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Arnomation
Citizen
Username: Arnomation
Post Number: 80
Registered: 7-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, November 25, 2003 - 6:45 pm: | 
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I had my left turn signal on and as I'm beginning my turn INTO MY DRIVEWAY, this guy beeps at me as he's trying to pass me on the left into on coming traffic!!!
Unbelievable... I always thought the New Jersey driver thing was a myth... |
kathy
Citizen
Username: Kathy
Post Number: 673
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, November 25, 2003 - 7:09 pm: |
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I had this exact same thing happen to me maybe a year ago. I couldn't believe it. I know that New Jersey drivers don't use their own turn signals, but do they completely ignore the signals that people do use?? |
Dave Ross
Supporter
Username: Dave
Post Number: 5761
Registered: 4-1998
| | Posted on Tuesday, November 25, 2003 - 10:10 pm: |
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People simply can't believe people live on the left hand side of the road. TOTALLY ANNOYING. |
ml1
Citizen
Username: Ml1
Post Number: 1379
Registered: 5-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, November 25, 2003 - 10:54 pm: |
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maybe he's British. |
virgilian
Citizen
Username: Virgilian
Post Number: 149
Registered: 7-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, November 25, 2003 - 10:59 pm: |
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Stop slowing down before you turn into your driveway--it's pretty obvious.
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tom
Citizen
Username: Tom
Post Number: 1564
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, November 25, 2003 - 11:43 pm: |
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It happened to me too -- it must be a movement! |
Rebecca Raines
Citizen
Username: Robin_realist
Post Number: 58
Registered: 10-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, November 26, 2003 - 10:17 am: |
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It happened to me too. I slowed and swung a little to the right before turning left into my drive. I thought he assumed I was pulling over to the right and had put my left blinker on in error. Now I realize he didn't. At the time it really startled me and I almost hit him, he even honked at me! R |
ffof
Citizen
Username: Ffof
Post Number: 1655
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, November 26, 2003 - 11:25 am: |
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What the heck are you moving right to go left for? Sorry, sign of bad driving. (still no excuse for mr-pass-on-the-left.) |
Rebecca Raines
Citizen
Username: Robin_realist
Post Number: 61
Registered: 10-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, November 26, 2003 - 11:39 am: |
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ffof, I have a fairly narrow driveway opening and didn't want to hit the bushes or the car that was parked on that side almost abutting my drive. My curve to the R was SLIGHT, not dramatic, just enough to come at the drive in a more straight line. I'm an excellent driver, thanks. R |
Yossarian
Citizen
Username: Yossarian
Post Number: 110
Registered: 8-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, November 26, 2003 - 12:03 pm: |
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dad let me drive slow in the driveway |
tom
Citizen
Username: Tom
Post Number: 1565
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, November 26, 2003 - 12:10 pm: |
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Moving a little right before a left turn, or vice versa, lets you actually make a tighter turn. It's counterintuitive, but try it and you'll see. |
argon_smythe
Citizen
Username: Argon_smythe
Post Number: 95
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, November 26, 2003 - 12:17 pm: |
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I have no sympathy for people who move into a house on the left side of the street and then have the audacity to complain about it! 
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Mummite
Citizen
Username: Mummite
Post Number: 27
Registered: 6-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, November 26, 2003 - 12:58 pm: |
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This happened to us too. I even stopped after and checked my left indicator light was working, but now I see there's a movement that don't know how to drive. It's no myth. |
mim
Citizen
Username: Mim
Post Number: 303
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, November 26, 2003 - 1:19 pm: |
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I must chime in and say that this also happened to us. We had swung to the left slightly before making the tight right turn into our driveway, with the right signal on -- and someone zipped between our car and the driveway we were about to turn into (passing us on the right).
I guess he figured we had given him the space and he was damn well going to take advantage of it, RIGHT NOW. |
tom
Citizen
Username: Tom
Post Number: 1566
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, November 26, 2003 - 1:20 pm: |
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argon -- it all depends on where you're coming from  |
Tom Reingold the prissy-pants
Citizen
Username: Noglider
Post Number: 1196
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, November 26, 2003 - 1:40 pm: |
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When people do stuff like that, I'm tempted to continue with my maneuver, so they'll hit me and it'll be their fault. The trouble is, given the fact that I have a choice of avoiding the accident, it becomes partially my fault. And who wants the hassle of a collision? So I've never given in to the temptation. But I'd like to chew someone out for such a boneheaded move some day. Oh well. It will probably never happen.
Tom Reingold
There is nothing
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virgilian
Citizen
Username: Virgilian
Post Number: 150
Registered: 7-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, November 26, 2003 - 1:54 pm: |
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You left-turn-makers bring it on yourselves. |
ffof
Citizen
Username: Ffof
Post Number: 1659
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, November 26, 2003 - 2:43 pm: |
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tom, I can't imagine you ever turning "a little right"!!
Still, if you guys have to go right to go left then you were probably driving too close to the middle of the road to begin with(it's called being a road hog ) and I maintain that it is a sign of bed driving practice . |
ffof
Citizen
Username: Ffof
Post Number: 1660
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, November 26, 2003 - 2:44 pm: |
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woops, make that bad driving practice |
bobk
Supporter
Username: Bobk
Post Number: 3931
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, November 26, 2003 - 3:36 pm: |
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First off swinging right to turn left or vice versa is not a good idea. At best you send mixed signals to the traffic behind you. Add a forgotten or malfunctioning turn signal and BAM!
I posted a couple of weeks ago about a gentleman who pulled all the way to the right curb, virtually stopped and then turned left into his driveway without signaling.
All in all this thread confirms something I posted earlier about being aware of what is going on behind you, as well as to the front and sides.
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redY67
Citizen
Username: Redy67
Post Number: 192
Registered: 2-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, November 26, 2003 - 4:54 pm: |
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A little drift. I was on the street next Fleet Bank, which is a one-way. This woman was parked along the street, pulls out of her parking space and turns her car in the WRONG DIRECTION. I flagged to her that this is a one-way street, and she just nods to me that she knows. Um.....okay |
Arnomation
Citizen
Username: Arnomation
Post Number: 81
Registered: 7-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, November 26, 2003 - 5:00 pm: |
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"You're going the wrong way!!"
"He's drunk, how would he know where we're going?"
---Planes, Trains & Automobiles |
Brett
Citizen
Username: Bmalibashksa
Post Number: 449
Registered: 7-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, November 27, 2003 - 7:49 am: |
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What happens when you turn right into your driveway? Do you turn left into the other lane and then back again? |
L'Angelo Misterioso
Citizen
Username: Misterioso
Post Number: 12
Registered: 10-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, November 27, 2003 - 9:49 am: |
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Good evening, and welcome to BAAAD driving. I am your host, Leonard Pinth-Garnell...
Maharishi University Class of '67
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