10 Signs You're a Bad Driver!
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- Опубліковано 17 тра 2024
- Coast to Coast Driving Across America reminded me…some y’all really suck at driving. Territorial behavior, trying to own the road, hogging a lane, refusing to trade, not signaling, and many many more terrible stupid awful habits that some absolute degenerates still do on a daily basis. Y’all really being outdone by some dude in an Anime Car, let that sink in. A freaking weeb drives more competently than y’all mfs be doing out here on the freeway. Y’all hard af Car Guys really gonna let that happen? No? Alright, then sit down and let me teach you how to drive.
Whether it's Zipper Merging, Diverging Diamonds, Roundabouts, Lane Trading, Tail gating, or Blind Spot Hugging, we cover it all this video!! So sit down and take some mental notes. It's gonna be a long one.
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I'm going to start driving in less than a month, and I'm very nervous. This video made me feel more confident in my non-existent driving skills thank you so much for the advice!
Fun facts: In germany zipper merging is standard everywhere,with the only exception are the acceleration lanes on the autobahn and motorways. It is prohibited to turn across multiple lanes because it is unsafe. On motorways and the autobahn we are required to use the right most lane reasonable, since trucks have lower speed limits this is usually the second to right most lane except on sundays - trucks are generally not allowed to drive on sundays.
In Sweden you are not allowed to pass the speed limit at any point so the passing lane is just another lane, still, some uses it to go 140 when it is 80 lol
is this how you make videos get suggested again? deleting your comment and putting a new one? not hatin btw just curious.
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The two most annoying drivers are the ones that stay in your blindspot and those who tailgate when you cannot go any faster.
Props to the people who stay in blind spots that takes some effort
I don't know, people who intentionally pace you when passing then slow down when you're behind them are pretty damn annoying
I get that second one ALL THE TIME! People will tailgate me while I'm doing 85-90 mph and they'll be almost touching my rear bumper while there's plenty of open lanes next to us. If I'm in the left lane, I give them the benefit of the doubt. If not, I'm like "bro there's so much space and opportunity just pass me and get on with your life". People will tailgate just to bully you.
@@drpicmeup exactly that shit is so annoying. One dude did that to me while I was going 80mph in the slow lane. I was already catching up to traffic that was stopped at a red light ahead of us but he got mad and passed me after tailgating and ended up making it just right in front of me, only to turn at the red light.... amazing. How much faster did he get to where he needed to go? .03 seconds?
@@cokedupcat lol 3 seconds saved from speed running to get home, new world record speedrun
#1 Sign that you're a BAD DRIVER:
When you drive better in GTA than in a Driving Lesson.
I have a race a run for myself that circles all of blain county Starts and Palito bay and ends in Palito bay
gta almost caused me to have a crash when i was learning, i live in the UK, where we drive on the left, and in gta you drive on the right, as its set in America. it had been a while since i had a driving lesson. so when i pulled out of a junction, i instinctively stared driving into oncoming traffic... not my proudest moment, , my instructor gave me a right ear full lol
What if I just drive like GTA in real life nothing possibly bad could ha
@@joshuaminke6629 if you drive on the left you sit on the right side of the car, so your instructor gave you a left ear full
@@toccandocreacanaleulterior176 i was about to say this lol
I think the summary is that a good driver thinks about traffic as cooperative and not a competition
Very well said!
It’s not a competition but it is always horror. I don’t even have my permit yet but I’m reading this old Buick learner’s manual, and it says drive defensively.
@@ninjirealyes, defensive driving is standard practice. its basically "you cant trust people to NOT be idiots so be aware of idiocy and know how to work around it"
Co-op vs PvP yup.
@@herb4n7egend yuh! got my permit, driving, I am the idiot. Watch out, world.
As an avid driver and pedestrian, the "being too nice" one always kills me. Drivers think they're being nice by giving up their right of way, but it creates confusion in other drivers and sets dangerous expectations and precedents for pedestrians. The best thing is always to know the rules of the road and trust that everyone else does too.
A game isn't fun anymore when player's are following different sets of rules. Interestingly, house rules are fine, assuming ALL THE PLAYERS are playing the house rules. And there are some defacto rules or "house rules" that apply in certain parts of the country. If someone moves there, they are a new player and they need to learn the house rules quickly. It's more fun (safer) when everyone else plays the same rules. It always baffles me when people think they're special and can just create new rules on the spot.
One of my sayings: If it's kind but it leads to someone getting hurt, then it isn't kind.
Most drivers do not know “rules of the road”. Not anymore.
On a two lane road - just because one driver is yielding doesn't mean the other will, unless you drive right down the middle and block both lanes - but if it's 3 you can't do that (unless you go sideways).
This is a reason why older/middle aged people are better drivers where I live, they don't beg for you to cross while they hold up traffic, they see you waiting for them to go and continue smoothly. Much more time saving
@@floseatyard8063pretty sure the reason is experience my man
Someone once told me using turn signals was an invasion of privacy 💀
how? what part of their privacy is being invaded
Was he a bmw driver by chance?
@@snackler6102 ayo, i found my brother
Was this person a WOMAN?!
Fathers should not let the mothers teach their sons how to drive. FAILURE as a dad...
@@johnleeson6946 there’s no way your a real person 💀 either that or you’re an incel lol
“They have that much faith in one another”
My general best rule of thumb for driver safety is never put too much trust in other drivers😂
I just assume everyone is trying to destroy my car and act accordingly.
@@Tbird761 big facts
I'm glad to see 134 Likes on this comment - I thought I was in the minority!
"Trust the driver in front of you? In California?
你在開玩笑吧 ?"
क्या आप मेरे साथ मजाक कर रहे हैं? "
Yeah being at a red bumper to bumper and then driving like that is mental! If anyone in that chain has to emergency stop they're getting rear ended.
All the comments have good points..... My experience is all of the above! My dad told me to watch the motions of the car AND the where the driver is looking (if possible)... Look out for one another ✌
You know you're a bad driver when even your GPS says "In 500 feet, stop and let me out."
Try being a trucker for a living and having to deal with this 10 hours a day. You made good points. I have to add, use your friggin' cruise control, and don't ride beside other vehicles. Especially a semi. People don't think. I see it all the time, and I do not understand why, people in cars will go to pass my truck, get up beside me, and slow down. Just ride there beside my truck. If my left steer tire blows out, the truck is going left. And you're dead. Stay away from trucks. Want to pass? Pass. And get away from me as quickly as possible.
@@yourmother3819 Thank you so much.
In germany, it happens kinda often that semi drivers get distracted and just pull into my lane for a second or two until they realize it and correct their path. Sometimes you can even see that they are on the phone by looking into their mirror
i don't do this but i'd like to wager a guess; using your truck as a 'sunblock' which is why they will stay beside you.
@@jjyiz28 I could believe that.....
This is why you get a truck with a ram bar… duh 🙄
It is so satisfying doing a lane trade, the smooth transition and the feeling that our brains are just synced I love it
I do his often. I thought it was normal lol. Then I watched this
ikr. I do it all the time driving I-270 in STL. You just gotta watch out for the douchebags who see the empty spot in the exit lane and they veer across 4 lanes of traffic to get there.
Wish I could do that, but being stuck in grid locked traffic the guy behind the initiator would speed up the moment he gets out of lane blocking me out.
Fax everyday on 85 to Brassleton
I would do this and didn’t even know there was a term and I only been driving for a year so if I can do. I wonder what the excuse veteran drivers have for not doing this
My cousin actually said ‘why would I indicate? Then they’ll know where I’m going’ without a shred of irony 😂
Always keep people guessing 😎😎
Ur cousin is a chad like me 💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾
Lord help this generation 😂🤦♂️
Based and accidentpilled
He's thinking on a higher dimension than us.
