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#127 Sep 09 2014 at 7:49 PM Rating: Decent
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Friar Bijou wrote:
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Stopping dead at the spot marked "A" is, at best, stupid. Speeds are low and 150m is plenty of space to merge. A slow roll to between "A" and "B" will allow for safer merging.


Yup. Assuming there's no reason for anyone to get into the merge lane, of course. It's possible though, that they had problems with people getting into the lane from the left and causing accidents, maybe? I know I see people (totally topic appropriate!) who have the most annoying habit of automatically getting into the farthest right lane they can, ignoring things like that it's a merge lane, or becomes a right turn only lane in 200 feet, etc. I've also seen people zip into a newly opened right hand lane on the freeway that becomes an exit only lane at the next offramp, just to try to bypass a few cars during rush hour traffic. Insane, yes. Causing more traffic problems, yes. But it's what people do.

But yeah, in an ideal world where people have brains inside their skulls, there should be zero reason to stop there, much less have a yield sign there making them stop.

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#128 Sep 10 2014 at 7:01 AM Rating: Good
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gbaji wrote:
....much less have a yield sign there making them stop.


You're batty.
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#129 Sep 10 2014 at 3:11 PM Rating: Excellent
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Elinda wrote:
gbaji wrote:
....much less have a yield sign there making them stop.


You're batty.


That may be true, but I'm not sure what the line you quoted has to do with it.
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#130 Sep 12 2014 at 7:17 AM Rating: Good
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gbaji wrote:
Elinda wrote:
gbaji wrote:
....much less have a yield sign there making them stop.


You're batty.


That may be true, but I'm not sure what the line you quoted has to do with it.

I guess it's because a yield sign doesn't make you stop. It makes you yield to oncoming traffic. You can slow down, you can speed up, you can stop, but you don't have to and in fact rarely should you - since you're merging into moving traffic.
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#131 Sep 12 2014 at 10:48 AM Rating: Excellent
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Elinda wrote:
I guess it's because a yield sign doesn't make you stop.
Shouldn't. It shouldn't make someone stop. Yet it does. And I hate them. I hate them and their families. I wish much ill on all of them.
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#132 Sep 13 2014 at 2:30 PM Rating: Good
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Elinda wrote:
gbaji wrote:
Elinda wrote:
gbaji wrote:
....much less have a yield sign there making them stop.


You're batty.


That may be true, but I'm not sure what the line you quoted has to do with it.

I guess it's because a yield sign doesn't make you stop. It makes you yield to oncoming traffic. You can slow down, you can speed up, you can stop, but you don't have to and in fact rarely should you - since you're merging into moving traffic.


A yield sign makes you yield to any traffic (in other words, stop) that has the right of way. Instances of yield signs being used on areas where you can smoothly merge into traffic make up only part of the whole use of yield signs.

In my home town, yield signs are used in place of stop signs on all side roads around the neighborhood. But given that you cannot clearly see on either side of the intersection until you reach the intersection, most people stop (or at the very least, a rolling stop) at the yield sign. And when they don't, bad things happen, like my Dad being T-boned by some kid who decided to go through a yield sign without stopping or slowing down as my dad drove through the intersection (he had the right of way).

I rarely fault people for yielding at a yield sign, especially just because there are multiple lanes to go into. I don't trust people at intersections enough to assume they are going to not change lanes or not be traveling well above the speed limit to put myself into their possible paths and endanger myself.
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#133 Sep 15 2014 at 3:30 PM Rating: Decent
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TirithRR wrote:
Elinda wrote:
gbaji wrote:
Elinda wrote:
gbaji wrote:
....much less have a yield sign there making them stop.


You're batty.


That may be true, but I'm not sure what the line you quoted has to do with it.

I guess it's because a yield sign doesn't make you stop. It makes you yield to oncoming traffic. You can slow down, you can speed up, you can stop, but you don't have to and in fact rarely should you - since you're merging into moving traffic.


A yield sign makes you yield to any traffic (in other words, stop) that has the right of way. Instances of yield signs being used on areas where you can smoothly merge into traffic make up only part of the whole use of yield signs.


Basically this. I wasn't saying that every yield sign requires a stop, but that in this particular case, people are stopping because there's a yield sign there. If there's busy cross traffic, people are going to tend to stop, even if they don't technically need to, because the presence of the yield sign will make them assume that the cross traffic can enter their lane. Anyone not familiar with the intersection is going to stop.
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#135 Sep 17 2014 at 11:49 PM Rating: Good
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Deadgye wrote:
I skimmed the thread and all I got was people talking about stuff under the ground and one guy who apparently has a degree in driving who couldn't comprehend the things gbaji was saying.


Lmao. Just some friendly advice, don't bother applying for any detective jobs. I didn't respond to Gbaji's rants about redlight technology as it had nothing to do with my point. Hence why I said driving is about safety, not timing red lights.


Also, induction loops have been around for a long **** time. I don't know when they first became "common", but they were around when I got my learner's permit and I'm a middle aged man.

But, did I mention none of that had anything to do with MY point?


Edited, Sep 18th 2014 1:51am by CoalHeart
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#136 Sep 21 2014 at 6:14 PM Rating: Decent
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I don't plan on applying for any detective jobs. In return, please don't apply for any jobs that involve comprehension. Aim for something with strawmen, red herrings, moving goalposts, etc.

lolgaxe wrote:
Elinda wrote:
I guess it's because a yield sign doesn't make you stop.
Shouldn't. It shouldn't make someone stop. Yet it does. And I hate them. I hate them and their families. I wish much ill on all of them.

Wat? There are plenty of yield signs around me that are basically temporary stop signs. If someone is coming you stop, if there's nobody you just continue through. Also if we take the above picture and change the speed to 55, **** anybody who doesn't stop at A when there's traffic. Those are always the people who slow roll past A and them stop somewhere in between A and B or at B.

edit: Actually, the 55 one I was thinking of doesn't even have a sign there, everyone stops, unless there's no traffic, there because it's the safe thing to do.

Edited, Sep 21st 2014 8:19pm by Deadgye
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