So, this is something that’s bothered me for a long time, and it happened again to me today. I was driving home as I came to a stop sign in my neighbourhood. Now, it wasn’t a four way stop, the street I was crossing was a thoroughfare that had the right of way.
As I came to a stop two other cars were traveling to the intersection on the through street. The driver of the first car noticing that I had stopped at my stop sign slowed down and stopped herself — and stopped the car behind her — before she started to wave me through the intersection!
What craziness! I’m all for politeness and courtesy, but this goes beyond that. Besides the fact that this driver’s “politeness” put me in a position where I was expected to cut across traffic, it unexpectedly delayed the traffic behind her.
What’s worse is when drivers stop to wave pedestrians across the street in similar situations. Dumb.
PS: Happy St. Patrick’s Day
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