Occasionally when you’re driving, you’ll make a mistake and perhaps need to adjust and it can create some awkward situations. Like today, my dad ended up in the wrong lane to go straight instead of turn at a light. He had to cut in line to make sure we could go the right way. It’d be nice if we could communicate “sorry, I screwed up. Excuse me. I just need to slip in there.”

Right now all we have for inter car communication is the horn, which has kind of an aggressive implication to it. This is for trying to de-escalate potential road rage.

  • hirihit640@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    46·
    3 days ago

    Endangered life? Where did OP say they endangered someone’s life? It could have been a lane change in stopped traffic. Which is 100% safe, albeit a bit annoying to the person you cut off. I assume OP knows the difference between annoying and unsafe.

      • hirihit640@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        14·
        3 days ago

        If the lane next to you has stopped traffic, but you cut into a gap between cars and edge in as the traffic begins to move again, that is an “invasive” but also 100% safe move.

        It sounds like you’ve never driven before.

        • sem@piefed.blahaj.zoneEnglish
          2·
          2 days ago

          What is invasive about that, and why would you have to say sorry? It doesn’t sound dangerous is everyone is stopped at the same light.

          It is not a “sorry” horn, but flashing your hazards once or twice is how to say “thank you” to the car behind you that lets you in.

          • hirihit640@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
            1·
            2 days ago

            Well ideally you would change lanes where you have ample space to just fit in without impacting the traffic. Cutting in stopped traffic is more chaotic. But I agree that I don’t think it’s a big deal

        • AAA@feddit.org
          41·
          3 days ago

          Use “safe lane change” then, maybe? Instead of making up scenarios afterwards, where invasive equals safe.

          But I feel you have a problem admitting mistakes in general, not just when it comes to traffic.

          If you think I don’t drive, I think you shouldn’t drive.

          • hirihit640@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
            22·
            3 days ago

            The word “invasive” doesn’t even matter here. That was a word you introduced and I was just using it too. But if you want, we can use OP’s terminology. OP said cut in line, you responded saying not to do that, and I’m saying that it’s fine and can be totally safe.

            • AAA@feddit.org
              3·
              3 days ago

              Please read the comment chain again if you think I used the term first, lol. u/sunsofold used it, you used it, and only then I entered the discussion.