Comments on: Common Courtesy http://www.behindtheblueline.ca/blog/blueline/2009/10/27/common-courtesy/ Policing in Vancouver Blog Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:01:24 +0000 hourly 1 By: Reggie http://www.behindtheblueline.ca/blog/blueline/2009/10/27/common-courtesy/comment-page-1/#comment-1957 Reggie Thu, 26 Nov 2009 06:40:01 +0000 http://www.behindtheblueline.ca/blog/blueline/?p=2081#comment-1957 At four-way stops, the rule in my country (South Africa) is not 'yield to the right', as with traffic circles (roundabouts?), but 'first come, first go'. Is that the same in the States and in Canada? In my neighbourhood there are a lot of traffic circles, two-way stops and four-way stops. There are also lots of elderly people and mothers with little children and people walking their dogs. So I tend to be extra cautious at intersections. But it still gets my goat so badly, when some impatient twit honks at me from the back because I've stopped at an intersection to allow pedestrians to cross the road, and worse - when he then tailgates me on the next stretch, and overtakes against oncoming traffic with a loud roar of his engine... It's so unnecessarily rude. But I love it when the traffic light up ahead is read. Divine justice. :-) So good on you for putting this man in his place... even if the effect only lasted a short time. I so wish our local cops would tackle dangerous and reckless driving more effectively. At four-way stops, the rule in my country (South Africa) is not ‘yield to the right’, as with traffic circles (roundabouts?), but ‘first come, first go’. Is that the same in the States and in Canada?

In my neighbourhood there are a lot of traffic circles, two-way stops and four-way stops. There are also lots of elderly people and mothers with little children and people walking their dogs. So I tend to be extra cautious at intersections.

But it still gets my goat so badly, when some impatient twit honks at me from the back because I’ve stopped at an intersection to allow pedestrians to cross the road, and worse – when he then tailgates me on the next stretch, and overtakes against oncoming traffic with a loud roar of his engine… It’s so unnecessarily rude. But I love it when the traffic light up ahead is read. Divine justice. :-) So good on you for putting this man in his place… even if the effect only lasted a short time. I so wish our local cops would tackle dangerous and reckless driving more effectively.

]]> By: Front Porch Society http://www.behindtheblueline.ca/blog/blueline/2009/10/27/common-courtesy/comment-page-1/#comment-1765 Front Porch Society Sat, 31 Oct 2009 22:38:05 +0000 http://www.behindtheblueline.ca/blog/blueline/?p=2081#comment-1765 ED: I used to live in Memphis. I know EXACTLY what you mean!! :) ED:
I used to live in Memphis. I know EXACTLY what you mean!! :)

]]> By: Front Porch Society http://www.behindtheblueline.ca/blog/blueline/2009/10/27/common-courtesy/comment-page-1/#comment-1764 Front Porch Society Sat, 31 Oct 2009 22:36:14 +0000 http://www.behindtheblueline.ca/blog/blueline/?p=2081#comment-1764 OH my gosh!!! I cannot stop laughing after reading this!! The description of him once you hit the lights is just hilarious!! :) Oh to have been there to watch his face fall when he realized he just told a cop to go "fornicate an inanimate object." lol. OH my gosh!!! I cannot stop laughing after reading this!! The description of him once you hit the lights is just hilarious!! :) Oh to have been there to watch his face fall when he realized he just told a cop to go “fornicate an inanimate object.” lol.

]]> By: MB87 http://www.behindtheblueline.ca/blog/blueline/2009/10/27/common-courtesy/comment-page-1/#comment-1745 MB87 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 04:16:00 +0000 http://www.behindtheblueline.ca/blog/blueline/?p=2081#comment-1745 Of course...following too closely. Thanks, keep up the good work...always an interesting read. Of course…following too closely. Thanks, keep up the good work…always an interesting read.

]]> By: Sandra http://www.behindtheblueline.ca/blog/blueline/2009/10/27/common-courtesy/comment-page-1/#comment-1743 Sandra Fri, 30 Oct 2009 03:38:45 +0000 http://www.behindtheblueline.ca/blog/blueline/?p=2081#comment-1743 MB - there were many things I could have written him for - speeding in a municipality, misuse of horn, following too closely, driving with undue care and attention, failing to signal lane change to mention a few. Would the tickets have held their own in court? Yes. As for Mimsy - I'm still scared to ask. Damn rodents.... MB – there were many things I could have written him for – speeding in a municipality, misuse of horn, following too closely, driving with undue care and attention, failing to signal lane change to mention a few. Would the tickets have held their own in court? Yes.

As for Mimsy – I’m still scared to ask. Damn rodents….

