Police: Texting in movie theater sparks fatal shooting, retired officer arrested

[mota bhai 2,675]

There you go again with your legalistic arguments. Natural law supersedes human law and in natural law, you do what feels right. You follow your gut. You dish out punishment based on your beliefs, which hopefully derive from Scripture.

[GandD 5,966]

There you go again with your legalistic arguments. Natural law supersedes human law and in natural law, you do what feels right. You follow your gut. You dish out punishment based on your beliefs, which hopefully derive from Scripture.

Hopefully....

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

People who see a sign that says right lane closed in 2 miles, then ride it to the very end and try to cut in at the last second causing everyone else to stop.

Shoot on sight

In places where traffic is dense and throughput needs to be maximized, merging at the place where the road narrows is precisely what the law requires. If everyone plays by that rule, everyone would get to their destination faster. Nobody needs to stop when cars zipper-merge at the point the road narrows. It works well.

[GandD 5,966]

In places where traffic is dense and throughput needs to be maximized, merging at the place where the road narrows is precisely what the law requires. If everyone plays by that rule, everyone would get to their destination faster. Nobody needs to stop when cars zipper-merge at the point the road narrows. It works well.

But many times they cut through the huge line and someone lets them in. At that point your life and timeline is affected .000001%.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

But many times they cut through the huge line and someone lets them in. At that point your life and timeline is affected .000001%.

I don't sweat this kind of stuff. I do what I learned to work well - stay in my lane until it ends. At that point, I merge.

[The Nature Boy 4,224]

In places where traffic is dense and throughput needs to be maximized, merging at the place where the road narrows is precisely what the law requires. If everyone plays by that rule, everyone would get to their destination faster. Nobody needs to stop when cars zipper-merge at the point the road narrows. It works well.

so if people have two miles to merge into a gap, they should wait until the lane ends and try to force their way into a gap that is not there, causing the fluid line to stop.

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[chaine1 116]

so if people have two miles to merge into a gap, they should wait until the lane ends and try to force their way into a gap that is not there, causing the fluid line to stop.

The zipper merge was new to me when I moved to Minnesota. May seem counterintuitive, but yes, it is often employed. Read here if you want to learn more.

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[GandD 5,966]

so if people have two miles to merge into a gap, they should wait until the lane ends and try to force their way into a gap that is not there, causing the fluid line to stop.

The question at hand, sir, is should said person be shot and killed for such an infringement?

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[B_J 2,752]

What if they are texting while waiting until the lane ends to merge?

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

so if people have two miles to merge into a gap, they should wait until the lane ends and try to force their way into a gap that is not there, causing the fluid line to stop.

Take a trip to Germany and see this at work. Works a hell of a lot better than you see on US highways. This may blow your mind but zipper-merging involves no stopping - not on the merging lane and not on the lane that traffic merges into. It's efficient and increases throughput.

The zipper merge was new to me when I moved to Minnesota. May seem counterintuitive, but yes, it is often employed. Read here if you want to learn more.

Bingo! Simple concept. Proven to work.

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[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

Californian's have a different concept, no doubt due to the high percentage of Asian drivers: It doesn't matter how big you are, right of way and yield signs are meaningless, as is waiting your turn. He who gets to the spot first owns it. If there is any daylight, you can squeeze in as long as you don't make eye contact.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

Californian's have a different concept, no doubt due to the high percentage of Asian drivers: It doesn't matter how big you are, right of way and yield signs are meaningless, as is waiting your turn. He who gets to the spot first owns it. If there is any daylight, you can squeeze in as long as you don't make eye contact.

Add honking your horn to claim your right to pass and it sounds an aweful lot like how traffic works in Addis Ababa.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

Add honking your horn to claim your right to pass and it sounds an aweful lot like how traffic works in Addis Ababa.

Manila is organized chaos. The number of lanes of traffic travelling in any direction depends how heavy the traffic is going in that direction. Numerous intersections with more than three or more roads crossing are common. Any sort of traffic sign or line painted on the pavement is merely a suggestion. However, drivers have developed a system of headlight flashing and double taps on the horn, to warn other drivers of their intents. It seems to work, but if you are in the back seat of a taxi, it is best not to even try to make sense of it.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

Manila is organized chaos. The number of lanes of traffic travelling in any direction depends how heavy the traffic is going in that direction. Numerous intersections with more than three or more roads crossing are common. Any sort of traffic sign or line painted on the pavement is merely a suggestion. However, drivers have developed a system of headlight flashing and double taps on the horn, to warn other drivers of their intents. It seems to work, but if you are in the back seat of a taxi, it is best not to even try to make sense of it.

Yup, that sounds familiar.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

Yup, that sounds familiar.

I did pick up the habit of double tapping the horn here, after my visit there, if a driver even looks like they are going to pull in front of me, or do something else stupid that could endanger my life. It seems to work.