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Actually a good driver!
Saying I heard once: "Good drivers sometimes miss their exists. Bad drivers never miss their exists." Stuck with me for a very long time.
That's... existential.
I came here to say this exact thing.
I can't tell you how many times I've missed my exit. It's just not worth getting bothered about.
I might be another 5-10 minutes, but I'll get there alive, and nobody else will be at risk by my error. I consider that an absolute win.
Yeah, but that saying is absolutely brain dead, because if you take it literally it states anyone that has ever missed their exit is a good driver, which clearly isn't true
Everyone look!
(Crowd looks up at the sky)
It's Captain Pedantic here to save the day!!
Captain Incorrect Pedantry more like
Except it doesn't, you got the implication wrong. If I say "Astronauts sometimes eat apples" that does not imply that all people who eat apples are astronauts. The statement can still be true even if some/most people who miss their exits are not good drivers.
You're focusing on the wrong part. If I say "astronauts never eat oranges" then that implies that if someone eats an orange (misses an exit), they are not an astronaut (are NOT a bad driver).
it doesn't say that at all.
it said that good drivers SOMETIMES miss their exits.
it did not say ALL good drivers miss their exits. it did not even say that ALL good drivers sometimes miss their exits. it said that there are times where good drivers miss their exit. there's no imperative.
even if you want to be the most pedantic person on this autism boat of a website; in this case you're just plane wrong.
It says bad drivers never miss their exits.
How many times did you get dropped on your head as a child?
Oh, you're just American
false dichotomy. There are not strictly "good drivers" and "bad drivers", there are also "okay" drivers.
Stay safe! I’ll take wrong exit over unsafe maneuver every time.
Kinda depends. My Uber riders don't usually appreciate it. Thankfully, it's only been once or twice. "I'll just loop around on the next exit."
Well, I'd expect a professional driver to anticipate and switch lanes early enough instead of hugging the left lane for no reason...
There is never a reason to hug the passing lane(s).
If you're actively passing then it's not hugging.
If you're not actively passing then GET THE FUCK OUT OF THE LANE!
I used to think the same before I tried driving in California (European btw) and the left lane WAS AN EXIT???
Yeah that's just stupid freeway design.
Yeah there's quite a few of those in Texas as well.
Mind you, at least here, the left lane is a passing lane only on roads at or above 80kmh/50mph, below this speed limit, the left lane is just another lane. There's a lot of 70kmh highway around the cities here, and it's totally ok to be transiting in the left lane in those cases.
There's no such thing as a passing lane here (CA), the left lane is called the fast lane and staying in one lane is recommended (but of course, stay in the one that matches your speed, don't go 60 in the fast lane on the highway) vs weaving in and out.
Depends on the city, I've seen interchanges with left lane exits that there was no way for me to reach in time from the right lane I took to enter. Also an exit too soon after an entrance on the right lane can make it unsafe to get far enough to the right, though this is more common in cities with parkways that have access roads running parallel.