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Gr8ingPresence t1_j9amsa2 wrote

My guess would be that, in his mind, at a recent intersection, you did him wrong, and you're going to pay.

In my experience in the city, the most aggressive, adamant, vocal drivers are those with no actual clues about the rules of the road or traffic laws. Ironically, they view themselves as authorities on the topic. The guy you're going to meet in this situation is someone who just made a right turn from the left lane, across 4 lanes of traffic.

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Cunninghams_right t1_j9bjkqv wrote

yeah, I had someone get out of their car to yell at me for crossing in crosswalk with a "walk" light illuminated. they genuinely thought that traffic turning left always had the right of way over pedestrians, and it upset them so much that they were wrong that they felt it necessary to stop, get out, and yell at me.

people think other places have bad drivers because they see aggressive driving as bad driving. I have to explain to people that Baltimore is on a whole other level of bad driving where it is aggressive, impatient, crazy, AND incredibly unskilled.

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Timid_Teacher t1_j9d8bih wrote

Yeah, if I see a car looking like it's not stopping and I have a walk signal, I let them go. It's not worth losing my life over someone exhibiting dangerous behaviors.

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Cunninghams_right t1_j9dklom wrote

for sure, I didn't even notice they were trying to turn across me until it was too late. I have an inclination to tell people when they're wrong, but I'm not trying to get shot so I usually just avoid problems.

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shaneknu t1_j9b2h94 wrote

The Dunning-Kruger Effect is real, for sure.

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mockingjay137 t1_j9c46km wrote

God I actually witnessed that last example you gave just the other day, stopped at a red light going west on Northern Parkway where the entrances to Gilman and Bryn Mawr are. Some idiot flew up the left turn lane and crossed all 3 lanes of traffic (again, still red, pretty sure the eastbound lanes had a green which meant the left turn lane over there had a green arrow) to turn right into Bryn Mawr. Definitely saved that clip off my dash cam lol but idk if I can make out the plates from it, nor do I think BPD would do anything about it anyways

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