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[nightlife]

Originally Posted by libertytyranny

Yes you have to watch out for people coming over to go into wawa..but I have never had one bit of trouble looking..and then getting in to the lane to merge into traffic...I have never held anyone up..and have managed to do it safely hundreds of times..I see no reason for someone to sit there with their thumb up their ass.

Better to stop for a second than to cause an accident. There are accidents everyday on 235, because people do not stop, they dart out in front of people, cut people off, etc.You people need to slow down and be more careful, you are not going anywhere except St. Mary's, and it is not that important to be careless when you drive.I would rather be behind someone who stops at a yield, than to be behind someone who darts out into traffic and causes an accident, blocking everyone from going anywhere for a while. Think.

[libertytyranny]

Originally Posted by nightlife

Better to stop for a second than to cause an accident. There are accidents everyday on 235, because people do not stop, they dart out in front of people, cut people off, etc.You people need to slow down and be more careful, you are not going anywhere except St. Mary's, and it is not that important to be careless when you drive.I would rather be behind someone who stops at a yield, than to be behind someone who darts out into traffic and causes an accident, blocking everyone from going anywhere for a while. Think.

think? how about you READ. I would never fault someone for stopping to view traffic or if there are cars in their way, because umm if they hit someone im STUCK THERE LONGER.. If you had reading comprehension skills you would realize the beef is with the people who stop for no reason...and sit there..only so they can go across all four lanes..or because they are a mental midget. no one is advocating being careless. You check out the traffic..if the lane is clear..then you pull into the lane..then merge when it is safe. Its not hard. I highly recommend the STS bus to those so frightened of driving they cannot manage such a simple feat...no skill needed.

[FaP]

Originally Posted by ylexot

Stop and wait for a hole in traffic.

Wait for how long, for life? Because that is how long it takes some times.

Originally Posted by BernieP

the same way you would turn off onto rt 4, chancellors run, macaiurther or any other road - you yield until the right of way is clear, you don't keep moving.

On a highway the merge lane is designed for cars coming ON TO the highway, not slowing down to get off. Think of it this way, as you are trying to accelorate and match the speed of the travel lane, the car in front of you is slowing down to make a turn. Realize now that your focus is the traffic to your left and not the car in front of you.
With an on ramp, the you and the cars in front of you are all on the same page, trying to match the speed of the travel lane and merge left.
Again, the sign at the corner says yield, not merge.

Hopefully if you are speeding up you are most likely next to the car that is making the turn and will get behind you, not in front. Which is how it always works for me when I hop in the turn lane to merge. It's always clear. Or the way it should work is for the ones to hop in the center lane and let the mergers over if possible. Not many do this even though they can.

[ylexot (Premo)]

Originally Posted by FaP

Wait for how long, for life? Because that is how long it takes some times.

The light stops traffic on a regular basis. Surely you can wait for that in the event that there is too much traffic for you to safely merge.

[FaP]

Originally Posted by ylexot

The light stops traffic on a regular basis. Surely you can wait for that in the event that there is too much traffic for you to safely merge.

Yeah, after 10minutes it stops traffic. Surely holding up even more traffic coming out behind you isn't worth the wait. Also most likely to get horns blown at you. I doubt you sit and wait coming out of Wal-Mart or target or whichever shopping center it may be. Barely anyone waits, only people I see wait and hold everyone else up is usually those elderly folks.

[BS Gal (Premo)]

Originally Posted by FaP

Yeah, after 10minutes it stops traffic. Surely holding up even more traffic coming out behind you isn't worth the wait. Also most likely to get horns blown at you. I doubt you sit and wait coming out of Wal-Mart or target or whichever shopping center it may be. Barely anyone waits, only people I see wait and hold everyone else up is usually those elderly folks.

I wait and I'm not old. I don't give a crap if someone blows a horn at me. Sometimes I wait just to piss people off. Plus, when people honk it messes up the makeup I'm putting on, so I just sit there until I get the mascara absolutely perfect.

[atheos]

Originally Posted by ylexot

The light stops traffic on a regular basis.

There is no light in any of those lanes for a reason. If the county wanted people to use those traffic lights then they would put up a sign that states "no turn [read merge/accelerate] on red."

[ylexot (Premo)]

Originally Posted by atheos

There is no light in any of those lanes for a reason. If the county wanted people to use those traffic lights then they would put up a sign that states "no turn [read merge/accelerate] on red."

You miss the point. The light provides an opportunity to turn safely when traffic is too heavy to merge safely otherwise...just like most other intersections throughout the country. "Right on red" doesn't mean that you have the right-of-way.

[ylexot (Premo)]

Originally Posted by FaP

Yeah, after 10minutes it stops traffic. Surely holding up even more traffic coming out behind you isn't worth the wait. Also most likely to get horns blown at you. I doubt you sit and wait coming out of Wal-Mart or target or whichever shopping center it may be. Barely anyone waits, only people I see wait and hold everyone else up is usually those elderly folks.

10 minutes? You need to get your watch fixed/replaced. It seems to be running extremely slow.

[FaP]

Originally Posted by ylexot

10 minutes? You need to get your watch fixed/replaced. It seems to be running extremely slow.

Wow, you really are a on the slow side. That would be called exaggerating. It seems your brain is running a bit slower than my watch is. I believe it's about time for your custom user title to be changed.