They’re just painted lines people.Today’s rant will be about that dead zone that’s created when DOT paints a bunch of lines in the street to get an extra left turn lane.
The resulting traffic free zone is a handy and cheap solution to help vehicles move along smoothly. But the lines are NOT an inviolate, 3 dimensional structure.
Yesterday I saw a woman sit through an entire light because she wouldn’t venture into the yellow striped zone to get into the left turn lane. Not a big deal but today I saw a giant SUV nearly take out a bicyclist in order to stay in a very narrow lane. The driver almost killed the guy. All she had to do was stick the left side of her car into the FORBIDDEN PAINTED TRAFFIC ISLAND OF DEATH and the problem could have been averted.
Idjits.
Dude, I'm with you on this. I can't stand the people who need the lines to guide them in when they're merging on the freeway from the on-ramp. arrrggghhhh, just move in!
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