i live in germany and about 1.5 years ago when was practicing driving with my driving teacher its an obligation to spend at least 3 hours on the autobahn (german highway). in diving school i was a very bad driver and got absolutely traumatized by highway speeds because it was just so much to process for me at the same time and merging lanes in germany are very short. however, even after i passed my test i still continued to irrationally carry that fear with me until about bit over half a year later or so i intentionally forced myself to go on the highway one day to gain confidence and it actually was kinda fun since i improved my driving by quite a lot since getting out of driving school. as of today, ive spent much more time on highways including many long-distance trips and actually managed to safely and responsibly hit speeds exceeding 225kph (140mph) so thank you for this video, my past-me could acutally kinda relate to your sister in that sense😅
Thank you for your comment! I love how disciplined people are on the road in Germany and how much safer it is to drive on city streets and autobahns. It is awesome that you have gained so much confidence and have overcome the fear. (I’ve definitely been there.) Past-me would also benefit from watching a video like this, and that’s exactly the reason I made it!
Great video. More people need to realize the importance of cruising on the right-lane and stop hogging the left lanes. 1). When driving around Bay Area (in California), I prefer to cruise on lane #2 since I've noticed lane #1 usually becomes "exit only" or has several cars trying to merge into it during high traffic hours. This makes lane #1 stressful to cruise in compared to lane #2. 1a). We can tell when a lane is becoming exit only by observing the gap between the white paints and the length of the white paint on the road. If the gap is large and the white paint blocks are long: it is a normal lane on the highway. If the gap between the white paint, and the length of each paint block becomes shorter: that lane is going to become exit-only. So if you don't wish to take that exit, make sure you are on the left of the smaller white blocks. 2). When talking about passing (especially at 9:19 in your video), after passing a vehicle I start moving back into their lane ONLY after I can see both their headlights in my side mirror. Seeing both headlights is evidence that they are usually far enough behind me that I won't be cutting them off when I move back into their lane. 3). Always do the shoulder check when changing lanes and merging. Side mirrors will not show you someone if they are in your blindspot. And please indicate long enough before changing lanes (say, 3 seconds). 3a). If you are in someone's blindspot, try to move away from it by either passing them or slowing down enough to move into their side mirror. Else, pay extra attention to them as they might decide to change lanes into your lane and cut you off.
@@maheshs4056 All great points! Thanks for a very detailed response, I agree with all of your thoughts. It’s awesome that this video is finding like-minded people!
The cruising lane is dynamic based on your max speed, current road conditions, and upcoming splits/merges. If someone passes on the right into heavy merging traffic while you're already going 5mph over the legal limit, that's their fault.
i live in germany and about 1.5 years ago when was practicing driving with my driving teacher its an obligation to spend at least 3 hours on the autobahn (german highway). in diving school i was a very bad driver and got absolutely traumatized by highway speeds because it was just so much to process for me at the same time and merging lanes in germany are very short. however, even after i passed my test i still continued to irrationally carry that fear with me until about bit over half a year later or so i intentionally forced myself to go on the highway one day to gain confidence and it actually was kinda fun since i improved my driving by quite a lot since getting out of driving school.
as of today, ive spent much more time on highways including many long-distance trips and actually managed to safely and responsibly hit speeds exceeding 225kph (140mph)
so thank you for this video, my past-me could acutally kinda relate to your sister in that sense😅
Thank you for your comment! I love how disciplined people are on the road in Germany and how much safer it is to drive on city streets and autobahns. It is awesome that you have gained so much confidence and have overcome the fear. (I’ve definitely been there.) Past-me would also benefit from watching a video like this, and that’s exactly the reason I made it!
Great video. More people need to realize the importance of cruising on the right-lane and stop hogging the left lanes.
1). When driving around Bay Area (in California), I prefer to cruise on lane #2 since I've noticed lane #1 usually becomes "exit only" or has several cars trying to merge into it during high traffic hours. This makes lane #1 stressful to cruise in compared to lane #2.
1a). We can tell when a lane is becoming exit only by observing the gap between the white paints and the length of the white paint on the road. If the gap is large and the white paint blocks are long: it is a normal lane on the highway. If the gap between the white paint, and the length of each paint block becomes shorter: that lane is going to become exit-only. So if you don't wish to take that exit, make sure you are on the left of the smaller white blocks.
2). When talking about passing (especially at 9:19 in your video), after passing a vehicle I start moving back into their lane ONLY after I can see both their headlights in my side mirror. Seeing both headlights is evidence that they are usually far enough behind me that I won't be cutting them off when I move back into their lane.
3). Always do the shoulder check when changing lanes and merging. Side mirrors will not show you someone if they are in your blindspot. And please indicate long enough before changing lanes (say, 3 seconds).
3a). If you are in someone's blindspot, try to move away from it by either passing them or slowing down enough to move into their side mirror. Else, pay extra attention to them as they might decide to change lanes into your lane and cut you off.
@@maheshs4056 All great points! Thanks for a very detailed response, I agree with all of your thoughts. It’s awesome that this video is finding like-minded people!
The cruising lane is dynamic based on your max speed, current road conditions, and upcoming splits/merges. If someone passes on the right into heavy merging traffic while you're already going 5mph over the legal limit, that's their fault.
Thank you this helps a lot !
I am glad to hear that it helped, thanks for watching!
what camera are you using and are you color grading?
I am using the DJI Osmo Action 4, and yeah, I am color grading!