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Said joggers and other pedestrians crossing against red lights with traffic coming
Related: I sure seem to see an awful lot of pedestrians (particularly downtown) who come up to a crosswalk while they have the "DON'T WALK" signal, start to cross, then finally look up and see the traffic that they're already two steps toward running into, and jump back in surprise. Facial expressions are usually either "dumbfounded" or "offended", sometimes both.
I occasionally see the same thing from motorists approaching a corner where they intend to do a right turn on a red light and then slam on their brakes when they realize that the cross-traffic is preventing them from doing a no-stop turn. At a red light.
Right turns on red lights.
They make no sense to me.
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Right turns on red lights.
They make no sense to me.
If you live in a part of the state with no pedestrians , the only thing you need to do is look in one direction for a car. Most motorists can handle that.
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Right turns on red lights.
They make no sense to me.
There are times and places where it's fine, it's just that some motorists seem to extrapolate that they're as entitled to proceed as at a green light no matter what the traffic situation. I've had times where I was in a right turn lane waiting for a break in traffic and had the person behind me (in some cases, unable to see anything but what's directly in front of them) repeatedly honk at me for being stopped.
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Right turns on red lights.
They make no sense to me.
Alternately: City planning that end up making unprotected lefts at major intersections a thing.
In the Midwest all the bicyclists dress like Lance Armstrong ready to hump a French mountaintop and then they ride down the middle of the road in the country and otherwise act like a%*%$~~s.
I'm sure it varies by region, the stupid Ironman competitions they hold practically every 3 weeks during the summer only encourages the behaviour :-)
In the Midwest all the bicyclists dress like Lance Armstrong ready to hump a French mountaintop and then they ride down the middle of the road in the country and otherwise act like a@&+#~#s.
I'm sure it varies by region, the stupid Ironman competitions they hold practically every 3 weeks during the summer only encourages the behaviour :-)
always ride to the side of the road. Right is wisest, left if you have been doored recently.
Alternately: City planning that end up making unprotected lefts at major intersections a thing.Right turns on red lights.
They make no sense to me.
I was trapped at one of these, and I ended up crying, because there was no green arrow for left and too much oncoming traffic for me to turn left.
So i eventually just went straight.
EDIT: also, I was on a medication that made me really anxious when driving that I haven't taken in years.
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Right turns on red lights.
They make no sense to me.
Well where I live (arkansas) some of the more rural areas you would be thankful for it. Waiting on a 5 min timed light with no sensors while you look down a mile of empty road is painful.
Right turns on red lights.
They make no sense to me.
In our state, right turns on red are fine at a intersection without signs forbidding it.
You are supposed to look for oncoming traffic coming from the left, exactly how you would turn right at a two way stop sign. It works because the nature of the traffic on a red light is the same as at a two way stop sign anyway.
I am so used to the concept that states where turn right on red doesn't exist make no sense to me.
Everything is alarming pre-coffee:-)
#Truestory
I think that's every state, every one I've driven thru (15 I think)
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Calling the phone company to report an outage.
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Minimum speed limit: It's not dangerous to drive slow, just annoying.
No, it can be dangerous. Driving slow doesn't trip brake lights. When you're doing 70mph down the interstate and the guy ahead of you changes lanes, revealing someone you don't already know is only going 35mph, it's a very real possibility that you couldn't stop in time.
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On the highways here in Houston, it's especially bad because the slow drivers always seem to clog up the middle lanes. People in the left lanes are going at the speed limit or slightly above, so that anyone who wants to pass the slow traffic ends up passing them on the right, which is dangerous as hell because that's where all the people are trying to merge on and off of the highway. It's not a coincidence that we have one of the highest rates of vehicular accidents anywhere.
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Right turns on red lights.
They make no sense to me.
There are times and places where it's fine, it's just that some motorists seem to extrapolate that they're as entitled to proceed as at a green light no matter what the traffic situation. I've had times where I was in a right turn lane waiting for a break in traffic and had the person behind me (in some cases, unable to see anything but what's directly in front of them) repeatedly honk at me for being stopped.
