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I filled up the gas tank today - woo gas prices went down yay - and treated the car to a much-needed wash.
Then I went to the exit and put on my directional light to turn left. However the road I was turning onto had 3 lanes total. The far left lane was oncoming traffic. The middle and right lanes were going the direction I wanted to go in... but the middle was "left turn only". So I needed to be in the far right lane. Sure I could have pulled into the left-turn-only lane and sat there until I got into the far right lane but that would be blocking traffic *ON* the road so... it'd be better to wait to get in the correct lane.
One of the cars in the far right lane stopped so that I could get out but... there was no room in front of her. If I had gone, I'd have had my car half in the middle lane and half in the far right lane at an angle. Neither comfortable nor safe really, not with the way traffic was (a little heavier than normal with people going home from work)
Suddenly the red truck behind me at the gas station exit started honking and the guy started gesturing "why aren't you going??!!!!" I just ignored him.
He couldn't have gone anyway cos right after he honked the oncoming traffic started up.
I calmly waited until the oncoming traffic was clear, saw my way clear on the right too and took my left turn.
Wow. The guy behind me waited maybe 2 minutes tops. O noes.
Then I went to the exit and put on my directional light to turn left. However the road I was turning onto had 3 lanes total. The far left lane was oncoming traffic. The middle and right lanes were going the direction I wanted to go in... but the middle was "left turn only". So I needed to be in the far right lane. Sure I could have pulled into the left-turn-only lane and sat there until I got into the far right lane but that would be blocking traffic *ON* the road so... it'd be better to wait to get in the correct lane.
One of the cars in the far right lane stopped so that I could get out but... there was no room in front of her. If I had gone, I'd have had my car half in the middle lane and half in the far right lane at an angle. Neither comfortable nor safe really, not with the way traffic was (a little heavier than normal with people going home from work)
Suddenly the red truck behind me at the gas station exit started honking and the guy started gesturing "why aren't you going??!!!!" I just ignored him.
He couldn't have gone anyway cos right after he honked the oncoming traffic started up.
I calmly waited until the oncoming traffic was clear, saw my way clear on the right too and took my left turn.
Wow. The guy behind me waited maybe 2 minutes tops. O noes.
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