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Just as a technical aside...here is the quote from the GA driver's manual on yellow lights.
http://www.dds.ga.gov/docs/forms/FullDriversManual.pdf "A yellow light warns the light is changing from green to red. Slow down and prepare to stop." It doesn't say....slam on your brakes or "you must stop". Again, it depends how far away from the intersection you are when the light changes and whether or not you will be more unsafe trying to stop, instead of continuing through the intersection. I don't condone running red lights or speeding up from a mile away to run a yellow, but going through a yellow is fine in many cases. |
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It's a chicken-egg-chicken thing here to me. First off, as we all know, whoever designed Atlanta's highways and interstates was just... way, way off.
When you have major highways feeding into one another with just ONE lane, bad things are bound to happen. So, these bad drivers are probably bad drivers to begin with... but the way Atlanta's roads are designed doesn't HELP the situation either. I take 285E -> 400N every day to work... can you imagine the nightmare? ONE lane feeds into 400... Feels like everyone just loses their minds when it comes to this. People try to cut in at the very last second, people honk, traffic stops, people slam on their breaks, people tailgate - I see near accidents at this location literally every day. I also rarely see cops on 285. Big 18 wheelers passing through the city are usually going 10-20 miles over the speed limit. The interstates here are so stressful and dangerous. |
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You're not supposed to pass on the right if it means leaving the road, eg, shoulder. Also, it's illegal to pass at an intersection. Why would they do that? Because intersections are negotiation points for oncoming traffic, eg, making a left turn. Since you're SUPPOSED to use your blinks to change lanes at all times, including passing, then someone making a left turn from oncoming traffic might think you're turning right. Or something.
anyway, we all break these laws...the yellow light one is probably the most subjective. |
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From the GA driver's license manual: Passing On The Right You may pass on the right of another vehicle which is making or about to make a left turn if there is sufficient pavement width for both your vehicle and the vehicle making the left turn. |
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http://www.dds.ga.gov/docs/forms/FullDriversManual.pdf
Page 41: It is not permissable to pass on the shoulder of a two-lane road or within 100 feet of an intersection. Page 42 states you may pass a car on the right if it is stopped to make a turn but only if there is enough pavement. That pavement does not include the shoulder. It is always illegal to pass on the shoulder. Page 43 states it is illegal to weave in an out of traffic. You may pass, using signals, but you may not weave. |
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He may have been wrong, though. I witnessed him doing some really stupid and/or unsavory things...such as refueling the car with the engine running and photographing the spandexed rear ends of female cyclists as we drove past them. |
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This one DESPERATELY needs to be enforced. |
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What I can't understand is this push back regarding moving into the intersection when making a left turn or passing someone doing so. The simple act of passing a car making a left turn is accepted practice just about everywhere that never gets a second thought. In many areas of the country, a cop would probably pull you over for not doing so, wondering if you were high or drunk. |
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If you are in the presence of friendlys tyou simple tap the horn twice quickly.... example: mep-mep Dont mash your horn. example: BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP!~!~!~! BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP!~!~!~!~!~ This scares the crap out of people and leads to anger. Including the people you are not horning(is that a word?). Learn the art of the quick tap and your horn skills will be fine my son. No go....go into the wilderness and practice your mep-mep |
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