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Don't You Hate...
"Scott en Aztlán" > wrote in message
... > ...Drivers who are coming from the opposite direction, have their > right turn signal on, and who STOP and WAIT for you because you are > sitting in the intersection waiting to turn left? Yep. I have to deal with crap like that all the time. Stupid people who don't take their right of way. Then everyone has to sit around and wait for the buffoon that stopped to figure out he has the right of way. I get similar things at stop signs. Plenty of idiots who don't take their right of way. Also plenty of idiots who try to pass thorugh the intersection when they do not ahve the right of way. Most often I take my right of way and lay on the horn. It would suck if they hit me, but sometimes I just don't care. I'll just get a quote to fix my car, collect that insurance money, then do most of the work myself and have a fixed car and some extra money to either upgrade the car or do other stuff with. Best of all though would be the look on that morons face and getting to see their reaction after hitting me, and how they try to explain that it was my fault that they hit me while I took my right of way. In any case, what we need is intense and strict driver testing. As it stands you can drive on the wrong side of the road and nearly kill yourself during the test and still pass. Cory |
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Scott en Aztlán wrote:
> ...Drivers who are coming from the opposite direction, have their > right turn signal on, and who STOP and WAIT for you because you are > sitting in the intersection waiting to turn left? I just pull right in front of them. They're actually doing us a favor, the type of person to do that is also likely to be a sloth. |
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"Scott en Aztlán" > wrote in message ... > On Fri, 4 Mar 2005 09:11:26 -0500, "Cory Dunkle" > > wrote: > >I'll just get a quote to fix my car, collect that insurance > >money, then do most of the work myself and have a fixed car and some extra > >money to either upgrade the car or do other stuff with. > > I know you wouldn't do this, but just in case anyone reading this gets > any funny ideas about buying an old tank (like a '72 Plymouth Fury II) > and using it as a MFFY Buster, once you've had more than a couple of > collisions your insurance rates will skyrocet and/or your insurance > company is going to drop you. Yeah I couldn't bring myself to let the ol' Gal get beat-up, but I can bluff pretty good! I got the insurance idea from when an old hag t-boned my '67 Gal. No one tried to force their way in when merging while I was driving that car! Though after the whole deer incident the '68 does have a mean lookin' front clip. I'm waiting for the weather to warm up and the snow to go away, then I'll replace the damaged parts and have Maako spray the new hood. Did you see that episode of Mythbusters the other night where they tried to flip a car by breaking the driveshaft? It was funny to watch. IIRC it was a Valiant. |
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"Scott en Aztlán" > wrote in message
... > On Fri, 4 Mar 2005 09:11:26 -0500, "Cory Dunkle" > > wrote: > > >> ...Drivers who are coming from the opposite direction, have their > >> right turn signal on, and who STOP and WAIT for you because you are > >> sitting in the intersection waiting to turn left? > > > >Yep. I have to deal with crap like that all the time. Stupid people who > >don't take their right of way. Then everyone has to sit around and wait for > >the buffoon that stopped to figure out he has the right of way. > > I won't wait too long. If I can safely do it, I'll quickly complete my > turn. The worst is when the conditions don't permit me to turn even > though this moron has stopped; then, as you say, everyone gets mired > in "consideraton." I'll proceed sometimes, but often times I am unsure of what the otehr driver's intents are as sometimes people look like they are lettiing you go but are not. I maintain that everyone will get to their destination more quickly and with less stress if averyone follows their right of way and does not actively prevent other drivers from merging. |
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"Scott en Aztlán" > wrote in message ... > ...Drivers who are coming from the opposite direction, have their > right turn signal on, and who STOP and WAIT for you because you are > sitting in the intersection waiting to turn left? > > -- > Sloth Kills! > http://www.geocities.com/slothkills/ I hate it when someone doesn't use their turn signal before they turn onto the street I'm waiting to turn out of. I also hate it when someone sneaks way out into an intersection looking to make a left turn while I'm trying to make a left in front of them. It takes all of my will power to not clip their front end. |
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"Scott en Aztlán" wrote:
> > On Fri, 4 Mar 2005 09:11:26 -0500, "Cory Dunkle" > > wrote: > > >> ...Drivers who are coming from the opposite direction, have their > >> right turn signal on, and who STOP and WAIT for you because you are > >> sitting in the intersection waiting to turn left? > > > >Yep. I have to deal with crap like that all the time. Stupid people who > >don't take their right of way. Then everyone has to sit around and wait for > >the buffoon that stopped to figure out he has the right of way. > > I won't wait too long. If I can safely do it, I'll quickly complete my > turn. Fine in a car, but when I'm riding my bicycle I'll sit down on the street (and yes, I have actually done that!) before I jeopardize my life by getting in front of a person that stupid. -- Cheers, Bev xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxx I've enjoyed just about as much of this as I can stand. |
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On Fri, 04 Mar 2005 15:50:31 -0800, The Real Bev > wrote:
>"Scott en Aztlán" wrote: >> >> On Fri, 4 Mar 2005 09:11:26 -0500, "Cory Dunkle" > >> wrote: >> >> >> ...Drivers who are coming from the opposite direction, have their >> >> right turn signal on, and who STOP and WAIT for you because you are >> >> sitting in the intersection waiting to turn left? >> > >> >Yep. I have to deal with crap like that all the time. Stupid people who >> >don't take their right of way. Then everyone has to sit around and wait for >> >the buffoon that stopped to figure out he has the right of way. >> >> I won't wait too long. If I can safely do it, I'll quickly complete my >> turn. >Fine in a car, but when I'm riding my bicycle I'll sit down on the >street (and yes, I have actually done that!) before I jeopardize my life >by getting in front of a person that stupid. Same here. I'll wave them by all ****ed off -- "Your idiotic attempt at 'curtesy' is wasting your time and mine. GET THE **** OUT OF MY WAY!" Then there are the cars who assume that any vehicle going less than 30mph is stopped and that it's ok to pass on the left and cross in front to turn right, being terribly surprised when the bike rider has somehow changed position by 15' in 4 seconds. How did that happen? |
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Scott en Aztlán wrote:
> On Fri, 4 Mar 2005 10:11:22 -0500, "Cory Dunkle" > > wrote: >>Did you see that episode of Mythbusters the other night where they tried to >>flip a car by breaking the driveshaft? It was funny to watch. IIRC it was a >>Valiant. > Naw, I don't have cable TV. That's what I like about usenet. I can read r.a.d and download tv shows from the same server. |
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> ...Drivers who are coming from the opposite direction, have their
> right turn signal on, and who STOP and WAIT for you because you are > sitting in the intersection waiting to turn left? > yea it ****es me off. i bet you half of the minor accidents out there are caused by people giving the right of way to people that aren't accepting it.. so then the person who doesn't have the right of way starts going and then the person with the original right of way hits them. "Scott en Aztlán" > wrote in message ... > -- > Sloth Kills! > http://www.geocities.com/slothkills/ |
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Scott en Aztlán wrote:
> ...Drivers who are coming from the opposite direction, have their > right turn signal on, and who STOP and WAIT for you because you are > sitting in the intersection waiting to turn left? Not especially, as long as they don't change their mind and try to go when my opening (in the other lanes) comes. If another driver is that stupid, I'm glad he isn't going to be ahead of me. Those behind him, though, should be raising holy hell. |
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