You're n not that late.

[Food Lady]

It was 15 mins to clock-in and a coworker was behind me (as I realized in the process of this.) I was going 30 in a 35 because I'd just had to slow for the driver in front of me to turn into the workplace right before mine. The person behind me changed into the right lane to pass me without signaling, only to get there 5 seconds sooner, which in the course of 10 minutes was nothing. So glad an EW works here. Hope s/he is in a different dept. I'm willing to bet they're one of my SCs at the retail job. ugh

[wolfie]

Sounds like you were within seconds of experiencing something that's all too common for truckers. I can just imagine the situation if the fool behind you waited to pass you on the right until you were almost at work's driveway, then you started your turn. Idiot's excuse would be "It's their fault - they cut me off".

Trucks make WIDE turns, and frequently have to make a right turn from other than the rightmost lane. Some people try passing during the turn (there's a reason the right side of a truck is called the "blind side" - I'm sure the same is true for the left side of lorries). That space is going to disappear SIDEWAYS, so there's no escape for someone trying to use it.

[notalwaysright]

Sounds like you were within seconds of experiencing something that's all too common for truckers. I can just imagine the situation if the fool behind you waited to pass you on the right until you were almost at work's driveway, then you started your turn. Idiot's excuse would be "It's their fault - they cut me off".

Trucks make WIDE turns, and frequently have to make a right turn from other than the rightmost lane. Some people try passing during the turn (there's a reason the right side of a truck is called the "blind side" - I'm sure the same is true for the left side of lorries). That space is going to disappear SIDEWAYS, so there's no escape for someone trying to use it.

I've repeatedly had people honk at me for NOT trying to zip around the right side of a semi, who is in the left hand lane with his right blinker on. No thanks, guys, I prefer my car to not be shaped like a pancake.

Also, people are so amazingly impatient that if the person in front of them slows down to turn, they swerve into the lane next to them because "OMFG, that three to five second delay is just SO DUMB! Why should I have to break just because the car in front of me does?" (I'm not sure why they all talk like valley girls in my head, but they do)

[Deserted]

I have no problem passing a truck on the right as long as the turn signal isn't on (or they're not actively moving in that general direction). But please note that the signal has to be, you know, ON. I've been cut off by trucks that started turning without the blinker. (It's rare, but it's happened more than once.) If the blinker turns on while I'm in the danger zone, I slow down, severely... usually pissing off the people that are riding my bumper, but that's not my problem.

[bainsidhe]

I get it, I drive within the speed limit and that annoys people. Still doesn't mean you should make a right turn from the left lane, so that you cross directly into my path. You jerk, I hadn't turned yet because I was waiting for a pause in traffic to make my own turn. Now, because your impatient ass nearly caused an accident and I couldn't go, I'm stuck waiting for the next pause in traffic to make my turn.

[greek_jester]

Still doesn't mean you should make a right turn from the left lane, so that you cross directly into my path.

You got off lightly. That happened to me a couple of months ago and the idiot involved wrote off my poor car when they drove into my side.

[wolfie]

I get it, I drive within the speed limit and that annoys people. Still doesn't mean you should make a right turn from the left lane, so that you cross directly into my path.

I routinely make right turns from the left lane. It's got nothing to do with relative speeds - if I tried to make my turn from the right lane, my trailer would take out the lamp post/fire hydrant/whatever on the corner.

[greek_jester]

I routinely make right turns from the left lane. It's got nothing to do with relative speeds - if I tried to make my turn from the right lane, my trailer would take out the lamp post/fire hydrant/whatever on the corner.

Ah, but you're talking about a long vehicle; that's to be expected. The twit who hit me was in a normal car, and decided at the last second that they actually wanted to be turning right rather than left and made an illegal turn. My insurance agreed about the illegal bit, and paid out with no excess, which I'm assuming they chased the idiot's insurance about.

[Cia]

What's with people's (usually ones driving big honking pickup trucks) problem with waiting until I have left enough room between my Jeep and the semi I'm passing before I get back in the right lane? Many, many times I'm just about ready to signal to get back into the right lane and the idiot behind me cuts me and the semi I just passed off so they can pass me on the right. I am not about to get back in front of a semi when the only thing I can see of it in my rearview mirror is the semi's front grille.

[wolfie]

Big honking pickup trucks? I've only seen little pickup trucks (like the F-350).

You mean you're one of those strange people who doesn't like seeing "terbi", "eightlin", or "nwor" in your rear-view mirror? Note that the rest of the word is cut off due to extending past the edge of the mirror.

[dalesys]

... doesn't like seeing "terbi", "eightlin", or "nwor" in your rear-view mirror? ...

But you can see "Mack" just fine.

[Jetfire]

Big honking pickup trucks? I've only seen little pickup trucks (like the F-350).

You mean you're one of those strange people who doesn't like seeing "terbi", "eightlin", or "nwor" in your rear-view mirror? Note that the rest of the word is cut off due to extending past the edge of the mirror.

I'm exactly one of those people.

When I drive, (which admittedly isn't that often), I make sure that for transports, I can always see their mirrors when I'm behind them. And when I'm passing, no matter what I'm passing, I don't pull back over until I can see their headlights (and usually pavement between me and them) in my own mirrors.