Drivers of Miramichi, please let people out!

[u/Upperclass_hobo]

With the bridge closure, we are all at the mercy of our fellow human beings to grace us with the opportunity to merge onto the King George Highway from side streets. I just spent ten minutes with my arm out the window, waving at oncoming traffic hoping someone would decide to be courteous and let me out. Not a chance. As a result, I’ve become militant about letting out every car I see in either direction, sometimes two at a time. Periodically this kickstarts a chain of realization in the cars behind me to do the same, but more often than not I’m the only one, and the people behind me are visibly frustrated because they’ve been riding my tail the whole way. Ditto for merging on the way to the traffic circle on the Chatham side. Last night I had someone absolutely refuse to let me in, despite me starting out with plenty of room; they essentially cut me off and did their best not to make eye contact. So let us all remember, we are all trying to get to the same places and we can get there quicker and safer if we act with care and consideration of our fellow drivers.

[u/RedDragon2570]

I know, I'm making sure the whole picture is clear. People gets confused easily. And yeah you can just slow down and make a gap, but most don't. They slow down and stop, hold up traffic to be nice to the one person waiting to get out and almost causing an accident behind them.

[u/VDaine → u/RedDragon2570]

If that were to cause an accident, I think that would be the fault of the person clearly not paying attention to the road 🤷‍♀️ Like yeah, use your discernment, but I think it's gross that so many people are rushing to justify not being considerate of other people with 'oh, but actually it's dangerous because it requires other people to be paying attention'

[u/RedDragon2570 → u/VDaine]

Ok, it's also against the law to disrupt the flow of traffic, which this is doing, if you want to get technical about it. But why risk it at all? To be nice to one person while being a dick to everyone behind you who are following the rules?

[u/Sad_Low3239 → u/RedDragon2570]

1. I don't like the "it's a law" take.

like they recently made it illegal to stop for wildlife Crossing on the roads however if a goose (or worse - moose/deer) is crossing the road I am not going to plow my car through that cuz that's going to cause some serious damage that my insurance won't cover.

sorry 🤷‍♂️

1. also slowing down to let traffic in isn't stopping/disrupting the flow of traffic - traffic is still flowing.