Originally Posted by
Paul Barnard
Those are the bad ones. If they slow at all, it's imperceptible, they aren't turning from a dedicated turning lane and they don't give a turn signal. It's also a common cause of car on car collisions. I approach all intersections on high alert and at often reduced speed.
Yep, you gotta plan for Murphy and expect the other guy to do the stupidest thing possible. When approaching an intersection I always expect oncoming traffic to make a sudden left and cross traffic to broadside me, in addition to expecting overtaking traffic to rear end or side swipe me and peds/pets/critters/ufos to automagically appear in my path. It's this "trust" of my fellow man and respect for the power of Murphy that has kept me pretty for all these years.
Do you think I'm pretty? I feel pretty.
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