I would agree, except for one exit ramp I use daily (the one I use to get off the highway on my way home, actually). During rush hour or any other stupid-busy time, that exit ramp is routinely backed up to the point where if I’m not already slowed down by 10-15 mph by the time I hit the exit ramp, I’ll be rear-seat deep in the back of some asshat’s SUV or into some truck’s trailer.
Edit: I should clarify, now that I think of it. Part of the problem with this exit ramp is that it’s one that comes off the interstate highway directly into a traffic-lighted intersection on a large “business route”. The exit ramp ends with 3 lanes, a left-turn lane onto the business route in one direction, a lane to go straight, and a right-turn lane to get onto the business route going in the other direction. 80-90% of people who get off this exit ramp are getting into the left-turn lane.
I can see both points. During rush hour/busy time, all bets are off. Plus it sounds like @e4tmyl33t’s commute exit should have been farther back, but sometimes a better design isn’t possible. (One place around here has rail road tracks near an exit, which makes things a bit hairy.) But sometimes a joker will slow down from 65 to like 40 or 50 as they approach for no apparent reason other than maybe they’re scared of the exit sign.
Another bit of stupid around here - there is often a cautionary (yellow) 35 MPH sign on the exit ramp in places where the feeder road has a posted speed limit of 45+ MPH. Some people don’t understand the difference between a cautionary speed sign and a speed limit sign - cautionary is merely a suggestion. I’m not sure how 35 MPH became the standard caution speed on freeway exit ramps, but it is kind of a drastic jump down from suburban 65 MPH speed limits, or 75 MPH in rural areas.
I wouldn’t be surprised if the exit really should be farther back. Here’s a picture from GMaps of that exit/intersection:
You can see that there’s basically no “leadup” to the exit ramp like there is for a lot of exits, it’s just “Whoops, there’s the exit, deal with it yo!”
Ah yes, the Wal-mart exit. That one is annoying, the road itself has a couple weird humps in it that make your car feel like it’s a boat on rough water for a bit.
Depends on the one you go to. That particular one has been around for a while, and sometimes they get a bit lazy with some stuff. Last time I went their pancakes were really dry and not as good as they used to be.
We have a few exits around here that do require slowing before exiting ([bleep]ing weave lanes, especially), but the last two times I’ve been behind someone slowing down drastically well before exiting, there was no one else around, and the exit ramp was long and empty. THAT’s when it’s irritating.
If there are cars piled up behind you and no one in front of you for more than half a mile, don’t you think you might be the one slowing traffic down? Pull over!
After they finally pulled over:
Oh, you @#$#@%. You don’t have a passenger, and you’ve been slowing the carpool lane down for the last eight miles.
Drove behind a numb-nu… erm… idiot like tha on a drive across PA. Only two lanes, and shoulders closed in places due to construction.
He was afraid of passing the truck in the lane next to him, so EVERYBODY in BOTH LANES went the speed of a heavily loaded dump truck up and down PA hills.
I was next to him, and right behind the truck. He kept his front bumper just behind the rear bumper of the truck.
One time he goofed and slid back about 2 ft further than my car is long.
THAT broke up the logjam - at least for me. He switched lanes and got behind the truck at some later point, since I saw traffic coming through after I was a ways down the empty road.
All this time, I thought that sign said “stop”. Looks like I was wrong. Let’s see. The letters are in uppercase, so that must mean it’s an acronym. I wonder what it stands for. Let me take a crack at this.
Slowing down is for wussies and you’re not a wussy, so keep going.
Turn at the intersection without coming to a standstill.
Over 20 mph going around the corner is recommended.
Prepare to slam on the breaks to avoid the guy forty feet after the corner that is trying to back into his driveway.
It’s bad enough when people use the time at a stop light to check their phone, but you really need to put that down and just wait until you get where you’re going. Besides, there usually isn’t enough time at a stop light to do more than strum a few notes on your guitar anyway.
(Yes, I watched this guy play his guitar at all three of the stop lights we came to on that street before my turn came up.)
An old boss of mine is a guitar player and didn’t try to play while driving (that I’m aware of) but he did have some sort of finger-strength exerciser he’d use when stuck in traffic.
Look, I know you’re trying to beat traffic by screaming through our residential area. It’s the only way for someone as special as you to get where you’re meant to be. Traffic is not for you. That’s a given.
However, and I don’t mean for you to take any offence by this, obviously, but … however, maybe when your plan goes sideways and you get stuck behind a school bus taking on young children don’t just sit behind the bus honking your horn.
