General Road and Highway Discussion

[ookpik]

As a motorist, nothing irks me more than when the moron beside me keeps inching forward.  What does that accomplish?  Or when they stop waaaaay beyond the Stop Bar.  It's there for a reason.  Why so hard concept?

I've never understood why people do that when they're in a lane intended for left turns.
1. They can't go anywhere until the light changes and by creeping forward they just slow down car coming from their right who want to make a left.
2. They block the vision of cars in their direction who want to make a right turn on red.
3. They block the path of pedestrians who are legally crossing on a green.

When I'm a pedestrian, and I encounter a car pulled way too far forward, I always make sure to make it very obvious that I'm walking out and around the front of their car so they get the hint.

Sadly they don't get the hint. And you potentially end up in the roadway where traffic is flowing on a green. That's dangerous.

P.S. Those traffic spikes would also solve another pressing problem: Replace red-light cameras