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Posted: 10/25/2013 12:55:37 PM EDT
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dude, you should try waiting in the self-checkout line sometime. That's comedy GOLD.
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Posted: 10/25/2013 12:56:32 PM EDT
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The latest craze in bad driving around here seems to be stopping in traffic to check a hand-held device.
They stop at stop signs and just stay there. They stop in the middle of an active traffic lane. They stop at the exit of a parking lot. Anywhere, until someone honks at them. |
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Posted: 10/25/2013 12:57:57 PM EDT
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Around here it so much as gets cloudy everyone starts driving slow as shit.
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Posted: 10/25/2013 1:02:08 PM EDT
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I look forward to the day cars drive themselves. I'll just be taking a nap on my way to work
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Posted: 10/25/2013 1:02:40 PM EDT
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They just DON'T GIVE A SHIT!
The World revolves around THEM! If you are inconvenienced by their actions.....it means NOTHING to them! 
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Posted: 10/25/2013 1:05:37 PM EDT
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Arizona ... home of the blue-hair-zonners.
They come here and get scared driving the freeways driving 10-15 mph under the limit when everyone else is driving 10-15 mph over (or more!). When I see an Arizona plate the cars are all driving by themselves - the person driving is so short they aren't visible from behind. They can barely see over the dashboard. |
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Posted: 10/25/2013 1:07:09 PM EDT
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Here the latest stupidity is not being able to find a lane when you turn.
It's bad enough they turn into their own lane only half the time. Now when they turn from a 4 lane road onto another 4 lane road they end up driving in both lanes for about a hundred feet before they decide which lane they want to drive in.
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Posted: 10/25/2013 1:08:37 PM EDT
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If you buy a rubbish car, what you are saying is: “I have no interest in cars.” If you have no interest in cars, you have no interest in driving. And if you have no interest in something, it means you are no good at it, which means you must have your driver’s license taken away.
--Jeremy Clarkson Clarkson got it right. No one ever was good at something they had no interest in. People who have no interest in being a good driver are... bad drivers. |
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Posted: 10/25/2013 1:08:52 PM EDT
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dude, you should try waiting in the self-checkout line sometime. That's comedy GOLD. I go through self checkout when I have 4-5 items MAX... I get strange looks because I barely even slow down. Beepbeepbeepswipenoreceiptwheeee |
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Posted: 10/25/2013 1:09:11 PM EDT
[#10]
meh
Work in Miami. let us know when you get in the middle of a running shootout. 
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Posted: 10/25/2013 1:10:45 PM EDT
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meh Work in Miami. let us know when you get in the middle of a running shootout. Ha. I'm pretty sure it was Phoenix that had the moron running around with a fake RPG in traffic. |
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Posted: 10/25/2013 1:11:02 PM EDT
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I blame the increase of inattentive drivers on the decline of the standard transmission.
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Posted: 10/25/2013 1:13:22 PM EDT
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Because people are gradually becoming dumber. I notice it too. Why do you think Obama won twice?
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Posted: 10/25/2013 1:13:41 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I blame the increase of inattentive drivers on the decline of the standard transmission. Assholes were blocking me today at a mall turn-out. Let one guy in and the rest thought they could follow. So I proceeded to do a 5 second burn-out and put up a nice cloud bank of burned rubber and diesel soot. Fuck the haters. That burn out mark will last for a few months on that concrete. |
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Posted: 10/25/2013 1:15:26 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I'm going to go with this. Assholes were blocking me today at a mall turn-out. Let one guy in and the rest thought they could follow. So I proceeded to do a 5 second burn-out and put up a nice cloud bank of burned rubber and diesel soot. Fuck the haters. That burn out mark will last for a few months on that concrete. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: I blame the increase of inattentive drivers on the decline of the standard transmission. Assholes were blocking me today at a mall turn-out. Let one guy in and the rest thought they could follow. So I proceeded to do a 5 second burn-out and put up a nice cloud bank of burned rubber and diesel soot. Fuck the haters. That burn out mark will last for a few months on that concrete.  I bet you were given room after that. |
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Posted: 10/25/2013 1:17:01 PM EDT
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Here we have a yellow right turn arrow. All it means is watch out for people doing a U-turn. It used to be a green arrow, but it conflicted with drivers doing U-turns, so it is now a flashing yellow arrow. That's got to be the goofiest goddamned thing I ever heard. I think I'd stare at it, too, trying to figure out what the fuck it means. "Watch out for u-turns" wouldn't even be contemplated. What moron came up with that nonsense? Wait a second. Right turn arrows? You guys drive on the left down there or something? What the fuck? Mental note: Be sure to study an Arizona traffic control device manual before driving in Arizona. That's just fuckin' weird, man! 
