Vette Power...
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Le Mans Master
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From: North Western Connecticut
Vette Power...
We read a lot about all the moron and idiot drivers out there! Today however I had the opposite experience. I was trying to get out of convenience store parking lot and had to cross a one lane on a super busy street to go in my direction. I was about to give and go the opposite way and turn around somewhere. A young guy in a tricked out Mitsubishi Eclipse stops and waves me out. He actually had to stop all the cars behind him because traffic was moving pretty fast. The street is 1 lane each way but quickly widens to 2 lanes through town. He pulled up along side me and yells out, “Nice freaken car man.. Awesome”! 
.. I said thanks a lot for letting me out and he said I had to man to get a better look at that vette! Bottom line is that nice people also drive tricked out Japanese cars. I now have to refrain from using the “R” word to describe those cars and their drivers hence forth…. …
.. I said thanks a lot for letting me out and he said I had to man to get a better look at that vette! Bottom line is that nice people also drive tricked out Japanese cars. I now have to refrain from using the “R” word to describe those cars and their drivers hence forth…. …
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From: Tucson Arizona
One does have to appreciate his good intentions (and his good taste in cars).
Sometimes, people trying to be nice and let someone cut-through traffic has disastrous consequences. Besides seeing numerous accidents where someone is trying to turn left through several lanes of traffic backed-up at a light, and someone lets them cut-through, only to result in an accident.
A few years back, I actually saw a woman killed. She was trying to turn left through 2 lanes of solid cars, someone (trying to be nice) let her through and she made it into the 3rd (curb/turn) lane. Some kid (instead of using the curb lane to turn right onto a street or business) was using the curb lane as a drive lane....going about 50 mph. The woman cutting through traffic could not see the oncoming car. The impact was great enough it actually broke the concrete curb. She died and the kid was cited.
As much as I appreciate people's good intentions by letting someone cut through traffic....I've seen too many accidents caused by it. For me, if traffic is that bad....I won’t spit into the wind….I'll go the 'wrong' way and do a U-turn and come back.
Sometimes, people trying to be nice and let someone cut-through traffic has disastrous consequences. Besides seeing numerous accidents where someone is trying to turn left through several lanes of traffic backed-up at a light, and someone lets them cut-through, only to result in an accident.
A few years back, I actually saw a woman killed. She was trying to turn left through 2 lanes of solid cars, someone (trying to be nice) let her through and she made it into the 3rd (curb/turn) lane. Some kid (instead of using the curb lane to turn right onto a street or business) was using the curb lane as a drive lane....going about 50 mph. The woman cutting through traffic could not see the oncoming car. The impact was great enough it actually broke the concrete curb. She died and the kid was cited.
As much as I appreciate people's good intentions by letting someone cut through traffic....I've seen too many accidents caused by it. For me, if traffic is that bad....I won’t spit into the wind….I'll go the 'wrong' way and do a U-turn and come back.
Le Mans Master
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From: GTA, ON , Retired,,
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we brought the vette home last sat,my wife was behind in her dd,an 05 cavalier.A guy passes her agressively in an h2o,pulls up behind me,then backs way off till he turned left some 10 miles up the road.Really wierd for me to see this not used to it.
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Le Mans Master
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From: North Western Connecticut
Originally Posted by Wayne O
One does have to appreciate his good intentions (and his good taste in cars).
Sometimes, people trying to be nice and let someone cut-through traffic has disastrous consequences. Besides seeing numerous accidents where someone is trying to turn left through several lanes of traffic backed-up at a light, and someone lets them cut-through, only to result in an accident.
A few years back, I actually saw a woman killed. She was trying to turn left through 2 lanes of solid cars, someone (trying to be nice) let her through and she made it into the 3rd (curb/turn) lane. Some kid (instead of using the curb lane to turn right onto a street or business) was using the curb lane as a drive lane....going about 50 mph. The woman cutting through traffic could not see the oncoming car. The impact was great enough it actually broke the concrete curb. She died and the kid was cited.
As much as I appreciate people's good intentions by letting someone cut through traffic....I've seen too many accidents caused by it. For me, if traffic is that bad....I won’t spit into the wind….I'll go the 'wrong' way and do a U-turn and come back.
Sometimes, people trying to be nice and let someone cut-through traffic has disastrous consequences. Besides seeing numerous accidents where someone is trying to turn left through several lanes of traffic backed-up at a light, and someone lets them cut-through, only to result in an accident.
A few years back, I actually saw a woman killed. She was trying to turn left through 2 lanes of solid cars, someone (trying to be nice) let her through and she made it into the 3rd (curb/turn) lane. Some kid (instead of using the curb lane to turn right onto a street or business) was using the curb lane as a drive lane....going about 50 mph. The woman cutting through traffic could not see the oncoming car. The impact was great enough it actually broke the concrete curb. She died and the kid was cited.
As much as I appreciate people's good intentions by letting someone cut through traffic....I've seen too many accidents caused by it. For me, if traffic is that bad....I won’t spit into the wind….I'll go the 'wrong' way and do a U-turn and come back.
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I have noticed something as well when I am in the fast lane and going ehumm at a rapid but appropriate pace people will get out of the way when I am in the vette without flashing the lights etc. Not used to it as well does not happen when I am in my acura nor did it happen in the supra. I used to have.
