Not just driving, directions too. When tourists ask for directions they want number of blocks in a cardinal direction with either left/right turns. What they get is five blocks towards the river and it's on this side across from this.
Since all the Californios are moving here we now are getting more of those loopty-loos, or if I must say it, ROUND ABOUTS, I hate them because Nobody does it right. One 4x4 just drove across it, over the decorative holders and all.
I honestly did get lost in one, one time. They are so hard to exit out of cuz of all the dang traffic. My mother and step dad got hit by another car in a dang loopty loo. She had to have back surgery afterwards cuz of it. As far as I'm concerned loopty loos are as bad pollen. And pollen is devil is the devil sneezing at us. 😂
I thought at a 4-way stop, the order you stopped is the order you go... you're telling me that's not right?! My whole life of driving has just been shattered 🤯😂
If 2 or more vehicles arrive at the same time the one to the right goes first. If all 4 arrive at the same time just yell leroy jenkins, floor it, and hope for the best. Also maybe dont take driving advice from people in the yotube comments section
If you live far enough out in the county, ain't none of them road signs. They're all county-provided steel targets for plinking with anything bigger than a .22!
When I first got married I had a stick shift and would balance feet on clutch and gas( instead of brake) at traffic lights. My husband ( from California) picked up this habit and tried it with the DMV lady in the car( he needed an Alabama license). Needless to say it didn't go over very well.😂🤣
My dad was stopped by a cop for not making a full stop at a stop sign. He told the cop “ Well, I just kind of oozed through it.” Cop said “The sign doesn’t say “Ooze.” Edit: He got a ticket.
Also said: Have you ever noticed how anyone driving faster than you is a maniac and anyone driving slower than you is an idiot. Would you look at this idiot just poking along? Woah! Look at that maniac go!
When I was in high school on my way to school, the stoplight at one intersection was set so that the westbound lane go green first and then the eastbound one like 20-30 seconds after it (we had some construction going on, so it was to mitigate some traffic buildup). Well, a car going west went, so then I made a left turn. It was still red for me. Not a cop in sight and I still panicked over running a red light. Makes me laugh now though.
@@SolaScientia me too! I get so nervous if/when I run a red light. Any other traffic violation don't bother me. But red light? I might as well be going to meet devil. I start sweating buckets like hoe in church on Sunday and the Preacher is preaching about sinning. 🤦🏼♀️😂
True story. I got my first driver’s license in the south after running a stop sign during the driver’s test. They legit said, “well, you slowed down & looked around real good, aaand that stop sign was hanging on the back of an old red brick building in an ally where no one really drives anyway. It’s all good.”
When it came to my parallel parking I fit my truck in-between the cones, but he wanted me to back up more. "Back more, back more, bit further (I hit the cone) nailed it (I looked at him) it was just a cone" lol That was 20 years ago now but something I will never forget.
@@zeusdarkgod7727 I was so scared of the parallel parking that I had practiced hundreds of times at home with two trash barrels for cones. Apparently I got too good at it because the examiner said I could pull away before I'd quite finished the parallel. And I couldn't do that; I had to finish. I got a mark down for not doing what he said. Oh my. Well, the good news was that I only had to drive around the block for the rest of the test--all left turns. I passed. We won't talk about how many decades ago that was.
“Yield” is what you do, right quick, when you come around a curve and see a big a$$ hay combine where you didn’t expect it. “Soft shoulder” is why you have 4x4.
Hell , they even block the roads for ANY kind of construction , no questions asked . Of course they block the sidewalks too , because nothing says " Welcome to Nashville " like directing herds of drunken tourons into traffic already primed with mximum.road rage .
Matt certainly has his Southern religious affiliations down pat too. I grew up a member of the Church of Christ and we had a Pentecostal Church right next door. We didn’t agree on much except how to stagger our Sunday meeting hours so that we both beat Second Baptist to the local Cafeteria for Sunday dinner.
Indeed. Standard practice after a particularly long morning service was to check the parking lot to see if we had beat the 'Holy Rollers' to the restaurant. If not, all bets were off about being on time for evening service. 🤣
@@06capoeirista I just remember as a young kid walking out of the typical staid Church of Christ Sunday service and hearing the ruckus coming from the Pentecostal church across the street. It sounded more fun for sure. Then I was in military school for a few years. They didn’t care which church you went to, but you were going to church (or temple, as we had a couple of Jewish boys who got lost in Tennessee somehow. But that’s another story) Anyway, I went on a tour of the local churches with different fellow students. The Assembly of God services were certainly eye opening. I went to everything from a Catholic, Episcopal, Methodist, Baptist, Presbyterian, Lutheran, Assembly of God, and took some guys to my Church of Christ. Mostly went to the closest Church of Christ but did go to the Catholic Church some since they had a 8:30am service and we could be done early and have the rest of Sunday to goof off. I will say that the experience actually solidified my concurrence with what I had been taught growing up in the Church of Christ. I guess those Bible study classes worked.
