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Car Forum / Driving, Maintenance, Tuning / Driving / September 2006A Never-Ending Supply of MFFY
Saw a new one today: you know how some college campuses sell short-term parking permits which you must display in order to park your car on campus? Often the entry roads leading into such campuses have a small turnout with a kiosk or a vending machine where visitors can purchase a parking permit. The idea is to drive your car into the turnout and park next to the machine while you make your purchase, leaving the main road free for vehicles that do not need to purchase permits. Well, today I saw a MFFY who parked IN THE STREET while she went over to the permit vending machine, completely ignoring the (empty) turnout. The street was striped with a double-yellow center line, so it would have been illegal to pass this MFFY's car. I'm afraid I must once again disappoint Ed White and all the other JLEDIs in this group and report that I immediately nipped into the turnout and used it to pass the MFFY c.nt who was blocking the street. Fortunately for me, nobody was using the turnout for its intended purpose at the time. Go ahead, guys - tell me what a MFFY I am for refusing to just sit there and wait. :)  SignatureI'm a wreckless driver and damn proud of it! > Saw a new one today: you know how some college campuses sell > short-term parking permits which you must display in order to park [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > Go ahead, guys - tell me what a MFFY I am for refusing to just sit > there and wait. :) You disappointed me, as you apparently missed the c.nt. Circle back, quick, before she gets away. -Dave > Saw a new one today: you know how some college campuses sell > short-term parking permits which you must display in order to park [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > -- > I'm a wreckless driver and damn proud of it! What, you didn't push her car out of the way? I would have expected better of you. ;) > I'm afraid I must once again disappoint Ed White and all the other > JLEDIs in this group and report that I immediately nipped into the > turnout and used it to pass the MFFY c.nt who was blocking the street. > Fortunately for me, nobody was using the turnout for its intended > purpose at the time. Not sure what the law is in your state, but here in Georgia, its perfectly legal to cross the double yellow line to pass obstructions in your lane, such as a stalled or stopped car, after yielding to oncoming traffic and if conditions allow safe execution. So, unless this was in the middle of a blind curve, you would have been all right. Scott en Aztlán wrote: <brevity snip> > Well, today I saw a MFFY who parked IN THE STREET while she > went over to the permit vending machine, completely ignoring the > (empty) turnout. The street was striped with a double-yellow center > line, so it would have been illegal to pass this MFFY's car. When did you begin caring about what is and what is not legal...?! > I'm afraid I must once again disappoint Ed White and all the other > JLEDIs in this group and report that I immediately nipped into the > turnout and used it to pass the MFFY c.nt who was blocking the street. So you weren't delayed, but still have a complaint. IME these campus parking permit dispensers are not situated adjacent to a public street but well into parking area entrances. It is also my experience that they take but a scant few seconds to operate. An alternative view might be that your MFFY arrived at the turnout alone and since its operation takes a very short time and there were no other vehicles in view it would be fine to stop there. She might have determined her transaction would not exceed the time it would take another vehicle to approach (except yours, of course) and left the turnout for them because she would be leaving immediately and first. > Go ahead, guys - tell me what a MFFY I am for refusing to just sit > there and wait. :) I'd like to see some video or a picture and hear why you didn't need to stop there for a parking permit. I don't recall you mentioning that you attend or teach college. I don't think you needed to wait but my wag is that she was getting in her car as you went around and that's why you passed on the R. It seems ironic that your encounters with MFFY's always seem to include a driver to your front who arrived before you to begin with, while presumably operating at a lower velocity to get there, and your struggles to be first, ahead of them. IMO you seem entirely too impatient. I think your driving experiences are made miserable mostly by your own never waning sense of haste. ----- - gpsman Ladies and Gentlemen (and I use those words loosely), Scott en Aztlán said in rec.autos.driving: > I'm afraid I must once again disappoint Ed White and all the other > JLEDIs in this group and report that I immediately nipped into the > turnout and used it to pass the MFFY c.nt who was blocking the street. > Fortunately for me, nobody was using the turnout for its intended > purpose at the time. Sounds like some creative driving, even though I've been known on occasion to use a turnout to pass a turning or otherwise too slow vehicle. The thing that I don't get, though is that on university campuses, the Campus Money Making Department errrrrr..... Campus Police are usually more over zealous on parking enforcement than a small FL speed trap 301. I'm surprised that bimbo did not get a ticket for her shenanigans (or you for that matter... ;-) SignatureD ummies & I diots A ssociated necromancer