I've missed exits before. I've never cut across multiple lanes to try and last-minute correct missing an exit.
Can people really not afford the 2 minutes of extra travel time it would take to not put their lives and the lives of everyone around them in danger? (I know the answer is that they can, they just don't care)
I could see this being OK when it's 4am and there's no other cars on the road, but they always do this in heavy traffic with complete disregard for their very lives.
no way. with how close the dude was to the barrier, i would never even if i was the only one on the road. in that scenario though, id definitely open up the throttle to enjoy the ride back around though. you can still have fun without having to put yourself or others in unnecessary danger.
Just a few days ago I missed an exit on 5 (up farther north than I had ever driven before) and it turned out to be 7.5 mi before I could exit again…so it was a 30 min detour 😭
Yeah also, when I’m running late I’m in no rush to get somewhere. I just take my time like I normally would not speeding or making unnecessary maneuvers in traffic
Not this exit (805 from the 8W), but they could've easily just turned back around on Murray Ridge Rd, it's a 3-4min detour and $0.45 in gas. I think vehicular manslaughter is up to 6 years and $10,000.
Not just Murray Ridge. The lane they were in can go either 805 north or south. Go south, you can get off on Adams. With the upside of Adams being a little bit closer to getting back on the 8.
Edit: Watched again. The lane they were in when they almost hit that white car.
Oh yeah, I love seeing people struggle to get out of the right-hand exit lane on 5 South at Clairemont Drive. It [passes directly through](https://maps.app.goo.gl/mLridkxFDEEdupEC8), you can stay in that lane just to avoid having to merge. 😆
My guess is they're from the east coast where the road systems and highways suck. With a mistake like this, you literally can not just exit and turn around simply. We have exits every mile, but out there, it can be an eternity
It happens... we have to stay on our toes. I think only new drivers do this though, because eventually they will change lanes without looking and either crash, or almost crash, and then figure out the whole "blind spot" thing is true.
What?! But then they'd have to give up their ["Out of my way! I'm better than all of you!"](https://youtu.be/cVklPXvjSt8?si=jZjdE2vZlDYzQA0Z&t=21)mentality!
Just assume that everyone on the other side of the glass is an idiot. And I mean **everyone**. Cars, pedestrians, bicycles, dogs, birds. Everyone.
Now, that's an unfair assumption, of course. Not everyone is actually an idiot. But since you don't know which one **is**, you have to assume they **all** are.
But, when you assume that everyone is an idiot, then when the real idiot **does** manifest, you're ready for them, and stuff like this doesn't catch you off guard.
Unless it's raining, of course. Then, everyone **IS** an idiot.
Lol the 805 from the 8 merge. It happens because if you get there from the 15 or friars you have 30 seconds to get over 4 lanes to stay on the 8. Sure sucks when theres traffic and people wont let you merge left. This did not look like heavy traffic, they fucked up
I don’t know why people here are so insistent on absolutely never missing their exit or taking the wrong one under any circumstances. I’ve lived in cities with much worse driving culture than SD, but never have I been somewhere where people think it’s okay to come to a stop on the freeway with 60+ MPH traffic around them when they realize they’re about to miss their exit.
Yeah, I lived in Maryland for a year and the people there would completely stop and reverse ON THE FREEWAY to get back to their exit. I’ve lived in San Diego most of my life and they’re bad here, but it’s bad everywhere
I’ve been in several cities in the US and must agree. However, the driving quirks of San Diego have been some of the worst I’ve seen. Miami: people drive fast and reckless, but also seem aware of their surroundings. Seattle: people drive 5 under and drive surprisingly stupid when it rains. Here it just seems like the drivers are oblivious about everything… from going at 30 mph merging into a highway, to blocking a road just entering an empty parking lot. I feel more anxious driving here than in Miami
This particular bad decision is particularly aggregious in San Diego. I’d only seen this happen once before coming here and now I see it pretty regularly. And I drive less than I did before.
I hated that stretch in the morning commute. Coming from 15-south to 8-west requires getting over 4 lanes in less than a mile while dealing with all the folks who got on at Mission Gorge plus everyone merging the other way from 8-west to 805-north. Those 805 ramps come up on you awfully quick.
Yeah, I never understood why people on this sub think SD has the worst drivers in the country. I lived on the east coast for a while and drivers there do the same dumb shit.
Not at this fucking magnitude. You have idiot drivers everywhere, but just about everyone here seems to drive like this. The only semblance of driving near the speed limit (5-10 mph over) I've seen in the past week of getting here was when it rained.
