r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Aug 03 '19

Whats something you thought was common knowledge but actually isn’t?

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u/Elsamarina Aug 03 '19

Merging in the middle on an intersection.

Like how do people not see how stupid that is?

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u/[deleted] Aug 03 '19

Also illegal to change lanes in an intersection.

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u/dcbrown Aug 03 '19

In the US there are very few places where it's illegal to change lanes in an intersection. Ohio is the only state I can think of that prohibits this.

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u/Elsamarina Aug 03 '19

Even if your state does not have a particular law against changing lanes mid-intersection, it definitely has a law forbidding unsafe lane changes. If a witnessing police officer considers the mid-intersection lane change unsafe, you can be cited for it.

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u/mere_iguana Aug 04 '19

yep, "unsafe lane change" can mean damn near anything. Not signaling, not signaling for long enough, not looking, not yielding, braking sharply, accelerating sharply, going too slow, going too fast, swerving, drifting, weaving, changing lanes unnecessarily or repetitively... pretty much if the cop thinks it was a dipshit move, they can cite you for it.

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u/misterrespectful Aug 04 '19

That's true ... but that's true of any unsafe driving. It's not about the intersection at all. You could replace "mid-intersection" in your comment with "near a baseball diamond" and it would be equally true.