Attention DC Drivers!

[bjarvis]

When all traffic lights are out because of a mechanical or electrical failure, the intersection by law is a four-way stop. That means every vehicle stops so everyone gets a turn to get through. Unless you're an emergency response vehicle, you don't get to breeze through on a whim.

Idiots.

Comments

[wescobear.livejournal.com]

I've reached the conclusion that driving licenses must now be given out without any test whatsoever; anyone with a pulse and a checkbook can buy one.

Here in suburban Philadelphia, drivers commonly:

• Fail to follow the "who proceeds first" rules at stop signs
  
• Fail to use turn signals
  
• Fail to heed lane markings and swerve all over the road
  
• Fail to stop before executing a right turn on red
  
• Take right turns from the left lane and vice versa
  
• Park in clearly posted "no parking, tow zone" areas
  
• Park as if there are no stalls indicated in the lot
  
• Etc, etc, etc.

Sorry about the rant, but it's a sore subject to me as a motorcycle rider.

[bjarvis.livejournal.com]

When I become Supreme Dictator of the Universe, everyone will have mandatory drivers tests every 2-5 years. Not just a written test, but a real-world road test. Anything less than a 95% score is a fail. Lives are at stake, people!

[weekilter.livejournal.com]

Besides failing to use turn signals what's almost just as bad is drivers who signal *as* they are making a turn!