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From: fish@ihu1g.UUCP (Bob Fishell)
Newsgroups: net.flame
Subject: California Stops & Center Lane Meshers
Message-ID: <525@ihu1g.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 28-Sep-84 00:41:11 EDT
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Posted: Fri Sep 28 00:41:11 1984
Date-Received: Fri, 28-Sep-84 07:19:59 EDT
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Since nobody has flamed about a-hole drivers for a while -- at least not
anything other than the usual 55-mph crap, I thought I'd vent a couple of
peeves:

1) The California Stop --
I don't know how this got its name, but it refers to a guy who runs a stop
sign or red light on a right turn.  Some of these turkeys don't even look.
I almost broadsided a guy who did this last week.  In any case, you usually
have to slam on your brakes for one of these jerks, and  I'm getting sick 
of it.  And never, never, never do I see a cop haul somebody over for this.

2) The Center Lane Mesh --
This is a dork who uses the center lane, you know, the one with the
curved arrows on it, for an on ramp.  This is especially nerve-wracking
if you're getting squeezed out by another jerk making a California stop
from the other direction.

I'm sick of it, you f*cks, you hear, SICK OF IT!  I'm going to go out
and buy myself a beater and a crash helmet and I'm comin' after you!
Better yet, I'm gonna check with some National Guard buddies of mine
about a good deal in a used tank, preferably one with a flame thrower.

Yeah, you guessed right, I've been driving on Ogden Avenue a lot.
-- 

                               Bob Fishell
                               ihnp4!ihu1g!fish