You know what really grinds my gears?

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  • canes21
    Hall Of Fame
    • Sep 2008
    • 22904

    #14911
    Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

    That every single day at an intersection is a mess if there is no traffic light. It seriously baffles me how so many people do no understand how intersection work. No one ever pulls all the way up so that neither person is blocking each other's view like the law says to do. It seems like it would be common sense. Everything on the road is done on the right side, but people seem to think you must switch it all up and stay on the left side at intersections.

    It also is bad when 2 people are trying to cross the opposite way across a 4 lane road and both people just need to pull straight ahead, stay right and they won't be blocking each other's view. Even if one is pulling onto the road and the other is going straight across the 4 lanes. It allows both parties to see the traffic clearly and turn around each other if needed. I almost got into a wreck the other day because I was pulling straight ahead and the other guy turned straight in front of me causing me to nail the brakes.

    And anytime I pull all the way up to make a left turn, everyone just gets confused and sits in the turn lane and blocks my view when they only need to pull past my car and do what I am doing.

    This is the type of intersection I am talking about.

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    • Fresh Tendrils
      Strike Hard and Fade Away
      • Jul 2002
      • 36131

      #14912
      Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

      Yeah, we would have a light there and we only have about 5 cars on the road.



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      • Quint75
        MVP
        • Jul 2002
        • 3304

        #14913
        Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

        When you lay down to go to sleep and you get a nose whistler. And no matter how much you blow, the damned thing won't go away.


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        • JODYE
          JB4MVP
          • May 2012
          • 4834

          #14914
          Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

          The worst are roundabouts. Throw a Yield sign in there and everyone loses their ****ing mind.
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          • canes21
            Hall Of Fame
            • Sep 2008
            • 22904

            #14915
            Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

            Originally posted by 13
            The worst are roundabouts. Throw a Yield sign in there and everyone loses their ****ing mind.
            I've never had much trouble with roundabouts, but then again we only have 2 in the area I can think of. My experience with them is limited. Aren't they supposed to be statistically safer though?
            “No one is more hated than he who speaks the truth.”


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            • Gotmadskillzson
              Live your life
              • Apr 2008
              • 23428

              #14916
              Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

              I never saw a roundabout until a couple of years ago. I looked at it and thought WTF is this BS ?

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              • ImTellinTim
                YNWA
                • Sep 2006
                • 33028

                #14917
                Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

                Originally posted by canes21
                I've never had much trouble with roundabouts, but then again we only have 2 in the area I can think of. My experience with them is limited. Aren't they supposed to be statistically safer though?
                Yes, roundabouts are easier and safer than intersections. There is one rule to roundabouts. Yield to a car already in it. Seriously, that's it.

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                • TheMatrix31
                  RF
                  • Jul 2002
                  • 52901

                  #14918
                  Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

                  Not having the A/C on at work in the middle of summer.

                  Also, people who know full ****ing well you're on a diet but offer you ice cream sandwiches and candy and other BULL****.

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                  • RoboPenguin
                    Rookie
                    • Nov 2013
                    • 122

                    #14919
                    You know what really grinds my gears?

                    Why aren't there a lot of roundabouts in America?
                    Last edited by RoboPenguin; 07-23-2014, 05:15 PM.

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                    • JODYE
                      JB4MVP
                      • May 2012
                      • 4834

                      #14920
                      Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

                      Originally posted by canes21
                      I've never had much trouble with roundabouts, but then again we only have 2 in the area I can think of. My experience with them is limited. Aren't they supposed to be statistically safer though?
                      Statistically yes. However, the general population has no clue how to drive, so they just become a **** show.

                      People stopping when they aren't supposed to. People yielding in the loop instead of outside. It's a wreck.

                      But keep in mind, I live in Florida, where if you have a pulse you can get a drivers license lol
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                      • slickdtc
                        Grayscale
                        • Aug 2004
                        • 17125

                        #14921
                        Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

                        It's also very reliant on people actually using turn signals, so it's doomed by design.

                        I have very limited experience with roundabouts, but if you know the rules of the road (which are mostly common sense), it's not that hard to figure out.
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                        • ggsimmonds
                          Hall Of Fame
                          • Jan 2009
                          • 11235

                          #14922
                          Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

                          That damn Wolf among Us ad on this site is really grinding my gears. Obnoxious thing takes over my screen and I see no way to close it.

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                          • TheMatrix31
                            RF
                            • Jul 2002
                            • 52901

                            #14923
                            Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

                            When you say something and someone goes "right?!" or "I know, right?!"

                            Like, uh, yeah bitch. That's why I said it.

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                            • Chrisksaint
                              $$$
                              • Apr 2010
                              • 19127

                              #14924
                              Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

                              I've never had an issue with roundabouts, rather deal with a yield then the BS of a 4 stop intersection.
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                              • Segagendude
                                Banned
                                • Aug 2008
                                • 7940

                                #14925
                                Re: You know what really grinds my gears?

                                Originally posted by AUChase
                                I lost an entire day when going from Birmingham AL to Tokyo Japan, thanks to a 14 hour time difference.
                                Try crossing the international date line..

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