I grew up UNITED church of Christ (def northern lol), which we jokingly call “Unitarians Considering Christ,” so we’re a tad…opposite of Church of Christ, but if folks are unfamiliar with the UCC, well let’s just say that if they’re thinking I’m CoC, they’re thinking I’m the worst one in the US 😂
I've driven in rural areas where everyone passing from the other direction waved at me.I kept stopping thinking i had something wrong with my car.They were just being friendly
It's also so you slow down and we get a good look at who you are so we can call everyone in the neighborhood to confirm whether or not you're supposed to be in the area. We have our own neighborhood watch and it starts with the retired folk watching cars. They're better than the FBI
Wish I lived in the town I grew up in. I live an hour away now and nobody waves back me at. Drivers, walkers, my neighbors. It's a small town and yet nobody acts like it.
70 years ago, my elderly great-grandfather, who,lived in Tennessee, was involved in an automobile accident when he backed out of his driveway in front of another car on a rural highway. When questioned about why he did not wait for the other car to pass, he replied that he had already waited for two others to pass and so it was his turn. True story.
MOST of us understand (except for leo's) that the PURPOSE for the STOP sign is to prevent accidents. ..so if I slow-down to a "totally PAUSED" condition to check traffic and if it's clear - keep going on my way I believe I satisfied that purpose
I have also lived in the south all my life and also thought it was in the order you arrived to the stop sign. I am clearly a danger to society and don't even know it
From the drivers around here, a Stop sign means the driver with the right of way stops first to wave you on through the intersection because it's the neighborly thing to do. Along with oncoming traffic stops to let you make a left turn and a 4-Way Stop means you'll be stuck there all day waiting politely for the other person to go first.
In my small town we actually have a 6 way stop but they don’t make a special sign just for us so it still says 4 way but everyone knows it’s actually 6. 3 on one side of the railroad and 3 on the other.
Similarly, in these parts, it means "Do not proceed until all on coming traffic (from any direction) has stopped at the intersection, then figure out who gets to go."
Matt, my dude.... Being born and raised north of the Mason-Dixon & having my eldest daughter accepting a job in The South; thank you so very much for these educational videos featuring such comprehensive content not covered in her prairie home college.
I learned to drive in Miami are rules are: Do whatever just don't die. After that we all figure it out. 90% of my stops no matter where are rolling stops. 4 ways are usually by order of arrival
"Welcome to Nashville" actually made me do a spit take...could also work of Chattanooga or Atlanta. On Second thought Chattanooga is where the interstate highways are actually just parking spots most days....
In Atlanta, the speed limit is either 95mph or 0. Chattanooga, it's just 0. And in Houston, it's 110 in the far right lane (not just referring to temperature)
I've always heard the center turn lane called the 'suicide lane' because it's so dangerous! I've also seen a lot of drivers like the South in this video! 😂
Within six months of our relocation from San Diego to a landlocked Sotuhern state, I was driving home late from work at night. And it was after midnight. Came up to a 4-way stop, but wwwwaaaayyy down to my left, headlights flashed their brights - and then didn't even brake. Just sped through the intersection. This video hits home. Not my car. Just home.
As someone who moved to the south. This explains just so much. Watched some go into on coming traffic to make a turn into a gas station 15 seconds sooner. I thought I was aggressive 😂
We took a trip through Alabama last year and Google Maps gave directions in terms of Dollar Generals. Only problem was, they'd built some more in between.
But that’s the midwest, this is the South- rules are different & so are drivers. Charlie has not been to Manitowoc when it’s 3:30 pm and the soccer moms are picking their children up and taking them to whatever camp/ training/ club workout thing is next on the agenda- Midwest nice is out the window Road rage is in. Then the mom’s go and sit in the parking area by the docks and meditate until they are off again to pick their precious child up for the next thing on the calendar… I went there - trust me… Charlie’s been there when the mom’s have turned into dates for their hubbies for his show. 😂😂😂😅😊 Love Charlie sadly too young
In Athens, GA, there is an intersection whereupon the center lane opposite one side had to be marked not with "center lane is for turn only", not with "do not enter", but simply with a sign that says *"NO"* because anything else was too confusing. (And people still run that red light despite the camera.)
Oh, we are aware of the law....it just doesn't suit our polite mentality. The rule in the south at 4 way stops always seems to be the order of arrival.
I moved to FL in 89 and went to change my license over. The woman wanted to know if I wanted their version of a truck driver's license. I asked what the difference was on the test. She said the written could have up to 5 truck questions, then told me I could get 5 out of 20 questions wrong and still pass, and I could still take the driving part in my car. So...I could get all 5 truck questions wrong and still get a truck driver's license??? Sign me up. Fortunately, they fixed that in 1992 and Mickey Mouse got me my training and a real CDL. Oh, and with the sugar sand in FL on the shoulder, Soft Shoulder means you're getting stuck up to your axles. Best not to pull off the road there. LOL
I always laugh like hell at those , and the modern passive aggressive transference twist , " drive like your kids live here " .. This raises many many questions , most of which are not going to be well received , let alone answered , by those putting up the signs . They are excellent Ken and Karen early warning devices though .
