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el_oso_furioso t1_j15d09a wrote

The amount of bad drivers out here now……. Insane.

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Jahooodie t1_j15ky4i wrote

They were always there, it's just the pandemic upped the ante as to what they have to do to stay in the Insane category. I've never had someone behind me floor it into the oncoming lane to cut inside of me, so they could make a lefthand turn before I could, until 2021. It's now happened over a dozen times and impacted how I go through several intersections in town.

But they could also do a bit better job from where the picture is in defining the tracks VS road, as the pic shows the materials are all mixed about & this happens to confused folks a bit too much.

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bodhipooh t1_j15w5rq wrote

Dude! This is happening A LOT. I just watched a guy do this to cut ahead of two cars at a super busy intersection. And, then saw it again an hour later again, but this time the maniac full on went on the opposite lane, sped up and skipped ahead of ~6 other cars, got to the intersection and cut off the guy waiting to turn.

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Knobbies4Ever t1_j16bdin wrote

Was this up by Bergen Square a couple days ago? (your second instance.) I was approaching the intersection on my bike... heard the engine revving and hopped onto the sidewalk to get the hell out of there.

Motherfucker went 100% blind, at speed through the intersection from Academy onto Van Reypen... a pedestrian in that intersection would have been dead / maimed. Scary as hell.

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Aggravating_Sand352 t1_j19dlcp wrote

Saw a hoboken cop do this the other day. I was walking thought he had a place he needed to be be but proceeded to be stuck in traffic next to me as I walked for the next mile

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garth_meringue t1_j169rp5 wrote

I've been seeing that too. I guess once you get away with it you start to make a habit of it.

To be fair (not that these aggressive drivers deserve it), it's hard to tell when a car is stopped ahead of you if it's for a good reason and you should be patient, or if it's someone who just decided they can come to a stop in traffic for the hell of it. I try to assess the situation first at least, rather than just immediately blast around.

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Brudesandwich t1_j164c3p wrote

How? Like it doesn't even make any sense. I can understand making a mistake but good God this is just straight up dumb.

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Javesther t1_j17owry wrote

Most people are not from that area or even Jersey City , nonetheless NJ. There’s also a large concentration of Uber drivers in that area exclusive area of what people think represents jersey city .

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Sybertron t1_j18fq5w wrote

To be fair that could be marked way better. Like paint it all bright red with lots of lights yelling at you to move.

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spypol t1_j15p62e wrote

It's a car that always wanted to be a train! <3

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whybother5000 t1_j16wi7k wrote

At least the Prius is facing the correct direction. Maybe his battery went flat and he’s hoping for a little choo choo shove.

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iSkyscraper t1_j19hawh wrote

Also: Typical Jersey City Pavement

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NachoFries2020 t1_j19dygb wrote

I cant believe 22 years later from when I worked in JC, people still do this? I mean are the even awake, are they even looking forward? How to you not see train tracks ? unbelievable.

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FinalIntern8888 t1_j1dkuf2 wrote

Didn’t the light rail open in like 2010

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NachoFries2020 t1_j1dr1z9 wrote

No, I used to work on Hudson street, and I drove up the Turnpike, parked at Liberty Science center parking lot then took the light rail to Hudson street. this was back in 2001 to 2002. I worked in the twin buildings next to the "new" Goldman Sachs building on the old Colgate site. I remember looking across the river at ground zero. crazy times !

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scubastefon t1_j1etyk6 wrote

There are four cars in this picture. If this guys driving was representative of a typical JC driver, then shouldn’t there be at least three cars on the tracks?

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ganon855 t1_j1if3on wrote

Pictured: most talented Prius driver

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