I GREATLY dislike when I am content to wait for someone WHO HAS THE RIGHT OF WAY to then start expecting me to go first.
ESPECIALLY when they are slowly inching forward. Just GO homie.
Examples:
1) When we stop at the same time at a four way stop sign and they are on my right.
2) When I have to yield to oncoming traffic before turning left at a GREEN LIGHT (not a yellow one) and the driver (either turning left or going straight) stops and waits for me to go.
And no, I don’t care if it’s “polite.” I’m driving to follow the rules, NOT to be polite. But letting people in during traffic is a different story, I’m strictly talking about when I’m at a LIGHT, making a LEFT TURN, or when we stop at the same time and THEY ARE ON THE RIGHT. Just GOOOOO >:(
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Where I’m at, people do the opposite of your number 2 point. Quite annoying and have almost had plenty of wrecks
not following right-of-way makes the road more dangerous for everyone involved. that means people who blow through stop signs AND people who do this shit. i’ve had people wave me on when they arrive at a roundabout before me. nuts.
The safest way to drive is to be predictable and confident. Taking your right of way is
Never rude. Just do it and be predictable. Everyone is better for it.
I’m in Michigan, and drivers here are either overly polite or absolute maniacs who ignore all rules. There is no in between.
But just as with grammar, I think a lot of people just fail to LEARN what the actual rules are, and therefore don’t know what they are supposed to do in certain situations.
Maybe we should try a different approach. When someone waves you through, ignore them. That’s what I do maybe eventually they will get it
This is not an unpopular opinion
Not remotely unpopular FUCK those people, you’re literally holding up traffic making me wait to figure out on my own you’ve just decided to stop for no damn reason
A friend of mine used to say, don’t be polite, be predictable, and I think about that every time someone does something like that
I was waiting to make a left turn at a green light, and the guy going straight on the other side stopped to wave me through, almost causing the traffic behind him to have an accident. He could not understand why I was shouting at him.
This isn’t an unpopular opinion, it’s the correct way to drive
Most of the time if I am “waiting for somebody to go” it’s because im driving cautiously and expecting them to pull out in front of me. I think you’re misinterpreting this.
And yes, I’ve avoided many accidents this way. People arent paying attention and just go at 4 ways and it causes wrecks. And yes, before you dump on me, I go when I have right of way unless im expecting somebody to pull out in front of me.
This is such a problem in the Seattle metro. People will fully stop in a lane to let someone waiting to turn left make their turn. No! Don’t do this. It’s not polite because now you’re holding up people behind you so you can what? Be nice to a person who should be waiting. It’s dangerous. Go when you have the right of way.
ETA: this reminded me of something that happened while I was at a light the other day. I’m trying to turn left into a parking lot and this lady was turning right. I had a green light, not an arrow. The lady should’ve turned. Instead she tried to let me go and I waved her on. She got pissed and flipped me off because I was letting her go when she had the right of way. Like jfc.
On the road: Don’t be nice. Be predictable!
There are sooo many of these posts.
I don’t think this is unpopular. Sure, lots of people like to be curteous but it’s known to be correct and safer to just follow the right of way.
Was literally JUST talking about this last night with a few people.
I have to travel through a fairly busy 4-way intersection to get out of my neighborhood, so go through it at least twice a day. It’s hard to remember who was first sometimes when I have other things on my mind. But when we’re all sitting there for more than 1/2 a sec I just go.
This annoys me but not as much as the overly-aggressive drivers who go when they don’t have right of way. I think that contributes to overly cautious drivers. Overly aggressive drivers are THE WORST.
yeah id wave you on, if you are the only other car in the area. sometimes i wanna be polite.
Be predictable not polite
It is just as dangerous not to take the right of way when you have it, as it is to take it when you don’t.
Not unpopular opinion
This is part of Rule 1 on the roads: Be predictable. Go when it is your turn. Do not go if it is not your turn. Use your turn signals. And stay the F out of the passing lane unless you are passing someone and going 20 miles over the limit.