EPT
On May 18 2012 08:40 seiferoth10 wrote:
I usually take the outside left turn lane because the entry into the next street is easier. If you're in the inside lane, you have to aim your car between the car waiting to turn left in the opposite side of traffic and the person in the outside lane who may or may not have given you adequate room to make your turn (because they're inconsiderate jackasses who clip your lane while making the entry into theirs). That, and when an oblivious moron turns from the inside lane into the outside entry lane, he usually is past me by the end of the turn so that there is no incident.
My biggest rule of thumb when driving: assume everyone is an idiot, including yourself.
Edit: I think a lot of it depends on the size of your car. When I'm in a smaller car, inside lane, when an SUV, outside.
I usually take the outside left turn lane because the entry into the next street is easier. If you're in the inside lane, you have to aim your car between the car waiting to turn left in the opposite side of traffic and the person in the outside lane who may or may not have given you adequate room to make your turn (because they're inconsiderate jackasses who clip your lane while making the entry into theirs). That, and when an oblivious moron turns from the inside lane into the outside entry lane, he usually is past me by the end of the turn so that there is no incident.
My biggest rule of thumb when driving: assume everyone is an idiot, including yourself.
Edit: I think a lot of it depends on the size of your car. When I'm in a smaller car, inside lane, when an SUV, outside.
That's an interesting point, and a case for taking the outside lane. It hasn't been as much of a problem for me as what I described above, though.
This might simply be a regional thing...
