Diving for the exit

Then there's the idiot who drives right to the end of the on-ramp and stops, wating for traffic to clear and then zooms all the way to the left lane. Seems none of the states drivers manual teachs the difference between YEILD and MERGE. Just when you think they'd figure it out, they zoom out of the yeild lane and you have to panic stop to keep from hitting them. I'd like to have a siren to scare the crap out of them. I honked at one idiot and he flipped me off, when I got along side of him, I asked him if that was his age or IQ. I would have added SAT score but he obviosly wouldn't know what that was.

your suppose to come to a stop at the end of the ramp and wait for a completely clear lane to start to pull into.

I drive at least two hours a day, and you would not believe how many times I will see that! X-(

Like they say, never a cop around when you need one! Now let ME do one little thing even questionable...... :(

Except it was a little old lady who realized she was passing her exit. She stopped in the far left lane, TURNED her car to face the exit, and cut across two lanes of traffic. Cars were flying everywhere to dive out of her way. I was far enough back to miss the close up fun. I'm amazed no accident resulted.

And not just on the freeway. I experience most of it on regular city streets; people in the left lane wanting to turn right onto a crossroad or into a business just STOP and wait to cut accross the right lane.

After you read these comments, take a look at the September 16th Tech Republic article about the Terrafugia's "fly and fold" personal aircraft. Then think about these people commuting as ?pilots?.

I wasn't bagging on you personally, just anyone who thinks they have to stop on an entrance ramp instead of merging with traffic. I've looked over my shoulder to check traffic only to turn back around and see that the person in front of me has come to a complete stop when they could have gotten on. Probably would have been my fault if I had hit em too.

I T-boned a guy that decided to take a left turn from the right lane on a 5 lane one way street. Came over the hill, and, uh, there he was.
The look on his face just before I hit him was priceless.
Lucky for him I was only going 40 mph.

Get this - he fled the scene after he gave me his name and address. Talk about a live one. As soon as I told the cop the story, he said CDL, meaning the guy would lose his trucking license if he got an accident on his record. I had to threaten him with jail before he admitted what he had done.
Of course, I won't mention that he turning into some mental hospital, and that he was driving his uncle's car.

I T-boned a guy that decided to take a left turn from the right lane on a 5 lane one way street. Came over the hill, and, uh, there he was.
The look on his face just before I hit him was priceless.
Lucky for him I was only going 40 mph.

Get this - he fled the scene after he gave me his name and address. Talk about a live one. As soon as I told the cop the story, he said CDL, meaning the guy would lose his trucking license if he got an accident on his record. I had to threaten him with jail before he admitted what he had done.
Of course, I won't mention that he turning into some mental hospital, and that he was driving his uncle's car.

We have a terribly undersized cloverleaf that I have to hit (literally) every day. I don't dart across lanes of traffic, but I admit that I mentally gird my loins, and pray myself onto that cloverleaf. The local nickname truly is "The Cloverleaf of Death".

I saw the post heading, I had to read and reply. It's one thing if it's the totally clueless, you hope to meet them only a couple times in your life, but what about the totally rude who constantly cut you off so they can get in front of one more car? Getting off Super-7 in Brookfield, CT, it's a two line highway that becomes a two lane exit, left turn lane, right turn lane AND THEY ARE MARKED, majority of traffic turns right. There are the same bastards every day going as far up the left exit lane before they cut in front of someone. I am so wanting to store rotten eggs in my car so I can show them how obnoxious they are!

Last winter, I was driving in the left lane of a four-lane highway going exactly the 55 mph speed limit, even though everyone around me was going at least 70, when I realized that my exit was rapidly approaching. I did signal before I changed lanes, so I don't know what all the fuss and honking was all about, and I about spilled coffee all over myself when I had to swerve to avoid hitting some inconsiderate driver who wouldn't slow down to let me in. I was talking to my mother on my cell phone at the time, and she agreed with me; she couldn't believe how rude some people are! I mean really, it had just snowed, and I know for sure those people could clearly see that my window was all covered up, and I was having a hard time seeing the approaching traffic through that little opening I cleared from my back window. Geesh! Some people!

I barely made it across the highway avoiding all those lunatic drivers when I realized ..... that was the wrong exit! It wasn't my fault, though, because the two on the exit sign really did look like a five when viewed through a windshield that was covered with frost on the inside. Hey, I took the car to get the defroster fixed, but the guy wanted two hundred bucks to fix it! No way, that's highway robbery. Besides, if I place the hot coffee cup on the dashboard in just the right place, the steam will easily defrost enough of the window for me to see where I'm going. I needed a place to set the coffee anyway, because I can't talk on the cell phone, drink my coffee AND eat my breakfast bagel at the same time. I only have two hands, you know.

Anyway, I made it back onto the highway just in the nick of time. And I'm sure that the trucker who was apparently trying to get off on that same exit would thank me later, because it was probably the wrong exit for him as well. I finally did make it to the correct exit, even though it was obvious everybody on the highway was having a bad day. I was lucky to get off that road alive!

And wouldn't you know it? Just before I got home I got pulled over by a cop, and he gave me a ticket for not wearing my seat belt. I don't think I deserved that, do you?

Probably have to take the cottage two blocks back instead of the condo on the beach! :^0

that most people's driving reflects their self-concept and courtesy to other people.

I'm important, you don't matter.

Thank you!

2nd of 4 on a oneway 5 lane? ?:|

That must have been some hill if you couldn't see the guy further than 180 ft or so with no room to manuever. Good thing no one got hurt, it's lucky he didn't do a faceplant in the drivers door window or wrench his neck. Must be you had soft airbags too.