Re: Ping: JohnMc

On Sunday, January 15, 2017 at 12:16:24=E2=80=AFPM UTC-8, John Mc. wrote:
> On 1/15/2017 12:10 PM, Howard . wrote:=20
> > "John Mc." <[email protected]> wrote :=20
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> >> On 1/14/2017 7:24 PM, Tim Wright wrote:=20
> >>> You'll like this.=20
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> >>> http://imgur.com/gallery/D2IO4=20
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> >> LOL. I'd need a step stool. The driving side of this is intersections=
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> >> with multiple left turn lanes. And drivers don't think about WHY they=
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> >> have a whit Stop line that's back from the others. It so drivers=20
> >> making lefts across in front of them can make the turn without=20
> >> swerving into the path of drivers in the other left turn lane.=20
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> > There are a couple of intersections I drive through where one of the=20
> > oncoming lanes has a set back white line for cars to stop behind when=
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> > the light is red. It's painted further back to let buses have enough=20
> > room to make a right turn. I've seen the drama a few times when cars=20
> > have pulled up too far and a bus has started the turn.=20
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> > The bus drivers don't screw around -- they have the skill to approach=
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> > the front bumper of the car and they will start laying on the horn and=
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> > rocking the bus back and forth until their bumpers are nearly kissing,=
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> > and drivers have always gotten the message that if they don't back up,=
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> > nobody is getting through that intersection, and the bus driver just=20
> > might take off the front of their car.=20
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> > I also go past a school in the morning and the crossing guards are=20
> > pretty fearless about confronting drivers who pull up too far at red=20
> > lights, and the guards can often be seen staring (and yelling and=20
> > whistling) at them until they back up so kids can cross.=20
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> There's a small town I pass through on my way home. I've had glaring=20
> contests with a school bus driver because she stops to let off one group=
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> of children and then leaves her yellow blinkers on and moves forward=20
> about 3/4 bus length for another. Well, if I'm at the front of the=20
> line, so to speak, I pull up to about 6 or 7 feet from her front=20
> bumper. The kids can walk straight across the road and I'm not blocking=
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> them in any way. But if I stop at what she seems to think is the=20
> appropriate distance when she moves forward I'm caught for another round=
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> of children instead of her moving past me to let her charges off. I=20
> honestly think it's a power trip for her.=20
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> John Mc.=20
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> John Mc.

I went to Power Trip it was awesome