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Old 11-29-2014, 06:52 PM
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Originally Posted by Polar Bear View Post
Oohoh. Pet peeve time. Even if you want to be ultra conservative and wait for the light to turn (assuring a safe turn), you should proceed into the intersection to do it, not wait at the stop bar. Then you turn after the light changes, assuming you haven't been able to turn sooner. This also allows one or possibly even two more cars, who have also crept past the stop bar, to turn if everybody drives the intersection properly. That's the proper...and safe...way to make left turns on a green ball.
I agree 100%. many people are just inconsiderate of those around them. The other ones are the person that gets in the right lane at an intersection doesn't turn right and makes everyone behind him wait for the light and the person that stays int he left hand lane when other cars approach him from behind and he refuses to move over.

They actually finally passed a law requiring drivers in the left hand lane to move over when a car comes up behind them regardless of the speed. That means if you are traveling over the speed limit and someone comes up behind you and wants to pass, you MUST move over. I can't imagine how this will be enforced, but at least they made a common sense law.
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