Don't forget some of the burden is placed on the officer as well, since he can easily instruct the driver of the offending vehicle to pull forward a little with his PA mic (in theory).tankinbeans wrote:Sometimes there will be the random dimbulb who will pull over right after an intersection and everybody is forced to squeeze around.theholycow wrote:I give anybody who is pulled over, but especially police officers and anybody who is outside the car (changing a tire for example), extra room too...I wouldn't describe that as a wide turn unless they are on the corner though.
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Just be glad we don't have intersections like this:
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Funny thing is they seem to be very skilled at what they are doing. If that happened in the U.S. imagine all the accidents.....InlinePaul wrote:Just be glad we don't have intersections like this:
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There are quite a few on several of the roads running between Salem and Peabody. (Thats Peeb-iddy, to you out-of-towners)theholycow wrote:I've been to watkins' town and never seen flashing green...obviously I've never been to that part of town.
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Indeed. They're good at it, but this is controlled chaos at its finest. A beautiful flow of human synchronization, but still controlled chaos.ClutchDisc wrote:Funny thing is they seem to be very skilled at what they are doing. If that happened in the U.S. imagine all the accidents.....InlinePaul wrote:Just be glad we don't have intersections like this:
Can you imagine the chain reaction collision this would cause in the States? Jeez.
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