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fnkdrspok t1_jdqc8wv wrote

Reply to comment by Sea_Yesterday_8888 in I-695 crash that killed six workers among deadliest since 1980 by Cody_in_Baltimore

Why do we have to let you in? Go in behind me, instead of trying to cut me off. (Hence the speed up to close the gap)

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Flapperghast t1_jdqs1d7 wrote

Why can't you be courteous? It's not like you'll get where you're going any faster by being a shithead.

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fnkdrspok t1_jdqveiz wrote

Why do you need to get in front instead of being patient and waiting for a safe lane merge? If and when I merge, I’ll go behind someone if they are already in the lane, that’s just being courteous, anything else is being a shithead.

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Flapperghast t1_jdqwp6m wrote

I'm talking about changing lanes in front of a car as a safe lane merge.

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fnkdrspok t1_jdqxgi6 wrote

Again, whenever people fight over a lane, it’s because some vehicle sped up trying to merge in front instead of just merging behind. So in turn, second vehicle speeds up so that doesn’t happen.

See the chain reaction here? If you didn’t speed up trying to pass, the car you were trying to pass wouldn’t of sped up to close the gap.

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Flapperghast t1_jdqyq2g wrote

That's a very "look what you made me do" mentality. Also, I have no idea what you're trying to describe here.

I'm describing a situation in which the vehicle to the left is not in front of the merging vehicle, but behind around the blind spot. As the vehicle to the right begins to change lanes, the courteous thing for the driver on the left to do is absolutely not speed up, it is to maintain speed and allow the driver to merge.

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fnkdrspok t1_jdqz68s wrote

I’m talking about people merging in front instead of merging behind. That’s it. Nothing more, nothing less.

People speed up to stop people from cutting them off, there, that’s it, nothing more to say other than that. If someone is speeding up, stay in your lane and just merge behind them.

After rereading your scenario, why would you merge in front of a car while they are in your blind spot?

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