A couple traffic things happened this morning on my way to breakfast. Not good. I survived. So lessons learned?
1. Motorist at my 9 o'clock is on the right side of the lane signaling a right turn. I'm normally cautious about driver's signals thinking they won't actually do what they intend to do. This time however, I trusted her since she:
a. Maintained her position behind a slow driver
b. Was pulled to the right
c. Had just engaged her turn signal light
What does she do? Zoom through the intersection going straight! This was probably only the 5th time I've ever used my horn. This chick was crazy. From now I'm I'm not trusting anyone's turn signal....ever.
2. As I'm looking to the right to see if it's clear for me to change to the right lane, I look forward again to see someone on my left pulling into my lane! I hadn't even left the lane yet and this dude in his mini van pulls closer and closer. At one point we were sharing the lane side by side. I should have known better.
I'm always careful that I'm not in people's blind spots for too long and when I am, I assume they're pulling into my lane. It just so happened that I was changing lanes though and my attention was to look for possible cars zooming up in the lane I intended to go into. From now on, I'm not changing lanes while in someone's blind spot....ever.
1. Motorist at my 9 o'clock is on the right side of the lane signaling a right turn. I'm normally cautious about driver's signals thinking they won't actually do what they intend to do. This time however, I trusted her since she:
a. Maintained her position behind a slow driver
b. Was pulled to the right
c. Had just engaged her turn signal light
What does she do? Zoom through the intersection going straight! This was probably only the 5th time I've ever used my horn. This chick was crazy. From now I'm I'm not trusting anyone's turn signal....ever.
2. As I'm looking to the right to see if it's clear for me to change to the right lane, I look forward again to see someone on my left pulling into my lane! I hadn't even left the lane yet and this dude in his mini van pulls closer and closer. At one point we were sharing the lane side by side. I should have known better.
I'm always careful that I'm not in people's blind spots for too long and when I am, I assume they're pulling into my lane. It just so happened that I was changing lanes though and my attention was to look for possible cars zooming up in the lane I intended to go into. From now on, I'm not changing lanes while in someone's blind spot....ever.
