Inexplicable driving habits

[EVERLAST]

People that decide to drive on the line or make up their own friggin lane.........regardless of where the lane is.

Are you all a bunch of sheep??
Drive in the lane and stop being a chicken #### lousy d oo sh bag driver!!!!

The lane is still there......it's under the snow!!!!!

Morons in the N.E. Period.

I live in the northeast and am amazed at the difference driving anywhere in falcon ridge, terror dale, saddle ridge, ...stupid stupid stupid jack asshats

[oilyfan]

Originally Posted by burn_baby_burn

I had a wierd situation a couple weeks ago. I'm on a side street in down town Red Deer signaling to make a left hand turn at a light. Guy across the intersection has his left hand signal on with no one behind him. Light turns green, I turn left and the other car cancels his turn signal and comes straight at me. Giving me a look of stern disbelieve the whole time. You could have boiled an egg on my fore head at that moment.

I wondered what would have happened if he would have hit me, besides me being charged with assault. Are the cops going to believe my story? Only if there are witnesses I guess. I probably would have been at fault in the eyes of the law.

You would have been 100% at fault. I believe even if witnesses had said he turned off his indicator you would been at fault for making an unsafe left turn. Its screwed up I know.

[Knut]

People that do not use the whole lane to their disposal.

Like here...

The Solid Red line Shows the extent of the merge lane.. The little red arrow shows where most people try to get onto Crowchild South.

This not only backs up people merging, it also slows traffic on Crowchild down a tonne.

[habernac]

Originally Posted by CubicleGeek

I agree 100%. Just last weekend I was following a car in the far right lane as I needed to pull into the upcoming parkade on the right hand side. Street parking was full, so buddy decides to stop, right in front of the parked door. I wait kindly for 15 seconds with my signal on, then I flash my high beams. Nothing.

I lay on my horn for a good 5 seconds and he (she?) finally gets the point and moves. Some people. If you need to stop and there is no parking, you can't just arbitrarily stop anywhere and just hold up traffic until you've accomplished whatever you need to do.

I hate the lazy dicks who park in the firelanes in front of Superstore, Safeway, etc. Unless you're loading a couch, get your asses out of the way and park like the rest of us.

[Bindair Dundat]

Originally Posted by Lego Man

This ESPECIALLY happens in winter time.

I'm driving down a main road in the right hand lane and someone is waiting on the right of me at an intersection to get on the main road.

Instead of waiting until I pass - so they can calmly turn into the lane I'm on, they instead inexplicably choose to gun it and try to get in in front of me... but they seem to forget EVERY time that it's icy out and now their tires are spinning like mad. So now they are on the verge of completely cutting me off after slowly creeping into my lane, and I now have push the brakes so I don't rear end them.

BUT WAIT - THERE'S MORE!

Instead of staying in the lane they cut me off in... all of them must be thinking: "Oh Sh*t, I just cut someone off - I better turn really quickly into the lane to my left so they don't get mad at me"

Half the time, they end up cutting of someone in the left hand lane and going 30 over to make up for it. The other half have no idea there were two lanes to begin with.

Umm... Just a gentle suggestion?

If you have no real reason to NEED the right lane for the next how ever many blocks, would it REALLY BE THAT DIFFICULT for you to move over into the left lane, so that the person that wants to enter the throughfare can do so? I do this all of the time-in town, but Particularly on the highway. I also watch my rear-view and pull up/left to clear free-flow right turn bays if I'm in the right lane, traveling thru, and forced to stop for a red.

These are common courtesies...but it seems that courtesy just ain't that common any more.

Right lane self entitled idiots are the worst form of pond scum. Especially in the case where everyone knows that the right lane ends, yet still you have the constant parade of "I'm too importants" flying by the left lane full of "I'm not going to be one of those", who are stacked up waiting their turn.
Ray Gibbon Drive north of the Henday (the "back way" into St. Albert) is really bad for this. I see "road rage" incidents weekly and accidents are common when the patient people block the right lane idiots into the curb at the end of the merge lane.
Twinning northbound Ray Gibbon up to LeClerc Way (5-600 metres) would go a long way towards providing a band-aid fix to this. The current situation is a gong-show...and I drive it almost daily.

There, I feel better now.

[Resolute 14]

Originally Posted by Sliver

Without fail, every single time I exit off of westbound Glenmore onto northbound Macleod some struggler is stopped at that sign as though it's a yield. I honk until they move.

Idiots trying to cross four lanes of rush hour traffic to get into Chinook Centre. At the same time though, the city completely effed up the GE5 interchange. I get that there probably wasn't enough space to allow WB traffic to get onto 5th street, but how in the hell is the EB exit not two lanes onto MacLeod?

