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Being A Nice Driver - Problems And Dangers Of Excess Courtesy

Thank you to Youtube channel: How To Drive in Los Angeles, for allowing me the use of his close call clip. Check out his channel! https://bit.ly/2MH4WXc Don't be a nice driver, be a sensible driver. And what I mean by a nice driver, is the overly courteous driver who gives up their right-of-way when it's not necessary and doesn't actually make any sense to do it, or when it actually causes a hazardous situation. Being overly nice in this way usually causes more problems than it tries to solve. But some instances of being nice make sense and aren't dangerous. First example. You're in stop and slow traffic, but you decide to leave a gap in front of you so that a driver coming out of this driveway can turn right. It makes sense because you're already stopped because of backed up traffic and there's no danger of his hitting a vehicle he can't see coming because he's not crossing anyone else's path. Second example. You're on a multi-lane roadway and someone ahead of you wants to change lanes, so they put their turn signal on. If letting them change lanes in front of you only requires taking your foot off the gas and slowing down slightly or maintaining your speed and you have nobody tailgating you, that makes sense and is not likely putting you in danger of being rear-ended, because you're not hitting the brakes for your good deed. But there are far more instances when being nice, causes more harm than good. Like this driver here who gave up their right-of-way to an oncoming driver intending to turn left across two lanes. The rightmost lane the turning driver had no clear view of. Or this ignorant man that waved another driver over here to turn left, that had no view of traffic coming from his right. In both of these examples, being nice was a set up for extreme danger, and was also the fault of the driver turning. It's been claimed that you could be partially financially liable in the event an accident occurs, if you encourage a driver to turn blindly. If this driver had been stopping short of the intersection for the sake of not blocking it, then that would be legit, because blocking an intersection is generally illegal. However, there was no stopped traffic in front of him and he came to a complete stop unexpectedly, to allow this driver to turn left. Not only did he risk being rear-ended, but his stopping in this case was illegal, and he could've been cited for impeding traffic. Even more dangerous to do on a freeway at high speeds. Like this one who practically stops on the freeway to let not one, but three drivers go. This could've lead to a pileup crash. Here's a similar scenario. This driver wants to turn out of this driveway. There's a green light ahead. But this genius decides to stop traffic to let the other driver turn out. The problem is, every driver behind her will now miss the light and be delayed unnecessarily. Her niceness was illogical and not beneficial in the big picture. In order to help one driver, she inconveniences multiple drivers behind her. The net effect, more people disrupted than assisted. She interrupted the expected flow of traffic. Being overly nice also often causes confusion. The rules of the road exist for a reason. These laws establish order and structure to traffic flow. They dictate who must yield to whom under particular circumstances. They create an expectation among drivers on the road about what they and other drivers on the road are supposed to do and when, so that there is no confusion and drivers can reasonably predict what the other will do, and for as safe a driving system as possible. Therefore, to invent your own alternative right-of-way rules as you go along, is absolutely foolish and defeats the purpose of having traffic laws in the first place. Here's an aggravating example. The driver across from us intends to turn left, and is required by law to yield to traffic going straight. But when the light turns green, she gives up her right-of-way. If you want to be a nice driver, do so by following the rules of the road and taking your right-of-way unless you have to give it up. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ FACEBOOK FAN PAGE:   / baddriversofnapavalley   TWITTER PAGE:   / baddriversnapa   GOOGLE PLUS PAGE: https://plus.google.com/u/0/116213000... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ATTRIBUTIONS: Cat graphic Creator: Snapwing Falcon    / @snapwingfalcon   A Mission - Scoring Action by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...) Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-... Artist: http://incompetech.com/ Fluffing a Duck by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...) Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-... Artist: http://incompetech.com/