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Old 06-13-06 | 03:07 PM
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I agree, too. The only reason I'm bothering to tell you so is that a similar thing happened to me this morning, minus the yelling, fortunately. A woman passed me just before we both stopped for a light, and was still over near the center when we stopped, like she expected that I would pass her on the right. But she had her right turn signal on, so I knew I had to resist. When we started moving, I waited for her to turn right, continued on my way straight, and looked back to see that the person behind me had also turned right. Not one, but TWO potential right-hooks avoided by taking the lane, YES!!

A minute later, waiting to turn left from a side street onto a major street, a car approaching from my right on the far side stopped and tried to wave me through, and made a hands-raised "why don't you go" gesture when I didn't. In return, I pointed out to her the car that was approaching from my left, showing no sign of stopping. After he passed, I did turn, since she was still waiting for me. Whatever.

It was the morning of bonehead motorists.
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