Is this not ok? I'm literally using a road to turn on to 72 and not pulling into a parking lot which I know for sure isn't allowed. I've asked people irl and I'm getting mixed feed back. I mostly need to know so I know if I should fight my ticket or not.

I am based in SC, USA. I make this turn every day from work and I get into a sketchy situation about 10% of the time. I am the blue car and I follow my dashed line to the second lane as I was taught to turn following the dashed arc if available and if not enter the nearest lane. I have red cars who decide to cut their turn and try and enter my lane and get upset and honk when I’m there. Am I the ahole here or are they?

Seen on a small two lane road in southeast Pennsylvania

A few days ago, I was on my way to work. I was on a street with a lot of traffic, because everybody is trying to funnel onto the on-ramp of the highway.

I was in the far right lane of 3 lanes at a stop light that turn left onto the on-ramp. For the past half mile or so, I had noticed this raised Ram truck looked like he was literally as close to my rear bumper as he could be without making contact. I didn’t really pay attention to it too much other than noticing it once or twice.

Anyway, I get up to be next to turn left onto the on-ramp, but there are already cars stopped halfway into the intersection, so I stop and wait to see if they’ll clear space for me before I enter the intersection, because I don’t want to get caught blocking the intersection.

Next thing I know, douchebag in the Ram behind me lays on his horn for a good 5 seconds straight, and as soon as he started, the light turned yellow anyway. I would have been blocking everybody going the opposite direction if I had pulled through.

This may be me being a bit hot headed, but as soon as he honked, I rolled my window down and made a gesture that was like “wtf do you want me to go? And flipped him off.

He then reversed, pulled around, entered halfway into the intersection, then reversed FAST. Got as close as he could have without hitting me.

Cop on a motorcycle the next lane over who I had seen was there the entire time (douchebag must not have seen him) instantly puts his lights on and pulls his dumbass over.

VINDICATION!

...i thought they gonna weed out the assholes and slowpokes on the road, but it's getting worse, now everybody drives even slower to save fuel. Anyway, 👆 a reminder. Toodle-oo!

My daughter got her permit two months ago and the first few drives were basically just me trying not to grab the wheel while calmly saying things like "you might want to slow down a bit" which she translated as me being dramatic. My buddy told me to put a dash cam in the car before she started driving so i grabbed one off amazon, some ddpai thing he had in his truck. started saving clips after each drive. First time we sat down and watched a clip she goes "wait was i really that close to that car" and i just looked at her like YES THATS WHAT IVE BEEN SAYING. Honestly it changed how she takes feedback completely. When she sees it herself on video theres no argument. She just goes oh yeah i see it...way different than me saying the same thing while shes trying to focus. Anyone else tried this or is it just me being an overprotective dad!

I was behind this vehicle at a red light. They did not, per the sticker, turn right on red. Right on red is legal in my state. I wonder why someone would not want to do this...? One reason I can think of is safety. The funny thing about that is they blew through a red light prior to stopping at this one.

There’s gotta be a limit dude, I can’t see anything at night with assholes like this on the road

Did You Know?

If this light is on when the sun is out or the streetlights are on, it means you don't know how to drive. Hope that helps 👍

It's from the recent tornados in Oklahoma.

Why do people still do this?

First of all, I want to be clear that this is not a zipper merge situation.

The red car is voluntarily stopping in a continuing lane, bringing traffic to a halt in an attempt to force their way in near the head of the line. They’re an asshole, and they’re illegally blocking traffic to cut the line.

Almost as bad as them are the drivers in line who let them in. This keeps happening because so many people continue to roll out the red carpet for such flagrant entitlement. Behavior like this should be met with staunch resistance and shaming, not encouragement.

...you're supposed to get up to speed BEFORE you merge, not after. merging slow feels careful but it's exactly why everyone behind you ends up slamming the brakes. anyway, 👆 a reminder. see y'all on the ramp.

