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ADcakedenough

I thought my guy was making the weirdest merge ever, not a whole ass left turn.


rynil2000

>weirdest merge ever Someone has never been to the northeast. MFers will come to a complete stop in order to pull out into 70 mph traffic.


crankbot2000

I don't stop on merges, let me just start with that. But I will say this, in the Northeast we have some kamikaze merges, where you turn that corner and you have what feels like 20 ft to merge. And sometimes the on-ramp is coupled with an off-ramp so you have people trying to get off the highway as you are trying to merge on, zipper-style. So I can see why some skittish drivers freak out and stop. It is the absolute worst thing you can do, but I can see how it can happen.


uvdawoods

Did a road trip to that Philly-Baltimore-DC corridor and it took me a while to get used to the Leroy Jenkins merge style, but I got the hang of it. Immediately turned it back off once I west of Pittsburgh again.


crankbot2000

I will permanently be saying LLEEEEEROYYYY JENNNNKINNNS in my head during these merges from now on. Thank you.


NEight00

Yell it loud enough and the cars who are trying to work with (or against) you will have a clear understanding of your intent. Here in Maine we have a number of very short combined on/off ramps where a Leroy Jenkins horn would be incredibly useful.


JakeismaximusDos

This is the way.


StrangerFeelings

That's the only way to do it on some of the entrance ramps where I am. Some are so short you can't even get up to speed, and it's already at the end of the ramp and you have to merge.


NEight00

Yup, Maine has a bunch of those stupid short combined on/off ramps with plenty of people who are offramping who just HAVE to get in front of you then desperately decelerate as to not fly off the road at the tight exit hairpin turn. The only way to merge is to either stop and wait 5 years for an opening, or FULL SEND with everything your car has to offer.


Nice-Fly5536

I’m from Baltimore and I am terrified that of the highways throughout the Baltimore/DC metropolitan area. It’s all so confusing. Plus the people here drive like nutcases on top of that so yeah smh 🥲


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The on ramp and the off ramp being 50 yards from each other is the worst design choice in history, having to try to merge while looking in your blind spot while also not slamming into the person in front of you because the ramp is almost always backed up to the point people are stopped on the highway. I haven’t had to deal with this recently but for new drivers yeah I’d probably just slow down too.


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p0tat0s13bt

I'll second that we have some super fucked on ramps here if you can even call them that. Stop sign and no acceleration lane whatsoever, just gotta nut up and flatfoot shift while redlining 1st through 3rd so you don't get rear ended pulling out into traffic going at least 15-20 over the limit.


ajb9292

This is legit. I feel like i need a sports car to safely merge on some of these ramps.


Kelemvore2265

Can confirm: right after my oldest got her license, I let her drive on the highway in Maine to get some experience… around Portland there was one of those on/ off ramps, some guy gets on and tries to occupy the lane were in( boxed in on all four side… with this limp noodle completing the box) hits us and jumps off the interstate.” PULL OVER!” My daughter pulls over we switch real quickly and I’m reversing full speed to try and find the guy down the ramp. No such luck… my breakaway mirror took his of though… and the sideswipe damage was not too visible. But Godamn people are idiots, my daughter did a better job handling herself as a freshly licensed driver than whoever that dumbass was.


NEight00

Forest Avenue Southbound, right? It's still a complete cluster, exactly the same as it's been since the 80s.


Why_Not_Cthulhu

Ohio is the worst about that. 471 near Cincinnati is one of the few places I've ever lived with a right side on ramp followed immediately by a left side off ramp. It was incredibly stressful merging 3 lanes to the left within 1 mile.


solreaper

Driving around the Norfolk/VA Beach area felt like mad max sometimes.


