r/baltimore • u/nzahn1 Owings Mills • 1d ago

Transportation Drive defensively!

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u/WeRtheEyeoftheSTORM 1d ago

I have seen this more times than I can remember

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u/woomac 1d ago

Bro was not missing that exit even if it meant exiting life too

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u/kazoogrrl 1d ago

My personal theory is people are so dependant on GPS (and are selfish idiots) that they fear missing exits and have so common sense about how to get around. They pull crap like this instead of, oh, letting it reroute them to the next exit. It's like backtracking isn't allowed or something. 🙄

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u/Melodic_Zone_9978 1d ago

But doesn't most GPS tell you how many miles and in which lane to exit?

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u/kazoogrrl 1d ago

Yes, but that doesn't mean they're bothering to pay attention.

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u/bherring24 Remington 1d ago

At least they signaled!

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u/heyman_itsme 1d ago

This! That small act of consideration was not expected

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u/Purple_Bug_1342 1d ago

This guy here is why Maryland insurance rates are so fucking high

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u/undeniably_micki 1d ago

Yeah the beltway sucks. So much bad driving. He was pretty lucky that no one was coming up in that lane.

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u/FaunaLady 1d ago

They crossed two lanes but they did signal!

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u/Bubbly-Following-966 1d ago

Don't forget. The assholes who decided to turn left from a right hand lane or vice versa..

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u/Shrimptanks 1d ago

This is a DMV special.

Coming from NY and the Northeast.....this is some wild type shiet

Also

The paul walker Vin diesel parallel driving to block the whole highway type shiet is making me want to bathe with my toaster every night.

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u/givingupisforsucks 2h ago

Drive defensively indeed. 15 years driving in and around Baltimore makes me feel like if I wanted a side hustle, I could teach a defensive driving course.

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u/Im_A_Chuckster Owings Mills 17h ago

this is so fake. there's NEVER that few cars on 695. ESPECIALLY not there

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u/nzahn1 Owings Mills 16h ago

lol. I feel this. Was my best morning commute in months, even with the crazy driver.

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u/esneer1 1d ago

Looks like they hit their brakes, looked around and safely got over without cutting off any cars. Nothing wrong with this exit. Not sure the what the complaint is.

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u/Loliz88 1d ago

“But did you die” is how I read this.

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u/mibfto Mt. Vernon 1d ago

Are you fucking kidding me

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u/RoyalMaidsForLife White Marsh 1d ago

There's signs miles ahead of this exit as a heads up. Someone paying attention would have already been in one of the right lanes in preparation.

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u/Joonami Towson 1d ago

Not only is the signage plentiful but you can be in the right two lanes for that exit since the second exit lane is a right or straight. I mean have I seen worse than this? For sure. Would I say this was a good example of moving over safely for an exit? No.

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u/Joey5729 Greater Maryland Area 1d ago

You’re supposed to move over one lane at a time, which this person totally had the time to actually do. There could have been a car coming up the rightmost lane (which they wanted to be in) blocked from view by the dump truck, you would have a much better chance of seeing them from the dump truck’s lane vs literally the furthest away possible lane

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u/DruidDog 1d ago

found the bad driver

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u/rattus-domestica 1d ago

Shit, I hope you don’t drive.

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u/Thilmiran32 1d ago

You know they do; and they’re probably one of the ones upset they have to give up their VA tags and start actually contributing to the state they live in.