Blocking the box

Don’t ever block an intersection. | Volvo



No one likes traffic, and people who create traffic jams make themselves a target for road rage and other unpleasant interactions with fellow drivers. That’s exactly what happens when someone “blocks the box” at an intersection.

(Car in the middle)

Drivers who do it say to everyone that they don’t care what happens, they won’t wait at stoplights like every other decent person. If there’s a cop nearby, chances are these box blockers will get pulled over.

This leads to gridlock where others pull into the intersection, blocking traffic backwards to the
nearest intersection, and so on...