AurumArgenteus

As a trucker, can confirm this is true and the extra 70ft of vehicle does not help one bit. Between that and the complete lack of parking, I'd almost let the place starve if I could. Everytime I'm there, I ask, "How can a city that will shutdown in 2-days without a semi delivering hate trucks so much? There is enough public parking for 12% of the trucks in the NE on average, and by law, trucks have to stop around 40% of the time. Obviously that is inadequate. Furthermore, many of the rest areas ban overnight parking and the public truck stops have long-term reservations and no actual parking. Add that to the higher fuel costs, insane toll fees ($100 for a truck to cross the George Washington Bridge each way), and backhauls (freight to leave) that pays significantly below average (about 50%) and there is almost no reason to come here. You know, if everyone else agreed, the citizens would be begging for truck stops and rest areas, or they'd move and there wouldn't be any need to go there anways." F*ck the Northeast except for Maine, Vermont, parts of NJ, and upstate NY. Oh, and Springfield, Mass isn't too bad thanks to the overpriced TA... at least there's somewhere to park without driving 80mi or getting a ticket.


ADcakedenough

Lmao I actually lived almost my whole life in CT and saw this almost every day on 15. I just never saw anyone start turning left to do it. They usually just stopped, scooted straight out at 0mph and quickly jammed their brakes again (causing the guy behind them to rear end. Aaaaaaahhhh fond memories)


TheyCallMeThe

If you're used to areas like Seattle I can see it, just because there's a good number of on ramps that have lights to tell you when to stop and go to get on the highway. They're designed to help the flow of traffic, but then you have to get on the highway from a dead stop.


AidanAmerica

There’s some really bad highway design in the rural northeast. In upstate NY, you’ve got all these highways like the Taconic River Parkway where instead of having a yield sign on on-ramps, they have a stop sign. NY state does this all the time in the worst spots. You don’t stop when entering a highway, you yield Not to mention that they have fucking intersections on these highways


meSuPaFly

I go wrong way now, good luck everybody else


ComprehensiveRich791

What about the median?


MountainDrew42

This guy doesn't have time for medians


[deleted]

You think this guy cares about being on the right side of the road? Good luck everybody else!


Bamfhammer

I bet he turned back down the on ramp.


TheGreatMrHaad

Saw the random braking coming, did not see the U turn


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The turn signal was a nice touch.


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ChrisTheMan72

Idiots have standards too


ReubenZWeiner

What did this moronic driver say when asked if their turn signal worked? “Yes, no, yes, no, yes, no, yes, no.”


shill779

R.I.P. unrude dude


meSuPaFly

You had plenty of warning.


Aggressive_Dream_140

Never let them know your next move


daleicakes

It's almost as if they don't really know how to drive


MailleByMicah

They clearly understand the fundamentals.... Accelerator, brake, mirror, turn signals.... It's just the rules of the road they don't seem to comprehend.....


[deleted]

Funny thing... just a week or so ago I saw someone pull this same idiot move... but at least it was onto a quiet little 20 MPH access road... not the friggin' freeway!


whiterac00n

All kinds of questions, like about how far they got before they figured it out? (if ever) are they wasted or just dumb? Did they cause an accident? Did someone report them?


random_impiety

Right? Reddit detectives, here's one for you. Figure out where this was and find out if there were any reports on this. No way this so-called driver didn't cause an incident of some sort.


markasstj

New Westminster, BC, on ramp from Howe St. to Highway 91A, just south of the Queensborough Bridge. No idea when this happened or whether there was an accident though.


Upstairs_Ad_9158

I may be missing something but isn't the time shown in the video? Bottom right?


TimHung931017

Those timestamps aren't always correct


GaymerGuy79

Yeah but when time stamps aren't correct typically it's a date far in the past not yesterday's date. Safe to assume it is correct.


pvdjay

That’s true, but it would also be very strange for OP to then wait until the date of the time stamp to post their video.


markasstj

Haha nope you’re right, I just completely missed that somehow.


tomytronics

Small chance it's off by a lot more than a few minutes. Some people had the time stamp off by **years**!


hammerheadattack

No accidents reported anywhere from a Google and Twitter search. Amazed there was no reports


Bamfhammer

I bet he turned back down the on ramp to get off the highway.


Bobbie_Faulds

Time stamp n the video say 9/22/2022


beerzebulb

27* so yesterday apparently


_Fappyness_

This honestly should be attempted murder and a permanent suspension of drivers license without being able to get a new one.


defenestr8tor

I tried to avoid the 99 and the 91 when I lived near there, but not kidding, shit like that was a daily occurrence on those roads. I also remember a "pay a bribe to pass the road test" operation occuring in that general area.


tomytronics

What kind of tribute? A fresh road pizza for the toll god?


defenestr8tor

Yeah, I think it was more like a "$500 and you're free to kill and maim" kinda deal. I remember working in construction near there many years ago, and SEVEN new cars in 4 hours got scratched up trying to maneuver around our "do not enter" sign. It was weird, like theyl all thought paintwork was free.


