Weaving in and out of traffic while driving – just how bad is it?

New member Joined: Jan 25, 2010 Posts: 3

I may be wild when it comes to many things, but I definitely need to learn more about driving from some of the guys here Smile

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Member Joined: Feb 03, 2010 Posts: 18

Weaving out is a good strategy but not in all circumstances. It may agitate some people who are eager to pass through.

Site Admin Joined: Jan 06, 2010 Posts: 485

tony12 wrote:

Weaving out is a good strategy but not in all circumstances. It may agitate some people who are eager to pass through.

I'm certainly one of those who get agitated, esp. when I'm MYSELF dying to weave out but am unable to! Very Happy

Member Joined: Jan 23, 2010 Posts: 33

Oh sure, I try to be!! lololo Very Happy

Member Joined: Sep 15, 2010 Posts: 27

fuck weaving in and out of traffic, the problem with the roads in America is that most people do not have any idea how to drive. they think that slamming on the brake is the solution to every problem...

New member Joined: Nov 17, 2010 Posts: 2

I appreciate how you admitted that you got "unjustifiably angry" means you know how to take responsibility for your actions and makes me respect you. I personally don't take very many risks. I drive a small 2 wheel drive truck that is 12 years old, manual. So I really don't have the speed or horse power to try any of that stuff haha.

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Member Joined: Aug 17, 2010 Posts: 29

jpines94 wrote:

I drive a small 2 wheel drive truck that is 12 years old, manual. So I really don't have the speed or horse power to try any of that stuff haha.

And that's just fine for doing what you need it to do--get you from point A to point B safely, comfortably, and within a reasonable amount of time. The cars with all the extra power that let them to go ridiculous amounts of speed over the limit are pointless.

Member Joined: Aug 17, 2010 Posts: 29

Misha wrote:

Weaving in and out of traffic while driving – just how bad is it?

It is unsafe, and therefore should not be done. It doesn't matter to what degree. Whatever extra time you saved by doing it is not worth the risk.

Member Joined: Aug 17, 2010 Posts: 29

arun wrote:

Weaving in and out of traffic while driving in a highway should be done with careful observation of how heavy the traffic is and whether its is possible to overtake without any disturbances to other drivers.

Addition: ...and making sure that you are not breaking any laws by doing so.

Posted: Thu Nov 18, 2010 8:32 pm

SafeTraveler wrote:

Misha wrote:

Weaving in and out of traffic while driving – just how bad is it?

It is unsafe, and therefore should not be done. It doesn't matter to what degree. Whatever extra time you saved by doing it is not worth the risk.

Considering the life mortality rate is 100%, you seem to be a bit too serious about small things, ST Wink

Member Joined: Aug 17, 2010 Posts: 29

Let me explain a bit about myself. This might help you understand why I say the things that I do. I am probably not like anyone that you have ever met or known. (I have never met or known anyone like me, which is sad in a non-narcissistic way.) I have assigned myself a very difficult goal that I must accomplish within my life. I am trying to change the world for the better in any way I can. I don't care about dieing wealthy, or just having a great career, or just making a family (like the world needs more people)--I want to actually change the future of the entire world in a positive way. Oh, and then die I guess. (But not if I discover the secret to immortality first! Smile

) Currently I am involved in environmentalism, rights activism, law, animal protection, and awareness (anti-ignorance) in general.

So while I do realize that my life's adventure will end one day, it is important to make sure that it happens as far into the future as possible so that I have more time to accomplish my goal. And if I can do it more than once that would be great. Therefore I take anything that risks my life seriously. People taking unnecessary risks on the road, no matter how small, counts as that. Sorry to be so serious about it. I really can't see how risking my life and others' lives can be not taken seriously.

And to be properly respectful of others, I must extend to them the same care that I take for myself. I cannot allow myself to risk their lives in anything that I do, because it goes against my goal of changing the world for the better.

But anyway, here's a less personal one-line response: "The inevitability of death does not make pointless the attempt to live a long and full life."

Site Admin Joined: Jan 06, 2010 Posts: 485

All very noble aims.... and I admire your discipline. But how can weaving out of traffic - provided you are in control and do it carefully and slowly - put lives at so much risk? I personally don't recommend it because here in england it's considered rude more than anything else!

Posted: Fri Nov 19, 2010 2:43 pm

Goals aside, I strongly disagree with your approach. Risk and safety are not absolute, they are quite relative. It is not like black OR white, it is the whole spectrum of gray and color in between. Also, you cannot avoid risks in life altogether, attempts to do so lead with certainty to death or at least serious disaster.

The reasonable approach IMO is risk assessment. Actually I think we all do it, whether we realize it or not. As I understand it now, it has two stages. First is comparing the risk to your personal negligible risk threshold. If the risk does not overcome it, you just ignore it. If it is higher, then you do risk/reward analysis and decide whether the reward justifies the risk - or not. Smile

Member Joined: Nov 22, 2010 Posts: 16

As a rule, I tend to stay on my lane. Just to be safe. I also allot a lot of time if I have to be somewhere so that I don't find myself needing to speed up just to get there on time.

Member Joined: Apr 03, 2011 Posts: 42

I think a big part of it is big American vehicles with poor handling. We had boatlike cars floating on sloppy steering, and now we have tall SUVs with high centers of gravity and rollover deaths. I've had only one car with handling I would trust in weaving, but that car was probably underpowered for that type of driving. Now I drive a slow pickup truck. Go ahead and pass me. I'll catch up to you at the next traffic jam.