RAMPANT IN THE OC!!!
Not-so-model drivers are RAMPANT in the OC!!! How do I know this? We recently came back from a weekend trip to Lake Mojave - 300 miles to the east, 5 hours away… Towing a boat, I am always a bit more leary of fellow drivers. With generally limited visibility and decreased ability to react quickly to sudden hazards, towing a boat can be somewhat treacherous. During the return trip (about 4 1/2 hours of it), we had a great drive - smooth sailing!
From the NV-CA border all the way to the 241 toll road, courteous drivers were the norm. Ahhh - but that was soon to change with a simple merge from the 133 toll road onto the 5. Within 200 yards of actually being on the southbound 5, a wonderful woman in a maroon Honda Pilot sprung in to action in the typical OC way! With the flash of my signal, she instinctively mashed down the accelerator and pulled up along side me (before this “last lap move” she was well enough behind me to easily and safely let me over) - blocking my merge onto the freeway and pinning me into an exit-only lane. I was forced to hit the breaks and merge in behind the Honda Pilot at nearly half the speed I should have - now forcing other drivers to take evasive action as they moved to get to other lanes….
Luckily, the new Cummins Diesel made short work of the merge and the incident was over….Somebody please explain what the heck is the matter with drivers in the OC?!?!?!?
Howie said,
Wrote on April 30, 2007 @ 9:56 am
That same thing happens to me all the time… for some reason here in the OC, my turn signal = car behind me accelerating to block me from changing lanes.
Howie said,
Wrote on May 8, 2007 @ 8:27 am
Was driving to work today and a big truck was in front of me driving about 60mph on the freeway. I had to move over to the right because my exit was coming up, and sure enough, as soon as I put on my turn signals all the cars to my right sped up to not let me in. Bastards!
JC said,
Wrote on May 12, 2007 @ 9:09 am
It looks like you will be building a chronicle of these events. What is it that triggers people to do this? Maybe because turn signals are typically red or orange - elicits anger when other drivers see them flashing…
Maybe turn signals should be blue or green - or some other color that is scientifically proven to give people pause when it is flashing….
I am telling you, though, this is a REAL problem in this area….
Where else have you seen this????