]]> By: MB87 http://www.behindtheblueline.ca/blog/blueline/2009/10/27/common-courtesy/comment-page-1/#comment-1742 MB87 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 03:33:41 +0000 http://www.behindtheblueline.ca/blog/blueline/?p=2081#comment-1742 If he had been less 'humble' about you pulling him over, which offence under the MVA would you have chosen to pursue? I noticed the 30k over...but would that be a tough one if gone to court? Thanks... ps. hope that mimsy is doing well! :) If he had been less ‘humble’ about you pulling him over, which offence under the MVA would you have chosen to pursue? I noticed the 30k over…but would that be a tough one if gone to court?

Thanks…

ps. hope that mimsy is doing well! :)

]]> By: Gary L. http://www.behindtheblueline.ca/blog/blueline/2009/10/27/common-courtesy/comment-page-1/#comment-1704 Gary L. Wed, 28 Oct 2009 05:01:47 +0000 http://www.behindtheblueline.ca/blog/blueline/?p=2081#comment-1704 " would shake his/her head and, with greater politeness, wave the other driver on first" Gulp, I've done that! And yup, it can really mess a good thing up! Cheers! ” would shake his/her head and, with greater politeness, wave the other driver on first”
Gulp, I’ve done that! And yup, it can really mess a good thing up!

Cheers!

]]> By: Kari Chellouf http://www.behindtheblueline.ca/blog/blueline/2009/10/27/common-courtesy/comment-page-1/#comment-1703 Kari Chellouf Wed, 28 Oct 2009 04:58:37 +0000 http://www.behindtheblueline.ca/blog/blueline/?p=2081#comment-1703 Aside from the aggressive behavior, road rage and demeaning comments, this story is hilarious. Of course if Mr. HB "didn't see" the pedestrian, he didn't pick up on the unmarked car. Way to get him before he hurt someone. Aside from the aggressive behavior, road rage and demeaning comments, this story is hilarious. Of course if Mr. HB “didn’t see” the pedestrian, he didn’t pick up on the unmarked car. Way to get him before he hurt someone.

]]> By: Ed Skinner http://www.behindtheblueline.ca/blog/blueline/2009/10/27/common-courtesy/comment-page-1/#comment-1701 Ed Skinner Wed, 28 Oct 2009 03:22:55 +0000 http://www.behindtheblueline.ca/blog/blueline/?p=2081#comment-1701 Most drivers know that when two cars arrive at a four-way stop, the one to the right goes first. But when I grew up in the Mid-South, politeness required a visible cue from one driver to the next. And not to be out-done, a driver receiving the wave to go ahead would shake his/her head and, with greater politeness, wave the other driver on first. Sometimes this would take several passes before one of the cars would finally proceed through the intersection. As a result, in Memphis (back then) a "grid lock" was understood to be what happens if four cars arrive simultaneously at a four-way stop. One of the Memphis Blue typically had to be dispatched to clear the intersection. And that's the gospel truth! Most drivers know that when two cars arrive at a four-way stop, the one to the right goes first.

But when I grew up in the Mid-South, politeness required a visible cue from one driver to the next. And not to be out-done, a driver receiving the wave to go ahead would shake his/her head and, with greater politeness, wave the other driver on first. Sometimes this would take several passes before one of the cars would finally proceed through the intersection.

As a result, in Memphis (back then) a “grid lock” was understood to be what happens if four cars arrive simultaneously at a four-way stop. One of the Memphis Blue typically had to be dispatched to clear the intersection.

And that’s the gospel truth!

]]> By: Gary L. http://www.behindtheblueline.ca/blog/blueline/2009/10/27/common-courtesy/comment-page-1/#comment-1700 Gary L. Wed, 28 Oct 2009 03:20:01 +0000 http://www.behindtheblueline.ca/blog/blueline/?p=2081#comment-1700 "What I really wanted to do was give Mr. HB a lecture on common courtesy and how he had none, but that would have been counter productive". I agree. I was never one to waste valuable oxygen,when I could save it for something constructive like blowing up a child's balloon. We all know of course that Buddy was being "humble" to the Uniform. The average motorist would have sollicited quite a different response from Buddy. Imagine living with that bozo! Just imagine...................... Thanks by the way to "DC" for the cool Link! Cheers “What I really wanted to do was give Mr. HB a lecture on common courtesy and how he had none, but that would have been counter productive”.
I agree. I was never one to waste valuable oxygen,when I could save it for something constructive like blowing up a child’s balloon.
We all know of course that Buddy was being “humble” to the Uniform. The average motorist would have sollicited quite a different response from Buddy. Imagine living with that bozo! Just imagine………………….
Thanks by the way to “DC” for the cool Link!

Cheers

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