Directionals - What the hell is so hard about using directionals (blinkers) for some people when they are driving? Why does it seem like some people simply will not use them? I seem to recall during driving school (years and years ago) that this was a required action. Has this changed in Massachusetts during the past 25(ish) years? I am not asking people to use the hand signals, just the standard right on the dash controlled blinkers.
On a related note, all vehicles should be designed that when the blinker is left "blinking" for an inordinate amount of time without actually changing direction, the vehicle sends an electric shock of massive proportions to the driver through the steering wheel.
Stop Signs - All of the stop signs that I have seen have the word STOP in the middle of them. Stop, as I recall it from first grade vocabulary means to "cease movement", not "slow down a little and then move faster. Look, I am not being a prude, I believe there are way too many stop signs to begin with, but come on people.
Similar situation with traffic signals. One question - does "left turn on red" really exist? Anyone? Anyone?
Double Parkers - Although double parking is a necessary evil in the city, it is so abused in so many places (especially in Boston) that it must be done away with. I propose that vehicles are built with extra body armor and forward mounted rocket launchers. This way, you fire your rockets at the double parkers causing their vehicle to be obliterated in a massive fireball. Then, the body armor allows you to drive through the fiery wreckage ala "The Terminator". This is a practical approach to the eventual elimination of double parking.
Jay-walkers - In Massachusetts, we have this irritating, but sensible law that says you must "stop for pedestrians in cross-walks". It specifically says "cross-walks". Therefore, jay-walkers proceed at their own risk. Personally, anyone who meanders across the street in a non-cross walk area is a jerk and should be fined. Fines are doubled if they are actually encouraging their children to do the same.
Letting people "Go" - OK, so we are all stuck sometimes in these horrible traffic jam machines like the approach to the Sumner Tunnel from Logan Airport, where ten lanes of traffic merge into two. You know, you have to let some people get in front of you sometimes, it just has to happen. The people who stubbornly refuse to let people go, are pure asses. Period. Personally, it seems you should let someone go, then someone lets you go, etc. This just makes sense.
I'm just saying....
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