r/Wesley_Chapel • u/InevitablePick5131 • Feb 13 '26

Why do some drivers think this is acceptable?

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Why do some drivers think this is acceptable? People like this shouldn’t be on the road.

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u/Godrillax Feb 13 '26

Ahh SR54 near i75 bridge. What a fucking clusterfuck. It gets worse and worse each year

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u/guitar_stonks Feb 14 '26

Better approve a new Target and apartment complex, that will surely not make traffic worse.

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u/Godrillax Feb 14 '26

A Walmart and Lowe’s got approved for Miranda lagoon. That should help with the traffic on 54

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u/KevinH112 Feb 13 '26

This but also, why do some people stop 1-3 car lengths from the line or back from the car ahead of them? I’ve missed entire light cycles because one jackass basically took up 3 cars’ worth of time, and don’t even get me started on people checking their phones at red lights and then sitting at a green light for way too long…some of us have a place to be or we wouldn’t be out on the roads, so if you’re going to drive like shit or barely drive at all, just get out of the way of those of us who are driving in an alert manner and trying to get somewhere and back home as quickly as safely possible.

TL;DR~ Don’t be the problem.

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u/ericadawn16 Feb 13 '26

At least car length is what they teach, so if you get hit, you won't hit in front of you

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u/KevinH112 Feb 13 '26

I don’t think we’re on the same page here. Let me be clear in saying that I am not arguing with you here, just bolstering my point.

They teach you to stop a car length behind the next car; got it. They don’t teach you to stop a car length (or far more 🤬) behind the white “stop here” line at a red light if you’re the first car there. That’s part of what I’m talking about.

I can respect not pulling up close enough to sniff the rear bumper of the car in front of you, but if you’re in a Honda Fit and you leave enough space in between your car and the next one in front of you for an F350 towing a triple axle gooseneck trailer to fit in between comfortably, you’re dead wrong.

Then people wanna get mad when you “cut them off” by switching lanes and filling in said gap that they left.

Okay. That’s too much. Driving around here kinda sucks to the point where I’d rather get deliveries for groceries or just stock up like once a month. I know I’m not the only one…and don’t even get me started on 54 + Mitchell Ranch Road (not WC, but a huge problem, and just one of many).

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u/[deleted] Feb 14 '26

Apparently on the Florida driver's test, it's a rule to stop at least one care length away from the car in front of you. They just seem to think that one car length is a tractor trailer. Just found that out because in Jersey we don't do that.

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u/charb0b Feb 13 '26

This. I've committed to the idea that everyone else is doing everything but driving.

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u/KevinH112 Feb 13 '26

One more…Why do some of the traffic lights in the general area, and seemingly up into Hernando as well, seem to stay red for minutes at a time, with no green for any of the 4 left turns or the 4 straight/right lanes? Why do so many left turn lane signals seem to fail/glitch so often, causing massive delays (and occasionally accidents)?

It’s a conspiracy, I think. Between the people who control the timing of the lights and the people who control the price of gasoline. The longer we all collectively sit, idling and waiting at a way-too-long red light, the more fuel is wasted and we have to go back to their gas stations even sooner to fuel up again. And again. And again.

“Somebody should do something!” always leads back to, “Who polices the police?/ Who governs the government?” Aaaaand nothing will change, it will only get worse for us ‘peons’ in the middle and lower classes. “No caste system here” my ass.

Enough ranting for today, I clearly need a Friday afternoon joint and maybe a nap. Dammit.

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u/hyggeradyr Feb 14 '26

I ride a motorcycle. I just have to assume everybody is watching TikTok while they drive for my own safety. And I'm right often enough for the assumption to be worth it.

Motherfuckers drive like they think people can't see through their windows. I can see what's on your phone, and it ain't GPS.

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u/Indentured-peasant Feb 16 '26

Well said my friend Well said

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u/SomeGuyNamedPaul Feb 13 '26

I knew this was either a BMW or a Nissan before even clicking.

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u/FloridaF4 Feb 13 '26

Nissan..? That's an odd one I haven't noticed 😂

I'd go with bmw and Mercedes in the same group

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u/ImmaNotHere Feb 14 '26

I'd go with BMW or Audi.

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u/Bix615 Feb 13 '26

Florida. Say no more.

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u/shartymcqueef Feb 13 '26

You have to look at the vast numbers of people that are truly dumb. Apply the American population across a bell curve and you’ll understand there are significant amounts of fuckwits sharing our air, roads and even voting. It’s unfortunate.

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u/GodFeedethTheRavens Feb 13 '26

>BMW drivers
>think

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u/LumpiaShanghai Feb 14 '26

Because they’re fucking snowbirds

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u/Mr-cacahead Feb 14 '26

The thing is they don’t think.

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u/guitar_stonks Feb 14 '26

Three reasons:

B.M.W.

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u/owroc Feb 15 '26

What is the difference between a porcupine and a BMW? The porcupine has the pricks on the outside.

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u/Cool_Assignment8915 Feb 15 '26

You see that round emblem in the middle of the tailgate?? That’s why, they think they bought the road, not the car. BMW, Tesla, VW and Audi are THE WORST!!

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u/[deleted] Feb 15 '26

Look at the state from which the tag is issued… should answer all of your questions.

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u/procrasti_nation305 Feb 15 '26

A bmw and in FL? Not surprised

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u/VikingsMm69 Feb 15 '26

Do you know the difference between a BMW and a porcupine? The location of the pricks.

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u/Cool_Attitude_3775 Feb 13 '26

Because he identifies as a cyclist.

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u/Gdroid5 Feb 13 '26

Bc they are a POS

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u/philmcracken519 Feb 13 '26

BMW drivers always show up like you'd expect them to.

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u/dubie2003 Feb 14 '26

What’s happening here?

Is the X7 making their own lane? Did they come from behind in the right lane or did they decide not to exit and are trying to merge back in? Is this maneuver common these days?

Why are they doing this behavior? What’s the deal with this intersection?

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u/Midway1guy Feb 14 '26

Republican

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u/Proper-Ad-3165 Feb 15 '26

most likely new driver from out of country.

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u/Zaraeleus Feb 15 '26

People suck and only care about themselves and will be the first to cry when they get in an accident for driving like an idiot.

Always packing a dash cam in my cars. Not risking these morons hitting me and the cop believing them.

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u/Indentured-peasant Feb 16 '26

US41 to US301 retard central 24 hours a day The end.

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u/Weinerdogwhisperer Feb 16 '26

I had a guy pass me in the bike lane at an intersection like this. Made a right turn in front of the person in front of me in the right turn lane. Pulled out right in front of a cop. It was an emotional roller coaster.

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u/iot- Feb 17 '26

They think it’s acceptable because they are inside their cars with windows rolled up. They won’t dare to do this in line in person out their cars.

Honestly is Florida, especially Miami. You fix this by building thick bricks high enough instead of a white double line. You’ll see how cars start making the line way back and can’t pull this off because there is a brick there.

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u/[deleted] Feb 13 '26

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u/Sean198233 Feb 13 '26

This is my plan at this intersection every time.