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I use the leafblower to blow the majority of the rinse water off my car when I finish washing it. Then I finish it off with a terry cloth towel.
I use a squeegee to get the water off the glass and a fake chamois (the Absorber) to get the large drops of water off the rest of the car. Then I follow up with the Absorber and Wax-as-you-Dry from Eagle One. Works great, and fast also.
Those idiot neighbors BTW always wash their vehicles in full sun, even in the blazing heat of summer.
Leafblowers are evil, and it seems like a lot of users just like the noise made by revving them endlessly.
Speaking of inconsiderate neighbors / drivers.... The thing that annoys me the most is when a car pulls up to a neighboring house to pick someone up, and the driver is too lazy to go ring the door bell. Instead, they stay in their car, and lay on the horn repeatedly until the person they are picking up finally comes out.
Speaking of loud pickups, though, it seems like the landlord of the shack next to my property requires his transients who inhabit the place to have a noisy pickup as part of the rental agreement. So far, in 11 months of occupancy since the place was built, he has had 4 different groups of transients and all have had AT LEAST one noisy eff'n pickup. The latest is a dodge diesel, but at least that one's exhaust isn't set up to INTENTIONALLY make it loud(er than stock). And, those people will only idle it for 20 minutes or so during morning warm up vs. the hour(s) the first set of transients ran theirs. I actually had to go up and turn the thing off one day because they started it at a little past 9 and it was still sitting there running after 11. The sad thing is that I never heard it start back up until the following morning! :sick: Apparently the rent is not high enough if they have the $ to blow on idling their fuel away.
Just to lazy I guess, must be the same people who never use their turn signal.
And don't even get me started when they fire off their air gun to shoo away Canada geese that think of landing near their backyard pond!!!
I have the same problem as I am next to the lake (or pond), however I send my dog out after them. Doesn't bother the neighbors and the dog seems to like it.
2011 Hyundai Sonata, 2014 BMW 428i convertible, 2015 Honda CTX700D
I don't know about their use of turn signals, but they never wear their seat belts.
Dogs are good at scaring off Canada geese.
I NEVER let people in from a place of business, EVER! They have to yield or stop to people on the road. That is the LAW! I do let people in if they have their turn signal on if they want to change lanes because they are ALREADY on the highway, meaning, they have NO SIGNS to speak of, so they DON'T have to yield or stop to me.
Also, one time this mean person knows I am coming towards them on a 2-lane same direction highway, but decides to pull out anyway, only their vehicle is so big and they may have wanted to get into the other lane that they block me sideways at the red light from this gas station. I made sure that I honked LONG and hard and MADE the person back up. I could see in the rearview mirror after I left the situation, even though the light had been green for a while, these STUPID people sitting at a green light behind me let the person in. It's like, HOW RUDE of the person to NOT back up like they are SUPPOSE to do as well as the person that let this person in, which was being rude to others BEHIND him or her. It's like HOW could they KNOWING they acted like they had "RIGHT-OF-WAY" by blocking another vehicle. They aren't suppose to block me, that is IMPEDING traffic. I absolutely HATE when people ACT LIKE THEY HAVE RIGHT OF WAY when they DON'T and they are ONLY thinking of THEMSELVES, not even considering ANYONE ELSE'S FEELINGS.
When I am in the situation of pulling out of somewhere, I wait until it's clear and I have even gone FURTHER NOT to pull in front of someone because I HATE it when it's done to me, so I don't do it to them EVER! I have waited at a taco bell one time where a truck was honking on me on the road to go as if I had right-of-way of something and ONLY thinking of me, but NONE of the people BEHIND him. I didn't go because I DIDN'T have RIGHT-OF-WAY. Sure, I maybe stayed there about 2 or 3 minutes, but it was WORTH NOT pulling in front of someone, because it is THE LAW to GO when the light turns green, NOT stop or yield. GREEN MEANS GO!
I still don't get WHY have these laws if most people let people in from stops signs and yield signs, especially when the traffic is really light, like when the car could have easily waited for 2 other cars behind me to go, but the JERK in front of me has to SIT THERE at a GREEN light. WHAT A JERK those people are. I could make the NEXT LIGHT or even that light, but now I didn't because of JERKS like that. I do the RIGHT thing, WHY don't they? I go speed limit and use my turn signal when I change lanes as well as when I turn. I stop and yield when I am suppose to. Sure I have ran a red light before by accident, NOBODY is perfect, but I do TRY to do the RIGHT thing at least, these JERKS ONLY think of the people at STOP SIGNS and YIELD signs, NOT the people behind them. Then they WONDER WHY I honk at them probably. They have NO RIGHT to HALT traffic, they are NOT a traffic cop, they are suppose to GO when the light is green.
