I do the same sort of thinking about the motivations of other drivers, but it seems strange to me to phrase the question as “what does he know that I don’t?” More often than not, the cause of strange driving behaviors is lack of knowledge, confusion, or just being an asshole.
Some examples of this I saw recently include
1) a guy who immediately cut across two lanes of traffic to get in the exit lane, then just as quickly darted out of it at the beginning of the offramp;
2) A guy on the freeway who slowed to a crawl despite traffic moving quickly all around him;
3) That guy who constantly changes lanes in order to move just slightly faster than the flow of traffic.
I’m more likely to ask “what do they know that I don’t?” when I see several people ahead of me act in the same way that I can’t explain (e.g. many people changing lanes in the same direction).
I do the same sort of thinking about the motivations of other drivers, but it seems strange to me to phrase the question as “what does he know that I don’t?” More often than not, the cause of strange driving behaviors is lack of knowledge, confusion, or just being an asshole.
Some examples of this I saw recently include 1) a guy who immediately cut across two lanes of traffic to get in the exit lane, then just as quickly darted out of it at the beginning of the offramp; 2) A guy on the freeway who slowed to a crawl despite traffic moving quickly all around him; 3) That guy who constantly changes lanes in order to move just slightly faster than the flow of traffic.
I’m more likely to ask “what do they know that I don’t?” when I see several people ahead of me act in the same way that I can’t explain (e.g. many people changing lanes in the same direction).