In which we attack Hubby's driving

[bhskittykatt]

I am throwing Hubs into Roadkill hell.

So Hubby has this awful habit of stopping over the stop line and more in the crosswalk. And today, he did such a thing. And as a pedestrian crossed in front, said pedestrian made the snarky comment "The stop line is back there, you know".

Hubby made a cat-butt face, and I remarked "He has a point, you know."
Hubs: "Oh, there's plenty of room left to get around."
Me: "Yeah, but it's still annoying as a pedestrian, especially with multiple people crossing different directions."
Hubs: "I know, but I only care about pedestrians if I am one."
Me: "Quit being a douchebag."
Hubs: "What?"
Me: "You, right now, at this moment, are being a douchebag."
Hubs: "I know, and I don't care."
Me: "Yes, but I, your wife, do care, and you being a douchebag, right now in this moment, it is upsetting me, so can you swallow your pride for one moment and admit you were wrong?"
Hubs: *mumbles* "I was wrong."
Me: "Thank you. Now, can you also admit that guy was right?"
Hubs: "....so, nice weather we're having?"
Me: "You got halfway there. I guess that's all I can ask."

Well, I tried, folks.

[rose_metal_nz]

at least you're making progress!

[RealUnimportant]

Even as a motorist it annoys me when people pass the stop line; it's there for a reason, even if you don't like it!

[crazylegs]

It's a stop line, not a suggested waiting point. [/rant]

[Hawaiian Eskimo]

Hate it when people do that, especially in the left turn lane. You're gonna get clipped by some dude with a trailer eventually, guys.

[wolfie]

Hate it when people do that, especially in the left turn lane. You're gonna get clippedcrushed by some dude with a trailer eventually, guys.

Edited for accuracy - a 53 foot dry van weighs roughly 7 tons empty, with a bit more than half of that being carried by the trailer axles (the set that tracks furthest in). In other words, each hub is carrying about as much weight as a small car. Loaded to the legal limit, each hub will be carrying more weight than a Suburban.

[RealUnimportant]

Here in London, we have some very small roads that are now used by very big buses, and as such stop lines can end up 10, 20, 30 feet or more back from where you'd expect, simply because the buses can't make the turn otherwise. It's always tragicomic to watch as people try & (fail to) find a place to move their crapmobile out of the way of an oncoming bus, and the ensuing 5-15 minutes of shuffling required to get the junction clear again...

[Food Lady]

Guilty. I do this, and I spent many years as a pedestrian. Just oblivious again. I do care. I will watch this from now on. Thanks for posting; I needed to be called out.

[dragon_wings]

Here in London, we have some very small roads that are now used by very big buses, and as such stop lines can end up 10, 20, 30 feet or more back from where you'd expect, simply because the buses can't make the turn otherwise. It's always tragicomic to watch as people try & (fail to) find a place to move their crapmobile out of the way of an oncoming bus, and the ensuing 5-15 minutes of shuffling required to get the junction clear again...

There's some narrow streets in Baltimore that are like this.
I was on a bus at one point and was about to get off so I was standing up front close to the driver. She goes to turn and the people on the street she's turning on to are franticly trying to get out of the way. She muttered about dumbass drivers and me and another passenger commiserated with her.
As a driver (now that I'm back in Tennessee and driving again) I won't pull past the stop lines and silently curse out the people that do. There's one intersection on my way to work that has no stop line (all the other directions does, I think when they re paved they forgot). And people like to pull up almost into the path of cars on the cross street (it's a pretty big intersection at least 6 lanes in every direction with 2 left hand turn lanes).

[bhskittykatt]

In this particular case, we were on a one-way, so no risk of traffic turning (at least there shouldn't have been...I have seen multiple wrong-way drivers on that road though). Also it's on a hill, so it's common for people to stop a little over the line so they get on more level pavement, but Hubby was literally halfway in the crosswalk. And he complains about my driving.

[BlaqueKatt]

Hubs: "Oh, there's plenty of room left to get around."

ah yes however if he did that in my city, and anything happened to said pedestrian while being forced to cross outside the crosswalk, he would be getting a $145 ticket for failure to yield. And sometimes if an officer sees it(or it's a sting, which they do), the ticket is issued anyway.

[Dadeo]

On my way to work last week. There is a bus turn stop line set about 15 feet back from the corner. Genius in a pickup pulls right up to the crosswalk, I hang back leaving enough room for him to back up when (not if) the bus comes around the corner. Sure enough, here comes the bus, genius has to back up to let the bus turn, bus completes turn, and genius pulls back up to the crosswalk just as the second bus starts to turn...

Gotta love the predictably stupid.

[AmbrosiaWriter]

Aw man, this is one of my biggest pet peeves when driving. Especially when I'm in the right lane trying to turn right on red, and the jerk face in the left lane (who CAN'T MOVE until we get a green light) pulls way up so that I can't see oncoming traffic, thus forcing me to wait for the green light as well for safety concerns.

Yes I am a little impatient when I am forced to wait for not justifiable cause other than "Whoo! I am three feet closer to my destination, I am not longer late and can now stop at D&D for some coffee and a danish!"

It's even more terrifying when I'm a pedestrian, in the crosswalk, and the driver decides that the outside line of the crosswalk (so the one closest to the intersection) is the stop line and not the proper one. I nearly got mowed down on more than one occasion.

[bhskittykatt]

Aw man, this is one of my biggest pet peeves when driving. Especially when I'm in the right lane trying to turn right on red, and the jerk face in the left lane (who CAN'T MOVE until we get a green light) pulls way up so that I can't see oncoming traffic, thus forcing me to wait for the green light as well for safety concerns.

Ah, I can throw Hubs in here, too. He'll stop waiting to turn left, then slowly roll forward. I reminded him that he's not in his little car anymore; he's in an old F250, and he needs to remember what it was like before, in the Merc hatchback, or the Chevette... (he's much more empathetic when I point out when he does this, since he still borrows my little car from time to time). Fortunately, he's getting much better on this one.

[dalesys]

Here's the rather frayed roll of newspaper my daughter beats me with...