There's also those little yellow squares with black arrows on them that either mean "There's a little bend in the road but you don't have to slow down" or "GOOD LORD YOU'LL FLY OFF THE ROAD IF YOU GO FASTER THAN 20 UNDER THE SPEED LIMIT"
That one about The Loose Gravel and Road Construction is so true! I can not tell you how many times I've been on a backroad and that has been the case 😂
I feel like Utah might actually be worse than this satire. Not only do most drivers ignore traffic signs, they also run red lights. Like 2-3 cars go after light changes. 🤦♀️ It’s bad. I’ve seen two kids on bikes hit by minivans (moms) who did not stop at red light. Minor injuries but dang, that’s so scary.
Don't forget the Utah turn signal. The one where the driver is on the freeway in the far left lane and cuts across all the other lanes to go off an exit. They don't use their blinker, you just see them looking over their right shoulder in a crazy way.
"Who gets to go first? We'll never know." Too accurate. When the traffic lights go out in Knoxville, only the most suicidal direction ever gets to go, and the people behind them will not stop for anything. The drivers going crosswise are just stuck waiting for the power company to sort it out.
Oh my gosh that dollar general comment got me! 😂😂. When I visit my dad in Kentucky I always ask him why the heck there are so many DG’s in the middle of nowhere
As a Northerner living in the South for many years now, I can attest that this is, in fact, not a comedy video but a documentary on the Southern way of driving.
It blows my mind how many ppl in the South use the center lane as their own personal lane to by pass traffic. A couple wks ago when i was going to work a person did it for over a mile bc they didnt want to sit in school traffic before reaching the intersection. Best part there was a State trooper in line and blue lighted them at the intersection. Sweet justice.
You missed the Mississippi take on " yield " , which is a dead stop , ESPECIALLY on the interstate on ramp , as well as the Arkansas variation , which is " I yield 3 times , didn't ya hear me ? " . In Nashville , it's just hit the gas and point it where you want the wreck to happen .
They put in a roundabout near my house and ive seen more than five people stop at every 1/4 part of the circle, come to a complete hault in said circle with the blinker on, and then wait for the next person yielded to enter. I do not understand how they havent had an accident there yet. Also "school zone" just means "look for cops and kids before going 80". Like thats not how that works yall.
New roundabouts have just completely confused people near my neighborhood. I have almost been hit at least twice and yes, some people just stop completely!! 🤦🏾♀️
My kids are grown up but I defer any trips through the school zone (there are 4-5 police cars, bec people don't slow down and they do warn you if you're 2 miles over 20).
Where I grew up was a 5 way intersection. Two stop signs, two yield signs and one no sign. Now if you weren't from that neighborhood, how would you possibly know how to navigate that? For that matter how are you supposed to navigate it? Yield means go ahead because those other guys have to stop, but not if they are on the road with no sign?
I’m in south Louisiana. “Soft shoulder” means “no shoulder” because it eroded away. Sometimes “soft shoulder” means shovel made rumble strip from the years of shovels full of tar and gravel to patch up the shoulder
Can’t count the number of times I’ve been driving outside of the south and had someone try to prevent me from changing lanes. I always laugh and think “don’t try to out-Atlanta an Atlanta driver” while I proceed to merge no matter where that car is. That driver’s ed in 285 has been really useful.
4 way stop signs are an opportunity for clueless drivers to take a moment to admire the other vehicles around the intersection, check their phone, wave others on, check the rear view mirror, and slowly meander through at random notice.
I am one of those drivers that has to turn the radio down when I am trying to find an address or concentrate. I also was raised in the church of Christ. I never considered the connection but this is hilarious.
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Southerners learn the road rules so they can pass the driver's test. After that, it's just remembering landmarks.
"at the 3rd Dollar General turn left" 🤣
@@mattharrell6880 Exactly!!
😂😂😂
Not just driving, directions too. When tourists ask for directions they want number of blocks in a cardinal direction with either left/right turns. What they get is five blocks towards the river and it's on this side across from this.
😂
"Mile Marker? Isn't that the Dollar General stores?"
No lies detected on that one.
Rt47 in New Jersey there is a DG every 10 miles almost to the inch. It was scarry when I figured it out.
That one almost escaped me. I had to pause and consider that one longer than I care to admit. LOL
That's not a mile marker. That's dorm room decoration. (Only place I've ever seen one)
@@ericpaul4575Most directions I get in NJ are "Turn left at the third Wawa and then right 2 Wawa's after that and it's right there"
😂😂
My dad once said, "just cuz someone has a driver's license, doesn't mean they know how to drive." 😂
As someone who lives in Alabama I can agree with this
Same with a medical degree.