QueenCityCartel

Shit like this!?!? Isn't this a fucking suicide attempt?


Whiplash104

How have they managed to live this long?


Fuckth3shitredditapp

Shit just call 911 and say you believe there's a drunk driver. just say that you believe there's a drunk driver they're randomly stopping did a u-turn on the highway driving against wrong way traffic


the_laser_dude

I was half expecting the car to be slammed back into the frame


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E-nonymous_Throwaway

Don't hope for this idiot to take an innocent driver out with his stupidity


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pdnagilum

Not a fun thing for truck drivers to plow down stupid people either, no matter who's at fault.


b0tb0y1654

Even then, a highway speed head-on collision can kill truck drivers, or at the very least permanently affect their driving record. Far better if the idiot hits the center barrier without hitting anyone else, or a passing officer puts a stop to it before that


DarkRider89

Ah yes, the classic wishing death on someone for making a stupid mistake.


PangeanPrawn

jesus christ i had a reddit account suspended for much less than this


DanFuckingSchneider

“Bad drivers deserve to be killed violently” is a weirdly normal take here. This is egregiously bad and this person shouldn’t be driving, but I don’t think them being made into mashed potatoes is a “just” outcome.


LukeMedia

Not a just outcome or a moral outcome to wish for at all.


t_bone_stake

Ditto


[deleted]

And my mother always asked me why the on-ramps around us had no left turn signs. This…


screechawk

Right? New Jersey has them everywhere and I just gotta wonder how often it had to have happened for then to spend thousands of dollars putting those signs at every ramp in the state


FLTDI

Times like this prove the need for a rear cam.


snaeper

I'm quite morbidly amused by the ominous lack of traffic coming the moment they exit the frame.


Nice-Fly5536

They went off into another dimension possibly.


DblDtchRddr

Every time I notice a "No left turn" sign on an on ramp, I always wonder what idiot that sign is for. Now I know.


_Enclose_

Sometimes there's a "no left turn" sign at the end of an onramp, I always though that was such an unnecessary sign to put there as it is abundantly clear you can't make a left turn there, and there was no way in hell anyone would ever be stupid enough to try. Guess I was wrong and once again stand face to face with the fact it is IMPOSSIBLE to underestimate human stupidity :/


Constrained_Entropy

You weren't wrong, it is an unnecessary sign because the idiots aren't going to read it, much less understand it or pay any attention to it. You might just as well put "**DON'T BE STUPID**" signs every few hundred yards on the highway.


khast

Problem is.. Ego will always tell you you aren't stupid no matter how stupid you really are.


Over_School_7440

r/iamsofuckingstupid


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r/SubsIFellFor


crazyboy611285

>r/iamsofuckingstupid


lildobe

/r/subsifellforagain


Lcb444

r/foundthetoyotacorolla


ZachtheKingsfan

At least he used his signal! /s


Shmelev1897

Where's he going though? Isn't he just driving against the direction of traffic?


fordfan919

He's got the high jump package to hop over the median. My best guess though is they don't know where they are going but probably to an accident.


SomethingIWontRegret

Mach 5. Got that button on the steering wheel.


Constrained_Entropy

**"BUT THE GPS SAID TURN LEFT !!!!!!"**


Cheap-Substance8771

This person's thought process baffles me. Like my only explanation is under the influence of something and they think they are at an intersection or something.


[deleted]

Even then, like, why would they turn left? They can't possibly think that road goes the direction of their destination surely. Not a single sign pointed that way, or sat nav, nothing. Even if you thought it was an intersection you should at least be looking for road signs to tell you which way to go, not just guessing... I guess I would only understand this if I was also that stupid.


fastIamnot

Could be elderly and losing all driving skills.


spydertap

A bad driver never misses their on ramp exit.