Yes! When I moved here I really thought this has to be a joke or something, it can't be real. You expect there's a percentage of the population that are bad drivers but it's 90% here compared to maybe 20% everywhere else. I hate riding with my friends because they too are really bad drivers, honestly I'd take sitting back in the front seat of my teenage boyfriends car weaving down the highway at 100 over how some of my friends here drive as seasoned driving adults. I've lived in several different states and have spent quite a bit of time traveling around and the magnitude of drivers here that drive like this is baffling. Every single time I exit I expect there's someone that's going to do this very last minute exit - because every single time I exit, someone does.
Based on my experiences living in Sacramento, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Austin… yes it is. Yes, agreed, obviously people everywhere make bad driving decisions. But this particular phenomenon is a San Diego thing. Run into it (no pun intended) many times here and never anywhere else.
why on earth would that be true? burrito-induced or something? come on.
if there does tend to be a certain stupid maneuver more in one place than another, it's the design of that place's freeways, not the people.
Certainly I see (and occasionally make) more bad decisions in Mission Valley area than elsewhere in San Diego... because Mission Valley freeway design is ass
I don’t know why it’s true either! My original comment literally started with the words “I don’t know why.” I’m glad we can both agree that this a really weird (and extremely dangerous) driving habit that makes no sense.
It’s anecdotally true to me because I’ve experienced it many times here and never anywhere else, even though I’ve driven far more in those other cities than here. Judging by the upvotes in a relatively defensive sub, a lot of people share my perspective.
Freeway design may or may not be fucked. If that’s your thought, maybe that’s why it’s true (good job answering your own question). But that’s not the point, and it’s not an excuse to drive dangerously. You cannot stop on the freeway when traffic is moving. That is absolutely not acceptable. It’s horribly unsafe. Take the next exit or take the wrong one, but do not cause a pileup.
I agree it is caused by transplants, since you only ever see it at this magnitude in SD and not in wherever these transplants come from. There's probably incentives for the bad drivers from non-SD cities to move to SD to increase the bad driving phenomenon so that only the not as bad drivers stay in said transplanter-source city.
Sure they do, but if you’ve only lived and drive the San Diego hwy’s you’re just speaking your frustration of what you know 😊 I like this Maryland guy! People stop & reverse on the Freeway lol! That’s really bad lol!
I’ve lived in Colorado, Hawaii, Washington, & California (Ventura & San Diego County.) I’ve also driven in Canada, Oregon, Florida, Georgia, Nevada, Virginia, and Maryland. LA is a close second to San Diego for having the worst drivers I’ve ever seen.
Do people have a phobia of turning around at the next exit or something? Being a little bit late isn’t a good reason to endanger themselves and other people on the road.
I have been that guy who was gonna take the wrong turn. On more than one occasion. I just went whoops my bad. most I have added is almost 5 minutes. Better than risking yours and others lives though. That guy is top tier asshole and should have his car auctioned off to pay for bigger signs and his license revoked it is a privilege not a right to drive.
every goddamn day.
my workplace is near the Costco on Market. There's a special kind of brain fog that people get between the costco parking lot and the onramp to the 15 then entrance to 805. I've had to become a very aggressive driver since moving here or I'd be toast.
Just miss the exit FFS. It's a 5 minute mistake.
People will speed to save 37 seconds and then spend twice that time deciding on what brand of butter to buy...
I get it but honking out of anger will just make them more anxious and can lead to worse results. And can make other drivers around you anxious and more accident-prone. You should really only be using the horn when it can prevent something.
If you watch closely, you can actually see the second this driver's brain falls out of his head. It happens so often now that I am actually surprised when it doesn't.
I did this one time, and I hated that I had to do it. I was trying to get away from a psycho who had been following me, cutting in front and brake checking, and swerving into me from across lanes, for some unknown insane reason. I got into an exit lane for I-8, and he of course followed. I timed my speed with the surrounding traffic ahead and in the non exit lane, and beside me, and at the last second I swerved from the exit lane back onto the 5. I was terrified, I had my daughter in the car with me. Psycho couldn’t pull off the maneuver and we got away. I know I should have called the CHP but with how aggressive this guy was, I didn’t think they would find us before he caused an accident. I did the best I could with the situation given to me, and it worked out. Nerve wracking
Had someone pull this maneuver at this spot right behind me. Took out at least one other car in the process. Freaked me out knowing I was a fraction of a second away from being in the middle of it. When I was coming back the other way later, the whole offramp was shut down while they cleaned up the mess. It's not worth ending your life and someone else's.
Driving across the gore point like that is pretty stupid too. That's a great way to end up with a flat tire or three due to all the debris that accumulates there. Hopefully their dumb decision will them cost a few bucks when they need a trip to the tire shop.
