Nearly got squished

"Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing." (granfury) 04/02/2019 at 21:20 • Filed to: None

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There was one guy ahead of me at the intersection, an older guy in a Chrysler minivan, making the same right turn I was making. When h e turned he got into the left lane and proceeded on. When I made the right turn I immediately got into the rightmost lane, knowing that’s where I need to be up ahead, feeling safe because he was in the next lane over. I started to pass him, but he slowly drifted into my lane as I was halfway past him. I layed on my horn to no avail, slamming on my brakes to avoid being crushed, hoping not to get rear ended in the process.

I’m sorry, but if you’re moving down the road in the left lane I’m going to assume that’s where you want to be, and I will drive accordingly - you don’t get the whole damn road, and those lines on the road actually have meaning. If you want to get into the right lane, how about using your directionals and actually looking to see if that area is clear before moving over? And if you can’t hear someone’s horn blaring for what seemed like 10 seconds, perhaps you should get your damn hearing checked.

I don’t want them in my vehicles, but for some people those electronic safety nannies, like lane change assist and blind spot monitoring, may actually be useful, if they can hear them and react accordingly, that is.

MarquetteLa > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 04/02/2019 at 21:48

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This has happened so many times to me in the Miata. Terrifying as it’s happening.

facw > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 04/02/2019 at 22:20

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There’s a place near here where people habitually wander between lanes for some reason. And really there aren’t many turns, the vast majority of them would be fine in either lane. And on the same road, on the other side of the interstate there’s a stretch where tons of cars cross into the left lane for some reason (though they aren’t changing lanes). I guess it feels narrow to them, but it doesn’t really seem especially bad to me? Google Street View had no problems spotting those people, the last three runs captured someone over the lines, here’s the most recent:

Discerning > facw 04/02/2019 at 22:28

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This drives me insane. The same scenario exists near my house. I guess there were a few accidents as a result and the city decided to reduce the 4 way into a 2 way and used the excess storage for a bike lane.

Only, now people drive through the 5 below the limit.

You just can't win

Berang > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 04/02/2019 at 22:45

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In Colorado, lane changes in an intersection are illegal, I wish that was true for all states (was surprised to find it is not the case in Texas).

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > Berang 04/02/2019 at 22:51

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But he wasn’t in the intersection. He had already completed his turn and was proceeding straight down the road when he decided to change lanes. Half a mile up the road his lane was ending due to construction, but that doesn’t mean that he can change lanes whenever he wants without signalling or making sure that the lane he wants is actually clear.

Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 04/03/2019 at 07:11

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I see this shit daily, usually it’s by someone in a vehicle with those electronic nannies.

Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness > facw 04/03/2019 at 10:09

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This corner leaving Costco, and:

These 2 corners to/from my work are terrible for people who can’t stay in their lanes. Almost been hit numerous times, had I not been paying attention I would have.

I think people are either:

A. Too lazy to stay in their lanes.

B. Driving too fast to take the corner in their lane.

C. Just don’t care.

Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness > Discerning 04/03/2019 at 10:16

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They drive 5 under and still cross the center line right?

Discerning > Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness 04/03/2019 at 11:27

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They do that and now they keep creeping into the bike lane to first see what is taking so long and second see if they can drive down it to get to a right turn.

Lots of aggressive and terrible drivers in Atlanta

Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness > Discerning 04/03/2019 at 12:03

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It’s not just Atlanta.

It’s terrible all over Wisconsin as well.