CountryBoy19
Grandmaster
I started the topic as "I can't believe the stupidity..." but then quickly changed that because I can believe it but it still catches me off guard sometimes...
Just returned home from town... I was stopped at a stoplight and an ambulance with full lights and sirens was approaching from behind. For the locals I was on 37 northbound at John Williams in Bedford. For everybody else brief description of intersection layout: 4-lane divided highway with a 4-lane street that Tees into the highway on the east (no street that goes west from this intersection. I was 2nd car in line in the left northbound lane, there is a right turn-lane but no left turn-lane. Ambulance was northbound in my lane and chose to stay in my lane because everybody was moving right blocking the right turn lane. Light is red, guy in front of me is not moving...even after blowing the horn. There is also a car behind me but after that it's clear for the ambulance. After guy in front doesn't move I think maybe he'll get the point if I squeeze around him up into a shoulder area part-way into the intersection so I do that. He still doesn't get it. Mean-while, the car behind me moved up into the place I was further blocking the lane. Ambulance is only 100 yds away at this point and they are laying on the loud as **** air-horn... those 2 cars still won't move. Light turns green, ambulance is now right behind the 2 cars still laying on the air-horn, they won't move for anything. Just sitting there blocking the intersection... there is no possible way they couldn't hear it, there was plenty of space to move forward and either to the right or to the left to clear the way, no cross-traffic was coming off the side-street anymore... yet these 2 buffoons just sat there...
I just had to shake my head at the stupidity...
Just returned home from town... I was stopped at a stoplight and an ambulance with full lights and sirens was approaching from behind. For the locals I was on 37 northbound at John Williams in Bedford. For everybody else brief description of intersection layout: 4-lane divided highway with a 4-lane street that Tees into the highway on the east (no street that goes west from this intersection. I was 2nd car in line in the left northbound lane, there is a right turn-lane but no left turn-lane. Ambulance was northbound in my lane and chose to stay in my lane because everybody was moving right blocking the right turn lane. Light is red, guy in front of me is not moving...even after blowing the horn. There is also a car behind me but after that it's clear for the ambulance. After guy in front doesn't move I think maybe he'll get the point if I squeeze around him up into a shoulder area part-way into the intersection so I do that. He still doesn't get it. Mean-while, the car behind me moved up into the place I was further blocking the lane. Ambulance is only 100 yds away at this point and they are laying on the loud as **** air-horn... those 2 cars still won't move. Light turns green, ambulance is now right behind the 2 cars still laying on the air-horn, they won't move for anything. Just sitting there blocking the intersection... there is no possible way they couldn't hear it, there was plenty of space to move forward and either to the right or to the left to clear the way, no cross-traffic was coming off the side-street anymore... yet these 2 buffoons just sat there...
I just had to shake my head at the stupidity...