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Pet Peeves
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It shouldn't matter where the road is - logic dictates that the best way for traffic to flow in dense traffic is by using both lanes in their entirety. This does not apply for free flowing traffic, as there is no need for any sort of efficiency due to lack of congestion.
Traffic jams are caused by braking cars in the most part. So, if the length of this braking wave is minimized, it will take a shorter amount of time for the period of braking to pass, thus getting through the merging point. Rather, if people use both lanes to the point of merging, then there will be half the length of queue for each lane, and if each car lets one car in turn into the merge, will increase efficiency, and perhaps even safety. But will certainly reduce congestion.
The only reason it adds to the bottleneck is the people in the lane they are trying to merge into being selfish, rushing forward to stop the merging (and then stopping suddenly), and thereby adding to the problem of the braking wave. If people used both lanes in equal measure there would be no problem with traffic flow.
Read Surely's post. There is only one turning lane, everyone trying to skip ahead ends up slowing down both lanes - the forward and the turning lane.
Jeez, then you would hate Atlanta. This is so commonplace here, it kills me. I have to drive fairly frequently down a major road that backs up in the left lane for about 1/4 mile for people trying to turn left to get on the interstate. The right lane (which I am in) also backs up for several blocks with the large number of people who are trying to cut in at the front of the line. I would estimate that 75% of the people in the right lane are trying to cut into the left lane at the front. But then again, Atlanta is well known for its completely egotistical and ignorant drivers.
I was blown away when I was in Norfolk, VA last week, and the middle lane of three lanes (the lane leading to a tunnel) was backed up for maybe half a mile. The other lanes had no cars whatsoever. And only maybe 5 cars, in the 15 minutes I was there, drove forward to cut in. In Atlanta, all three lanes would have been filled.
But if the people in the turning lane can't turn because of oncoming traffic or because the turn signal is red, then BOTH lanes are now effectively stopped. And this REDUCES congestion in your mind? Trust me, the 10 minutes I sit waiting to go forward every time I go this route is not caused by the selfish people not letting cars in, it's caused by the people who are standing still in the forward lane because the turn lane IS NOT MOVING. And now, I see why traffic backs up like this. Some people are actually dimwitted enough to think this is the way it should be. Gah...really it blows my mind sometimes.
Also, the people who skip around, when the left lane is a turn OR straight lane. And the person in the second lane decides to turn left, cutting across straight traffic. This is also VERY common here and has been the source of countless near-collisions for me.
Traffic engineering truism, recently in the news because it got quantified - traffic flows best when a certain number of people "break" the rules. Depending on the type of traffic, you need a certain amount of *******s.
Latest pet peeves
On the Today Show these last few days, the announcers sometimes refer to the band Bon Jovi as "Jon Bon Jovi". It's not really the announcers that bug me as much as the singular attention to Jon and Jon's attitude never letting the others speak.
While it's well known among Bon Jovi fans and rock and roll fans that Jon Bon Jovi is the uncontested leader of the band and he's very much as big as a solo artist as Rod, Elton, or Sting, isn't Bon Jovi a band? (even if it never appeared to be that). Never mind that the guy appears to have the biggest ego of any rockstar I have heard speak on tv making Gene Simmons appear meek.
There are other bands where I notice the singer the most and know their name and they stand out as much as a solo artist. (Bands include Coldplay, REM, Derek and the Dominoes, and U2).
Anyway, what are your recent pet peeves?
On the Today Show these last few days, the announcers sometimes refer to the band Bon Jovi as "Jon Bon Jovi". It's not really the announcers that bug me as much as the singular attention to Jon and Jon's attitude never letting the others speak.
While it's well known among Bon Jovi fans and rock and roll fans that Jon Bon Jovi is the uncontested leader of the band and he's very much as big as a solo artist as Rod, Elton, or Sting, isn't Bon Jovi a band? (even if it never appeared to be that). Never mind that the guy appears to have the biggest ego of any rockstar I have heard speak on tv making Gene Simmons appear meek.
There are other bands where I notice the singer the most and know their name and they stand out as much as a solo artist. (Bands include Coldplay, REM, Derek and the Dominoes, and U2).
Anyway, what are your recent pet peeves?
He should run for Governor of New Jersey, or at least replace Bruce in the E-Street Band.
