Some peoples kids (seriously America; Your driving is embarrassing)

"CAR_IS_MI" (car-is-mi)
06/09/2015 at 23:08 • Filed to: Rants, bad drivers

So I was going to the store and...

So I am the white arrows, the center lane is a bi-directional turning lane. As I move into the turn lane I notice “the offender” (red block) come to a stop at the parking lot.

Now I am already in the turn lane, and have the right of way, yet, “the offender” starts to pull out into my oncoming path. I stop.

Now at this point “the offender” is face to face with me in the turn only lane, looking at me with a profoundly stupid look on their face. As you may notice by this point in the drawing, I have noted that there are no cars in the lanes of travel “the offender” should be moving into. I am still stopped.

Now to further the display of idiocy it is important to know that by this point in time, there are now vehicles in the forward lanes behind me, but yet, still no cars in the lanes of travel that “the offender” should be moving into.

Finally, proving the cumulative intelligence of a caterpillar humping a dung beetle, “the offender decides it is in their best interest to cut left, moving into oncoming traffic, to get around me, who is still at a dead stop, shaking my head with my hands up like WTF are you doing, instead of moving right, where there are STILL no cars in any of the lanes of travel.

My god.

How. How do you get through life?

DISCUSSION (26)

gmctavish needs more space > CAR_IS_MI
06/09/2015 at 23:12

I'm a bit sad that this doesn't disappoint me. I need not a driving job...

beardsbynelly - Rikerbeard > CAR_IS_MI
06/09/2015 at 23:12

Bi directional turning lane? The fuck is wrong with you America?

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > CAR_IS_MI
06/09/2015 at 23:15

People in Omaha seem to be pretty good drivers. I guess I’m sheltered, because when I drive on other cities I’m just like:

CAR_IS_MI > beardsbynelly - Rikerbeard
06/09/2015 at 23:16

center turn lane so left handers in either direction dont block forward travel

gmctavish needs more space > gmctavish needs more space
06/09/2015 at 23:17

And by disappoint I meant surprise....I'm tired

facw > beardsbynelly - Rikerbeard
06/09/2015 at 23:17

Pretty common here. Especially useful for strip mall type areas where you have a busy road, but also lots of parking lot entrances that people need to turn in and out of. Also popular because it’s frequently possible to narrow the lanes on an existing road enough to fit one in, avoiding expensive road reconstruction.

TheHondaBro > sm70- why not Duesenberg?
06/09/2015 at 23:30

Same with Oregon. Very few bad drivers compared to Northern California.

beardsbynelly - Rikerbeard > facw
06/09/2015 at 23:51

Its just poor planning. You can fit turning lanes in that example without them overlapping and potentially causing a head-on.

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > TheHondaBro
06/09/2015 at 23:55

That video is from Oregon.

TheHondaBro > sm70- why not Duesenberg?
06/09/2015 at 23:57

Probably near Portland. Everywhere else, they’re fine.

Zipppy, Mazdurp builder, Probeski owner and former ricerboy > CAR_IS_MI
06/10/2015 at 00:04

there is one of those turn lanes right in front of my job, and I have another lot right next door with cars, sometimes I have to drive down the lane because i’m turning left anyway. Not the most ideal situation, but it seems okay.

wiffleballtony > CAR_IS_MI
06/10/2015 at 00:53

Hey now, dung beetles are important.

samssun > CAR_IS_MI
06/10/2015 at 01:35

American drivers are the worst. Until you drive anywhere else in the world.

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > CAR_IS_MI
06/10/2015 at 02:20

I hate when these turn into one way turn lanes down the road, but people cut in too soon when you are trying to turn into somewhere.

Echo51 > sm70- why not Duesenberg?
06/10/2015 at 05:37

This makes me want a very stiff bumpered old, big and tough 4x4.

Berang > CAR_IS_MI
06/10/2015 at 07:53

Were either of you using blinkers?

I’m wondering if the other car driver was thinking “oh I’m only supposed to pass cars on the left”

Berang > sm70- why not Duesenberg?
06/10/2015 at 08:15

two lessons learned about drivers in Portland:

1: people don’t know what traffic lights are.

2: people don’t know it’s illegal to change lanes in an intersection.

CAR_IS_MI > samssun
06/10/2015 at 13:57

I’ve driven elsewhere. Besides 3rd world countries, the drivers ARE better.

CAR_IS_MI > Berang
06/10/2015 at 13:59

Yes, I was...

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > CAR_IS_MI
06/10/2015 at 14:31

I was under the impression Ferrari’s didn’t come with blinkers...

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > CAR_IS_MI
06/10/2015 at 14:31

what a god damn moron. I must know - what was the idiot driving?

Stapleface-Now Hyphenated! > CAR_IS_MI
06/10/2015 at 14:32

Damn, that’s pretty dumb. About once every 6 weeks or so I get into a similar confrontation on the road outside my housing development. I move over to the center to make a left hand turn, much in the same case as you. People then go into that lane to turn across traffic into the shopping center. The same shopping center that had triangle shaped islands and no left turn signs to prevent them from turning across traffic. And we usually get into a staredown until they realize that I'm not moving because my turn is in about 5 feet. Bunch of dumbasses. Although not quite the level of this knucklehead.

CAR_IS_MI > MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner
06/10/2015 at 14:33

Well 1. they most certainly do, its just way to much effort to activate them for the average Ferrari owner / driver. and b. I was in el-Jeep-o

CAR_IS_MI > MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner
06/10/2015 at 14:34

Civic...

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > CAR_IS_MI
06/10/2015 at 14:44

1. I thought maybe they had them but they were the magic “let’s light this shit on fire” switch so people avoided them.

2. As in wrangler? Was it lifted? My favorite is the I did a lift and upgraded my wheels and tires but ran out of money to make the spare match so it’s a stock rim/wheel.

Edit- misundertsood, thought you were adressing my 2 seperate comments.

Nevermind about point 2 then.

horspowr1001 > sm70- why not Duesenberg?
06/10/2015 at 15:06

It’s amazing that there aren’t more crashes on the road with this many terrible drivers.

@ 6:08 was that Gene Wilder crossing the street in a jumpsuit?!?!