Can anyone explain to me why it is so hard for people to use turn signals?

[noyen]

Originally Posted by spring

oh man... roundabouts. how can people in europe deal with millions of roundabouts 5 lanes wide without getting into crashes and being assholes, while in north america, they drive like idiots in something as tiny as a roundabout in a small town. driving in some suburb of LA a couple of months ago, we almost got killed by an idiot who cut us off from the inside lane of a roundabout (we were on the ouside) without turning or EVEN LOOKING.

i think it was in long beach. thinking about that moment still pisses me off.

[noyen]

Originally Posted by redbreegull

In Maryland it is NOT the law that you must yield to faster moving traffic if you are in the left lane. Boy it would certainly be interesting if the left lane was functionally actually used only for passing. It would also increase traffic congestion horribly. It barely even works in theory. And also, I'm pretty sure there is no law anywhere that says one has the right to speed like a bitch in the left lane. I absolutely will not move if I am keeping up with the traffic in front of me (even when I am in the left lane) and the guy behind me is on my ass. He can suck my dick for all I care, wanting to go so fast is his problem and it's not safe.

yes, you're right there is no "i have the right to speed like a bitch in the left lane" law. but there are still laws that if you're going slow in the left/passing lane, then you shouldnt be there, and need to pull over. preventing people from speeding isn't a right or a law either. so that kind of logic is completely asinine. if someone is going faster than you, in the left lane, it is still a law for you to move over, the person in front of you to move over, and the person in front of him to move over. you can get your dick sucked, but you can also get the ticket rather than the guy speeding. its not safe for you to not move over. though, you obviously think its your duty and right to create dangerous driving situations, where you're forcing people to pass on the right, you're the one breaking the law, not the person who is forced to pass you on the right. again, your attitude is what causes a lot of people to bust out their guns. not saying you aren't entitled to feel or drive the way you do, but your rationale doesn't have any legal backing if that's what you're implyin.

[28if]

Originally Posted by Dead Frequency

yea in vail, co there're shit tons of them. there's one area where there are a succession of like seven roundabouts in a one mile radius. i always have to check myself on road rage in this area.

Truth. There are a bunch in Breckenridge too, I don't know what's up with all the roundabouts up in the mountains here. And then you get all the fucking tourists that don't know how to drive in the snow. It was even worse when I was living back east, where NOBODY knew what they were doing the 5-10 days a year it snowed/was icy. If you don't know how to drive in the conditions, DON'T GO OUT.

And as far as I know, it isn't the law throughout the country that the left lane only be used for passing, but slower traffic is supposed to merge right everywhere. I hate when people block the left lane. If someone is on your ass while you're cruising in the left lane, just move over and let them pass. Not a big deal.

[noyen]

all the roundabouts here, they just stuck stop signs in front of them. making them 4 way stops with a fun circle to drive around. i dont know why they're trying them out anywhere in the u.s. it's just asking for trouble.

[Nimrod's Son]

Originally Posted by pale blue eyes

So riding somebody's ass consistently is alright?

let's try it and find out

[noyen]

http://www.mit.edu/~jfc/right.html

[I'm Hardcore]

Originally Posted by Nimrod's Son

lets try it and find out

[I'm Hardcore]

but seriously, at 75 mph, its pretty dangerous.

at that speed, at night, its pretty bone headed

[pale blue eyes]

Originally Posted by Nimrod's Son

let's try it and find out

Well, I really set myself up for that one.

[neopryn]

Originally Posted by jczeroman

NOONECARE: average, at speed or +5, right lane except passing, likes scenery

this is me. i feel odd because i have nothing to add to what is apparently such a major issue. i rarely have any sort of negative or positive encounters while driving.

[pale blue eyes]

When I first got my license back, I was like that too but anymore I do not like driving. Usually once or twice on my commute to work I yell stuff like: "MOTHERFUCKER! I WILL END YOU!" I miss being able to walk to work.

[jczeroman]

I actually like roundabouts a lot. I think they are considerably more efficient in intersection use as well.

[mxzombie]

Originally Posted by jczeroman

I actually like roundabouts a lot. I think they are considerably more efficient in intersection use as well.

i agree, i just wish people would use them properly because then they'd really work great

[Banana]

I always use signals but Ive started to get lazy and not use them a bit around campus this semester

[Thaniel Buckner]

Originally Posted by mxzombie

i agree, i just wish people would use them properly because then they'd really work great

there's that awesome one in coral gables. near venetian pool.

[teh b0lly!!1]

you know what i fucking hate

people who park like motherfuckers in narrow streets (usually one way).
just yesterday i was driving through a really narrow street and these two assholes parked RIGHT on the road, they didnt even get half a wheel on the sidewalk. i could barely get through, had to do it REAL slow.

now, what drives me crazy is, fine, dont give a fuck about anybody else, but how come these people arn't afraid for their OWN cars?
i mean, even if its a piece of shit, do you want it bent that bad?
fuck.
one of these days im just gonna head towards a situation like that again, pull over, and scratch the motherfucking hell out of those cars with my keys or something.

/shinobi

[Dead Frequency]

Originally Posted by 28if

Truth. There are a bunch in Breckenridge too, I don't know what's up with all the roundabouts up in the mountains here. And then you get all the fucking tourists that don't know how to drive in the snow. It was even worse when I was living back east, where NOBODY knew what they were doing the 5-10 days a year it snowed/was icy. If you don't know how to drive in the conditions, DON'T GO OUT.

yea i drive for CME and i want to kill the tourists that dont kill themselves in their fucking rental cars. i've seen more accidents in the last five months involving rolled or flipped cars than i have in the last 22 years.

[mxzombie]

Originally Posted by Thaniel Buckner

there's that awesome one in coral gables. near venetian pool.

yeah, luckily it doesn't see too much traffic. there are no lines on the road and the circle is 3 or 4 lanes wide, i'm pretty sure someone would have a heart attack trying to figure out what to do. i love it too and generally pass by it every time i'm nearby

[twice]

i really believe people drive the way they fuck. old mens mosey along. horny kids look at tits and ass a mile away. conceited women stare at their own reflections in the rear view, sometimes applying makeup sometimes not. the impatient, the sleepdrivers, the singers, the nose pickers, it could go on foreverever.

[redbreegull]

As I thought, in Maryland I do not have to move for faster traffic unless I am going slower than 10 miles an hour under the limit or unless I am not keeping up with traffic. So I do not have to yield to an idiot weaving in and out wanting to go faster than the speed limit.

[hnibos]

have fun when some wacko rams you from behind going 90

[Rider]

Originally Posted by redbreegull

As I thought, in Maryland I do not have to move for faster traffic unless I am going slower than 10 miles an hour under the limit or unless I am not keeping up with traffic. So I do not have to yield to an idiot weaving in and out wanting to go faster than the speed limit.

So your going to force him to weave more and cause an accident?

[duovamp]

I feel like a big man in my '87 Camaro.

[Ever]

TURNING LEFT NOW ---->

[Thaniel Buckner]

Originally Posted by twice

i really believe people drive the way they fuck. old mens mosey along. horny kids look at tits and ass a mile away. conceited women stare at their own reflections in the rear view, sometimes applying makeup sometimes not. the impatient, the sleepdrivers, the singers, the nose pickers, it could go on foreverever.

well that's just things people do while they're driving. driving really doesn't have anything to do with those things.

i'm glad i called in today

[Dead Frequency]

Originally Posted by Ever

TURNING LEFT NOW ---->

isn't that right

[duovamp]

No, it is.