New Fad in SoCal....stopping 2 or 3 cars behind at a stoplight... (1 Viewer)

[FiredMartz]

Man...this is driving me crazy....most intersections in LA/OC are four lanes wide, all sides....one left turn lane , one right turn lane, 2 in the center for straight.

People now are stopping 2 or 3 car lengths BEHIND the car in front of them while waiting for the light....staring at their phones....and this causes backup so you can't get into the shorter, left turn lanes. Also, you come to a light and are waaaay back and think, no way I'm making it through this light...and you don't..

I saw it start during covid... and laughed it off as people being dumb thinking getting cars close was gunna transmit?.....but it's now happening like crazy, as people sit there on their phones ....afraid to pull up!!

Anyone else seeing this in larger cities?????

 

[SWC]

if they backed into that position terminals head might explode take that to the bank brohans

 

[arrow1]

I wonder how many tickets get issued for using phones while driving. I bet not enough.

 

[Runkle]

Bet it's because that's where the shade is. No one wants to wait through a full red light in the blinding sun.

 

[Scoresman]

Havent noticed this in the Northwest. What is the reasoning behind doing this?

I do notice people are taking longer to start moving once a light turns green which is infuriating here with how poorly the stoplights are timed. I attributed this to everyone being high here.

 

[Sammy3469]

Havent noticed this in the Northwest. What is the reasoning behind doing this?

I do notice people are taking longer to start moving once a light turns green which is infuriating here with how poorly the stoplights are timed. I attributed this to everyone being high here.

I think some of it is due to the number of electric vehicles. Between the driver assist, the way they roll to stop, their acceleration, and other factors, closing up closer to the car behind you isn't as advantageous.

 

[Todem]

People in general…..suuuuuuuuck.

I got over that fact during covid.

Not wasting my precious energy worrying about all the suuuuuuck this society has turned into.

 

[nirad3]

Man...this is driving me crazy....most intersections in LA/OC are four lanes wide, all sides....one left turn lane , one right turn lane, 2 in the center for straight.

People now are stopping 2 or 3 car lengths BEHIND the car in front of them while waiting for the light....staring at their phones....and this causes backup so you can't get into the shorter, left turn lanes. Also, you come to a light and are waaaay back and think, no way I'm making it through this light...and you don't..

I saw it start during covid... and laughed it off as people being dumb thinking getting cars close was gunna transmit?.....but it's now happening like crazy, as people sit there on their phones ....afraid to pull up!!

Anyone else seeing this in larger cities?????

SoCal here, too. And yup I've seen this. Similar corollary, dolts in the left-turn lane that wait until the car ahead of them has basically completed their left turn onto the perpendicular street to go and do their turn. It's likely because these morons are on their phones and don't realize the car ahead of them is that far ahead. I can't tell you how many left turn arrows I've missed because of these idiots.

 

[Al Czervik]

I see it here in Michigan too. Makes no sense. I'm always templated to pull into the opening in front of them when I'm in the adjacent lane.

 

[DA RAIDERS]

Haven’t noticed this. But I’m going to start doing it.

 

[El Floppo]

I hate people.

- YouTube

Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

youtu.be

 

[MTskibum]

Not quite the same thing, but i drive on lots of roads that have stoplights and 50+ mph traffic. If I am the last car I will leave over a car length in front of me, so that if i do get rear ended I don't get smashed up into the next car. I am worried someone will not be paying attention behind me.

Once I get 1-2 cars behind me, then i pull up to a more traditional distance behind the car in front of me.

It could be a safety thing?

 

[DA RAIDERS]

Not quite the same thing, but i drive on lots of roads that have stoplights and 50+ mph traffic. If I am the last car I will leave over a car length in front of me, so that if i do get rear ended I don't get smashed up into the next car. I am worried someone will not be paying attention behind me.

Once I get 1-2 cars behind me, then i pull up to a more traditional distance behind the car in front of me.

It could be a safety thing?

We are supposed to stop where we can see the tires of the car in front of us. But no one does. ETA: except in @FiredMartz land

 

[Gally]

Man...this is driving me crazy....most intersections in LA/OC are four lanes wide, all sides....one left turn lane , one right turn lane, 2 in the center for straight.

People now are stopping 2 or 3 car lengths BEHIND the car in front of them while waiting for the light....staring at their phones....and this causes backup so you can't get into the shorter, left turn lanes. Also, you come to a light and are waaaay back and think, no way I'm making it through this light...and you don't..

I saw it start during covid... and laughed it off as people being dumb thinking getting cars close was gunna transmit?.....but it's now happening like crazy, as people sit there on their phones ....afraid to pull up!!

