Morons Abound
To the right is the intersection of 39th & Southwest Traficway. North is at top. Southbound traffic is forbidden from turning right onto 39th because about 10 feet west of Southwest Trafficway is the intersection of 39th & Summit. Traffic turning right would immediately be in the middle of another signal-controlled intersection, creating a dangerous situation. Therefore, the ban on right turns is marked both with a large symbolic no right turn sign as well as a secondary no turns sign.
I was on my way to lunch today driving south on Summit, my trajectory indicated by the green arrow, with a green light ahead of me.
So of course some ignoramous with Johnson County plates heading southbound on Southwest Trafficway decided "Oh, I have JO plates, the signs do not apply to me" and followed the illegal trajectory indicated by the red arrow just as I was entering my intersection on my green light.
As I slammed my palm into the horn it was only through a defensive maneuver I didn't know I had in me -- swinging my car around nearly 90 degrees -- that I avoided T-boning (or getting T-boned by) the clueless self-absorbed Johnson County idiot.
Learn to drive or stay over in Kansas with your open-book driving tests. Jeeeez!
When I returned from lunch I also got to spot the following bonus idiocy: some chump in an over-bloated SUV who had parked this morning in a section clearly-signed "Compacts Only" and now, while trying to leave, found themselves completely wedged in and unable to back out.
Comments
JO: abbreviation for "JaggOff"
Posted by: Anonymous | September 14, 2006 03:16 PM
I've been in the very situation you are describing at that very intersection on several occasions. Any more, I've taken the "Fuck It" approach to accident avoidance. Unless it is my fault or there is significant risk of bodily harm to someone, I don't bother dodging. I figure that if I dodge, I'm just as likely to cause or participate in a secondary accident. I've got airbags and crumple zones, so I say to myself, "Fuck it, this will be interesting." and let whatever is going to happen, happen.
Posted by: IAmMonkeyBoy | September 15, 2006 12:57 AM
Whats worse this ###holes think they are right & get pissed at you if you honk at them! Is it a matter of being lazy that people don't use that lever on the left side? Did you know that thing lets other drivers know what action you are about to takes!? I have driven in plenty of other big towns and have come to the conclusion you guys aren't as hot & cool as you think you are! Truth be said YOU'RE JUST STUPID!!! (stop breeding!)
Posted by: Dick Enormous | September 15, 2006 10:38 PM
yeah JoCo yuppies driving....scary scary stuff. You should start handing out these cards
http://www.glarkware.com/securestore/c181844p16370773.2.html
Who else thinks there should be an IQ test involved if you want to go out in public?
Posted by: concertman | September 16, 2006 12:54 AM
I like to slap these on folks' cars.
http://www.iparklikeanidiot.com/
Someone else is out there doing these as well in KC - I was going past 909 Walnut on Saturday when some goof pulled out of the garage there with a sticker stuck on it!
(they're removable--they don't hurt at all)
Posted by: Jeff | September 18, 2006 07:37 AM