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Posted: 10/25/2013 1:19:11 PM EDT
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I have never seen a blinking yellow right turn arrow. Ever.
Come to think of it, it's pretty rare to see a right turn arrow period.
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Posted: 10/25/2013 1:19:12 PM EDT
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I think the hardest concept for people to understand is at a 3 way intersection shaped like a "T" (usually found around malls) where the road entering does not have to stop but the other two do
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Posted: 10/25/2013 1:19:45 PM EDT
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Oh. I forgot about the people,while their intentions might be good are just plain stupid. The people that leave a gap so that someone from a parking lot, or side street can cross all the way over. The driver waiting to cross can't see jack shit through traffic, but hey people are leaving a gap, so now they feel pressured to cross, and BAM! They get T boned. Saw that happen a few times.
If I see drivers leaving a gap for me I wave them on if I can't see what's coming on the other side, or I will just turn right go down a block, and do a U turn. |
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Posted: 10/25/2013 1:20:31 PM EDT
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I just try to get from point A to point B in the safest, most comfortable and efficient manner possible.
Everyone else can go fuck themselves. I'll be leaving here shortly for Monterey. Should take about three hours. I'll leave about three hours before I want to arrive. If it takes a bit longer, it takes a bit longer. I'm sure there will be a bunch of low IQ road warriors out there, there always are. Maybe I'll get to see one off himself. That will break the boredom. 
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Posted: 10/25/2013 1:21:28 PM EDT
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I am shocked that people drive as well as they do.
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Posted: 10/25/2013 1:26:21 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I bet you were given room after that. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: I blame the increase of inattentive drivers on the decline of the standard transmission. Assholes were blocking me today at a mall turn-out. Let one guy in and the rest thought they could follow. So I proceeded to do a 5 second burn-out and put up a nice cloud bank of burned rubber and diesel soot. Fuck the haters. That burn out mark will last for a few months on that concrete. I bet you were given room after that. Yeah, I am crazy. |
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Posted: 10/25/2013 1:28:01 PM EDT
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That's got to be the goofiest goddamned thing I ever heard. I think I'd stare at it, too, trying to figure out what the fuck it means. "Watch out for u-turns" wouldn't even be contemplated. What moron came up with that nonsense? Wait a second. Right turn arrows? You guys drive on the left down there or something? What the fuck? Mental note: Be sure to study an Arizona traffic control device manual before driving in Arizona. That's just fuckin' weird, man! Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Here we have a yellow right turn arrow. All it means is watch out for people doing a U-turn. It used to be a green arrow, but it conflicted with drivers doing U-turns, so it is now a flashing yellow arrow. That's got to be the goofiest goddamned thing I ever heard. I think I'd stare at it, too, trying to figure out what the fuck it means. "Watch out for u-turns" wouldn't even be contemplated. What moron came up with that nonsense? Wait a second. Right turn arrows? You guys drive on the left down there or something? What the fuck? Mental note: Be sure to study an Arizona traffic control device manual before driving in Arizona. That's just fuckin' weird, man! The dumbest thing we have just implemented is the "Michigan left turn" or whatever this stupidity is called. No left turns at the intersection. You have to drive through the intersection, and do a u turn, and then a right turn. Wtf? |
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Posted: 10/25/2013 1:33:25 PM EDT
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The dumbest thing we have just implemented is the "Michigan left turn" or whatever this stupidity is called. No left turns at the intersection. You have to drive through the intersection, and do a u turn, and then a right turn. Wtf? Seriously? If true, that's industrial strength stupid. |
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Posted: 10/25/2013 1:35:46 PM EDT
[#25]
I'm convinced cars no longer come with blinkers.
