Are car drivers becoming too courteous?
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jdhu
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Definitely experience scenario #1 quite often, but I appreciate it anyway. The quick jerk left halfway onto the shoulder is unnecessary and slightly sketchy, but it's still a driver attempting to give room.
I've always thought it's the drivers who see you coming, move over a bit in a gradual manner, that might be riders themselves (same thing I do when driving and a moto is coming to split).
Do you guys wave to these drivers? I make it a point to (even scenario #1 drivers) to show appreciation and try to compensate for dbags who hit mirrors, flip people off, etc.
I've always thought it's the drivers who see you coming, move over a bit in a gradual manner, that might be riders themselves (same thing I do when driving and a moto is coming to split).
Do you guys wave to these drivers? I make it a point to (even scenario #1 drivers) to show appreciation and try to compensate for dbags who hit mirrors, flip people off, etc.
Johndicezx9
Rolls with it...
I’ve noticed drivers have been much more accepting of splitting/filtering/sharing, especially at intersections waiting for red lights, than they were 30 years ago when I used to get the occasional “Why don’t you wait in traffic like everybody else!”
I’d like to think DMV educating drivers is a good reason for that. :dunno
I’d like to think DMV educating drivers is a good reason for that. :dunno
jdhu
Well-known member
I doubt most drivers think about filtering actually REDUCING congestion, but I try to make the case when the subject comes up.
One thing I try to do is to not delay anyone due to my splitting, going up front, etc. From Davis to Sac, there's a frontage road next to I-80. I definitely pass like 50 cars to get up front (broken yellow line) and there's a stoplight allowing one vehicle to get onto the freeway at a time. I get up front and just go with a car on green (I know, TWO vehicles), so that I don't take up one light cycle. I justify it by thinking I don't cause congestion on the freeway (through further splitting) by going two vehicles per light there....:teeth
One thing I try to do is to not delay anyone due to my splitting, going up front, etc. From Davis to Sac, there's a frontage road next to I-80. I definitely pass like 50 cars to get up front (broken yellow line) and there's a stoplight allowing one vehicle to get onto the freeway at a time. I get up front and just go with a car on green (I know, TWO vehicles), so that I don't take up one light cycle. I justify it by thinking I don't cause congestion on the freeway (through further splitting) by going two vehicles per light there....:teeth
justanotherg20
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Again, not when traffic is going at normal freeway speeds and you see a driver waiting/hoping for you to pass. I'm like dude, we're all going 60 and I'm on a 250, I can't spin it up to 75 quickly to pass even if I wanted to.
BillSmith
Mild Hawg
MapleRoad
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“Although this is a kind gesture, it’s also one that is very dangerous and often times ends in collisions. Chico police warn drivers not to motion drivers into roadways, and if someone does, do not accept it,” police said in the report.
Yep. Don't do it. Don't accept the invite.
EastBayDave
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agreed :thumbup
fireblade929
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lolthe red carpet. not to mention when a moto cop is lane splitting and you get behind him its like im the f@#$ president!!!
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PunkRockMonkey
Wild in the Streets!
Oh man, tell me about it!
I've even seen people complaining about people complaining on here!
:teeth
JMardy
More head - less ass
Exactly. The fact that they are aware enough to move over gives them a big :thumbup from me. Sometimes I put out my left hand with 2 inches between my thumb and index finger then wave but I doubt that gets the point across.
Anyone not intentionally trying to kill me is OK with me.
Maddevill
KNGKAW
The thing that drives me nuts is, since the law stating that you have to give bicycle riders 3 FEET of clearance, I'll come around a corner to find a car, or a line of cars, going 5 mph while following a bicycle on a twisty road. And they just STAY there. It's freaking infuriating.
Mad
Mad
mean dad
Well-known member
If only physics forced the perfectly spherical debris to continue in a perfectly straight line, instead of being deflected by...oh anything really.
:laughing
I hate when I'm turning left at an intersection and the driver heading towards me motions for me to go first.
Uh, no thank you. It's legally your turn, and if you decide to nail it and run me over I'd be found at fault for not giving you your right-of-way.
I've gotten in the habit of not using my turn signal at the intersection by my work and pretending to go straight, and then dip into the left turn as soon as the vehicle rolls past.
dravnx
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Most drivers don't know the law or even how to estimate 3'.
(c) A driver of a motor vehicle shall not overtake or pass a bicycle proceeding in the same direction on a highway at a distance of less than three feet between any part of the motor vehicle and any part of the bicycle or its operator.
(d) If the driver of a motor vehicle is unable to comply with subdivision (c), due to traffic or roadway conditions, the driver shall slow to a speed that is reasonable and prudent, and may pass only when doing so would not endanger the safety of the operator of the bicycle, taking into account the size and speed of the motor vehicle and bicycle, traffic conditions, weather, visibility, and surface and width of the highway.