carey24 wrote:
And we went to PA this weekend.....what is up with STOPPING in the yield lane when getting onto a major highway?!?!?!?!?!? EVERYONE did it. Everyone! I don't get it. "Yield" does not mean "slam on your brakes and come to a dead stop 200 feet before you have to merge".
Really? Cripes, I thought everyone in PA thought that yield meant speed up as fast as you could and cut everyone off whether you have room or not. I swear people don't have a clue that if they merge in and hit someone it's actually their fault.
I've seen both. Drive 309. You'll see it too. I have the same pet peeve Carey.
309 is a great road up this way. Further proof that the greater Philthadelphia area could screw up a one car junkyard...
carey24 wrote:
And we went to PA this weekend.....what is up with STOPPING in the yield lane when getting onto a major highway?!?!?!?!?!? EVERYONE did it. Everyone! I don't get it. "Yield" does not mean "slam on your brakes and come to a dead stop 200 feet before you have to merge".
Really? Cripes, I thought everyone in PA thought that yield meant speed up as fast as you could and cut everyone off whether you have room or not. I swear people don't have a clue that if they merge in and hit someone it's actually their fault.
but with this, remember: you have less than a quarter mile on a lot of on ramps to get up to speed to merge, unless every moron and his brother also never heard of the "move left to allow traffic to merge" concept; so you end up slamming on the brakes because you are up to 40 at the bottom of the ramp and it is a solid line of cars coming at you and you are out of space too..
that's why you have to get a car like mine (the exterior clearly shows that I do not baby "Blue") and play a little chicken. If people don't know the courtesy of allowing other cars in, I guess they're going to learn a lesson.
"Oh all the money that e'er I spent, I spent it in good company.
And all the harm that I ever did, Alas it was to none but me.
And since it falls, unto my lot, that I should rise and you should not
I'll gently rise and I'll softly call, 'Goodnight and Joy be with you all.'"
-JMH
buffettbride wrote:In my brief stint doing Philly, New Jersey (Cherry Hill, don't ask), and Delaware... I'd have to say Jersey drivers are the worst of the bunch.
but they know how to drive the circles. few other states can claim that.
All I know is the one stretch of I-95 from PHL to Newark, DE, so "circles" means very little to me.
Then there was this one time we lefted instead of righted and ended up in New Jersey. Cherry Hill baaaaad. You can't make left turns in New Jersey.
carey24 wrote:
And we went to PA this weekend.....what is up with STOPPING in the yield lane when getting onto a major highway?!?!?!?!?!? EVERYONE did it. Everyone! I don't get it. "Yield" does not mean "slam on your brakes and come to a dead stop 200 feet before you have to merge".
Really? Cripes, I thought everyone in PA thought that yield meant speed up as fast as you could and cut everyone off whether you have room or not. I swear people don't have a clue that if they merge in and hit someone it's actually their fault.
but with this, remember: you have less than a quarter mile on a lot of on ramps to get up to speed to merge, unless every moron and his brother also never heard of the "move left to allow traffic to merge" concept; so you end up slamming on the brakes because you are up to 40 at the bottom of the ramp and it is a solid line of cars coming at you and you are out of space too..
that's why you have to get a car like mine (the exterior clearly shows that I do not baby "Blue") and play a little chicken. If people don't know the courtesy of allowing other cars in, I guess they're going to learn a lesson.
1964 Oldsmobile. Greyhound buses and semis are the only ones you have to fear. Anything else is a standoff at best (big SUVS), or a beer can to be recycled..
carey24 wrote:
And we went to PA this weekend.....what is up with STOPPING in the yield lane when getting onto a major highway?!?!?!?!?!? EVERYONE did it. Everyone! I don't get it. "Yield" does not mean "slam on your brakes and come to a dead stop 200 feet before you have to merge".
Really? Cripes, I thought everyone in PA thought that yield meant speed up as fast as you could and cut everyone off whether you have room or not. I swear people don't have a clue that if they merge in and hit someone it's actually their fault.
I've seen both. Drive 309. You'll see it too. I have the same pet peeve Carey.
