Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 exptools 1/6/84; site ihu1g.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxj!ihnp4!ihu1g!fish 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 Article-I.D.: ihu1g.525 Posted: Fri Sep 28 00:41:11 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 28-Sep-84 07:19:59 EDT Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Naperville, IL Lines: 27 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