Am I getting this correctly?
Are you lot saying that if you indicate that you want to do something on
the road, pull over, turn right or left, move into another lane, someone
will stop you doing it?
why?
Best Cheers
Frank
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----- Original Message -----
From: Jeff Bieler <mrbieler@earthlink.net>
To: <lro@Works.Team.Net>
Sent: Friday, April 13, 2001 10:00 PM
Subject: Re: LRO: People's Republic....
> Now that I am in Los Angeles, I have learned the most effective way to
change
> lanes is a "head fake". If you look in a direction, others will assume
that is
> where you are going and will speed up or slow down to prevent your lane
change.
> Instead, look longingly to one side twice to fool other drivers and
quickly look
> where you WANT to go and turn the wheel. I have also learned just to
close my
> eyes and go for it.
>
> But no matter where I go or what I see, I will always reflect back to the
time I
> saw a women in the #2 lane of the 805 Freeway in San Diego driving North
just
> past Mission Valley in a Brown 1978 Cutless Supreme driving at 65MPH
riding on
> the right front rotor. No tire. No wheel. Just the rotor. Sparks
flying back
> 25~30 feet. Not a cop in site. Light traffic. And she didn't look like
she had
> a care in the world. Just tooling along doing the speed limit. I think
of that
> and all the other idiotic things I see seem to pale just a little.
>
> I love California. It's like watching Cops 24 hours a day. Instant ego
boost.
> When even I feel low or blue or think I just colossally screwed up, I look
around
> me and I realize my life isn't nearly that f**ked after all. I just
think, "Hey,
> at least I'm not on Cops!"
>
> Jeff
>
> Mark Pilkington wrote:
>
> > Do not get me started on the lack of use of the turn signal here in
> > California. In England, we use turn signals on dark country single lane
roads
> > when you are the only car for miles. It is natural and instinctive and
taught
> > in the driving test, (which involves more than backing between two
cones)
> > NO-ONE uses them here. There was a news program on it and motorists
were
> > stopped and asked why they did not use them. The answer was that "if
you use
> > them, you are telling the other motorists what you are going to do, and
so
> > they can cut you off"!!!!!! If you do not use it and just barge out
into the
> > traffic, the theory is that everyone just gets out of the way. That
however
> > assumes that the people you are barging in front of have brains!!
What I
> > have learned to do, which is a necessary mix of both Britain and here
and is
> > needed for survival is indicate, and then barge out anyway.
> > Does anyone want to hear my opinions about "Rolling roadblocks" as
well!?
> > Mark Pilkington
> >
> > "A. P. \"Sandy\" Grice" wrote:
> >
> > > Alan Richer/CAM/Lotus" <Alan_Richer@Lotus.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > >Don't blame US for California.....we're on the other end of the
landmass
> > > >for a very good reason!
> > >
> > > Just returned from the People's Republic of Kalifornia. Had to drive
from
> > > SFO to Modesto and back for a funeral. Apparently, the rental car was
one
> > > of only three or four vehicles in the entire state fitted with a bit
of
> > > optional equipment:
> > >
> > > a turn signal
> > >
> > > I immediately identified myself to all as an out-of-state driver by
> > > actually *using* it...
> > >
> > > Cheers
> > >
> > > *----jeep may be famous, LAND-ROVER is Legendary----*
> > > | |
> > > | A. P. ("Sandy") Grice |
> > > | Rover Owners' Association of Virginia, Ltd. |
> > > | 1633 Melrose Pkwy., Norfolk, VA 23508-1730 |
> > > |(O)757-622-7054, (H)757-423-4898, FAX 757-622-7056 |
> > > | www.roav.org |
> > > | (original owner) (pre-production) |
> > > *----1972 Series III------1996 Discovery SE-7(m)----*
>
>
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