Stupid Guest Tricks

I had an incident earlier today, it wasn't someone running a red light, but it was a stupid intersection trick.

I'm going to get on the freeway. In this area there 3 lanes: left turn only, left turn or straight, and straight only(you could technically turn right from this lane but you would end up going the wrong direction on the freeway). The light is red when I get there so I'm stopped waiting in the left turn/straight lane. The light turns green and it turns out that the person to my left(in the left turn only lane) wants to go straight. I naturally assumed(I know, it's a mistake to assume that drivers actually know how to drive...especially in Utah) that because they are in that lane they are going to turn onto the freeway so I go to turn...in front of them. I see that they aren't going onto the freeway and want to go straight so I stop moving and let them make their move and continue on my way without further incident. They obviously weren't paying enough attention to know that was a left turn only lane, so I'm not sure if they were paying enough attention to have stopped had I continued turning, that could have ended badly.

Main Streeter wrote:Am lost on this thread but know it's not Katella. Only you BW. Only you. :D: Katella derived from Kate & Ella Ball. Always thought this was clever.

Need a map?

ktulu wrote:Need a map?

:p: Am beyond needing a map but I care not. LOL @ you Kman.

Main Streeter wrote: :p: Am beyond needing a map but I care not. LOL @ you Kman.

I'll care when you need a map to figure out where your assigned work location is ;)

I'll follow the Resident Dragon's Stupid Freeway trick. Last night heading home, some SG realizes she's in the SunPass electronic toll lane so she stops and decides she wants to backup.

So she yells at me, I (and the four cars behind me) blow the horn at her. I tell her just run it, they'll send you a bill. She throws her hands up, turns and goes in between/over the lane poles screaming at me the whole way.

I'm sorry, you weren't paying attention, but you're lucky I was. Those signs state "DO NOT STOP" for a reason.

CptnSkippy wrote:I'll follow the Resident Dragon's Stupid Freeway trick. Last night heading home, some SG realizes she's in the SunPass electronic toll lane so she stops and decides she wants to backup.

So she yells at me, I (and the four cars behind me) blow the horn at her. I tell her just run it, they'll send you a bill. She throws her hands up, turns and goes in between/over the lane poles screaming at me the whole way.

I'm sorry, you weren't paying attention, but you're lucky I was. Those signs state "DO NOT STOP" for a reason.

I saw something similar before. I was on the 429 approaching a toll plaza when I saw a van backing up down the shoulder after missing the cash lanes exit. This was in an area with the Sunpass lanes allow one to maintain highway speeds so they were backing up against 60MPH traffic. I was hoping a cop would see her and give her a huge ticket for that dangerous maneuver.

Not a stupid freeway trick, but a stupid parking lot trick....

I was in a parking lot for a mall trying to find a spot. I found a group of spots and was like "All right!"

As I approached, another car pulled out and scraped my car. Not a huge amount of damage, nothing broken, just a big black scrape on the driver size front part of the fender/wheel well area.

Driver notices and freaks out, drives 100 feet away or so and stops. Gets out of the car and starts peeking over the roof of their car to see if I noticed them hitting me.

Really? It's like out of a Looney Toons episode or something. I can see you! You're 100 feet away hiding behind a car that you just used to scrape my car!

So I get out of my car, look in their direction, and get a pen and paper ready to exchange info.

Guy was like "OH CRAP!" jumped in his car and took off.

So random. So confusing. Somewhat hilarious. I wish I was making this up.

Another class not mentioned is driving too fast for the conditions; looked to me like the white bus wasn't gunning it to run the light so much as unable to stop due to the rain.

Mayonnaise wrote: I have to say now that seeing people run reds with people already stopped in front of them is scaring the crap out of me.

Hubby was once at a dead stop in a row of at least three cars waiting on someone to turn - I know it was at least three cars because someone ran into the car behind hubby, pushing it into our van and pushing our van into the next car. :mad: Insurance totaled the van and I'm sure the car behind it; didn't do the car in front of it much good, either. The culprit backed up and ran, of course.

I've long been paranoid about someone slamming into me when I choose to stop for a yellow; this video is not helping there.

Shorty82 wrote:I saw a van backing up down the shoulder after missing the cash lanes exit. [clip] so they were backing up against 60MPH traffic.

My grandmother did this when she missed her exit in Arizona. One and only time we traveled cross country with Grandma driving (I was too young to drive at the time). Fortunately grandpa usually drove when they were traveling.

On another board there was a question about distance from home to WDW.

I pointed out that as the crow flies, it is about 13.3 miles from my house to the nearest part of WDW. However, most of the roads around here were laid out by drunken crows. Under best of conditions it takes me about 24 miles (and 40 minutes) to get to WDW from home.

Cheshire Figment wrote:However, most of the roads around here were laid out by drunken crows.

Which explains why they were unable to hold a ruler. I mean, when you have hooves, and are constantly giving milk, and you biggest concern is eating grass... Yep, cows should never be able to design cities, towns, rural routes...

Oh, you said crows. Then they should have been able to use a ruler!