Happened to me just today. Driving along, behind a woman in the passing lane going under the limit to boot. Sees a temp tax station set up on the other side of the street and with nothing in front of her, hits the brakes! I lay on the horn, and all the cops look over from the other side of the street. Was pretty funny.
It would be interesting to know, and I'm sure it's never been looked into, if setting up such traps to catch ppl creates a greater danger than the so called offense of "speeding", what with cops running out into the middle of traffic to wave ppl over, and the cars behind trying to figure out why the sudden deceleration and then hitting the brakes themselves, not to mention now bringing traffic to a stand still in one lane that was previously flowing. Nothing spells frustration like two lanes attempting to merging into one. I won't even mention some of the near disasters I've seen after watching ppl trying to merge back into flowing traffic from the shoulder of a highway after getting a ticket. If cops are after easy money, and really want to do something to protect ppl, just set up shop beside any crosswalk. My best bud is an ER doctor and tells me 90% of ppl hit by cars are hit at crosswalks. I've yet to see a cop at a crosswalk in the city, ever! I'll now return to the inside lane and play some soft classical music. :-) Ed 300E On 31/01/2008, Robert Rentfro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I think my all time driving one is when people are bombing along at the > speed limit on either the freeway or on a street and they slow way down > simply because John Law is visible somewhere. It's dumb on a street and > dangerous on the freeway. > > Bob R > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Zoltan Finks > Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2008 8:20 PM > To: Mercedes Discussion List > Subject: Re: [MBZ] You asked for it > > I'm gonna join in this nebulous thread by indulging myself in a small > pet-peeve share. Hmmm, which one to share? > Oh okay, here: > > At a four way stop (or a three way stop) I wish folks would really just > know > the law and follow it. Things would be so simple, and so much time saved. > > Instead, most seem to want to play the eye contact and wave-on game. Call > me > antisocial (I am) but I am not required to interact on that level with > other > drivers. I am required to follow the law. I love it when I don't make eye > contact at a four-way, and the other driver, so convinced that eye contact > is the law, all but refuses to go, even though they were clearly there > first. Given enough time, I'll pull my keys out of the ignition and show > them to the indignant driver. > > Brian > > On Jan 31, 2008 7:39 AM, Kaleb C. Striplin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > That really hacks me off either when somebody has the right of way and > > stops to let me know, or stops in front of me to let somebody else out. > > I am sure they are just trying to be nice but it really causes > problems. > > > > Allan Streib wrote: > > > 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 > > > > > > > -- > > Kaleb C. 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