Of course you must realize that not all drivers are always completely familiar with the location they are in, and thus not as learned on the layout of the road.
This has nothing to do with being familiar with an area but being able to simply observe which lane is the far left lane for the road you're turning onto if you're turning from the far left lane. That's really all there is to it. There's nothing complicated about this, it's a really fucking simple rule.
Of course you must realize that not all drivers are always completely familiar with the location they are in, and thus not as learned on the layout of the road.
This has nothing to do with being familiar with an area but being able to simply observe which lane is the far left lane for the road you're turning onto if you're turning from the far left lane. That's really all there is to it. There's nothing complicated about this, it's a really fucking simple rule.
Yes, and then you reaize that you're in the wrong lane for where you want to go, and thus try to correct yourself so as to not deviate from your destination further.
Sorry, I'm just getting a really big "everyone else is a shitty driver except for me" vibe from this thread so far, and it pisses me off. Nothing aggrivates me more than retards acting like their shit doesn't stink.
Of course you must realize that not all drivers are always completely familiar with the location they are in, and thus not as learned on the layout of the road.
That's why God (Geek-signal activated) made traffic signs and invented common sense.
I doubt the majority of the populace here is equipped to deal judgements regarding common sense.
I doubt the majority of the populace anywhere is capable of that, which is why the majority of the populace shouldn't be allowed to drive.
Of course you must realize that not all drivers are always completely familiar with the location they are in, and thus not as learned on the layout of the road.
This has nothing to do with being familiar with an area but being able to simply observe which lane is the far left lane for the road you're turning onto if you're turning from the far left lane. That's really all there is to it. There's nothing complicated about this, it's a really fucking simple rule.
Yes, and then you reaize that you're in the wrong lane for where you want to go, and thus try to correct yourself so as to not deviate from your destination further.
Sorry, I'm just getting a really big "everyone else is a shitty driver except for me" vibe from this thread so far, and it pisses me off. Nothing aggrivates me more than retards acting like their shit doesn't stink.
Correcting yourself at the expense and danger of others is unacceptable. If you're stuck in the left lane when you want to turn right, you don't fucking stop in your lane until the right lane clears. You continue driving until you can safely correct your error.
I always say it's better to fail to make the correct turn than to cut people off. Less of a chance of dying that way.
If I'm in an area I don't know well, I don't just start whipping in front of people. If you see you're about to miss your turn, but the only way to make it is to drive in front of 2 lanes, you just keep going and turn around. Don't be a bitch.
My mother-in-law always always speeds up to pass people then cuts them off and slows down. It is very, very aggravating. She also changes lanes in intersections regularly. The only reason I'm glad I'm riding with her is that that is the only time I'm not afraid of being hit by her.
#pipeCocky Stride, Musky odoursPope of Chili TownRegistered Userregular
edited March 2007
I once saw an uppity bitch in a Mercedes perform a perfect reenactment of a scene from the Simpsons. She drove into the parking lot for a convenience store and parked sideways across three handicapped spaces. I stood there, slurpee in hand, mouth agape, as this chardonnay drinker climbed out and went into the liquor store.
How hard is it to turn 90 degrees lady? I mean, is the P&C at your kid's catholic school really gonna care if you're 15 seconds later?
Probably the silliest accident I've ever been in was when I was driving to my friend Als house. I was approaching his driveway, and turned on my left blinker and started applying the break so I could make the turn. There is a lady behind me, who, upon seeing my deceleration, goes to pass me.
Except, for whatever reason, she tried to pass on the left.
Crashes into my door, rendering it permenantly shut.
Probably the silliest accident I've ever been in was when I was driving to my friend Als house. I was approaching his driveway, and turned on my left blinker and started applying the break so I could make the turn. There is a lady behind me, who, upon seeing my deceleration, goes to pass me.
Except, for whatever reason, she tried to pass on the left.
Crashes into my door, rendering it permenantly shut.
