4 ms·

what about when there's an idiot slightly ahead and in the next lane who decides to randomly swerve into my lane? do you also maintain a long following distanc

what about when there's an idiot slightly ahead and in the next lane who decides to randomly swerve into my lane? do you also maintain a long following distance when there's a car right next to you in the next lane? I try to, because I don't want to stay in someone's blind spot, but sometimes it's not really possible to fall back.

JumpCrisscross 1y ago
> what about when there's an idiot slightly ahead and in the next lane who decides to randomly swerve into my lane? You're safer hitting them head on while aggressively braking than attempting a microsecond swerve.
- indigodaddy 1y ago
  Is your nickname anti-swerve or something? Have you never swerved even once in your life?
indigodaddy 1y ago
"what about when there's an idiot slightly ahead and in the next lane who decides to randomly swerve into my lane?" Exactly, this is the situation I am mostly talking about.
Mawr 1y ago
I watch a lot of car accident videos and I've seen that happen exactly once. Perhaps you mean the far more common scenario when the car in the next lane simply decides to merge into yours? Nothing about that is random[1] and the response in 90%+ of cases is just to let off the gas for a few seconds. That's it. [1]: In most cases, it's because your lane is open and theirs is about to be backed up. You'd want to switch lanes too, so it really shouldn't be surprising they do. The rest are mostly people realizing at the last second they want to turn right/left at an upcoming intersection (or highway exit). Again, predictable.
- potato3732842 1y ago
  Because all the "person doesn't look, pulls out into road, other traffic swerves around them" don't cause crashes and don't get posted to your accident feed. FFS, this is like selection bias 101.
  - Mawr 1y ago
    I watch accident videos, not crash videos. Pulling out/switching lanes while not looking is like 40% of the clips in the videos. It's a common, predictable driving scenario, nothing to get one's panties in a bunch about. Here's a classic example with an explanation: https://youtu.be/kTczmnkz824?t=882 https://youtu.be/kTczmnkz824?t=882. No experienced driver should be surprised here.

JumpCrisscross 1y ago

> what about when there's an idiot slightly ahead and in the next lane who decides to randomly swerve into my lane? You're safer hitting them head on while aggressively braking than attempting a microsecond swerve.

indigodaddy 1y ago
Is your nickname anti-swerve or something? Have you never swerved even once in your life?

indigodaddy 1y ago

"what about when there's an idiot slightly ahead and in the next lane who decides to randomly swerve into my lane?" Exactly, this is the situation I am mostly talking about.

Mawr 1y ago

I watch a lot of car accident videos and I've seen that happen exactly once. Perhaps you mean the far more common scenario when the car in the next lane simply decides to merge into yours? Nothing about that is random[1] and the response in 90%+ of cases is just to let off the gas for a few seconds. That's it. [1]: In most cases, it's because your lane is open and theirs is about to be backed up. You'd want to switch lanes too, so it really shouldn't be surprising they do. The rest are mostly people realizing at the last second they want to turn right/left at an upcoming intersection (or highway exit). Again, predictable.

potato3732842 1y ago
Because all the "person doesn't look, pulls out into road, other traffic swerves around them" don't cause crashes and don't get posted to your accident feed. FFS, this is like selection bias 101.
- Mawr 1y ago
  I watch accident videos, not crash videos. Pulling out/switching lanes while not looking is like 40% of the clips in the videos. It's a common, predictable driving scenario, nothing to get one's panties in a bunch about. Here's a classic example with an explanation: https://youtu.be/kTczmnkz824?t=882 https://youtu.be/kTczmnkz824?t=882. No experienced driver should be surprised here.