Oh boy, too right!!
Your dad is a smart man.
Yup! It's always people driving in the fast lane on the interstate going 20 miles per hour 🙄
And Lord, don't give us a Round A Bout. Southerners have been known to disappear for days just going in circles.
They can't use them in Utah. That's for damn sure.
Since all the Californios are moving here we now are getting more of those loopty-loos, or if I must say it, ROUND ABOUTS, I hate them because Nobody does it right. One 4x4 just drove across it, over the decorative holders and all.
I honestly did get lost in one, one time. They are so hard to exit out of cuz of all the dang traffic. My mother and step dad got hit by another car in a dang loopty loo. She had to have back surgery afterwards cuz of it.
As far as I'm concerned loopty loos are as bad pollen. And pollen is devil is the devil sneezing at us. 😂
There's tons in Florida, more than any other state. Georgia also has some.
They are literally building one in my town and calling it a "Peace Circle". I'm excited to try it once, but I don't think it'll work in the long run.
I thought at a 4-way stop, the order you stopped is the order you go... you're telling me that's not right?! My whole life of driving has just been shattered 🤯😂
That is correct but if you arrive at the same time. The person to your right goes first.
If 2 or more vehicles arrive at the same time the one to the right goes first. If all 4 arrive at the same time just yell leroy jenkins, floor it, and hope for the best.
Also maybe dont take driving advice from people in the yotube comments section
@@pikehk incorrect. You just take turns waving each other on until the next solar eclipse.
The driver to your right 😅
@@schlusky🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 literally laughing out loud.
If you live far enough out in the county, ain't none of them road signs. They're all county-provided steel targets for plinking with anything bigger than a .22!
I live in the city now. I don't know how to read a sign without bullet holes all in it.
I don't think I've ever seen one without a hole in it way back in the woods.
Anything bigger than a .22? How do you train your kids?!
I can tell your a southerner “ain’t none of them”. Can’t laugh cause I’m a southerner too!
@@Ertplays you're either a Southerner or a furrinner!
"Whatever we want pretty much Roll Tide" Awesome Matt!
Best comment! RTR
I fell out of my chair.
Can't thumbs up any video with that profanity in it.
I like mile marker 431. Rumor is there is a grave dug there.
When I first got married I had a stick shift and would balance feet on clutch and gas( instead of brake) at traffic lights. My husband ( from California) picked up this habit and tried it with the DMV lady in the car( he needed an Alabama license). Needless to say it didn't go over very well.😂🤣
My dad was stopped by a cop for not making a full stop at a stop sign. He told the cop “ Well, I just kind of oozed through it.” Cop said “The sign doesn’t say “Ooze.”
Edit: He got a ticket.
Did your dad get a ticket or a warning?
😂 😂
The cops mailed me my ticket for not completely stopping at a red light when I was making a right turn.
@@vtaylor21 My dad was pulled over for being in the center of the country road. You're supposed to be on the right side. He got off with a warning.
@@melissacooper8724 ticket
In the immortal words of George Carlin, "Cop didn't see it, I didn't do it."
Proof is in the pudding! If nobody was hurt or you were not observed by the po po, it didn't happen.
@@marinazagrai1623 Unless that little yap dog in the yard saw it, 'cause everybody knows he's a snitch to the bone.
Also said: Have you ever noticed how anyone driving faster than you is a maniac and anyone driving slower than you is an idiot. Would you look at this idiot just poking along? Woah! Look at that maniac go!
When I was in high school on my way to school, the stoplight at one intersection was set so that the westbound lane go green first and then the eastbound one like 20-30 seconds after it (we had some construction going on, so it was to mitigate some traffic buildup). Well, a car going west went, so then I made a left turn. It was still red for me. Not a cop in sight and I still panicked over running a red light. Makes me laugh now though.
@@SolaScientia me too! I get so nervous if/when I run a red light. Any other traffic violation don't bother me. But red light? I might as well be going to meet devil. I start sweating buckets like hoe in church on Sunday and the Preacher is preaching about sinning. 🤦🏼♀️😂
True story. I got my first driver’s license in the south after running a stop sign during the driver’s test. They legit said, “well, you slowed down & looked around real good, aaand that stop sign was hanging on the back of an old red brick building in an ally where no one really drives anyway. It’s all good.”
When it came to my parallel parking I fit my truck in-between the cones, but he wanted me to back up more.
"Back more, back more, bit further (I hit the cone) nailed it (I looked at him) it was just a cone" lol
That was 20 years ago now but something I will never forget.