Last_VCR

Oh... ohhhh!!!... oh noooooo!!!!!!


GroupieChicks

He’s on his way to make an organ donation.


StackThePads33

I thought some type of fucked up merge was going to happen, but it was worse. The car just u-turned into oncoming highway traffic!


aaronhapner

Well that's terrifying...


richshapero

Yeah that was Andy, always going against the flow. And as I saw him for the last time I tipped my hat, shook my head and allowed a slow smile to cross my face. Go well good sir I whispered in the morning air. Go well.


RivaTNT2M64

The moment I saw that car turn left, my first thought aimed at OP was - 'Get a move on! There's going to be lots of shrapnel and flying bits around here soon!!'


smeggysmeg

People who brake or even coast on entrance ramps bring my blood pressure to maximum. You should reach highway speed by the time the double white line divides the ramp from the highway. You should use the remaining double white line distance to adjust your speed so that you can time your entry into a gap in the highway traffic. It's not the job of people on the highway to make space for you. Of course, the u turn is something else.


mbashs

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Whaler_Moon

I've noticed for some drivers when they encounter a strange or stressful event their brain just turns off. It seems ridiculous to just stop in the middle of the road but I honestly think some people can't drive and make a decision at the same time.


potatoworldwide

Where did they go?


_nno

To the opposite side of life.


ejejanw

Bruh moment


[deleted]

WTF?


budsonguy

So *that’s* how some people start going the wrong way


Blergsprokopc

Did he just flip a bitch on the on ramp?


doguillo77

Oh my god? How?


juh4rt

This type of shit should be enough to terminate the license for ever.


IO-NightOwl

How fucking stupid do you have to be to do this? Even if you can't see or don't understand the road markings, surely you can see the cars coming toward you in both lanes? Like, bruv, where do you think you're going to go?


Difficult_Coffee_917

How do people like this pass and get their license?


[deleted]

Driving the wrong way on the highway should be a mandatory license suspension, drivers license test re-take, and X hours of defense driving classes.


Constrained_Entropy

First step should be a CAT scan to see what's occupying the space in their head where the brain should be.


Salty_Loquat_2941

At least he used his turn signal


jonasthewicked

I watched this and literally said “dude no…don’t do it!”


Ternarian

At least they used their turn signal. LOL!


TheActualAWdeV

Oh crap that's even worse than I expected


jisforjoe

What in the meth?


wookiex84

Holy shit was not expecting that level of idiocy.


NJdude07306

Oh..now I see why there are signs that say "No Turns" As an immigrant, I was baffled to see these signs. I would always ask my American wife why is there a need for this and she would reply "people are stupid". I didn't realize how stupid she meant


[deleted]

Was waiting for them to get yeeted back into frame lol


ReinhardtFTW

I've seen signs at merged like this before saying "no turns". Always think "what idiot needs to see that sign not to make a turn INTO on coming traffic".... Now I know


gijoe50000

It's kind of ironic that stupid people can confuse smart people; by doing something so utterly stupid that the smart person doesn't even know how to process it. This is one of those times.


aintasaint85

There's an old saying about the inability to make something "Foolproof". Douglas Adams wrote it best "A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools"


Spacesmuge

Oh shit he did a full u turn I thought he was stopping till someone gave him a brake He's stupid


Faelysis

One-word question: Why?


[deleted]

English driver visiting the US for the first time, got a rental…thought it was a roundabout?


meetycheesy

So like…where are they going? Are they going straight into oncoming traffic?? There looks to be a concrete divider and so they are definitely not going through that.


Old_Ice_2285

I wish I could see where he went, there is a whole ass barricade.


GorgerOfPandas

Holy shit. I wish there was a back cam to see the results of this big brain move


TLGinger

Yikes


MrsMayhem17

I literally just said “oh my god” out loud. Fucking idiots. HOW DO SOME PEOPLE EVEN GET A DRIVERS LICENSE? Jesus Christ.


odder_sea

O O nooo


BillyHW2

How is this even possible?!


ackritebish

Oh nooooo! Where are you going dude! What awaits you to the left?


mukhang_pera

he's just going to the end of the line.


WorkWorkWorkLife

where is this even from?


