Originally Posted by
slorollin
Gotta admit I seldom come to a complete stop. I gauge approaching situations and try to time my arrival to the intersection accordingly, otherwise I stop. Fortunately, I live in a semi-rural area with sparse traffic.
I generally do that as well. But I've been foxed twice in recent weeks. In both cases the crossing vehicle stopped. Had it not stopped I would have just very slowly made the turn and went on tight behind it. When it stopped geometry and timing became all messed up and traffic was adversely affected. To say nothing of the unevpected behavior causing a safety concern.
So, I guess I'm going have to stop and put a leg down at every intersection. No more just sliding in as I have been doing.