To these people who claim they know how to drive, well fuck, pay attention when you’re at a yield sign. All you need to do is check to make sure there is no traffic coming and then proceed, not come to a complete stop backing up traffic a mile long ’cause you don’t know what the fuck you’re doing… do not fucking stop and wait until all traffic has stopped before you go, that is why it is called a yield not a stop! —LEARN HOW TO DRIVE
This article appears in Dec 16-22, 2010.
hard not to agree with this one.
Hi LHTD. Could you clarify this statement please, “do not fucking stop and wait until all traffic has stopped before you go”.
Do you mean that, the person that you are bitching about, waited until the right of way traffic had stopped, before they preceded? Or, that they should have just muscled their way in?
If there is already traffic in the lane to be merged into and the yielding lane ends then yes, the car is right to come to a complete stop. Would you prefer to be stuck behind an accident?
There are enough people in this city who don’t know how to yield properly without your bitching.
I agree, unless there’s a line of traffic coming and you can’t get out and have to stop because you can’t merge safely.
Other than that…
And the nice thing to do is to switch lanes if you see someone merging so they can pull over into the lane and not HAVE to come to a stop at a yeild sign.
Man I get way more annoyed at people who don’t look and blow right through the yield sign, cutting people off. That happens way more than people stopping at yield signs, IMO.
Yeah, I’m with hollah. I find I’m put out way more often by people thinking that a yield sign means: “Please go ahead and merge without looking”.
It’s frustrating when people stop and wait forever though.
If you are at a yield sign, and it’s safe to merge, you’re welcome to go for it. But if you see cars coming and cannot safely make the merge without being hit by the oncoming traffic, I’d say stop and wait. A lot of people in Halifax either speed up when they come to a yield sign to beat the oncoming traffic, or don’t even check in the first place. The worst is the yield sign on the St. Marg. Bay Road where the offramp from the 103 merges in, and the one at the corner of Dutch Village and Joseph Howe.
they stopped
Because they DON’T KNOW HOW TO MERGE !!!!!!!!
Agreed, good bitch.
http://www.joe-ks.com/archives_dec2010/Car…
funny pic, HD. Lets hope it’s not oil paint! Eeeeekk.
believe it or not o.p., most people do stop at a yield sign. isn’t that what it means, to let the other cars go before you safely can.
i would say something else, but still trying to get over first post.
LS, if there are no other cars, who the fuck are these retards waiting for?
they’re just blocking traffic , further congesting every commute for everyone else.
all it takes is for someone to randomly pump their brakes a couple times to cause a traffic jam. actually full-fledged stopping when there is no need or cause to…
is useless, wasteful, not very green, and helps insurance companies with rear-enders by a fantastic margin.
Nervous, slow drivers are the worst! Way worse than those awful horrible speeders in my opinion… and I’m not just saying that because I’ve already gotten three tickets or anything (stupid speed cameras). People need to be pulled over, fined, and lose demerits for being annoying drivers. At least in Halifax, unlike cities like Edmonton, Calgary, and especially Vancouver, there is generally a certain type of driver not on the roads…
And yeah, Yield sign means just that, YIELD, while Stop sign means just that, STOP. Technically “rolling stops” are not stops, and you can get fined for not stopping at a stop sign and lose points. I hear the cops back home love catching people in areas where right turns are common.
Actually, you’re wrong. A Yield sign is indeed a Stop sign when there’s any traffic in the merging lane. On-coming traffic has 100% priority.
It’s a yield sign not a merge! It really pisses me off when someone doesn’t yield and thinks they can just drive into the lane so KUDOS to yielders!!!
Amen, clogged. I’m not slowing down because ‘you’ think you have the right-of-way. I’m not changing lanes for you like so many courteous dumb-fucks do either.