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Oldstone
Citizen
Username: Rogers4317
Post Number: 835
Registered: 6-2004
| | Posted on Sunday, August 6, 2006 - 8:52 am: | 
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going 22 mph down durand this morning, why would the car following pass me on the left? i'm dumbfounded. he remained 50 feet in front of me all the way into the village and at the last opportunity pulled into an empty diagonal parking spot by crane's. i'm afraid he wanted to make sure he got a spot before i did (even though i wasn't looking for one!) but i don't want to think that way. what other explanation could there be? people are weird. |
red
Citizen
Username: Redy67
Post Number: 6760
Registered: 2-2003
| | Posted on Sunday, August 6, 2006 - 8:58 am: |
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oldstone--I think you are right on the mark. As always parking in the vilaage drives me nuts with rude people. |
daylaborer
Citizen
Username: Upondaroof
Post Number: 861
Registered: 4-2003
| | Posted on Sunday, August 6, 2006 - 8:59 am: |
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You were obviously traveling well below the speed limit! |
Oldstone
Citizen
Username: Rogers4317
Post Number: 837
Registered: 6-2004
| | Posted on Sunday, August 6, 2006 - 9:01 am: |
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LOL, on a beautiful, early sunday morning who doesn't want to drive around slowly to take it all in? |
mlj
Citizen
Username: Mlj
Post Number: 368
Registered: 6-2001
| | Posted on Sunday, August 6, 2006 - 9:25 am: |
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A different point regarding the diagonal parking spots on Maplewood Ave. - it is illegal to turn left into those spots from the opposite side of the street. I was informed by the Maplewood PD that they are enforcing this and issuing summonses. |
Morrisa da Silva
Citizen
Username: Mod
Post Number: 507
Registered: 12-2003
| | Posted on Sunday, August 6, 2006 - 11:55 am: |
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Yay,
i hope they actually do enforce it. |
Nancy - LibraryLady
Supporter
Username: Librarylady
Post Number: 3775
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Sunday, August 6, 2006 - 12:08 pm: |
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It's also illegal to make a left into the spots on Sloan in S.O. but every one does it anyway. Which SOPD would enforce that! |
SO Ref
Citizen
Username: So_refugee
Post Number: 2055
Registered: 2-2005
| | Posted on Sunday, August 6, 2006 - 12:12 pm: |
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I've been passed on the right several times on Prospect, Irvington Ave, and even Fairview Ave while driving [or even slightly above] the speed limit. Terms for these people can be found here.
It boggles the mind why folks think this predominantly residential area is an expressway... |
Cougar86
Citizen
Username: Cougar86
Post Number: 33
Registered: 3-2006
| | Posted on Sunday, August 6, 2006 - 5:17 pm: |
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He was in a rush and wanted to save the valuable .0043 seconds by passing you... |
Tom Reingold
Supporter
Username: Noglider
Post Number: 15232
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Monday, August 7, 2006 - 5:27 pm: |
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If he had thought, he might not have done it. I think when we drive, we operate more on habits than on thought. One habit is to make appreciable progress, without much (or any) thought about what the goal is. So if you're not moving fast, you measure progress with how much faster you are going than the other guy. He was probably on automatic pilot and didn't think that getting a parking spot wasn't likely to be a challenge or that he would miff or annoy you.
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SO Ref
Citizen
Username: So_refugee
Post Number: 2058
Registered: 2-2005
| | Posted on Monday, August 7, 2006 - 5:33 pm: |
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I [being of a less optimistic mind frame] tend to think some people simply go through life on auto-pilot with a me-first-at-all-cost attitude.
Man, I'm getting old... |
Littlebirde
Citizen
Username: Littlebirde
Post Number: 42
Registered: 2-2003
| | Posted on Friday, August 11, 2006 - 5:54 am: |
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I was just passed on Ridgewood this weekend. I was travelling about 30mph (5 mph over 25, the posted speed limit) by a red convertible Solaris. I think it would be wonderful if everyone stopped and considered the speed limits are there to protect our safety and those of our neighbros, not to keep us from getting somewhere faster or easier. Autopilot is no excuse.
By the time I arrived at the light on Vauhall and Valley, the solaris was at a red light and I ended up passing him in the other lane. I looked over and smiled! |
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