Do you NOT know how to drive?!?!

I was reminded just the other day at how many just do not know the rules of the road or how to drive in general. I saw one person STOPPED on an entrance ramp to a freeway looking for a break in traffic when they had 100 yards of merge lane in front of them. WTF?!? Adjust your speed an get in there - don't freakin stop!

Ramps and merging are famous places for stupid stuff to happen. Here's another common scene. You have car #1 on its way to merge into traffic. The driver looks over his shoulder to see that car #2 is a good way back and that he can go ahead and merge. For some reason car #2 wants to speed up and "beat" #1. This usually ends up in a cluster where driver #2 is all pissed off for #1 cutting him off when in reality #2 was the boob for speeding up. Either way, whoever has a better view of the situation needs to adjust to keep problems from happening. Don't be an idiot and then blame the other driver for a problem YOU clearly caused. Here's another clue, if you see someone trying to merge and find yourself speeding up then braking hard to avoid an accident - suprise! Your speeding up probably put you in that situation.

4-way stops. OMG. Do people know how 4-way stops work? You wouldn't think so. Typically, it's a first to stop first to go scenario. That's why it's important to pay attention when approaching an intersection. Look around to see who stopped. Look around to see who got there after you. People there before you need to go. People that stopped after you need to go after you've already gone. Simple right? To avoid confusion, if I'm pulling up to an intersection and me and another car look like we're going to stop at the same time, I'll usually keep rolling a few more inches before stopping to let the other driver know I'll go after they do. If it's a total cluster, you'll have to resort to the hand wave to indicate who goes next or a bunch of start/stops/gestures to get through the intersection.

Grrr...