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re: People who drive on the shoulder before making a right turn
Posted on 2/23/24 at 7:35 am to LSU6262
Posted on 2/23/24 at 7:35 am to LSU6262
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Why? You aren't saving the person behind you any real time and are increasing the risk of an accident.
It’s typically only something i do on 55 mph two lane country roads. It’s significantly safer than hoping the driver of the car behind you is paying attention.
This post was edited on 2/23/24 at 7:36 am
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Posted on 2/23/24 at 7:37 am to TBoy
Some people probably do that to hurry and get away from the aszhole behind them tailgating.
Posted on 2/23/24 at 7:37 am to 0x15E
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If it turning off of a road that has a 55mph speed limit and there’s no turn lane, you better believe I’m hitting the shoulder to slow down.
frick getting rear ended by some a-hole glancing at their phone behind me.
And frick you.
You could just use your blinker and slow down early enough.
If I'm behind you also turning right and you're in the shoulder while I'm making a legal turn, frick you
Posted on 2/23/24 at 7:46 am to LSU6262
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If I'm behind you also turning right and you're in the shoulder while I'm making a legal turn, frick you
Why would you care? You’re going to do the exact same thing whether he’s in front of you or on the shoulder.
Posted on 2/23/24 at 7:48 am to TDsngumbo
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This post was edited on 3/12/24 at 3:59 pm
Posted on 2/23/24 at 7:50 am to LSU6262
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Why? You aren't saving the person behind you any real time and are increasing the risk of an accident.
Just turn like normal
How is it increasing the risk of an accident?
Posted on 2/23/24 at 7:52 am to LSU6262
Not to mention, it's illegal. If you get in a wreck you are at fault.
Posted on 2/23/24 at 7:53 am to LSU6262
I can see a lot of people here do not know how to think on their own and assess situations in front of them. Will I use the turn lane? Sometimes yes and sometimes no, it depends on the shoulder, driving conditions, and traffic.
Posted on 2/23/24 at 7:54 am to LSU6262
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Why? You aren't saving the person behind you any real time and are increasing the risk of an accident.
I do it if there's enough room for people behind me to pass while I'm turning. I'ld rather do that than be the dick who comes to a complete stop in the center of the lane before making a right-hand turn.
I hate it for you that my courtesy gets on your nerves.
Posted on 2/23/24 at 7:54 am to LSU6262
People that ride their brakes just because they’re going down hill.
Posted on 2/23/24 at 7:59 am to Bard
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I hate it for you that my courtesy gets on your nerves
Courtesy often subverts the rules of the road and leads to accidents. I don't trust people's courtesy on the road; I've witnessed multiple accidents because someone was trying to be nice and wave someone in, for example.
I don't get mad at people that get on the shoulder to turn right but I don't do it. I put my blinker on as expected and try not to turn obnoxiously slow
Posted on 2/23/24 at 8:00 am to LSU6262
Having had a tire go flat from debris on the shoulder as well as the windshield damage from shoulder debris being kicked up and into traffic by shoulder driving/drivers, I actively try NOT to get on the shoulder at all.
Posted on 2/23/24 at 8:01 am to LSU6262
Good! Get the frick out the way!
Posted on 2/23/24 at 8:03 am to LSU6262
I do that and this will really piss you off, in the country I go to the left (head on) lane when making a left hand turn when people are coming from behind.
Posted on 2/23/24 at 8:04 am to LSU6262
More important here is that every dimwit who makes their own lane to turn right, then must absolutely disregard law & logic and change lanes during the course of the right turn so that they turn into the LH lane. That way they can disallow oncoming left turners from turning left into the LH lane and completely hinder the proper & logical flow of traffic. 
Posted on 2/23/24 at 8:04 am to LSU6262
It depends on the situation. Sometimes there should be a right lane but for bad design.
Posted on 2/23/24 at 8:05 am to Bard
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This post was edited on 3/12/24 at 3:53 pm
Posted on 2/23/24 at 8:11 am to LSU6262
My ex's father who was a former cheif of police said while illegal, because you are crossing a solid line, pulling into the shoulder first is the safer way to turn.
Posted on 2/23/24 at 8:12 am to The Scofflaw
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Yes, I will hug the shoulder if you do this behind me,
No, I will not let you cut ahead of others.
Yes, I will let your car hit me.
Yes, I do have paper plates.
Yes, I drive a dented Altima
Posted on 2/23/24 at 8:17 am to Odysseus32
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You don't know me, you don't know what I consider polite. I consider someone following the rules of the road to be polite. I consider someone skirting the rules of the road based on what they feel is best to be impolite.
You're actually being an a-hole and putting others in danger when you do this.
Found the guy going 70 in the left lane while yelling at people passing him on the right.
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