What IS that?

[RecoveringKinkoid]

You know what I'm talking about. You're cruising along in the middle lane. There's nobody behind you in any of the lanes. The passing lane is clear. There's some traffic in front of you.

Asshead comes roaring up behind you, dodges into the passing lane, passes, squeezes between you and the guy in front of you, ducks into the slow lane (all without using his signal. Of course.) and then exits.

Instead of just getting into the correct lane from the start, without having to deal with any traffic. Instead of just coming up on his exit, getting easily into the exit lane at his leisure, and then exiting the highway. Guy today damn near missed his exit doing this.

And it's not an isolated thing, either. I see it A LOT

I mean, really. Is there a species of people out there who get wood every time they pass someone, and the idea of just getting from point A to point B without cutting anyone off is just too vanilla?

[Rapscallion]

I mean, really. Is there a species of people out there who get wood every time they pass someone, and the idea of just getting from point A to point B without cutting anyone off is just too vanilla?

Er, yes?

Rapscallion

[Pagan]

That or, seeing as it's usually guys doing this, compensating for something.

[mikoyan29]

There was one time when I was heading home from our other office. Traffic was backed up but I was near an exit. I was doing the nice thing by letting people in. Apparently this one guy was disappointed that he was allowed on the freeway without having to muscle his way in, so he muscled into the next lane over.

[Dips]

I've also seen that species of asshole brakes check me after I've waved them in front of me at a merge.

I think giving them permission emasculates them or something.

[RecoveringKinkoid]

Wow. Now THAT takes a special brand of douchbaggery. That's a douchbag that WORKS at being a douchebag like he's getting paid to be one or something.

Can't say I seen that.

Yet.

[mikoyan29]

Merge fun #2: You see that someone is about to merge on the freeway but you can't get over to the next lane, so you decide to make it easy for them to get on only they see you coming and decide to slow down until they realize that yes, someone is going to let them on the freeway.

[RecoveringKinkoid]

Flashing your lights usually helps let them know to come on, but some folks just sit there and either don't see that or don't realize what it means.

[mikoyan29]

I think that people are so used to getting cut off that they don't know how to deal with someone actually being nice on the road. This confuses them and makes them wonder as to a motive.

[slavetotheman]

Or they've got "keep right, pass left" ingrained in their heads so much they take it to the point of absurdity.

[EricKei]

My brother used to do this, many many years ago...on a 5-lane wide highway, in heavy traffic...starting from the 2nd lane from the right and going aaaaaaallll the way left, then all they way back to the right, satrting right about when the exit had come into view. Preferably in a small tissue-paper car like a Geo Metro. I'm not sure if he grew out of it or got tired of me yelling at him for it, but doesn't pull that crap anymore

[Laund-o-rama Mama]

Merge fun #2: You see that someone is about to merge on the freeway but you can't get over to the next lane, so you decide to make it easy for them to get on only they see you coming and decide to slow down until they realize that yes, someone is going to let them on the freeway.

YES! Oh my this bugs me. Most of the time I am then forced to speed back up if they hesitate too long (because stopping on the highway, uh, no!). Then I feel like a jerk for dangling the merge in front of them then snatching it away. Sorry, too slow!

[Kogarashi]

Merge fun #2: You see that someone is about to merge on the freeway but you can't get over to the next lane, so you decide to make it easy for them to get on only they see you coming and decide to slow down until they realize that yes, someone is going to let them on the freeway.

Somehow, I'd still rather deal with that than the people who speed up on the highway to fill up the one gap I have available for mergin in, leaving me to slow waaaaaaaaay down and hope for another gap before I run out of merging lane.

[PepperElf]

This sounds like the morons on the highway in Virginia.

I swear... they would literally come up behind you in the right/slow lane, go around you and cut you off to take the exit....

Yet if they'd just waited o... 30 seconds they'd have reached that exit anyway.

[pitmonkey]

Now the person that slows down on me as I am merging on to the freeway to me is the one in the wrong. Merging traffic has to yield right of way, it always gets me that when I adjust my speed to merge only to have the moron hold up traffic. Yes there are people that come on the freeway way to slow and just pull on without regards to the car already there, but when I am trying to merge only to have some one slow down on me is frustrating.