That's because most of the on ramps for 309 are leftovers from the 1960's. There is no extended entrance lane to merge from - the on ramp ends at the highway (with lousy visibility, to boot).
carey24 wrote:
And we went to PA this weekend.....what is up with STOPPING in the yield lane when getting onto a major highway?!?!?!?!?!? EVERYONE did it. Everyone! I don't get it. "Yield" does not mean "slam on your brakes and come to a dead stop 200 feet before you have to merge".
Really? Cripes, I thought everyone in PA thought that yield meant speed up as fast as you could and cut everyone off whether you have room or not. I swear people don't have a clue that if they merge in and hit someone it's actually their fault.
but with this, remember: you have less than a quarter mile on a lot of on ramps to get up to speed to merge, unless every moron and his brother also never heard of the "move left to allow traffic to merge" concept; so you end up slamming on the brakes because you are up to 40 at the bottom of the ramp and it is a solid line of cars coming at you and you are out of space too..
that's why you have to get a car like mine (the exterior clearly shows that I do not baby "Blue") and play a little chicken. If people don't know the courtesy of allowing other cars in, I guess they're going to learn a lesson.
Does yours have the flux capacitor and Mr. Fusion options?
buffettbride wrote:In my brief stint doing Philly, New Jersey (Cherry Hill, don't ask), and Delaware... I'd have to say Jersey drivers are the worst of the bunch.
but they know how to drive the circles. few other states can claim that.
All I know is the one stretch of I-95 from PHL to Newark, DE, so "circles" means very little to me.
Then there was this one time we lefted instead of righted and ended up in New Jersey. Cherry Hill baaaaad. You can't make left turns in New Jersey.
We have a few races a year in Cherry Hill and someone's parents always get lost. Kind of funny really. If it's not the parents its a rower who just got his license and drove himself.
"Oh all the money that e'er I spent, I spent it in good company.
And all the harm that I ever did, Alas it was to none but me.
And since it falls, unto my lot, that I should rise and you should not
I'll gently rise and I'll softly call, 'Goodnight and Joy be with you all.'"
-JMH
carey24 wrote:
And we went to PA this weekend.....what is up with STOPPING in the yield lane when getting onto a major highway?!?!?!?!?!? EVERYONE did it. Everyone! I don't get it. "Yield" does not mean "slam on your brakes and come to a dead stop 200 feet before you have to merge".
Really? Cripes, I thought everyone in PA thought that yield meant speed up as fast as you could and cut everyone off whether you have room or not. I swear people don't have a clue that if they merge in and hit someone it's actually their fault.
but with this, remember: you have less than a quarter mile on a lot of on ramps to get up to speed to merge, unless every moron and his brother also never heard of the "move left to allow traffic to merge" concept; so you end up slamming on the brakes because you are up to 40 at the bottom of the ramp and it is a solid line of cars coming at you and you are out of space too..
that's why you have to get a car like mine (the exterior clearly shows that I do not baby "Blue") and play a little chicken. If people don't know the courtesy of allowing other cars in, I guess they're going to learn a lesson.
1964 Oldsmobile. Greyhound buses and semis are the only ones you have to fear. Anything else is a standoff at best (big SUVS), or a beer can to be recycled..
Frankie, 309 is too narrow in Montco. a semi can hardly fit.
R2, yes. it's funny what people will do when they realize that the body work on your car is not your #1 priority in life.
"Oh all the money that e'er I spent, I spent it in good company.
And all the harm that I ever did, Alas it was to none but me.
And since it falls, unto my lot, that I should rise and you should not
I'll gently rise and I'll softly call, 'Goodnight and Joy be with you all.'"
-JMH
carey24 wrote:
And we went to PA this weekend.....what is up with STOPPING in the yield lane when getting onto a major highway?!?!?!?!?!? EVERYONE did it. Everyone! I don't get it. "Yield" does not mean "slam on your brakes and come to a dead stop 200 feet before you have to merge".
Really? Cripes, I thought everyone in PA thought that yield meant speed up as fast as you could and cut everyone off whether you have room or not. I swear people don't have a clue that if they merge in and hit someone it's actually their fault.
I've seen both. Drive 309. You'll see it too. I have the same pet peeve Carey.
That's because most of the on ramps for 309 are leftovers from the 1960's. There is no extended entrance lane to merge from - the on ramp ends at the highway (with lousy visibility, to boot).