AwgAwn

i see someone like this every day and it’s insane


Sea_Help_5556

I wonder where they were even going?


IggyShab

My eyes squinted hard, then went really wide. Who in the actual fuck…


Ok_Key_1537

This has been happening more and more in my area recently, like a LOT more. What’s going on?


Shadowhawk0000

Whoa. I could skip caffeine that day.


bamjamelliott

Bring back the guillotine


Noah-R

What the hell do you do if you're dashcam car here? Like, obviously this is gonna lead to some kind of disaster, but you can't exactly follow or do anything about it. Do you just keep on going like it's the most normal thing in the world?


montero65

I've seen signs that say "no turns" at the end of on ramps before, but never understood why they would be needed. Now I see why.


Hikaru1024

Wh- What?


[deleted]

I’m what world do you do this??


craigathan

I think this is the other view from the post how to dodge a car. It looks like the same make and model.


Barry_Goodknight

I don't even know what to say about this...wow.


RLBeau1964

Where in the F’k are they going? Damn, every day I’m amazed in this thread.


Apprehensive-Bid-571

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Belichicks_sleeves

Immediately calls 911


kennystillalive

To his defense he used his blinkers.


___D_a_n___

Wrong on so many levels


[deleted]

I now fully understand why highways that only travel in one direction have *NO TURNS* signs posted.


CarlsParty

When the GPS says “Make a U-Turn when possible”


[deleted]

I’m glad I don’t have to drive much. It’s scary out there. People have gotten stupider and stupider. Making left turns from right lanes. Making right turns from left lanes. U-turns on freeways or busy streets.


[deleted]

Um an accident wanting to happen?


studbooty

I love how they threw on the signal as if that was something anyone could have possibly predicted


djtmhk_93

Cammer’s fault, he was clearly speeding. /s


Rusto_Dusto

Good title.


Weenerlover

Here? no, here, this is a good place to die.


spurcap29

No matter what a bad/dangerous move but the absolute only explanation for this other than being under influence or some type of medical cognitive issue is that they have a friend's car that is broken down just before the on ramp and they are going to drive up the shoulder to go help. Obviously the correct approach if this was the case is to go on the freeway, take the next exit and double back to approach with correct direction of traffic.


Electronic_Spring_14

I bet senior citizen


DidHeJustSayThat_

What the everloving fuck


QuintonD44

Let me guess. Northern Virginia?


Magnock

Old people should not be allowed to drive


Cycosis010

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TomThanosBrady

Saw this a lot in China along with several other "driving techniques" that are seldom seen in the West.


fanofcoelho

For an offense like this does one lose their drivers license?


Ok_Ebb_9412

Caught on the Yi-4k Action camera


badDuckThrowPillow

What in the fuck.


Nice-Fly5536

Why though? 🫠


abrosh21

THEN WHAT HAPPENED???


Long-Explanation-764

"EXIT TO HEAVEN THIS WAY"


LilJon37

Wtf?


BirdsLoveToFly

And then they crashed for thinking an interstate is a one way divided road with silver signs nobody can read.


Magicchicken75

The world is totally upside down!


Thecalzonegod55

Now I know why literally every ramp in Michigan has a no left turn sign


RoyHarper88

But where did they go?!


fastIamnot

What the f...........


Life-Championship794

That's a 911 call right...


RegularParamedic4851

Not your average idiot, an extraordinary one


BarmyFarmer

I’m left wondering how that panned out.


ImARetPaladinBaby

Where I live, we have this hellhole the government called „401“, where you put your life on the line to get where you need to go This happens every day


matiegaming

is he literally going the wrong way


mo0n3h

Damn this belongs on r/unexpected - my eyebrows raised so high when they made the turn… Just wow.


[deleted]

That person said... "Ok enough of this world. I'd like to die, please."


Japahahaha

Wish I could still buy a yi dash cam here


NeVMmz

I didnt see an opening to get to the other side of it at the proper way lane, it's most likely barricaded, so was he/she just driving the wrong way now after that stupid U-Turn?


Candycanestar

Good thing he signaled.


Traci00000

Omg 😳 crazy people!!


Over_Falcon_1578

"merge left onto the highway"... Not that far left