Nice Lane Change
The Jeep in front of me was apparently not paying attention, so he ended up almost getting off the freeway and changing his mind at the last moment.
Tags: Almost Missed My Exit, Definitely Paying Attention to the Road, Gotta Get Over Now!, Nice Lane Change, Not My Exit!
This afternoon There was a van who apparently wasn’t paying attention to his upcoming exit and had to cut right in front of me to reach it in time. From my other videos you can tell this isn’t exactly uncommon.
Interestingly, the very next exit there was a similar situation, but in reverse – a pickup getting on the freeway procrastinated merging with continuing traffic until he was nearly forced off in the exit-only lane.
Since this both deal with the same procrastination issue, I’ve merged them together.
Tags: Almost Missed My Exit, Definitely Paying Attention to the Road, Gotta Get Over Now!, Gotta Pass 'em All, Nice Lane Change, Not My Exit!, Otherwise Occupied, Smart Move
While merging from I-215 to I-15 today, there was a minivan a few cars ahead of me with three large mattresses on top of it. The effect was rather comical. It also didn’t seem to know where it was going, as it got off the freeway in the wrong exit lane and narrowly missed clipping a few cars as it rushed to cross to the northbound exit instead of being trapped in the southbound lanes.
Tags: Almost Missed My Exit, Definitely Paying Attention to the Road, Gotta Get Over Now!, Near-Wreck Experience, Nice Lane Change, Not My Exit!, Smart Move
For the second time in as many commutes, someone attempted to merge into my lane without signal and would’ve hit me unless I honked at them. In today’s instance, it was an elderly lady who turned the corner apparently without noticing me, and then began moving over to make her turn. After my honk, she was somewhat frantically waving her arms; both in apology to me and then also seemed to be yelling at herself after I’d passed her.
Tags: Definitely Paying Attention to the Road, Gotta Get Over Now!, Near-Wreck Experience, Nice Lane Change, Smart Move, Way to Signal
During the snowstorm today a semi next to me suddenly decided it was a good idea to merge into my lane with no kind of signal or warning. Luckily he stopped when I honked at him.
Tags: Definitely Paying Attention to the Road, Drifting..., Near-Wreck Experience, Nice Lane Change, Semi, Smart Move, Way to Signal
In front of me several cars there was suddenly a large puff of rubber smoke. This repeated again a few seconds later. An SUV ended up off the side of the road, but as I approached I couldn’t see any damage or broken tires, so the only conclusion I can come to is that the driver was near to missing her exit or had some kind of medical episode.
Tags: Almost Missed My Exit, Gotta Get Over Now!, Near-Wreck Experience, Nice Lane Change, Smart Move
On the merger from I-215 to I-15 a car decided it was going to try and beat a truck just as the lanes merged. The truck ended up having to swerve out of the way as the car ran out of room and was forced over.
Tags: Gotta Get Over Now!, Near-Wreck Experience, Nice Lane Change, Smart Move
While driving to work this morning I was nearly the only car within a mile. That didn’t stop someone from getting on the freeway and immediately moving right in front of me – despite my moving over a lane to allow me room to pass him.
Tags: Gotta Get Over Now!, Nice Lane Change, Smart Move
As I approached the 114th S exit on I-15 today, the light at the 106th exit had been green. Thus there were several cars entering the freeway all at the same time that me and the other cars around me were trying to exit.
One car in particular was rather impatient to move over, and nearly was sideswiped by the car he tried to go around as they merged onto the freeway a split second after he did.
Tags: Gotta Get Over Now!, Near-Wreck Experience, Nice Lane Change, Smart Move
Immediately after getting on the freeway, this car decided it was imperative that he get over two lanes as quickly as possible – without any kind of signal and regardless of the speed of the traffic in the lane. I happened to be the one in that lane and nearly ran into him.
Tags: Definitely Paying Attention to the Road, Gotta Get Over Now!, Near-Wreck Experience, Nice Lane Change, Smart Move, Way to Signal