Minnesota Nice does not apply to driving
Here's my rant on driving. Every morning I have to take 94W to 394. The problem with this route is that only the right-most lane allows you to merge onto 394. This really doesn't bother me too much and I usually stay on the right-most lane as soon as I get onto 94 or when it looks like traffic is starting to backup. But I have repeatedly noticed that people will zip by me in the left lane only to come to a complete stop and merge into my lane right before the 394 exit. Now here's my problem with this. You are the reason why traffic always moves so slow. The people who are in the right lane have to stop for you because you are a moron and want to save the extra 30 seconds by cutting in at the last minute. Also, who do you think you are? Are you too good to wait in the right lane? After a month of this, I have decided to no longer let any car in ahead of me. You do not deserve it. You KNOW well in advance that you need to be in the right-most lane, so don't take advantage of my Minnesota-nice by trying to cut infront of me. Also, people who do this are the most rude people in the world. Get in line and wait like like the rest of us; I don't care if you drive a BMW, don't mess with me!
Also, every afternoon I have to take the 55 and Cedar Ave exit. This is the most ridiculous exit in the world! When I get off of 55 I need to make a left turn onto Cedar and somedays I have waited at the stoplight for over 10 minutes! Most lights have some type of sensor thing with it so that it knows when a car has approached an intersection. This stupid light NEVER recognizes cars in the left lane. The light only changes color when there are cars waiting in the right lane, which is the stupidest logic in the world! Cars in the right lane can turn at anytime, they don't need to turn on green, but I do! This light has frustrated me so much that I have actually disobeyed the law and turned on red as well as made illegal U-turns. One night I was coming home on this road at like 1am and waited at the light for over 1o minutes, with the light taunting me. A car would get in the right lane and the little pedestrian signal would turn to "Don't Walk," but then the car would turn and the pedestrian light goes back to "Walk." For 10 minutes I sat in my car watching the light tease me- it was a roller coaster of emotions, one minute there's hope, the next anger, and then hope again. My beef is that I don't even know who to call about this problem. It's not like there's a magical stoplight notification number. So instead I am left fuming every afternoon.
Also, every afternoon I have to take the 55 and Cedar Ave exit. This is the most ridiculous exit in the world! When I get off of 55 I need to make a left turn onto Cedar and somedays I have waited at the stoplight for over 10 minutes! Most lights have some type of sensor thing with it so that it knows when a car has approached an intersection. This stupid light NEVER recognizes cars in the left lane. The light only changes color when there are cars waiting in the right lane, which is the stupidest logic in the world! Cars in the right lane can turn at anytime, they don't need to turn on green, but I do! This light has frustrated me so much that I have actually disobeyed the law and turned on red as well as made illegal U-turns. One night I was coming home on this road at like 1am and waited at the light for over 1o minutes, with the light taunting me. A car would get in the right lane and the little pedestrian signal would turn to "Don't Walk," but then the car would turn and the pedestrian light goes back to "Walk." For 10 minutes I sat in my car watching the light tease me- it was a roller coaster of emotions, one minute there's hope, the next anger, and then hope again. My beef is that I don't even know who to call about this problem. It's not like there's a magical stoplight notification number. So instead I am left fuming every afternoon.
posted by chen at 10:08 AM
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