I ALWAYS think of the people behind me, even in parking lots. I NEVER just BLOCK someone to wait for "MY" space. HOW SELFISH is that really? I had someone the other day BLOCK me, couldn't get around the mean person, COULDN'T back up either, so I go up to her to ask if she could me, she tells me "I don't want to inconvience myself", meanwhile I am sitting there as well as the person behind me. Of course the person behind me could back up, I was TRAPPED LITERALLY. I HATE people like that that ONLY CARE about THEMSELVES. Once I see someone when I am backing out of a space, I actually back INTO the space again to think of "THEIR FEELINGS", because I am NICE. I don't want to HOLD UP someone else for ME. Sure, if the person is backing up, I will wait for a space, but this lady was waiting for people that weren't even in their vehicle yet. It's like you know I have shopping to do too! That was SO SELFISH of that person. I COULDN'T get out of the situation because I couldn't even back up and I really couldn't get around her, though she claimed I could, but I would have HIT a car TRYING to. I NEVER have, EVER, held up ANYONE for "MY" space more than 3-5 seconds when a person was backing up. I NEVER just sat there with a turn signal on BLOCKING others. I have MORE DECENCY than that and I HATE it when people do it to me, so I NEVER do it to them. I just couldn't be SO SELFISH for "MY" space. It's one thing if a person is backing up, it's another when a person isn't even in their vehicle putting away groceries.
I also hate the fact that people act as if it's "THEIR" space when unless they are handicapped or it has RESERVED on the space, it's really "ANYONE'S SPACE". This lane only had ONE way, so someone else taking the space wouldn't have occurred.
I have waited at a taco bell one time where a truck was honking on me on the road to go as if I had right-of-way of something and ONLY thinking of me, but NONE of the people BEHIND him. I didn't go because I DIDN'T have RIGHT-OF-WAY.
Actually right of way can be yielded and in this case it was. Now I ask you who was more inconsiderate the truck that was yielding right of way or you who wouldn't take it and forced everyone to wait?
2011 Hyundai Sonata, 2014 BMW 428i convertible, 2015 Honda CTX700D
I suspect when youread the code it will say something about blocking intersections, not driveways. Otherwise we'd all be in jail--cities thtat love redlight cameras could just set up driveway cameras at busy businesses and make a fortune fining people without a trial.
2014 Malibu 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,
2011 Hyundai Sonata, 2014 BMW 428i convertible, 2015 Honda CTX700D
"Letting someone out of a parking lot is just common courtesy and 98% of the time it really doesn't inconvence those behind you (so you get to work 2 seconds later big deal)."
Actually, it's ONLY common courtesy to the person coming out of the parking lot, NOT ALL the traffic BEHIND you. That is what is RUDE. If you are at a gas station at a light, when the light turns green, GREEN MEANS GO, I as well as the REST OF THE TRAFFIC have RIGHT-OF-WAY, the person at the gas station has to YEILD to ALL OF US on the HIGHWAY. That is the LAW. ONLY thinking of that ONE or TWO vehicles is NOT common courtesy to the people behind you that have RIGHT-OF-WAY anyway. Especially times when the person could have just pulled out a couple of cars behind me, it's like now "I'm" stuck at the light because of that MORON that let that person in. It is just RUDE and I will NEVER break the law like that to let someone in from a place of business. They have to YIELD to ME, not me YIELD to them. WHEN is it EVER been the law that people on the highway have to yield to the people that are pulling out?
"(So you get to work 2 seconds later big deal).'
That 2 seconds could mean another 2 minutes at a light, so NO, it IS a BIG DEAL, it's just RUDE to people BEHIND you that have RIGHT-OF-WAY, plain and simple. It's the LAW that the person at a gas station has to yield to ME. You would be impeding traffic to sit at a GREEN light to let someone in, which IS BREAKING THE LAW, DUH! GREEN MEANS GO!
