And still the fine/punishment is simply not enough.

That...seems totally fair. Theres literally no reason to play with your phone in your car. BT headsets are like $15 bucks. Texts can wait. I set my nav before I go, and if I get lost I can pull over

One province to the West it’s already 5 demerits and soon will be an instant 3 day suspension. But they give you 24 hours before it kicks in, so if you rely on your vehicle for work you get to be fired in person.

In Ontario that would be just as brave to be the one driving with a phone behind a cop. I forget what the fine is now for using a phone, yes even if stopped at a red light. Something like $1000 and 3 points, might even be vehicle impounded and e-day license vacation depending on circumstances.

The left lanes are moving, the right lanes are not. It’s most likely that it’s the exit that’s causing the backup. Your hypothetical is very much unlikely. Even if you’re right, you don’t get to just use the shoulder for a quarter mile because the legal traffic lanes are backed up.

I am satisfied that my worst driving mistake is not even marginally comparable to this in either severity or audacity.

If the mistakes you make while driving result in damage to two vehicles, not to mention possible injuries, meanwhile you drive away scratch free, without even checking on the drivers of the accidents you caused, you probably should stop driving.

COTD, BTW. I’m nominating it.

Exactly! The reason I live in NJ is because I missed my exit before the bridge 20 years ago and you know, what are you going to do, right?

Relax, see the sights they said, take a new path. NO!!! I WILL HAVE MY EXIT AS IT IS MY EXIT!!!!!! DONT TELL ME WHAT TO DO!!!!!!

Here he is, ladies and gentlemen: That Guy.

Or just eat the miss, go around, find the road back to the freeway, and hit the right exit using the to-city road.

Are you serious? They are on the highway and those trucks have speed limiters.

The proper response when you’re in the way outside lane and are going to miss your exit on the freeway is this: Foot off gas, foot over brake, spew about 15 dozen profanities while foot hovers over brake and you pass exit without speed really decreasing, mash foot onto gas and accelerate like an insane person,…

You’re a fucking idiot. It’s 100% on the car.

Always a good reminder that the exit you need is the only exit in existence to get to the place you are going. It is the only way both in and out for the people past that point. So if you miss your exit, all is lost, you can never go back or around you must find a new destination, give up the people and or places you…

It should be in this country too.

Torch’s logic is undeniable.

Predictable =/= Reliable...although, a 100% failure in long term reliability does demonstrate it’s reliability to fail at being reliable and therefore it is, no matter how predictable/contradictory this outcome was, reliable. I stand corrected...and confused.

A reliable motor?