You cousin must think everyone can read his or her mind and the world revolves around them.
#5 is a bit risky - I'd say taking your foot off the brake once the car in front of you does the same is probably a better option. There will be a slight delay for reaction times as people do so, but it's faster than waiting for the car in front to actually _move_ before you take your foot off the brake.
My only thought about this is that people sit too close to one another to make this work, if there was more space between cars on average this would make a lot of sense and probably improve some areas but dense cities are just designed to make this impossible
@@milkwalkerjones633 How shit a driver are you that you can't stop yourself from hitting a car in front when you're moving off from being stopped? Taking your foot off the brake doesn't mean you're moving anywhere yet.
Yeah or if you're on an incline in a manual and the person in front of you doesnt go right away or quick enough. He makes a good point that works in most cases, but there are exceptions
@@imthunderstruckeven worse the person in front is a manual too and a bad driver and roles backwards.
That seems like a good advice. Especially as not everyone can make the car moving by just releasing the brake. You also might need to release the clutch. And why even press brake to begin with. You might have put the car on neutral and used the emergency brake to make the car stay put. Then if everyone just starts driving when the light changes green I think you will be in collision..
Also - for a moving vehicle the safe distance should be more than for vehicles in stand still. If everyone just starts moving at once, they won't get that extra distance.
Sign 1: You learned to drive in the US.
Or toronto
More accurately, you probably learned in florida
Seeing 2014 Doug Demuro I noticed, he has been looking like a guy in his mid 30s for 7 years
Almost like hes been in his 30’s for 7 years😭
@@MyFARTBUTT too bad he's only been in his 30s for 3 years
@@MyFARTBUTT why do him like that he a lil confused 😔
Even when he's 60, he'll still look like he's in his mid 30s.
DOUG IS ETERNAL.
@@BladedAngel Doug Demuro is the car version of the “3000 year old demon loli” trope
It’s not “slow traffic keep right”, it’s all traffic keep right unless you’re overtaking
literally this
Idk I actually feel safer in the right lane doesn't matter what speed I'm going because I have the emergency lane right next to me and also living in Germany you always have to expect someone doing well over 200kph (125mph) on the left lane
no one else understands this
@@patrikjansen7831 if 3 lanes I ride the middle because left is merging passing and right is the merge lane so I try to minimize the times I change lanes and being in the middle should there be an accident or construction I can easily commit to either side of the road but on the autobahn I probably would stay right until I feel like zooming
@@TH3G3RM4NGUY Yeah, so I have to switch TWO lanes if I want to pass you
I like that the guy gets actually frustrated while explaining all of this since he is probably remembering actual events that happened to him at some point. One correction: this is not exclusive for US. I have never been in US and met all 10 signs in many countries in Europe. In some countries less often, in other countries more. The sad part is that the people who fit all or most of the 10 sign will NEVER admit it. So will never learn from it.
There are idiots in Europe, too. But most of the signs are no issues or very rare, except the slow middle lane driver. For 3 lanes you rarely find them one the 3rd lane.
I've driven in Asia, Europe, Africa, and now the Middle East.
America is the worst. Even "no rules" Burkina Faso is better. Probably b/c most of the drivers are professional; that's their job.
Middle East can be wild; you have to be aware of the level of entitlement any given driver has based on the social structure -- but it's pretty easy to figure out based on their car model. But even the F250 bully will get out of the passing lane if you want by. They might decide to follow you for the next 10 miles based on your skin color and whether they think you should be in "their lane", but... at least they moved over.
I hate it when people think only bad drivers exist in the US. Like there are other countries with just as much of bad drivers as the US has.
haha maybe some third world countries where people need no license@@tealnoise
Lane trading is so satisfying to do lol. Especially knowing its coming when we both use our turning signal. we just just get in sync
*doesn’t use a turning signal slams into a Pagani* “it’s ok my son, we had to show him we’re not no bitches.” Insurance: YOU HIT A WHAT?!?!?
LOL
Lmao
"yeah I'm not gonna pay for that huayra"
Insurance: "no you have to pay 2 million dollars"
@@AQ-101 **tries to commit insurance fraud**
**gets caught on camera by random pedestrians**
Brake when you see green, accelerate when you see red.
Best driving habit ever.
POV you live in NJ
Do both when you see yellow
Ikr this comment is soo underrated
Weeb
lmao NYC assholesss
I think it is very important to mention that roundabouts are actually older than the traffic lights we know today. They also were started and perfected in America. The only reason they were unpopular was some morons made them much more complicated.
Thank you for making this video. I’m glad that I don’t do any of these things and these are usually the things I see all day long.
People are such a power trip when they’re driving
girl i know recently got her license. she had to merge onto a quiet road but thought it was unsafe, so she said “welp, winter driving 🤷♀️” and proceeded to wait in the merge lane for a minute
??????
I was in a car with a guy, not a cloud in the sky, and the wipers were on intermittent for about 10 minutes. Was like Chinese water torture
I N F I N I T E I Q
never knew u watched Bladed
B R U H
I am confusion
The "letting personal issues affect your driving" point hit hard. Once I almost hit another car because I couldn't focus much on the road as I was being troubled by something
My wife.
@@ThePestilentDefiler Could happen to anyone, love
Hopefully, not something that you saw on your phone.
@@Vandarerahii love
@@elroyfudbucker6806 Haha no. Something related to family
I tried changing lanes to the left (had my turn signal on) because I had a turn coming up, and the guy sat in my blind spot but didn't give me enough room to go. I waited and eventually there was room, and he actually changed into my lane as I went into his, but he honked at me because I had to slow down a bit since we were coming to a light. Some people have no patience.
No turn signals has gotta be the worst
As a person from Georgia this is quite helpful I did not know that people in other states all rolled forward at the same time
Yeah, it's NORMAL to do that! Not doing it is a weird habit that seems to exist in Georgia due to generations of poorly taught drivers.
Unfortunately, I don't recommend you do it, since if the other person in front of you doesn't do it, you rear end them. This needs to be a community effort to fix.
@@BladedAngel thats how it is in Alabama as well.
Doesn't happen in Florida. We wait for the car in front to move first. I drive a miata anyway so I can't see the light
@@BladedAngel I watch the break lights of the vehicle in front of me at a stop light. Less chance of an accident, and I am able to "stay with the Flow" regardless of what state I am traveling in.
In Colorado I'm pretty sure the taking-turns behavior is more common, although until this video I was not conscious of it or that there was another way
This isn't exactly bad driving, but I have a hatred for people doing 40 in a 60
In the overtaking lane
That is terrible driving. If they got a shit box that could crumble into dust at any moment, or they're too old they need to just not drive.
nah, driving way under the speed limit is something I'd consider bad driving
Nah, that's bad driving in my opinion. Not reading speed limit signs is a part of bad driving. There's a road in my town that's a 25, and when it crosses over to the other town it's a 40. Yet people still go 30 or even 25 on it because no one ever reads the multiple speed limit signs on the side of the road.
New Jersey has some of the worst drivers imo
People going below the speed limit impede the flow of traffic and must be considered bad drivers. I saw a guy who got pulled over for doing 30 km/h in a 40 km/h zone last week.
BLESS YOU for using your time to do this...Now all I have to do is share it to as many people as possible.
The fact im 23 and had my driving privileges taken away for a year due to medical issues and i still knew almost everything on this list by figuring it out on my own. Teach better DMV
As a learner driver, these tips really gave some good insights regarding how traffic should work, thank you!