Even at stop signs, when I am at an intersection. I DO NOT block the intersection, but that DOESN'T mean the person at the stop sign has magically NO stop sign all of a sudden when the traffic starts moving. THEY STILL have the stop sign and I have a GREEN LIGHT. GREEN MEANS GO and a stop sign STILL MEANS STOP whether it is a minute or 3 minutes, it's a STOP SIGN, STOP MEANS STOP. WHY have the rules if NOBODY follows them? I TRY NOT to let people in from a stop sign, but sometimes they are mean and just go ANYWAY, I do HONK on them though because "THEY" have the STOP SIGN, NOT ME, I have the GREEN LIGHT.
"Now I ask you who was more inconsiderate the truck that was yielding right of way or you who wouldn't take it and forced everyone to wait?"
THE TRUCK, DUH! I had to YIELD, HE had RIGHT-OF-WAY(a GREEN LIGHT which means GO) and I had to YIELD to him, so it's ONLY the FAIR thing to do is to make the person in the back of me WAIT because it was NOT CLEAR. SO WHAT if he stopped traffic for me, he's the idiot that should have been BLOWNED on for IMPEDING traffic. I was following the the LAW, NOT worrying about someone's wait. It's also the SAFEST thing to do because if he would have decided to go, "I'D" be 100% at fault. I was pulling out, he had the green light, whatelse is there to say that I wouldn't be 100% at fault? So the RIGHT thing to do is to WAIT until it is CLEAR. That is the LAW.
I just can't believe you call HOLDING UP TRAFFIC common courtesy. YOU are a VERY INCONSIDERATE person. You are ONLY thinking of the people at the place of business, NOT EVERYONE ELSE at that light that would like to make the traffic light, which is GREEN, NOT to STOP as if the light RED.
One time, at a red light, I was behind a bunch of cars. I had an intersection that I NEVER blocked, even when the traffic started moving. I had gotten there BEFORE the truck at the stop sign at the intersection. They had a big shoulder, so this truck was further than a normal intersection. Anyway, this truck was starting to pull out as IF he had right-of-way. Well he stopped when he saw I was going LIKE I AM SUPPOSE TO at the green light, which I had to wait a few seconds ALREADY for the traffic to start moving in front of me. Anyway, the stupid person in the back of me let this truck in. I just couldn't believe how RUDE people are ONLY thinking of the person at an intersection, NOT ALL the traffic BEHIND that person. I was NOT only thinking of myself as well as the law, I was also thinking of people BEHIND me's feelings, NOT to block them when the truck came AFTER me anyway and the truck had a stop sign which doesn't just MAGICALLY disappear when the traffic starts moving. So it's REALLY NOT courteous at ALL to let someone in from a stop sign or place of business. The law states, the people at a place of business have to stop or yield to the people on the highway, plain and simple.
All the while a finger was being pointed at other people for being selfish, there was an underlying chant of "ME ME ME ME ME ME ME ME ME ME ME ME ME" and it was being passed off as the other drivers behind "ME" doing the chanting. THAT is ironic and irony is funny.
Sorry I am not going to get in on you with something your repeating from 5 months ago.
2011 Hyundai Sonata, 2014 BMW 428i convertible, 2015 Honda CTX700D
I was slowing down (off the gas but not on the brakes yet), and then I saw him just stop. It took me a second to register, and then I locked up the wheels and skidded loudly right up to his bumper.
Smooth and predictable, people! Smooth and predictable!
Don't FOLLOW so CLOSELY and THAT WON'T HAPPEN! YOU'D be AT FAULT 100%, NOT that person.
I got rear ended this year, and the cop DIDN'T even question what happened as far as me, ONLY the guy that hit me, it's just OBVIOUS that it is the person that hits the person in the back, that it is THEIR FAULT 100%. It's just NOT worth tailgaiting to get into an accident. It HONESTLY DOESN'T make the person go ANY faster at ALL, I KNOW, because in my younger days, I HAVE tailgated, with REGRETS that I COULD HAVE plowed into someone. People that tailgate me make me not want to go into the right lane to please the person that wants to break the law by going OVER speed limit as well as tailgate me. If they want to go faster, "THEY" should be the one who changes lanes or stay a SAFE DISTANCE behind me. I am NOT going to go above speed limit to please THEM, so I can get a ticket. I can HONESTLY say, I have NOT had a speeding ticket EVER in my lifetime.
"But this guy not only stopped early, he stopped suddenly and early."