Sharing a house with someone that doesnot help keep clean and pay rent or bills ontime
More to follow from me am sure
Sorry i didn't want to double post with out rambles so i will put it here, mods if you deem it necessary to make another post i shall
I hate that too, For me i have no peripheral vision which means i basically have tunnel vision. I work in a office and my co workers no of this but still leave boxes and things in the middle of the floor which either leaves me stepping on / tripping over and nearly face planting the carpet.
Oh and another problem my my eyes - it takes 10 seconds or more for my eyes to adjust coming from a light background into a dark background, even tho the office lights were on. Some fool decied to put a ladder in the middle of the door way. I ended up with a nice cut on my head. No one owned up yet.
More to follow from me am sure
Sorry i didn't want to double post with out rambles so i will put it here, mods if you deem it necessary to make another post i shall
People who pretend not to see someone in a wheelchair on the train and not standing up to offer them their allocated space. Scum...
I hate that too, For me i have no peripheral vision which means i basically have tunnel vision. I work in a office and my co workers no of this but still leave boxes and things in the middle of the floor which either leaves me stepping on / tripping over and nearly face planting the carpet.
Oh and another problem my my eyes - it takes 10 seconds or more for my eyes to adjust coming from a light background into a dark background, even tho the office lights were on. Some fool decied to put a ladder in the middle of the door way. I ended up with a nice cut on my head. No one owned up yet.
Drivers in the middle/outer lane of the motorway traveling at 60mph when no one is around at night, refusing to go in the 'slow' lane like they should, and forcing me to undertake. GRRR, morons...
Drivers who leave their fog-lights on when there is no fog! ARGH!!!
People who pretend not to see someone in a wheelchair on the train and not standing up to offer them their allocated space. Scum...
People who feel the need to compare the iPhone to every other phone to try and point out it's weaknesses (which it does have!), whilst ignoring the several weakness of their own phone. Get over yourselves, it's just a bloody phone...
That's enough for today. I do feel a bit better now!
Drivers who leave their fog-lights on when there is no fog! ARGH!!!
People who pretend not to see someone in a wheelchair on the train and not standing up to offer them their allocated space. Scum...
People who feel the need to compare the iPhone to every other phone to try and point out it's weaknesses (which it does have!), whilst ignoring the several weakness of their own phone. Get over yourselves, it's just a bloody phone...
That's enough for today. I do feel a bit better now!
Drivers in the middle/outer lane of the motorway traveling at 60mph when no one is around at night, refusing to go in the 'slow' lane like they should, and forcing me to undertake. GRRR, morons...
1. Why should it matter if traffic is light?
2. It's not fast lane, slow lane. It's passing lane, driving lane.
3. Where are you?* Where I am, the speed limit is 55mph (until I get out of the city)
Given 1 and 2 above, the person staying in the passing lane (although they're not supposed to) is doing you a favor. Since you are conforming to the law, you're in the driving lane. If the speed limit is 65mph, which you are also conforming to, of course, you don't have to change lanes to pass the slow poke. But, if SP is in the driving lane, you have to change lanes twice. Stop complaining and give SP a five finger wave of gratitude.
My driving PP: people who sit in the left lane at a stop light (when there isn't a left turn only lane) and turn on their directional only when the light turns green. That's just rude, especially in rush hour traffic.
*Well, "motorway" was a giveaway, even without your location under your name.
He'd win in a landslide victory.
And hair products would suddenly be government subsidized.
Drivers who leave their fog-lights on when there is no fog! ARGH!!!
I love using my MINI's rear fog-lights on tailgaters, it confuses and blinds them.
Drivers in the middle/outer lane of the motorway traveling at 60mph when no one is around at night, refusing to go in the 'slow' lane like they should, and forcing me to undertake. GRRR, morons...
Here in Colorado, there is a law that states that the left lane is a passing lane only and if an officer catches someone driving in that lane other to pass, they get a ticket and a fine along with it.
Because it impedes the flow of traffic - if people need to move out 2 lanes from the inside lane to the third (outside) lane to pass someone driving in the middle lane, it breaks up the traffic flow more than if they just needed to move out 1 lane to overtake.
He's in the UK, speed limit on motorways is 70mph.
In the UK undertaking (overtaking on the inside) is illegal, so this isn't true.
