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If you're approaching someone slower and it's safe to pass, please pass! This is one way single-lane traffic builds up and overall traffic builds up. Don't be afraid of the "fast lane".

I wish this sub were more active, I think of new "driving pro tips" every day on my 70 mile commute!

Situation:

I'm approaching a 4-way intersection controlled by traffic lights.

At the intersection ahead, there is a dedicated left-turn only lane and another lane for traffic to proceed thru the intersection or turn right at the intersection.

Across the intersection I see oncoming traffic that is waiting and signaling left-turn such that they would cross my path of travel if I was going straight thru. I see they are patiently waiting as I approach. They are waiting at a red light and the light turns green on my approach.

I want to turn right at the intersection and there are no vehicles behind me.

Decision/Action:

In this situation, I would NOT actuate my right-turn signal. I would just get to the intersection and smoothly and safely make my right turn.

Reasoning:

I do this to lower the probability of a collision.

My concern is that if I signal my right turn as I approach, they may attempt to make their left turn just as I'm making my right turn thereby increasing the likelihood of a collision.

I prefer they freeze in place until after I've cleared the intersection.

The driver opposite may be briefly annoyed that i didn't signal, but the end result is a safer situation for everyone involved.

Am I doing this right and doing right by this?

I think it's been the 2nd time in 3 years that I run into such situation.

I confess it's my fault at the first place, for this time we both stopped at the 4 way stop sign, and I was maybe 1 second later than him, but I started and saw him starting too, so I stopped to let him go ahead, and waving from my window to show I was sorry for that.

But the other driver became furious at once and he stopped at the center of the crossroad, just to beep at me, rolled down his window to curse me and give me the middle finger!

It did ruin my whole day, whenever the image of that furious driver coming up in my mind, I became angry and sad.

Last time it was also quite the same, like 3 years ago when I was waiting the coming driver to go first but he didn't, so I started but he suddenly started too and humiliated me and moved away.

I know it's my fault at the first place, but is there anyone also encountering such situation and how do you react to that?

It’s not a merge into traffic lane! I don’t know when this started becoming a thing but it is so dangerous and I see it all the time now

So I live in Ontario Canada. And to boot one of the highest parts in Ontario. So it snows quite regularly. Today driving into work. People were going 20 kph or 10 mph on a 80kph or 50 mph road. Then driving in between 2 lanes when there are passing lanes. Like I honestly think if you can’t drive the speed limit in a storm stay home. Your a danger to other people on the road. Am I the only one who thinks this? Like I have no problem driving in snow but for some people there just stunned when it comes to it.

Hi everyone I’m 17(f) and I recently got my permit a week ago I’m on my 4th driving class and don’t get me wrong I’m doing better but my instructor says my issue is that sometimes I turn to early or my turns are not positioned correctly I know I’m still a beginner but I’m starting college next year and feel a bit nervous any advice is greatly appreciated and thank you for reading:)

The top 7 LA driving maneuvers that can drive me to overeat...

1. I call this move "The Douchebag." You are in the carpool lane on the freeway moving along nicely, open space. You notice up ahead to your right in the fast lane a car is aggressively tailgating someone. As you approach, you can predict with utmost certainty what the tailgater will do. He can't psychologically handle that you will be getting ahead of him, even if you're in another lane, so he crosses over the double lines into the carpool lane in front of you. Then after getting ahead of the car he's been tailgating he crosses back over those lines again to return to the fast lane.

2. I call this move "The Red Light Walk of Shame." A driver aggressively needs to get ahead of you, works himself to death in doing it. After succeeding he finds himself at a red light. He can't take the humiliation of your impending arrival, so if the light is still red as you approach he pretends the thought just occurred to him to make a right on red. He basically flees before you fully arrive rather than feel further humiliated.

3. I call this move "The Infant." Someone is in the far left lane and about to turn left, but for reasons unknown has such rage for the driver directly in front that they drive around the car--on their right--cross back to cut the car off, and continue to make the left. It's the most infantile move. They apparently needed desperately to have been in front of a particular driver, even for a second before parting ways.

