Have you ever patiently waited for the oncoming lanes of traffic to clear out in order to turn, but a car from the parking lot off the street swoops in front of you? Yes? Well, I have, and it agitates the bejesus out of me. My illustration shows the set-up, minus a couple dozen cars and several more lanes.
It seems to happen quite often as I’m leaving the sushii place or arriving at the bookstore. I’ll be stitting in the turning lane, and a car at the stop sign in a parking lot off the street decides to plant itself in front of me. I now have to wait for the car that did NOT have the right of way to cross oncoming traffic, wait for the other lanes of traffic to clear so the car can turn, and then go only after all six lanes are free when I only needed the left three clear in the first place. Whew. Now, wouldn’t it be interesting if the law only made me wait for the initial three lanes to clear before turning? Wait, it does. It’s called, “RIGHT OF WAY!” Look into it.
