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Car Forum / Ford / Ford Mustang / June 2005Driving imbecile's next lesson
For those out there who don't know this; The inset lanes provided for intersectional turns (the lane on the inside with the curved line that tells you to ENTER at that point) are NOT meant to be entered when you get all the way to the traffic light. Doing so cuts off people who are already in the lane who are under NO obligation to let you in. Two days ago some goofball blithly decided to enter the left lane at the last minute, and nearly hit me. You enter the lane where the lane opens, often over a hundred yards from the intersection. No argument. Just a note that you are lucky. They missed. I've seen idiots in the travel lane of a 4 lane with a middle turn lane, turn left across all the lanes to get into the grocery parking lot. Or at an intersection where the right lane goes straight across or turns left, and the left lane is left turn only, when the "person" in the left turn only lane goes straight across the intersection jogs right, cutting off the traffic that is both turning left and going straight from the right hand lane. I think they are like squirrels along the roadway.... they're suicidal.... and it just happened that that time they survived. >For those out there who don't know this; The inset lanes >provided for intersectional turns (the lane on the inside [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] >where the lane opens, often over a hundred yards from the >intersection. Hey! Spikey Likes IT! 1965 Ford Mustang fastback 2+2 A Code 289 C4 Trac-Lok Vintage Burgundy w/Black Standard Interior Vintage 40 Wheels 16X8" w/BF Goodrich Comp T/A Radial 225/50ZR16 >No argument. Just a note that you are lucky. They missed. I've seen >idiots in the travel lane of a 4 lane with a middle turn lane, turn [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] >roadway.... they're suicidal.... and it just happened that that time >they survived. Seem plenty of idiots make a left turn from the right lane across multiple lanes of traffic or vice versa, right to left changes. I saw two idiots do it at the exact same time once. Left turn from right lane & right turn from the left lane across three straight ahead lanes. I half expect them to get out of the car and high-five each other like the squirrels on the auto insurance commercials. There were certainly plenty of drivers on the other side of the light looking at each other in amazedly stunned manner. I could almost hear the collective "What the f.ck" mind transmission.  Signature"Either kill me or take me as I am, because I'll be damned if I ever change..." The Marquis de Sade >For those out there who don't know this; The inset lanes >provided for intersectional turns (the lane on the inside [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] >where the lane opens, often over a hundred yards from the >intersection. In my neck of the woods there is a dashed line that turns solid at the beginning of those lanes (right or left). You're supposed to be in the lane prior to the start of the solid line as crossing a solid line is a ticketable offence. What ends up happening to me a lot is I get stuck in those lanes when I wanted to go straight as there is usually little to no warning that it is going to become a turn-only lane. Signature"Either kill me or take me as I am, because I'll be damned if I ever change..." The Marquis de Sade Unless it's a location I use often, I find the same situation. One in particular, on the way to my house, I must remind everyone which lane to be in at the intersection. Seems just about everyone who crosses there get's stuck in the wrong lane before they realize it. Then there are the "killer" lanes. a center left turn lane where traffic from both directions wanting to make a left turn pull into the same lane in a heads on approach..... The result is often messy. >>For those out there who don't know this; The inset lanes >>provided for intersectional turns (the lane on the inside [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] >stuck in those lanes when I wanted to go straight as there is usually >little to no warning that it is going to become a turn-only lane. Hey! Spikey Likes IT! 1965 Ford Mustang fastback 2+2 A Code 289 C4 Trac-Lok Vintage Burgundy w/Black Standard Interior Vintage 40 Wheels 16X8" w/BF Goodrich Comp T/A Radial 225/50ZR16 |
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