As far as yielding at free flow signs, when they rebuilt Heritage under Glenmore after the flood, they changed it from a yield to a free flow. It's pretty damn obvious that 90% of drivers aren't actually aware of the change - despite the giant yellow sign - as they keep on yielding anyway.

[TorqueDog]

Here's one from my adventures in Victoria.

I'm staying at the Bear Mountain resort in Langford, to be specific:


The road up to the resort has these traffic circles with low aprons in the middle for large vehicles that cannot properly navigate the tight traffic circle. However, this also includes everything from compact cars to SUVs to light pickups. Almost had someone fail to yield because I was going around the traffic circle properly and they figured I was exiting.

[OutOfTheCube]

Originally Posted by Bindair Dundat

Umm... Just a gentle suggestion?

If you have no real reason to NEED the right lane for the next how ever many blocks, would it REALLY BE THAT DIFFICULT for you to move over into the left lane, so that the person that wants to enter the throughfare can do so?

Lol what?

You're probably one of the guys that wave people through at four way stops even though you stopped first too.

[TorqueDog]

Originally Posted by OutOfTheCube

Lol what?

You're probably one of the guys that wave people through at four way stops even though you stopped first too.

Uh, he's right. If there's no traffic to the left of you, and you are traveling faster than the person entering from a ramp, moving over to allow them in is not unreasonable.

I do it, then move back over. But if traffic is tight and I can't, then that person needs to merge properly instead of relying on me. It's not a black and white suggestion.

[4X4]

Originally Posted by Lego Man

This ESPECIALLY happens in winter time.

I'm driving down a main road in the right hand lane and someone is waiting on the right of me at an intersection to get on the main road.

Instead of waiting until I pass - so they can calmly turn into the lane I'm on, they instead inexplicably choose to gun it and try to get in in front of me... but they seem to forget EVERY time that it's icy out and now their tires are spinning like mad. So now they are on the verge of completely cutting me off after slowly creeping into my lane, and I now have push the brakes so I don't rear end them.

BUT WAIT - THERE'S MORE!

Instead of staying in the lane they cut me off in... all of them must be thinking: "Oh Sh*t, I just cut someone off - I better turn really quickly into the lane to my left so they don't get mad at me"

Half the time, they end up cutting of someone in the left hand lane and going 30 over to make up for it. The other half have no idea there were two lanes to begin with.

You see a car trying to turn on to the road, you have no one to your left, move the hell over. Do you not appreciate courteous drivers? You do? Then be one yourself.

Originally Posted by OutOfTheCube

Lol what?

You're probably one of the guys that wave people through at four way stops even though you stopped first too.

Lol, what WHAT?

How hard is it to move over? Are you not paying attention? Do you not see the guy waiting for your inconsiderate ass to move over so he can turn?

I turn onto 22x a few mornings a week, and it blows my mind how many inconsideradte a-holes there are, that are too stupid or lazy to move over. I've taken to cutting them off. S a D. Go ahead and flip me off. Maybe you'll learn to move over when you see people trying to enter a roadway, and it is of no consequence to you to be considerate.

And don't just do it for me (because I'll cut you off), do it for fricken school busses. I see it almost every time I drive 22x in the morning, school busses trying to get on the road, and dickbags that are too stupid/lazy/inconsiderate to move over to let the bus on the road, and get up to speed without having to pin it.

Sorry, OOTC, and Legoman, you're both just plain wrong, and you need to think about why you're so inconsiderate.

[Bindair Dundat]

Originally Posted by OutOfTheCube

Lol what?

You're probably one of the guys that wave people through at four way stops even though you stopped first too.

No. I make note the order of progression at the intersection as I approach it, come to a clearly defined stop, then proceed in the order prescribed in the statutes governing a four way stop.
As to the matter of "common courtesy"?

I just do things that I really wish others would do. How many times have you sat stuck with your right turn signal on, trying to make a right turn bay, blocked by someone traveling thru who left 2 car lengths between their vehicle, and the one ahead of them? This is even more frustrating when the access to the advance left is needlessly blocked in the same manner. No situational awareness. Half the time the person in question is busy "crotch-surfing" too boot...

As for the point about needlessly blocking the right lane to entering vehicles when driving on a four lane divided arterial?

"LOL What", indeed...

Rock on buddy.

[Wormius]

I am just going to say, either the headlights on the Lincoln MKX or MKZ or whatever are crap, or the driver following behind me was oblivious to their high beams on. I know the "new" headlight settings are maybe confusing, but you shouldn't be allowed to leave the car lot until you have proven you can switch between daytime / regular / high beams without assistance. And the "auto" crap should be banned. My wife's Rav4 has it and it stinks.

I want to install baseball bats on rear bumper and poke out the headlights of offending vehicles.

