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    That's NOT An Extra Lane!

    For whatever reason (probably to accomodate for heavy trucking traffic), down in the industrial park by where I work, the road is quite wide on both sides, but still only one lane in each direction.

    Imagine the monster that creates, when people get in a hurry or overly entitled and want to go faster than the posted 35 mph speed limit (amongst the several signs warning of deer).

    It's a particular PITA in the morning, because all the factories in that park let 3rd shift out at 7 am.....

    It's not unusual to see one or two vehicles in a BFH (what my Dad calls a Big Fucking Hurry) wind around the others and go flying past them in the extra space at well over 10 mph above the speed limit. It's also not unusual that a lot of people THINK that it's an extra lane, despite that there's no extra line or indication of it, and therefore they become "dwellers" in that lane until you get back into town and that road tightens up, and of course at the last minute they try to squeeze back in.

    This morning, I nearly got my car spun around by some tardo in an older Grand Am...who was dwelling along in the extra space, matching my speed. When it got to the point that the road was about to tighten up, they tried to hit the gas and go around me.....to which I wasn't going to fight it but was still upset......the dumbass didn't even LOOK and just figured they were far enough ahead of me and cut me off, then proceeded to do another thing that makes my blood boil: come to a COMPLETE stop before turning, when no one is coming and there is no stop sign or light and road conditions are fair.

    So immediately after cutting me off, the idiot slams the breaks to a complete stop, holds us ALL up, and then turns left into the parking lot of the gas station that I used to work at.

    You would think that some of these people would get it through their thick dumb skulls that that is NOT an extra lane nor is it ok to ride alongside traffic in it, nor is it ok to pull out in front of people and then ram the brakes to stop before you turn when NO ONE is coming!
    You really need to see a neurologist. - Wagegoth
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  • #2
    Yeah... you'd think... but then again, as you've pointed out, they've got thick dumb skulls. sigh.

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    • #3
      Unless I see an emergency vehicle in my rear-view, I park my car right dead center, or even a little right of it, to block those asshats.

      I've had people in the regular lane hold my spot open for me as I've done that. It really steams up the EWs who want to pass illegally, and as long as you aren't obstructing legitimate traffic, it shouldn't be an offense (though you might want to check your local ordinances).

      ^-.-^
      Faith is about what you do. It's about aspiring to be better and nobler and kinder than you are. It's about making sacrifices for the good of others. - Dresden

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      • #4
        I have a couple of those type situations not too far from my house. Fortunately, they never get that busy that I've seen, except maybe the one that runs right by a park, which is right behind an elementary school. Due to the school's proximity, you'll often get parents lined up on the side closest to the school.

        The other one actually IS striped as a two-lane road, but only for a couple hundred feet or so, then it narrows. It's near some food joints and a Blockbuster, and narrows as it winds between two apartment complexes.
        Supporting the idiots charged with protecting your personal information.

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        • #5
          It's insane, but there are "Do not drive in breakdown lane" signs all over the highways here for a reason.

          Of course, this whole city is nuts. Many of the streets are actually two-lane-each-way streets, but large stretches of the right-most lane in either direction are on-street parking as well. Makes it really difficult to figure out where the parking is not permitted so it's actually safe to take up that second lane for driving, and even more difficult when someone tries to blow past you in an area where the lane is used for parking and then has to merge at the last moment because, believe it or not, that little white car ahead of you is not moving anytime soon.
          "Enough expository banter. It's time we fight like men. And ladies. And ladies who dress like men. For Gilgamesh...IT'S MORPHING TIME!"
          - Gilgamesh, Final Fantasy V

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          • #6
            I hate idiots that drive on the shoulder like it's some special lane for the terminally entitled.

            I got to drive over a huge piece of tractor tire while doing 70mph because one of these idiots had blown by earlier and dislodged it from its place on the shoulder.

            ^-.-^
            Faith is about what you do. It's about aspiring to be better and nobler and kinder than you are. It's about making sacrifices for the good of others. - Dresden

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            • #7
              Here's a short video (27 seconds) of someone finding out that if you aren't an emergency vehicle, you don't belong on the shoulder, and especially not going backwards:

              Idiot Driver Learns the rules of the road

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