Principles of freedom

[Prezbucky]

Yeah, that sucks.

Less annoying (but probably more frequent) is the instance in which the person in front of you takes half an hour completing a turn -- I'm thinking about being in the right lane, doing about 30-40 mph, and coming to a complete stop to wait... and wait... and wait for the person in front of me to turn right, into a traffic-free parking lot.

By the time the person completes the turn (or gets off the road at least) he's doing about 1 mph... and I'm sitting there shouting "Turn! Turn! Turn!"

Maybe I don't have enough patience, but my goodness, it'd be nice if drivers would recognize when they're holding up traffic and step on it.

Green lights are another thing: I'm the tenth guy in line. The light turns green and the first car sits there for a good five seconds. We finally start moving but by the time I near the intersection, the light is yellow. I wish people were more mindful of the people behind them, the people waiting on them.

The slow green-light intersection crosser vies for my top driving pet peeve with the left-lane blocker -- the soccer mom doing the speed limit, or less, in her minivan or SUV, in the way of faster traffic.

I try not to be hypocritical:

If I'm at the head of a line at an intersection, once the light turns green I look left and right quickly and then darn near floor it until I'm approximately 5 mph over the speed limit -- if someoneisn't going to make it through the intersection before the light turns red again, it won't be because of me.

And if I'm in the left lane speeding (reasonably) merrily along and I notice lights approaching or stuck on my tail, I move out of the way or, if that isn't possible, I increase my speed in an attempt to appease the pursuing driver. If it gets to the point where I'm now 15 over the limit, I still can't move over and the guy is still on my rear bumper, I pull a 007 and release rear-projected missiles. hehe
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[Jamie (K)]

Once I was the second car at a light in the ghetto; some local lady was in front of me. The light turned green, and the woman waited and waited and waited, making no move to cross. I was ready to lean on the horn when suddenly, against the red light, some thug wearing a doo rag and driving a '70s vintage Chevy roars through the intersection. If the lady had tried to cross as soon as the light turned green, he would have broadsided her. But when the light turned green for us, the hoodlum couldn't have been less than two blocks away. The lady apparently knew the neighborhood and could tell what kind of person in what kind of car wasn't liable to stop.

[Alfwm]

Prezbucky Wrote

Roads were built for cars and pedestrians should wait until the way is clear of traffic before crossing the road. And if they cross against green-light traffic, they should hurry.

You are very right. It's very good you don't try to kill the pedestrian.
It seem to be a case of lack of education. Pedestrians should follow your advise.

The most important principle of freedom seems to be education !!!

What do you think about?

Alfwm[/b]