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

[jss]

In Boston, use of the turn signal is giving aid and comfort to the enemy.

[wescobear.livejournal.com]

I grew up and learned to drive in Brookline, MA - the only law Boston drivers follow is the law of gravity.

[jss]

And sometimes not even then.

[bjarvis.livejournal.com]

Here, it's used as an after-the-fact device: you signal to inform others you have already successfully changed lanes, rather than warn them in advance you plan to try.