EDIT: She is also an asian female.
She tried to pass you on the LEFT? Are you sure she wasn't just high?
I remember my first accident, the only one in fact. It was a green light for me and I was turning into my college (Right Turn), indicator on when some dude hits me from behind. It was freaking scary. It was his fault and he had to pay for the damages for going too fast, but after that, I didn't fear accidents.
My only accident was a hit-and-run. Fun times, I tell you.
I was stopped to turn left, left blinker on... Car about 100 yards back must have been on his cell of something, doesn't see me stopped, and CRASHES right into my back bumper.
After I recover from the initial shock (I didn't see it coming at all), I tested to see if the car was drivable (he hit me VERY hard), and it barely was, so I used what we left in my tires to pull over to the side of the road, and he BLASTS past me and drives off, his front tires smoking and his engine whining.
His car finally died from the damage about a mile down the road, and the cops picked him up.
Probably the silliest accident I've ever been in was when I was driving to my friend Als house. I was approaching his driveway, and turned on my left blinker and started applying the break so I could make the turn. There is a lady behind me, who, upon seeing my deceleration, goes to pass me.
Except, for whatever reason, she tried to pass on the left.
Crashes into my door, rendering it permenantly shut.
EDIT: She is also an asian female.
She tried to pass you on the LEFT? Are you sure she wasn't just high?
katchang the thought occured to me when i glanced in the rear view and saw that it was an asian lady
but it was at night so as soon as i got a better look all hopes were dashed and their existence denied
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#pipeCocky Stride, Musky odoursPope of Chili TownRegistered Userregular
edited March 2007
I was about halfway out, reversing out of a park at a mall when I noticed that the young woman in the 4WD parked behind me decided she'd like to reverse out now too. No matter, I thought, she obviously can't see my pick up out her huge 4WD rear windshield, rear compartment filled with barbies and tampons and other things ladies buy. I'll just go back into my park and wait patiently. When I turned my head to go back into the park, a young family was walking slowly in front of me, blocking my path... so what else could I do? I sat tight.
"Shit!" I thought, "she's gonna hit me. Yup, here she comes, she's not stopping, oh shit, she hit me."
So when I jump out, I run over to the dad of the family who walked in front of me and asked him to hang around for a sec. He said fine.
The stupid hipster bitch comes storming over, rhinestoned playboy pendant flying about her neck, screaming some shit about how she "looked both ways" and was "pulling out smooth" and I must have come out "fast n shit" to hit her so hard and abloo bloo bloo. And I told her that I was already half way out when I saw you starting to reverse, and when I went to go back into my park to let you out, my path was blocked by this gentleman and his two toddlers, so instead of running them down I waited patienly for you to hit me, and you did just a fine job.
The dad gave me his phone number and said she was a crazy bitch and thanked me for not running his kids down and he'd back me up in court if need be. My truck sustained absolutely no damage, but the tray sure tore a gaping hole in her bodywork and smashed one of the taillight fittings. I never heard a word from her.
My first accident happened back in high school, when I lost control of my crappy '86 Camaro and hit a minivan full of kids. Basically, because the brakes failed. So thanks, quality chevy engineering.
I've also wiped out about 3 mailboxes (by accident, people who do that stuff for fun need a life or to be put down).
I have a few more accidents, but usually its the other person's dumb fault. Usually.
My only accident was a hit-and-run. Fun times, I tell you.
I was stopped to turn left, left blinker on... Car about 100 yards back must have been on his cell of something, doesn't see me stopped, and CRASHES right into my back bumper.
After I recover from the initial shock (I didn't see it coming at all), I tested to see if the car was drivable (he hit me VERY hard), and it barely was, so I used what we left in my tires to pull over to the side of the road, and he BLASTS past me and drives off, his front tires smoking and his engine whining.
His car finally died from the damage about a mile down the road, and the cops picked him up.
My only accident was a hit-and-run. Fun times, I tell you.