People who have their Facebook status updated by an automated system to announce that they started playing a game or just watched something.
example:
Jen watched Hetalia Axis Powers ep. 10
Jen watched Hetalia Axis Powers ep. 11
Jen watched Hetalia Axis Powers ep. 12
Matt just started playing Uno
Jen watched Hetaila Axis Powers ep. 13
The whole feed list gets filled up with these annoying automated postings and the normal posts that people actually do, themselves, gets pushed out of the way.
example:
Jen watched Hetalia Axis Powers ep. 10
Jen watched Hetalia Axis Powers ep. 11
Jen watched Hetalia Axis Powers ep. 12
Matt just started playing Uno
Jen watched Hetaila Axis Powers ep. 13
The whole feed list gets filled up with these annoying automated postings and the normal posts that people actually do, themselves, gets pushed out of the way.
If there's no one else around, there is no traffic to impede, correct?
My statement is still true, given the conditions under discussion, ie: no traffic. If it's illegal in the UK, that's another matter.
You were discussing 3 lane expressways, I was assuming a 2 lane. But, over there on a 3 or more lane "motorway" it's still illegal to pass "on the inside"? Over here, that's the right, and it's not illegal. In fact, I don't think it's illegal on a 2 lane.
To my way of thinking, making that illegal is pretty dumb. If someone else is ("illegally") driving slowly in the passing lane, you have to stay behind that vehicle?
And back to the 3 lane... What's the 3rd lane for anyway? Just to pass a vehicle that's passing another? Then everybody has to get back over into the one driving lane? In rush hour? And you can't pass on the inside during rush hour? That's weird! And how about allowing someone to merge from an on ramp? No room! We're all staying in this lane buddy! ?
Over here, "undertaking" is preparing dead bodies for burial or cremation and making arrangements for funerals.
People who chew with their mouths open after the age of 10. I actually just announced my crusade on twitter.
*shifty eyes to the guy I share an office with as he smack smack smacks his lunch*
*shifty eyes to the guy I share an office with as he smack smack smacks his lunch*
But that wasn't the conditions set by the OP.
Yes
Yes, you do. I agree it maybe seems a bit silly at first sight, but the idea is to make the behaviour of other road users more predictable e.g. you know that if you are going to pull over to the left there should be no-one coming up the inside of you. It's the same rule on non-motorway roads, which makes a bit more sense.
- 3rd lane is for overtaking vehicles in the first 2 lanes (e.g. a heavy goods vehicle going at its maximum legal speed of 50mph being overtaken by a car doing 60 being overtaken by a car doing 70).
- There is no regulation that you have to go back over to the left, but IIRC the Highway Code (the UK set of driving guidelines) says you should move back over after overtaking if possible.
- You can't ever overtake on the inside.
- If someone is coming onto the road from an on ramp, the people in the inside lane move out to let them in: if not, the vehicle coming on has to give way until there is a gap in the traffic to let them in. It's not a problem in practice.
Same here. That's the beauty of English, isn't it?
1. People who multiquote 17 pieces out of a thread and painstakingly argue every other word.
2. People who take the time to write "why don't you Google it?" rather than answering or ignoring the thread.
3. People who mock, belittle or otherwise harass someone who is already having a bad time (ie "My HD just died and I hadn't backed up yet tonight" "Wow you are stupid, only morons don't backup every 30 sec" )
4. People who quote the one typo you make in some sort of attempt to claim you are stupid
5. SMS speak in anything but an SMS. U no wut I meen? Who am I kidding I hate it even in an SMS
2. People who take the time to write "why don't you Google it?" rather than answering or ignoring the thread.
3. People who mock, belittle or otherwise harass someone who is already having a bad time (ie "My HD just died and I hadn't backed up yet tonight" "Wow you are stupid, only morons don't backup every 30 sec" )
4. People who quote the one typo you make in some sort of attempt to claim you are stupid
5. SMS speak in anything but an SMS. U no wut I meen? Who am I kidding I hate it even in an SMS
Amen...I am fine with people using my stuff if they treat it well but some people have no respect for others' things. Obvious things like jabbing their fingers into the display over and over, slamming stuff around etc. (worse yet when they do something like that then say "oh it won't hurt it" grrrrrr) I treat other people's stuff even better than my own and can't understand people who don't.
