[stlarson]

I'm generally riding in a state of paranoia, figuring someone is a fraction of a second away from trying to crush my bones, but intersections heighten that even further. Just in the past month alone the number of drivers who seemingly are looking right at me and then turn across my path of travel likely exceeds the number of fingers on my hands.



The most scary turns however are when someone decides to turn right from a lefthand lane, or left from a righthand lane. Until moving to CA a couple years back I'd never seen anyone do that, and now it's at least a once per week occurance. Topping that off, nobody uses their goddamn signals either. Biggest peeve ever, bigger than cell phones.

 

[stlarson]

I don't think it's quite that black and white. Accidents are going to happen. If I were killed by someone who genuinely just didn't see me, hopefully they would feel bad enough as it was, I wouldn't want them blindly tossed in jail. However if the person was drunk, high, behaving recklessly, or allowing themselves to be distracted by a herd of children or cell phone, then in that case they can sit in a cell for awhile.



I guess it comes down to asking, "Was this driver being a jackass?" Obviously it can't be used in court but it's one of those things that everyone on the road instantly recognizes when they see it, unless they're the ones comitting acts of jackassery.

 

[stlarson]

I'm glad to still be in my invincible 20's. No idea what I'll do after turning 30.