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Posted: 10/25/2013 1:35:59 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I blame the increase of inattentive drivers on the decline of the standard transmission. Yup. Folks got shiftless. |
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Posted: 10/25/2013 1:36:53 PM EDT
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Seriously? If true, that's industrial strength stupid. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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The dumbest thing we have just implemented is the "Michigan left turn" or whatever this stupidity is called. No left turns at the intersection. You have to drive through the intersection, and do a u turn, and then a right turn. Wtf? Seriously? If true, that's industrial strength stupid. Yes. We just had two major intersections converted. It's supposed to be "popular" in the Midwest, or some shit. Hence the "Michigan" Just found a wiki: Michigan left turn |
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Posted: 10/25/2013 1:39:30 PM EDT
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Because people are gradually becoming dumber. I notice it too. Why do you think Obama won twice? This is infallible logic. |
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Posted: 10/25/2013 1:44:04 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I go through self checkout when I have 4-5 items MAX... I get strange looks because I barely even slow down. Beepbeepbeepswipenoreceiptwheeee Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: dude, you should try waiting in the self-checkout line sometime. That's comedy GOLD. I go through self checkout when I have 4-5 items MAX... I get strange looks because I barely even slow down. Beepbeepbeepswipenoreceiptwheeee I spend most of the remaining time waiting for the screen to refresh. |
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Posted: 10/25/2013 1:44:28 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Here the latest stupidity is not being able to find a lane when you turn. It's bad enough they turn into their own lane only half the time. Now when they turn from a 4 lane road onto another 4 lane road they end up driving in both lanes for about a hundred feet before they decide which lane they want to drive in. Don't like impatient jackholes getting in my blind spot 10 feet from the turn causing risk of collision if they try to zip around me in the same lane I need to be in. Being a patient driver makes you a better driver, and makes it easier for other people to be better drivers. Freeways aren't NASCAR ya retards.
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Posted: 10/25/2013 1:45:20 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Oh. I forgot about the people,while their intentions might be good are just plain stupid. The people that leave a gap so that someone from a parking lot, or side street can cross all the way over. The driver waiting to cross can't see jack shit through traffic, but hey people are leaving a gap, so now they feel pressured to cross, and BAM! They get T boned. Saw that happen a few times. If I see drivers leaving a gap for me I wave them on if I can't see what's coming on the other side, or I will just turn right go down a block, and do a U turn. I'm a nice guy like that. If you pull out and get t-boned, that's on you, not me.
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Posted: 10/25/2013 1:45:21 PM EDT
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Yes. We just had two major intersections converted. It's supposed to be "popular" in the Midwest, or some shit. Hence the "Michigan" Just found a wiki: Michigan left turn Quote HistoryQuoted:
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The dumbest thing we have just implemented is the "Michigan left turn" or whatever this stupidity is called. No left turns at the intersection. You have to drive through the intersection, and do a u turn, and then a right turn. Wtf? Seriously? If true, that's industrial strength stupid. Yes. We just had two major intersections converted. It's supposed to be "popular" in the Midwest, or some shit. Hence the "Michigan" Just found a wiki: Michigan left turn Weird, I've never heard of it. I've been in Jersey with the jug handles, but I have yet to see a Michigan left turn |
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Posted: 10/25/2013 1:45:55 PM EDT
[#33]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I have never seen a blinking yellow right turn arrow. Ever. Come to think of it, it's pretty rare to see a right turn arrow period. Blinking left turn arrows... |
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Posted: 10/25/2013 1:46:21 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Weird, I've never heard of it. I've been in Jersey with the jug handles, but I have yet to see a Michigan left turn And I don't drive in Michigan all that often.
