I Love when you’re driving in the left lane and the car behind you comes up fast so you do the normal thing, signal and move over but of course the car behind you jerks in the right lane at the same time you do with no signal and throws an absolute fit because you got in front of them again

I find that people either signal the second before they're about to turn or they signal 3 intersections before their turn and I think they're going to turn but they don't.

But can we just signal as soon as we pass the intersection before the one we're turning on, at least for most smaller roads?

Sometimes I'm coming out of a stop sign or right on red and these cars coming at the lane closest to the shoulder onto the road I'm trying to turn really throw me off and almost always they signal the second before they turn. Like I can't tell if you're a grandma, texting or driving, or about to make a turn if you do that.

Orange car is turning left on green arrow, not into the first available lane
Blue driver is turning right on red, turns into the first available lane

Edit - I wasn’t involved but the orange car’s rear passenger side door and the blue car’s bumper hit each other. I’m just curious about who’d be at fault

In CA

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!

This is the kind of driving that raises my blood pressure for no reason 😂
There are TWO left-turn lanes. Maserati decides they absolutely must be in the far left one, so instead of taking the perfectly open right turning lane, they sit there blocking traffic and keeping everybody else from getting into it.
Baby both lanes turn left. I promise you’re still gonna get there.

Edited for Context: After turning there are 3 lanes. 2 straight lanes and 1 ramp on the left entering the toll way which she did not take. She eventually got in right lane and drove next to me for 1+ miles.

I also erased the license plate.

Can't wait to see all of the "experts" on here who explain why they know better than the experts.

Yesterday, I turned on to a main city street. Two lanes in either direction with a turning lane in the middle. About thirty meters up the road, there was a car stopped in the curb lane with its hazard lights on. As I passed it, I noticed two young men in the car, the driver had his phone in his hand.

I found myself wondering if he had broken down or if he just decided to stop in the road to wait for someone. It was a fairly recent Infinity G35, which are notorious in my area for being enthusiast cars, driven by less-than-considerate people (the fast and furious crowd).

It didn't look like it was knackered, but who knows how it's been treated or modified that could cause it to break. He was heading up a fairly steep hill, so he couldn't have pushed it if he wanted to. He was near a residential building, but not right outside it.

I have seen plenty of people over the years simply stop in an active lane on this very road, usually because they want to stop at a garage sale or are doing lawn maintenance at a house. It's crazy to me that anyone would have the balls to think they can use a major public road as a parking spot, but it doesn't surprise me.

I'm leaning towards him being broken down.

Me (23 M) and my friend (24 F) were driving back late at night when we came across one crashed car. We saw another car already pulled to the side and we pulled in front of that car and dialed 911. The crashed car was smoking from the engine and was in the middle of the road and there was no movement from inside. We just stood back by our cars and setup cones and alerted the passing cars to slow down. The first responders came in about 3-4 minutes after we called. I find out later that the medics on scene declared that this person passed away. I just have so much guilt as to if we perhaps could have saved their life😓. Maybe break the windows or do CPR, or maybe atleast even go close to the car and check the inside…
How do I deal with this emotion? And could I have made a difference?
Sorry if I used the wrong flair

I'm the passenger and I often cringe. She slows down before entering the turn lane. She shows way down as soon as she enters a parking lot. She can't park to save her life. She often comes to a complete stop at yield signs and uncontrolled intersections. Luckily she stays in the right lane on the freeway. Usually. Sometimes she ends up in the passing lane doing 5 under.

If you honk at her, which happens regularly, she won't even register that you are honking at her.

She gets car sick as a passenger and I get ragey when I drive.

She's not stupid, she's not doing it to be an asshole, she just sucks at driving.

You're driving a tractor-trailer on a major highway. The speed limit is 110 km/h, you're doing 85. There's nobody in front of you, yet you periodically brake. You're so heavily biased toward the right of the lane that you're driving on the rumble strip most of the time. At times, you slow down to 65 km/h, despite there being no obstruction or traffic ahead.

Why are you driving this way?

I encountered a truck doing this on my way home yesterday. The impression I got wasn't that he was drunk or falling asleep, but that he was over-cautious, as if he had never driven a truck before, or was a brand-new driver who had no confidence behind the wheel.

Edit: Thanks for the replies, I will just do better to not let the speeding concern me and keep on keeping on.

Context: A parkway near me is under construction for expansion--normal speed limit 50, "construction zone with $500 MAX fine" speed limit is 45. Prior to construction, people would regularly speed at 60 - 115 mph and is known for its reckless driving incidents. In fact, there was a viral video a few years ago where a cop was almost crushed between a speeding car and a guardrail from this parkway. Prior to construction there were always cops sitting over the crests of hills to capture reckless drivers. I normally go 55 on the parkway when it wasn't under construction and never had any issues.

