Ignoring right of way when you have it is not polite

[Anonymous]

If you pull up at the Stop sign at least four seconds ahead of me and come to a full stop with your blinker on to turn right, it is NOT polite to sit there and wave me on when I arrive at the Stop sign across from you with my signal on to turn left. When you clearly have the right of way in any situation, the safest *and* most polite thing to do is…take it at the safest, earliest possible moment.

This also applies to parking lots, etc. Go with the flow. When you have the right of way, take it and be efficient.

Waving is for when you are graciously allowing someone to merge or do what they need to do when they are in the “wrong of way.”

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[Anonymous]

Yes thank you. And stop waving pedestrians across too, jerks. Just follow the rules and yield when it’s your turn instead of making everyone dance around wondering wtf you are doing.

[Anonymous]

Also when entering parking lots or whatever IF YOU DON'T HAVE A STOP SIGN KEEP GOING. You are backing up the traffic to the main road trying to be "polite" and at the same time the people who actually HAVE to stop are just... sitting.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes thank you. And stop waving pedestrians across too, jerks. Just follow the rules and yield when it’s your turn instead of making everyone dance around wondering wtf you are doing.

Wtf? Pedestrians DO have the right of way!

[Anonymous]

And you must yield to vehicles already in a traffic circle. Some woman almost hit me with her car when she came barreling in to the traffic circle when she should have waited.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes thank you. And stop waving pedestrians across too, jerks. Just follow the rules and yield when it’s your turn instead of making everyone dance around wondering wtf you are doing.

Wtf? Pedestrians DO have the right of way!

I think PP means like if the pedestrians have not yet reached the crosswalk or what have you, and you could easily and safely make your maneuver…and instead you sit extra long because you have anticipated they will maybe be getting to that crosswalk and using it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes thank you. And stop waving pedestrians across too, jerks. Just follow the rules and yield when it’s your turn instead of making everyone dance around wondering wtf you are doing.

Wtf? Pedestrians DO have the right of way!

I think PP means like if the pedestrians have not yet reached the crosswalk or what have you, and you could easily and safely make your maneuver…and instead you sit extra long because you have anticipated they will maybe be getting to that crosswalk and using it.

As a pedestrian, I endorse this! Don’t rush someone going about their day by stopping up traffic and act like it’s polite! Just do your thing and if there’s a pedestrian actually waiting to cross THEN you stop (or have them wait for the light or whatever the actual correct thing to do is). Traffic is safest for all when it’s predictable.

[Anonymous]

Yes! The golden rule in this case is to Be Predictable. Do the anticipated thing at the anticipated time as covered in whatever driver/etc. training or social norms.

Don't make it weird, FFS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes thank you. And stop waving pedestrians across too, jerks. Just follow the rules and yield when it’s your turn instead of making everyone dance around wondering wtf you are doing.

Wtf? Pedestrians DO have the right of way!

I know. When they do not. Cars often stop at weird places and try to wave people on which is very dangerous.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you pull up at the Stop sign at least four seconds ahead of me and come to a full stop with your blinker on to turn right, it is NOT polite to sit there and wave me on when I arrive at the Stop sign across from you with my signal on to turn left. When you clearly have the right of way in any situation, the safest *and* most polite thing to do is…take it at the safest, earliest possible moment.

This also applies to parking lots, etc. Go with the flow. When you have the right of way, take it and be efficient.

Waving is for when you are graciously allowing someone to merge or do what they need to do when they are in the “wrong of way.”

Thank you for coming to my TED Talk.

Marylanders wave a lot. Are you in Maryland? Hey, when in Rome . . .

[Anonymous]

Just don’t beep at me from behind when you think I should move along because I can see in front of me better than you can. I really don’t want to hit the little old lady you can’t see. So lay off the horn and let me make my own judgements.

[Anonymous]

Agreed! Be predictable, and don’t act like you know what is going to happen in the future (anticipating that some pedestrians a half a block from a crosswalk are going to use it when they may continue walking straight, or turn down a side street, etc.)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes thank you. And stop waving pedestrians across too, jerks. Just follow the rules and yield when it’s your turn instead of making everyone dance around wondering wtf you are doing.

Wtf? Pedestrians DO have the right of way!

I think PP means like if the pedestrians have not yet reached the crosswalk or what have you, and you could easily and safely make your maneuver…and instead you sit extra long because you have anticipated they will maybe be getting to that crosswalk and using it.

Sorry but if I see a person going to enter I am not going to rush through. I doubt you are in that much of a rush and if so you should have left earlier.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes thank you. And stop waving pedestrians across too, jerks. Just follow the rules and yield when it’s your turn instead of making everyone dance around wondering wtf you are doing.

Wtf? Pedestrians DO have the right of way!

I think PP means like if the pedestrians have not yet reached the crosswalk or what have you, and you could easily and safely make your maneuver…and instead you sit extra long because you have anticipated they will maybe be getting to that crosswalk and using it.

Sorry but if I see a person going to enter I am not going to rush through. I doubt you are in that much of a rush and if so you should have left earlier.

DP. That's not what PP said. And if it is so important to you to be weirdly performative about your driving courtesies, you should not do it in a way that increases risk of motor vehicle accidents.

[Anonymous]

+1000%, OP. Not only is is not polite today gnome the rules of the road and impose your own ‘rules’, it isn’t safe. You are not being nice, you are making everyone less safe.