Traffic inquiry
Traffic Poll
- Thread starter SkaredShtles
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Rear end someone?
No - but retards on the road are going to cause accidents.
Bacon
I can't believe I didn't put in the standard choices:
C) Try it now
D) Loco sucks
E) Bacon
Sorry all...
C) Try it now
D) Loco sucks
E) Bacon
Sorry all...
The inability for people to use merge lanes in this neck of the woods is mind boggling.
- Accelerate to match highway speed
- look for open spot in traffic
- Unable to decide whether to accelerate or slow down to fit in slot. Panic stop
- Sit stationary on on-ramp for 20 minutes waiting for giant open spot in traffic
PIIHR?
There's one rotary in New Hampshire, only one that I've ever run across, where the traffic in the rotary yields to traffic entering. It was quite the mind fuck to encounter.
They put in a round about in the country to try and ease the flow of trucks at an intersection rather than the funky 3 way stop they had. Now people are confused because there are 2 lanes going into it (right lane takes first right, left lane goes around to second). It scares me to think how these people manage to make it out of the house in the morning.
F) SSk
A guy in a corvette crashed into a light pole going around the roundabout in front of the local airport. His wife was killed. Light pole was a good 50 yards from the road, he must have been doing a pretty good clip. This should make you feel pretty good about yourself.
The saga continues once they merge:
1. a mad dash to the left lane, park your ass there for the rest of the trip
2. cruise a few mph slower than the ongoing traffic, leaving a mile long gap in front
3. when mid lane opens for passing, accelerate to prevent nervous fuckers behind you from passing you
4. 30 yards before exit, a mad dash to the right lane
5. 15mph on exit ramp while admiring new designer sunglasses in a vanity mirror
I'm still trying to figure out what your avatar is. It looks like a penis in a suit smoking a cigarette with a penis sticking out of the ball sack crease.
AND those people that completely ignore the MASSIVE gap that I give them for them to merge, but they continue to speed to the end of the merge lane like there is a jelly donut and checkered flat waiting for them. Only to force their way into the live lane at the last possible moment, which of course causes everyone behind them to accordion up.
Don't get me started on those asshats that use the merge lane/ramp as a passing lane, only to end up doing what I mentioned above.
I love being honked at for leaving that gap as well. I forgot its a race.
What if it's a flasher wearing yellow???
Yeah. I am really hoping whatever my new gig is can also allow for a reasonable bike commute.
Vancouver is awesome, except for the traffic, which is horrible. Combine a lack of decent highways with a population who can't drive... Armageddon. The traffic radio station sounds like the world is ending 24/7.
Oh, and what do you do when you hear an emergency vehicle? Slam on the brakes and stay in your lane, right? Bonus points of you team up with people directly adjacent to you in all lanes, including the oncoming ones.
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It all depends on if the sidewalks are clear. I can usually utilize the curb cuts at crosswalks to gain access to them. The only problems are when folks freeze in panic when they see how fast I am going on the sidewalk towards them, instead of jumping out of the way like a normal person. In my neighborhood folks recognize me and jump out of the way. Not so much in other parts of town. Sucks to be them.
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I've observed this retarded behavior here as well. You would *think* that a flashing yellow would be easy. Nobody screws it up at night... WTF.
Phone's camera is disabled.
That's a whole other thread...
Court ordered after getting a too many public restroom candids?
Don't forget NOT to signal during any of this and flip off everyone who doesn't immediately yield to your every whim.
Why don't you lay down here on the couch, relax, get comfortable and tell me about your mother.
When I see yellow, I floor it cuz nothing says I'm a total badass more than the sound of a four cylinder Honda Element revving up.
I would love to see how the average North american would fare in rural France with the "priorité à droite" rule... this sign:
Easily. Do whatever you want and the French will yield.I would love to see how the average North american would fare in rural France with the "priorité à droite" rule... this sign:
This rule exists all over Europe if I am not mistaken. I was quite surprised there was nothing similar in the US when I came here. I still find 4 stops crazy, and I don't quite get the rationale behind the blinking green or the missing red+orange signal on the semaphores here.I would love to see how the average North american would fare in rural France with the "priorité à droite" rule... this sign:
Most idiots on the road need their rear view and side view mirrors ripped off their car and thrown away so they can just focus on looking through the big window in front of them
i usually wait until the light turns root beer
I did not know you also owned a Racing Honda.....
hah. I know exactly "who" you're talking about. Toronto (Markham) is the same.
People who drive front wheel drive cars on the trolley tracks of Bathhurst St and expect to be able to turn or accelerate to get out of the way of the trolleys.