I was stopped to turn left, left blinker on... Car about 100 yards back must have been on his cell of something, doesn't see me stopped, and CRASHES right into my back bumper.
After I recover from the initial shock (I didn't see it coming at all), I tested to see if the car was drivable (he hit me VERY hard), and it barely was, so I used what we left in my tires to pull over to the side of the road, and he BLASTS past me and drives off, his front tires smoking and his engine whining.
His car finally died from the damage about a mile down the road, and the cops picked him up.
Good times were had by all.
I hope he got shot
I don't think so, but he paid for a brand-new car for me! And the book value for my car was WAY higher than I paid for it (I bought it from a rich friend for cheap), so I got a very nice newish car for free and pocketed the extra! Awesomeness.
The last couple weeks have been absolute traffic hell
I live in Cincinnati, so it always is bad, but I've been almost expecting an accident recently.
I got cut off twice by a guy in a van, no turn signal, all within a quarter mile. Someone going 50 pulled into the fast lane on the highway, not so much to pass people, but more so just to block fucking traffic. Once again, no turn signal.
Someone almost killed me last week. I stopped at a light that had turned yellow, and would have been red when I went through. Well, the lady behind me wasn't paying attention, and flew between me and a bus next to me when she finally noticed me stopped, barely missing me. The best part is, she's a guidance counselor at the Junior High, and I was on my way to deliver a laptop to her that very day. I only know this because she was complaining about a guy who stopped at a light who she almost hit.
And then Wednesday night, driving with my girlfriend, some idiot in front of us slammed on their brakes to make a turn. She was following at a safe distance, but the guy behind us was not. Hopefully that's the accident I was expecting. Honestly, I was waiting for some idiot octogenarian going 30 on I-275 to make a lane change right as I drove past him. I'll take the 1/2 mile an hour rear-ending.
This post sucked. I could make a 5 page post about all the fucked up things I saw on the road yesterday alone. I'm going to mount a goddamned .50 cal on my car sometime in the near future, and woe to the fucker who keeps cutting me off.
Statistically, you have a bigger chance of getting clubbed to death by baby seals than dying in a car accident. But only if you have a lot of alcohol before you get behind the wheel. Statistically.
Also, you don't know bad drivers until you've been around the Baltimore/Washington area. Something about this place brings out the tarddriver genes. Especially when there's a little rain or snow. Its like the worst drivers in the country gather here to be stupid together.
Honestly, this is the week that I pull someone out of their car, rip the cell phone from their cold, clammy hands, and beat them senseless with my hockey stick.
edit - Don't even fucking start that, lostwords. I saw someone backing up, full speed, on the shoulder of the highway on Tuesday. I should also say that they were barely on the shoulder. And the best part is, I saw someone doing the exact same fucking goddamned sonofabitch fucking thing last week fuck fuck I am going to stab someone.
The last couple weeks have been absolute traffic hell
I live in Cincinnati, so it always is bad, but I've been almost expecting an accident recently.
I got cut off twice by a guy in a van, no turn signal, all within a quarter mile. Someone going 50 pulled into the fast lane on the highway, not so much to pass people, but more so just to block fucking traffic. Once again, no turn signal.
Someone almost killed me last week. I stopped at a light that had turned yellow, and would have been red when I went through. Well, the lady behind me wasn't paying attention, and flew between me and a bus next to me when she finally noticed me stopped, barely missing me. The best part is, she's a guidance counselor at the Junior High, and I was on my way to deliver a laptop to her that very day. I only know this because she was complaining about a guy who stopped at a light who she almost hit.
And then Wednesday night, driving with my girlfriend, some idiot in front of us slammed on their brakes to make a turn. She was following at a safe distance, but the guy behind us was not. Hopefully that's the accident I was expecting. Honestly, I was waiting for some idiot octogenarian going 30 on I-275 to make a lane change right as I drove past him. I'll take the 1/2 mile an hour rear-ending.