[OutOfTheCube]

Originally Posted by 4X4

You see a car trying to turn on to the road, you have no one to your left, move the hell over. Do you not appreciate courteous drivers? You do? Then be one yourself.



Lol, what WHAT?

How hard is it to move over? Are you not paying attention? Do you not see the guy waiting for your inconsiderate ass to move over so he can turn?

I turn onto 22x a few mornings a week, and it blows my mind how many inconsideradte a-holes there are, that are too stupid or lazy to move over. I've taken to cutting them off. S a D. Go ahead and flip me off. Maybe you'll learn to move over when you see people trying to enter a roadway, and it is of no consequence to you to be considerate.

And don't just do it for me (because I'll cut you off), do it for fricken school busses. I see it almost every time I drive 22x in the morning, school busses trying to get on the road, and dickbags that are too stupid/lazy/inconsiderate to move over to let the bus on the road, and get up to speed without having to pin it.

Sorry, OOTC, and Legoman, you're both just plain wrong, and you need to think about why you're so inconsiderate.

Yeah right, then I'll be going the speed limit in the left lane and you'll blast up behind me and tailgate and flash your lights to get back into the right lane.

Sorry, people on the road don't just move out of your way to be nice and make it more convenient for you to get where you're going.

[Maritime Q-Scout]

I think (hope) this is just limited to my region of the country.

Why do drivers feel like they have to drive 100-120kmh in an 80 kmh zone with side streets and residential houses on it; YET only drive 60-80kmh on a controlled access highway with a speed limit of 100kmh?

[4X4]

Originally Posted by OutOfTheCube

Yeah right, then I'll be going the speed limit in the left lane and you'll blast up behind me and tailgate and flash your lights to get back into the right lane.

Sorry, people on the road don't just move out of your way to be nice and make it more convenient for you to get where you're going.

All you have to do is change lanes until you're past the car trying to get on the road, then change back. It's like driving on the highway, and passing someone, then getting back in the right lane. Why is that too much to ask?

[Righteous1]

Originally Posted by OutOfTheCube

Yeah right, then I'll be going the speed limit in the left lane and you'll blast up behind me and tailgate and flash your lights to get back into the right lane.

Sorry, people on the road don't just move out of your way to be nice and make it more convenient for you to get where you're going.

I do it all the time and just switch back to the right lane afterwards if i need to make a turn. It's the Canadian thing too do

[Tron_fdc]

Originally Posted by Righteous1

I do it all the time and just switch back to the right lane afterwards if i need to make a turn. It's the Canadian thing too do

I was actually taught that in drivers ed. So yeah, it's a courteous thing, but it's also the RIGHT thing to do.

Move over or make a gap that allows traffic to merge. Both motorists have equal rights in this situation. How do I know this? There used to be a goddam SIGN on NB Macleod where Bannister rd merged that explained how merge lanes work.

[TheyCallMeBruce]

This is the part that I find a lot of drivers don't understand. I can't count the number of times people have failed to yeild to the right because they think when 2 cars approach a 4 way intersection at the same time, it's a free for all.

http://www.mto.gov.on.ca/english/safety/yield.shtml

Here are some rules about when you must yield the right-of-way:

Illustration of pedestrian crossing
At an intersection without signs or signals, you should yield the right-of-way to any vehicle approaching from the right.

At an intersection with stop signs at all corners, you must yield the right-of-way to the first vehicle to come to a complete stop. If two vehicles stop at the same time, the vehicle on the left should yield to the vehicle on the right.

[You Need a Thneed]

Originally Posted by fotze

Here is one that I seem to have forgotten in my travels.

Two cars come to a lighted intersection from opposite ways. The south facing guy is turning across traffic to the east. The north facing guy is also wanting to turn east. Who gets the right of way there? I can't remember.

Depends on whether there is a pedestrian island in the SE corner of the intersection or not.

If there is, the south facing guy has right of way.

If there is not, the north facing guy has the right of way.

[northcrunk]

Originally Posted by EVERLAST

People that decide to drive on the line or make up their own friggin lane.........regardless of where the lane is.

Are you all a bunch of sheep??
Drive in the lane and stop being a chicken #### lousy d oo sh bag driver!!!!

The lane is still there......it's under the snow!!!!!

Morons in the N.E. Period.

I live in the northeast and am amazed at the difference driving anywhere in falcon ridge, terror dale, saddle ridge, ...stupid stupid stupid jack asshats

I grew up in Abbeydale and lived in the South for 2 years when my daughter was born. Trust me the South is almost worst for drivers than the NE. Don't get me wrong I run into some bad drivers in certain NE/SE (forest lawn) neighborhoods but overall the south has to be the worst for bad drivers.