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Replying to: euphonium (Jun 19, 2009 11:21 am) It's the locals that think they have all day to get somewhere.  Anyway, enjoy the Shakespeare Festival. You should also check out the Bitt Festivals in Jacksonville as well. They are well worth it as well.
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Replying to: the_big_al (Jun 19, 2009 3:35 pm) 
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Local flyover ramp at I75 and I70 was closed along with W bound I70. Semi driver didn't believe the 40 mph signs on the large, new flyover ramp. We went through there and saw the W bound backed up for 5-6 miles. The Budweiser cans and boxes fell onto W bound I70 and apparently someone was picking up the cans. Motorists? Workers? So traffic was stopped. Interesting not one radio report mentioned that the semi was carrying Budweiser. I'll bet all the directions would have had people trying to get to the scene to grab a few cans. video and story |
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I thought I knew the rules of the road but I'm not so sure anymore. I remember being taught that when you are making a left turn and there is a median used for this purpose you are supose to turn into the median and slow down immeadiatly. When traffic allows you my then complete your left. You should travel only the minimum distance in the median that is required to slow for the turn. You can't use the median/turning lane as a driving lane. Twice in the past week people have done things that make me doubt my training. First I was turning left to go into my work place. I noticed a minivan riding in the median for such a distance that I assumed that it was turning left way before I was. Later at work a co-worker came up to me and said I cut her off. I said if she was planning on making a left turn in the median she should not have been driving for a half mile in the median before she did. She seemed to think that driving for a long distance at the speed limit down the median was just fine. A few days later I was preparing to make a left turn off a 4-lane highway that had a median/turn lane in the middle. I usually signal and about 100-200 feet before the turn merge into the median/turn lane. Just enough space to come to a stop if traffic is coming the other way. This time I see a car traveling towards me, from the opposite direction, in the median signaling for a left also. He was maybe a half mile up the road traveling the speed limit. There were many side streets he could have turned into and I assumed he would take one of these. I started to move into the median/turn lane to make my left. To my shock, this guy continues to come straight at me at full speed causing me to swerve back into the travel lane. He blew past me and continued another 500 feet down the road and made his left. Now I have to ask, were these people inconsiderate drivers or have I been misunderstanding the rules all this time? 
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Replying to: oldfarmer50 (Jul 05, 2009 2:09 pm) ..."center left turn lanes A center left turn lane is in the middle of a two-way street and is marked on both sides by two painted lines. The inner line is broken and the outer line is solid. If a street has a center left turn lane, you must use it when you turn left (CVC §21460.5[c]) or start a permitted U-turn. You may only drive for 200 feet in the center left turn lane. This lane is not a regular traffic lane or a passing lane. To turn left from this lane, signal and drive completely inside the center left turn lane. Do not stop with the back of your vehicle blocking traffic. Make sure the lane is clear in both directions and then turn only when it is safe. Look for vehicles coming toward you in the same lane to start their left turn..."... pg 27, 39/100 link title Your state's v/c would obviously take precedence. |
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Replying to: ruking1 (Jul 05, 2009 2:20 pm) 
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Replying to: steve_ (Jul 05, 2009 2:23 pm) |
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Replying to: steve_ (Jul 05, 2009 2:23 pm) In the sticks where I spent my weekend, people also like to use street parking areas as turn lanes (luckily when no cars are parked there)...they will get into the parking lane about 1/3 block before their turn, and complete it as normal
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Replying to: ruking1 (Jul 05, 2009 2:20 pm) Thank you for confirming that I have not lost my mind...yet.
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Replying to: steve_ (Jul 05, 2009 2:23 pm) I see that a lot too. People trying to merge and driving along side of you in the median. 
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