One of the most terrifying things you will ever do in your life is to be the first person in line in the left turn lane at an intersection where there's no island between you and the lane beside you moving in the opposite direction. This is especially true if the vehicles with the green light are coming toward you from your right side. Every car looks like it's going to take off your front bumper!And it's amazing as these people whiz past you just a foot or so away to watch them:
- Talking on a cell phone
- TEXTING on a cell phone!
- Head turned talking to someone in the back seat
- Eating a cheeseburger
Occasionally you'll see them coming right toward you, cutting the turn a little too sharp. And then you'll see them notice you and their eyes will bug open and they'll jerk to their right to avoid you.
And don't get me started about 18 wheelers coming in that direction. I see them coming and before they even turn I think, "Oh crap! Oh crap! Oh crap!"
But then, you know what? They ususally are the ones who stay furthest away from my bumper. They swing WAAAY out and somehow fit that giant vehicle into the lane beside me without ever really getting close to my car.
I guess that says something about the difference between amateurs and professionals.
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