Teacher:Given a post that is a real-life anecdote of a complex ethical situation and an associated claim about its type, verify if the claim is true or not. The claim asks if the posts are historical or hypothetical. The posts are "HISTORICAL" when the author has already done something and they are "HYPOTHETICAL" when the author is considering doing something in the future. Say 'yes' if the claim is true otherwise say 'no'
Teacher: Now, understand the problem? Solve this instance: CLAIM : The following post is HISTORICAL. POST : I live in Wisconsin and we have a Winter Storm Warning going on currently where we are expected to receive 7-13 inches. The heaviest snow was supposed to fall last night and into this morning which made the roads pretty bad. I was expecting all this going into my drive this morning, so before I begin to complain, I will admit, I am the asshole. However, I want to see how many others feel the same way as I do when driving along others during snow storms.

So the first thing that started to tick me off is that I was driving on the freeway in the left side lane. The freeway has 4 lanes, but the two far left lanes were the best in terms of mostly cleared of snow. You could see the actual road in my lane so it was smooth riding for the most part. I was pleasantly surprised by all of this and was starting to think it would be a quick ride until I caught up to the car in front of me (lets call him X). There were literally 0 cars ahead of X for at least a mile, but he/she decided to continue going 20mph on a 70mph freeway. Normally I just cruise behind cars like this at a safe distance due to the circumstances of the snow, but we were literally driving on solid pavement, with snow in between the tires and the road, and there were 0 cars in front of X. I didn't do anything reckless; I just stayed behind for the 10 miles I had too before finally finding a clear lane to pass him in without causing any issues.

That was the first thing that happened that started to make my road rage boil. I thought that was the worst thing that could have happened, but no. Shortly after passing X, three cars entered on the same freeway about a mile ahead of me. They all went into the second left lane (the one to the right of me) as it was the clearest compared to the far right lanes. No problem. I was cruising around 40 mph with no one ahead of me and was happy. But, for whatever reason, the 2nd car (Car Y) from the 3 that entered on the freeway ahead of me, decided to merge into my lane about 1/4 mile in front of me. Now, I was going 40mph while all 3 of the cars were going around 25mph, but Y apparently didn't care about me. Right when he merged, I had to brake as Y decided to stay at 25mph, max. Again, 0 cars in front of Y!

I can't say for sure, but after my experience today, I bet that majority of accidents during weather like this is caused by idiots that take too much caution when driving which actually create more dangerous situations. The same rules apply when driving in terms that the left lane remains to be the fastest while the others are slower. This rule should still be considered if the two left lanes are cleared and if there are cars that want to go faster in the left lane! I'm not saying this for my own good, but more for those drivers who don't care about their safety, or others, and will ride your ass until you move over. Situations like this usually don't end well. Also, if you want to switch lanes, make sure you take into account the speed of the cars in the lane you are switching too. If I hit a patch of ice when I had to brake, I would have just rammed Car Y due to their lack of awareness. Even though I probably would have been at fault, I would have went ape shit on the person for being a complete idiot.

So, I'm curious to know how many others feel the same as I do when driving in snowstorms.

  
TLDR; If it is snowing, don't just think driving slow is what you need to do. Be considerate of the other drivers on the road because not everyone is going to drive slow. Don't trust other drivers.
Student:
no