in the lanes that continue after the merge.

I say follow the freeway golden rule. If you are the first car to cause a slowdown or even worse a stop in traffic behind you, you were driving like an asshole.

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[1080Rider]

Like children. does Grandma really need to be anywhere on time? Can your blind cousin even tell what time it is?.... there's no benefit in them not being confined to the regular congested lanes with all the shitty mergers and tubo hitters.

In fact I bet some people drive around with blind cousins or procreate solely to ease their commutes.

I once was the 60's corvette guy... when i took the bar exam, i hadn't been on the wet-side for a while and forgot that the 405 (from 167- was staying in seatac area) is a complete and utter shit-show in the AM. I hit the road w/ plenty of time to park my car and get my seat... until the 405 happened. I was freaking out about how shitty traffic was and i was going to be late. I busted into the carpool lane and passed everyone. I was fully prepared to get pulled over and just tell the cop, "give me the fucking ticket, I gotta go take the bar exam." Luckily, no one reported me, I got to Bellevue 10 mins early, was able to get a coffee, and hit my seat before the first book was passed out.

[iceman]

http://www.dot.state.mn.us/zippermerge/

And there you have it.

And courtesy of the nice folks at the Minnesota DOT, here's a visual aid to help you get your thick skulls around this very simple concept:



The last thing I will say on this is that in matters concerning driving, everyone should defer to the Germans.

[1080Rider]

And there you have it.

The last thing I will say on this is that in matters concerning driving, everyone should defer to the Germans.

No shit, I used to flash people who were fucking around in the fast lane, it was as useful as waving at a chicken... how is it so hard to comprehend that if I'm coming up on you and I flash my lights that you can get over, I'll pass you quickly, then you can jump back into the fast lane to stargaze, or whatever the fuck was going on in the first place

[jgb@etree]

Chicks love that shit..... you might just as well of unzipped your pants and slapped her in the chops with your huge dick.

I bet she was dripping.

Funny you mention it. Since we were 5 mins early and had some time to kill, the wife gave me a hummer in the parking lot. Either that, or we were fighting about something. I can't remember which.

[PNWbrit]

the wife gave me a hummer

I think wooley was looking for a 4x4 in another thread?

Perhaps you can offload it on him?

[AdironRider]

That works in some big anonymous city. You do that shit everyday in a small town in the northern midwest and people know you're a douche and there are small but appreciable consequences in your life.

When in Rome. Here, the only people who race past everyone are asshole tourists. I'm sure in California and on the East Coast the only people who don't are asshole tourists.

Honestly, either way works as long as everyone does it. It's the mixing of people and cultures that causes problems.

Oh so now we should all fear your good ol boy bullshit.

Your hometown must suck if people are going to hold a grudge because you told them some guy passed you LIKE A MANIAC!

[MagnificentUnicorn]

[QUOTE=jgb@etree;4277955] I laugh and say to my wife, "time to let the turbo's do the talking" /QUOTE]
Did you really say this?

Is your wife really bad at blowjobs? So bad it's confusing as to whether you were getting head or having an argument?

[PNWbrit]

Is your wife really bad at blowjobs?

She probably rates herself at a 9 out of 10?

[MagnificentUnicorn]

Maybe she's not giving it her all because he keeps saying shit like "let's let the turbos do the talking"?