When I’m trying to turn onto a road, I prefer not to shoot small gaps. The reward is fairly small, and the risk relatively much larger, so I’d rather wait for a clearly safe opening.

But as I continue to wait, frustration builds. Suddenly an opening that I wouldn’t have even considered thirty seconds ago seems plenty large, and I’m naturally inclined to go for it.

Objectively, this doesn’t make sense.

If the gap wasn’t deemed safe enough when I first pulled up to the stop sign, why would the situation be different thirty seconds later? Because I’m impatient? Because of the social pressures from the car that pulled up behind me?

It doesn’t seem to make sense.

Unless some new piece of information came forward to change the situation, my actions shouldn’t change.

-Brandon