"Scott en Aztlán" > wrote in message
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> 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?
>
It's basic defensive driving, in my opinion. And the car behind you
shouldn't be any closer than 2 seconds following distance, such that the
momentary slowdown shouldn't impact traffic flow by that much.