That's what I'm telling you

Post #222,169 by drewk 9/1/05 10:11:40 AM Reply	That's what I'm telling you There are on some ramps here that are so bad, with merge lanes so short, that you can have things appear right behind you. === Purveyor of Doc Hope's [link\|http://DocHope.com\|fresh-baked dog biscuits and pet treats]. [link\|http://DocHope.com\|http://DocHope.com]
Post #222,207 by Nightowl 9/1/05 12:42:33 PM 9/1/05 12:44:21 PM Reply	Exactly And worse even, was the fact that the Fire Station was RIGHT behind me (around the corner to the left), so that I heard the siren while entering the long curbed turn lane (more like a huge Y road), and glanced back to see it turning behind me. I got out of the way, I just had to move forward, I couldn't go sideways, no where to go there. Brenda Edit: Peter, I'm not saying I NEVER am at fault. Of course I am, everyone is sometimes, we're only human. But in this case, he was out of the station and behind me just as I entered the Y-road and there was virtually no time or warning. "Excel is to math what a Microwave Oven is to cooking!" Edited by Nightowl Sept. 1, 2005, 12:44:21 PM EDT Expand All History
Post #222,230 by folkert 9/1/05 1:56:54 PM Reply	Some of the worst one I know about... Were within 3 or 4 miles of Beeps House. Let alone, New York... where you best have a car that can go from 0-50 in a heart bea and 50-0 in less than a heart beat. That's just to get out of your driveway/alley/service road. Trust me when I say you just ain't seen aggressive driving until you are right in Jamacia, Queens in New York on the main drag in Queens. -- [link\|mailto:greg@gregfolkert.net\|greg], [link\|http://www.iwethey.org/ed_curry\|REMEMBER ED CURRY!] @ *i_wethey* [image\|http://www.danasoft.com/vipersig.jpg\|\|\|\|]
Post #222,232 by drewk 9/1/05 2:04:39 PM Reply	I'm thinking PA Tunrpike Some of them have the 5-foot barriers between the lanes, which you can't see over unless you're in a semi, and merge lanes sometimes about two car lengths. === Purveyor of Doc Hope's [link\|http://DocHope.com\|fresh-baked dog biscuits and pet treats]. [link\|http://DocHope.com\|http://DocHope.com]
Post #222,236 by broomberg 9/1/05 2:10:12 PM Reply	Buncha wimps Just call it accelerated evolution. Darwin in action. Driver incapable of handling the situation, you die. And there is a good chance your kids die with you, which means your genes won't spread any further.
Post #222,330 by jb4 9/1/05 6:33:59 PM Reply	Might just be Darwin in action... ...Because it sure wasn't intelligent design.... jb4 shrub●bish (Am., from shrub* + rubbish, after the derisive name for America's 43 president; 2003) n. 1. a form of nonsensical political doubletalk wherein the speaker attempts to defend the indefensible by lying, obfuscation, or otherwise misstating the facts; GIBBERISH. 2. any of a collection of utterances from America's putative 43rd president. cf.* BULLSHIT
Post #222,363 by ben_tilly 9/1/05 9:08:22 PM Reply	There are multiple evolved strategies for this problem The one that I've evolved to use is called "avoidance". Cheers, Ben I have come to believe that idealism without discipline is a quick road to disaster, while discipline without idealism is pointless. -- Aaron Ward (my brother)
Post #222,419 by Ashton 9/2/05 7:00:18 AM Reply	Hmmm - spent a couple summers at 119-14 Union Tpke in Queens. BMT, IRT, IND.. too young to have a car; didn't realize that the traffic zooming near the sidewalk I learned to skate on {Ouch!} was destined for such infamy! Would skate to Forest Hills (didn't know about 'tennis' either) for a movie {sniff}. (in early '90s, enroute Boston RT to Miami - I drove past that Tpke, had a few seconds to glance: yup that brownish building stood!) Time.. wounder of all heels.

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