Morning commute frustrations (Houston, Pearland, Rankin: home, gated, camping)

[westhou]

I hate when someone is coming out of a parking lot and into a congested road and instead of just turning into the lane that someone opens for them, they instead block that lane and try to cut across 4 lanes which are also congested and not letting that person cut across thus blocking that one lane through multiple light changes. It's like punishing the person that was kind enough to let them in. I understand that they really want to get into that far lane but it's not worth the inconvenience of everyone else. They should just go ahead in the lane that was opened for them and try to smoothly make their way over. Even if that means them having to go a little further down and U turn.

Glad I got that off my chest.

[Dopo]

Originally Posted by marksmu

If the cops just wait to start writing tickets until after rush hour has ended on the major freeways it would sure help the entire city out...but its all about the money. We can't ask public officials to use common sense!

Who's the genius that thinks that pulling people over during rush hour "makes things better"

BTW, has anybody EVER seen a car pulled over for speeding on Sunday morning?
Because I haven't even seen a police car on Sunday morning

[DejaBlue]

quote=westhou;27908375]I hate when someone is coming out of a parking lot and into a congested road and instead of just turning into the lane that someone opens for them, they instead block that lane and try to cut across 4 lanes which are also congested and not letting that person cut across thus blocking that one lane through multiple light changes. It's like punishing the person that was kind enough to let them in. I understand that they really want to get into that far lane but it's not worth the inconvenience of everyone else. They should just go ahead in the lane that was opened for them and try to smoothly make their way over. Even if that means them having to go a little further down and U turn.

Glad I got that off my chest.[/quote]

Thank YOU! I've taken so many routes to work but this is such an issue on the Beltway feeder around Little York. There's this depo with a ****e ton of Fed Ex trucks. I've seen COUNTLESS FedEx trucks and other 18 wheelers doing this. Of course, whatever business or what not is over there there's this sign that actually says "experience not required" so nuff said on why the worse freaking FedEx drivers are over there.


This is why I let no one out of parking lots if I can help it. I always get the ****e drivers. I'm nice and do the right thing and don't block and they pull out, go slow then speed up through the yellow yet I miss it and the people behind me when like all 6 of us could have made it. Nope.


Peeve of my Life...

I'm sick sick sick and tired of idiots pulling out onto oncoming traffic at a near stop. B!otch in black Lexus Monday....you know who you are...yeah I was behind that Elantra that had to practically eat the ground to stop because you felt the need to pull out.

I swear someone is going to get shot doing that one of these days and I'm getting so ticked off hand gestures aren't cutting it anymore. If you're going to pull out you HAVE to move. It's so dangerous. Probably the worst thing I see on the road. People WILL speed through that yellow. It's NOT worth it to pull out unless you're gunning it into the left lane or hauling ass pulling into the right. Either pull out waaaay before that car gets to you or keep your ass in that parking lot, side street and wait! We have the right of way dammit! Stop it! It's not worth it!



Jesus Christ! I don't want to hit you! You can't want me to hit you so WHY do you do this.

[fnh]

My peeve is meek drivers in the HOV lanes, the ones going waaay below the speed limit (it's 65!) as if they are scared of the walls. There is no getting around these morons.

[desertsun41]

When the light turns red, most people take half a minute or more before they even let their foot off the gas. After just 3 cars slowly go, the light turns yellow, then everyone floors it to get through.

Mistimed and un-synchronized lights.

Why is it that whenever you see someone driving over the artificially low speed limit we call them maniacs, yet when they are going slower then us they are idiots.

[westhou]

Originally Posted by desertsun41

When the light turns red, most people take half a minute or more before they even let their foot off the gas. After just 3 cars slowly go, the light turns yellow, then everyone floors it to get through.

Mistimed and un-synchronized lights.

Why is it that whenever you see someone driving over the artificially low speed limit we call them maniacs, yet when they are going slower then us they are idiots.

Even worse is when people make U turns at a turn light which takes extra long thus preventing more people from making the light. I live at an intersection where several people do this and if everyone would just make the turn correctly at least 10 cars can make the light but when people make U turns only 4 or 5 cars make it through the light.

[DejaBlue]

Originally Posted by desertsun41

When the light turns red, most people take half a minute or more before they even let their foot off the gas. After just 3 cars slowly go, the light turns yellow, then everyone floors it to get through.

Mistimed and un-synchronized lights.

Why is it that whenever you see someone driving over the artificially low speed limit we call them maniacs, yet when they are going slower then us they are idiots.

I know right! I've missed my ramps to the Beltway a few times because it's just so backed up, people going super freaking slow and 18 wheelers so I keep going for another and then another. I've learned now to cut anyone I have to to get on BEFORE West Rd.

I swear that's the worst. If you're on the feeder going south that light holds for about 30 seconds while the actual West Rd lights are at least 2 minutes. It dead ends on Gessner and that's where most people are headed. Who the hell timed that? There's like 200 cars on the feeder, 50 on West Rd and they get I swear 5 minutes.

That light takes you about 15 minutes it's so bad. Everyone takes a full 45 seconds to realize it's green and there's CINTAS trucks always getting off the Beltway for that light so it's hell.

I've tested it and went through the Kroger parking lot and actually got on West Rd and still beat wherever I was on the feeder. That's a damn shame.

[Oildog]

Add the heavy fog to this in the morning and its scary.

[westhou]

Originally Posted by DejaBlue

I know right! I've missed my ramps to the Beltway a few times because it's just so backed up, people going super freaking slow and 18 wheelers so I keep going for another and then another. I've learned now to cut anyone I have to to get on BEFORE West Rd.

I swear that's the worst. If you're on the feeder going south that light holds for about 30 seconds while the actual West Rd lights are at least 2 minutes. It dead ends on Gessner and that's where most people are headed. Who the hell timed that? There's like 200 cars on the feeder, 50 on West Rd and they get I swear 5 minutes.

That light takes you about 15 minutes it's so bad. Everyone takes a full 45 seconds to realize it's green and there's CINTAS trucks always getting off the Beltway for that light so it's hell.

I've tested it and went through the Kroger parking lot and actually got on West Rd and still beat wherever I was on the feeder. That's a damn shame.

Beltway feeder road drives me nuts. I swear they time the lights that way so people don't ride the feeder instead of getting on the highway and paying the toll. It worked because I got so frustrated that I just got on the highway and paid.

[DejaBlue]

Originally Posted by westhou

Beltway feeder road drives me nuts. I swear they time the lights that way so people don't ride the feeder instead of getting on the highway and paying the toll. It worked because I got so frustrated that I just got on the highway and paid.

They probably do! No joke