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Not at all...that is a prudent thing to do based on your description.
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Not at all...that is a prudent thing to do based on your description.
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In article >, Scott en Aztlán wrote:
> On Fri, 14 Jan 2005 00:11:11 -0600, > (Brent P) wrote: > >>In article >, Scott en Aztlán wrote: >>> 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? >> >>Only if you advocate it over fixing the intersection's underlying >>problems. > > Which I don't - same as with the intersections with the yellow light > timings that are too short. I think they should be fixed, but in the > meantime one should take proper precautions. Keep in mind that for many decades underlying engineering problems go unfixed and the recommendation is people drive slothly. I find it amazing that the same system that recommends driver-based behavior modification for worsening of traffic flow and as a quick patch over design flaws thinks that it is unreasonable for driver based behavior modification to improve conditions. IE keep right except to pass, be able to turn left on ones own judgement, etc and so forth. |
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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. |
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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. |
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