Ever deliberately stopped in the middle of the street to make a turn?

Dunno how I screwed that up.....

 

According to the geniuses in the Safety Critter Den it takes 8 to 12 seconds to make a left hand turn.

 

First off, I thanked Buds post BEFORE you pointed out the error.

That said it would not have mattered if he said 300 feet or 300 yards. Pulling out with the intention of blocking traffic is dangerous and incompetent. The further back traffic is when a person starts thus "maneuver ", the more incompetent they become in my eyes.

When making a left turn across traffic, ideally one starts moving BEFORE the gap so the truck can get to the speed/gear you want to turn in as the gap occurs and the truck can more easily fit into the gap. If the truck waits until the gap is there, the gap will be gone by the time they start moving. By pulling into the intersection and stopping, the driver makes the turn take longer which requires a larger gap. The driver has created a self fulfilling prophecy in which he will ultimately lose.

 

I can't even....

That's an understatement.

Having a silly thought is not a reason to start a thread, at least not in this particular forum. Maybe in the Joke section. Maybe.

When you post a thread here, you are inviting the entire world to join TTR and comment on it. No personal invitation needed.

That is correct. Somehow you have been here since before I joined nine years ago and I never fell into the spider web.

@Kyle G. is right. It is a spider web.

 

I roll at 55 in the left lane in my automatic Volvo. Flipping the bird Eminem style.

 

Dang! I gotta remember that when I’m playing along with @TB John and @Lonesome. TG…CT

 

Wait, you weren't the truck driver in one of the accidents where a Tesla on autopilot went under a semi tailer, were you?

Tesla owner is decapitated using the auto drive feature in Florida

 

All jokes aside, this was a well crafted response that pretty well sums up the expedite_it phenomenon. None of these silly threads seem to be based on actual events. There is just no way a million mile driver with an allegedly high IQ would be confused about tail swing or how to close his doors.

No, the guy just likes to stir the pot. And he's good at it, I'll give him that. He definitely keeps the forum engaged and makes for some fun back and forth for those of us that understand what he's up to.

It bugs me though when well intentioned people go out of their way to type up thoughtful and informative posts to answer his questions, only to have him spin it around and turn it into a circus, which happens every single time. Then people get mad and moderators have to get involved, and people get ignored/banned/etc. over a bunch of nonsense. There are lots of long time members on this forum who are experts at their trade, and it's amazing how helpful they all are. Seems unfair for them to be trolled like that.

I know, I could just hit the ignore button, but someone else will just take my place in the spider web, and the cycle will continue.