Agreed its why I'm here maybe I can learn why I failed both tests...🙄
Yeah..... *should*
It helps I wan to get good
I would encourage you to watch car crash compilations as well. It gives you really good intuition as to when car accidents could happen, so when you're driving and you enter a common accident situation, you know where possible accidents can come from.
When turning or switching lanes or doing anything other than going straight, signal what you're about to do and do it BEFORE you actually do it.
I see lot of people turn their signal on when they're already in the process of doing whatever they were signaling about.
It gives people around you time to react accordingly if they know beforehand what you will do.
Being predictable in traffic is important.
As a new Florida driver still under a permit, I find it frustrating that my parents or the state driving tests don’t test you on drivers etiquette. I’d much rather it be harder to earn a license.
Dude they just give those things out
Yes as a 17 year old Virginian I agree with this.
As a delivery driver in central Florida I wholeheartedly agree
I was in St Petersburg a few weeks ago and when I was going through central Florida on I95 there were so many people trying to race me in my car lmao. I have a 2008 5 series BMW and I was just trying to get home but It’s a manual so my revs got a little high sometimes lol
@@beanmarine1173 lmao this brought back so many memories when I was learning to drive too
Holding brakes at green light is absolutely necessary here in the Metroplex.
Because you always have those 1-5 cars that think they can make it after a red light or disregard it all together
Plus, moving up to each other's butt like shown in the video, is clueless driving. People can still stall their cars, or like you said some douches can still go through red. There are no rules with the amount of time it should take to move from a green light, and it does NOT measure how good of a driver you are.
@@sweetsunnyvibeswell like he said. It’s trust and area wise. Where I’m at in Cali everyone has fast cars and gotta go to work. So collectively most people do that. It’s all about trust
I think its more of the fact that people just don't pay attention. If you are watching what other traffic is doing while sitting at a red light then it's not hard to see when someone is trying to beat a yellow or just completely oblivious and going to run the light. In that situation you can anticipate it and delay your start through the intersection when your light turns green. Now of course nothing is %100 effective. Such as someone that is coming to a stop but then suddenly deciding they can make it and hitting the accelerator. I think one of the biggest issues is people coming to a red light, especially being the first car at the light and deciding this is a nice little break time to start watching a video or continue a text convo while completely ignoring the road. That means when the light turns green they usually do 1 of 3 things. Sit there oblivious that the light is green (which is very frustrating at a turn light as they finally notice and are the only car that gets to turn during that cycle). Realize the light turned green, have to get their bearings, make sure it's safe and finally start to accelerate. Or they get honked at, panic or get upset and just slam on the accelerator and wrecklessly enter the intersection without determining whether it's safe or not to proceed.
I just realized i’ve done loads of lane trades on accident, but whenever it happened it was indeed very satisfying lol
11:53 "There are a lot of new traffic innovations like roundabouts..."
Laughs in Europe 🤣
Not new in the states either. Idk what he’s talking about
Recent would've been a more accurate word.
Do you have the divergent diamonds there too? It caught me off guard when i saw one a few months ago. They built one in north Phoenix. And i thought it was the coolest thing ever. It feels like traffic will flow better with it.
@@Cartman4wesome Wikipedia says that they've been used by France from 1970s. I'm from Poland and I didn't saw divergent diamonds here. On the other hand we have a shit ton of roundabouts and they're awesome
@@Quetzalcoatlv3 roundabouts where i live only exist in the nice areas. But yeah they’re great except my cousin thinks they’re the worst. But that’s because he’s an idiot and always says he just goes for it and hopes for the best.
It's funny that you brought up territorial driving. I remember when i first got my liscense i was ALWAYS trying to out-bid other drivers. i wouldn't get over, i would try to beat everyone off the line, i wouldnnt let many people in. It was terrible. The funny part is, I started to go to therapy and almost immediately i found myself being MUCH more curtious to those around me and other drivers. I no longer do any of that and just recently got into track racing and drifting for the purpose of allowing myself to become a better driver. So yes, you are right about the territorial drivers needing therapy lol.
Yeah I’m a territorial driver. It stems from my way of thinking. I drive a sports car but I don’t want to race on public roads. I don’t want a ticket and I also don’t want to endanger other drivers. Yet a lot of people try to race me. Cars will come up next to me, match my speed and then take off. Then slow down and do it again once I catch up. Some will even honk when I don’t acknowledge them. Some are very aggressive. Eventually this gets on my nerves and I start taking everything as someone bothering me. I don’t like to be bothered since I don’t bother anyone else. So that’s where it stems from.
@@tylergrant6409 I'm not a territorial driver but whenever someone passes me I just go full on racing them for the challenge presented to me. So, what I actually am is an adrenaline junkie. Like, I don't mean it as they are trying to race me, I mean it as a challenge that I present to myself. Obviously this isn't just the case for driving, this is just who I am lmao
@@tylergrant6409 I always beat people off the line because i got tired of random suvs trying to race me and then slowing back down after thinking they just won a race in their 2001 crv. its easier to just smoke them and never see them again.
@SinQ this is easy to say on a UA-cam comment section but I guarantee you wouldn’t be thinking the way you recommend I do if you’re driving along and other drivers continuously harass and endanger you when you’re doing absolutely nothing to provoke it. Please spare me the bullshit, no disrespect.
@@picomanbungace4035 exactly. This part pisses me off to no end. People will be going 20 mph slower than me, then speed up just to get in front of me. I’m not a left lane hog so I always move back over. They then pass me and slow down getting in my way. What the fuck for?
I live in a suburb about a half hour outside of Cincinnati. And I regularly get honked at for coming to a complete stop at a stop sign for the amount of time it takes just to look both ways.
The one about holding breaks at a green light was an eye-opener. Pretty much everyone where I live does it, and I didn't even realize it. Most of the time, it's because there are a ton of distracted drivers and everyone stops to close behind the other person, so nobody trusts anybody.
nor should you. its normal, and is done for safety reasons. respect it.
Also don't be the person who speeds up after you see someone trying to pass you. I seen this all the time where I used to live and trust me, it gets annoying real fast. Like, I'm sorry I don't want to be going 5mph slower then the speed limit when I have places to be.
If it's a normal country road with 1 lane in each direction i let off the throttle a bit when getting passed so that whoever is passing can get out of the left lane quicker and as such reduce the risk of crashing
@@GTAmaniac1 I do the same. People are so childish and egotistical. Number one priority for driving is safety. That’s it. Ego shouldn’t exist in driving at all.
I ALWAYS do that when the road is empty and the guy behind me is trying to push me to go faster. I always drive 5-10 kph above the speed limit so if you're trying to push me, you'll have to floor it in order to pass me, bitch. I don't do this when there's traffic nor if they just overtake me without trying to push me first.
@@billkill37 If they're trying to pass you (left lane) then they aren't pushing you (right lane)
Actually in some contries that is legal, like in mine, you *cannot* speed up while getting overtaken, you just hold your speed.
"In order for a race to happen you need to have competitors"
German laws on street racing: I'm gonna pretend I didn't see that.
yea its more like "dont have fun while driving because thats illegal"
I recently migrated to Canada from India which has very similar traffic to the US. This video is actually an eye opener as indian traffic habits are way different and wrong according to North American roads. Thanks Bladed for making ne a better driver💯
I hold at green for a few extra seconds because people tend to run red lights up to 3 seconds after they get a red light
The whole holding brakes at green light thing is 100% everywhere in California. Hearing and watching this video knowing that there’s places where everyone let’s go of the brake at the same time sounds so much more efficient.
