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Monday, April 4, 2005 at 8:50 PM I'm lucky enough to live in a part of Los Angeles where we have the "Left turn yield on green" type of arrows that don't turn red. They're either green or they just turn off, making it a normal intersection. But here's where it all goes bad: Some people refuse to turn unless they see the green arrow!!! Picture this: No oncoming traffic as far as the eye can see, green light, but the mexican landscaper (redundant, I know) in the '78 toyota pickup REFUSES TO TURN LEFT! I'm honking and screaming "it's green!" with my head out the window and the guy gives me a dumbfounded look and starts pointing at the arrow, as if to say "the arrow is off, so how can I turn?" He refuses to budge until the green arrow comes on. Just goes to show you that if you treat people like idiots, they won't disappoint. —Lucman |
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Monday, April 4, 2005 at 8:59 PM Barrelofsharks, your sn makes me think of those SHARKS fruit snacks I used to get when I was little. Goddamnit they were good. They had sharks, scuba divers, and even treasure chests! all in fun, completely un-healty "fruit" snacks. —PureChaos414 |
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Monday, April 4, 2005 at 8:59 PM This happens to me all the time. One incident involved the guy in front of me was asleep. None of the cavalcade of horns woke him up. Someone behind me got out of his SAAB and banged on the glass to wake him up. Luckily, no one was hurt. —sillygilly25 |
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Monday, April 4, 2005 at 9:02 PM I think I remember those fruit-snacks.. were they two-tone, like white and blue or something? —barrelofsharks |
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Monday, April 4, 2005 at 9:03 PM they had some of those yes, but i was thinking more of the ones that were yellow, purple, red, and orange. —PureChaos414 |
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Monday, April 4, 2005 at 9:05 PM
Edited Monday, April 4, 2005 at 9:33 PM Also, these left turn arrows aren't just an L.A. thing. I've noticed them cropping up near me. Not so much in the city but in the suburbs (of Chicago). Anyone else experiencing these encroaching menaces in their neck of the woods?
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Monday, April 4, 2005 at 9:50 PM I was thinking to myself, "What would Adam do?" Unfortunately I couldn't go around him because there was a center divider on the left and cars rushing by on the right. I resorted to honking, screaming, and generally melting down. Then I entered the fetal position sucking my thumb... —Lucman |
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Monday, April 4, 2005 at 11:29 PM I live in Alaska and even we have this damn problem. I share Adam's frustration with the man, so I barrel right through 'em. What about the people that won't turn at a red light on a one-way street? Equal in the Tard department. —Drew, Please |
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Monday, April 4, 2005 at 11:38 PM There was some a-hole on the way back from the barn yesterday that wouldn't turn R on a red light. The SIGN EVEN SAYS!! "RIGHT TURN ON RED ALLOWED" and he didn't go. I was about 25 cars back (seriously) and he refused to go. We even have our own lane for the next 4 MILES after that turn, so it's not like we're going into traffic. I'm unclear why we even have a red light there in the first place. And what was even more amazing, is that not a SINGLE car honked (i was so far back in line that he wouldn't have heard it)... ugh. i hate people. i really do. —PureChaos414 |
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Monday, April 4, 2005 at 11:56 PM A couple years ago, I heard a report on NPR regarding a study that had been conducted on the average time it takes drivers to honk at cars that don't move once the light turns green. The New York metropolitan area had the shortest average, at around 2 seconds. Not surprisingly, California had the longest average, at nearly 17 seconds (from what I remember). Seriously, you've got a horn! USE IT! Even if you aren't going to run the red left-turn light, at least GO when it turns green! BTW, I heard it costs something like $15,000 to install each one of those ricockulous lights. Really?! Can't we spend our tax money on something a little more useful? Like keeping our libraries open? (some libraries here in Santa Cruz county are being shut down because of the deficit, and yet the left-turn arrows keep going up!) —NYBret |
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Monday, April 4, 2005 at 11:57 PM I don't know about you guys, but even in my stick shift car I ALWAYS have one finger on the honker. I'm the fastest honker in the east. ohhhhhhhhh yeah —PureChaos414 |
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Tuesday, April 5, 2005 at 12:03 AM
Edited Tuesday, April 5, 2005 at 12:04 AM I like you. You drive a stick and you honk. :)
Oh, and you have a bunny. Mine was named Fidget. She lived for six years... I miss her. —NYBret |
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Tuesday, April 5, 2005 at 7:36 AM u ever been behind a guy who wont turn on a red? u honk til he turns and then u see NO TURN ON RED posted? —maxPOWER |
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Tuesday, April 5, 2005 at 9:44 AM I find that I only have to honk at people who nearly clip the vehicle I'm in. I hate freeways. —Dark Laith |
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Tuesday, April 5, 2005 at 10:13 AM My brother in NYC honked at a cop (not a cruiser) and got pulled over for it. She indignantly said "would you do that in Oregon?" in reference to his plates. Of all the lame things to get pulled over for... —bguirk |
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