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Anonymous wrote:Minivan drivers. They think that everybody owes to them to drive 15 mph under the speed limit and they slow down to nearly a stop before making a right turn.
As a frequent pedestrian I very much appreciate the drivers who slow down before making turns as they are the ones actually looking for pedestrians and yielding.
Slowing down is one thing, practically coming to a stop before turning is another. I yield to pedestrians too if they've already started walking across the intersection before I turn right. Hate the pedestrians who walk out in front of me when I've got the right of way, but that's another story for a different topic.
You're supposed to stop before you turn right, when you're turning right at a stop sign or at a red light. Not slow down. STOP.
-another pedestrian who is grateful for drivers who slow down to nearly a stop before making a right turn
Who mentioned making turns at stop signs or at a red light? Not all right turns are made at stop signs or red lights. Sometimes people are making a right turn into a driveway, gas station or into a shopping area from a busy road and there are no pedestrians in sight but they still nearly come to a stop in the road before turning right. They do this because they don't know how to drive.
No, they do it because they don't want to hit a thing or a person. If you get to your destination 10 seconds later, PP, nothing bad will happen, I promise.
and when they're rear ended, they'll be the ones complaining to the police officer that they were being followed too closely when in fact, it was most likely that they almost came to a stop on a busy road before turning right, causing vehicles behind them to brake sharply that is the cause of the accident.
And again, there are often NO pedestrians in sight and they make these right turns so slowly it's comical unless you're the one stuck behind them.