So, my route to the freeway (and work) involves a stoplight that has two lanes - the leftmost lane is left-turn-only, and the right lane is left-right-straight. Both of these lanes, when turning left, have their own lanes of travel (ie turning onto a two-lane road), yet people CONSISTENTLY just sliiiiide on over from the inner lane to the outer - no signal, nothing, just smearing their way across the lanes.
Well, I've nearly been hit enough here that I'm no longer behaving in a passive-aggressive way, and have decided to just work on the aggressive part - that is, I don't yield my lane to ANYONE when I'm turning there - I maintain my lane position and speed, and to hell with the racers, they can get behind me or move over later.
Well, this morning, some stooge in a BMW decided to test me.. and lost I think I've discovered something important here - if your car is worth more than mine, you're more likely to yield.. especially when it's pretty clear that you're in the wrong!
But seriously, WHY is it so damned hard to stay in your lane of travel? I've dealt with this on turns in either direction, and the meatheads behind the wheel always look surprised to find out that the car that started out turning next to them at the light is STILL right next to them FIFTY FEET down the damned road?!?
Well, I've nearly been hit enough here that I'm no longer behaving in a passive-aggressive way, and have decided to just work on the aggressive part - that is, I don't yield my lane to ANYONE when I'm turning there - I maintain my lane position and speed, and to hell with the racers, they can get behind me or move over later.
Well, this morning, some stooge in a BMW decided to test me.. and lost I think I've discovered something important here - if your car is worth more than mine, you're more likely to yield.. especially when it's pretty clear that you're in the wrong!
But seriously, WHY is it so damned hard to stay in your lane of travel? I've dealt with this on turns in either direction, and the meatheads behind the wheel always look surprised to find out that the car that started out turning next to them at the light is STILL right next to them FIFTY FEET down the damned road?!?
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