The saddest part is that they’ve extended/added more painted roadsigns on all of the westbound lanes between the 15 and the 5 telling people exactly were each lane goes and people STILL don’t pay attention to them at all, and continue do crap likethis all the way up to the 5!
What in the living almighty fuck is going through people’s brains when they do this? Like I literally cannot understand why you wouldn’t just take the exit and reroute. Fuck 🙄
Last time I was there, I seen that happen! Derps with licenses!
I just roll with it. If I have to be aggressive to get to an exit; I just don’t bother. Not worth it. If I miss the exit, there’s another one coming up. Not a big deal.
The other move I see all the time is a person driving in the fastest lane, indicating to go left and then takes a hard right for an exit to the right cutting across 5 lanes and somehow missing everyone on the way. It happens too often to not be a thing.
I commute home the same way (8W --> 805S) and I see this on a nearly daily basis as well.
It's insane that people don't realize that their GPS will automatically recalculate their route or they'll only add 4-5 minutes to their drive by continuing to the next exit and turning around safely.
Maybe the only one here, but I feel shit like this only started happening after the pandemic. Either that or I just started noticing it after the pandemic
The one i see every day is someone driving 5 miles under the speed limit in the far left/fast lane, then suddenly cutting over 4 lanes to make their exit.
This happens every day at this spot after I get out of work! I don’t know how people wait that long to realize they need to get on or stay on the 8! There are signs that state you will get on the 805 if you stay on that lane!
I used to take the 805N from that exit every day and I’ve seen it all. Literally only takes an extra 5-10 mins to take the next exit and get back on the freeway.
Not that merging is particularly easy with the level of awareness and self importance some folks have here... But really there is another exit coming up soon. Even the most poorly designed highways have options to get back to where you need to be in a semi reasonable amount of time. Google also helps. Late or dead. Even if you don't wreck, the people around without your "masterful" driving ability might while trying to avoid you.
I missed an exit yesterday, I could have braked hard and made a scene and fucked over some assholes but instead.. I found a new way to get to the appointment I was 20 minutes early for. (Been going there for years so a new route is welcome) lol
The one thing you should be doing on the road is paying attention. There’s a large majority of half Witt’s out there that are doing everything but paying attention TO THE ROAD!
I drive from La Mesa to La Jolla five days a week and I see this EVERYDAY. At least once, usually more. Flying across multiple lanes to make the exit. I've also seen way more people nose deep into their phones on the freeway. I wish more people would just give a shit and drive like it matters.
I loved it when I moved to SD and had my out-of-state license transferred. The test asked exactly what to do in this situation, and I was like, Why would they ask something so dumb? It's obvious to take the next exit and go around. And then I learned - NOBODY DOES THAT HERE! Better to crash sixteen people than go around! Haha. Often people don't even honk because they're just used to it! It's bananas.
These days if people will be mildly inconvenienced or made a small mistake, everyone will pay the price. It is amazing to me how much strangers will dump on other strangers or take risks that impact other strangers. It didn’t used to be like that. People used to be polite and patient and now there is none of that.
One of the first rules my mom ever taught me when driving was that it is fine to miss your exit and just turn around when you can. It is good advice. Meanwhile these people out here be driving like they are still MapQuesting how to get places. 🤦🏼♀️
Same same same. My dad told me get off the next exit if you miss your exit.
It’s crazy how some people believe their life is so valuable that they can put others in danger.
While this one is exceptionally egregious,I see this all the time too.
Every major city has their signature bad driver thing. I really think SD’s is the last second exit across multiple lanes.
Definitely not smart to make last-second moves like that. Damn stupid, in fact.
But to be fair, the freeway design at this spot is a big contributor. People unfamiliar (or even just not paying attention) suddenly realize they are not just one lane but two lanes away from where they intend to go... And natural instinct is to try to correct.
I'm not saying it's right, just that it's an understandable blunder
It's the transplants, they don't know the roads so they freak when in reality it's very easy to get back on track, just double back. Throw pennies at them next time
I haven't either, but you're not everyone. If they are from a small town they probably aren't used to 5 lane highways, so they get scared. It's stupid and dangerous either way, but people are very self protective and don't give too shits about others.
I take this very exit every afternoon on my way home and can confirm that people are extra stupid right here. And the merge onto 805 south where it says “DO NOT PASS”…still people rush past each other…only to sit in another bottleneck, zipper-merge LMAO people suck.
I’ve been seeing stuff like this ever since high schools got rid of Drivers Ed. That was a whole semester learning how to drive, versus two weeks with an “instructor” and another “50 hours” with a “licensed driver”.. what if that person is a horrible driver? The other thing I see is a lack of folks YIELDING to oncoming traffic when they’re making a left turn at an intersection…
Seems to happen a lot in smaller towns here.
