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[–] Crikeste@lemm.ee 4 points 3 months ago (2 children)

We might be talking about something different, or maybe I’m just having difficulty understanding. You at least have a good reason for doing what you did. What I was mentioning is when people turn to the opposite direction of their actual turn, because they think they need more room to clear the sidewalk corner. The solution to this is to simply pull FORWARD a little more before your turn. It’s NEVER a good idea to move unpredictably on the road, and that action is a prime example.

[–] proudblond@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

My dad doesn’t swing to the left when turning right, but he does take the turn as wide as he can so he doesn’t have to slow down as much, for instance. Being a passenger in his car is nauseating.

[–] Fuckfuckmyfuckingass@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

Lol, brakes are for cowards.

[–] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

Also, I frequently watch morons turning right move as far right into the shoulder as they can hundreds and hundreds of feet before their turn, so then they have to either come to a near dead stop or swing back out into the travel lane (or both) before they complete their turn so they don't hit the corner of the curb.

Just... don't do that?

As you have correctly observed, the correct way to clear the corner is not to turn too early. But it is also to not deliberately start out as close to the obstacle you're trying to avoid (the corner) as possible. You'd think that would be obvious, and yet.

These are the same dillweeds I see pathologically swinging into the furthest away lane every single time they make a turn from a single lane onto a multi lane road, as if they're afraid turning the steering wheel past 15 degrees will cause them to spill their beers, or something.