| Re: Advice to Explorer Drivers [message #792638] |
Tue, 29 January 2008 22:44 |
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"C. E. White" <cewhite3 [at] mindspring.com> wrote in message
news:13ocrcl7naadnfa [at] corp.supernews.com...
>I had an Explorer almost run me off the road this morning. This prompted me
>to give Explorer drivers a little friendly advice - When using your turn
>signal as a virtual bumper, please be sure that your intended victim can
>actually see your turn signal.
>
> Here is what happened -
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> I was driving towards Raleigh NC on I-40 at the I-540 Interchange. This is
> one of those interchange where an off ramp from one interchange continues
> on to the next as a separate lane and the right two lanes can both exit.
> However one can also continue on straight (one lane is exit only, the
> other is an exit and a thru lane). I am in the exit/thru lane, intending
> to continue on I-40. A car coming from the first interchange pulls in
> front of me forcing me to slow. I could not move to the middle lane
> because there is an Explorer in the middle lane coming up from behind.
> Therefore I slow and stay behind the slightly slower moving car at a safe
> distance (3 car lengths more or less). The Explorer pulls beside me so
> that his rear wheel panel is about even with my front wheel and then
> matches my speed. As we approach the exit, the Explorer starts drifting
> into my lane. Assuming he doesn't see me, I politely honk the horn.
> Instead of moving back into his lane, the driver in the Explorer moves
> further into my lane and tries to force me into a car to my right in the
> exit only lane. I lay on the horn and manage to keep from hitting either
> car, but I am really pissed. I think (but I am not sure) that the Explorer
> had its turn signal on. I say I am not sure, because the Explorer never
> pulled clearly in front of me. He was riding along in a position where the
> rear corner of his uber station wagon was hidden behind the A-pillar of my
> small sedan (a Mazda3). If the signal had been on, and I had seen it, I
> would have made room for him, even though there was literally no one
> behind me for at least 200 yards (i.e., plenty of room behind me to change
> lanes). So the moral of the story for Explorer drivers (and others), if
> you want to bully your way into a slot between cars, at least make sure
> your intended victim sees your turn signal. Don't assume that people in
> smaller vehicles have seen the small, poorly located turn signals on the
> rear of your vehicles. The rear turn signals of older Explorers,
> particularly the ones with the yellow European style rear turn signals,
> are not as obvious as you might think. Fortunately there was no accident.
> The Explorer owner did eventually move into my lane (but too late to exit)
> and he/she slowed way down - probably out of embarrassment at almost
> causing a 2 or 3 car pileup. I don't know if they were on a cell phone, or
> if they didn't see me in their rear view mirror, or if they assumed I saw
> their turn signal and that I would slow down to let them in, or if the
> driver was just an arrogant SOB trying to pass one more car before the
> exit. I am just glad no one was hurt - this time.
>
> Ed
>
That's what your horn and throttle peddle are for...
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| Re: Advice to Explorer Drivers [message #792640 ] |
Wed, 30 January 2008 00:49 |
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My Name Is Nobody wrote:
> That's what your horn and throttle peddle are for...
And what else are you peddling?
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