You have to be PREPARED for that, DUH! You plow into that person's vehicle, it's YOUR FAULT 100%, plain and simple!
"Then I locked up the wheels and skidded loudly right up to his bumper."
YOUR fault you had to skid, NOT that person's, KNOWING you had a traffic light that was RED ahead. What good is it to go fast to get to a RED light knowing there is traffic ahead of you? That is HOW I got hit from behind. I stopped at the yellow light and the guy PLOWED into me. He should have SLOWED down like the light means, NOT try to make the light. The yellow light means CAUTION, which means SLOW DOWN, NOT speed up.
The reality is, most of us can't maintain 100% concentration on what's ahead of us 100% of the time. It'd be far too tiring. We make assumptions about what other drivers are going to do. If we didn't, we'd have to keep very large buffer zones around us, and we literally wouldn't fit on the roads. Especially at red lights; around here it's common to get lines that spill back past the next light.
"What good is it to go fast to get to a RED light knowing there is traffic ahead of you?" He stated he was off the gas, just not braking yet as the light was still a ways ahead.
And lastly, not moving over to the right lane so as not to impede faster traffic is selfish, inconsiderate, dangerous, and ILLEGAL in most jurisdictions
Also IMHO, stopping to allow oncoming traffic to turn left is generally a dangerous practice, even though its a "feel good" kind of a courtesy. Again, if you are holding up traffic that would otherwise be moving ahead, you are being very discourteous to many people.
Finally, there is someone out there that agrees with me that it is discourteous to ALL the other people that would like to GO at the green light.
What I hate also is when the light turns green, the person in front of me is digging through their vehicle instead of PAYING ATTENTION to the light. It's RIDICULOUS when I have to lay my hand on the horn for 5 seconds just to get moving. Sure, I'm not perfect, but I actually PAY ATTENTION when the light turns green. The few times I haven't is when I can turn right on red, so then I was paying more attention to traffic coming instead of the light which is SAFER anyway. It only took one second for them to honk and I moved. One time I saw like 4 vehicles run the red light, so I at least give a second or so before I honk on the person.
"Also IMHO, stopping to allow oncoming traffic to turn left is generally a dangerous practice, even though its a "feel good" kind of a courtesy."
I don't think that was his issue and from what I see no one is advocating that. But if you are stopping for a stop light and will block a driveway or entrance it is considerate to stop before said driveway or entrance and it inconviences nobody.
2011 Hyundai Sonata, 2014 BMW 428i convertible, 2015 Honda CTX700D
"But if you are stopping for a stop light and will block a driveway or entrance it is considerate to stop before said driveway or entrance and it inconviences nobody."
That is NOT true at ALL. One time my husband was driving and I was the passenger. We were at a right turn ONLY lane and there were 2 lanes that went straight same direction also. They happen to have a gas station a little before where you'd wait for the light. Anyway, this INCONSIDEATE person in front of us decides to let this person in, but actually needs to get into the lane next to the right turn only lane, NOT the right turn only lane, so meanwhile, we are literally HELD UP as well as traffic behind us for that ONE person pulling out. That person that pulled out blocked traffic. That was WRONG and INCONSIDERATE of ALL the people in line that COULD have turned right on red, but now we not only have to wait until the light turns green, but we also had to wait until the traffic started to move in the other lane, which also made that other lane of traffic have to HAULT for this ONE guy, HOW SELFISH IS THAT of that guy to do that to ALL those people? So, in this case, it DID inconvenience a LOT of people for 1 person, HOW RUDE of BOTH of those drivers, the person that let that person in and the person that pulled out. So it DOES inconvenience people. BTW, I am a woman, not a he, just to let you know.
One time I was going speed limit, which was 20mph and was in the right turn only lane, but they only had 1 lane that went straight. Anyway, this mean person decided to pull out across ways to try to get into the left lane, but he had to wait until the light turned green, well if I would have been him, I would have not pulled out to begin with, secondly, I would have backed up if I would have pulled out. I had my hand on the horn the WHOLE time and the mean person just sat there KNOWING that person was BLOCKING an INTERSECTION which is ILLEGAL. I could have turned right on red when it would have been clear and there was a person in the back of me also that was blocked because of this ONE mean and INCONSIDERATE person. So, it DOES inconvenience people. I didn't try to let him in, he just happen to pull out cross ways BEFORE I got there, but he was blocking me sideways, so I couldn't go through the gas station parking lot because that is against the LAW to go through a place of business to avoid a light or traffic. So I was literally STUCK waiting the WHOLE ENTIRE LIGHT as well as waiting for the traffic to move for NO REAL REASON except that the guy was SO SELFISH that he couldn't think of ANYONE ELSE that would like to get going, ONLY HIMSELF. I would have backed up if I would have been him out of common courtesy, especially if the person was honking on me knowing I was doing something such as blocking someone which is ILLEGAL.