This post sucked. I could make a 5 page post about all the fucked up things I saw on the road yesterday alone. I'm going to mount a goddamned .50 cal on my car sometime in the near future, and woe to the fucker who keeps cutting me off.
As long as the accident doesn't happen on the highway going 75, you should be ok. Just don't be at fault, cause that would suck.
Also, you should have told that bitch to stop being a fucking idiot. Bad drivers need to be TOLD when they're being awful. Otherwise, they never learn.
Probably the silliest accident I've ever been in was when I was driving to my friend Als house. I was approaching his driveway, and turned on my left blinker and started applying the break so I could make the turn. There is a lady behind me, who, upon seeing my deceleration, goes to pass me.
Except, for whatever reason, she tried to pass on the left.
Crashes into my door, rendering it permenantly shut.
EDIT: She is also an asian female.
She tried to pass you on the LEFT? Are you sure she wasn't just high?
Javen lives in North America where we drive on the correct (also right) side of the road. In addition to this, it is legal to pass on the inside in North America. It is not necessarily smart or safe, but it is legal.
Probably the silliest accident I've ever been in was when I was driving to my friend Als house. I was approaching his driveway, and turned on my left blinker and started applying the break so I could make the turn. There is a lady behind me, who, upon seeing my deceleration, goes to pass me.
Except, for whatever reason, she tried to pass on the left.
Crashes into my door, rendering it permenantly shut.
EDIT: She is also an asian female.
She tried to pass you on the LEFT? Are you sure she wasn't just high?
Javen lives in North America where we drive on the correct (also right) side of the road. In addition to this, it is legal to pass on the inside in North America. It is not necessarily smart or safe, but it is legal.
I live in the US, dude... I drive the same way. And I don't know where you live, but with the exception of specifically designated passing zones, you never pass on the left. And I have never seen a passing zone near any left-hand turn (and I have looked, because it is frustrating to be on a road that is straight and long, but has lots of side-roads on it that turn on, so no passing zones).
Also, she clearly saw that he was turning, or else she wouldn't have tried passing, so I don't know why the hell she would ever think the left was a good idea.
I once had a drunken Korean lady who smashed into my car, which was stationary and, in point of fact, in the driveway.
Atleast she didn't hit your house.
All true. And the other guy she hit before she hit my car chased her down and the cops got her, and fortunately she had insurance so I got money for the car. The worst part was that MY insurance company, who didn't have to pay shit told me that they wouldn't hold this accident against me THIS time, but if it happened again my rates could very well go up. I fucking hate insurance. It's the biggest scam since the Catholics would let you pay cold, hard cash to get your dead relatives out of Purgaory.
Aslan on
I'm shocked...shocked, to find faggotry in this thread.
I once had a drunken Korean lady who smashed into my car, which was stationary and, in point of fact, in the driveway.
Atleast she didn't hit your house.
All true. And the other guy she hit before she hit my car chased her down and the cops got her, and fortunately she had insurance so I got money for the car. The worst part was that MY insurance company, who didn't have to pay shit told me that they wouldn't hold this accident against me THIS time, but if it happened again my rates could very well go up. I fucking hate insurance. It's the biggest scam since the Catholics would let you pay cold, hard cash to get your dead relatives out of Purgaory.
That doesn't make a lick of sense. I hate insurance companies.
If you start off with the premise that insurance is a fucking con game and everyone in the insurance business is a fucking crook, it makes a lot more sense.
Aslan on
I'm shocked...shocked, to find faggotry in this thread.
Probably the silliest accident I've ever been in was when I was driving to my friend Als house. I was approaching his driveway, and turned on my left blinker and started applying the break so I could make the turn. There is a lady behind me, who, upon seeing my deceleration, goes to pass me.
Except, for whatever reason, she tried to pass on the left.
Crashes into my door, rendering it permenantly shut.
EDIT: She is also an asian female.
