The power of caffeine compels them!

[fbhjr]

Last night my wife and I were coming home from dinner when we watched a car switch to the wrong side of the road and start coming right at us.

The good news is that before they hit us, they turned into the Dunkin Donuts on the side of the road.

Having examined it on Google Earth this morning I see the problem.
Driving on the wrong side of the road is only 15% of the distance they need to go instead of legally going to the light and turning around!


Just think of it, you can save 85% of your trip to caffeine, and all you have to do is risk your life and the life of other people on the road by driving on the wrong side!

Given this was about 7 at night, they must have REALLY needed that caffeine.

What worries me is that the Dunkin Donuts isn’t overly visible from where they used a turn lane to cross onto the wrong side of the road. That means it wasn’t someone getting lost and not knowing how to get there.
This was someone who knew where it was and didn’t want to go “all the way” down to the light to turn around.
Meaning, they’ve probably done it before. And will again.

I like caffeine. But, I’m not willing to risk my life for it.

Comments

[malterre.livejournal.com]

This was very exciting!

[meathiel]

Eek ... some people!

I've got cars coming towards me regularly when I drive to the parking lot at work. Because you are not allowed to turn left there and they have those little fence things in the middle of the road so people just drive on my side of the road to turn left ... argh!!!

[chaquir.livejournal.com]

Phew, good thing they missed you.
You better watch out when you drive there. Not that you encounter that person again

[newlifeinstpaul.livejournal.com]

(Bleep) yo lane markings like Eddie Murphy's couch I WANT CRUELLERS

[fbhjr.livejournal.com]

We're not talking a double line. This is a raised median strip with trees and stuff planted in it...

[one-raido.livejournal.com]

Yikes!

[yesididit2.livejournal.com]

yeah but the rules dont apply to him.

[opakele.livejournal.com]

Did you honk?

Please tell me you honked...

[fbhjr.livejournal.com]

I didn't honk. i did flash my lights. It was night and I thought that would be more attention getting...

[opakele.livejournal.com]

Good for you!

Light flashing is good!

[hindustar.livejournal.com]

Scary. Glad you two are ok.

[merilune.livejournal.com]

Far out. I'm glad you two were okay, I would have been passing bricks in your situation.

That looks like a busy road too. Eek!!

[fbhjr.livejournal.com]

At times of the day it is very busy. Fortunately it was not one of those times...

[postingwhore.livejournal.com]

It's super common for cars to do that here, and I hate it because as you said, it's endangering everyone's lives! As a cyclist, I'm especially afraid of cars that do this :\ (And I try my best not to do it myself, too, because, yeah, it got me hit by an electric scooter :\\\)

[anwyn-elfmaiden.livejournal.com]

some people think they are smart and ignore the facts that their behaviour might hurt others....