# I Pit drivers that stop on Interstates **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 28, 2015, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drivers-that-stop-on-interstates/711147 "2015-01-28T20:55:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2015, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drivers-that-stop-on-interstates/711147/41 "2015-01-31T00:13:04Z")
> [@t-bonham@scc.net](#): > > Well, that’s something new, and different. > When I took Driver’s Educ, we were taught to start to merge as soon as you see the Merge signs. And that it was very rude & selfish to stay in the other lane going by people when other drivers are properly merging. > > In fact, that was enforced by police – I once got reprimanded and barely talked my way out of a ticket for waiting to merge until nearly the last minute. And that was only about 5 years ago. > [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > The zipper merge is really quite the point of contention. There have been many threads here about it, with people arguing forcefully from both sides, each fully believing their method was the One True Method, and often getting quite angry. > > How did this one point get so many drivers to believe so strongly in the wrong way? Is there no consistent driver’s ed across the country? > > I guess in a world where someone won’t use their blinkers because “it’s nobody else’s business knowing where she is going”, anything is possible. Forget the zipper merge for a moment. I can’t imagine any driver’s ed manual would call for you to _stop_ in the left lane of the interstate in order to merge into the right lane. Merge when you can, but for god’s sake, keep moving. ---
**Author:** ![Disgruntled\_Penguin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@Disgruntled\_Penguin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Disgruntled_Penguin)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2015, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drivers-that-stop-on-interstates/711147/42 "2015-01-31T00:35:04Z")
> [@Trinopus](#): > > I did that once… A guy was tailgating me terribly. Late night, no traffic, I’m in the goddamn slow lane already, but he’s riding right up my ass. > > I slowed down. He just came closer. > > I slowed down more… He came closer yet. > > So, fuck it. I stopped. Fuck my doctor if he didn’t stop too! > > About that time, traffic began to approach from behind, so I moved on. Weird. Eventually he roared past me, two wheels in my lane, inches from a collision. > > (I don’t deny for a second I was doing something wrong. But, jeez…) Weirdly enough I had a similar thing happen to me except this guy kept matching my speed even after the complete stop. Finally I got it up to about 70 or so and whipped right at the last second and made an exit he couldn’t stop in time to make. I pulled off onto a side street where I could see the exit and watched this fool come by twice looking to see if he could see where I went. After he gave up I went and got a motel without incident. Definitely unsettling. ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2015, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drivers-that-stop-on-interstates/711147/43 "2015-01-31T04:18:48Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > Stopping is bad enough. _Backing up_ is even worse. I see less of this since everyone has GPS, but yo bitch, I know you did not learn that shit in driving school. Go to the next exit and turn around! > [@pulykamell](#): > > Yep. The one that fuels my ire is the idiots who back up because they missed an exit. Otherwise, I can’t say I’ve experienced the OP’s situation. Sadly, in the LA area, this seems to happen most often not at exits, but at the intersection of two freeways. So you’ll get someone who has realized too late that they’re heading for the wrong freeway, then pulls over into the little wedge between two sets of freeway lanes—all going full speed—waiting to back up and somehow jump onto the right freeway from a dead stop. I often find myself wondering how long those poor souls are waiting to jump in, but I’m generally glad I’m not around to find out. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2015, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drivers-that-stop-on-interstates/711147/44 "2015-01-31T04:46:49Z")
What’s the OP got against The Aleutians? 😕 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-drivers-that-stop-on-interstates/711147.md?page=2)