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Posted: 10/25/2013 1:47:38 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Seriously? If true, that's industrial strength stupid. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: The dumbest thing we have just implemented is the "Michigan left turn" or whatever this stupidity is called. No left turns at the intersection. You have to drive through the intersection, and do a u turn, and then a right turn. Wtf? Seriously? If true, that's industrial strength stupid. It's all over the place where cities demand boulevards, like CA or FL. |
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Posted: 10/25/2013 1:48:50 PM EDT
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Too many Clevons
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Posted: 10/25/2013 1:49:04 PM EDT
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OP you must be in Tucson with that Michigan left turn crap. I haven't driven there since they finished the intersections, and I am dreading the day I do.
The worst thing I've seen there was all the double green arrows they put in a year or two ago. Now they give a left turn lane and the corresponding right turn lane a green arrow at the same time, then hang a sign saying that U-turns have the right of way. I don't know why they put in this stupidity, I guess they thought people were incapable of making a right turn on red when it was clear? Sadly, the idiots who can't make a safe right turn on red have no hope of understanding the new intersection rules, and are probably creating more accidents. No two intersecting flows of traffic should have a green arrow at the same time. |
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Posted: 10/25/2013 1:51:50 PM EDT
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Clarkson got it right. No one ever was good at something they had no interest in. People who have no interest in being a good driver are... bad drivers. Quote HistoryQuoted:
If you buy a rubbish car, what you are saying is: “I have no interest in cars.” If you have no interest in cars, you have no interest in driving. And if you have no interest in something, it means you are no good at it, which means you must have your driver’s license taken away.
--Jeremy Clarkson Clarkson got it right. No one ever was good at something they had no interest in. People who have no interest in being a good driver are... bad drivers. Pffffft. Bullshit. I routinely run down and pass in traffic Lexus, Infinity, BMW, Vettes, and Mercedes in my Ford Focus or the crappy Chevrolet Cavalier my FIL gifted me. Lot's of idiots buy nice cars that they have no clue how to drive. I agree that most people have no interest in driving and are no good at it. But the kind of car you drive has nothing to do with it. More likely is the details of the car. Aftermarket accessories, good tires, better wheels are better clues of people who are interested, but still not a guarantee. Good New! The Idiot shortage is over! There is a surplus on the highway! Oh wait...
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Posted: 10/25/2013 1:53:46 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: It's bad enough they turn into their own lane only half the time. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Here the latest stupidity is not being able to find a lane when you turn. It's bad enough they turn into their own lane only half the time. Now when they turn from a 4 lane road onto another 4 lane road they end up driving in both lanes for about a hundred feet before they decide which lane they want to drive in. Don't like impatient jackholes getting in my blind spot 10 feet from the turn causing risk of collision if they try to zip around me in the same lane I need to be in. Being a patient driver makes you a better driver, and makes it easier for other people to be better drivers. Freeways aren't NASCAR ya retards. And you think this is a good idea??? If you aren't in the lane you need to be in 10 feet from the turn, you're the guy causing the problems when you try to change lanes while braking to make it at the last second. If you miss the turn because you're unfamiliar with the area, go up the road and turn around safely. I'm going to treat the road like a race track so I can put your unsafe driving behind me, instead of wondering WTF you're going to do while you're ahead of me.  |
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Posted: 10/25/2013 1:54:11 PM EDT
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I agree people are stupid, and drive badly.
