You CAN Teach an Old MFFY New Tricks

Yup, I've seen the same thing in San Francisco, too. What we need is the
RIGHT TURN ONLY signage and right turn arrows on the lanes. In San
Francisco, some of MFFYs would just **** the 'BUS ONLY' lanes on Geary
and O'Farrell and slingshot themselves on those restricted lanes before
jumping back in the traffic. Taxicabs do that a lot of times, too.

Oliver

Scott en Aztlán wrote:
> MFFYs are actually quite smart, and are capable of learning new MFFY
> tricks from each other.
>
> Ever notice how when one MFFY does something asinine like drive on the
> shoulder to bypass a long line of stopped cars, suddenly 3 or 4 other
> MFFYs will follow suit?
>
> Here in CA, the bike lanes are very wide - wide enough for a vehicle
> to actually drive in. Near intersections, the bike lanes double as a
> right turn lane and are striped as such, with a thick dashed line
> extending back a hundred feet or so from the intersection indicating
> to automobile drivers that it's OK to enter the bike lane to make a
> right hand turn. At one particular intersection with heavy congestion,
> the NB side of the road is two lanes on the south side of the
> intersection and 3 lanes on the north side. Some clever MFFY figured
> out that, if you enter the bike lane, you can bypass the long line of
> stopped cars yet still go straight ahead into the third lane once the
> light turns green. Of course, this MFFY maneuver also blocks the right
> turn lane for all the other drivers who want to turn right on red.
>
> Now, all the other MFFYs are picking up on this little trick, and I'm
> seeing it happen constantly now. What a pity these assholes are
> capable of learning BAD habits but incapable of learning any GOOD
> ones.