# I gotta get these commuting peeves off my chest

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-gotta-get-these-commuting-peeves-off-my-chest/309461>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [June 22, 2005, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-gotta-get-these-commuting-peeves-off-my-chest/309461 "2005-06-22T23:51:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![Zeriel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/58956e/32.png) [@Zeriel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeriel)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2005, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-gotta-get-these-commuting-peeves-off-my-chest/309461/41 "2005-06-24T15:21:14Z")

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> [@Absolute](#):
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> Is waiting until the light turns green that stinkin’ onerous to you? Unless it’s a right-turn-only lane, they have just as much reason to be there as you.
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> Frankly, I will _always_ take the lane with the shortest line I can find. It decreases the chances of being stuck behind one of the following:
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> 1. A grandmother who plans to do ten below the limit.
> 2. A grandfather who plans to accelerate with all the urgency of a dead turtle.

Clearly, you’ve never encountered my fiance’s grandfather. He’s the 80-yr-old guy with the shit-eating grin doing 95mph in the right hand lane in a white ford station wagon.

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**Author:** ![Siege](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dbc845/32.png) [@Siege](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siege)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2005, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-gotta-get-these-commuting-peeves-off-my-chest/309461/42 "2005-06-24T15:55:59Z")

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I can top that. Back when I drove a Geo metro, I got honked at twice for not making a right turn on red when the person behind me thought I should. I was very familiar with that car’s (lack of) acceleration and new how big a gap I could fit into without slowing the person who was going to be behind me down. The gap the person behind me thought I should have taken wasn’t big enough either time. Needless to say, each time, I waited until the light was quite definitely green before making my turn. After the second time, I also gave up swearing at other drivers for Lent and intentionally provoking swearing.

CJ

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