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<\/p>\nI pulled up to Flower and Exposition and spotted a parking spot just across the intersection. Then I noticed the blue Honda in the first right turn lane maneuver her vehicle into the second right turn lane. I knew<\/i> she wanted to go straight. There was an outside chance she also wanted to steal my parking spot. Well, we’ll see about that.<\/p>\n
As soon as the light changed I zipped forward and slid into the space. As I Austin Power’d the car into position, I noticed the Honda with its right turn indicator blinking hovering by my spot while blocking the through traffic. The driver was saying something out of her window to me. I got out of the car.<\/p>\n
“You took my spot. I was in the right lane waiting for that spot! You were all the way over there.”<\/p>\n
She pointed vaguely at the middle of the road behind her.<\/p>\n
“I was in the right-most lane that goes straight. You were in the right turn lane. There are two right turn lanes.”<\/p>\n
“I know, I didn’t see that and then I moved into the other lane as soon as I saw the spot.”<\/p>\n
Uh-huh.<\/p>\n
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Blue arrow is me, green arrow is her. Red arrow is the disputed parking space.<\/p>\n
Well, I had somewhere to be. So I wasn’t about to move, and I don’t usually feel sorry for people too stupid to get in the correct lane. In fact, I think those people should be given a lifetime bus pass and stay off my road.<\/p>\n
“What a gentleman. Why don’t you go back to your own country?”<\/p>\n
Ha! Not only stupid, but a racist besides! I hope she gets mugged walking back to her car parked in BFE.<\/p>\n
But let’s get back to the broader point, here. She was in the right-turn lane and instead of dealing with her mistake and turning right, or waiting until it was safe to merge into the through lane, she decided to force a merge into oncoming traffic only to stop just across the way. That’s dangerous. She risked injury and at least one hour of her time just because of her stupidity. Definitely a prime bus pass candidate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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