Is this a new thing on the Merritt or am I just noticing it more?

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I've been driving the Merritt pretty much my entire adult life, so I'm well aware that it has always had some of the worst drivers imaginable. But the last three days in a row I've seen something that seems beyond the usual speeding/weaving.

I'm talking about people in cars/SUVs basically **lane splitting like they're on motorcycles**.

Not just changing lanes aggressively to get ahead.

They' are squeezing *between* two cars while both lanes are occupied, coming within what looks like inches of them. I honestly don't know how to describe it other than they somehow phase shifting through traffic.

Today was a younger guy in a blue, completely tinted-out Acura. I was in the right lane with my family, in a larger SUV, and he was riding my ass before squeezing past us with what felt like inches to spare. Then he just kept doing the same thing through traffic. 100 percent putting us in danger if i course corrected sped up or breaked. Saw another car almost crash because of this grease trap of a cresture.

Coincidentally, later on I saw the same car parked by the bank near Kohl's in Hamden and saw him hanging out with his buddy. My wife basically had to remind me, "Let it go, we're going on with our lives," because I was still pissed about someone putting my family at risk just to get a few cars ahead.

But here's the weird part: **I saw another car doing basically the exact same thing the day before. And another the day before that.**

Three days, three different vehicles.

Is this some new social media trend or something?

Is it the heat?

Or the next phase of shit drivers?

Has anyone else noticed this lately? I've seen plenty of lunatics weaving through traffic on the Merritt over the years, but physically squeezing between occupied lanes at highway speeds is a whole different level of stupid.

I guess putting the tow hitch extender on the car is in order.