Why do they mindlessly do what the guy in front of them does? I’ll be trucking along at 65 mph on a two lane highway. If I see 3 cars sitting at a stop sign that intersects the highway my blood pressure spikes. Without FAIL if the first guy pulls out the other two will follow mindlessly. The problem is, the first guy had just enough room to safely pull into my lane in front of me, but the rest don’t. But it’s like they don’t even look. If it was safe for the first guy, it’s safe for them. They will almost run the stop sign to stick with the first guy.

It always reminds me of something Stephen King wrote in one of his books, about a teenaged driver driving into heavy fog. The kid’s logic for not slowing down is that there was nothing to run into behind them, so there is nothing to run into in front of them.

I think I’ve asked this Q before, in a different way, but let’s just see where this one goes.