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Soooo. . . .
I'm on my way home this evening when I stop for a red light. To my left is a turn lane that will take you onto the Interstate. At the head of the turn lane is a green pickup with its right turn signal on.
I knew the guy wanted to merge into my lane when the light changed, which was not a problem for me (been there, done that). The problem is, it was rush hour, and there was a long line of cars behind him who wanted to make the left turn to merge onto the Interstate.
So the left turn arrow turns green, and green pickup sits there; inches forward a bit but stubbornly refuses to make the left turn in spite of the string of honks from the car behind him, and the hands thrusting out from windows flipping him the bird.
Instead of giving up and making the turn, he sits out the light until the protected arrow disappears. My light turns green, and I let him merge ahead of me (he'd have cut me off if I hadn't anyway). He then moves up the road to take the next left turn (merging onto the Interstate going the other direction.
The cars behind him, meanwhile get stuck; there was so much traffic coming the other way they had to sit there until the next green arrow.
What a jerk. Instead of sucking up the fact he made a mistake and turned into the wrong lane, and taking a roundabout to get on the highway in the direction he wanted, he made everyone else suffer.
I'm on my way home this evening when I stop for a red light. To my left is a turn lane that will take you onto the Interstate. At the head of the turn lane is a green pickup with its right turn signal on.
I knew the guy wanted to merge into my lane when the light changed, which was not a problem for me (been there, done that). The problem is, it was rush hour, and there was a long line of cars behind him who wanted to make the left turn to merge onto the Interstate.
So the left turn arrow turns green, and green pickup sits there; inches forward a bit but stubbornly refuses to make the left turn in spite of the string of honks from the car behind him, and the hands thrusting out from windows flipping him the bird.
Instead of giving up and making the turn, he sits out the light until the protected arrow disappears. My light turns green, and I let him merge ahead of me (he'd have cut me off if I hadn't anyway). He then moves up the road to take the next left turn (merging onto the Interstate going the other direction.
The cars behind him, meanwhile get stuck; there was so much traffic coming the other way they had to sit there until the next green arrow.
What a jerk. Instead of sucking up the fact he made a mistake and turned into the wrong lane, and taking a roundabout to get on the highway in the direction he wanted, he made everyone else suffer.
Assholes!
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