[ale] [OT] Cars and licensing... (Was: Re: Well, this does nothing for the reputation of Linux)

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There is an 11x17 paper sign in the console of my truck that says "Why are
you stopping at a flashing yellow light?". When I am bored I stand at those
intersections and wave it at those idiots.

On Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 2:52 PM, Katherine Villyard <villyard at gmail.com>wrote:

> On Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 2:01 PM, Brian MacLeod <nym.bnm at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I also don't care for those folks who've got a flashing yellow and
> > treat it as a stop, because invariably they end up causing cross
> > traffic to proceed (they now think the light is flashing red 4 way
> > stop), and the person traveling opposite in the opposite lane suddenly
> > has to lock up.  Granted they shouldn't have been traveling so fast as
> > to make that a chore, but...
>
> This is actually my pet peeve.  Invariably, when I proceed into the
> intersection without stopping--because you're not supposed to, you're
> supposed to slow down and proceed with caution--people honk in
> outrage.  I don't CARE that lack of knowledge of the traffic laws
> means they've agreed to pretend it's a four way stop.  It's not, and
> I'm not going to conform to their peer pressure and pretend it is.
>
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