And here's another example of why we all have to drive defensively and be thinking all the time, from just yesterday:
Exiting Hillsborough gate to go south on BV, I took the inner lane to go around 270. Some yahoo tailgated me through the gate and continue to ride 5 feet off my rear bumper. As we got 1/4 around, another bozo coming from the north on BV failed to yield the right of way and entered the RB in the outer lane right alongside me, then made an obscene gesture as I used my horn (for safety reasons, of course
). Now, being quite familiar with this RB there were 2 possibilities: Either she was unaware of the bypass lane and was going to head south on BV (1%) or she was going to go around 270 to the Hillsborough gate (99%). So I slowed down and let her get ahead, at which point the guy behind me leaned on his horn to get me to speed up! Of course, the lady did exactly as predicted---headed to the gate. If I did not slow up because of awareness of the likely scenario, there would have been a 3 car accident. They both deserved a one finger salute, but that would have left me steering with my knees. The worst thing is that, even though I was the only one driving through the RB correctly, I would have had both front end and rear end damage as they sandwiched me!