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Or the flashing light or turn signal may even a separate light next to either style of light. I bet if someone had a wreck they might be able to beat a ticket because of a non-standard signaling device.
Just for me, some of the most scary events was having to avoid two different wrong way drivers on the freeway in Oakland Ca.
I hope the parties in the video made it safely to their destiny.
good luck and stay safe.
jensad
One night last year I was traveling east on I-80 to NYC through PA. It was starting to get dark with a light drizzle, and a light fog. There was an 18-wheeler in the right lane at about 55, and another that moved into the left lane at about 60. I also moved into the left lane to pass the truck on the right.
As the first truck was past the one on the right, he put on his left turn signal to take the left exit ahead. I was beginning to speed up a bit as he moved over, but once he cleared my field of vision, I saw a vehicle up the road a bit that had some odd looking tail lights. At that point I realized I was royally screwed as the odd lights were reverse lights, completely in the left lane!
At this point my only option was to pray that ABS would do its job. I was not willing to roll myself in the ditch to the left (just past the exit) and was not willing to be smashed by the truck on my right. Fortunately no one was behind me at the time, so I took moved my hands to the bottom of the steering wheel to try and prevent arm injuries from the airbag and jumped on the brakes as hard as possible. I was very lucky to be stopped within two feet of his/her rear bumper and that he/she did not back into me. I put it in reverse and quickly backed up so I had enough room to drive around on the right as traffic passed by and took off back up to speed.
It would have been nice to have this driver reported and taken off the road, but at the time I feared for my life and needed and was focusing on getting out of that situation alive. I could only guess what would have happened if the trucked that turned went straight instead Not good for the trucker, but would definitely have taken a bad driver off the road for good.
Nevermind the fact there are available spaces 50 feet away. Nope, they will just sit there, usually with their dumb turn signal going while others fume.
Our local Costco store is the WORST!
It works the other way too. I'll be unloading my cart and sure enough, I'll see someone eyeballing me so they can have my spot. I'm tempted to really take my time but I feel for the people behind the "park waiter".
And, often, they will pull in so close I can barely have the room to back out!
Last weekend I took "she who must be obeyed" to the mall to do some shopping and we just happened to luck out and get a space very close to the door. She wanted to get several things from several stores so instead of lugging bags all over the place I would take the new purchases to the car, put them in the trunk and catch up with her. So I ened up running to the car 3 times, each time I closed the trunk and walked back to the mall there was a waiter there giving me a dirty look.
2011 Hyundai Sonata, 2014 BMW 428i convertible, 2015 Honda CTX700D
Well all of a sudden I stomped pretty hard on my brakes. The car behind me was in my lane and wasn't happy about it and blew his horn as he swerved into the other lane to go around me. Then he saw the deer running across the street that I saw seconds earlier. The guy then slammed on his brakes missing the deer by about a foot.
2011 Hyundai Sonata, 2014 BMW 428i convertible, 2015 Honda CTX700D
A close second are those who drive around and around looking for a close spot. I always enjoy following someone into a lot, parking my car at a distance, and then walking past them as I enter the store while they are still driving around.
It's like they are too lazy to walk.
I'm like you. I park as far away as I can to minimize damage to our cars plus, I like the exercise.
After some time in a retail store crammed in with idiots, its nice to get some air walking back to my door ding-free car.
Thats why I take the Saturn to the store. It's 13 years old with 155K miles, who cares if it gets a ding.
2011 Hyundai Sonata, 2014 BMW 428i convertible, 2015 Honda CTX700D
Lazy people who don't bother taking their carts back to the return area.
Oh, heck no. They just leave them wherever they please so they can get bumped and knocked into another car!
I make sure to park as far away as possible, and never downhill. And the whole family knows that when we get out of the car, they have to scour the area and take back any loose carts near by.
2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.
I've already ranted about this here so I won't repeat it. :mad: I feel your pain. I also can't help but shake my head at people who get the cart to the return area and then just throw it in there haphazardly (with empty boxes or other garbage inside) instead of trying to stack it with another cart or at least put it in straight.
The wasted space in those areas is just sad, especially when it starts overflowing out into the parking lot.
i dodge them by intentionally walking down the wrong parking row, then walking inbetween cars to go to the row where my car is actually parked.
2011 Hyundai Sonata, 2014 BMW 428i convertible, 2015 Honda CTX700D
2011 Hyundai Sonata, 2014 BMW 428i convertible, 2015 Honda CTX700D
A fun thing to do with the stalkers is to go out to your car, put the junk in the trunk, get in, then get back out and go back to the store. Foiled again...
Bellevue Square has had problems with this over the years.
Of course, at this time of year, there really may be a shortage of parking spaces. Someone waiting for a place may have been driving around (even in the nether regions) looking for any spot. I don't mind cutting folks some slack then.
That's one reason why I avoid shopping malls at this time of year!
I'm lucky in that if I ever need to torture myself with that shrine to consumerism and debt, I can walk there.
I believe you. All of the years we could, literally almost see each others as we worked in buildings right next door to each other, you NEVER ONCE walked over to meet me.
I mean, I'm not THAT big of a jerk in these forums...am I?
I actually visited your old place once, but on a Sunday...I guess you weren't working. I'm kind of lazy...but at the same time, I am still only one town over from you :shades:
Happy holidays to all and take care of your self.
jensad
This was the first big snow of the year.
Did he forget how to drive on icy roads or is it 4x4 over-confidence?
I guess I need to tweak my handbrake. I can't do a sliding parallel park with the one in the Outback like I could in my old Tercel. (I only tried that trick once with the footbrake in the FWD Quest and that was enough!).
You do seem to see more SUVs and 4WD trucks in the ditch than sedans when the snow flies.
But it is a learning curve. Like roundabouts.
Hey, wanna play old home week? I'm thinking of going to the Detroit auto show. You could show me around town.
Signal in the turn lane isn't required and sometimes annoys me, but with some of the crap I see pulled around here, sometimes it is good to know the other driver actually realizes it is a turn lane, as some don't follow the arrows.
I guess I have to pass on your offer...
stopping distance is not the same with 4WD compared to non-4WD - in general it has to be marginally worse due to the added weight, and the additional energy that the brakes & tires must dissipate with 4WD compared to 2WD or 1WD.
The vast majority of drivers here in Georgia never do this and it drives me insane! Then again, when I'm driving in the right lane on the highway, I look ahead as I approach on-ramp merges to see if a car will need over. Then I signal and jump into the left lane or I adjust my speed up/down so I'm not blocking them at the last moment.
My car (Mazda3) has the turn signal repeaters on the front fenders (like most European cars). My previous cars just had them front and rear, so cars beside me or approaching me in the next lane couldn't see or wouldn't notice when I signaled a lane change. I could hit the signal and floor it to jump over a lane or two without a problem....but now that they can see the signal repeater also flashing on my front fender, cars that are 3-4 car lengths back will RACE to block my lane change!?!?
It stunned me how often that happened (almost daily) when I first got the Mazda! Not that it stopped me from changing lanes most of the time, but it really pissed me off! Now I just downshift and make sure I'm ready to accelerate to the speed of traffic in the lane where I'm going, but I don't signal until a second or two before I make my move either...
I've decided that the RUDE drivers must not be native Southerners...we're much more polite than that...until you piss us off!
I tried some websites looking for pictures of the area around Cobo Arena. I can't link to them, but I recommend using maps.google.com and their live view or whatever it's called. It's all pretty clean and nice around that area on the river.
2014 Malibu 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,
No, they just cause those who go faster to move right which DOES mess with those merging.... at a greater speed differential.