She tried to pass you on the LEFT? Are you sure she wasn't just high?
Javen lives in North America where we drive on the correct (also right) side of the road. In addition to this, it is legal to pass on the inside in North America. It is not necessarily smart or safe, but it is legal.
I live in the US, dude... I drive the same way. And I don't know where you live, but with the exception of specifically designated passing zones, you never pass on the left. And I have never seen a passing zone near any left-hand turn (and I have looked, because it is frustrating to be on a road that is straight and long, but has lots of side-roads on it that turn on, so no passing zones).
Also, she clearly saw that he was turning, or else she wouldn't have tried passing, so I don't know why the hell she would ever think the left was a good idea.
I don't know exactly what situation Javen was facing there, but if it were, say , a two-lane country road, passing on the left would be perfectly normal.
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This has nothing to do with being familiar with an area but being able to simply observe which lane is the far left lane for the road you're turning onto if you're turning from the far left lane. That's really all there is to it. There's nothing complicated about this, it's a really fucking simple rule.
Yes, and then you reaize that you're in the wrong lane for where you want to go, and thus try to correct yourself so as to not deviate from your destination further.
Sorry, I'm just getting a really big "everyone else is a shitty driver except for me" vibe from this thread so far, and it pisses me off. Nothing aggrivates me more than retards acting like their shit doesn't stink.
I doubt the majority of the populace anywhere is capable of that, which is why the majority of the populace shouldn't be allowed to drive.
Correcting yourself at the expense and danger of others is unacceptable. If you're stuck in the left lane when you want to turn right, you don't fucking stop in your lane until the right lane clears. You continue driving until you can safely correct your error.
If I'm in an area I don't know well, I don't just start whipping in front of people. If you see you're about to miss your turn, but the only way to make it is to drive in front of 2 lanes, you just keep going and turn around. Don't be a bitch.
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How hard is it to turn 90 degrees lady? I mean, is the P&C at your kid's catholic school really gonna care if you're 15 seconds later?
Need some stuff designed or printed? I can help with that.
Good day, Katchem. Have you done your weeaboo exercises?
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Except, for whatever reason, she tried to pass on the left.
Crashes into my door, rendering it permenantly shut.
EDIT: She is also an asian female.
She tried to pass you on the LEFT? Are you sure she wasn't just high?
I remember my first accident, the only one in fact. It was a green light for me and I was turning into my college (Right Turn), indicator on when some dude hits me from behind. It was freaking scary. It was his fault and he had to pay for the damages for going too fast, but after that, I didn't fear accidents.
I was stopped to turn left, left blinker on... Car about 100 yards back must have been on his cell of something, doesn't see me stopped, and CRASHES right into my back bumper.
After I recover from the initial shock (I didn't see it coming at all), I tested to see if the car was drivable (he hit me VERY hard), and it barely was, so I used what we left in my tires to pull over to the side of the road, and he BLASTS past me and drives off, his front tires smoking and his engine whining.
His car finally died from the damage about a mile down the road, and the cops picked him up.
Good times were had by all.
Well, it was a chick...
but it was at night so as soon as i got a better look all hopes were dashed and their existence denied
"Shit!" I thought, "she's gonna hit me. Yup, here she comes, she's not stopping, oh shit, she hit me."
So when I jump out, I run over to the dad of the family who walked in front of me and asked him to hang around for a sec. He said fine.
The stupid hipster bitch comes storming over, rhinestoned playboy pendant flying about her neck, screaming some shit about how she "looked both ways" and was "pulling out smooth" and I must have come out "fast n shit" to hit her so hard and abloo bloo bloo. And I told her that I was already half way out when I saw you starting to reverse, and when I went to go back into my park to let you out, my path was blocked by this gentleman and his two toddlers, so instead of running them down I waited patienly for you to hit me, and you did just a fine job.