I feel like that is only a thing of usa, as in south america and australia i have never ever seen that all going on green at the same time and i have drive for years. I wonder if it has something to do with the fact that in usa almost all cars are auto and in south america and australia there is a lot of manual transmission
@@BigHeadCross i live in tennessee and i’ve never seen that happen either
It’s funny as a kid I asked my mom why doesn’t everyone go at the green light and she literally paused and said “I don’t know, you’d think that we should” thoughtfully. I live in Florida btw, I challenge you to find worse drivers. The combination of tourists, immigrants, old people, and coked up maniacs makes for a great time driving
The biggest problem with everyone trying to go at the same time is that not everyone accelerates at the same rate. I've seen it too often where its attempted just for someone to reapply the brakes because they took off faster than the one in front of them and almost ran into them causing even more of a shock wave than just holding until you know the person in front of you has started to move giving you more space to judge their acceleration.
@@beckoningjinx1119 we're not asking to accelerate on green, just to release the brakes. everyone rolls forward at a comfortable speed and then can gradually take off from there.
my dad starts swearing like crazy when a guy overtakes him, lol
Nice BeamNG pic
@@initialyeet3951 thanks :)
nobody passes mine :)
@@yashthegamer4250 damn that’s kinda sad. No offense to you but come on, if your going 5-10 over depending on the road already going faster than most I understand thinking “hey, look at this guy going 20 over, why don’t the police get these guys rather than me?”
This is essentially what I’d do simply because I don’t think I deserved a ticket going 14 over when I was going the same speed as the flow of traffic(this was a one way road, I couldn’t had gone any faster than the rest but the police pulled over and ticketed me.
Sorry I was being fully transparent their, but I believe it’s safer to go the flow of traffic than slower. So in that since feel free to call me a bit petty. But cursing out other drivers just for passing is pretty damn shallow.
@@ryanrake2714 yep
cant really comment on the content and im not sure how i got suggested this video considering im terrified of and hate driving, but i just found it so interesting that you talk about driving like how i would talk about taking a hike or a walk. i really cant imagine not being so scared of driving, its nice to be reminded that its not this insane crazy talent and millions and millions of people do it every day. which is also part of why im so scared of it. i feel both like both equally the most crazy and the most sane person when i think about how nervous driving makes me feel
i love these videos i come across these people daily the main ones are the no signal blind spot turning into your lane just to tailgate 😩
Here in Germany we don't really have the problem of left lane hoggers because nobody wants to be in the way of the BMW who is going 120mph
or a mom in a V class at a similar speed
Germany's autobahns are based as fuck. A guy wants to zip past at 200km/h? Go on, there are 3 lanes.
@@Definietlynotarobot 200? Please, even my entry level Mercedes can easily go past that (I believe its max speed is 230-240)
@@MaticTheProto Ok, and your point is? I mean, good for you for having a beast that can go 230-240, but still. What's the point?
@@Definietlynotarobot the point is 200 isn’t even that fast lmao
Another one that bugs me to all hell (especially in Atlanta) is the slow on ramp drivers. The WHOLE point of the ramp is to build to interstate speeds, not have a 70mph 18-wheeler shoved up your ass while entering at 45. I’ve learned to back off and leave a huge gap behind slow cars if possible, so I can gear down and shoot up to expressway speed by the time I reach the Gore.
Only acceptable exception is slow, old cars, I'd say
@@specialopsdave Or rental trucks. Matter of fact I'll be keeping quite a distance from those myself for many reasons...
Man, I could not agree more.
Already fed my algorithm with great title to your video. First video I watch of yours starts with explaining that people shouldn’t just sit in my blind spot. Check👍🏼. Something that you don’t hear people complain about everyday but still a fairly simple concept.
2nd rule earned my subscribe. When you enter a highway, you are speeding up and have to change lanes. Typically the driver on the highway can see a driver merging, as well as the driver merging can see the car on the highway…. Now it does take 2 to tango. I had a lady coming onto the highway today, and god bless her I could have really put my foot down and sped up but I took a breathe and took my foot off the accelerator. Now the plan was that she accelerates like she’s merging onto a highway. Nope
She gets down to maybe 20-30 mph. Like this girls break lights come on while her turn signal is on while she’s still 2 car lengths ahead of me. Like dear god………………. HELLPPPP!!!!!!
Loved the content 🙌🏼
I used to have a plate rim said,”RELAX ITS JUST A LANECHANGE
Seemed to help a little… then a hit-and-run took it with them😵💫
(6:05) I think another issue with the shockwave at green lights is the lack of a yellow light before green, like we have in Europe. (It's red+yellow before green, by the way). This way, you can prepare for it to go green, and you can easier match the pace of the other cars. It's also really useful for manual cars.
You can see the difference with italy. We have the same problem he explained, i mean, where i live. And in italy there is no red+yellow light.
in france we have yellow a few seconds before red. quite useful, helps you take your time for slowing down if you are far away, or give a good acceleration if you are near. Haven't encountered the shockwave phenomenon though
@@arnaudj2708 This topic is about yellow+red after red. Basically all places have yellow before red for obvious reasons.
@@Liggliluff I've see one where it believe it has only green and red. But both also have a screen that shows timer in seconds in green and red for their respective lights... Not counting on this being a substitute for yellow light, but better than nothing also.
@@Liggliluff I don't like the timer idea. I knew a guy who had a traffic light in his town figured out completely, and he liked to hit the intersection at full speed the instant the light changed to green. It was a neat thing to be able to do, until he t-boned somebody who slightly ran a yellow light. Too much information can be a dangerous thing
As someone who is about to get a license, the tailgating fact clears up so much for me, when checking my mirrors when cars are behind me I get stressful because they feel so close, especially when i’m stopping I get afraid that the person behind me will not having enough time to break and will rear end me. But the little lesson you gave me makes me feel a wee bit more confident while driving!
Check your side mirrors too if you're unsure how close someone is
Hey if they rear-end you causing you a whiplash, that's money right there
Unless you're learning in a massive car, they probably _are_ tailgating you. Especially at motorway (highway) speeds, the vast majority of people don't leave enough space between themselves and the car ahead. Two seconds in the dry, four in the wet are decent approximations.
Also something that isn't mentioned which I struggled with after getting my license a few months ago was whether or not someone was flashing their brights at me.
When people are driving at night with their lights on, it can sometimes look like they're flashing their brights at you. If you pay attention to the way car lights work, they're angled downwards as to not blind other drivers. So if you're on a steep incline, going downhill, or just on a bumpy road, your front windshield or rearview mirror can get caught in other cars' lights which are supposed to be just aimed at the ground. This makes the cars around you look like they're flashing their brights at you and can cause a bit of panic at first. For me it did lol.
To tell if someone is flashing their brights at you, just attempt to determine if the road is rough or hilly at all, and if the lights are brighter for a prolonged period of time (or flashing very rapidly). If the road is not rough, and/or their lights are being flashed fast/beamed into your eyes for longer than just a bump or hill curve, this means they could be using their brights to signal a danger to you. Could be cops, gas cap, tires, if you have your lights turned off by mistake. Or it could just be to signal the incarnate rage dwelling within them since you are not going the appropriate 120mph nightly speed limit.
Modern cars typically have very bright brights, so you can tell easier if they're on or not. It's the older cars with yellow lights that make you question the most.
stop flashing your fucking brights ram drivers
Some of those cars really are following too closely. On an Interstate highway, the driver will get bored with looking at the back of your car, and within 30 seconds will move into the passing lane to go around you. That is no problem. Drivers don't mind passing you, they enjoy it and it makes them feel like winners.
