07-01-2018, 10:27 AM
I doubt these drivers are trying to kill anyone.
When I pull into the parking garage at my workplace, I have to wait for oncoming traffic to clear before I can make a left turn into the parking structure. The oncoming traffic is typically heavy and I usually have to wait 1-2 minutes before a gap opens. So I sit there, with my left turn signal blinking, waiting for my opportunity.
Invariably, a courteous and well-intentioned oncoming driver will stop, holding up traffic behind them, and wave me through. I just sit there. Even though it's implied that they're giving me the right of way, if I turned left in front of them and they decided to ram me, I believe a judge would find me guilty of not yielding the right of way to oncoming traffic. So I just sit there as traffic stacks up behind them.
When I pull into the parking garage at my workplace, I have to wait for oncoming traffic to clear before I can make a left turn into the parking structure. The oncoming traffic is typically heavy and I usually have to wait 1-2 minutes before a gap opens. So I sit there, with my left turn signal blinking, waiting for my opportunity.
Invariably, a courteous and well-intentioned oncoming driver will stop, holding up traffic behind them, and wave me through. I just sit there. Even though it's implied that they're giving me the right of way, if I turned left in front of them and they decided to ram me, I believe a judge would find me guilty of not yielding the right of way to oncoming traffic. So I just sit there as traffic stacks up behind them.