Sounds like P-DOT and OH-DOT had the same crew of witless, feckless idiots who failed the EIT working in their Planning Divisions.
carey24 wrote:
And we went to PA this weekend.....what is up with STOPPING in the yield lane when getting onto a major highway?!?!?!?!?!? EVERYONE did it. Everyone! I don't get it. "Yield" does not mean "slam on your brakes and come to a dead stop 200 feet before you have to merge".
Really? Cripes, I thought everyone in PA thought that yield meant speed up as fast as you could and cut everyone off whether you have room or not. I swear people don't have a clue that if they merge in and hit someone it's actually their fault.
but with this, remember: you have less than a quarter mile on a lot of on ramps to get up to speed to merge, unless every moron and his brother also never heard of the "move left to allow traffic to merge" concept; so you end up slamming on the brakes because you are up to 40 at the bottom of the ramp and it is a solid line of cars coming at you and you are out of space too..
that's why you have to get a car like mine (the exterior clearly shows that I do not baby "Blue") and play a little chicken. If people don't know the courtesy of allowing other cars in, I guess they're going to learn a lesson.
Does yours have the flux capacitor and Mr. Fusion options?
I've been trying to get that, and there seriously are people that will make those kits to fit a DeLorean to look like the car from Back to the Future (1 and 2) complete with Mr. Fusion and the huge exhaust fans.
By the way - this is Post # 5000!!! Woo Hoo.
NOTM Dec 2005
"Oh all the money that e'er I spent, I spent it in good company.
And all the harm that I ever did, Alas it was to none but me.
And since it falls, unto my lot, that I should rise and you should not
I'll gently rise and I'll softly call, 'Goodnight and Joy be with you all.'"
-JMH
carey24 wrote:
And we went to PA this weekend.....what is up with STOPPING in the yield lane when getting onto a major highway?!?!?!?!?!? EVERYONE did it. Everyone! I don't get it. "Yield" does not mean "slam on your brakes and come to a dead stop 200 feet before you have to merge".
Really? Cripes, I thought everyone in PA thought that yield meant speed up as fast as you could and cut everyone off whether you have room or not. I swear people don't have a clue that if they merge in and hit someone it's actually their fault.
but with this, remember: you have less than a quarter mile on a lot of on ramps to get up to speed to merge, unless every moron and his brother also never heard of the "move left to allow traffic to merge" concept; so you end up slamming on the brakes because you are up to 40 at the bottom of the ramp and it is a solid line of cars coming at you and you are out of space too..
that's why you have to get a car like mine (the exterior clearly shows that I do not baby "Blue") and play a little chicken. If people don't know the courtesy of allowing other cars in, I guess they're going to learn a lesson.
Does yours have the flux capacitor and Mr. Fusion options?
I've been trying to get that, and there seriously are people that will make those kits to fit a DeLorean to look like the car from Back to the Future (1 and 2) complete with Mr. Fusion and the huge exhaust fans.
I've seen them on Ebay . Got any pics of your ride? Delorans are sweet.
mings wrote:that's why you have to get a car like mine (the exterior clearly shows that I do not baby "Blue") and play a little chicken. If people don't know the courtesy of allowing other cars in, I guess they're going to learn a lesson.
Well, if there's no traffic, there's no reason not to let the person in.
The problem lies in the people who play chicken at 5:00. Ok, I have a dumbass minivan on my *ass, and four cars trying to see how close they can get to each other on my left, and we're all doing about 75. Some schmuck comes flying down the on ramp as though I'm actually going to be able to slow down without someone slamming into either him or the person behing me slamming me into them.
Cooking is like love. It should be entered into with abandon or not at all..
sy wrote:
Really? Cripes, I thought everyone in PA thought that yield meant speed up as fast as you could and cut everyone off whether you have room or not. I swear people don't have a clue that if they merge in and hit someone it's actually their fault.
but with this, remember: you have less than a quarter mile on a lot of on ramps to get up to speed to merge, unless every moron and his brother also never heard of the "move left to allow traffic to merge" concept; so you end up slamming on the brakes because you are up to 40 at the bottom of the ramp and it is a solid line of cars coming at you and you are out of space too..
that's why you have to get a car like mine (the exterior clearly shows that I do not baby "Blue") and play a little chicken. If people don't know the courtesy of allowing other cars in, I guess they're going to learn a lesson.
