"SonorousSpeedJoe" (SonorousSpeedJoe)
10/15/2014 at 14:35 • Filed to: None
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"SonorousSpeedJoe" (SonorousSpeedJoe)
10/15/2014 at 14:35 • Filed to: None | 4
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This morning, some dude in an Accord lined up in the left-turn lane next to me at a stoplight and then accelerated alongside me in the opposing lanes after the light turned green. I honked at him a few times once I figured out what he was up to, but yielded for the sake of accident avoidance when he didn't respond.
He put his hand out the window a few seconds after he passed me, as if he was waving at me. I flipped him off before and after he waved at me; I don't know if he saw that, but I hope that he did. We were stuck behind other cars in a single lane for a few minutes afterwards and he didn't seem to want to go faster than normal on that road, so it's beyond me why he pulled that crap.
On the plus side, someone in my neighborhood has been driving a 2015 Challenger since last Friday, and I gave him a thumbs-up when we crossed paths in town; I don't know if he saw that, but I hope that he did. I think it's a 2015 Scat Pack like the one in the picture (except in the darker Magnetic Crystal color), based on the Scat Pack's black-accented wheels that I'm pretty sure I saw. There's an early NC Miata and a new black Fusion with the dark gray wheels parked at his house too, so I figure he's got good taste.
ACESandEIGHTS
> SonorousSpeedJoe
10/15/2014 at 14:39 |
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Or worse (though it can't honestly be much worse than that), using the center, yellow-lined median lane to pass. That takes me from mindlessly listening to radio to 11-level road rage in an instant.
TinfoilHatHead
> SonorousSpeedJoe
10/15/2014 at 14:44 |
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Douchebola. It's going around.
Mattbob
> SonorousSpeedJoe
10/15/2014 at 15:07 |
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wow, thats terrible. Along the lines of turn lane abuse, I hate it when people use the left turn lane as a merging lane when traffic is not even very heavy. It blocks the lane for left turns and is just the person being impatient for traffic to clear.
Sam
> Mattbob
10/15/2014 at 15:11 |
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There's an area on my way to the 4 lane highway I like to cruise down, where I have to deal with that. It also happens to be an area with Section 8 housing, 2 bars, and a liquor store. So it's very sketchy.
Textured Soy Protein
> SonorousSpeedJoe
10/15/2014 at 15:16 |
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I admit it, I've done this before. But only at one specific intersection in Madison, WI. It's the intersection of Old Middleton Rd and Whitney Way, heading east towards downtown.
Now it might not look like much, but this is actually one of the main routes from parts of the west side of town toward downtown.
Old Middleton Rd is only one lane in each direction, while Whitney Way is 2 lanes in each direction, and the lights give priority to traffic on Whitney. This leaves a short interval for the cars on Old Middleton to make it through the light, and Madison drivers are notoriously slow at moving through intersections. During rush hour, it's common to get stuck waiting through 3-5 cycles of the light.
The other thing is, pretty much nobody turns left onto Whitney. So I have, on occasion, taken advantage of an open left turn lane, and a quick car, to jump the line. Because I'm an ass. Occasionally.
jariten1781
> SonorousSpeedJoe
10/15/2014 at 15:43 |
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Happens to me everyday, though in fairness it's confused people who think the left turn lane is a through lane (it looks that way). I just let them back in, what they're doing is obnoxious, but not really dangerous.
mcbenz
> SonorousSpeedJoe
10/15/2014 at 15:45 |
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When I see that happening I just gun it B). 95% of the time I've seen this happen are drivers of the econoboxes and appliances, cars that can't keep up my Beemer. Most don't even try and just wait till I pass them before they cut in, but the brave ones that do feel stupid afterwards for making a fool of themselves.
The Biebster's got a P71 (Formerly not Justin Bieber)
> Textured Soy Protein
10/16/2014 at 23:00 |
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Yeah, I know that intersection enough to know that it's not that bad to do it there.