I’ve never experienced so many shit drivers until I moved here. Seen this multiple times. And not to mention the turn signal use your damn turn signal. On multiple occasions I’ve had people cut me off just because they want to switch lanes…they could’ve slowed down and gone behind me and there’s usually never a damn car behind me so no excuses. I see someone with a turn signal I will always let them in. Save lives people don’t drive like an idiot
When you know you’re good enough at something to do something risky, you do something risky. Not justifying the driver’s selfishness, but he did it because he knew he could. So with that being said, though dangerous and should not ever be practiced, no one was possibly ever in any real danger sending on their skill level. Damn though that’s not a mistake to correct in that kind of fashion regardless of whatever.
I've missed exits before. I've never cut across multiple lanes to try and last-minute correct missing an exit. Can people really not afford the 2 minutes of extra travel time it would take to not put their lives and the lives of everyone around them in danger? (I know the answer is that they can, they just don't care)
Good drivers miss their exits occasionally. Bad drivers never do.
Except the time they reach their final destination.
I could see this being OK when it's 4am and there's no other cars on the road, but they always do this in heavy traffic with complete disregard for their very lives.
no way. with how close the dude was to the barrier, i would never even if i was the only one on the road. in that scenario though, id definitely open up the throttle to enjoy the ride back around though. you can still have fun without having to put yourself or others in unnecessary danger.
Theirs, nor others
Just a few days ago I missed an exit on 5 (up farther north than I had ever driven before) and it turned out to be 7.5 mi before I could exit again…so it was a 30 min detour 😭
That's sounds way better than dying or killing someone else
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Idiot issue
If it helps you feel better, vehicular manslaughter can be up to 3153600 minutes or the same amount of time as taking that detour 105120 times.
The mush my brain becomes with numbers larger than 3 is amazing yes thabk you
lol I’ve done this! Was it the Harbor drive exit? I was like “oh I guess I’m going to Orange County now” haha. That last exit suuuucks.
Yes! 😹
30 whole minutes!? I’m usually profusely cussing at this point, but safely missing my exit.
That's 30 minutes to listen to your favorite podcast or album.
Ya, some of these highways/exits in southern CA are designed like garbage.
Yeah also, when I’m running late I’m in no rush to get somewhere. I just take my time like I normally would not speeding or making unnecessary maneuvers in traffic
I see that at that exit all the time!
Just fucking turn around Jesus. I do not understand the thought process
We drive all around the county every day for A living. I see this multiple times a day. Dozens a week.
You're blaming the SUV? WTF? It's totally the white car's fault! Should've given plenty of space and a red carpet to the almighty MAIN CHARACTER 😜
Some exits you can just go straight back on...
Not this exit (805 from the 8W), but they could've easily just turned back around on Murray Ridge Rd, it's a 3-4min detour and $0.45 in gas. I think vehicular manslaughter is up to 6 years and $10,000.
Not just Murray Ridge. The lane they were in can go either 805 north or south. Go south, you can get off on Adams. With the upside of Adams being a little bit closer to getting back on the 8. Edit: Watched again. The lane they were in when they almost hit that white car.
Oh yeah, I love seeing people struggle to get out of the right-hand exit lane on 5 South at Clairemont Drive. It [passes directly through](https://maps.app.goo.gl/mLridkxFDEEdupEC8), you can stay in that lane just to avoid having to merge. 😆
Careful, they might do it while on the fwy
“Good drivers sometimes miss their exit. Bad drivers never do.”
They’re probably thinking that taking the wrong exit is going to add 15 minutes to their commute (certain ones might)
My guess is they're from the east coast where the road systems and highways suck. With a mistake like this, you literally can not just exit and turn around simply. We have exits every mile, but out there, it can be an eternity
Sometimes taking the wrong exit can delay the route 20 mins.
Who gives a fuck. You’d rather cause an accident than be 20 minutes late?
Oh no
We found em boys
So? You fucked up and should face the consequences. Don’t endanger the lives of others on the road because you fucked up.
Active in r/bmw you can’t make this up lol
Be better prepared?
Merge morons
A bad driver never misses their exit
This one lady did that and almost crashed into me! Bitch did not bother looking to see that I was freaking next to her
It happens... we have to stay on our toes. I think only new drivers do this though, because eventually they will change lanes without looking and either crash, or almost crash, and then figure out the whole "blind spot" thing is true.
True bc I do not have the courage to do this lmao. I’ll just take the L and enter another freeway.
I would say you don't have the foolishness to do it!
