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From: Ian Dalziel on 10 May 2010 14:02 On Mon, 10 May 2010 11:01:16 +0100, "Bernard" <bernard.x.ramsden(a)btinterent.x.com> wrote: > >"ChelseaTractorMan" <mr.c.tractor(a)hotmail.co.uk> wrote in message >news:d1hfu5l0rdfp68vsc28u154293m5if4ror(a)4ax.com... >> On Sun, 9 May 2010 19:06:53 +0100, Halmyre <no.spam(a)this.address> >> wrote: >> >>>A variation on that is that the car in front is slowing down to turn >>>right, and actually >>>stops to let somebody else turn right from the side street. >> >> thus making it easier for them to turn in afterwards. >If the car waiting to turn right out of the side road is positioned >correctly, it shouldn't make it any easier to turn right. Unless of course >by making it easier you really mean, it make it easier to cut the corner >off. And if it isn't? Or "should" that never happen? -- Ian D
From: Ian Dalziel on 10 May 2010 14:06 On Mon, 10 May 2010 17:22:45 +0100, "Zimmy" <z(a)y.x> wrote: > >"Man at B&Q" <manatbandq(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message >news:d8c952c0-b00c-43b7-9327-f60298151c13(a)k29g2000yqh.googlegroups.com... >> On May 10, 10:26 am, "Zimmy" <z...(a)y.x> wrote: >>> "ChelseaTractorMan" <mr.c.trac...(a)hotmail.co.uk> wrote in message >>> >>> news:ougfu5l0gudta55bcn67sdogui5np3geq3(a)4ax.com... >>> >>> > On Sun, 9 May 2010 10:33:21 -0700 (PDT), FrengaX >>> > <hnkjqr...(a)sneakemail.com> wrote: >>> >>> >> Why inconvenience >>> >>themselves and me when there's absolutely no need? >>> >>> > It produces a calm polite atmosphere on the roads, lets have more >>> > "unnecessary" courtesy. >>> >>> No it doesn't. What gives any road user the right to override the highway >>> code? The give-way lines are positioned there for a reason. >> >> Letting someone out is not overriding the highway code. If you think >> it is, then you need to read it again, carefully this time. > >Where does it say main road users should give way to traffic coming from >side roads even though they have the give way lines painted across them? > More to the point, where does it say they shouldn't? -- Ian D
From: Nick Finnigan on 10 May 2010 15:09 Brimstone wrote: > > > "Bernard" <bernard.x.ramsden(a)btinterent.x.com> wrote in message > news:4padnVMrofbzRHrWnZ2dnUVZ7qOdnZ2d(a)bt.com... >> >> "ChelseaTractorMan" <mr.c.tractor(a)hotmail.co.uk> wrote in message >> news:d1hfu5l0rdfp68vsc28u154293m5if4ror(a)4ax.com... >>> On Sun, 9 May 2010 19:06:53 +0100, Halmyre <no.spam(a)this.address> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> A variation on that is that the car in front is slowing down to turn >>>> right, and actually >>>> stops to let somebody else turn right from the side street. >>> >>> thus making it easier for them to turn in afterwards. >> If the car waiting to turn right out of the side road is positioned >> correctly, > > And "if" it isn't? Then, regrettably, you will have to approach the turning more slowly, ensure that the badly positioned vehicle has left enough room for you to turn if you take an unusual path, signal later than you normally would, and take the turn more slowly than you normally would. Which, unfortunately means the traffic behind will close up slightly, but they will be delayed less than if you had stopped.
From: Brimstone on 10 May 2010 15:11 "Nick Finnigan" <nix(a)genie.co.uk> wrote in message news:hs9llg$gdr$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > Brimstone wrote: >> >> >> "Bernard" <bernard.x.ramsden(a)btinterent.x.com> wrote in message >> news:4padnVMrofbzRHrWnZ2dnUVZ7qOdnZ2d(a)bt.com... >>> >>> "ChelseaTractorMan" <mr.c.tractor(a)hotmail.co.uk> wrote in message >>> news:d1hfu5l0rdfp68vsc28u154293m5if4ror(a)4ax.com... >>>> On Sun, 9 May 2010 19:06:53 +0100, Halmyre <no.spam(a)this.address> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> A variation on that is that the car in front is slowing down to turn >>>>> right, and actually >>>>> stops to let somebody else turn right from the side street. >>>> >>>> thus making it easier for them to turn in afterwards. >>> If the car waiting to turn right out of the side road is positioned >>> correctly, >> >> And "if" it isn't? > > Then, regrettably, you will have to approach the turning more slowly, > ensure that the badly positioned vehicle has left enough room for you to > turn if you take an unusual path, signal later than you normally would, > and take the turn more slowly than you normally would. Which, > unfortunately means the traffic behind will close up slightly, but they > will be delayed less than if you had stopped. Which assumes that the emerging car has left enough room for one to pass.
From: NM on 10 May 2010 15:21
On 10 May, 10:47, "John" <Who90nos...(a)ntlworld.com> wrote: > Such behaviour doesn't happen in the queue at the bank or the supermarket. > People go to the back of the queue. They don't position their shopping > trolley near the front and look pleadingly at the person behind. On more than one occasion when approaching the queue with just one or two items I have been ushered to the head of the queue and in turn I have extended this courtesy for others. Ever heard of trolly rage, wonder what brings that on. |