I have an easy commute. A hair over 7.5 miles straight up a surface street, never too bad traffic. I am never in a hurry (well, very rarely), so I am often willing to let someone in who is leaving a driveway.
But today I goofed. I waved some lady who was trying to get out of a gas station. I figured she wanted to just merge into traffic. BZZT
She took my opening, then proceeded in slowly obstructing ALL traffic to get to the left turn lane. Sigh.
So I, and several other (justifiably pissed off) people missed the green light while this tool stopped traffic to get to the left turn lane.
When I am in a similar situation, I :
- Take a deep breath. Really, it isn’t the end of the world.
- Merge into traffic, but look for the next convenient (and safe) place to make a U turn.
- And get to where I want to go a minute or two later.
What I don’t do is obstruct 3 lanes of traffic, hanging in limbo, just to “make” that next left turn. Sheesh.
