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I would be there, except I'm stuck in traffic. Too many people on the roads (except me).
Whenever I go on one of my anti-car rants and somebody defensively announces they're a car guy, ready to fight, I just explain that I'm the traffic. The roads should be left to the car guys. It literally always goes over smoothly. Suddenly, they like train infrastructure because it frees up the scenic mountain roads.
That's why, if I'm stuck on busy roads and need to inform someone of my status, I will say that I'm traffic.
You're the traffic in the same way that a molecule of water in the ocean is the wave.
When I'm stuck in traffic, I generally am anti-traffic, meaning I drive in such a way to make the traffic behind me better than the traffic in front of me. The most basic way to do this is by increasing your follow distance. Instead of following 2 or 3 seconds behind, follow 5 or more seconds behind.
Most traffic is caused by people braking too hard. The most common reason is that they're following close enough that they have to brake hard when the person in front of them brakes hard.
By leaving space in front of you, you reduce the number of times you have to brake hard, thereby reducing the number of times the people behind you brake hard.
You also give people the chance to switch lanes if they want to. People cutting others off because they switch lanes without room is another common reason for hard braking.
People drive like it’s pvp but it actually should be co-op.
THANK YOU. I do the same! Then I get envious of the people behind me lol