So, after almost T-boning (Is that the proper term? When your car slams headfirst into the side of their car?) a lady while trying to get myself some derishus Chipotle for lunch, I got another ranty-rant of the automotive variety: drivers who seem to completely miss/ignore posted signs and markings.
Those that pass on one-lane roads when it's still double-lines, single-occupant cars in the HOV lane when it's still an HOV lane, completely normal people parking in handicapped spaces. Those drivers that are either a car and half away from the line at a traffic light or that have slowly crept their way almost halfway into the intersection (and not the left-turn folks, neither). You know the types.
Heck, I get miffed when people don't even follow proper stop sign protocol. I don't mean the rolling stops - if there's no one else coming, slowing down to make sure before making the turn doesn't really bother me. But, like, isn't it an unwritten rule or something that it's like FIFO (First In, First Out) stack in coding? The first person who stops gets to go, then the next person who stopped and so on? And if you both stop at the same time, priority goes to the one on the left?
Am I crazy for trying to obey these things?
In the case of the lady that I mentioned at the start, I was in those little circular areas where those who are entering are supposed to yield to those in the circle. Apparently this lady didn't give a flying fig because I swear she came at the circle (LEAVING A SHOPPING CENTER, mind you) going at least 40/50. It was only when she realized that her dinky little car would get run over by my SUV that she actually came to a stop (I had slowed down some, expecting her to blow on through, actually). NOT the best situation to have during a lunch break.
... And, oddly enough, all this stuff about following markings goes back to one of my earlier complaints about people who can't park properly. Yes, I'll complain about it again. HOW HARD IS IT TO PUT YOUR VEHICLE WITHIN THE TWO WHITE LINES? Over a line or at an angle? BACK OUT AND TRY AGAIN.
I swear.
Those that pass on one-lane roads when it's still double-lines, single-occupant cars in the HOV lane when it's still an HOV lane, completely normal people parking in handicapped spaces. Those drivers that are either a car and half away from the line at a traffic light or that have slowly crept their way almost halfway into the intersection (and not the left-turn folks, neither). You know the types.
Heck, I get miffed when people don't even follow proper stop sign protocol. I don't mean the rolling stops - if there's no one else coming, slowing down to make sure before making the turn doesn't really bother me. But, like, isn't it an unwritten rule or something that it's like FIFO (First In, First Out) stack in coding? The first person who stops gets to go, then the next person who stopped and so on? And if you both stop at the same time, priority goes to the one on the left?
Am I crazy for trying to obey these things?
In the case of the lady that I mentioned at the start, I was in those little circular areas where those who are entering are supposed to yield to those in the circle. Apparently this lady didn't give a flying fig because I swear she came at the circle (LEAVING A SHOPPING CENTER, mind you) going at least 40/50. It was only when she realized that her dinky little car would get run over by my SUV that she actually came to a stop (I had slowed down some, expecting her to blow on through, actually). NOT the best situation to have during a lunch break.
... And, oddly enough, all this stuff about following markings goes back to one of my earlier complaints about people who can't park properly. Yes, I'll complain about it again. HOW HARD IS IT TO PUT YOUR VEHICLE WITHIN THE TWO WHITE LINES? Over a line or at an angle? BACK OUT AND TRY AGAIN.
I swear.
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