Friday, March 14, 1997 — North Shore News — 33

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Small driving flaws can produce dire results

APPARENTLY we're
only human. It seems
that even the best of dri-
vers have foibles — 1,
for example, have a ten-
dency to corner at fun

speeds rather than nor-
mal speeds.

However, in my travels i
have met a tew drivers with

indicative of bad driving,

TRAFFIC guru Shaun Conlin notes in today’s
Signals colum: that the Cypress Bowl off/on-
ramps from the Upper Levels Highway
(above) represent one of a number of “hot-
spots” for North Shore drivers.

nagging flaws that seem to be

habits everywhere, and who
give me a reason to keep
writing about them.

An acquaintance of mine
drives the Cypress Bowl Road
on a regular basis. He enters
this road trom the west off

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are Suppose to give way to
cars on the left coming aff
the overpass.

Angry glares and specific
fingers are often given in lieu
of the right of way. Near col-
lisions are common.

“Those people are sup-
pose to vield to me!” is a
constant lament, bur when
one realizes that the word
“yield” means “give,” this
fellow is actualiy whining
“gimme gimme gimme, I
need, I need” — something
often heard in kindergarten
classes.

Why docs it come as a
daily shock thar there are
some horrible drivers out
there who refuse to give? And
when talking about right-of-
way, if it is not given, you
can’t take it.

Face it: Drivers are mean
and selfish. They'll take your
right of way as quickly as
they'll take your lunch

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Conlin

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Anather fellow I know lez
me in on a little secret dri-
ving habit of his: He does
not shoulder check. That is,
he docs not check his blind
spots. He insists that his little
side mirrors are all that he
requires to perform safe lane
changes and other manocu-
vres. Further, this fellow
related his reasoning: He
once rear-ended somebody
while he was shoulder check-

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