A flashing yellow right turn arrow is so fucking stupid I wouldn't blame somebody for not being sure what to do, even a flashing yellow left turn arrow would be a traffic hazard. |
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Posted: 10/25/2013 1:54:18 PM EDT
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I'm not leaving a gap for you. You just happen to be there. I'm leaving a gap, in case somebody coming the other way wishes to make a left into the parking lot. I'm a nice guy like that. If you pull out and get t-boned, that's on you, not me. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Oh. I forgot about the people,while their intentions might be good are just plain stupid. The people that leave a gap so that someone from a parking lot, or side street can cross all the way over. The driver waiting to cross can't see jack shit through traffic, but hey people are leaving a gap, so now they feel pressured to cross, and BAM! They get T boned. Saw that happen a few times. If I see drivers leaving a gap for me I wave them on if I can't see what's coming on the other side, or I will just turn right go down a block, and do a U turn. I'm a nice guy like that. If you pull out and get t-boned, that's on you, not me. Yeah, but you're leaving a gap for a different reason. That person doing a left turn in front of you can see traffic. Usually the person next to you will leave some space as well which in turn blocks traffic. The ones I'm referring to are the people that leave the gap, and the ones trying to cross over say northbound traffic to head southbound. They either get nailed by someone zipping up the NB left turn lane to the light, or someone in the SB lane. |
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Posted: 10/25/2013 1:55:09 PM EDT
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I have never seen a blinking yellow right turn arrow. Ever. Come to think of it, it's pretty rare to see a right turn arrow period. Fairly common here; Right turn on red is legal, and when turning Right onto a three or four lane, the Right green arrow will run consecutively with the opposing Left green arrow, they get the inside, you get the outside. |
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Posted: 10/25/2013 1:55:14 PM EDT
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Quoted: I swear IQ's suddenly drop when people drive a vehicle. OP...I don't believe they were very high in the first place. |
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Posted: 10/25/2013 1:58:41 PM EDT
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Fairly common here; Right turn on red is legal, and when turning Right onto a three or four lane, the Right green arrow will run consecutively with the opposing Left green arrow, they get the inside, you get the outside. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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I have never seen a blinking yellow right turn arrow. Ever. Come to think of it, it's pretty rare to see a right turn arrow period. Fairly common here; Right turn on red is legal, and when turning Right onto a three or four lane, the Right green arrow will run consecutively with the opposing Left green arrow, they get the inside, you get the outside. What does your state do about U-turns? |
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Posted: 10/25/2013 2:04:41 PM EDT
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Is this where the ARWs start whining about pregnant women being rushed to the hospital and all other sorts of medical emergency foolishness?
Or does that come later, after the ARW butthurt dance? |
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Posted: 10/25/2013 2:05:21 PM EDT
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I agree people are stupid, and drive badly. A flashing yellow right turn arrow is so fucking stupid I wouldn't blame somebody for not being sure what to do, even a flashing yellow left turn arrow would be a traffic hazard. But it's sooooooo simple. The right turn arrow comes on at the same time the left turn arrow comes on. I'm on my tablet so I can't do paint. Drivers facing North get a left turn arrow to go west. Drivers facing east get the flashing yellow to go south. It just means yield to any of the northbound drivers that might do a southbound u turn. It just alleviates some of the right turn traffic instead of stopping on the red waiting to turn. It doesn't work well though because people still stop, and wait. |
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Posted: 10/25/2013 2:05:38 PM EDT
[#47]
Most people are morons.
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Posted: 10/25/2013 2:06:11 PM EDT
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The latest craze in bad driving around here seems to be stopping in traffic to check a hand-held device. They stop at stop signs and just stay there. They stop in the middle of an active traffic lane. They stop at the exit of a parking lot. Anywhere, until someone honks at them. I would want to do a lot more than just honk..... 
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Posted: 10/25/2013 2:06:15 PM EDT
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It's all over the place where cities demand boulevards, like CA or FL. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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The dumbest thing we have just implemented is the "Michigan left turn" or whatever this stupidity is called. No left turns at the intersection. You have to drive through the intersection, and do a u turn, and then a right turn. Wtf? Seriously? If true, that's industrial strength stupid. It's all over the place where cities demand boulevards, like CA or FL. I didn't see many Michigan lefts in MI, so long as I stayed out of East Lansing. The derp is strong in East Lasing. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile |
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Posted: 10/25/2013 2:09:03 PM EDT
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I blame the increase of inattentive drivers on the decline of the standard transmission.  You just might be onto something here, but don't discount cell phone and texting
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