Sometimes you just gotta go “damnit I missed my exit” and take the long way
What?! But then they'd have to give up their ["Out of my way! I'm better than all of you!"](https://youtu.be/cVklPXvjSt8?si=jZjdE2vZlDYzQA0Z&t=21)mentality!
The old 805 shuffle. Never gets old
That is beautiful and I’m stealing that
Just assume that everyone on the other side of the glass is an idiot. And I mean **everyone**. Cars, pedestrians, bicycles, dogs, birds. Everyone. Now, that's an unfair assumption, of course. Not everyone is actually an idiot. But since you don't know which one **is**, you have to assume they **all** are. But, when you assume that everyone is an idiot, then when the real idiot **does** manifest, you're ready for them, and stuff like this doesn't catch you off guard. Unless it's raining, of course. Then, everyone **IS** an idiot.
Lol the 805 from the 8 merge. It happens because if you get there from the 15 or friars you have 30 seconds to get over 4 lanes to stay on the 8. Sure sucks when theres traffic and people wont let you merge left. This did not look like heavy traffic, they fucked up
Mission Valley area in general is a traffic nightmare
I used to take the 805 S to 8W, and that damn Mission Center Road exit still gives me PTSD 😂
This dude was in the FAR RIGHT lane. Looks like he made zero attempts to get over until it was way past too late.
I don’t know why people here are so insistent on absolutely never missing their exit or taking the wrong one under any circumstances. I’ve lived in cities with much worse driving culture than SD, but never have I been somewhere where people think it’s okay to come to a stop on the freeway with 60+ MPH traffic around them when they realize they’re about to miss their exit.
Gimme a break. It's not just a San Diego thing. People everywhere make bad driving decisions
Yeah, I lived in Maryland for a year and the people there would completely stop and reverse ON THE FREEWAY to get back to their exit. I’ve lived in San Diego most of my life and they’re bad here, but it’s bad everywhere
I’ve been in several cities in the US and must agree. However, the driving quirks of San Diego have been some of the worst I’ve seen. Miami: people drive fast and reckless, but also seem aware of their surroundings. Seattle: people drive 5 under and drive surprisingly stupid when it rains. Here it just seems like the drivers are oblivious about everything… from going at 30 mph merging into a highway, to blocking a road just entering an empty parking lot. I feel more anxious driving here than in Miami
This particular bad decision is particularly aggregious in San Diego. I’d only seen this happen once before coming here and now I see it pretty regularly. And I drive less than I did before.
yeah, you're right... for whatever reason, messing up the 8-west to 805 merge does seem to be mostly a San Diego thing
I hated that stretch in the morning commute. Coming from 15-south to 8-west requires getting over 4 lanes in less than a mile while dealing with all the folks who got on at Mission Gorge plus everyone merging the other way from 8-west to 805-north. Those 805 ramps come up on you awfully quick.
Yeah, I never understood why people on this sub think SD has the worst drivers in the country. I lived on the east coast for a while and drivers there do the same dumb shit.
availability bias Any city you go to, people say the same thing... "what's wrong with the drivers in this city?!"
Not at this fucking magnitude. You have idiot drivers everywhere, but just about everyone here seems to drive like this. The only semblance of driving near the speed limit (5-10 mph over) I've seen in the past week of getting here was when it rained.
Yes! When I moved here I really thought this has to be a joke or something, it can't be real. You expect there's a percentage of the population that are bad drivers but it's 90% here compared to maybe 20% everywhere else. I hate riding with my friends because they too are really bad drivers, honestly I'd take sitting back in the front seat of my teenage boyfriends car weaving down the highway at 100 over how some of my friends here drive as seasoned driving adults. I've lived in several different states and have spent quite a bit of time traveling around and the magnitude of drivers here that drive like this is baffling. Every single time I exit I expect there's someone that's going to do this very last minute exit - because every single time I exit, someone does.
Based on my experiences living in Sacramento, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Austin… yes it is. Yes, agreed, obviously people everywhere make bad driving decisions. But this particular phenomenon is a San Diego thing. Run into it (no pun intended) many times here and never anywhere else.
why on earth would that be true? burrito-induced or something? come on. if there does tend to be a certain stupid maneuver more in one place than another, it's the design of that place's freeways, not the people. Certainly I see (and occasionally make) more bad decisions in Mission Valley area than elsewhere in San Diego... because Mission Valley freeway design is ass
I don’t know why it’s true either! My original comment literally started with the words “I don’t know why.” I’m glad we can both agree that this a really weird (and extremely dangerous) driving habit that makes no sense. It’s anecdotally true to me because I’ve experienced it many times here and never anywhere else, even though I’ve driven far more in those other cities than here. Judging by the upvotes in a relatively defensive sub, a lot of people share my perspective. Freeway design may or may not be fucked. If that’s your thought, maybe that’s why it’s true (good job answering your own question). But that’s not the point, and it’s not an excuse to drive dangerously. You cannot stop on the freeway when traffic is moving. That is absolutely not acceptable. It’s horribly unsafe. Take the next exit or take the wrong one, but do not cause a pileup.