Anyone else seeing this in larger cities?????

take it to the pet peeves thread. Mods can we get this merged...haha

 

[JohnnyU]

Cal was the first clue

 

[Uruk-Hai]

Based on my 25 years of being here.......O/U 190 pages for this thread

 

[JohnnyU]

Based on my 25 years of being here.......O/U 190 pages for this thread

dog years

 

[B Maverick]

2-3 car lengths is A LOT. I've seen 1/2 a car to 1 car length in my parts of OC but nothing bigger.

 

[Zeppelin]

Not quite the same thing, but i drive on lots of roads that have stoplights and 50+ mph traffic. If I am the last car I will leave over a car length in front of me, so that if i do get rear ended I don't get smashed up into the next car. I am worried someone will not be paying attention behind me.

Once I get 1-2 cars behind me, then i pull up to a more traditional distance behind the car in front of me.

It could be a safety thing?

If it was a safety thing they wouldn't be looking at their phones.

 

[MTskibum]

Not quite the same thing, but i drive on lots of roads that have stoplights and 50+ mph traffic. If I am the last car I will leave over a car length in front of me, so that if i do get rear ended I don't get smashed up into the next car. I am worried someone will not be paying attention behind me.

Once I get 1-2 cars behind me, then i pull up to a more traditional distance behind the car in front of me.

It could be a safety thing?

If it was a safety thing they wouldn't be looking at their phones.

I see people on their phones at intersections, but without the large gap in front of them.

 

[JohnnyU]

Not quite the same thing, but i drive on lots of roads that have stoplights and 50+ mph traffic. If I am the last car I will leave over a car length in front of me, so that if i do get rear ended I don't get smashed up into the next car. I am worried someone will not be paying attention behind me.

Once I get 1-2 cars behind me, then i pull up to a more traditional distance behind the car in front of me.

It could be a safety thing?

If it was a safety thing they wouldn't be looking at their phones.

I see people on their phones at intersections, but without the large gap in front of them.

I remember when people wouldn’t drink and drive because they didn’t want to spill their beer.

 

[MTskibum]

Not quite the same thing, but i drive on lots of roads that have stoplights and 50+ mph traffic. If I am the last car I will leave over a car length in front of me, so that if i do get rear ended I don't get smashed up into the next car. I am worried someone will not be paying attention behind me.

Once I get 1-2 cars behind me, then i pull up to a more traditional distance behind the car in front of me.

It could be a safety thing?

If it was a safety thing they wouldn't be looking at their phones.

I see people on their phones at intersections, but without the large gap in front of them.

I remember when people wouldn’t drink and drive because they didn’t want to spill their beer.

I am just stating that leaving the large gap and being on their phone may not be mutually exclusive.

Leaving a large gap in front of you when people want to squeeze by is a jerk move, I agree though.


Also when I was in my 20's in Montana it was legal to drink and drive, along with no speed limit. They didn't ban drinking and driving until 2005.

Montana's Open Container Law | Montana Department of Transportation (MDT)

www.mdt.mt.gov

 

[Terminalxylem]

Havent noticed this in the Northwest. What is the reasoning behind doing this?

I do notice people are taking longer to start moving once a light turns green which is infuriating here with how poorly the stoplights are timed. I attributed this to everyone being high here.

I think some of it is due to the number of electric vehicles. Between the driver assist, the way they roll to stop, their acceleration, and other factors, closing up closer to the car behind you isn't as advantageous.

I was thinking the same. Driving with one pedal makes stopping a little less precise.

 

[Terminalxylem]

if they backed into that position terminals head might explode take that to the bank brohans

I’m sure it’s muuuuuuuch safer than the way most people stop.

 

[zamboni]

Should be more specific on car lengths - are we talking Yugos or Oldsmobile Cutlasses?

 

[JohnnyU]

The only reason for this is to be able to look at their phone and lesson the probability of rear ending someone. I’ve never understood the need to look at a phone all the time. The addiction is out of control. Or should I say the dopamine rush they get with an incoming message is out of control.

 

[Runkle]

Every car in SoCal is a Tesla that their drivers have put all their faith in full self driving, so they're happy to look at their phone all the time. Probably one of the main selling points... "Buy a tesla and you never have to look away from your iphone".

 

[FiredMartz]

Should be more specific on car lengths - are we talking Yugos or Oldsmobile Cutlasses?

I see you there wise guy....even 3 Yugo lengths is tooo much

 

[Alex P Keaton]

Havent noticed this in the Northwest. What is the reasoning behind doing this?

I do notice people are taking longer to start moving once a light turns green which is infuriating here with how poorly the stoplights are timed. I attributed this to everyone being high here.

I think some of it is due to the number of electric vehicles. Between the driver assist, the way they roll to stop, their acceleration, and other factors, closing up closer to the car behind you isn't as advantageous.

Advantageous? Huh? The whole point is that’s how you drive a car in traffic. You don’t leave 2-3 car lengths open.

The only way to combat this is to cut in front of these maroons, and that’s what I’m doing from this moment on.