John David Galt wrote:
> Scott en Aztl=E1n wrote:
> > I've written several times about the 'T' intersection in my
> > neighborhood where traffic coming from the stem of the T has a
yield
> > sign, and traffic crossing the T does not. I've mentioned how this
> > intersection has poor visibility, and how most people who regularly
> > turn left from the stem of the T habitually blow off the yield sign
> > because 99% of the times they go through this intersection there is
no
> > cross-traffic. You may recall the many close calls I've had, and
how I
> > have cussed out drivers such as the stupid bitch in the white
Corolla
> > who flew through the intersection with a cell phone up to her left
> > ear.
> >
> > Knowing how dangerous this intersection is, would you consider it
> > "advocating Sloth" if I were to slow down when approaching it until
I
> > was close enough to see down the stem of the 'T' and verify that
some
> > dumb**** is not about to T-bone me?
>
> Sometimes the need is unavoidable, if you're not driving a well
enough
> built car. I drive a Volvo to avoid having to drive that way. In
your
> situation I'd probably have been going fast enough that I couldn't
> avoid creaming the Corolla, and I wouldn't lose any sleep afterward.

Yep. Thank God for OxyContin. It helped me sleep at night after my
accident.