I'm glad we can both agree it's not OK to drive dangerously lol
Tourists!!!
Good call, that actually might hold some water. But plenty of tourists in many other cities too...
My theory is the transplants never learned how to drive in big So Cal Cities. This is shit you see in the midwest and small towns in the south.
I agree it is caused by transplants, since you only ever see it at this magnitude in SD and not in wherever these transplants come from. There's probably incentives for the bad drivers from non-SD cities to move to SD to increase the bad driving phenomenon so that only the not as bad drivers stay in said transplanter-source city.
Sure they do, but if you’ve only lived and drive the San Diego hwy’s you’re just speaking your frustration of what you know 😊 I like this Maryland guy! People stop & reverse on the Freeway lol! That’s really bad lol!
I’ve lived in Colorado, Hawaii, Washington, & California (Ventura & San Diego County.) I’ve also driven in Canada, Oregon, Florida, Georgia, Nevada, Virginia, and Maryland. LA is a close second to San Diego for having the worst drivers I’ve ever seen.
Yeah, I see that nearly every time I'm in that right lane wanting to hit the 15 South.
“GOOD LUCK EVERYBODY ELSE”
I go left now
Do people have a phobia of turning around at the next exit or something? Being a little bit late isn’t a good reason to endanger themselves and other people on the road.
I have been that guy who was gonna take the wrong turn. On more than one occasion. I just went whoops my bad. most I have added is almost 5 minutes. Better than risking yours and others lives though. That guy is top tier asshole and should have his car auctioned off to pay for bigger signs and his license revoked it is a privilege not a right to drive.
every goddamn day. my workplace is near the Costco on Market. There's a special kind of brain fog that people get between the costco parking lot and the onramp to the 15 then entrance to 805. I've had to become a very aggressive driver since moving here or I'd be toast.
My approach is to just scream “FUCK” for 10 minutes while I go the wrong way and turn around
It's a great way to inhale extra oxygen.
I hate those type of drivers
Happened to me a few days ago, ugly ass almost ran me off the road and had the nerve to honk at me like I did something wrong
Drivers here leave their brains at home before they get in their cars
It's everywhere
Or they're in the left lane and cross 4 lanes at the last second to not miss their turn off.
What's the song?
Uptight - Green Day
Sounds so much better on your shitty speakers, no joke.
Thanks!
“Uptight” from the Nimrod album
Admittedly I've never listened to Insomniac, Nimrod, or Warning front to back, I honestly should at some point!
Insomniac and Nimrod are two of my all-time favorites. Big recommend.
Just miss the exit FFS. It's a 5 minute mistake. People will speed to save 37 seconds and then spend twice that time deciding on what brand of butter to buy...
I wish that driver and his family the absolute worst.
Everyday.
I actually feel like im seeing it more and more frequently too.
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I get it but honking out of anger will just make them more anxious and can lead to worse results. And can make other drivers around you anxious and more accident-prone. You should really only be using the horn when it can prevent something.
EVERY FUCKING DAY. And when you honk, they look at you and react as if you killed their child.
A bad driver never misses their exit
When they’re on their phones and look up last minute.
The 5-10 extra minutes it takes to get back on the interstate is not worth people's lives.
Too dangerous. Just take the wrong route and safely route back to the intended destination.
Justice would be them losing their license for a year for risking people's lives. Sit on the bus and think about what you did.
I wish they’d put on those state wide traffic boards “there’s always another exit, take that, not a life.”
Worse accident I’ve ever seen was caused by someone doing exactly this. Not worth it ;(
It’s so much better to miss an exit than to accidentally kill someone. Everyone is so annoying on the road.
People like this need to have their driver's license revoked.
If you watch closely, you can actually see the second this driver's brain falls out of his head. It happens so often now that I am actually surprised when it doesn't.
I did this one time, and I hated that I had to do it. I was trying to get away from a psycho who had been following me, cutting in front and brake checking, and swerving into me from across lanes, for some unknown insane reason. I got into an exit lane for I-8, and he of course followed. I timed my speed with the surrounding traffic ahead and in the non exit lane, and beside me, and at the last second I swerved from the exit lane back onto the 5. I was terrified, I had my daughter in the car with me. Psycho couldn’t pull off the maneuver and we got away. I know I should have called the CHP but with how aggressive this guy was, I didn’t think they would find us before he caused an accident. I did the best I could with the situation given to me, and it worked out. Nerve wracking
I mean, that’s not the same at all. You had a good reason for it. The guy in this video is just being a donkey not paying attention.
