05-06-2015, 02:16 PM
(05-06-2015, 12:32 PM)Cormanus_imp Wrote: I'd add that you have to spend lots of time in traffic to learn to read it well. It's total concentration and practice, practice, practice.
Absolutely. Ever since I started filtering on the freeway I noticed I get nervous riding in other people cars while they drive. I only have a bike, so I'm always in the riding mentality. Get out of their blind spot, get out of their blind spot, get out of their blind spot. Stop pacing with this car. Why are you passing them on their right when there's an off ramp on you right??? Don't you know people love to dart across lanes to make an exit?!
Ohh, right we're in a cage...
You get really good at anticipating drivers moves. It's almost creepy how often you can guess what someones going to do. A cars lane positioning, how close they're following traffic, how fast they're moving compared to other, car type, car color, is the car modified, clean, dirty, did they replace their bulbs with those blueish tint bulbs, and if they did is it a rice rocket or a pickup truck, are they speeding up then slowing down, do they have those little stickers in their window showing how many people are in their family.