Saw it the other morning. A "considerate driver" stopped in traffic to motion another driver in. The other driver assumed the "considerate driver" had check traffic in all six lanes for her so when she shot through the opening crossing other lanes she was "T boned." Snarled morning rush hour for us all.
There used to be a practice (incorrect) called "courtesy signaling" where some driver thought it was their duty to use turn signals to alert everyone behind the intention of drivers in front? > From: "LarryT" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2008 09:25:12 -0500 > To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Subject: Re: [MBZ] You asked for it > > Allan wrote:<<many things that may be intended as a "courtesy", >> including many variations of yielding when they have the right of way.>> > > Amen to That! There's nothing worse than coming upon a car stopped in the > middle of the road letting someone out of a sidestreet - when doing the > proper thing and maintaining right of way would have kept all traffic moving > safely. Arrrgggg! it'sinfuriating just thinking about the instances where > that's happened. Perhaps *most* irritating is when a car stops and lets 20 > school buses pull out in front of a few cars. Turns a nice morning into a > brutal drive - where leaving early to beat the buses is completely > frustrated by a "considerate" driver. > > > Larry T (67 MGB, 74 911, 78 240D, 91 300D) > www.youroil.net for Oil Analysis and Weber Parts > Test Results http://members.rennlist.com/oil > PORSCHE POSTERS! youroil.net > Weber Carb Info http://members.rennlist.com/webercarbs > . > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Allan Streib" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 11:23 PM > Subject: Re: [MBZ] You asked for it > > >> >> On Jan 30, 2008, at 11:19 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> >>> When a driver, in traffic, is driving more slowly than the rest of >>> the vehicles thus impeding the flow, you can be sure that they are >>> oblivious to their surroundings and probably unskilled. And what a >>> traffic hazard they are. >> >> Any time a driver does something "unexpected" they are a hazard. >> This includes many things that may be intended as a "courtesy", >> including many variations of yielding when they have the right of way. >> >> Allan >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ >> For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
