tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8948464446987183317.post4454108866447998933..comments2023-10-05T09:51:46.272-04:00Comments on DelSo: If I were mayor - driving editionDelSohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01128537559478176351noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8948464446987183317.post-21352315870648466022012-06-20T09:37:37.357-04:002012-06-20T09:37:37.357-04:00Well, I have to say that being with NY drivers is ...Well, I have to say that being with NY drivers is a MASSIVE improvement over where I used to live. (People often find this hard to believe, but trust me, Maryland drivers are THE DEVIL.) But a five-count? That sounds pretty long to me. I just fear that with a five-count wait after green, some crazy motorist or worse, motorcyclist will try to get around you and bad things might happen.<br /><br />I usually just do a swivel looking for peds or cyclists or speeding light-runners while moving my foot from the brake to the gas. It works pretty well; it gives me plenty of time to move my foot back to the brake if I spot something -- which has happened a number of times. Compromise? Three-count?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8948464446987183317.post-25536780259984329572012-06-19T18:17:24.497-04:002012-06-19T18:17:24.497-04:00It'd be great if people didn't drive on th...It'd be great if people didn't drive on the shoulder, too. Shoulders are NOT lanes! I swear, if I was a cop, I'd stake out a corner somewhere and issue fistfuls of tickets to people who seem to think the shoulder is a right-turn lane, even when it's clearly marked with white lines, and even when there's a sign right freakin' there to remind people, state law, do not drive on shoulder.KBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15932107250698688845noreply@blogger.com