In a no passing zone, it is sometimes best to pull over to the shoulder and let the faster car go by. When there is no shoulder, there might not be any way to let the tailgater pass. In that case, the speedy driver might have to suffer driving at the speed limit for a minute or more.
So right about that feeling when successufully trading lanes.
About tailgating, I had different approach few times. I was driving with few car lengths space ahead and then car ahead starts spraying windshield . So after second time I speed up all the way to their bumper, drive few seconds there and then back off and go back to those few car lengths. No spraying done after.
When there’s a sign 2 miles out telling you lane closed, merge left. And you’re that guy that decides to wait til the last second. I don’t let you over. And my $800 1998 Taurus ain’t afraid of a ding dent or scratch.
look up "zipper merge". If everybody left space for people to merge, driving would be a lot easier. The reason the "open" lane comes to a standstill, is because drivers ahead are not letting people in, and everybody is pulling up on the car in front of them, forcing traffic to slow down.
You should make one for Trucker’s. I dont have a huge following to be able to get some things out there that people should know. I can make you a list of things to talk about, so that everyone understands what a trucker has to deal with. I understand that not all truckers are nice, but the MAJORITY cares about people on the road and safety.
Thing 1. NEVER SIT on the passenger side of a semi... anywhere.
Thing 2. If a truck is making a left turn onto the road where you are stopped at a stop sign... back up if possible, if you can't back at least try to turn to the right to make more room for them.
Pretty much just be mindful of Semi Trucks, we all need space to operate and turn and backup into some BS places. We don't purposely block your way, If we had a choice we would happily stay away from car and truck drivers. We get agitated just as much as you do when we have to block traffic, when you see one on the side of the road please slow down or get over into another lane cause I might be jumping out to make sure my load is secure, or checking for any other issues that could be a safety hazard. If I'm blocking two lanes with hazards on or a turn signal don't try and cut in I'm doing that to be able to make a turn safely without damaging cars or road signs. That space in front of me on the highway isn't a invitation for you to merge its the distance I need to stop if that car in front brakes so I don't go plowing through 15 cars with 80,000lbs.
So many tail gate
Only time truckers are annoying, is the highway when 2 semis are “racing” each other. Whenever I see 2 semis on the right side. I tend to speed up before the 2nd semi decides to pass the semi in front of them. It usually takes 1 or more miles for the semi on the passing lane to finally beat the semi on the right. I do respect the semi drivers who actually speed up but it’s rare.
I will ignore the blind spot rule a lot because I am usually absolutely blasting music with the windows rolled down, so the truck driver, unless they have an unusally loud truck or its sound proof in there and they are actually listening to music loud as well, will know that I am in there blind spot. It is definitely impossible in a crowded road to stay out of a trucks blind spot, though I am aware of it and avoid it as much as possible, or make myself known to the trucker as much as possible.
i'm almost completely convinced that left lane hogging and poor highway lane etiquette is significantly more dangerous than highway speeding. I feel safer going 90 in a 70 than driving around left lane hogs
For sure. Speeding is one of the least bad things you can do, and it's not inherently unsafe unless you get to crazy speeds or a crazy difference in speed between you and the people around you, it just makes crashes worse when they happen.
But speeding is the easiest to get people for, so 90% of the people that get pulled over were just speeding and rarely anyone ever gets pulled over for all the other horribly unsafe stuff.
I want to see a day where if a cop sees someone switch to the right lane, speed up to 90 and pass a left lane hog going 70, the left lane hog is the one pulled over.
@@harbingerofwarx995 yeah, that would be great. The only time I've ever been pulled over was for speeding late at night on the highway when not a single other driver was in sight and I was going 82 in a 65. It feels rediculous to me that a cop will punish me for that but won't punish people who are actually going to cause accidents. A lot of law enforcement is misplaced in the country purely to make money, which pisses me off. I just want to drive the car that I legally bought, registered, and paid taxes on on the roads that I helped pay for
@@harbingerofwarx995 Remember how stupid the average driver is, and realize that half of them are dumber than that. That's why speeding is dangerous, not because of your driving skill, but because of _theirs._
@@d4rkblu386 It'a because you have literally no excuse to do 82 in a 65 on an empty road (that's 3mph away from a FELONY), wheras in traffic, you can use the "flow of traffic" excuse.
@@specialopsdave I never said anything about needing an excuse. It just don't make any sense that it's illegal. I'm not endangering myself or other drivers, so why is it illegal? Oh yeah, becuase the government wants more of my money
9:16 number 7 comes down to one phrase I was taught when learning to drive. "Don't do what's nice, DO WHAT'S EXPECTED."
The worst type of driver is the guy who goes 20 under the limit until you overtake them where they start going 20 over to get back in front of you and then they go back to going 20 under
I know 2 left lane hogs personally and they bug me. The one is my grandma who believes she's doing nothing wrong and they can wait because she's going fast enough. The other is my friend who's more understanding when there's cars around, but otherwise he stays in the passing lane because it's smoother. (He doesn't get that it'll only stay like that if he uses it correctly.)
True. My dads the same as your grandma, but I agree with the friend to an extent. I’ll get out of the passing lane when nobody’s around but to take car of the suspension/ alignment on my car I’ll move into the passing lane on particularly bad part of the highway roads. But if he’s hogging the lane even if nobody’s near him he should stay to the right cause for the most part the roads are all good.
If you’re grandma did that in Germany where there is no legal speed limit. There’s a good chance she’d die.
@@ryanrake2714 your car isn't going to randomly end up with wrecked alignment/suspension from bumpy parts of a highway. Cars are made to withstand far worse every day without breaking. Just drive in the right lane.
@@CarsandChris I never said I expect it to break, but your wrong about some pot holes, and it sounds like you’ve never been to Topeka. Mean 3 motorcycle riders died on the same part of a highway as far as I’m aware. Secondly I’m not driving slow as hell anyways. Of course as soon as I pass those portions of road I move to the right because it’s my everyday route. Obviously your car is meant to withstand it, but that doesn’t mean each individual component is meant to withstand everything. Why would we have so many replacement parts and manufactures? No reason to stay to the far right going 10 over. Middle lane sure, I understand that but that portion is still shit in areas.
@@ryanrake2714 the central valley in CA has similar issues but you can easily avoid potholes just by paying attention. It's just better to stay out of the left lane as much as possible
I can't stress number 7 on this list enough. I used to drive a taxi and have seen so much stupidity on the road. At 38 years old I have over 1.2 million miles driven with 0 tickets and 0 accidents. Truthfully, I have no idea how I avoided some of the close calls I've had where people seemed like they were trying to crash into me lol. One time tho, some woman in front of me stopped to wave someone pulling out to make a left turn in front of her. meanwhile, there was a second lane to her left with moving traffic. As I was stopping to not hit her from behind, I was slamming on my horn to try and stop the other idiot driver that she was waving from going because the other lane wasn't stopping. I call that driver an idiot because sure enough, they decided to pull out right in front of the traffic and get hit right on their drivers side door. luckily nobody was seriously injured. But there are so many people out there that think they're being nice by what I call, YIELDING THE WRONG OF WAY to others. People need to learn how to just take the right of way and keep moving.
I heard a good quote that was "when driving don't be nice, be predictable"
Taxi drivers r the worst
0 tickets, 0 crashes is an indication of luck, not good driving. Close calls are one or both of you getting lucky there was no crash.
@@keithmcmanus2406 0 tickets is because I follow the damn traffic laws. Absolutely no luck there. I guess you could say there is a tiny bit of luck involved with no accidents, but every near accident I've ever been close to having was pure skill in avoiding the idiot who almost caused it.
