before this thread dies i'll pharm it a tiny bit more.
just had to add there there is what we in Utah refer to as the "Lindon Phenomenon". on my way south on I-15 everyday i go through fairly smooth conditions considering, but when i approach the Lindon exit out of the blue, everyday without fail, traffic crawls to an aggrivating 35mph! >< and finally as i get through to the university exit it magicaly(sp) disperses. no wrecks, no cops, no construction, nothing. my theory is that is is caused by a handful of old mormon women (the most annoying drivers on the road) who all leave their home and enter the freeway on their commute at the same time, on the same onramp, everday. and by so doing cause a clog that lasts throughout the rush hour like a domino effect.
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nobody wrote:before this thread dies i'll pharm it a tiny bit more.
Shhh! Don't actually SAY you're pharming! =D
just had to add there there is what we in Utah refer to as the "Lindon Phenomenon". on my way south on I-15 everyday i go through fairly smooth conditions considering, but when i approach the Lindon exit out of the blue, everyday without fail, traffic crawls to an aggrivating 35mph! >< and finally as i get through to the university exit it magicaly(sp) disperses. no wrecks, no cops, no construction, nothing. my theory is that is is caused by a handful of old mormon women (the most annoying drivers on the road) who all leave their home and enter the freeway on their commute at the same time, on the same onramp, everday. and by so doing cause a clog that lasts throughout the rush hour like a domino effect.
Perhaps their problem is one m too many? =D Quite possible...here around San Diego, if you're going to or from San Diego during a certain time of the year, you can expect to be slowed down around Del Mar.
Lohrno wrote:Perhaps their problem is one m too many? =D Quite possible...here around San Diego, if you're going to or from San Diego during a certain time of the year, you can expect to be slowed down around Del Mar.
nobody wrote:before this thread dies i'll pharm it a tiny bit more.
just had to add there there is what we in Utah refer to as the "Lindon Phenomenon". on my way south on I-15 everyday i go through fairly smooth conditions considering, but when i approach the Lindon exit out of the blue, everyday without fail, traffic crawls to an aggrivating 35mph! >< and finally as i get through to the university exit it magicaly(sp) disperses. no wrecks, no cops, no construction, nothing. my theory is that is is caused by a handful of old mormon women (the most annoying drivers on the road) who all leave their home and enter the freeway on their commute at the same time, on the same onramp, everday. and by so doing cause a clog that lasts throughout the rush hour like a domino effect.
Today's jam will almost certainly be widely cursed by the many drivers stuck behind it. But it can also be explained in the simplest of terms, with the simplest of metaphors, by engineering professors like Mark Hallenbeck of the University of Washington, who has postulated what he calls the "Wile E. Coyote Theorem of Freeway Performance."
Imagine, for a moment, your freeway as the blanched desert mesa in a cartoon. Now imagine that we are the coyotes, chasing each other toward that elusive target, that Road Runner we call work or home. These freeways, these mesas, can withstand high volumes, up to 2,000 vehicles per hour, without delays. And the number can keep going up, and the freeway can withstand it, until suddenly the coyote looks down. Imagine one person sees a clever billboard. Or a police car at the side of the road. Or an accident. Or a breakdown. All it takes is one vehicle, and the disruption cascades.
The coyote falls off the cliff.
We slow down. We have stopped ourselves, formed a dense block that slides up the freeway with us, that clenches and does not let go until the volume falls back down to an acceptable level. The road may open for a moment but then almost immediately contracts again. We spring forward, then slow down. We stop. We go. And we do not reach an acceptable volume level, most of the time, until long after rush hour has ended, when the number of vehicles entering the bottleneck finally becomes lower than the number of vehicles leaving it.
"Once the coyote has fallen off the cliff," Hallenbeck says, "he can't recover."
It's partially caused by the fact that everyone drives too close together, which means that all you need is one person to hit the brakes a little, the guy behind him is too close so over-reacts and brakes a little harder, and so on down the line until people are actually stopping because of a 2mph speed reduction 50 cars ahead. Then since everyone doesn't pull off at once, even once they do start moving it's a constant ripple until rush hour is over.
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When it comes to driving, I'm not a patient person. I drive up to 5 mph over the speed limit but I don't expect someone in front of me to do the same. What sets me off into a seething rage is when some dumbass pulls out in front of me to where I have to hit the brakes and proceed to follow said retard 5 or 10 mph under the speed limit. I've had several heated confrontations with people due to this that usually involved middle fingers and some "fuck you's" thrown in for good measure.
Another good one is when someone pulls out in front of me only to drive 50 feet and make a left turn which causes them to have to stop - causing me to have to stop until traffic goes by so they can turn. Those are the morons I want to slap around a few times while screaming obscenities in their face.
My all time favorite was when I was driving down road with 2 lanes in each direction. I was in the right lane and some guy passes me, gets in front of me and then promptly stops to make a turn. He couldn't simply get behind me and do this.....no, he had to get in front of me and inconvenience me, and I really hate being inconvenienced. Sad part was that he was totally oblivious to what he did. When I hit my horn and gave him the bird, he gave me "wtf did I do?" look. Gotta love it.
Bingo! Expect to spend 10-20 minutes travelling a 2 mile stretch of highway. Yeah It's actually not too bad...predictable too. It can be a pain when it's around the rush hour times though. (Which lately has been most daylight hours)
Thess wrote:I try not to piss anyone off senselessly when I drive. Although - unless I'm in a cop speed trap area, I do drive about 10 mph above the speedlimit.
Moonwynd wrote:1. Failing to use your turn signal
Do people have to use their turn signal when in a turn lane? I find that to be the stupidest things drivers do. You are in a designated turn lane to turn a certain way, and yet people keep their signals on... it baffles me.
There is a reason to use your turn signal even in a designated turning lane. Please allow me to cite an example.
There is a very BUSY road here called Rock Road. Rock Road is essentially a 9 lane road. There are four lanes going north...four going south...and a common turning lane in the center. Since there are businesses on both sides of the road, this common lane in the center is used by motorists going both north and south. I have seen a few accidents and few close calls when a car travelling north pulled into the center turning lane just a car travelling south did the same. The use of a turn signal in these cases would make the cars more visible and potentially avoid an accident.
Fash wrote:Blinkers are on a need to know basis. If I'm going to slow you down or cross your path, I'll use a blinker.
Yeah, but what about the guy you didn't see in your blind spot? No matter how good a driver you are, one night you will check your blind spot and not see the car there due to rain, or some back light which prevented you from discerning its headlights. A blinker gives that guy a chance to get out of the way.
I am overly anal about my blinkers. I do not find blinkers to be hard to use. Just like breathing, or easier. You go left, you hit the blinker. You go right, you hit the blinker. You want to pass someone, you hit the blinker. People that can not figure out how to use them? Genocide.
My favorite situation: Waiting at a stop sign so I can turn right onto busyroad1 there is a car comming my way, so I wait for them to pass me so I can get behind them. Dumbasses slow down a bit, turn onto the road I am currently on, and rob me of my wasted time. Fuckers. Use the fucking blinker.
I have this urge to track them down and kill them all.
Why just last night in guildchat Nila was telling me how much better performance I will get if I change my blinker fluid regularly. Of course he also said I have to grease my muffler bearings while I am at it!
Yeah It's actually not too bad...predictable too. It can be a pain when it's around the rush hour times though. (Which lately has been most daylight hours)
