Saturday, May 6, 2017

Crazy Driving in Lubbock

I was driving through Central Lubbock about 2:15 today, and saw a couple of crazy maneuvers.  I was at the intersection of Indiana and 50th, as I was going East.  The South bound lanes on Indiana at this intersection are a right turn lane, 3 straight ahead lanes, and 2 left turn lanes.  When the light turned greed for the South bound traffic, I watched as a car in the center straight  ahead lane crossed the two lanes on its right to get into the CVS parking lot on the Northwest corner of that intersection.  Their was a space, but also vehicles driving South in both lanes.

So, I turned South at Indiana, and was in the left most lane.  There is a light at the intersection of Indiana and 58th St., and going South there are 3 straight ahead lanes, and one left turn lane.  As I approached the intersection, the light changed to green, and the first car in the left turn lane crossed well in front of me to the middle straight ahead lane, and continued South on Indiana, eventually working its way to the right most lane. 

Hmmm. The first driver cut it close with the traffic going South, the second driver had lots of space to make his move.  But it still is not a usually accepted practice. 

No comments:

Post a Comment