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Originally Posted by Fuzz
Judgment time. Yesterday I was right about here, driving(not cyclist related!). It was perhaps a little further back, but a vehicle in front and to the left of me signalled and turned sharply to the right. I assumed he screwed up and was trying to get to the alley, so I had a little patience to let him through and eased off the gas, but I was also trying to get to the green light(I had plenty of time). But instead of pulling into the alley he straightens out and proceeds to stop directly in front of me. He had decided to park there(about where the blue vehicle is). Now, I get that that is a legal parking spot he could park in. But my gears were severely ground to have my open travel lane turn into a parking spot with no warning. This was a dick move, right? Or are my gears unnecessarily ground? |
It sounds more like he cut you off abruptly rather than make a normal lane change for the purpose of parking.
Gear grinder is totally valid, and that parking area is also a huge peeve of mine, since I have to go straight at that intersection to get to my dry cleaner, so I am often getting stuck at that intersection. People also don't know how to negotiate turns at a normal rate of speed through there for some reason, and that light seems poorly timed with NB 8 Street at 5 Ave SW.
I have started using my horn more, I'm tired of people frantically cutting in front, thinking "My signal is on so that means I get to do exactly what I want at this precise moment"; no, it signals
intent and it means you get to f-cking wait until it is safe / clear to execute the manoeuvre, not lane change into other traffic while going 15 KM/H slower than everyone else. I don't care if you have to make the next right turn, the beauty of roads is that
they connect to each other so you can turn next time and take a slightly different path.