I hit mine also but it didn’t tip over (barely) so all was good! 👍
@@zeusdarkgod7727 I was so scared of the parallel parking that I had practiced hundreds of times at home with two trash barrels for cones. Apparently I got too good at it because the examiner said I could pull away before I'd quite finished the parallel. And I couldn't do that; I had to finish. I got a mark down for not doing what he said. Oh my. Well, the good news was that I only had to drive around the block for the rest of the test--all left turns. I passed. We won't talk about how many decades ago that was.
😂😂😂
I parked crooked asf on my first try. They had me circle the parking lot and try again. I couldn't park straight for years unless I backed in. 😂
In the south we don’t have traffic laws, we have traffic suggestions
My mom said that and I approve of this.
Facts
“Yield” is what you do, right quick, when you come around a curve and see a big a$$ hay combine where you didn’t expect it. “Soft shoulder” is why you have 4x4.
FACTS
There is no such thing as yield when entering or editing the highways. It’s whoever makes it to the spot first.
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Soft shoulder is where you end up when it's that time of year and you forgot there would be combines on the road.
Tell me I'm wrong.
So true! The roadways in Ireland are so narrow that the “soft shoulder” and grass are considered part of the roadway! 😂
The road work ahead " welcome to Nashville " is so spot on right .
I was expecting him to say, welcome to Texas.
Hell , they even block the roads for ANY kind of construction , no questions asked .
Of course they block the sidewalks too , because nothing says " Welcome to Nashville " like directing herds of drunken tourons into traffic already primed with mximum.road rage .
No shit. I nearly spit my coffee out to keep from choking.
Applies to Knoxville too.
Or in my case, my town right now. 😮
Matt certainly has his Southern religious affiliations down pat too. I grew up a member of the Church of Christ and we had a Pentecostal Church right next door. We didn’t agree on much except how to stagger our Sunday meeting hours so that we both beat Second Baptist to the local Cafeteria for Sunday dinner.
In the spirit of cooperation. 😂
Indeed. Standard practice after a particularly long morning service was to check the parking lot to see if we had beat the 'Holy Rollers' to the restaurant. If not, all bets were off about being on time for evening service. 🤣
@@06capoeirista I just remember as a young kid walking out of the typical staid Church of Christ Sunday service and hearing the ruckus coming from the Pentecostal church across the street. It sounded more fun for sure. Then I was in military school for a few years. They didn’t care which church you went to, but you were going to church (or temple, as we had a couple of Jewish boys who got lost in Tennessee somehow. But that’s another story) Anyway, I went on a tour of the local churches with different fellow students. The Assembly of God services were certainly eye opening. I went to everything from a Catholic, Episcopal, Methodist, Baptist, Presbyterian, Lutheran, Assembly of God, and took some guys to my Church of Christ. Mostly went to the closest Church of Christ but did go to the Catholic Church some since they had a 8:30am service and we could be done early and have the rest of Sunday to goof off. I will say that the experience actually solidified my concurrence with what I had been taught growing up in the Church of Christ. I guess those Bible study classes worked.
Ha! My Papa always said, "Don't worry, we'll be there before the Baptists."
I grew up UNITED church of Christ (def northern lol), which we jokingly call “Unitarians Considering Christ,” so we’re a tad…opposite of Church of Christ, but if folks are unfamiliar with the UCC, well let’s just say that if they’re thinking I’m CoC, they’re thinking I’m the worst one in the US 😂
I've driven in rural areas where everyone passing from the other direction waved at me.I kept stopping thinking i had something wrong with my car.They were just being friendly
It's actually a law if when one pick up is within sight of another pick up. Automatically friends for life.
We call it the “Country Wave.”
It’s mainly a Southern thing, but I have spotted some rural peeps in Michigan do it.
@@OssianEMills Midwesterners do it all the time.
It's also so you slow down and we get a good look at who you are so we can call everyone in the neighborhood to confirm whether or not you're supposed to be in the area. We have our own neighborhood watch and it starts with the retired folk watching cars. They're better than the FBI
Wish I lived in the town I grew up in. I live an hour away now and nobody waves back me at. Drivers, walkers, my neighbors. It's a small town and yet nobody acts like it.
The first Yield sign erected in the US was in Tulsa in 1950. It was ignored about 8 seconds later.
Oklahoma for the first toll road and the first parking meter.
@@Rags2Itches Pennsylvania Turnpike was the first grade separated toll road, and at grade toll roads existed before Oklahoma was a state.
70 years ago, my elderly great-grandfather, who,lived in Tennessee, was involved in an automobile accident when he backed out of his driveway in front of another car on a rural highway. When questioned about why he did not wait for the other car to pass, he replied that he had already waited for two others to pass and so it was his turn. True story.
Paving the rich people’s road again!!!! You clearly researched that one in South Carolina.
"What are y'all doing in the little medians, then?"
"Pretty much anything we want " 😄
Right about when I went from chuckling to just howling uncontrollably, b/c me!
Roll Tide.