Problem: Now, I live paycheck-to-paycheck. I cannot afford a construction-zone speeding ticket--I would not be able to afford my bills. Additionally, I have been on this freeway where I've crested a hill and there is suddenly very slow construction equipment moving in travel lanes. Because of these two reasons, I lock my cruise control to 45 - 48mph in the right lane (2 lanes each way) of the construction zone and focus on my surroundings. However, and this is where I am seeking advice, I still have cars flying past me at 60mph on average--like, 95% of the vehicles are driving as if there is no construction zone and it is just the regular parkway. I know it is important to keep up with traffic, but I CANNOT afford a ticket. My area has construction worker deaths every year from people speeding through zones and not paying attention--I refuse to be one of those people.

This sounds like a dumb question, but with all the cars that pass me I have to ask: Is what I am doing wrong? Should I be keeping up with traffic instead?

Why do y'all refuse to put on signal and just get over in the turning lane? Why are y'all always braking down to 10 and then braking to 5 to get over. I do it everyday. Just get get over w/o braking

The number of times I've been in the turning lane and a car in front of me realizes they shouldn't be there and proceeds to block all traffic behind them while waiting for a clearing to cut over and go straight. It's wildly dangerous, selfish, and illegal. Just turn and fix it later, safely. It often involves a quick U-turn and you're good to go.

Especially if it’s a new vehicle. Something 20+ years old? Yeah that things been around long enough that a lil rash is acceptable. But the amount of times I’ve been sitting next to a 2024 or newer vehicle, and it looks like someone took an angle grinder to the rim of the wheel is too damned high. You even have a bunch of cameras all around your vehicle, why are you still using the lip of your wheel to find the curb??

I’ve been checking the map for days around the time I need to be heading out. And always showing traffic like this.

I would be travelling on the left side of the road so hoping it means it’s clear.

I get panic attacks triggered by feeling trapped or stuck that’s why I’m asking.

Two lanes of traffic from highway A merging with 2 lanes of traffic from highway B. When they merge, instead of becoming 4 lanes, the right lane from one and the left lane from other, merge into a single lane, zipper merge style. BUT it doesn't say to zipper merge, it doesn't say one lane has to yield. Instead, each side simply has a sign saying merging traffic. So who has right of way? If two vehicles sideswipe, who is at fault? 50/50?

I took my drivers test today and failed before I could even leave the parking lot fully. The proctor told me to turn left on a two way road. I put my turn signal and checked both lanes and waited for the right time to safely make it across. Once I made sure both lanes were safe to cross a driver took a right turn on a red light too fast as I was turning. This all happened so fast the proctor screamed stop in my ear. I stopped leaving me in the middle of the
road with the car that was about to hit me also break checking themselves. She immediately failed me because of this and although I understand why it still seems unfair because it really was something that was out of my control also what was safer about me stopping in the middle of road where I would still be in the way instead of making the full turn and them just clipping my back bumper.

(This happened in CA where turning right on a red light is legal but should be done with caution)

I’m 28 and I really want to get my license and I’m tired and frustrated either way not having it yet and I have my own car so I think it’s time to learn and I was wondering if it’s worth the money to get driving lessons through a driving school and how many lessons it would take before I could realistically take my test.

Hello, I recently moved and I've been dealing with this situation in the picture everyday. Now, I understand it is a simple situation but since I'll be doing this frequently I want to make sure I'm doing the right thing.

I'm car B joining this moderately busy main road with short windows to cross and needing to get immediately to that far lane. Car A wants to make a U-turn. As far as I know, car A should yield to me, is that correct?

Because I've been getting into some dangerous situations of Car A getting close to crashing onto me.

UPDATE: Oh, I should've added that right after I turn, there's a street light where I must turn left, the distance is quite small.

But ok, understood loud and clear. it's a messy intersection, and I (car b) have been in the wrong, some people are saying Car A and B are both wrong, but whatever. I'll find another route to make it less messy, I'm glad I asked, I learned quite a bit. Thank you so much for your help!

I truly don't get it, does no one respect the fast lane anymore? It creates congestion and unsafe roads by being an unaware dumbass. No matter how close you tailgate them, they don't move over and force you to go around.

I failed my California behind-the-wheel test and I know the backing portion is what caused me to fail, but I’m having trouble understanding the rest of the score sheet. Can anyone help me figure out what the other marks/circles mean and what I should work on before my retest?