The dad gave me his phone number and said she was a crazy bitch and thanked me for not running his kids down and he'd back me up in court if need be. My truck sustained absolutely no damage, but the tray sure tore a gaping hole in her bodywork and smashed one of the taillight fittings. I never heard a word from her.
Need some stuff designed or printed? I can help with that.
Put [aussie] tags around them next time.
My first accident happened back in high school, when I lost control of my crappy '86 Camaro and hit a minivan full of kids. Basically, because the brakes failed. So thanks, quality chevy engineering.
I've also wiped out about 3 mailboxes (by accident, people who do that stuff for fun need a life or to be put down).
I have a few more accidents, but usually its the other person's dumb fault. Usually.
I hope he got shot
I don't think so, but he paid for a brand-new car for me! And the book value for my car was WAY higher than I paid for it (I bought it from a rich friend for cheap), so I got a very nice newish car for free and pocketed the extra! Awesomeness.
I live in Cincinnati, so it always is bad, but I've been almost expecting an accident recently.
I got cut off twice by a guy in a van, no turn signal, all within a quarter mile. Someone going 50 pulled into the fast lane on the highway, not so much to pass people, but more so just to block fucking traffic. Once again, no turn signal.
Someone almost killed me last week. I stopped at a light that had turned yellow, and would have been red when I went through. Well, the lady behind me wasn't paying attention, and flew between me and a bus next to me when she finally noticed me stopped, barely missing me. The best part is, she's a guidance counselor at the Junior High, and I was on my way to deliver a laptop to her that very day. I only know this because she was complaining about a guy who stopped at a light who she almost hit.
And then Wednesday night, driving with my girlfriend, some idiot in front of us slammed on their brakes to make a turn. She was following at a safe distance, but the guy behind us was not. Hopefully that's the accident I was expecting. Honestly, I was waiting for some idiot octogenarian going 30 on I-275 to make a lane change right as I drove past him. I'll take the 1/2 mile an hour rear-ending.
This post sucked. I could make a 5 page post about all the fucked up things I saw on the road yesterday alone. I'm going to mount a goddamned .50 cal on my car sometime in the near future, and woe to the fucker who keeps cutting me off.
Atleast she didn't hit your house.
Did you get anything good from here?
edit - Don't even fucking start that, lostwords. I saw someone backing up, full speed, on the shoulder of the highway on Tuesday. I should also say that they were barely on the shoulder. And the best part is, I saw someone doing the exact same fucking goddamned sonofabitch fucking thing last week fuck fuck I am going to stab someone.
As long as the accident doesn't happen on the highway going 75, you should be ok. Just don't be at fault, cause that would suck.
Also, you should have told that bitch to stop being a fucking idiot. Bad drivers need to be TOLD when they're being awful. Otherwise, they never learn.
Javen lives in North America where we drive on the correct (also right) side of the road. In addition to this, it is legal to pass on the inside in North America. It is not necessarily smart or safe, but it is legal.
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I live in the US, dude... I drive the same way. And I don't know where you live, but with the exception of specifically designated passing zones, you never pass on the left. And I have never seen a passing zone near any left-hand turn (and I have looked, because it is frustrating to be on a road that is straight and long, but has lots of side-roads on it that turn on, so no passing zones).
Also, she clearly saw that he was turning, or else she wouldn't have tried passing, so I don't know why the hell she would ever think the left was a good idea.
All true. And the other guy she hit before she hit my car chased her down and the cops got her, and fortunately she had insurance so I got money for the car. The worst part was that MY insurance company, who didn't have to pay shit told me that they wouldn't hold this accident against me THIS time, but if it happened again my rates could very well go up. I fucking hate insurance. It's the biggest scam since the Catholics would let you pay cold, hard cash to get your dead relatives out of Purgaory.
That doesn't make a lick of sense. I hate insurance companies.
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I don't know exactly what situation Javen was facing there, but if it were, say , a two-lane country road, passing on the left would be perfectly normal.
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