Unpopular, but...
It's called a 'California Stop' for good reason.
"Ehh, gas is expensive. Gotta keep the forward momentum going"!!!
No kidding. But we call it a NY stop
In CA it’s called a Hollywood Stop.
*Edit, "California Roll"!
MOST of us understand (except for leo's) that the PURPOSE for the STOP sign is to prevent accidents. ..so if I slow-down to a "totally PAUSED" condition to check traffic and if it's clear - keep going on my way I believe I satisfied that purpose
"Oh, you mean the Express Lane?!?" *snort* Laughed SO loud!!!
The 4 way stop thing, I thought whomever stopped first has the right away. But on the other hand, I do live and drive in the South.
I have also lived in the south all my life and also thought it was in the order you arrived to the stop sign. I am clearly a danger to society and don't even know it
@@pathamlin328I'm just glad all us Southerners are in agreement. 😂
I thought it was the same but I am also from the south
Whoever starts moving first, goes first.
It is the order you arrive first. But when two people arrive at the same time, the one to the right has the right away.
“Aint that what the Dollar General’s for?” Bahahaha 😂😂😂
From the drivers around here, a Stop sign means the driver with the right of way stops first to wave you on through the intersection because it's the neighborly thing to do. Along with oncoming traffic stops to let you make a left turn and a 4-Way Stop means you'll be stuck there all day waiting politely for the other person to go first.
In my small town we actually have a 6 way stop but they don’t make a special sign just for us so it still says 4 way but everyone knows it’s actually 6. 3 on one side of the railroad and 3 on the other.
Similarly, in these parts, it means "Do not proceed until all on coming traffic (from any direction) has stopped at the intersection, then figure out who gets to go."
@@illogicerr3769 in Tulsa that is a Mexican Stand Off.
The Speed Limit on all interstates in the south is 90. And if you aren’t willing to go over 80 mph, stay out of the left lane
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@@charlottecunningham2141yeah, dang Virginia. I had to remember to put my radar detector in the glove box when I crossed from North Carolina 😂😂😂
@@charlottecunningham2141 VA is barely the south
@@charlottecunningham2141 thats nice, I don't go to yall, I have an aversion to yankee's.
85 in GA. Over that you'll get a super speeder ticket.
Yep! "Unless there's no other cars around..." 🤣🤣🤣
That random "Roll Tide!" got me!
Need this sign is some parts of rural Tennessee . . ''YOU CAN'T GET THERE FROM HERE".
I have another that we might want to consider. "End Road Work" sounds like a protest from my youthful days in the '60s.
I also survived the Blizzard of '93. We had seven inches of snow, which is the most I've ever seen in my life. 🙂
We got 25 inches
We got 2. It shut us down for 2 days cause it didn’t melt by 10am like usual
Matt, my dude.... Being born and raised north of the Mason-Dixon & having my eldest daughter accepting a job in The South; thank you so very much for these educational videos featuring such comprehensive content not covered in her prairie home college.
I learned to drive in Miami are rules are:
Do whatever just don't die. After that we all figure it out.
90% of my stops no matter where are rolling stops.
4 ways are usually by order of arrival
4 ways are always by order of arrival -- except when two or more arrive at the same time. That's when you defer to the car on the right.
"Welcome to Nashville" actually made me do a spit take...could also work of Chattanooga or Atlanta. On Second thought Chattanooga is where the interstate highways are actually just parking spots most days....
I think you misspelled Houston
Birmingham as well. But I think it's a toss up on whether Nashville or Chattanooga are the worst. lol
I live in Atlanta, and I approve this message. 😂
In Atlanta, the speed limit is either 95mph or 0. Chattanooga, it's just 0. And in Houston, it's 110 in the far right lane (not just referring to temperature)
Yeah , but they grow those orange barrels in Memphis .
If ya know ya know .
I've always heard the center turn lane called the 'suicide lane' because it's so dangerous!
I've also seen a lot of drivers like the South in this video! 😂
Within six months of our relocation from San Diego to a landlocked Sotuhern state, I was driving home late from work at night. And it was after midnight. Came up to a 4-way stop, but wwwwaaaayyy down to my left, headlights flashed their brights - and then didn't even brake. Just sped through the intersection.
This video hits home. Not my car. Just home.
The headlights were your warning to not get in their way. 😮
That last line about the church of Christ. 😂 you should do a skit on the southern churches
The Center lane is definitely open to interpretation in North Carolina.
I call it the southern runway. It's just an extra lane for speeding up to cut off as many cars as possible
Georgia too. Of course I live in rural Ga so pretty much all lanes are that way. Lol
Yep, in Arkansas, it's the merge lane.
@@asdisskagen6487 Lol. I’ve been through there a few times, you ain’t kidding.
@@Jadeserphant 😂
As someone who moved to the south. This explains just so much. Watched some go into on coming traffic to make a turn into a gas station 15 seconds sooner. I thought I was aggressive 😂
As a trucker wife I agree with this video.
