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People to Punch, Pet Peeves, and General Vexations (mega-merge)

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Bucklion;2185927; said:
The Douchecanoes (and Tyler toos) who cut and pass on entrance ramps to highways. You know the ones, there are 5 cars in line, driving down the ramp to merge, and the person in front is going about 40, which in and of itself is annoying, but...then the cockbasket at the back of the line crosses the median several hundred yards before getting to the actual merge point, thus blocking any of the cars that were in front of them from getting onto the highway, all to save, what, 10 seconds until you can get into one of the left lanes and pass? [censored]. YOU. ASSPELICANS.
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I do this situationally. In one spot I'm going from an on ramp over 3/4 of a mile long onto a three-lane interstate. If the idiot in front of me can't accelerate to the speed limit on that 3/4 mile stretch and they are entering the highway at an unsafe speed, AND if there's a gap in traffic that I can take advantage of, I go. That's a lot to fall into place so it doesn't happen often, but it's happened.

People fail to realize the point of those exceedingly long on ramps. You aren't supposed to enter the highway at 50mph and accelerate once you get there, you're supposed to use that run-up to get up to the proper speed and merge into traffic. I'm not putting myself in jeopardy because some idiot can't figure out how an on ramp works.
 
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Buckeye86;2191110; said:
You have need for three-lane interstates in Nebraska?
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We have needs for far more than we have. 2/3 of the state's population lives in one fifty-mile radius, and there are still far too many two-lane highways in that quadrant.

They're going to be done making it six lanes between Lincoln and Omaha in another year or so, and Omaha has 30-40 miles of eight to ten-lane roads.
 
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MililaniBuckeye;2191164; said:
What. The. Fuck.
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Just so we're on the same page, that's total road width, not going in one direction. That would be crazy.

But yeah - there are over a million people in a 50-mile radius of Omaha. Combine that with interstate traffic on I-80 and you've got a lot of vehicles to move around.
 
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knapplc;2191174; said:
Just so we're on the same page, that's total road width, not going in one direction. That would be crazy.

But yeah - there are over a million people in a 50-mile radius of Omaha. Combine that with interstate traffic on I-80 and you've got a lot of vehicles to move around.
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I've never heard of calling a four-lane highway an eight-lane highway because there's four lanes in each direction...I've always heard the number of lanes for one direction, in other words the number of lanes available for the flow of traffic.
 
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Crump's brother;2190829; said:
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I do want to punch Hyacinth Bucket. (That's Bouquet!)

My least favorite television character.
 
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This one happened this morning. I am behind a white minivan in the left turn lane. The green arrow goes out, but we still have a green light to turn if the coast is clear. Minivan sits there. No cars coming, minivan still sits there. I give one of those polite toots on the horn. Guy looks up in his rear view mirror, sits there. Light turns red. It's always a white minivan. :mad1: :mad1: :mad1: :mad1: :mad1: :mad1: :mad1: :mad1:
 
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Crump's brother;2191465; said:
I'd watch that fight. And then enjoy a Candlelight supper with Elizabeth. Damn right.
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It won't be a fair fight. I would gleefully run her down in broad daylight in front of a sidewalk full of nuns.
 
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MililaniBuckeye;2191377; said:
I've never heard of calling a four-lane highway an eight-lane highway because there's four lanes in each direction...I've always heard the number of lanes for one direction, in other words the number of lanes available for the flow of traffic.
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really?

I've always called it by the number of lanes in both directions (4 lane hwy = 2 lanes each side, etc) I thought that was the norm
 
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