Does yours have the flux capacitor and Mr. Fusion options?
I've been trying to get that, and there seriously are people that will make those kits to fit a DeLorean to look like the car from Back to the Future (1 and 2) complete with Mr. Fusion and the huge exhaust fans.
I've seen them on Ebay . Got any pics of your ride? Delorans are sweet.
I did but they're on a computer that crashed. When I get some new ones I'll post 'em.
"Oh all the money that e'er I spent, I spent it in good company.
And all the harm that I ever did, Alas it was to none but me.
And since it falls, unto my lot, that I should rise and you should not
I'll gently rise and I'll softly call, 'Goodnight and Joy be with you all.'"
-JMH
RinglingRingling wrote:
but with this, remember: you have less than a quarter mile on a lot of on ramps to get up to speed to merge, unless every moron and his brother also never heard of the "move left to allow traffic to merge" concept; so you end up slamming on the brakes because you are up to 40 at the bottom of the ramp and it is a solid line of cars coming at you and you are out of space too..
that's why you have to get a car like mine (the exterior clearly shows that I do not baby "Blue") and play a little chicken. If people don't know the courtesy of allowing other cars in, I guess they're going to learn a lesson.
Does yours have the flux capacitor and Mr. Fusion options?
I've been trying to get that, and there seriously are people that will make those kits to fit a DeLorean to look like the car from Back to the Future (1 and 2) complete with Mr. Fusion and the huge exhaust fans.
I've seen them on Ebay . Got any pics of your ride? Delorans are sweet.
I did but they're on a computer that crashed. When I get some new ones I'll post 'em.
mings wrote:that's why you have to get a car like mine (the exterior clearly shows that I do not baby "Blue") and play a little chicken. If people don't know the courtesy of allowing other cars in, I guess they're going to learn a lesson.
Well, if there's no traffic, there's no reason not to let the person in.
The problem lies in the people who play chicken at 5:00. Ok, I have a dumbass minivan on my *ass, and four cars trying to see how close they can get to each other on my left, and we're all doing about 75. Some schmuck comes flying down the on ramp as though I'm actually going to be able to slow down without someone slamming into either him or the person behing me slamming me into them.
take one for the team
"Oh all the money that e'er I spent, I spent it in good company.
And all the harm that I ever did, Alas it was to none but me.
And since it falls, unto my lot, that I should rise and you should not
I'll gently rise and I'll softly call, 'Goodnight and Joy be with you all.'"
-JMH
mings wrote:
that's why you have to get a car like mine (the exterior clearly shows that I do not baby "Blue") and play a little chicken. If people don't know the courtesy of allowing other cars in, I guess they're going to learn a lesson.
Does yours have the flux capacitor and Mr. Fusion options?
I've been trying to get that, and there seriously are people that will make those kits to fit a DeLorean to look like the car from Back to the Future (1 and 2) complete with Mr. Fusion and the huge exhaust fans.
I've seen them on Ebay . Got any pics of your ride? Delorans are sweet.
I did but they're on a computer that crashed. When I get some new ones I'll post 'em.
You can use that nifty camera phone of yours.
good idea - but right now the car's in Philly and I'm not
"Oh all the money that e'er I spent, I spent it in good company.
And all the harm that I ever did, Alas it was to none but me.
And since it falls, unto my lot, that I should rise and you should not
I'll gently rise and I'll softly call, 'Goodnight and Joy be with you all.'"
-JMH
rednekkPH wrote:
Does yours have the flux capacitor and Mr. Fusion options?
I've been trying to get that, and there seriously are people that will make those kits to fit a DeLorean to look like the car from Back to the Future (1 and 2) complete with Mr. Fusion and the huge exhaust fans.
I've seen them on Ebay . Got any pics of your ride? Delorans are sweet.
I did but they're on a computer that crashed. When I get some new ones I'll post 'em.
You can use that nifty camera phone of yours.
good idea - but right now the car's in Philly and I'm not
... yes, its true ... I am alphabits' evil twin
. Got any pics of your ride? Delorans are sweet.