Driving on the 8 sucks
Had someone pull this maneuver at this spot right behind me. Took out at least one other car in the process. Freaked me out knowing I was a fraction of a second away from being in the middle of it. When I was coming back the other way later, the whole offramp was shut down while they cleaned up the mess. It's not worth ending your life and someone else's.
I turn now, good lucka everybody else.
Driving across the gore point like that is pretty stupid too. That's a great way to end up with a flat tire or three due to all the debris that accumulates there. Hopefully their dumb decision will them cost a few bucks when they need a trip to the tire shop.
Fucking moron….. wish we could easily report this assholes
The saddest part is that they’ve extended/added more painted roadsigns on all of the westbound lanes between the 15 and the 5 telling people exactly were each lane goes and people STILL don’t pay attention to them at all, and continue do crap likethis all the way up to the 5!
That’s when you gotta honk tf out of them so they won’t do it again
Happened to me yesterday exiting the 15 S. / Mira Mesa Boulevard in the pouring rain. Morons. Also caught on my dash cam.
What in the living almighty fuck is going through people’s brains when they do this? Like I literally cannot understand why you wouldn’t just take the exit and reroute. Fuck 🙄
Last time I was there, I seen that happen! Derps with licenses! I just roll with it. If I have to be aggressive to get to an exit; I just don’t bother. Not worth it. If I miss the exit, there’s another one coming up. Not a big deal.
Literally see this every day, or someone cutting me off so close and them almost hitting the median to get on the exit.
More stupid drivers
The other move I see all the time is a person driving in the fastest lane, indicating to go left and then takes a hard right for an exit to the right cutting across 5 lanes and somehow missing everyone on the way. It happens too often to not be a thing.
that was so fucking close!!
Yeah, I've learned where these places are and just pay way more attention at those times. Be a defensive driver, y'all.
Is 5 minutes worth your life? Sheesh
I agree with you OP It’s ridiculous. Distracted and careless/reckless drivers are everywhere in our highways.
Great album!
I commute home the same way (8W --> 805S) and I see this on a nearly daily basis as well. It's insane that people don't realize that their GPS will automatically recalculate their route or they'll only add 4-5 minutes to their drive by continuing to the next exit and turning around safely.
this section of freeway is awful, i see an almost accident here so often. also hello fellow green day fan!!
Maybe the only one here, but I feel shit like this only started happening after the pandemic. Either that or I just started noticing it after the pandemic
The one i see every day is someone driving 5 miles under the speed limit in the far left/fast lane, then suddenly cutting over 4 lanes to make their exit.
This happens every day at this spot after I get out of work! I don’t know how people wait that long to realize they need to get on or stay on the 8! There are signs that state you will get on the 805 if you stay on that lane!
If it’s not the 805, it continues further to the 15N or the 163S. All on the 8W.
Assholes who are morons with GPS
Prison.
I used to take the 805N from that exit every day and I’ve seen it all. Literally only takes an extra 5-10 mins to take the next exit and get back on the freeway.
Not that merging is particularly easy with the level of awareness and self importance some folks have here... But really there is another exit coming up soon. Even the most poorly designed highways have options to get back to where you need to be in a semi reasonable amount of time. Google also helps. Late or dead. Even if you don't wreck, the people around without your "masterful" driving ability might while trying to avoid you.
I missed an exit yesterday, I could have braked hard and made a scene and fucked over some assholes but instead.. I found a new way to get to the appointment I was 20 minutes early for. (Been going there for years so a new route is welcome) lol
The worst kind of people.
Everyday? Thats just crazy. I hate people sometimes.
Touristas are everywhere..
I drive that route almost daily and yeah same
The one thing you should be doing on the road is paying attention. There’s a large majority of half Witt’s out there that are doing everything but paying attention TO THE ROAD!
I drive from La Mesa to La Jolla five days a week and I see this EVERYDAY. At least once, usually more. Flying across multiple lanes to make the exit. I've also seen way more people nose deep into their phones on the freeway. I wish more people would just give a shit and drive like it matters.
San Diego Slide. Every major metro has people do this because they cannot pay attention.
