lanabyte: I swear I don't have road rage, but stupid drivers drive me frickin crazy. What annoys me most is the stoplight near my house. I turn right at the stop light, then have to make an immediate left onto a side road. And even though there's a sign there that says "DO NOT BLOCK INTERSECTION", people always block the stupid intersection!!! So I have to make a U-turn behind them.
I've got one of those lights. And people are constantly running through it because they expect the stop line to be further up. The other day there was actually an accident there & someone must have left the scene on foot because the helicopters were out in the alley for about 30 minutes. I have to make an immediate left turn too, into my driveway and there's been a couple times when I've had to wait for someone who was using my driveway to turn around in....seems the people who live on my side of the busy street can't get across the traffic to go left so they go right, turn on my street, use my driveway to turn around so they can catch the light and go left.
Ambrose2007: Sure, they get the hint - but by that time the damage is already done, I think. When you meet someone at the top of the hill your encounter only lasts a split-second (as opposed to seeing them approach on the flats some distance away).
No one said we all think alike or ahead to respect other drivers.
<== has an ice scraper in the back of the car....haven't had to use it now that I have a carport....but had to when I was staying at my parents & the car was uncovered..................YES we do get ice in the winter....and sometimes snow
shi_06: But I really hate those really cautious drivers who could have pulled out into the intersection forever ago with no problem whatsoever, but didn't and still sit there for another forever in a half... come on now, let's get a move on! Thanks
Yep...another pet peeve of mine! (I have no patience, and it's nice to know I'm not alone!)
hrt4lse: I've got one of those lights. And people are constantly running through it because they expect the stop line to be further up. The other day there was actually an accident there & someone must have left the scene on foot because the helicopters were out in the alley for about 30 minutes. I have to make an immediate left turn too, into my driveway and there's been a couple times when I've had to wait for someone who was using my driveway to turn around in....seems the people who live on my side of the busy street can't get across the traffic to go left so they go right, turn on my street, use my driveway to turn around so they can catch the light and go left.
Oh you just reminded me of another one, although this has more to do with parking than with driving.
The six parking spaces in front of my apartment building are there to be used by the tenants of my apartment building, not the friends of the college students in the building across the street. It is also not acceptable to park in our yard or to drive across our yard because it is quicker than actually going around the turn.
hrt4lse: <== has an ice scraper in the back of the car....haven't had to use it now that I have a carport....but had to when I was staying at my parents & the car was uncovered..................YES we do get ice in the winter....and sometimes snow
One morning while I was scraping ice off my car, one of my neighbors (yes, another college student - I need to move ) actually came outside with two large glasses of steaming hot water and poured them on his car to melt the ice. I nearly died laughing. Luckily, his windows didn't break, but when he came back out, he couldn't figure out why his door wouldn't open.
People who go waaaaay under the speed limit in a no passing zone, only to speed up & not let you pass when there IS a passing zone! I guess they never learned that's illegal.....
People who go waaaaay under the speed limit in a no passing zone, only to speed up & not let you pass when there IS a passing zone! I guess they never learned that's illegal.....
I ben there myself with grandma being barly able to see over the stering wheel and moving at a snails past. Makes you wish you had a horn from a train to get them moving or off the raod.
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I've got one of those lights. And people are constantly running through it because they expect the stop line to be further up. The other day there was actually an accident there & someone must have left the scene on foot because the helicopters were out in the alley for about 30 minutes. I have to make an immediate left turn too, into my driveway and there's been a couple times when I've had to wait for someone who was using my driveway to turn around in....seems the people who live on my side of the busy street can't get across the traffic to go left so they go right, turn on my street, use my driveway to turn around so they can catch the light and go left.