Now you're just being mean

[protege]

Actually, I used to have to do it with my old Peugeot 306. Diddy little car, but it had a pathetic turning circle.

I sometimes have to do that with the MG. It's not that the turning circle is large, but rather because of the steering. There's no power assist, and it's heavy at parking speeds. That's why I sometimes "swing wide" when turning certain corners.

But, considering that trucks (and buses too) could easily swat me off the road, I try to give them as much room as possible. It amazes the hell out of me that many other drivers act like idiots around them. They all forget that even a 'minor' accident with a truck...can easily total their vehicle.

[DGoddessChardonnay]

But, considering that trucks (and buses too) could easily swat me off the road, I try to give them as much room as possible. It amazes the hell out of me that many other drivers act like idiots around them. They all forget that even a 'minor' accident with a truck...can easily total their vehicle.

That's something I've noticed quite a bit on the way either to or from work, as the road I travel where my store is located goes past where my Dad works (the Big Yellow E terminal.)

It's (Main Road) a narrow two lane road with double yellow lines and a turning lane right where you turn off to the terminal (go left and it takes you down a winding road of doctor/specialty medical offices) complete with traffic light.

Needless to say, these trucks need all the room they can get to turn southbound onto Main Road (most of them do but some will turn northbound onto Main Road depending on where they're heading) and the morons at the light will pull UP as close to the intersection as they can, which means the truck driver has a narrower turn to get through the intersection.

Why can't these cars back the FK UP and give these truckers the room they need so they (the morons) don't get turned into Roadkill??????

[Pagan]

What is it with people who can't let that big truck pass them?

It's not just big trucks. I run into men that cannot stand to be passed by a woman.

I find I actually do this (a little bit) in my Jeep Cherokee when parking. No other time, but in the parking lot I do it a bit so I can get into the parking space straight the first time and not park like an idiot or have to back out and straighten up. Especially considering how often my hubby has to straighten the car out, and he doesn't do a little buttonhook first.

But tiny cars? That's kind of amusing.

I do it in mine, '96 Saturn SC2, but only when I'm turning into a parking space on the right and I'm not pulling across.

[Kogarashi]

Needless to say, these trucks need all the room they can get to turn southbound onto Main Road (most of them do but some will turn northbound onto Main Road depending on where they're heading) and the morons at the light will pull UP as close to the intersection as they can, which means the truck driver has a narrower turn to get through the intersection.

In the last city we lived in, people would do that at certain intersections too, and it made it extremely difficult on the city buses. Because the streets were narrow (and frequently included on-street parking), there were some intersections where the stop line was set back half a car-length or more from where it would normally be. Even when we were brand new to the city, I quickly figured out it was so turning vehicles, especially larger ones, had the room to make a smooth turn without hitting traffic waiting at the stop line.

Of course, just about everyone in that city would blow up to the stop line and past at a red light, waiting almost completely over the line sometimes. Along comes the city bus.... I could see there was a reason for the huge gouges in the side of the buses. And once I got stuck behind someone who realized too late that he had to back up to let the bus complete its turn. Luckily for him, I knew it, and had left him some room to back up.

I do it in mine, '96 Saturn SC2, but only when I'm turning into a parking space on the right and I'm not pulling across.

That's it exactly. Parking on the left, I've already got the extra space.