Friday, September 4, 2009

Today's irritation is the "squeeze play". You'd think that most people know where they're going at 8am...probably the same place they go 5 days a week - to work or maybe school. However, it seems they are never sure where to turn and at the last minute, they need to cut in front of you to make that right turn that suddenly appeared. A common location for this is at the loop and spur 248 (University Blvd.). Two eastbound lanes of traffic on the loop suddenly decides to turn right on the spur...so SQUEEZE ME IN...get outta my way...gotta get there before you. Well, the play wasn't executed properly today and a few unfortunate players collided and were now standing outside their vehicles on the side of the road trying to figure out what went wrong. Advance planning people....get in your lane and forget about getting ahead of a few other cars and you'll get there sooner than those people gathering on the roadside.
Thanks Michael for your insighful comment - I totally agree!

Thursday, September 3, 2009

Sep 3 8am Tyler TX

Sat a a green light (yes, green) for about 15 seconds while 5 vehicles decided they could go through the red light because they needed to turn left (southbound) on Broadway and just couldn't wait through another cycle.