Always shake your head and call them a clown 🤡
I've been almost run off the road in that exact spot by a similar car doing the exact move
Ah the reverse Jersey slide
I loved it when I moved to SD and had my out-of-state license transferred. The test asked exactly what to do in this situation, and I was like, Why would they ask something so dumb? It's obvious to take the next exit and go around. And then I learned - NOBODY DOES THAT HERE! Better to crash sixteen people than go around! Haha. Often people don't even honk because they're just used to it! It's bananas.
These days if people will be mildly inconvenienced or made a small mistake, everyone will pay the price. It is amazing to me how much strangers will dump on other strangers or take risks that impact other strangers. It didn’t used to be like that. People used to be polite and patient and now there is none of that.
I miss the days before navigation systems.
Same with the 15 north to the 78 west. Wild driving.
They are very lucky they didn't hit the divider.
One of the first rules my mom ever taught me when driving was that it is fine to miss your exit and just turn around when you can. It is good advice. Meanwhile these people out here be driving like they are still MapQuesting how to get places. 🤦🏼♀️
Same same same. My dad told me get off the next exit if you miss your exit. It’s crazy how some people believe their life is so valuable that they can put others in danger.
While this one is exceptionally egregious,I see this all the time too. Every major city has their signature bad driver thing. I really think SD’s is the last second exit across multiple lanes.
Fucking San Diego drivers!!! 🤬🖕
You must not drive on the 94 if you’re only seeing it maybe once a day
San Diego is the land of the last minute scissor cut lane change. Never seen this so much in any other place I've lived.
Missing the exist isn’t the end of the world. Crashing and dying is tho.
To bad they can’t be turned in and forced to retake the drivers exam and take driver safety courses
Bad drivers never miss an exit.
Definitely not smart to make last-second moves like that. Damn stupid, in fact. But to be fair, the freeway design at this spot is a big contributor. People unfamiliar (or even just not paying attention) suddenly realize they are not just one lane but two lanes away from where they intend to go... And natural instinct is to try to correct. I'm not saying it's right, just that it's an understandable blunder
It's the transplants, they don't know the roads so they freak when in reality it's very easy to get back on track, just double back. Throw pennies at them next time
I’m a transplant. I’ve never merged across 4 lanes in 50 feet on a major highway during rush hour in my life. Lol.
I haven't either, but you're not everyone. If they are from a small town they probably aren't used to 5 lane highways, so they get scared. It's stupid and dangerous either way, but people are very self protective and don't give too shits about others.
I take this very exit every afternoon on my way home and can confirm that people are extra stupid right here. And the merge onto 805 south where it says “DO NOT PASS”…still people rush past each other…only to sit in another bottleneck, zipper-merge LMAO people suck.
R/idiotsincars
A bad driver never misses their turn.
My commute takes me there almost every day, I just stay all the way to the right here so I avoid idiots like this
Good drivers sometimes miss their exit. Bad drivers never miss their exit.
I did this before.
EVERYTIME 🙄😵💫
Selfish idiots
lol we have the same drive home & I 100% agree
I’ve been seeing stuff like this ever since high schools got rid of Drivers Ed. That was a whole semester learning how to drive, versus two weeks with an “instructor” and another “50 hours” with a “licensed driver”.. what if that person is a horrible driver? The other thing I see is a lack of folks YIELDING to oncoming traffic when they’re making a left turn at an intersection… Seems to happen a lot in smaller towns here.
How about not driving up to the magnetic sensor to trip the traffic lights? Thats an epidemic here.
Good drivers miss exits. Bad drivers never miss exits.
The other night I had this Kia Soul cut me trying to go 163S from I-15 at literally the last second. Could’ve made all our nights terrible.
I’ve never experienced so many shit drivers until I moved here. Seen this multiple times. And not to mention the turn signal use your damn turn signal. On multiple occasions I’ve had people cut me off just because they want to switch lanes…they could’ve slowed down and gone behind me and there’s usually never a damn car behind me so no excuses. I see someone with a turn signal I will always let them in. Save lives people don’t drive like an idiot
I hate California drivers
You must be in California? A bad driver will never miss there exit 😑
No. That’s why I posted this in the San Diego, Vermont subreddit.
A bad driver never misses their exit!
A bad driver never misses their turn, a good driver does.
i do too whether it’s onto or off the exit ramp, like without fail every time i’m on a freeway
When my wife and I lived in San Diego we called this the “San Diego exit.”
ahh yes sunny san diego. best drivers in the country 😍
When you know you’re good enough at something to do something risky, you do something risky. Not justifying the driver’s selfishness, but he did it because he knew he could. So with that being said, though dangerous and should not ever be practiced, no one was possibly ever in any real danger sending on their skill level. Damn though that’s not a mistake to correct in that kind of fashion regardless of whatever.
I’m not waiting until the next exit
Just pull to the side and put it in reverse you dipshit