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07-14-2010, 11:51 AM | #31 |
Munitions Inspector
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I have lots of issues driving in Dallas and just about anywhere else. I agree that the crap we put up with has gone too far. We need some GYHOOYA PSAs on TV to wake people up.
What pisses me off the most is exiting to a service road here in Texas. Some moron decided that ALL traffic in EVERY lane has to yield to traffic coming off the off-ramp in Texas. BS. The problem is, people coming down the offramp don't even look at traffic on the service road becasue they "know" they are entitled to cut across 3 lanes of traffic to turn right at the light that is only 100 yards from the off-ramp. What the ass-holes don't know is that Texas law also states you MUST use your turn signal when changing lanes (ANY LANES) and that you MUST turn off your turn signal for 100ft to establish yourself in each lane as you prepare to move to the next lane. How do I know this? I'm the dumb-ass that somehow gets 1 ticket per-year it seems, and has to go to driving school (mostly speeding because I let myself get comfortable driving with traffic and when they all slow down due to their radar detectors, I get caught. Also, Yielding in itself is something people forget what the rules are. If you are supposed to yield to another car, you simply have to allow them to get in front of you if they: use their turn signal, and want to actaully change lanes (remember the ding-dongs who LEAVE their signal on?). Yielding simply allows the car to get in front of you. YOU DO NOT HAVE TO COME TO A COMPLETE STOP AND SCREW ALL TRAFFIC BEHIND YOU. If there are a few cars coming off a freeway and you are supposed to yield, all you have to do is let the car NEXT to you get in front. The car behind you still has to get behind you. Yield does not mean "roll over and die" for other traffic. Man that bugs me. Also, by the time that a car completes the necessary steps to change a couple of lanes when exiting the freeway, the guy in the far right lane has no clue if that car was in the far left lane or came off the off-ramp. Why is it necessary to place Yield signs on BOTH sides of the road for off-ramps? Once the car merges with traffic, they are just like everyone else. No special favors. Allthough most Texas drivers think THEY are the "entitled driver" for any situation. So, all-in-all, If you use your signal, I will ALWAYS let you in front of me. Unless you are causing me to stop. In that case, I'll just speed ahead and you can have the huge hole created behind me. Oh, and here's one more. Just because you have your signal on, doesn't mean I HAVE to let you in front of me (if there is no Yield in play). I hate people who turn on their signal right as they start to cut in front of me. If there is a lot of room and they have a bunch of space, I'll get over that. But when there is no space at all and they want in because they just realized they have to turn up ahead, doesn't mean I have to "roll over and die" for them. Not my problem buddy. Speaking of "just realizing" you have to make a turn or something like that. Do other drivers realize that it's OK to miss your exit or pass the street they need to turn at? All you have to do is use the next exit and backtrack, or, make a safe U-Turn up ahead and get back on track. There aren't as many accidents because of this stupidity becasue overall, most drivers are pretty good at avioding these morons, but we aren't perfect, and putting up with this crap is getting really old. It's ok to "miss" a turn or an exit. GPSs can fix your problem easily. Most of them recalculate your route automaticly. The worst, is when someone decides they "Have" to turn at a light, so they sit in the next lane over for more than 5 seconds, waiting for a spot to merge in the turn lane and then make the turn. Merging 2 lanes into 1 and courtesy. This is another of my sore spots (I need to take a chill pill eh?). What I cannot stand is when there is a lot of traffic and 2 lanes are merging into one and because most drivers are matching up with the car next to them (or one in front or behind) to merge, an empty spot is created in the lane that is going away. Some how, there is always a jerk who comes from way back, at full throttle, to get as far ahead as he can. This simply pisses me off. What REALLY pisses me off, is when the major A-hole decides to pull out of line to improve his spot by 3 or 4 spots. If I am ahead of him, I ALWAYS start pulling out myself and hold my position halfway between lanes to block the jerk and keep my spot. Yes, I know I'm gonna get shot or hit someday, but that kind of A-Hole move needs to be stopped. Quick. Thanks for putting up with Drew's rant of the month. I'm sure I have just killed this thread. Sorry. Just be safe out there people, and I'll cool my jets. Just don't pull some of these stunts in front of me please. I'm not in the mood for a coronary.
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07-14-2010, 12:08 PM | #32 |
Highway Unicorn
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Hainesville, IL
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I had to deal with this jerkwad that cut me off, and I nearly crashed into him...seriously, do they not realize there's OTHER cars on the road?
But what I'm more ticked off about is that some people DON'T use their damn turn signals when they cut in front of you...oh, sorry, I thought you wanted to be rear ended...morons.
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07-14-2010, 12:09 PM | #33 |
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I hate it when people think just because they have put on their turn signal they are entitled to switch lanes and you (if in the lane they want) are required to just stop and let them over.
Just because the signal goes on, doesn't mean you relinquish all rights to the road and get to ignore all the rules.
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