Re: I'm Not the Only One Complaining About MFFY Behavior



Brent P wrote:
Old Wolf wrote:

An advantage of leaving a gap is that you can start moving as
soon as the light goes green. The sloth in front usually takes
a couple of seconds to actually notice the change, put his car
in gear, etc. , and your "buffer zone" has absorbed the
congestion that this sloth would have caused if you had
been right up his arse.

If you ignore that line of people who didn't make it into a turn lane
because of it.

I wouldn't do this in situations where there is a turn-lane that would
be affected, of course.

.



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