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10-08-12, 04:17 PM
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I went for a short ride today. It was afternoon-rush hour. Apparently today, is some sort of holiday because the post office was closed, so I thought traffic would be a little light.
Anyway, I was heading out a single-car exit lane from a small mall(not a strip mall). As I was going out the exit, the motorist right behind me.......TRIED TO PASS ME IN THE EXIT LANE!!!!
Anyway, I was heading out a single-car exit lane from a small mall(not a strip mall). As I was going out the exit, the motorist right behind me.......TRIED TO PASS ME IN THE EXIT LANE!!!!
10-08-12, 05:07 PM
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Share the road.
Exit lanes however are another story.
Exit lanes however are another story.
10-08-12, 05:39 PM
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If you squeeze WAY over to the right, there's enough room for the both of you. It helps if you're both texting.
10-08-12, 06:06 PM
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10-08-12, 06:13 PM
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I don't mind sharing the road, just not the exact same spot on the road at the exact same time 
As our space / time coordinates intersected my mind fixed on a single solitary thought, "This is going to suck!!!".
As our space / time coordinates intersected my mind fixed on a single solitary thought, "This is going to suck!!!".
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10-09-12, 03:47 AM
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I get this all the time in NYC/Manhattan. It's downright dangerous - but they do it anyway and speed up like crazy to get away when they know you are coming after them. The last one was a truck and the guy said he was sorry.
10-09-12, 07:35 AM
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I went for a short ride today. It was afternoon-rush hour. Apparently today, is some sort of holiday because the post office was closed, so I thought traffic would be a little light.
Anyway, I was heading out a single-car exit lane from a small mall(not a strip mall). As I was going out the exit, the motorist right behind me.......TRIED TO PASS ME IN THE EXIT LANE!!!!
Anyway, I was heading out a single-car exit lane from a small mall(not a strip mall). As I was going out the exit, the motorist right behind me.......TRIED TO PASS ME IN THE EXIT LANE!!!!
I was stopped at a T-intersection with a left-turn only and right-turn only lane. I was in the left-turn lane.
A motorist tried to pass me, and turn left, in the right-turn only lane. He just smirked at me.
10-09-12, 08:09 AM
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A few months ago, I had one motorist pass me on the left while I was turning from a left turn lane, only to have the motorist then immediately right hook me to enter a driveway to a local restaurant, they must have been late for a dinner appointment.<sarcasm>
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10-09-12, 08:49 AM
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