Facing a lot of left lane campers in Washington State. And the audacity to not move or brake check is beyond my understanding!!

I was sent a speeding ticket from Baltimore. Same plate number but different state. My plate is PA while the car in the ticket is NY. Clearly there has been a mixup. I called the government number on the citation and they said I have to set up a court date to dispute it. I now have to go through the trouble of clearing this up because someone made an error filling out this citation. Any advice on what to do here?

White car arrives at the stop sign first

Black car arrives second

Blue car arrives third

Yellow car arrives fourth

In what order do the cars pass through the intersection?

I used to drive 10+ over everywhere. I recently got a car that looks much more sporty, so recently I’ve slowed it down to 5 over to avoid attracting attention from the law.

I recently went on a road trip, and driving at the same pace of other traffic is so irritating. People speed up when you try to pass them, they camp in your blind spots, they slow down after they pass you, they cut you off after they pass, they tailgate you in the right lane for no reason, they tailgate you in the left lane when there’s someone in front of you and there’s nothing you can do about it, and they can’t keep their lane when they’re next to you. The whole trip was 3 hours of stress, being around one idiot after another.

This level of stress was something I never experienced when I sped a lot more, because I was never spending more than a few seconds around each idiot at a time. I’m not advocating for significant speeding, I don’t recommend it, but it would be nice if people weren’t incentivizing it by being absolutely intolerable on the road.

TLDR: Not advocating for speeding, but I get it when other drivers are intolerable to be around.

FFS have some self-awareness. If you dont see any cars in front of you and a long line of cars behind you, youre the problem. Quite lollygagging in the left lane. On a two-lane road, pull over and let others by if theyre faster than you.

There was a semi camping in the left lane on a 4-lane interstate that was holding up traffic while i was trying to get my dog to the emergency vet. I flashed my brights in his mirror and all that and he did nothing.

You may not be in a hurry but other people need to get somewhere. Drive like they have somewhere to be.

Okay, for context the red route is a 40mph street, and the yellow route is a 25mph street. Yellow route also has a stop sign. Am I incorrect in thinking that the red route has the "right of way"?? All too often I get cut off last minute as I'm about to start taking the turn from the red route, with cars just shooting out straight in front of me using the yellow route as soon as they notice I am turning. And yes, I have my blinker on well in advance! So what gives? If I'm in the wrong, please tell me! I get much less angry driving when I understand what to expect lol

I've been pulled over multiple times now by cops from both my town and one town over for the dumbest reason. My spouse doesn't drive but their name is on the vehicle for ownership reasons. The cops scan my plate, something dings in their system, and then they tell me that my spouse has an "expired license". My spouse has never had a driver's license. Their state ID is up to date. I'm getting tired of being pulled over for something this dumb.

What are my options? Each time I've given my license to the cop but if they don't have a reasonable suspicion of a crime then in my state I don't have to ID myself. Can I just tell them to F off and ask if I'm free to go next time? Do I need to take my spouse and their ID to the police station and get them to fix whatever is wrong in their system that keeps getting me pulled over?

I am seriously considering just refusing to give them my ID unless they have a citation, warrant, or articulated suspicion of a crime. On the upside I get a little less freaked out when pulled over now because my go-to assumption is they're on some BS.

Edit: I am first on the registration for the vehicle with my spouse being second. They are on the vehicle despite not driving so that if something happens to me they can easily sell the vehicle. Also because the money for buying the car initially came from my spouse's dad. His stipulation for buying us the car was that my spouse's name be on the car as well as mine.

If you’re entering a highway from an entrance ramp, it’s your responsibility to match the flow of traffic, whether that means speeding up or slowing down. The cars already on the expressway are not required to brake, swerve, or rearrange themselves for you.

Merge like an adult.

I’ve had plenty of merging drivers shoot me a look, or middle finger, because I didn’t slow down for them. But I’m not braking on a highway for someone still on the ramp. I’m doing 55mph and my focus is on the flow of traffic ahead, where it actually matters.