re: What really grinds your gears.

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All the arseholes in the left lane that don't want to wait in line and decide they want to cut over at the underpass to get on the interstate. And just as bad, the dumb arses that actually let them in.

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I used to do this all the time. Probably saved me hours of driving over the year or so that was part of my commute. People are very slow getting started when the light turns green at Perkins (probably busy texting or something). It's even worse now with people nearly stopping to make a hard right into the new businesses where Caterie used to be.

Sometimes I would cut into the right lane right after Perkins as cars that turned right onto Perkins would create gaps in the line. Those gaps I would of course exploit.

And then past the underpass....I would never signal my right turn onto the I-10 east ramp to discourage people on southbound Acadian from making left turns in front of me. If they think I'm going straight, they stay put over there in the left turn lane and the right turners in line for the on ramp don't have to stop and yield. That left turn lane should be red in those situations because of all the stacking to turn right onto the on ramp....but it's not because Baton Rouge.

All that and I never had to pass up I-10 and double back because I couldn't get over. Getting over was never a problem. There was always ample space to move over.

I may be an a-hole for moving over at the last second, but this is a part of me that I am comfortable with. I actually encourage this maneuver. I always felt the goal should be to get through the dreadful, backed up Perkins intersection and then worry about moving over.