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Posted on 3/30/17 at 8:38 am to Pectus
There's this crazy thing I do where I make a right turn and then make a U-turn* at the next light instead of trying to make a left turn with no light across a busy highway.
*assuming U-turns are legal wherever you are.
*assuming U-turns are legal wherever you are.
Posted on 3/30/17 at 8:51 am to mikelbr
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Meet me at the Winn-Dixie, not Sonic, cuz I'ma smash an egg on your face when I'm done smashing them cakes.
Haven't even checked my knuckles, you brave.
Posted on 3/30/17 at 8:55 am to SlapahoeTribe
Go right and turn around, or plan your route better. Nothing you're doing is important enough to drive like a moron.
Posted on 3/30/17 at 8:56 am to Pectus
Years ago, the practice was rampant in Tyler. This usually occurs when the main road has so much traffic that it is difficult to enter the road without using the center lane as a merge lane. In Tyler, it was the result of bad city planning and traffic management.
I still hate drivers that use the turning lane as a merge lane.
I still hate drivers that use the turning lane as a merge lane.
Posted on 3/30/17 at 8:57 am to Winston Cup
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I hope this becomes a thing
About the time Sonic started here, I got into it with some IRL friends on FB joking about Obama and ACA and shite. I told them meet me at the Winn-Dixie. So, I've been saying that for months.
Today's Porn star egg-smashing thread made it natural to include.
Posted on 3/30/17 at 9:16 am to SlapahoeTribe
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Do you know how fricking long you'd have to wait to turn left onto Jefferson during rush hour traffic if you couldn't use the center turn lane?
I think you're missing the point.
The problem is not people getting into the turning lane, stopping, then merging into their lane when there is an opening. No.
The problem is people getting into the turning lane and accelerating in the turning lane in an attempt to merge into moving traffic. This is dangerous.
Posted on 3/30/17 at 9:18 am to CptRusty
thanks for creating a more violent roadway for the rest of us dickhead...
Posted on 3/30/17 at 9:18 am to CptRusty
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The problem is people getting into the turning lane and accelerating in the turning lane in an attempt to merge into moving traffic. This is dangerous.
I've never really seen anyone do this although I don't doubt it happens. A couple days ago, I did see some idiot park his fat SUV in the left turn lane because he was trying to merge into the right lane when the light turned green. Really pissed off the guy behind him.
Posted on 3/30/17 at 9:19 am to DisplacedBuckeye
quote:I plan on my ability to make a left turn. Maybe you can't?
Go right and turn around, or plan your route better. Nothing you're doing is important enough to drive like a moron.
Once again, it isn't that difficult to use the center-turn lane, therefore I don't view it as a problem.
If you're not that good of a driver and it is too difficult for you, then you can turn right and find some other place to make your turnaround. (Though you are just causing more traffic at the light, further contributing to our traffic problems in the city.
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Posted on 3/30/17 at 9:21 am to Brageous
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thanks for creating a more violent roadway for the rest of us dickhead...
don't start no shite won't be no shite
Posted on 3/30/17 at 9:22 am to Smoke7024
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I'll use it but won't accelerate in it.
Yeah. If the road is really congested you may never get an opening both ways. Some places off Jefferson I'll definitely pull int the middle turn lane, and then merge once traffic is clear.
But yeah i never pull into the middle turn lane and accelerate up to traffic speed and try to push my way in.
Posted on 3/30/17 at 9:23 am to SlapahoeTribe
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I plan on my ability to make a left turn.
Apparently you don't, without the assistance of an illegal merge.
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Maybe you can't?
I can. I'm also able to judge when it would be idiotic to do so. Maybe you can't?
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I don't view it as a problem.
Of course not. Everyone else drives like a jackass, not you.
Posted on 3/30/17 at 9:38 am to DisplacedBuckeye
quote:All evidence to the contrary
Apparently you don't, without the assistance of an illegal merge.
quote:Where did I say that I only made left turns? I have the ability to judge traffic and use my left turn skills appropriately.
I'm also able to judge when it would be idiotic to do so. Maybe you can't?
quote:So everyone who turns left is a jackass? Got it.
Everyone else drives like a jackass, not you.
Posted on 3/30/17 at 9:50 am to ChewyDante
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The best argument one could make in opposition to universal suffrage is to simply point to public transportation and observation of people on the road. Nothing makes me hate people more than driving.
See my "People who drive on public roads" thread
Posted on 3/30/17 at 9:52 am to SlapahoeTribe
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All evidence to the contrary
Link?
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Where did I say that I only made left turns?
Where did I say you only made left turns?
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I have the ability to judge traffic and use my left turn skills appropriately.
If you need to illegally use the turning lane as a merge, you don't.
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So everyone who turns left is a jackass? Got it.
Did I say that?
(Hint: I didn't.)
Posted on 3/30/17 at 10:00 am to Pectus
It's funny because we had this same conversation recently at work. Person from up north talked about how it's illegal to use center lane to merge and the only place he's seen it done is in Louisiana. So we actually looked up the law on this and come to find out it's perfectly legal to do this in Louisiana, up to like 300 yards or somewhere around there.
Posted on 3/30/17 at 10:06 am to Pectus
For some reason, people refuse to use the turn lane on 415 when trying to cross over 2 lanes and turn left. They'll stop perpendicular to traffic and block 1-2 lanes instead of getting in the center lane going with the flow of traffic and waiting for an opportunity to merge. It makes me lose it.
Posted on 3/30/17 at 10:11 am to Smoke7024
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I'll use it but won't accelerate in it.
Depending on where you live, for instance in Lafayette, that is how that lane works by law.
Posted on 3/30/17 at 10:12 am to The Mick
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You mean a center turning lane for both traffic directions I assume? That's a pet peeve of mine as well. I hate motherfrickers using it as a merge lane, I'm just waiting for a head on collision to occur.
I don't mind cars sitting in the suicide lane waiting to turn or merge. I'm not okay with them driving in the suicide lane for any reason....either merging or getting up to their left turn a mile away.
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