Originally Posted by
Chris516
Yes, Stopping can take longer than pulling into or out of a parking spot.
But when a vehicle is stopped at an intersection for a traffic light, unless they straddle the lanes with their vehicle, they will be properly stopped on the road. When a person double-parks their vehicle, they are intentionally blocking a lane of traffic.
Why are we suddenly talking about traffic lights and double parking? All I was saying was that left turning traffic temporarily blocks a travel lane, same as parking traffic does. If the OP thinks that he can devise a traffic system where traffic flows continuously and uninterrupted, then he is welcome to try. His contention that parallel parking be outlawed because it involves a motorists stopping, and then performing a routine driving maneuver, seems silly and unjustified; as does the sentiment that people are being lazy for taking advantage of available and legal parking spaces.