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jpgray Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-26-05 04:13 PM
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Poll question: Have you ever been less than prompt reacting to a green traffic light?
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LSparkle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-26-05 04:16 PM
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1. Oh, yeah, boyfriend's favorite line is "it won't get any greener"
I don't know what it is with me, but I'm also bad on directions -- he'll tell me to turn left and I'll go right. Drivelexia?
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yewberry Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-26-05 04:16 PM
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2. Not really
...I learned to drive in the Boston area, and they kill you for that.
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CaliforniaPeggy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-26-05 04:17 PM
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3. Well, yes, I do have to admit to it....
Sometimes my mind is just elsewhere...

But not usually...Usually I'm stuck behind the person who isn't paying attention!

Oh well...I figure that all of this just teaches me to be patient...

:hi:
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CottonBear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-26-05 04:17 PM
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4. Just because the light turns green it doesn't mean that the cars going
Edited on Fri Aug-26-05 04:19 PM by CottonBear
the other direction are going to stop We have a surplus of red light runners where I live not to mention one of the most dangerous highways in GA. I always wait a few seconds and look both ways to make sure the other cars are going to stop. Of course, impatient people in huge SUVs with W stickers will beep at you.
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hobbit709 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-26-05 04:17 PM
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5. Here in Austin
at least 5 people will run the red light. Anybody that's been here for a time will look first, then go.
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MsConduct Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-26-05 04:19 PM
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6. Yeah, and I've been honked at for being less than prompt. I
promised myself a long time ago never to honk at the less than prompt that may be in front of me. Proud to say, I've stuck to that promise. LOL
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The_Casual_Observer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-26-05 04:24 PM
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10. Yes, it makes my day when some jerk starts honking
It makes me so happy, that I feel like getting out of the car, going back there and beating the idiot's brains in. Something like that would only have to happen once and nobody would honk anymore.
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MsConduct Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-26-05 04:42 PM
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13. LOL I like that idea. But maybe there's a less violent way
to go....like get out of your car and act like a total wacko. You know, stand there looking back at the dumb ass and honk you horn and point at them. Thanks for the laugh.
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Kathleen04 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-26-05 04:21 PM
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7. Yep
and here it will take them exactly half a second to honk at you..hell sometimes they honk at you as you're already starting to go!
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trof Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-26-05 04:21 PM
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8. Never. I even anticipate and go a few seconds before it turn green.
I'm psychic.
;-)
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Blue-Jay Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-26-05 04:22 PM
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9. No. I pay attention when I'm in the car.
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nothingshocksmeanymore Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-26-05 04:26 PM
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11. Not only No but FUCK NO!!!
and get the hell over to the right if you wanna drive like my grandma
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JimmyJazz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-26-05 04:39 PM
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12. Only when I'm putting on my make up!
:silly:
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Alcibiades Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-26-05 04:46 PM
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14. I watch the other lights
to tell when the lights in my direction are about to change. Then I gun it, burning rubber and wasting gas.

Only kidding. Then I gently apply pressure to the pedal, but I really, really want to gun it.
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