When you’re going to make a turn don’t put your signal light on at the last minute. I mean, I guess you have more decency compared to the people that don’t even do that.
Even worse is when you’re at a red light and you’re the first car ahead of everyone without a signal light on, you force me to believe that you are going straight. This causes me to drive up behind you but then you trick me because as soon as the light turns green, you turn your signal light on. Asshole.
I drive on the Bedford highway every morning on my way to work downtown. Near the end, I can go on the bridge, to Windsor St, Kempt Rd, etc. There is always a pileup of cars trying to all switch lanes. THE LINES ARE PAINTED SOLID FOR A REASON. If everybody would just keep driving and wait to switch lanes, there wouldn’t be such a hold up!
By no means am I a perfect driver. But, I mean, COME ON! —Trying to get from A to B
This article appears in Jun 30 – Jul 6, 2011.
I don’t know, it seems that using the signal light is going out of vogue these days. The whole idea of a signal light is to let the world know where you’re going with your 5,000 lb. killing machine. Maybe some drivers consider that an invasion of privacy.
Too bad, car manufacturers didn’t design cars that only turn IF you signal in the desired direction.
Ahh, the marvel of civil planning and engineering that is the Windsor Street Exchange! How there is not more accidents there, I’ll never know. It is an utter exercise in patience and sanity to have to navigate it, especially at rush hour. I don’t know what drunken, sadistic, spatially challenged civic planner thought this one up but he should be dragged out into the street and hung from the traffic lights by his dangley bits. And the thing is, the interchange is so fucked up that I can’t think of an easy solution short of bulldozing the whole works and starting again from scratch. Something HAS to be done though. If Clayton Park and Bedford keep spawning condos and apartment buildings at the same rate they have been, it’s only going to get worse. I am SOOOOOOOOO glad I moved from CP if for nothing else than to not have to deal with that mess every day.
Maybe they could install nails to poke out of those painted solid lines. Or install landmines in them.
And I agree Troon…nothing pisses me off more than someone turning or changing lanes without signalling. I mean, FFS…the lever is right there beside the steering wheel, it takes all of a fraction of a second and little to no effort to flick it with your finger. The whole point is to let people know where you intend on going, to remain predictable…we can’t read your fucking minds!
but they did signal, right?
I must go through the exchange erryday for work and back. The way I go, it’s not too terrible but sometimes on the way back when it’s uber busy, coming from Joseph Howe to the overpass, it’s MADNESS. People start to govern themselves and make up invisible lanes on the on-ramp while others try to block them from doing this at all costs. And then how people just assume you’ll let them in even though it’s a solid white line… I had to drive up partially on the sidewalk to avoid getting creamed by a truck one day… he was just sitting there, stopped with his signal light on, then decided right when I was next to him that it would be a good idea to pull out (heh). I bet he was on his way to grocery store to block off an aisle with his cart and gut, DAMN OBLIVITRONS!
not sure why you’re losing your shit avast…
I love the Windsor Street Exchange! it’s so much quicker than if they had implements staggered lights for several intersections.
putting your turn signal on only when the light goes green with people behind you thinking you’re going straight… that’s the biggest dick move of all.
I can’t stand people that do that… and verbally berate anyone who does so whilst they happen to be transporting me. I don’t care if you’re my friend… don’t drive like a douche-bag asshole.
you KNOW you’re turning at the fucking light… and you know before it turns green….
SO LET PEOPLE BEHIND YOU KNOW TOO.
I go bonkers daily at Agricola turning into North Park. Why the hell do people get a car length past the traffic light then try to merge there?? There is a ton of road ahead of you.. try the driving and merging at the same time concept! No need to fully stop, wait and then merge. I DONT GET IT. HELP.