wrote: <brevity snip> > I'm surprised that bimbo did not get a ticket for her shenanigans (or > you for that matter... ;-) Another alternative perspective might be that the turnout was completely occupied when the "bimbo" arrived leaving her but one choice. It's a good thing to consider that situations are not always as they appear, to the latecomer especially. I used to park so close to those a.sholes who take up 2 or more parking spaces until I exited to find my car, all by itself, looking like I was an a.shole who takes up 2 or more parking spaces. Duh... I never thunk of that. I really see nothing wrong with Scott's manuever... except I guess he didn't get his permit and parked illegally or was using the campus parking lot as a shortcut. He hasn't explained his business that necessitated accessing a campus parking lot. ----- - gpsman necromancer <necromancer@kretp.tmy> said in rec.autos.driving: >> I'm afraid I must once again disappoint Ed White and all the other >> JLEDIs in this group and report that I immediately nipped into the [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >occasion to use a turnout to pass a turning or otherwise too slow >vehicle. <shrug> There was nothing to be gained by waiting, and no one was harmed by the evasive action I took. I see no reason to just sit there when an obvious (and legal) escape route is available. >The thing that I don't get, though is that on university campuses, the >Campus Money Making Department errrrrr..... Campus Police are usually >more over zealous on parking enforcement than a small FL speed trap 301. >I'm surprised that bimbo did not get a ticket for her shenanigans (or >you for that matter... ;-) Even more amazing is the fact that the Campus Police station was right around the corner! My guess is most of the cops were on their lunch breaks. ;) SignatureI'm a wreckless driver and damn proud of it! Ladies and Gentlemen (and I use those words loosely), Scott en Aztlán said in rec.autos.driving: > Even more amazing is the fact that the Campus Police station was right > around the corner! My guess is most of the cops were on their lunch > breaks. ;) Or more likely they were out trolling the student parking lots where demand usually far out strips supply to write parking tickets. When I was in college years ago, this revenue generating department had the nerve to call itself, "campus safety," eventhough their main mission had absolutely nothing to do with safety what so ever.... SignatureF ools & B umbling I diots necromancer <necromancer@kretp.tmy> said in rec.autos.driving: >> Even more amazing is the fact that the Campus Police station was right >> around the corner! My guess is most of the cops were on their lunch [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >nerve to call itself, "campus safety," eventhough their main mission had >absolutely nothing to do with safety what so ever.... Think of it as "to COLLECT and to serve (the proceeds to government officials)" in action. SignatureI'm a wreckless driver and damn proud of it! > necromancer <necromancer@kretp.tmy> said in rec.autos.driving: >> Or more likely they were out trolling the student parking lots where >> demand usually far out strips supply to write parking tickets. When I >> was in college years ago, this revenue generating department had the >> nerve to call itself, "campus safety," eventhough their main mission had >> absolutely nothing to do with safety what so ever.... > Think of it as "to COLLECT and to serve (the proceeds to government > officials)" in action. A better way to put it is "to observe and collect," instead of "to serve and protect." > Ladies and Gentlemen (and I use those words loosely), Scott en Aztlán > said in rec.autos.driving: [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > nerve to call itself, "campus safety," eventhough their main mission had > absolutely nothing to do with safety what so ever.... I take it you weren't one of the many women on campus using campus police to escort you to/from your car/dorm... ----- - gpsman >> Ladies and Gentlemen (and I use those words loosely), Scott en Aztlán >> said in rec.autos.driving: [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > I take it you weren't one of the many women on campus using campus > police to escort you to/from your car/dorm... Campus police? Being a fully accredited state law enforcement agency (as in badge totin' with guns on their hips), they were too busy writing parking tickets to worry about the trivial stuff like making sure that students got home safely! Escorting vulnerable young women was left up to an all-volunteer student club at my school. Signature~/Garth |"I believe that it is better to tell the truth than a lie. Almgren | I believe it is better to be free than to be a slave. ******* | And I believe it is better to know than to be ignorant." (pgp@v6stang.com for secure mail info) --H.L. Mencken (1880-1956) Garth Almgren <nospam@v6stang.com> said in rec.autos.driving: >> I take it you weren't one of the many women on campus using campus >> police to escort you to/from your car/dorm... [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] >Escorting vulnerable young women was left up to an all-volunteer student >club at my school. At mine they put up a bunch of call boxes. Reassuring to know that, if you're a woman being raped, you can run naked to the nearest box and call the police and they will send someone out in 20 minutes or so. SignatureI'm a wreckless driver and damn proud of it! |
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