r/dashcams • u/Friendsubjective • 13h ago

Karen doesn't know how to merge properly

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u/No-Competition-2764 12h ago

3% of the population knows how to merge. It’s crazy.

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u/EverythingMustGo95 12h ago

Lol where do you live?

Where I live 95% know how to merge, the other 5% stand out and it’s annoying. But mostly people are good at merging. During rush hour there’s really no point to NOT letting the guy in, your fate (slow drive home) is inevitable.

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u/No-Competition-2764 12h ago

Center of the US, so interstate driving. People don’t understand to speed up to highway speeds on the ramp and then if you’re ahead, merge in front of the vehicle in the right lane. If you’re door to door or behind, slide in behind. It’s simple. See it messed up most of the time. I’m glad it’s not messed up where you are.

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u/KristySueWho 9h ago

It would be simple if anybody drove correctly, or paid attention to their surroundings. Sometimes people can't get up to highway speeds because of clover leaf ramps, very short ramps, or dumbasses in front of them, and then there are all the assholes on the road following way too close to people in front of them and no one bothering to let people in.

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u/No-Competition-2764 8h ago

Yep, bad drivers need to be sent to training I believe. Way too many crashes caused by bad drivers and raising all our insurance rates.

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u/irviinghdz 5h ago

I’m so envious I have a hard time believing that, where do you live if you don’t mind?

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u/EverythingMustGo95 4h ago

Silicon Valley in California. Heavy traffic on-ramps often have merge lanes or metered lights to help. Most people are reasonable.

Things happen anyway, wife rear ended on hwy 101 by pickup, Guy kept her company until assistance arrived. Friend in multi car crash, one driver said his fault glad no one hurt. I was rearended and gal said she was moving to Mexico next day (UH OH) - she called her insurance and took care of it, I worried for nothing.

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u/Nerd_Porter 12h ago

And another 90% of the population thinks they know how to merge, making things much worse.

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u/No-Competition-2764 12h ago

This is true! I drive 3 1/2 hours to work and it’s crazy what I see these days.

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u/Meal__Team__Six 5h ago

You know it's bad when you do merge properly and truckers wave to say thanks like it's the first time they've seen that in 6 months

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u/NOT_A_OFFICER 9h ago

Try living in an area where there are a ton of 4 way red lights. Even if you know how to use them properly, its useless to do so and a cant beat em, join em type situation.

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u/No-Competition-2764 9h ago

Oh man I can’t imagine the sheer amount of chaos that is. I wish you luck

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u/NarwhalEmergency9391 6h ago

I learned how to drive and then I went to driving school to properly learn how to drive and the amount of things I learned was shocking.  You're taught to tap on your breaks if someone gets to close but yet some people will freak out if that happens to them

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u/No-Competition-2764 6h ago

It’s amazing that there isn’t a definitive school we all go to in order to really learn to drive. I got to simulators every year since I’m a pilot and have for 35 years. We train all the time and drivers barely train at age 16. We need driving simulators to teach and rehab bad drivers.

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u/NarwhalEmergency9391 4h ago

It really is! You'd think everyone would have to go to driving school in order to drive