Video: MFFY Lane Change

> In today's episode, the MFFYCam captures some asshole in a Honda
> Accord who comes flying up on the right and then SLOWS DOWN while he
> drifts over into our lane, nearly sideswiping us.

I like the MFFYCam! It appears that the Honda didn't have a turn
signal. I saw a driver try to turn left from the straight lane while
the traffic was stopped at the traffic signal, instead of going to the
next left turn lane and turning around. It was the first in line and
tried to cut off the drivers who were turning on the arrow signal, but
it couldn't find an Enabler. It then accelerated into the intersection
and turned left from the middle of the intersection after the turn lane
had emptied.

"Alexander Rogge" > wrote in message
...

> I like the MFFYCam! It appears that the Honda didn't have a turn
> signal.

The turn signal is clearly visible to me. The camera vehicle may have sped
up a little shortly before the Honda driver tried to change lanes but it
was th Honda driver's error for not noticing that.

Tim B wrote:
> "Alexander Rogge" > wrote in message
> ...

>> I like the MFFYCam! It appears that the Honda didn't have a turn
>> signal.

> The turn signal is clearly visible to me.

It's difficult to tell in the video. If you look real closely at the
turn signal, you can see it blinking, but it's much less clear than an
amber colored signal would have been (not that that's relevant to the
fact that the lane-changing driver failed to yield).

"Arif Khokar" > wrote in message
...
> Tim B wrote:
>> "Alexander Rogge" > wrote in message
>> ...
>
>>> I like the MFFYCam! It appears that the Honda didn't have a turn
>>> signal.
>
>> The turn signal is clearly visible to me.
>
> It's difficult to tell in the video. If you look real closely at the turn
> signal, you can see it blinking, but it's much less clear than an amber
> colored signal would have been (not that that's relevant to the fact that
> the lane-changing driver failed to yield).

I take it your perfect world would seem to include amber turns signals and
lots of roundabouts. ;-)

brink

brink wrote:

> I take it your perfect world would seem to include amber turns signals and
> lots of roundabouts. ;-)

And properly posted speed limits, traffic that keeps right except to
pass, wide right lanes (at least 15 feet) for surface streets, and
traffic that gives at least 6 feet of space when passing cyclists.

In article >,
Scott en Aztl?n > wrote:

> "Tim B" > said in rec.autos.driving:
>
> >> I like the MFFYCam! It appears that the Honda didn't have a turn
> >> signal.
> >
> >The turn signal is clearly visible to me. The camera vehicle may have sped
> >up a little shortly before the Honda driver tried to change lanes but it
> >was th Honda driver's error for not noticing that.
>
> Actually, we were proceeding steadily; it was the Honda guy who slowed
> down. He did have a signal, but he apparently believed that a turn
> signal gives him the RIGHT to enter an occupied lane. Even after the
> honk, this arrogant prick just kept right on coming.

That is simply a lie.

>
> For public safety purposes, I left his license plate unblurred.

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> He did have a signal, but he apparently believed that a turn
> signal gives him the RIGHT to enter an occupied lane.

It looked like a brake lamp flashing.
I saw a driver of a similar car today block the left lane until it got
into a left-turn lane at a traffic signal. When the signal turned
green, the MFFY cut off a bus and drove across two more lanes of traffic
to turn right, forcing everyone else to swerve or stop.

Arif Khokar > wrote in
:

> Tim B wrote:
>> "Alexander Rogge" > wrote in message
>> ...
>
>>> I like the MFFYCam! It appears that the Honda didn't have a turn
>>> signal.
>
>> The turn signal is clearly visible to me.
>
> It's difficult to tell in the video. If you look real closely at the
> turn signal, you can see it blinking, but it's much less clear than an
> amber colored signal would have been (not that that's relevant to the
> fact that the lane-changing driver failed to yield).
>

Yes,I prefer amber turnsignals;they are much more noticeable than
reds,especialy with the "Altezza" type of tailights so fashionable these
days.They SUCK,and don't look that hot,either.

I do like the new LED-cluster taillights.

I'd like to see some LED CHMSLs that are actually mounted up high at the
roofline like the spec calls for. (used to call for??)
Lately,I see "CHMSLs" that are mounted in the trunklid nearly even with the
regular taillights,where you can't see them thru the windows on a vehicle
ahead of you.

--
Jim Yanik
jyanik
at
kua.net

In article >,
Scott en Aztl?n > wrote:

> Alan Baker > said in rec.autos.driving:
>
> >> Even after the honk, this arrogant prick just kept right on coming.
> >
> >That is simply a lie.
>
> Not sure how you arrived at that conclusion, but OK...

Due to the fact that he *doesn't* just keep on coming. The Accord
clearly stops moving left and then begins to do so again.

Interesting that you couldn't present the simple truth, isn't it?

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In article >,
Scott en Aztl?n > wrote:

> Alan Baker > said in rec.autos.driving:
>
> >> >> Even after the honk, this arrogant prick just kept right on coming.
> >> >
> >> >That is simply a lie.
> >>
> >> Not sure how you arrived at that conclusion, but OK...
> >
> >Due to the fact that he *doesn't* just keep on coming. The Accord
> >clearly stops moving left and then begins to do so again.
>
> He wavered only briefly, just long enough to make sure he had
> intimidated my wife into yielding the right-of-way to him.

Then he didn't just "keep right on coming" did he? One could interpret
his actions as realizing he'd misjudged his space and then once the
situation had stabilized moving into the space that was then available.

>
> >Interesting that you couldn't present the simple truth, isn't it?
>
> The simple truth is obvious to everyone.

That you pretend you can read the minds of everyone around you on the
road?

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'I claimed nothing about GEM other than it was available software for the
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