I live on a hill, on a fairly busy street, with a stoplight about a quarter block from the entrance from by building's garage. Traffic backs up here a bit on weekdays, due to poor traffic planning. Often when I am pulling out, someone will stop and let me in, especially if the light is red anyway. I don't ask for it by nosing out into the street or anything (I'm rarely in a hurry to get to work), but I don't refuse the offer.
"I am a woman" = Your first statement told us that or are we all missing something here because we don't live in S.F.?
Relax... Mark
I've always appreciated it when someone lets me out of a gas station or parking lot, where I might be stuck there all day, if someone didn't extend me the courtesy.
Now at a 4-way stop, for example, I prefer if everyone just follows the rules and doesn't wave me on.
Sometimes I wonder when someone waves me through a 4 way stop if they do because they are confused. By that I mean either they are not sure what the rules are (say if both stopped at the same time) or they really weren't watching so they don't know who has the right of way. So to avoid problems they just yield the right of way, would be the smart thing to do.
2011 Hyundai Sonata, 2014 BMW 428i convertible, 2015 Honda CTX700D
But, sometimes you get 2 people that know the rule, but arrive at the same time, so they don't know who should go first, so they sit there and try to let the other guy go.
Of course, during this some dope on a cell phone runs right through without stopping, so maybe it is for the best!
2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.
I had gotten so I'd just kick it an zoom on across at certain intersections. They sit with their mouth open wondering what happened.
2014 Malibu 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,
2014 Malibu 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,
As Mark said, "it all depends on the situation." Sure, there are times when it is not appropriate to let someone into the roadway and there are times when it is absolutely inconsiderate to refuse such courtesy. Lords1 obviously feels passionate about the injustice caused by any such situation-dependent decision, so it really is not even worth rehashing. But, seriously, think about it.
One four-way that really puzzled me was on a main street through a residential neighborhood. For years beyond measure, that intersection had been a two-way for the lightly used side street intersecting the main drag. Then, suddenly, the city slaps up a set of stop signs on the main drag as well to make it a four-way (no obvious reason for it except perhaps to break up the flow on the main drag and slow down the general speed of traffic). I must have driven through that intersection for a week before I finally realized that there was a stop sign posted there. Luckily, no problems because that side road still had next to no traffic, just like for years beyond measure prior to installing the signs. :P
Logically that doesn't make sense. If the Driver on the left is obligated to yield then the driver on the left cannot grant it to the driver on the right. He can only grant it if he is not obligated to do so.
Actually I do believe that it is the law in all states that when two cars stop at the same time the one on the right has right of way. That is of course unless the cars are driving in opposite directions then it doesn't matter unless one is turning left, in that case the left turner must yield.
2011 Hyundai Sonata, 2014 BMW 428i convertible, 2015 Honda CTX700D
And no I didn't just miss it before as a neighbor told me they saw them putting in the stop sign that day.
2011 Hyundai Sonata, 2014 BMW 428i convertible, 2015 Honda CTX700D
Guess what happened today, I saw some idiot making that left turn in a midsized sedan. Yep he was driving very slowly over that raised medium with traffic heading his way.
2011 Hyundai Sonata, 2014 BMW 428i convertible, 2015 Honda CTX700D
You will be submissive to the driver on your Right.
2011 Hyundai Sonata, 2014 BMW 428i convertible, 2015 Honda CTX700D
I have a question:
Do you speed, because if you do, letting someone in from a place of business, stop, or yield sign DOESN'T make sense? Think about it, if you go over speed limit, you could get a ticket and you may not have had to go as fast if you would have made the next light, but you didn't because you let a person in. Think about it, it's TRUE!