They need to broadcast this video to the whole country on loud speakers
Nice video! More people should educate themselves with valuable resources like this. I found #5 fascinating - pretty much everybody does that to some degree where I am, though even before hearing anyone talk about it, I always try to let go of my brake as soon as the person in front of me does. For sure, tightly-timed traffic lights would be a lot less annoying if everybody followed suit.
I have literally never been somewhere where everybody lets off the break at the same time when a light turns green. Every single time I've been at a light, no matter what state I'm in, waits for the person in front of them to take their foot off the break before they themselves do the same.
I’m in bc Canada and people do this but theirs usually some that don’t do it doesn’t always go as planned
So*
i usually see people start to prepare moving forward when the brake light of the one car before them has their brake light turn off (aka look for the brake light through the windows of the car in front of you) this makes manual shift cars not block traffic because it's slower to get moving than automatic car.
I was just gonna say. I’ve lived in multiple states and even through more, and I’ve almost never encountered a line at a red light all letting off the brake at the same time. Maybe the first 2-4 cars MAX every time.
Exactly bro, the car will move forward on its own if you dont hold the break too, at least in the cars I've had
Left lane hogs have always been a pet peeve for me as well. Sometimes these left lane hogs will also be territorial when other drivers try to pass them on the right after the lane hog refuses to move out of the way.
bro i hate when youve waited like 10 seconds for them to move over, they dont and as soon as you go to under take they fucking move lanes, makes me want to rip heads off
If someone is being passed on the right, _they_ are in the wrong lane.
Exactly
Nothing makes me more mad when drivers are driving slower on the passing lane than the actual far right lane on the highway.
10:05 Dude, you drive a Sesto Elemento? That's awesome!
In Germany we've got the "Rechtsfahrgebot" which means whenever the right lane is free u go into the right lane. Still some people dont get it, which is really annoying. Some old people go like 90 constantly in the middle lane passing the trucks which going 80 in the right lane. We call them "Mittelspurschleicher".😂
Easy solution: getting rid of the slow driver by gently pushing him back to the right side of the highway
@@steinitainment 😂😂 well, yes
Mittelspurenschleicher are not breaking the Rechtsfahrgebot. They are just overtaking slowly. The lane to the right of them is taken.
The matter of that is wether people should drive extra slow on the very right so other people can have a faster middle lane.
And the opinions on what should be the right speed for the middle lane vary a lot. Some people genuinely say anything below 150km/h is Mittelspurenschleicher.
All the germans driving here in the netherlands are afraid of the right lane 😅 they always stay in the middle lane
@@WLWuis i mean, yeah, imagine going slower than 130km/h. It's sleep inducing.
As someone who's grown up in CA and never driven outside of here the fact that everyone might let go of their brake at once is insane to me
right everyone is insane as fuck here
i dont get how they can put that much trust in 10 people to all get it at the same time
Blade is obsessed with traffic efficiency, but he doesn't mention the fuel, brake linings, and brake light filaments wasted from having to again push on the brake pedal which was just released to perform this supposedly coordinated stunt. Try this instead:
I estimate that I fully stop at only 10% of red lights. How? I lay off the gas ~ usually coasting ~ whenever I approach one. This is one aspect of hypermiling ~ reducing the need for braking by reducing the speed for expected stops.
And one reason people may not place themselves in freeway lanes as well as Blade would like is CRUISE CONTROL, another fuel saver.
same here im stl ive never seen that
Ever heard of a clutch pedal?
everyone in nj let go of their brakes at the same time
One small thing about the left lane hogging thing. Sometimes there are left exits, and you don’t have a choice but to be in the left lane. Here in KC there’s a lot of left exits, like a LOT. Something tricky for sure
How not to be an ass on the road:
Treat the road like the public place it is
You don’t own the road, and neither does the person you’re trying to be helpful to
It is, however, your job to keep it clean and follow the rules
These are all spot on. One thing I can about the military ( specifically the navy in my case) is we for damn sure know how to zipper 1 for 1. It makes traffic so less stressful when youre not worried someone won't let you in. But America sucks when it comes to the left lane lol. I've been in Italy for the last year, and the left lane is used the way its meant to be used. You don't have to tailgate Karen 20 minutes before she moves, or realistically break checks you lol
Italian here. Didn't even know it was possible to have issues with zipper merging.
@@R4M_Tommy in the states, I hate to say it but, we're not good at it lol. I think because of the territorial drives lol. But the military reinforces zippering in from the day you join. So its more natural.
Had a case when someone didn't want to zipper in a fucking fast food drive thru, even though they were told to. Screwed up both of our orders, and got mad when his order wasn't correct.
I know other drivers do dumb things, but please don't tailgate people. If they don't know how to drive properly, you shouldn't count on them knowing better than to brake check you, or even slam on the brakes for a squirrel.
They do that, you hit them, you end up "at fault," they think their behavior was okay.
Rarely does tailgating actually make the driver in front of you go faster.
@@jlco I agree with you. But just to be clear, I was joking about the tailgating part. But in fairness, people also need to have situational awareness. Including checking rear view mirrors once and a while. But im talking more in the context of someone cruising in the left lane and sees a car obviously closing at a decent rate and they still decide to stay instead of just moving over. Now tailgating purely out of being impairment, especially if there is an open lame and you can go around is stupid. But a little heads up driving on everyone's part can go a long way.
OK, the US 'perfect lane trade' must be the equivalent to the synchronised right turn at a mini-roundabout or other crossroads where both drivers apply the same 'rules' here in the UK. It's like a ballet when done correctly, although it's probably a bit rarer. :)
The only way I can interpret "double right turn at a mini roundabout" is if the two cars enter the roundabout at the same time. But aren't mini roundabouts only on roads with only one lane for each direction so two cars couldn't enter at the same time?
@@JustA.Person That is true, they are on smaller roads/single lane carriageways. The two cars enter from opposite directions. If we're in car A, car B is oncoming (4 way mini roundabout, they're coming from straight ahead). We want to turn right across their path so they technically have to wait, but they also want to turn right across our path so we technically also have to wait for them to take the road that is to our left. The double right turn is both A and B driving forward at the same time and in driving around the mini roundabout we pass each other on the other's driver's side (offside or right-side (from drivers' views)), simultaneously making our respective turns behind each other instead of 1 waiting for the other to finish first. Not the easiest situation to explain in text, but hopefully still understandable. :)
It's not common as it requires you to arrive at the exact same time as an oncoming car at a mini roundabout with 4 roads into/out of it to enable it to work, but it's a nice situation to have happen when it does.
It can also be done at some crossroads for both waiting vehicles to set off at the same time, but this requires more understanding between drivers than at mini roundabouts. I've yet to experience it myself, but having seen it happen on UA-cam it is very satisfying (someone doing it at crossroads uploaded it as part of a dashcam compilation I think). It's probably a bit more complex than the lane switch in the US where both cars are obviously going in the same direction instead of driving towards one another, hence a British driver feeling the need to upload it to UA-cam when done successfully. :)
@@markwright3161 ooh, okay now I understand, thanks for the explanation. Now that I imagine it, it seems that it would be quite satisfying indeed, sort of like two skilled gymnasts performing something in perfect sync haha
0:30 I love to use turn signals just because of the sound they make.
In Europe it’s “right of way” so trading lanes work with the person on the right having the right of way.
so youre saying the people that drive on the right lane have priority and move first?
