I think it’s a barometer for the overall mental health climate. We’re any combination of overworked, broke, tired, we got news organizations trying to keep us mad at each other all the time…and then we get on the road where it’s easy to pretend those other metal boxes aren’t filled with human beings.

I’m not above it. I’ve participated in my fair share of road rage parties. And I don’t have any solutions, just observations and memes. That’s all I got.

Has it started getting hot out where you are recently? There is always a spike in bad driving when the weather gets nice.

An important game maybe? Being Brazilian, I’ve always refrained from driving before big soccer games started, like World Cup or championship finals. People were crazy trying to get home.

What do I do if the public transit is pretty good and the city is walkable, but all the jobs are in office parks 40 minutes out of town?

Its funny that 102 comments will lead to meta reaction posts here in the fediverse

These 'zipper merge' vs 'early merge' arguments are really the worst. At the same time, the lack of consensus fully explains why merge zones like that are such a mess.

I assume it shouldn't be one at street level. Do you recommend an elevated station or an underground one?

Let pedestrians and cyclists go first. Scramble walk is okay and sjould be encouraged

I don't mind personally, but don't assume that your blinker means I HAVE to let you in

If there's a lot of traffic it makes sense to try and find room to merge early though

And some people think inflating numbers proves their point.

Plus, If you have 30 miles of signs telling you to get over and you wait until you are forced by the actual lane closure, yes you are the asshole.

I will not be taking questions.

Some people eat up rage bait like a fine meal

This post was sending me, none of yal know how to drive like a standard human.

When it comes to traffic people have wildly different ideas about things.

Some people think slow means 5 mph slower on the highway when others are talking about 15+ slower in center lanes generally for faster traffic. Local expectations about behaving in traffic means someone waiting closer to a merge is just doing the right thing for a zipper merge and other people are used to assholes raving to the merge and then forcing themselves in.

People often also thing of the other behaviors of drivers that do certain things that makes one thing more dangerous. In my experience drivers who are significantly slower in traffic by 10-15 mph on the highway frequently do rapid lane changes without signaling, brake suddenly for no reason, and other signs that they really should not be driving a vehicle. People who don't drive on highways is not going to be thinking of that kind of speed disparity or the dangers if they drive 45 or under where going 15 mph less is annoying but not really dangerous.

Communication about things that have wildly different experiences means people talking past each other leads to arguments.