Today, a person was at a place of business towards the time of the light turning green. The first 2 cars didn't let this person in and neither did I. What really irked me is that this person kept scooting up as if to be let in even thought we were moving. The FOURTH car lets him in even though the light is green as well as traffic that had been moving. I think that is just plain RUDE! I even honked on the person at the place of business because he was scooting up and I didn't know if he was going to try to pull out when knowing "I" had the green light. I think that was just SO INCONSIDERATE of ALL the vehicles that were on the road and SELFISH of the person pulling out. GREEN MEANS GO, especially when traffic started to move already, that's just being courteous to that ONE person coming out, NOT to EVERYONE ELSE that wants to GO at the green light. MAJORITY RULES, meaning, ONE person pulling out shouldn't hold up EVERYONE, that's just WRONG!
I also see a LOT of people that don't pay attention to the traffic light when it turns green, but then speed. It's like "What's the POINT of NOT paying attention if they are just going to speed?" My husband made a little joke saying "It's to make up for lost time." I think it's RUDE not to be paying attention to a traffic light, especially when you are the FIRST vehicle in line. Some people have been so RUDE to me because I honked on them at the green for not going that they just sat there or slammed on their brakes PURPOSELY. It's like such JERKS. They are the ones that were holding EVERYONE up and it's like they are trying to be rude back when they were rude first. I'm not going to just sit at a green if it's clear, that ain't happening, unless, I can't go because of so many people that I would block an intersection or a stalled vehicle or something like that.
That comment doesn't make sense either. You have to do what 1 MPH faster (if that) to make up the 2 seconds that it takes to be courteous and let the other guy in?
To be honest I don't think I ever missed a green light simply because I or someone in front of me let someone on the road before starting at a green light.
Today, a person was at a place of business towards the time of the light turning green...
Actually once traffic has started moving then coming to a stop to let the guy in is rather inconsiderate (unless the light had turned red again and you would have to stop right in front of the guy). However to be honest that first guy should have waited an extra 2 seconds and let that guy out. It's only curt ious.
I also see a LOT of people that don't pay attention to the traffic light when it turns green,
Tell me are you one of these people that blow their horn the instant the light turns green? Yes green does mean go, but only when it is safe to do so. The other day I had some idiot behind me that blew his/her horn right after the light turned green. Seems it didn't matter to him that I was waiting for the left turning traffic to clear before proceeding, just that I didn't gun it the instant the light turned green.
Ok rant off, Now one has to be a little patient when it comes to people when the light turns green. We don't really know whats going on in the vehicle in front of us. One time I stayed stopped at a green light because my passenger just went into a grand mall seizure. Might be a new and nervous driver, Might be someone new to a manual who stalled it, might be someone who is checking a map or reading directions (I have done that checking the light every few seconds). I would rather have someone read their map at a light and hold up traffic for a few seconds than try to read it going 45 MPH down a street.
One time many years ago I stayed stopped at a green light, the guy behind me kept blowing his horn then decided to go around me. He just missed hitting the fire truck that I saw but he didn't.
My point is be patient wait a second or two then lightly toot your horn. Also take a look around there might be a good reason for them not going (see above with the fire truck).
2011 Hyundai Sonata, 2014 BMW 428i convertible, 2015 Honda CTX700D
Those NYC cabbies are famous for blaring the horn the INSTANT the light turns green. I can only imagine what it's like in Rome.
Not sure how it is in other states, but in AZ, the law never gives right of way to anyone when it will cause an accident. If two people arrive at a 4-way stop at the same time and the person on the left goes and gets into the intersection first, they have the right of way and the right to clear the intersection (same law as if you get stuck in the intersection when a light turns red). The person who arrived on the right has no right of way to enter the intersection. However, if an accident resulted, I would imagine the car on the left would be cited, but it wouldn't be unreasonable if the other driver were cited as well, as in a 50/50 accident.
"However to be honest that first guy should have waited an extra 2 seconds and let that guy out. It's only curtious."
The first guy FOLLOWED THE LAW and was COURTEOUS TO ALL the other drivers BEHIND HIM, NOT DISCOURTEOUS TO EVERYONE ELSE accept that ONE vehicle. WHY are you ONLY thinking of the person that is pulling out's FEELINGS and NOT the majority of the people on the road that HAVE THE GREEN LIGHT?
"One time I stayed stopped at a green light because my passenger just went into a grand mall seizure."
That was SELFISH of you to HOLD UP EVERYONE. If that person was having a seizure, you should have gone and pulled over or made a u-turn to pull over out of CONSIDERATION of OTHERS.
