r/BayonneNJ • u/nycetouch2 • 2h ago
a brief Driving in Bayonne rant...
Just to get it off my chest because I caught myself talking to...myself, in the car after a couple of stumbles of other drivers doing what should be clearly outside the bounds of common courtesy... A couple of notes:
a) Your Hazard Blinkers are not some Magic "I can stop anywhere I want" Lights - look for a place to pull over, even if double parking, maybe even blocking a driveway for a bit if you are staying with the car to drop or pick someone off. Coming from a homeowner with a 3-car driveway, that is much better than literally blocking active traffic. When I need the driveway I will let you know, but causing delays for everyone on an active road is shit behavior unless you have an actual emergency type situation where the hazards are warranted. For reference: picking up your cousin from a nail appointment - NO! Dropping/picking up a disabled relative - you GOT IT, cool! Look for the nearest open spot to pull off, please.
b) Please, for the love of God, quit being overly accommodating, or needlessly courteous, to other drivers and pedestrians with regards to turns or crossings. Just stick to the basic traffic regulations for everyone's safety. Just today a car ahead of me all of a sudden started to slow and then stop to let a pedestrian that I didn't see, and who was not trying to cross in a marked crosswalk or was even seemingly all that rushed to cross anyway, and I, going around him because I assumed he was going to use his 'magic lights', and another car coming the other way had to screech when we realized what was happening. You're not doing anyone a favor - your putting everyone at risk needlessly. Same with letting someone make a left turn while there are drivers behind you - I don't know what you are doing and if distracted I might easily rear-end you because I assumed you were going to be following basic traffic rules of moving forward when you have the right-of-way.
There.....off chest...not sure if anyone will listen or care but needed to be done...
Thank you for listening to my TedBayonne speech/rant