Dude, your videos are awesome, keep it real
Matt never fails to make me laugh.
As a Nashvillian, The "road work ahead" signs have broken most of our spirits and our cars.
I never got the 4way stop , everyone yields to the one on their right, everyone is to the right of everyone, so there's that, no one moves 😂😂😂
Exactly! I think it's gotten down to who can sneak off first.
No, everyone is NOT to the right of everyone.
We took a trip through Alabama last year and Google Maps gave directions in terms of Dollar Generals. Only problem was, they'd built some more in between.
😂
Charlie Behrens had a really good bit about a 4 Way stop in the Midwest.
But that’s the midwest, this is the South- rules are different & so are drivers. Charlie has not been to Manitowoc when it’s 3:30 pm and the soccer moms are picking their children up and taking them to whatever camp/ training/ club workout thing is next on the agenda- Midwest nice is out the window Road rage is in. Then the mom’s go and sit in the parking area by the docks and meditate until they are off again to pick their precious child up for the next thing on the calendar… I went there - trust me… Charlie’s been there when the mom’s have turned into dates for their hubbies for his show. 😂😂😂😅😊 Love Charlie sadly too young
@@catsj1767 I was just commenting because it was a related bit that I thought was really funny, lol.
@@nwpgk8166 and i am responding because I like Charlie too
North Florida/South Ga here first person at the stop sign goes first.
STOP is an acronym for Squeal Tires On Pavement
"When there's no cops around, anything's legal!"
"No U-Turn" signs really be out here trying to make me do 3 left turns just to get to a store across the street.
I can confirm that some people treat the two-way turn lane as an "express lane" during rush hour when they need to get home sooner than everyone else.
That center lane's just the debris lane, user assumes all risks
The amount of people that I've seen in Tennessee and Alabama that come to a full stop at a "yield" sign is terrifying.
In Athens, GA, there is an intersection whereupon the center lane opposite one side had to be marked not with "center lane is for turn only", not with "do not enter", but simply with a sign that says *"NO"* because anything else was too confusing. (And people still run that red light despite the camera.)
Not, “no.” 😂
😂😂😂
W Broad and Hawthorne for those that want to streetview it
@@JetlinerI just looked it up 💀💀💀💀
After driving in the south, I can 100% attest to the fact that Southerners do not understand right-of-way at a four way stop…
I agree. Then they start throwing roundabouts in there. Talk about confusing people!
@@michellebrown3563 Exactly! I drove in circles in Cleveland Alabama for 10 minutes and still took the wrong turn. SMH!
Oh yeah we have a million roundabouts here so much better than stop signs and lights it just keeps going
@@kotlcbooknerd885 isn't a roundabout just a...well...roundabout way of calling it a 4-way stop?
Oh, we are aware of the law....it just doesn't suit our polite mentality. The rule in the south at 4 way stops always seems to be the order of arrival.
That yield sign is very true. I fully agree that yielding is a matter of preference as long as you won't die
Having moved to the South, I can attest, the 4-way stops are insane down here!!
As a trucker, I can confirm all of America drives like the South....
Testify!
Sign nearby: Blind Drive. Been barely dodging temptation 2 put 1 below say "Stupid Too."
I moved to FL in 89 and went to change my license over. The woman wanted to know if I wanted their version of a truck driver's license. I asked what the difference was on the test. She said the written could have up to 5 truck questions, then told me I could get 5 out of 20 questions wrong and still pass, and I could still take the driving part in my car. So...I could get all 5 truck questions wrong and still get a truck driver's license??? Sign me up. Fortunately, they fixed that in 1992 and Mickey Mouse got me my training and a real CDL. Oh, and with the sugar sand in FL on the shoulder, Soft Shoulder means you're getting stuck up to your axles. Best not to pull off the road there. LOL
"If there are no police around to catch you, did you really break the law?" Is literally our motto. 💀💀
Slow children at play is my all time favorite
I always felt a little caffeinated beverage would be helpful in these situations.
I always laugh like hell at those , and the modern passive aggressive transference twist , " drive like your kids live here " ..
This raises many many questions , most of which are not going to be well received , let alone answered , by those putting up the signs .
They are excellent Ken and Karen early warning devices though .
We get our driving instruction from watching NASCAR.
Matt you have to throw a “roll tide” in every video, hysterical!
There's also those little yellow squares with black arrows on them that either mean "There's a little bend in the road but you don't have to slow down" or "GOOD LORD YOU'LL FLY OFF THE ROAD IF YOU GO FASTER THAN 20 UNDER THE SPEED LIMIT"
"... Roll Tide." 😂
I've had to explain to my younger son that it's a stop SIGN, and not a stop SUGGESTION repeatedly.
