Driving

The other anti-stupid thing is about turning left. There you are, turning left at a light, waiting for it to change to green. I do hope you already have a signal on? That's good.

Now, when it goes green, get over that stop line. Then and only then, wait for the lane to clear so you can turn. Why? Because the one person in the picture who really has the very first right of way, aside, of course, from the pedestrians, is the guy who occupies the middle of the intersection. If you end up sitting there through the whole green light, you will be that man. You're in the middle of the box, so you have the right of way, so you will get to turn left before Candlemas.

If you wait behind the stop line and it turns yellow and then red again, you have lost your chance to turn. If you do it that way, you must have noticed that to be true. Again, this is a learning curve.

Do you actually like waiting to turn left for twenty minutes? Well, then, imagine for a moment how the poor people sitting behind you are going to feel. They will think you are too stupid to be let out of sight of the keeper, and rightly so. If you Want to Turn Left, Waiting for the Oncoming Lanes to Clear Is Supposed To Be Done Out Beyond the Stop Line. And I didn't make this up. This one really was in the manual.

And signal, people. Thanks.