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thearrow · 04-27-2008, 11:38 PM

A classic case the other night on my way home in peak hour traffic (please bear in mind for you yanks we drive on the left hand side of the road in RHD cars) I am the third car in the queue at traffic lights to turn right on a 4 lane road where the two right hand lanes turn right and the two inside lanes go straight ahead. What happens at this intersection is that when the lights turn green the two inside lanes go but the right turn lanes have a red arrow for about two minutes. So what happens is the inside lanes empty out but the right turn lanes back up for about 50 metres and when you turn right there is a concrete crash barrier on the left so there is only room for two cars to turn right at any time.

So there I am doing the right thing waiting for the arrow to turn green when down the inside this guy comes slowly ( I saw him coming in the side mirror), trying to time it so that he can jump the arrow.

But he mis-times it and the two cars in front of me are into the corner before he gets there so that leaves him in no-mans land trying to "cut in" on me. I am like "WTF" and "NO WAY JOSE" and dont let him in.

Then of course he's down with his window on his horn, giving me the finger.

Again I am WTF he pulls up next to me down the road so I am down with my window and tell him EXACTLY what I think of him.

As he starts to answer back I am up with the window (electric windows are great eh!!) and OFF in the traffic.

You know I just don't get it.

Some people just think that A/ They are far to important to be delayed for five minutes B/ They are exempt from the road rules and C/ Have no manners whatsoever.

Well to all those people all I can say is **** OFF and try it somewhere else.

04-27-2008, 11:38 PM	#20 (permalink)
thearrow NECO Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: SYDNEY AUSTRALIA Posts: 116	Re: "CUTTING IN" is it an Aussie thing ???? A classic case the other night on my way home in peak hour traffic (please bear in mind for you yanks we drive on the left hand side of the road in RHD cars) I am the third car in the queue at traffic lights to turn right on a 4 lane road where the two right hand lanes turn right and the two inside lanes go straight ahead. What happens at this intersection is that when the lights turn green the two inside lanes go but the right turn lanes have a red arrow for about two minutes. So what happens is the inside lanes empty out but the right turn lanes back up for about 50 metres and when you turn right there is a concrete crash barrier on the left so there is only room for two cars to turn right at any time. So there I am doing the right thing waiting for the arrow to turn green when down the inside this guy comes slowly ( I saw him coming in the side mirror), trying to time it so that he can jump the arrow. But he mis-times it and the two cars in front of me are into the corner before he gets there so that leaves him in no-mans land trying to "cut in" on me. I am like "WTF" and *"NO WAY JOSE"* and dont let him in. Then of course he's down with his window on his horn, giving me the finger. Again I am WTF he pulls up next to me down the road so I am down with my window and tell him *EXACTLY* what I think of him. As he starts to answer back I am up with the window (electric windows are great eh!!) and OFF in the traffic. You know I just don't get it. Some people just think that A/ They are far to important to be delayed for five minutes B/ They are exempt from the road rules and C/ Have no manners whatsoever. Well to all those people all I can say is **** OFF and try it somewhere else.