@@iworuuzz6721 Yep exactly, watching this video made me so confused lol
@@AdvancedGamingYT im honestly confused from the comments, i live in europe, and not once in my life have i heard the right of way, that only applies if theres a lane on your right side which is an entrance to the highway and you should if possible move to the next left lane to let the other people merge into the highway easier, other than that its always left lane has priority, since its what is called the acceleration lane, if someone is in a hurry while accelerating and others are even in a bigger hurry behind them they move into the right lane, and the people from the right lane have to wait or not interfere, since left lane has priority
6:30 - That's the standard taught in driving ed classes across the country. It's a part of 'driving defensively'.
-- Along with this, you're taught *never* believe turn signals, only accept that another vehicle is turning, when you see the vehicle is actually turning.
-- Most of the bad habits that come out of 'defensive' driving have arisen from court-ruled liability decisions and statute-derived liability (i.e. a rear-end collision is *always* the back person's fault, unless malice can be proven in court).
Thank you for saying it, so I don’t have to. :)
Several parts of this video got on my nerves. For one thing, it does not matter if you’re 3 car lengths behind me (or 1.5 like he actually showed) if we are moving 70+ miles an hour. The length of a car has nothing to do with the reaction time of the driver. If you cannot safely stop in time when I slam on my own brakes to avoid the guy in front of me, then *you were following too close and not paying attention*. That’s where “brake checking” comes from. I feign slamming on my brakes, to see if you react in time, and to remind you of what might happen in an emergency stop. But nowadays, brake checking is seen as highly aggressive and heavily frowned upon. I think it’s even illegal in some places. Anyway, point is, EVERYONE on the road is responsible for doing whatever they have to, to maintain a safe environment for themselves, and the drivers around them. And these guys get bent out of shape when you follow the speed limit because they “got places to be”…like, dude, you might feel like you’re saving time by speeding, but on average you would have to be going 20 mph over the speed limit for at least 5-10 miles to actually cut a minute or two off your commute. Slow down, chill, obey the law, we will all get where we’re going on time, assuming you left your house early enough. ;)
He’s not saying everyone should floor it as soon as the light turns green, he’s saying start inching forward so that everyone can gradually speed up in a timely manner instead of 4 cars getting through the light before it turns read again. Also, yeah don’t fully trust turn signals but use it to know that someone probably wants to turn
@@bravonorthyt when your going 70, it’s not reasonable to be 3 seconds behind the car or whatever you are supposed to be, that’s like 25 car lengths. There isn’t enough room on highways for everyone to leave this much room. Brake checking is illegal because it causes accidents. Yes tailgating is bad, but it’s unreasonable to be pissed at someone who’s multiple car lengths behind you. It doesn’t matter if you are going the speed limit in the left lane, it’s called the passing lane for a reason. It is much more dangerous to pass on the right than the left and you can’t stop people from passing you. So, just let them pass you on the left instead of trying to force the law upon others. If you really cared about your own safety, you wouldn’t put yourself in danger by brake checking others and hogging the left lane
@@michaelpugh2617 but by law you have to be able to stop incase of a sudden stop, 3 seconds is unreasonable but because of many lawsuits its the law. That why i get pissed that cars take my 4+ seconds of following distance when im in my 18 wheeler, if i crash i will loose my job probably my cdl and maybe go to jail. So next time you cut off a truck just knoe your fucking with his future.
I don't trust turn signals personally, 2 cars almost t boned me because I saw their signals and was like "aight they're both turning right I can go" nope, one behind the other they went straight, and the first one even flipped me off, it was a school zone so they were driving slow enough to reasonably take the corner without braking
The zipper lane one is so true tho i had to completely stop cuz a dude wouldnt let me in front or behind him 😂
I've done the windshield wiper fluid thing before because a car WAS riding my bumper.
This was in asheville NC I was driv8ng my corolla and she was in a regular sedan maybe a Malibu I don't remember... but I do remember hearing about this trick and I was ready to try it because drivers in asheville love to ride your tail.
So I did. And I saw her flip on her wipers and I couldn't believe it worked lol. She didn't back off me though. Stayed right there till I got over to the right lane and she went past
This needs to be force fed to to everyone driving
Yes
As someone from Germany I barely got half of these.
Trading lanes?
If you want to go to the left and someone is coming from behind you have two options.
1. Accelerating to their speed and entering in front of them before they pass you.
2. Let them pass and then enter behind them.
If they are a little bit faster than your lane you choose 1 if they are a lot faster you choose 2.
How is does this need a special therm?
I have the feeling this guy has a slightly above every knowledge of driving in his country and feels he has to give his mediocre advice because he is "a car guy".
Like when he talked about "non-car people" lmao
@@christopherstein2024 who? Bladed or jayingale? Bladed certainly is a true car enthusiast sharing good information, trying to improve non car enthusiast, beginners, and help veteran enthusiast to acknowledge the beginners as car enthusiast. But if you mean jayingale then idk weather he’s a true car enthusiast or not.
@@ryanrake2714 I am talking about bladed angel.
I'm not a mechanic so I'm not criticizing him on anything concerning that. I don't question that he is "a car guy" in that matter. For me "car people" are the ones doing manual work on their vehicles. Chances are he's very good at that. I just got the impression that he thinks being knowledgeable about that gives him more of a right to talk about behavior in daily traffic when those are two different things. He just seems to have some ego issues to me.
I am not "a car guy" but I know how to drive in daily traffic and I got the feeling he does have the best understanding himself. So the way he talks about driving, being a car person just gave me some bad vibes. Also looking at some of his other content.
Maybe his mechanical knowledge balances that but I can't judge that.
The way you are describing holding the green light is incredible. Here in South Africa, this behavior is default. Everyone holds until the person in front starts moving
You're told to do that here in Germany, especially since (at the time i did my license) nearly 90% of all cars on the market were manual. It wasn't a rare thing for someone to cut off their car by mishandling the clutch, so giving yourself that extra second or two was always smarter than trusting the person in front of you and rear ending them.
@@Zer0Skateboard i live in australia and i was also told to do this and everyone does it at least where I live and we can have some bad traffic like people do it when there is like 20 - 30 cars and it takes like 4-5 rotations its so annoying
@@Zer0Skateboard Yes and no. In the Netherlands we have the same but in the video it shows that you only move if the car in front of you is past the green light. I think that is what he means by holding the green light.
Yea that part of the video is probably one you don’t want to take seriously
South African here... That's right. Waiting for the car Infront to pass the light first is crazy. We all let go of brakes and creep up slowly, but wait for the car Infront to go before we hit the gas.
I live in a mostly rural area so I don't run into a lot of the freeway type of problems. But be careful if any of the people I do have to deal with end up driving in your city. I have plenty of pet peeves when it comes to other drivers. One of the biggest annoyances I encounter most often is this one particular intersection on the highway in town with a set of lights. And if someone is turning left, but they have to wait for an opening in the oncoming traffic, and they sit behind the line. And then it turns yellow and they get to go, but I don't. Just pull up so a few more of us get to actually go also.
I do number 5 at some lights because I've seen it where the semi-truck can't stop because the light changed suddenly so I wait about 2 seconds to make sure a truck isn't gonna have to run the light.
Keep fighting the good fight against left lane hogs, Bladed. Maybe one day they'll learn.
Trading lanes is so much fun. First time, definitely scary. Looking at people doing it is also satisfying. It just looks like they take eachothers spot on the road.
Whole lotta people need to hear this
THE worst drivers are the ones that dive at the same pace as other cars making them parallel in the passing lane and not giving way.
