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.

  • hirihit640@sh.itjust.works
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    1
    arrow-down
    2
    ·
    edit-2
    11 hours ago

    If the lane next to you has stopped traffic, but you cut into a gap between cars and edge in as the traffic begins to move again, that is an “invasive” but also 100% safe move.

    It sounds like you’ve never driven before.

    • AAA@feddit.org
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      3
      arrow-down
      1
      ·
      10 hours ago

      Use “safe lane change” then, maybe? Instead of making up scenarios afterwards, where invasive equals safe.

      But I feel you have a problem admitting mistakes in general, not just when it comes to traffic.

      If you think I don’t drive, I think you shouldn’t drive.

      • hirihit640@sh.itjust.works
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        1
        arrow-down
        2
        ·
        edit-2
        10 hours ago

        The word “invasive” doesn’t even matter here. That was a word you introduced and I was just using it too. But if you want, we can use OP’s terminology. OP said cut in line, you responded saying not to do that, and I’m saying that it’s fine and can be totally safe.

        • AAA@feddit.org
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          2
          ·
          9 hours ago

          Please read the comment chain again if you think I used the term first, lol. u/sunsofold used it, you used it, and only then I entered the discussion.