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Occasionally when you’re driving, you’ll make a mistake and perhaps need to adjust and it can create some awkward situations. Like today, my dad ended up in the wrong lane to go straight instead of turn at a light. He had to cut in line to make sure we could go the right way. It’d be nice if we could communicate “sorry, I screwed up. Excuse me. I just need to slip in there.”

Right now all we have for inter car communication is the horn, which has kind of an aggressive implication to it. This is for trying to de-escalate potential road rage.

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[–] black0ut@pawb.social 4 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

What causes accidents are not the cars and conditions you see, but the ones you don't.

Humans aren't machines, they make mistakes. And cars have a lot more blind spots than we realize.

That's why we have rules. If we are predictable and follow the rules, even when we don't see anything that could stop us from taking a shortcut, then we're being considerably safer.

Keep in mind that, on the road, it's not just your own safety you need to ensure. An accident can also harm other people, so the more reason to prevent them.

[–] hirihit640@sh.itjust.works 0 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (1 children)

But driving rules are not precise. For example, when doing a lane change, how much space should you have in the lane you are entering? It's entirely up to us to judge.

So obviously don't drive on the wrong side of the road whenever you feel like it, but if you for example want to squeeze into a lane of stopped cars (while your lane is also stopped), I don't see the issue

[–] Bluescluestoothpaste@sh.itjust.works 3 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

in my state the driver manual specially states to change lanes with enough space that you can see both in your rear view mirror both headlights of the car your getting in front of