• cmfhsu@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Not sure what the problem is. Keep doing it.

    This is how I operate in most traffic jams, since I only own manual cars & it’s much easier on my leg.

    I genuinely don’t even remember any specific scenarios where somebody merging in caused me to have to come to a full stop (where I wouldn’t have had to stop if they didn’t merge). Not saying it never happened, but it was so rare and unnotable that I don’t remember.

    I do live in the northeast US, so maybe that has something to do with it, but I don’t usually feel like I spend meaningfully more time in traffic because I let a few people in front of me.

    Bonus benefit: my life is measurably better since I stopped getting pissed about people being in front of me. Road rage had such a broad impact on me, even after I got out of the car.

    • dual_sport_dork 🐧🗡️@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      stopped getting pissed about people being in front of me

      The world would instantly be a better place if all the mouth-breathers in it could figure this out simultaneously. Wow, you’re pissed off at someone being “in front” of you. That’s because there’s totally an Earth-shakingly significant difference between having 9,784,326 cars in front of you vs. 9,784,325.