Is it Fucking Idiot Driver month and nobody remembered to tell me? Because I didn't get the memo, but it seems like everyone else did. For the past few weeks everywhere I go people are either not paying attention, or they are morons who don't know the rules of the road. A quick refresher course for some of you:
-if you are sitting at a light waiting to turn left, on a street that is one lane in either direction, if the oncoming car is also turning left YOU CAN BOTH TURN AT THE SAME TIME! If you both sit there and wait for the other person to go first, guess what? You'll be sitting there for a long time.
-If you are at a stop light and turning right, and the cross traffic has a green left turn arrow, you can turn right while they are turning left. It's really okay, those cars on the other side of the street are not going to plow through the turning traffic just to hit your car while you turn.
-Oh, and my personal favorite, if you are on a major street at 7:45 in the morning, do not stop at every intersection and let the cars that are waiting go ahead of you! I understand you think you're being nice and letting them in so they don't have to wait, but all you're really doing is slowing the flow of traffic and making everyone behind you late.
And not only are there morons who don't seem to know the rules of the road, but there are more people out there who are just not paying attention. I can't even count the number of times I have watched the idiot in front of me slowly coast into the oncoming lane or into the shoulder of the road, just to jerk their car back into the driving lane when they realize that they were wandering.
Why are cops, or oncoming semi-trucks, never around when you need them?
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