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longbottle

All For Want Of A 9MM

Jun 18, 2008 21:20

I'm coming off of the off-ramp of I-275N onto Fletcher, where there's a light. It was red. People were blowing through it like it wasn't there, in spite of there being periodic traffic. As I always do, I stopped at the light. Some impatient asshole in a beige Buick directly behind me got testy that I was obeying the fucking law and started to honk ( Read more... )

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0rcinus June 19 2008, 04:12:22 UTC

Just proves that speeding doesn't get you there any faster. I hope you honked as you passed him so he would know ( ... )

longbottle June 19 2008, 06:17:13 UTC

I would have, but he was two lanes over and there were cars between us.

I do that too. It's usually assholes in big SUVs or trucks, too.

I try not to fuck with the dickweeds that much. Some of the ones around here seem unstable enough to smash into me out of spite, and right side of the law or no, I'd still be out a car.

Besides, I hate it when people see me signal a lane change and then speed up solely to block it. The only motive I can possibly imagine for doing that is to be an asshole. It's especially annoying when I don't have much time to get to the exit or change lanes before the highway divides. When it's somewhere I've been before, I make sure to plan at least a couple miles ahead what lane to be in, but if it's somewhere I'm not familiar with, that's not always possible.

0rcinus June 19 2008, 06:51:53 UTC

Oh ? I seem to remember you telling me you had one of the in car GPS navigators.

longbottle June 19 2008, 06:59:15 UTC

I do, but it only warns you of an upcoming exit two miles in advance, which at times might not be enough (like in heavy traffic, you may need almost twice that distance before someone lets you into your lane).

0rcinus June 20 2008, 15:26:36 UTC

I've always found that much distance more than enough.

longbottle June 21 2008, 01:40:03 UTC

Not if they speed up to block your lane changes, or there's not enough room between the cars in that line to fit in. People drive far closer to each other than I'm comfortable with here.

0rcinus June 21 2008, 16:38:43 UTC

Oh like that only happens where you live. Must be your style of driving then. :P

Knowing when to signal and when *not* to signal is important. Such knowledge only comes with expeirence, not in a book. :)

longbottle June 23 2008, 05:14:10 UTC

It didn't happen to me when I lived in Syracuse... though it did when I visited Long Island. Maybe it has to do with how big a city is? The asshole quotient if you will, goes up in a linear curve with the population density.

I do it anyway, that way if I'm in an accident, I can truthfully say I obeyed all the traffic laws to the letter.

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