@sidsmom wrote:
@Mominohio wrote:
When following someone with out of state plates, be extra cautious as well as courteous.
Oftentimes, they will be unfamiliar with the area, may slow down a lot to look at road signs, and may make quick turns with little or no signals as they don't really know where they are or where they are going.
We have an attraction in the area that draws a lot of out of state people in the summer and there are a few intersections where people not from here, may run the stop sign thinking they have the right of way (it's an odd set up), and I always try to give them a break when they cut me off at that intersection, as I understand it is confusing.
Quick turns with little/no signals?
Run a stop sign?
Those aren’t confused out-of-state drivers,
they are BAD-shouldn’t-be-driving out-of-state drivers.
Classic case of Distracted Driving which has nothing
to do with texting or on your cellphone.
Last I heard, the worldwide sign for “STOP” is a 6-sided red sign.
@sidsmom wrote:
@Mominohio wrote:
When following someone with out of state plates, be extra cautious as well as courteous.
Oftentimes, they will be unfamiliar with the area, may slow down a lot to look at road signs, and may make quick turns with little or no signals as they don't really know where they are or where they are going.
We have an attraction in the area that draws a lot of out of state people in the summer and there are a few intersections where people not from here, may run the stop sign thinking they have the right of way (it's an odd set up), and I always try to give them a break when they cut me off at that intersection, as I understand it is confusing.
Quick turns with little/no signals?
Run a stop sign?
Those aren’t confused out-of-state drivers,
they are BAD-shouldn’t-be-driving out-of-state drivers.
Classic case of Distracted Driving which has nothing
to do with texting or on your cellphone.
Last I heard, the worldwide sign for “STOP” is a 6-sided red sign.
Give me a break.
So you never were in a strange place, looking for a street or an address, and had to brake more often, slow down to see the small road signs or the numbers on a building, and make a quick turn? That must be what perfect (or delusional) looks like.
And yes, there are often intersections that have several streets coming together at odd angles, and one or more of them has no stop sign, where people would expect all incoming roads to do so.
At one particular intersection (three way) here, the road kind of curves and out of area people at the one and only stop sign don't know that the other two roads don't have to stop. It looks like the kind of place that would have all incoming roads stop. Many people unfamiliar with the area stop, then proceed through the intersection believing it to be similar to a four way stop, unaware that even those turning left in front of them have the right of way, because they have no stop sign.
Every town in our state has some odd intersections with confusing layouts of the way roads come together, often combined with a big hill or winding curve, or blind spots. Where they converge, often not everyone is required to stop. If you aren't familiar with the intersection, you can easily miscalculate what the other driver will do, or what you think is expected.
I think when one can't cut some slack to people who obviously seem unfamiliar with an area (especially when the roads and intersections are non traditional), and understand they may need some extra time and space to navigate the unfamiliar, that is the person that may need to be off the road, or at the very least have an attitude adjustment.
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