Pet Peeves

[JEBar]

People want to get over at the last minute (in traffic). You see the construction signs and "Lane ends, Merge Left/Right for MILES, but feel the need to speed up and cut in at the very last minute. .

you aren't alone ... below came from Post 24 in this thread :

1. people who are so "special/entitled" that zoom past the vehicles lined up to merge for some traffic restriction and then try to force their way into the front of the line

 

[CompTrex]

People want to get over at the last minute (in traffic). You see the construction signs and "Lane ends, Merge Left/Right for MILES, but feel the need to speed up and cut in at the very last minute. Along the same lines, maybe isolated to me. On my way to work, just before I hit the toll road, you have to turn left. Then the toll road is about 1/4 mile down the road and you have to turn right. At the first light, there are two turn lanes. To be in the proper lane to enter the toll road, you need to be in the right turn lane. But every day, people get in the left turn lane because its shorter, then try to squeeze in at the last minute so they can get on the toll way. Infuriates me. lol That is a lot of rambling that may not make sense to anyone else.

Ya know, I've been watching during my commute. It's going to be interesting once I get this vehicle.
I can drive in the HOV lane, which normally zips past the other lanes. So at what point do I get out of the HOV and begin to merge across 4 lanes of traffic in order to get to the exit? The sooner I do it, the less of an advantage I have using the HOV. The later I do it, the more I tick off those in the regular lanes.
Add to that, the times where the HOV will be zipping along and the other lanes will be at a dead stop. In order for a vehicle to merge into the regular lanes, they need to slow down to the speed of the other lanes, turn on the blinker, and hope someone lets them in, thereby making everyone in the HOV lane upset.
It's a no win!
Whatever shall I do?
That's it. I'm quitting my job and working from home. I can't stand the pressure of over-thinking things...

 

[Johnapool]

Ya know, I've been watching during my commute. It's going to be interesting once I get this vehicle.
I can drive in the HOV lane, which normally zips past the other lanes. So at what point do I get out of the HOV and begin to merge across 4 lanes of traffic in order to get to the exit? The sooner I do it, the less of an advantage I have using the HOV. The later I do it, the more I tick off those in the regular lanes.
Add to that, the times where the HOV will be zipping along and the other lanes will be at a dead stop. In order for a vehicle to merge into the regular lanes, they need to slow down to the speed of the other lanes, turn on the blinker, and hope someone lets them in, thereby making everyone in the HOV lane upset.
It's a no win!
Whatever shall I do?
That's it. I'm quitting my job and working from home. I can't stand the pressure of over-thinking things...

Have you thought this through???

 

[NSTG8R]

Ya know, I've been watching during my commute. It's going to be interesting once I get this vehicle.
I can drive in the HOV lane, which normally zips past the other lanes. So at what point do I get out of the HOV and begin to merge across 4 lanes of traffic in order to get to the exit? The sooner I do it, the less of an advantage I have using the HOV. The later I do it, the more I tick off those in the regular lanes.
Add to that, the times where the HOV will be zipping along and the other lanes will be at a dead stop. In order for a vehicle to merge into the regular lanes, they need to slow down to the speed of the other lanes, turn on the blinker, and hope someone lets them in, thereby making everyone in the HOV lane upset.
It's a no win!
Whatever shall I do?
That's it. I'm quitting my job and working from home. I can't stand the pressure of over-thinking things...

No problem...for the first year or so after you get your Elio! Everybody will be willing to let you slide to the right so they can get a better look at the crazy 3-wheeler. 2 years from now, when Elios are like VW bugs in the '70's, they'll ignore you and let you sit in the HOV lane with your blinker on all day.

 

[CompTrex]

No problem...for the first year or so after you get your Elio! Everybody will be willing to let you slide to the right so they can get a better look at the crazy 3-wheeler. 2 years from now, when Elios are like VW bugs in the '70's, they'll ignore you and let you sit in the HOV lane with your blinker on all day.

Actually, I think it will be more like, 'oh, this guy thinks he has a fancy car. Screw 'im' from day one!

 

[Jay3wheel]

Whatever....

 

[Johnapool]

I am selling my son's pickup for him. It is a Ford SuperDuty F250 diesel 4WD and you need a ladder to get in....I am thinking it would look REALLY big right behind an Elio.....sorta like looking back at an open Great White mouth....We might have to learn avoidance maneuvers for self-preservation.

 

[ross]

What is a toll road or an HOV? I have heard about them, just never experienced either one. Lucky me.

 

[Bert]

HOV is, High Occupant Vehicle.
toll road is one you pay a fee to drive on, over and above the taxes you already shell out.

 

[ross]

People want to get over at the last minute (in traffic). You see the construction signs and "Lane ends, Merge Left/Right for MILES, but feel the need to speed up and cut in at the very last minute. Along the same lines, maybe isolated to me. On my way to work, just before I hit the toll road, you have to turn left. Then the toll road is about 1/4 mile down the road and you have to turn right. At the first light, there are two turn lanes. To be in the proper lane to enter the toll road, you need to be in the right turn lane. But every day, people get in the left turn lane because its shorter, then try to squeeze in at the last minute so they can get on the toll way. Infuriates me. lol That is a lot of rambling that may not make sense to anyone else.

I've been to Texas. Why does Texas have toll roads? That is an East coast thing. Please tell me Texas still has enough room they don't have toll roads. Roundabouts just found their way here, and I personally hate roundabouts. Send them back to Europe where they came from, where a country in Europe is about the same size as a county in Texas. Dallas/Fort Worth can have toll roads and even roundabouts, but please tell me not in real Texas, Not in the Panhandle, not in East Texas, or West Texas. Just Dallas/ Fort Worth.