4:23 Absolutely true. My one friend thinks he's a street racer (in his bone-stock 2012 Scion TC), thinks he knows everything about cars, but is a terrible driver. I was driving with another friend of mine in my passenger seat when we saw TC friend in front of us. We thought it would be funny to follow him for a bit since we had nothing better to do. As we're following, dude speeds the whole way and blows 2 stop signs in a row
He also puts E85 in his tank (his car can only handle E10) because it's cheaper. So he "knows everything about cars" but doesn't know that E85 is more corrosive and will dissolve his fuel system and eventually destroy his engine. Yes, we've brought this up to him. Yes his response was even dumber, but I'm not spending the time to rewrite it. He's also run into a curb a couple times and hydroplaned 3 times from going way too fast in our little midwestern town
@Helga Ah, so absolute idiot. Unfortunately, my friend who does stupid car things is older than me. I turn 18 this month, he turned 18 almost a full year ago
@Helga are these people even able to be saved? I have a similar friend. Asking that question knowing their personalities sounds stupid tho. My boy is dying before he hits 30 at this point
no please tell us the response he gave you
@Helga shouldnt people like that better be reported to the police?
imagine him hitting and killing an entire family
@Helga bruh how tf he alive
"Atlanta will do this at every stop light"
As someone who's lived in Atlanta for 4 years, Atlanta has some of the worst traffic habits in the nation, which sucks because compared to the roads in other mid-large cities, thier roads actually pretty good.
You have no idea how long it took me to realize this was mainly an Atlanta problem.
I've either been in a car or driven through Atlanta myself several times. There are many theories postulated by non-natives as to why this phenomenon know as "Atlanta Traffic" is so widespread and terrible. "I-85 passes right through it," "it's the gateway to the South, you HAVE to go through Atlanta," "there aren't a lot of roads that go around it that are any faster."
After all of these theories and hypothesis, I can finally arrive to the ultimate conclusion-Atlanta drivers are f*ing stupid
Atlanta traffic something else I swear😂
I have lived in atlanta and I thought this was normal. Wow. I have never been so shocked on UA-cam before.
Atlanta is the only place where I've seen someone cross 5 lanes of traffic to get off an exit
Fax been here a few Months shit is trash here and god help you if your late and it’s 4:30-5:00
While I am totally disgusted by left-lane hoggers, you can still undertake them. Even worse, is when people catch up to an 18-wheeler in the right lane and just stay next to it in the left lane, just to not have their petty ego ruined by someone overtaking them.
As someone who drives regularly in Toronto, this is just a checklist of things I see on a typical commute.
I've grown up and learned how to drive in Atlanta, and now I'm mind-blown at how green lights are supposed to work
Loved this
I'm glad to say I'm free from these but oddly still struggle with driving confidence.
I think lane trading NEEDS to be taught to people properly because that is extremely important and can apply to more than just trading lanes.
I’ve been driving for years and I’ve literally never heard of lane trading outside of this video. And I’ve never seen it done anything like it.
How do you teach this, though? It just happens. You would need a pretty elaborate setup to make this happen.
@@ezekielanderson9055 I've done it hundreds or thousands of times. I agree, people don't talk about it -- but it happens all the time if you're not a dick.
I've done lane trading so many times and I never realized it was an actual thing. It just felt like instinct the first time I did it
Walking in stores or crowded public places is like driving it's annoying people walk slow in front of you and don't let you pass them or if they block you
@@handlebendover that is so true, I never realized that either
@@handlebendover and the people that reach out in front of you getting in your personal space without expecting it probably cut others off in their cars too. I said to a woman once in a store that reached out in front of my face, "I hope you don't drive like that too". Some people are jerks
Same here, since I first started driving. Im surprised this isnt just common sense
Everyone in my area just has to be the first in line for everything so I often have to slow down to get behind everyone while lane trading, cause they leave no gaps otherwise
Did a perfect lane trade with a truck the other day getting in to the interstate during rush-hour. Most satisfying thing ever
This video makes me really happy to live in a place where heavy traffic means theres more than three cars waiting in the same intersection.
About blocking zipper mergers:
If you know you want to exit the highway using the right road as you show in this video then you should be on the right lane long before the exit. I know what you're saying about the people who don't let them pass for the exit but if you just move to the right lane before the exit then you just make your life easier.
People tend to need to stroke their massive ego and be as far forward in line as possible so they make sure to only merge in at the last second and be a douchebag to everyone else.
depends on if the exiting road is blocked or not. If the exiting road is clear (because not many people need to go there), but the right lane is blocked because the next exit is clogged. Then it's actually better to merge late.
@@Robbedem Google maps doesn't always tell you that soon. If you know where you're going yeah but what if you don't?
@@slowfudgeballs9517 True, that's mostly for when you know how the traffic behaves.
But on the other hand, if you're in a new area, it's not unlikely that you won't know in advance that you have to get in the queu eiter. ;)
@Get Moneyman92 Look up road throughput videos.
Now I understand why lots of travel guides warn against tourists driving in Greece (in particular Athens). Half of the stuff mentioned in the video is just standard behavior here. Traffic laws are more of suggestion, the only true rule is "the alpha male has right of way" which makes everyone drive VERY aggressively.
P.S. The point about everyone letting go of the brakes as soon as the light turns green works only in US cities because they're as flat as a desk. If you live in a city where most roads have at least some incline it makes sense.
Wait which is which? Incline makes more sense to wait for the person in front of you?
@@mrskyler44 It makes sense if you think about it. If you're waiting at a red light on a steep hill (common here in Sweden) you should definitely wait for the car in front of you to gain a bit of distance from you before you start driving. An example as to why you should keep this as a thumb rule on such roads is that there's generally a risk for the car in front of you to start rolling backwards, particularly if it's a manual being driven by a new driver. By giving eachother space, you limit the risk of bumping into eachother and also calm the nerves of newer drivers who don't have to feel as stressed about someone kissing their bumper while they're trying to start from an incline without rolling backwards.
@@Lamahquickscoper ya that's what I figure. Honestly even in flat ol Florida u can still roll back a little in a manual car
@@mrskyler44 Yeah sorry if I didn't make it clear enough but that's what I meant. Also most cars in Greece are manual. It's cheaper.
I've driven for about 2 weeks in thessalloniki last summer. Driving aggressively in greece is a requirement. Everyone is moving at a snails pace on mountain roads (xalkidiki) though which was a bit annoying, I was forced to pass like 20 times on the way to ouranoupoli and when there is barely any straights you have to get creative with corner exits and speed differences.
The only thing about the blocking zipper merging is when I try to let them it they don’t take it cause they wanna get farther up ahead, at that point I will not let that person in again if they need it.
One issue with the left lane situation is that every state is different. In some states, it's for passing only, while in others, slower traffic is expected to move to the right. Meaning, you can drive in the left lane as much as you want, but if someone comes up behind you, you're legally required to move over within a certain distance. In my state, it's a half mile. Obviously, if you're still passing people on the right, you can continue to do so until there's an opportunity to move over, (and people still still tailgate you, assuming you're not going to move over). It's probably better to live in a more strict state where the left lane is for passing only, because maybe people won't use the left lane as much. The "slow traffic keeps right" style is too ambiguous.
It's probably easier for cops to enforce, too. Just driving through a left lane passing state, you might see a cop drive through the left lane and clear traffic. They'll get right up behind people until they realize they should move over. (Lots of out-of-state drivers, so they usually don't get pulled over).
If I'm second in line at a light I generally try to go as the light turns green. Idk why people are afraid to do this. You shouldn't just be blindly on the throttle right away. Just release the brake and if the guy in front of you doesn't go then apply it again so you don't rear end them