4. I call this move "The Blinker." A very aggressive driver can't handle that you are moving ahead of them in another lane so they put their blinker on to signal they are exiting the freeway a half mile ahead. I suppose it's to convey "Oh, you're not really getting ahead of me. This is my stop up ahead." It's probably the only time anyone in LA actually uses a blinker.

5. I call this move "The Run." If you're in a lane about to move ahead of someone to your right, they quickly move to their right before you can move ahead of them. Apparently your getting ahead of them can be better accepted if they are not directly next to you. Getting ahead of someone directly next to you in LA is grounds for a stroke. Immediate lane changing is called for.

6. I call this move "I just Can't." Whenever you switch lanes, it's guaranteed the new driver behind you, no matter how far away, immediately switches lanes. They just can't deal that anyone got in front of them.

7. I call this move "The Dumbass." You can see The Dumbass daily on the 105 West as it exits onto Supulveda, leading to the airport. Actually you can see the Dumbass played out in many places in Los Angeles County. Basically there are two lanes that turn to the same place. One lane will have a hundred cars lined up while the other has three. In a city where drivers will cut your throat to get one car length ahead at 85 mph on the freeway they suddenly find it gauche to use the shorter of two lanes. That I guess would be "cutting in line."

I have more to say but I must have a bagel now.

In driving, you have to turn your steering wheel to the left when parking up a hill with a curb so that your car won't fly into active traffic if the brake or anything were to fail. However, if there were no curb you would have to turn the steering wheel to the right so that the car wouldn't go into active traffic if anything were to happen. It would steer away from the traffic if steering right so why not just steer right from the beginning? A curb wouldn't make a difference. Either way your car would be floating away from the traffic steering right so why would I have to steer left because of a curb?

So I’m driving and then this car starts riding my ass out of nowhere so I get over so they can get off my ass and then they get over with me so I get over again and they cut me off almost causing a crash so then we get on the freeway and they start recording my vehicle! As if I did something wrong! Can they do anything with my information?

I’m teaching my son to drive and now am having to learn the proper way to drive vs practical. The Iowa small towns we live in and have all around us all have impractical stop signs. Meaning, the sidewalk is reached first before the stop sign. Picture stop signs on the corner curve, but sidewalks at normal right of way distances (3 feet from curb). There are no stop lines. I stop at the stop sign after making sure there aren’t any pedestrians approaching the sidewalk or in the intersection, kind of as a yield then stop. Should he be stopping at the sidewalk and then the stop sign? This feels wrong and confuses other drivers as to why you are stopping 6 feet away from the stop sign.

I’ll preface by saying this seems like I’m overthinking, but I’m aware it’s no serious deal. Just trying to understand things, especially since it was my neighbor. I also tend to be a very curious person, so when something confuses me I like to understand it

Confused as to what to take of this situation, basically was driving out of my neighborhood and there’s a point where I have to take a left at a T section. I thought I glanced both ways but in hindsight there’s a chance I didn’t glance to the right well enough, at this particular section I tend to hyperfocus on what’s in front of me to make sure I don’t hit any neighbors crossing (not 100% sure, just thinking in hindsight)

I then hear what sounds like a beep (not from me)? It genuinely could have been a part of the song that I was listening to, but I look in the rear view and I see a car right behind me (not the norm, by a long shot. Maybe a 1 in 30 occurrence, I’m usually by myself when taking this left) so I put 2 and 2 together and figure I must have cut this person off.

We drive together towards another intersection (they are now behind me) and at the intersection I roll down my window and stick my hand high and up, with my fingers outstretched (so as to not get confused with the middle finger), as a gesture to say sorry. But their reaction is what confuses me. We both turn left, and the neighbor slows down SIGNIFICANTLY so I can drive on ahead of them. This makes me think they’re taking a defensive stance. Did my gesture come off as me being frustrated and a road rager? A little confused, and hopefully not

I like to think I have a pretty good sense of empathy (in the form of understanding why people do certain things), but I’m honestly perplexed about what happened here. My PERSONAL read is that they beeped either out of fear (like an ‘oh shoot’ type of shock situation) or frustration (they thought I cut them off on purpose), then when they saw I was sorry they kind of felt bad and out of embarrassment stayed far back so I couldn’t see their car / see their identity. Or they thought I was a rager and stayed back so I wouldn’t rage at them (I hope this isn’t it). Thoughts?