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Driving: Use traffic lights to your advantage!

Posted on 7/19/19 at 12:49 pm
Posted by bayoubengals88
LA
Member since Sep 2007
25962 posts
Posted on 7/19/19 at 12:49 pm
Nothing screams narcissistic and/or low IQ like attempting to turn left across three lanes of traffic when there’s a traffic light five feet away that helps you make that left turn unhindered.

Always use lights! They’re SAFE and make life easier.
Posted by Wtodd
Tampa, FL
Member since Oct 2013
68603 posts
Posted on 7/19/19 at 12:52 pm to
quote:

Always use lights! They’re SAFE and make life easier.

OK stand by......puts phone down......uses light and turns left.....picks up phone....."hey you're right...thanks for the tip"
Posted by BurningHeart
Member since Jan 2017
10130 posts
Posted on 7/19/19 at 12:52 pm to
90% of bad driving behaviors are due to people trying to save 20 seconds off their commute.

It is indicative of the overall state of society.
Posted by Displaced
Member since Dec 2011
33054 posts
Posted on 7/19/19 at 12:52 pm to
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Nothing screams narcissistic and/or low IQ like attempting to turn left across three lanes of traffic when there’s a traffic light five feet away that helps you make that left turn unhindered.

If the masses are lined up at that light to turn left and it is gonna take 3 cycles for my turn, I'm turning left out of that McDonald's.

frick you.
Posted by VolsOut4Harambe
Baw Land
Member since Sep 2017
14908 posts
Posted on 7/19/19 at 12:52 pm to
It's worse when people (usually in certain parts of town) jaywalk across a busy road when there's a light and a crosswalk 500 ft away.

I go full speed at those frickers and make them dodge me.
Posted by bayoubengals88
LA
Member since Sep 2007
25962 posts
Posted on 7/19/19 at 12:53 pm to
There wasn’t a single car in line.
Posted by Jim Rockford
Member since May 2011
106042 posts
Posted on 7/19/19 at 12:55 pm to
We have MFers cutting through our parking lot all day long trying to beat a street light.
Posted by ragincajun77
Member since Jul 2019
911 posts
Posted on 7/19/19 at 12:55 pm to
quote:

Nothing screams narcissistic and/or low IQ like attempting to turn left across three lanes of traffic when there’s a traffic light five feet away that helps you make that left turn unhindered.

Always use lights! They’re SAFE and make life easier.


Said as he posts a new thread in OT from his phone as he's driving.
Posted by Pettifogger
I don't really care, Margaret
Member since Feb 2012
87731 posts
Posted on 7/19/19 at 12:57 pm to
Good tip

Also, use flashers if it is raining hard so other people can see you
Posted by Cosmo
glassman's guest house
Member since Oct 2003
132616 posts
Posted on 7/19/19 at 12:57 pm to
I need a MS Paint drawing of this scenario
Posted by Jim Rockford
Member since May 2011
106042 posts
Posted on 7/19/19 at 12:58 pm to
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I need a MS Paint drawing of this scenario


It's been way too long since we've had a good MS Paint thread.
Posted by bayoubengals88
LA
Member since Sep 2007
25962 posts
Posted on 7/19/19 at 12:59 pm to
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It's worse when people (usually in certain parts of town) jaywalk across a busy road when there's a light and a crosswalk 500 ft away.


Exactly! I saw two 10 year olds trying to cross O’Neal on bikes earlier this week. There was a cross walk 50 yards away.
One darted out while the other waited.
This post was edited on 7/19/19 at 1:00 pm
Posted by VolsOut4Harambe
Baw Land
Member since Sep 2017
14908 posts
Posted on 7/19/19 at 12:59 pm to
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Exactly! I saw two 10 year olds trying to cross O’Neal on bikes earlier this week. There was a cross walk 50 yards away.
One farted out while the other waited.


A stern call to their fathers should resolve this.
Posted by bayoubengals88
LA
Member since Sep 2007
25962 posts
Posted on 7/19/19 at 1:00 pm to
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A stern call to their fathers should resolve this.
ISWYDT
Posted by Gaston
Dirty Coast
Member since Aug 2008
41694 posts
Posted on 7/19/19 at 1:00 pm to
They’re not try to save time, they’re try to WIN the encounter...and safety or logic be damned.
Posted by Motorboat
At the camp
Member since Oct 2007
24312 posts
Posted on 7/19/19 at 1:01 pm to
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We have MFers cutting through our parking lot all day long trying to beat a street light.


Sorry for trespassin on your Golden Arches premises.
Posted by holmesbr
Baton Rouge, La.
Member since Feb 2012
4191 posts
Posted on 7/19/19 at 1:04 pm to
It is indicative of the overall state of Louisiana.

Fify
Posted by Eugene Dogwood
Baton Rouge
Member since Feb 2007
774 posts
Posted on 7/19/19 at 1:06 pm to
OP must be on Siegen by Whataburger
Posted by bayoubengals88
LA
Member since Sep 2007
25962 posts
Posted on 7/19/19 at 1:08 pm to
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I need a MS Paint drawing of this scenario


I try not to get that worked up anymore.
Posted by brass2mouth
NOLA
Member since Jul 2007
20735 posts
Posted on 7/19/19 at 1:12 pm to
quote:

We have MFers cutting through our parking lot all day long trying to beat a street light.


I think if I owned a business like McDonald’s or something I would make the exit where people are doing this controlled by an electronic gate and force them to either buy something or wait until a paying customer is trying to leave.
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