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[TrentCrimmIndependent]

Communal poop sponge stick.

This has to be work of David Staples' ancestor.

[fotze2]

Suicide can go fata itself forever

[GGG]

Originally Posted by btimbit

This could go in that reddit group "Am I the #######?" but this rgmg. Wife and I had this discussion earlier and I wonder what you guys think.

I'm pretty much done letting strugglers merge. I'm not intentionally blocking anyone or changing my speed to be a dick about it, and obviously there's exceptions like gridlock, bad weather, and some merges that are kinda blind.

But if I'm cruising along, not changing my speed at all, massive gap in front and behind me, and some donkey in a civic throws their signal on and just sits right next to you with a stunned look on their face.... Sorry bud, you're gonna have the figure that one out on your own.

Merging is a team activity. It’s not a yield. I generally agree they should target a gap but if you aren’t willing to vary speed you are part of the problem.

[CliffFletcher]

Originally Posted by GGG

Merging is a team activity. It’s not a yield. I generally agree they should target a gap but if you aren’t willing to vary speed you are part of the problem.

Not only vary speed, but move over to the left lane if there’s space. Vehicles in all lanes in a merge zone are supposed to move to make space, with none of them having priority over the other.

[Sainters7]

Exactly. Person already on that road obviously has the right of way, but it seems like a common courtesy to get over a lane if it's empty for ease of traffic flow.

Plus, who wants to get caught in the far right lane with a major merge point coming up anyway? It's messy and frankly annoying. No thanks...

[btimbit]

Dammit, I'll do better as long as nobody tells my wife you agreed with her

[Wormius]

Originally Posted by getbak

It's a sponge on a stick. The small channel in front of them is full of running water. You'd dip the sponge in the water and use it to clean yourself.

As previously mentioned, people didn't carry their own sponges, they were on-hand for everyone to share.

Why wouldn’t anybody elect to sit downstream of the other guys and their butt sponges? Is this all pre-bubonic plague?

[cam_calderon]

Are we talking 'merge', as in on a freeway entrance? Or just cruising along an urban street?

If the latter, the driver changing lanes needs to either accelerate or slow down as to create a gap. Not hard.

The people who drive right next to you then throw on their blinker are strugglers. The worst thing you can do for society is enable a struggler's behaviour, therefore not incentivising them to change.

[calgarygeologist]

Originally Posted by Sainters7

Exactly. Person already on that road obviously has the right of way, but it seems like a common courtesy to get over a lane if it's empty for ease of traffic flow.

Plus, who wants to get caught in the far right lane with a major merge point coming up anyway? It's messy and frankly annoying. No thanks...

Neither driver actually has the right of way in a merge situation according to the Alberta drivers book:

Merging is done when two roadways join into one and the traffic on the main roadway must cooperate to allow enough space for vehicles to enter from the merging lane. Neither the merging vehicle nor the vehicles already on the highway have the right-of-way. Merging is a shared responsibility between the vehicles joining the roadway and the vehicles already on the roadway

[fotze2]

Originally Posted by calgarygeologist

Neither driver actually has the right of way in a merge situation according to the Alberta drivers book:

Physics has precedent though. No one has ever gotten a ticket for merging issues.

I will make minor adjustments but I am not slamming brakes for ya when you could have slowed down or speed up. I'll gladly move over if I can but if I can't, fata you.

[PepsiFree]

Yeah, I’m a very pro-courtesy type of driver, especially when it comes to merges. I expect to be let in and I’ll do my best to pick the best gap, but in return I let whoever needs over in a way that makes it as easy as possible for them (even if I think they are doing it poorly).

If you’re driving to teach people lessons or change their behaviour through anything but honking, you’re being a dope. And it’s not like I haven’t been a dope plenty myself about that stuff, it’s just reality. The more time goes on, the more pointless it seems.

The drive up crowchild between 5th and 16th is hilariously bad for this. There is a lane from Memorial to 5th that ends between 5th and 16th and people hate letting people in from it. I’ve seen so many absolutely insane maneuvers just to avoid having one extra car in front of someone (only to watch the merger just drive up and go in front of the car ahead of the idiot lol).

[WhiteTiger]

The strugglers that really bother me are the ones who try to merge at half the road speed. I hate being behind those people on the ramp.

I see it a lot when folks are trying to merge onto Deerfoot. You are merging onto a road that is 100. Why in the bloody blue blazes are you trying to merge at 50-60!

[Coach]

I will NOT slightly tap my brakes OR spend 2 seconds changing into a further lane to allow traffic to overall move much smoother and safer.

[fotze2]

Originally Posted by WhiteTiger

The strugglers that really bother me are the ones who try to merge at half the road speed. I hate being behind those people on the ramp.

I see it a lot when folks are trying to merge onto Deerfoot. You are merging onto a road that is 100. Why in the bloody blue blazes are you trying to merge at 50-60!

Yup. If you are a struggler and its amazing how easy it is to pick out a struggler (RIP 4X4) in 3 seconds, I am not slowing down for you. Plenty of space behind me you can get into. Aggressive I will allow in all day long, because that's the last I will see of you. Struggler I might have to deal with for a while so you can go behind.

The worst in the city is here. 95% of the time I drive this, someone either has to last minute switch to the left or right. I even tell my kids as I approach. "Watch this, someone is going to last minute change" and it always happens.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/7NLfRCEHUC5W9fBFA

[surferguy]

Originally Posted by fotze2

Yup. If you are a struggler and its amazing how easy it is to pick out a struggler (RIP 4X4) in 3 seconds, I am not slowing down for you. Plenty of space behind me you can get into. Aggressive I will allow in all day long, because that's the last I will see of you. Struggler I might have to deal with for a while so you can go behind.

The worst in the city is here. 95% of the time I drive this, someone either has to last minute switch to the left or right. I even tell my kids as I approach. "Watch this, someone is going to last minute change" and it always happens.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/7NLfRCEHUC5W9fBFA

Did poster 4x4 pass?

[fotze2]

Originally Posted by surferguy

Did poster 4x4 pass?

No idea, but he's dead to this place and maybe posting that flushes out where he is actually at.

[Fuzz]

Can confirm he is alive and currently on planet Earth.

[puckedoff]

Originally Posted by fotze2

The worst in the city is here. 95% of the time I drive this, someone either has to last minute switch to the left or right. I even tell my kids as I approach. "Watch this, someone is going to last minute change" and it always happens.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/7NLfRCEHUC5W9fBFA

Ha I guessed (correctly) at what the location was going to be just by your description. People are so dumb there.

[Locke]

Originally Posted by Fuzz

Can confirm he is alive and currently on planet Earth.

Also can confirm.

[surferguy]

He needs to come back as 4x4x2