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D0NNIENARCO t1_itqsyk5 wrote

Reply to comment by zombiereign in Maryland’s transportation department asks for public feedback on I-695/I-70 Interchange project by BmoreCityDOT

I really wish they'd put a partition or bollards up along the first and last ~quarter mile of the 83/695 merge.

Way too many assholes trying to ride the 83 exit lane then slam on the brakes and merge in at the last second.

Also way too many dipshits that slam on the brakes the second they come around the bend at the beginning acting like the merge lane is lava and they can't touch it.

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animeguru t1_itrhwc3 wrote

You have described literally every highway intersection in Maryland. Probably the country.

People are the worst.

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BlarghMachine t1_its0jjf wrote

I love when I try to make space for someone entering or exiting at a reasonable speed and someone cuts me off around them and almost hits both of us lmao

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yellahammerrrr t1_itse9os wrote

That’s called zippering and it’s the correct way to do it. Slamming on the brakes would be because someone doesn’t also zipper on the other lane and they are the dick.

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neutronicus t1_itvqb9v wrote

> That’s called zippering and it’s the correct way to do it.

It's the correct way to use a merge lane, but the lane they're talking about is not a merge lane, it's an exit-only lane for an off-ramp.

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Alaira314 t1_its7tpw wrote

> I really wish they'd put a partition or bollards up along the first and last ~quarter mile of the 83/695 merge. > > Way too many assholes trying to ride the 83 exit lane then slam on the brakes and merge in at the last second.

I've had people on reddit(I want to say on this very sub) tell me that's how you do it in order to use the lanes to their full potential, and if you get in the slower lane "too early" then you're the one doing it wrong and fucking up traffic. 🙄 I'm pretty sure there's no such thing as "correct" driving, but rather a dozen different strategies that are all mutually exclusive and have everybody all pissed off at the "idiots"(ie, everyone else) who are doing it "wrong"(ie, not the way it works in their desired system).

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Sugarbabedc t1_itsdjyn wrote

Those people are dicks trying to excuse their shitty behavior.

If that's the way to do it, why the fuck would everyone else choose to spend an eternity sitting in the turn lane? Why would the correct way be blocking traffic for the lane next to the turn lane?

I rarely sit in rush these days so it's been a while but the last time someone tried to "cut to the front of the line" so to speak in front of me, I blocked him and flipped the bird tbh. I don't have much tolerance for people who believe their time and energy are more important than everyone else's.

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thirdrm t1_itt6cn5 wrote

It's literally in the driver's manual where people learn to drive published by the states.

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tacsatduck t1_itv1p3l wrote

Zipper merge when two lanes are combining or merging, great. That doesn't excuse people on 695 stopping the left hand lane on this multi-lane highway, because they want to drive up all the way to the point that exit 23A is Ying off before merging over, even though there is a really long solid-white line turning lane for a good distance before the turn. Every single morning back when I made that commute there would be stop and go traffic for all the different lanes on the highway because people were doing that.

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sciencesold t1_its6ylc wrote

It's about a million times worse in NY, people will literally drive miles on the should and cut you off when there's like 5 feet between you and the next car.

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Mustypeen t1_itrm2te wrote

Hey, I save 20 minutes every afternoon blowing down that lane from 695 IL to 83 SB. I’ve never slammed on my brakes though. There’s no need. Always some dipshidiot playing on their phone not paying attention leaving a 18 wheeler sized hole for me to slip into.

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abooth43 t1_itro555 wrote

Yea how dare they not stick right up the ass of the car in front, those are the people really slowing traffic down.

Or maybe people leave those gaps because it's inevitable some schmuck comes and tries to merge at the last second. If they have to stop in the adjacent lane it just makes it worse for everyone else.

And covering that 20 feet only takes a second once there's actually somewhere to go....

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BlarghMachine t1_its0rq6 wrote

An 18-wheeler sized hole that the presence of your car squeezing in makes a much smaller space, causing the car that was giving distance - for a reason - to slam on their brakes. Foolproof! Totally not an accident waiting to happen, but you know who cares if your car’s not involved.

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Mustypeen t1_itsbimo wrote

Yea they’re already stopped so they aren’t slamming any brakes. Unless they suck at driving, which would make sense why they think they need so much room…

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