"Might be a new and nervous driver, might be someone who is checking a map or reading directions (I have done that checking the light every few seconds). Might be someone who is checking a map or reading directions (I have done that checking the light every few seconds)."
Do you realize how SELFISH that sounds to think of "YOURSELF" ONLY, but NO ONE ELSE? My husband has pulled over to read a map for instance. That is the CONSIDERATE thing to do, NOT to HOLD UP ANYONE FOR ANYTHING unless the person is stalled, then that's NOT their fault. But to be reading at a light, which is NOT paying attention, is just SELFISH 100%, plain and simple.
To be honest, you should ONLY be paying attention to the light and traffic, that is IT, NOTHING and I mean NOTHING else, NO reading, NO music, and NO CELL PHONE. That is just SO SELFISH for you to ONLY THINK OF YOUR NEEDS, but NO ONE ELSE'S TIME!
"To be honest I don't think I ever missed a green light simply because I or someone in front of me let someone on the road before starting at a green light."
You are probably not thinking about when you are in such heavy traffic that, that one more person added to the traffic that would be going slow, makes EVERYONE behind them not make the light. I have PLENTY of times not made a light because of people NOT PAYING ATTENTION. I have even had to have my hand on my horn for 4-5 seconds, which is RIDUCULOUS that they can't PAY ATTENTION. Those are some SELFISH people that sit at a light reading or digging through their vehicle.
Actually there is no law that states that you have to go through a green light. As a matter of fact the law states that you may proceed under a green light when safe to do so. It is allowable under the law to allow someone to enter the roadway as long as you are already stopped. It is the courteous thing to do and barely inconviences those behind you.
That was SELFISH of you to HOLD UP EVERYONE. If that person was having a seizure, you should have gone and pulled over or made a u-turn to pull over out of CONSIDERATION of OTHERS.
Out of consideration to others I did not move. Someone having that type of seizure often makes violent unpredictable moves. It would have been very dangerous to try to drive any distance with that happening in the seat right next to me. Now if they were in a position where they couldn't interfere with my driving then you might have a point, but that wasn't the case.
Do you realize how SELFISH that sounds to think of "YOURSELF"
Mrs. Pot meet Mr. Kettle
In the immortal words of xwesx to you
All the while a finger was being pointed at other people for being selfish, there was an underlying chant of "ME ME ME ME ME ME ME ME ME ME ME ME ME" and it was being passed off as the other drivers behind "ME" doing the chanting. THAT is ironic and irony is funny.
As I said I rather them do it at a traffic light (and there is nothing wrong with that as long as you stay alert and can resume driving at an instants notice) then do it driving at 45 MPH. Or even make a foolish move trying to get to a parking lot or side street to stop.
You are probably not thinking about when you are in such heavy traffic that, that one more person added to the traffic that would be going slow, makes EVERYONE behind them not make the light.
Huh? that doesn't make sense. Letting someone in heavy traffic makes everyone behind them not make the light?
I travel through heavy traffic daily and I can think of only one spot where letting someone in can make anyone miss a light and thats because the stupid city keeps the light short for whatever reason during rush hour. All the other traffic lights I go through are long enough that anyone stopped at them will make it through with time to spare.
I have even had to have my hand on my horn for 4-5 seconds,
I can never see any reason for blowing a horn for that long. As I said a quick light toot on the horn is really all you need, I have never had to use more than that. Well Anyways if you do that and the driver ahead of you turns around a waves that will be me. :P
2011 Hyundai Sonata, 2014 BMW 428i convertible, 2015 Honda CTX700D
this is great
Actually, there is.
However waiting a couple of seconds to allow someone to enter a road really doesn't qualify as impending traffic.
2011 Hyundai Sonata, 2014 BMW 428i convertible, 2015 Honda CTX700D
*Enter sarcastic, yet serious, mode*
Holy carp, I tell you one thing though, laws are made for people like this! Can you imagine these folks having to make a decision without such perfect guidance?!? :surprise: That.... that would require *gulp* accepting personal responsibility for one's actions!!!!!
*Leave sarcastic mode*
There's always room for consideration, now back to the chant:
Me..... It's all about me! What about you?! What about you? It's all about mememememememememememememememememememememememememe........... ME! Stay out of my way, stay out of my day...
:P