That one about The Loose Gravel and Road Construction is so true! I can not tell you how many times I've been on a backroad and that has been the case 😂
I feel like Utah might actually be worse than this satire. Not only do most drivers ignore traffic signs, they also run red lights. Like 2-3 cars go after light changes. 🤦♀️ It’s bad. I’ve seen two kids on bikes hit by minivans (moms) who did not stop at red light. Minor injuries but dang, that’s so scary.
Same in Arizona. It’s nuts. Yellow means go faster
Don't forget the Utah turn signal. The one where the driver is on the freeway in the far left lane and cuts across all the other lanes to go off an exit. They don't use their blinker, you just see them looking over their right shoulder in a crazy way.
Stop signs with the white edges are optional
The little “Roll Tide” was perfectly timed.
"Who gets to go first? We'll never know." Too accurate. When the traffic lights go out in Knoxville, only the most suicidal direction ever gets to go, and the people behind them will not stop for anything. The drivers going crosswise are just stuck waiting for the power company to sort it out.
Always wondered, if you yield to the person on your right at a 4 way stop, 4 rights, you are back at the start, so no one can go.
The Roll Tide did me in lmao
"Or...welcome to Nashville." Being born and raised around Nashville, I feel this in my soul. Especially in the last 15-20 years.
Oh my gosh that dollar general comment got me! 😂😂. When I visit my dad in Kentucky I always ask him why the heck there are so many DG’s in the middle of nowhere
Love the survived Blizzard of 93 shirt! We did survive it and still tell the stories
"Pretty much whatever we want haha roll tide" I'm from Ohio and this is how I feel people think whenever I'm in the South lmao
As a Northerner living in the South for many years now, I can attest that this is, in fact, not a comedy video but a documentary on the Southern way of driving.
It blows my mind how many ppl in the South use the center lane as their own personal lane to by pass traffic. A couple wks ago when i was going to work a person did it for over a mile bc they didnt want to sit in school traffic before reaching the intersection. Best part there was a State trooper in line and blue lighted them at the intersection. Sweet justice.
YAY, MATT CAME OUT WITH A NEW VIDEO!!! ITS A GOOD DAY!!
"Welcome to Nashville" 😂😂😂
This video was so good. We need a part 2!!
You missed the Mississippi take on " yield " , which is a dead stop , ESPECIALLY on the interstate on ramp , as well as the Arkansas variation , which is " I yield 3 times , didn't ya hear me ? " .
In Nashville , it's just hit the gas and point it where you want the wreck to happen .
They put in a roundabout near my house and ive seen more than five people stop at every 1/4 part of the circle, come to a complete hault in said circle with the blinker on, and then wait for the next person yielded to enter.
I do not understand how they havent had an accident there yet. Also "school zone" just means "look for cops and kids before going 80". Like thats not how that works yall.
New roundabouts have just completely confused people near my neighborhood. I have almost been hit at least twice and yes, some people just stop completely!! 🤦🏾♀️
My kids are grown up but I defer any trips through the school zone (there are 4-5 police cars, bec people don't slow down and they do warn you if you're 2 miles over 20).
FACTS RIGHT HERE
In SC, there was a 4-way yield intersection when I was growing up. No one knew what to do with that one.
Where I grew up was a 5 way intersection. Two stop signs, two yield signs and one no sign. Now if you weren't from that neighborhood, how would you possibly know how to navigate that? For that matter how are you supposed to navigate it? Yield means go ahead because those other guys have to stop, but not if they are on the road with no sign?
"Aint that what the Dollar General is for" is accurate AF!
I love you Matt!!!!
And traffic cameras were put up as a test of marksmanship.
I’m in south Louisiana. “Soft shoulder” means “no shoulder” because it eroded away. Sometimes “soft shoulder” means shovel made rumble strip from the years of shovels full of tar and gravel to patch up the shoulder
Can’t count the number of times I’ve been driving outside of the south and had someone try to prevent me from changing lanes. I always laugh and think “don’t try to out-Atlanta an Atlanta driver” while I proceed to merge no matter where that car is. That driver’s ed in 285 has been really useful.
"You don't how to drive, do you?"
"I ain't got a clue."
Ah, Florida.
4 way stop signs are an opportunity for clueless drivers to take a moment to admire the other vehicles around the intersection, check their phone, wave others on, check the rear view mirror, and slowly meander through at random notice.
I am one of those drivers that has to turn the radio down when I am trying to find an address or concentrate. I also was raised in the church of Christ. I never considered the connection but this is hilarious.
That “pull!” Was Mississippi funny.
Getting serious Florida man vibes from that driver...
“The rest of America” should not include Massachusetts drivers. I think they might be in a category with Gwinnett County drivers.
Don't call em Massholes for nothing ...
"Pretty much what ever we want. Roll Tide." The most Alabama of sayings.
I've lived in Florida since 2005, and I think they think that red lights are optional.
Man I Have never been early to anything