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Originally Posted by Nancy
A downside to the culture of waving thanks when someone lets you merge is that it reinforces the psychology that other cars are somehow doing you a favour and not simply following the rules of the road. And I am talking all types of merges, not just zipper merges. Similarly, people also start merging super early, or hesitate to merge, because of this same mentality that they have no right of way to merge.
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Those flippin thanks wavers are too focused on their rearview mirror to check if I've received their wave instead of just keeping up with the flow of traffic in front of them after they merge in. So I have to slow/stop to let the moron in, and then I have to wait for their 1200 baud rate peabrain to process the whole transaction.