Driving pop quiz!

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

You are stopped at a red light, waiting to make a left turn. There is no left turn arrow on the traffic signal.

An oncoming car is stopped on the other side of the intersection, going straight through.

What do you do when the light turns green? Do you:

A. Yield the right-of-way to the oncoming car going straight, as you are supposed to, and then make your turn after that car has proceeded through the intersection, as they tell you to do in driver's ed and what the traffic laws say you must do, or do you:

B. Go make your turn as soon as the light turns green, forcing the driver of the oncoming car to slam on his/her brakes?

If you chose B, you must be one of the fuckasaruses rex I encountered at the same intersection today, both coming to and going from work. I hope you both enjoyed your complementary horn blasts and obscene gestures.

[DevilBoy]

Oooh, this sounds like fun.

You are first in line at a red light, waiting to go straight ahead.
The light turns green.
You now:

A. - Make a quick check of your surroundings to ensure it is safe, then proceed forward through the intersection.

B. - Finish your cellphone conversation, play with the controls on your stereo, stare at the wrinkles and bags under your eyes in your rear view mirror, then edge out into the intersection slower than a Galapagos Island tortoise... then make a last-second decision to change your mind and turn left, effectively cutting off anyone who had been in the left-hand turn lane as well as the oncoming opposing traffic.

[CountryBoy]

Just do what I do, go ahead and hit them. The look on their face when they're being pushed sideways down the street is priceless.

[Kogarashi]

B. Go make your turn as soon as the light turns green, forcing the driver of the oncoming car to slam on his/her brakes?

Don't come to Connecticut. That's common fare around here. ::sigh::

[Becks]

New Jersey drivers can be like that, too.

[PepperElf]

You forgot this one:

C: Suddenly realize you didn't want to turn and left and try to pull your car back into the regular lane.

[Fenrus]

You also forgot D: Go 25mph in a 40mph zone, change lanes at least 3 times before the next light, end up in the far right lane, and decide you want to go left, cutting off the ENTIRETY of traffic going your way...

I got that one on the way to work tonight.

[smileyeagle1021]

You also forgot D: Go 25mph in a 40mph zone, change lanes at least 3 times before the next light, end up in the far right lane, and decide you want to go left, cutting off the ENTIRETY of traffic going your way...

I got that one on the way to work tonight.

ah Redwood Road... the corridor of suck... at least I'm assuming you're talking about Redwood because I've seen the exact same thing so many times on that road...

[Fenrus]

Nope! It was on 7800 s, right before gardner village. some jerkoff in a whi civic...

Also had a vette and a BMW race past me on i-15 on the way, the BMW decded to go around the person in front of him, and while changing lanes almost ran right into me....

Yeah... good times...

[smileyeagle1021]

ah, I've never actually used 78th... now I'll know to avoid it...

have you noticed for like the last couple of days every night CS.com might as well be "smiley and fenrus hijack threads willy nilly".com

[Fenrus]

It's because no one else is on and posting!

SOMEONE, PLEASE BREAK OUR CONVERSATION!!!

[otakuneko]

You're in the left lane of a multi-lane road with a turn lane going down the middle. Someone in the turn lane wants to turn across your lane of traffic. (Or, are in the right lane, and someone coming out of a driveway wants to go left) Whaddya do?

A. Laugh at the poor guy trying to get across the busiest street in town
B. Stop in the middle of the fucking road, trying to make a hole and be "nice" to the left-turner

If you answered B, please, hand in your license, and sell your car. Thank you. Someone will be by to deliver your sign shortly.

[DeltaSierra]

Ooooh can I play too?

You are stopped at a stop sign, waiting to turn left onto a through road (they don't have a stop sign) Do you

A) Upon seeing oncoming traffic, wait until they pass and then when clear to do so, make your left turn.

B) Upon seeing oncoming traffic, wait at the stop sign until they are 20 feet in front of you then jam your foot on the gas and shoot out across the lane to make your turn, forcing the driver of the oncoming car to slam on their breaks and honk their horn at you?

I end up doing B at LEAST 4 times a week. I don't understand those morons - they can SEE I'm coming (no buildings/trees/hedges blocking their view of me) but still they wait until I'm almost on them to decide to turn!!!

[Reyneth]

You're driving down a 4-lane road with a concrete median between the 2 opposite direction lanes and notice all of the people in the right lane are pulled over and stopped. You are in the left and there is an emergency vehicle behind you with lights and sirens going.
Do you:

A: Pull over as soon as you can to allow it through. After all, that could be you in the ambulance some day!

B: Keep going on your merry way because you are more important than any of this other stuff. Until someone driving the other direction flips you off and points you to the side of the road all in one motion out their window.

My mom was right in front of me and normally she gets mad when I swear or give the bird. But she said she wished she had thought of it!

[Cat]

Another fun thing in CT is you get the green to turn, and the folks in the other lane decide their red light doesn't apply to them....because ya know, its like the stop signs with the white boarder...they're optional