So given that I live in a big city I have a selection of routes to get to work.
All are under construction.
Yet I have determined that as most of my shifts are outside of rush hour traffic.. it doesn't matter which way I go. No place to be, no one to see.. my commute is an escape. It isn't dull or frustrating.
So I have this one North/South blvd, St-Charles, which passes through Kirkland that was under construction a few months ago.. and it didn't take long to have the northbound side repaved.
They are doing the south bound side.
It is taking much longer.. and oddly enough I'm getting stuck with shifts that have me leaving the office at rush hour.
But whatever, I'm cool. And nowhere close to St-Charles yet. I vaguely even care that there will be rush hour construction traffic ahead.
So.. I'm driving along and it STILL boggles my mind how people can get speeding tickets at rush hour when it isn't possible to get above a crawl.
There are small gaps of course, but these are in the middle and right lanes and are only open ahead of big exits.. where else will the cops hang out? I mean logically.
I mean if you're in a rush.. I get it. You deserve to be stopped.
What I don't get is the bullshit minimum. How is it that people can't rush.. they aren't going to get anywhere anyway, but the true asshats can remain at a 40-50 KM/h crawl with the same huge gaps ahead of them?
IF you're alone in your vehicle, and it is in reasonably good condition, your ass needs to get a ticket for crawling along at rush hour. They are inarguably the reason people are rushing out of crawling traffic. People are rightfully upset at being held back by these turtles.
So.. whatever. I'm cool. I'm not going to get speeding tickets at rush hour.
But honestly I lost my shit on St-Charles.
Why?
Pretty much the same issue.. people holding up traffic.
As there are 3 lanes north and 3 south, but the south ones are about to be repaved.. the left and middle lanes are coned off.
The right lane south is a bus lane and a turning lane. Logically you'd avoid that one.
I avoid it because I don't want to shit up my new shitty tires.
So I'm on the one coned off northbound left lane that was given over to southbound traffic.
I mean.. shiny new road? I don't care how bad traffic is.. I'm happy to be on GOOD road in this province no matter what.
But.. logically I mean.. there's a problem to giving the left northbound lane to southbound traffic. Logically the left lane south is meant as a turning lane too.
Most of the cars that turn have that little extra lane to themselves and their own light because they are turning again 3 northbound lanes.
Logically if that dedicated southbound left lane is gone.. but the lights are still there.. and this town if full of morons.. there was bound to be one.
As we hit the intersections.. that extra set of lights for the southbound left turning lane is red. But the 3 sounthbound lanes, down to 2.. the lights are still green.
Green means go.
But not to morons.
To a moron.. if the light above their lane.. which they are too stupid to realize they shouldn't be driving on in the first place but for the construction going on.. is red.. red means stop.
At rush hour.
When there's hundreds of cars that normally would have 3 free flowing lanes to use.. have to cope with massive traffic due to this failure to grok how traffic lights work.
But I mean the first time, all I can manage is a polite honk. This I was preparing for because the car ahead of me wasn't moving with what seemed like the assuredness of someone who had the intention of crossing a busy rush hour intersection. The 50/50 issue being maybe this person is trying to be cautious because it isn't clear the cars ahead will keep moving and so wants to stop to keep the intersection clear if the next light changes and everyone has to stop. The 50/50 fails though when it is clear there's enough room and traffic should be moving fluidly, but for this ace ahead to ensure the intersections will both be clear.
So I honk to help ace decide to move through.
Had to be done. There was no indicator of a left or right turn.. just brake lights and the red lights for the left turn that we can safely ignore because no one is turning left.
So again.. what I am supposed to do but go postal when this fuckup does it again?! on the very next light.
I mean.. precious Jesus.. but for the locks on doors and rush hour traffic how I wish I didn't feel a boiling rage to the point of wanting to share words with this person.
On the third light.. Ace has probably learned I hoped.. to just roll through.. but turns left. Good Bye. At which point construction and traffic ends.
And of course.. once the road is repaved this foolishness will evaporate so it is ultimately silly to get annoyed at all. Like the many signs on the stretch of road caution.. us drivers need to be cautious and patient.
I refuse. Just honk.