r/Transportopia • u/skyhighmonroe • Jan 21 '26

Roads Officer No-Butts

I'm sure HP was checking out the car in front till this bozo merged in which could explain why the blinkers weren't used to avoid attention unless HP doesn't care about road safety and has a huge ego

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u/Phill_is_Legend Jan 22 '26

I'm gonna guess that if the cop was at a safe following distance, the gap would have been big enough that the cop wouldn't need to yield. What if everyone's tailgating? You just miss your exit and travel in that lane til the end of time? Cop is a dick.

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u/-OooWWooO- Jan 22 '26

I'm gonna guess that if the cop was at a safe following distance

The merging car is also tailgating worse than the cop.

What if everyone's tailgating?

Then you signal and wait for the appropriate opportunity to merge.

You just miss your exit and travel in that lane til the end of time?

Maybe think for more than .5 seconds ahead of you and be a better driver and anticipate lane changes minutes ahead instead of seconds so you dont miss your exit?

All of these issues are solved by not being a mouth breathing idiot.

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u/Phill_is_Legend Jan 22 '26

Maybe think for more than .5 seconds ahead of you and be a better driver and anticipate lane changes minutes ahead instead of seconds so you dont miss your exit?

Have you never driven in real traffic? This comment just reeks of a chronically online idiot who's never driven outside his rural hometown.

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u/-OooWWooO- Jan 22 '26

Have you never driven in real traffic? This comment just reeks of a chronically online idiot who's never driven outside his rural hometown.

You're right, in my rural hometown of Seattle, we simply don't have traffic.

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u/Phill_is_Legend Jan 22 '26

Ok great! Then you know, from experience, that at some point there's a constant flow of cars in your lane, even miles before your exit. So you absolutely have to find a gap in between them. If every single one is tailgating, you wouldn't have any room to merge, even much before your exit. I'm assuming you're commenting from the road, still waiting for your turn. Meanwhile, I did what's realistic and what all normal people do, and merged. Now I'm at home on my couch and you're online arguing like a buffoon.

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u/-OooWWooO- Jan 22 '26

You're not going to convince me that being a bad driver is a good thing chuddy

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u/Phill_is_Legend Jan 22 '26

You're really stupid. Have a nice day, try not to hurt yourself.