Yeah, right turns on red seems to usually work fine down here too.
Minimum speed limit: It's not dangerous to drive slow, just annoying.
If someone is driving far enough below the speed limit and there is no way for anyone behind to (safely) pass, it is dangerous.
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I don't have a problem with sharing the road with bicyclists, except for two things:
1) Bicyclists are still a tiny minority on the roads down here, so they don't seem to learn the pack behaviors that they would in bicyclist-heavy urban areas. So down here, they all do their own thing... which makes them wildly unpredictable.
2) Most motorists are not out to deliberately run over bicyclists, but I wish bicyclists would remember the laws of physics that apply to 3000+ lb. vehicles. A car just can't stop on a dime or nimbly swerve around a bicyclist (at least without veering across the line into oncoming traffic). Motorcyclists seem to understand this, but not most of the bicyclists on the roads down here. But, many motorists don't seem to understand the physics behind why they shouldn't cut off dumptrucks and 18-wheelers either.
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I love to drive, anything :-)
Slow drivers are in fact dangerous on highways. If someone is going 30 mph on a 60mph highway, they as well just park in the middle of the lane.
The safest speed on a highway is the flow of traffic, which in our state may actually be 65-70 mph since the speed limit seems to be taken as more of a speed suggestion anyway.
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Also, bicyclists are generally considered vehicles and they are supposed to follow the rules of the road. This also means that they can go into the center of the lane, and into the left lane if they need to turn. In fact, it is actually often safer for bicyclist to take the center of the lane sometimes, because there they are easy to see. Motorists are trained to look for other objects in the center of the lane where cars are, and not at the side, so if bicyclists are on the side, they become effectively invisible and that leads to a lot of accidents. Also doors swinging out from parked cars are a hazard. Debris on the side of the road are a hazard.
It would be nice if the average motorist would understand that sometimes, you need to go into the left lane to take a left turn.
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A few years ago, my car was stolen in November. In December its registration expired. In January it was recovered AND ticketed for expired registration.
I went to the city magistrate to explain that the registration expired because I did not have physical possession of the car and therefore could not submit it to a safety inspection nor an emissions inspection, both of which were required for registration renewal.
His response: "Everyone has an excuse."
When I asked to speak to a judge instead, I was told that I could schedule a court date only after I paid both the ticket and court fees (which were greater than the amount on the ticket), and if the judge sided with me, I would be refunded the amount of the ticket, but not the court fees.
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Nobody goes 30 on a highway unless either the dementia kicks in or they're on Xanax :-)
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A few years ago, my car was stolen in November. In December its registration expired. In January it was recovered AND ticketed for expired registration.
When I went to the city magistrate to explain that the registration expired because I did not have physical possession of the car and therefore could not submit it to a safety inspection nor an emissions inspection, both of which were required for registration renewal.
His response: "Everyone has an excuse."
When I asked to speak to a judge instead, I was told that I could schedule a court date only after I paid both the ticket and court fees (which were greater than the amount on the ticket), and if the judge sided with me, I would be refunded the amount of the ticket, but not the court fees.
This is why I hate lawful neutrals.
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The fact that you need experience to get a job, but you need a job to get experience.
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The fact that you need experience to get a job, but you need a job to get experience.
I had a friend who upon moving to NY lied on her resume saying she had executive assistant experience. She kept that job for a year, then quit under good circumstances. She immediately applied for another exec assistant job using the previous as experience.
Sometimes you just do what you gotta do and live with any consequences.
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Tell him you're trying to conserve power by using less electrons in your emails.
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I saw a tumblr post that went like this:
Me: *sends signed, proofread letter with salutations to professor by email*
Professor: ok (sent from my iphone)
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It most certainly is dangerous to drive slow when everyone else is driving 5-15 miles over the limit. Thats the same as being stopped on a 45 mile an hour back road. You're going to get hit.
