http://www.charlestoncitypaper.com/lovehate/archives/2011/12/15/blindside-blocker-is-a-rude-dude Comments On: Blindside blocker is a rude dude by Anonymous en-us Copyright 2013 Charleston City Paper. All rights reserved. This RSS file is offered to individuals, Charleston City Paper readers, and non-commercial organizations only. Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact Charleston City Paper. webmaster@charlestoncitypaper.com (Charleston City Paper Webmaster) Thu, 23 May 2013 00:00:01 -0400 Thu, 23 May 2013 01:45:00 -0400 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Posted by mat catastrophe]]> Tue, 17 Jan 2012 12:59:17 -0500 Charleston City Paper Posted by Fish Pimp]]> Sun, 15 Jan 2012 14:57:49 -0500 Charleston City Paper
When I come up to almost any non-traffic light intersection around here and am trying to turn right, I am invariably joined by someone who pulls up *past me* into the left turn lane, despite the fact that most left turn lane lines are painted *behind* the straight/right lane line.

The reason for this is to give traffic in the perpendicular lane enough room to make their left turns, but there's another more subtle reason....

If I'm trying to turn right and you're trying to turn left, you absolutely have to at least wait until I am clear to turn because you definitely aren't making a left turn if my right turn isn't clear (think about it, you're crossing a lane to get where you're going and I'm not). So, if you pull up past me all you are doing is *preventing another driver from seeing the only lane that matters to them*.
Posted by mat catastrophe]]> Sun, 15 Jan 2012 12:33:38 -0500 Charleston City Paper Posted by Pogo]]> Thu, 12 Jan 2012 08:56:08 -0500 Charleston City Paper