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Learn to DRIVE or get the hell off the road! |
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Written by FullMetal Alchemist - View Profile
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Thursday, 06 July 2006 |
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Without fail, every day that I drive home, there's always several dumbasses who have no idea how to drive.
Imagine if you will, a standard intersection; Two lanes going in all 4 directions. Now, Imagine if they widened that intersection to allow for a 3rd lane, again in all 4 directions, to allow for turning. If I've blown your mind, just look below:
Simple. no? (the unseen are the other lanes across and to the side of this intersection) I haven't even added stoplights, crosswalks, dotted/solid lines, or even utilities. EVEN IF you treated this as a 4 way stop (which you MUST if there are no other clear markings, or if there is no power) this is easy to understand RIGHT!? RIGHT!?
EVERY DAY, and I mean EVERY. . .DAMN. . .DAY I'll be in the turning lane patiently waiting for my time to turn when not one, not two, but SEVERAL dumbasses try to turn into MY lane! When they see me there, I see them dramatically turn the steering wheel and they wind up in the FAR lane for the turn they just tried:
I think they're trying to pull some BS like the next diagram. but hey it's not like they don't have TWO FRICKEN LANES they can use to turn into, they have to take a 3rd?!!
Folks, lets not even mention the fact that if you turn into the far lane, that's considered poor driving practice! Every once in a while I'll get some a-hole who slams on his/her breaks and gives me this dirty look like "awww, why you gotta be there?" I don't even bother flipping them off anymore, what's the point? I simply wave them off dismissively. . .(which pisses them off even more sometimes)
I heard someone say, "Well maybe they're driving an SUV or big truck or something, and they need more room" DAMMIT people! If you can't control your vehicle, you SHOULDN'T be driving it! I heard some idiot cowboy say (with this aire of intelligence:) "Well, bigger cars can't turn that well when going fast, it's physically impossible" ARE YOU SERIOUS!? DO I SERIOUSLY HAVE TO SUGGEST THAT THEY SLOW THE HELL DOWN?
In defense of people who know how to drive bigger vehicles, I see idiots in little honda CRX's do this too. I think my biggest issue is with those bastards who have way too much money go out and buy the latest Hummer. Congratulations asshole, you're the reason they had to make it smaller!
again I say to you: driving is a lot like flying a plane; would you fly in public airspace if you didn't know how your plane moved? If it was hard to control your plane, and you "needed more room" do you seriously think you'd be able to successfully pilot the plane without crashing? IF YOU DON'T KNOW HOW TO DRIVE YOUR CAR PROPERLY, MAYBE YOU SHOULD PRACTICE! (like in Wal-Mart's parking lot. I love it when I see cars taking up 2 spaces because they don't know how to PARALLEL PARK!)
you think I'm exaggerating? try me! take a look at your "fellow" drivers and see if you don't see what I see: DUMBASSES! | |
I can teach them!
Written by csample on 2006-07-14 06:57:39
I have several vehicals. Big and small. I can successfull navigate your drawing in my large 4x4 truck at high speeds and stay in my lane - WITH SIGNALING even! Send them my way! :) LOL I feel your pain man! | Written by punkhorror on 2006-07-07 09:20:43
ABOLISH DRIVING!!!!
DOWN WITH CAR CULTURE! |
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