The highways in upstate new york should read
Speed limit 65
Speed minimum 70.
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Tell him you're trying to conserve power by using fewer electrons in your emails.
Fixed that of you.
I love the intersection near Shiro's player's house with a dedicated right turn lane, even around the corner.
So people get in the lane, go around the corner, and SLAM ON THE BRAKES because they don't see a merge!
Shiro's player reports at least an accident a week at that intersection... because drivers can't understand the concept of having an entire lane to themselves when turning...
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Tell him you're trying to conserve power by using fewer electrons in your emails.Fixed that of you.
That's 8 more bits than before.
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That's 8 more bits than before.Tell him you're trying to conserve power by using fewer electrons in your emails.Fixed that of you.
The irony isn't lost on me.
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Today i discovered why my boss keep saying my e-mails are "subpar". They want me to write on it to whom the e-mail is for.
Workplace emails differ from texts to your friends. In general, you are expected to start the email with a salutation to the recipient, and to sign your name beyond just relying on the signature block.
Example:
Mark,
The results of the recent sampling have been tabulated; please see attached. If you need anything else, don't hesitate to let me know.
Regards,
--Morius
Yes, it's quite true that the sender, recipient, and paperclip icon indicating an attachment are all right there to see. But that's not the point. The point is that, within the body of the email, you're taking the time and effort to interact with the recipient almost as you would as a person, rather than as if you are simply an auto-send function on a machine.
I take the woods and over the tracks so I won't die, every time we tried to use the road someone almost hits us while texting and driving, it's a huge problem out here
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Today i discovered why my boss keep saying my e-mails are "subpar". They want me to write on it to whom the e-mail is for.Workplace emails differ from texts to your friends. In general, you are expected to start the email with a salutation to the recipient, and to sign your name beyond just replying on the signature block.
Example:
Yes, it's quite true that the sender, recipient, and paperclip icon indicating an attachment are all right there to see. But that's not the point. The point is that, within the body of the email, you're taking the time and effort to interact with the recipient almost as you would as a person, rather than as if you are simply an auto-send function on a machine.Mark,
The results of the recent sampling have been tabulated; please see attached. If you need anything else, don't hesitate to let me know.
Regards,
--Morius
I think you misread his post. He said his boss wants his emails to say "Dear So-and-so" like you're talking about, but then also lead off with an additional "To So-and-so" before that salutation.
Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but it seems your preachy lecture to kids these days about how to remember that people aren't computers is a bit misplaced this time. :/
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I think you misread his post. He said his boss wants his emails to say "Dear So-and-so" like you're talking about, but then also lead off with an additional "To So-and-so" before that salutation.
I thought that at first, too, but his clarification "But, isn't this already answered in the 'To' space in the e-mail???" led me to believe that, no, he meant the "To: So-and-So" in the email header (which, as stated, appears just above the body of the email). Preachy or not, sometimes it's necessary to point this sort of thing out to people.
Our office manager once actually had to explain to one of the newer people why mass email invitations like "come2the dnstrs conf rm @2 4 mtng with ceo" are not really appropriate -- especially if the CEO in question is on the "cc" list.
Tell him you're trying to conserve power by using fewer electrons in your emails.Fixed that of you.
I was afraid that if I used "fewer" instead of "lesser", I'd also have to set Morte on fire in sacrifice to R'hllor. Hmmm...
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Arthritis medication that comes in child-proof containers.
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Arthritis medication that comes in child-proof containers.
My grand aunt was handing those to me to open since i was about three.
Arthritis medication that comes in child-proof containers.My grand aunt was handing those to me to open since i was about three.
My favorite is that you can now opt out of childproof caps, but you don't learn that until the first time you go back to the pharmacy and complain about it.
You'd think highly-educated pharmacists would be able to figure out, "That person is getting medication that indicates that opening this bottle might be problematic. Perhaps I should offer him/her a non-childproof bottle as a matter of courtesy..."
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Pop-Tarts coming 2 in pack but listing nutritional info for just one.