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3 Sep 2024 19:14:35 EDT (-0400)
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From: Phil Cook v2
Date: 27 Sep 2010 12:02:54
Message: <op.vjo77at4mn4jds@phils>
And lo On Mon, 27 Sep 2010 12:58:42 +0100, Le_Forgeron  
<lef### [at] freefr> did spake thusly:

> Le 27/09/2010 13:52, Phil Cook v2 a écrit :
>> The incident I see
>> a lot of is on a two-lane one-way system. The car parks in the left hand
>> lane, gets out into the road and then crosses to get to the Chinese
>> takeaway. It's a one-way street; it's not as if you're going to be
>> facing oncoming traffic or something, yet that's what everyone does.
>>
>
> Special notice: Phil is in a country which drive on the left side.
> And It's "normal" behaviour: the lane on the right is for going quicker
> than the lane on the left. If they parks on the right lane, the universe
> would break as the left line would have to run backward... but it's a
> one way... a big no-no.
>
> Most silly in that situation: the driver which park on the left lane get
> outs of the car in the middle of the road... risking whatever might
> happen. Whereas, had it parked on the right lane, (s)he wouldn't even
> had to be in danger. Nahh, too easy!

Exactly - the even stupider bit is that now they're blocking one of the  
lanes all the traffic is being funneled into the one lane they have to  
cross to get back to their car and open their door into.

-- 
Phil Cook

--
I once tried to be apathetic, but I just couldn't be bothered
http://flipc.blogspot.com


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